[MyAppleMenu] Jun 2, 2013

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**** Apple Inquiry Welcomed By Mobile Operators ****
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/10093705/Apple-inquiry-welcomed-by-mobile-operators.html>
Christopher Williams, The Telegraph


> British mobile operators are privately celebrating an EU investigation of Apple’s business practices in the hope it will help them get a better deal on the next iPhone.



**** Apple, Betrayed By Its Own Law Firm ****
<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/06/apple-betrayed-by-its-own-law-firm/>
Joe Mullin, Ars Technica


> Jennifer McAleese reached out to numerous "troll patent" companies, as she called them, convinced that she and Milekic had an "excellent position against Apple" if and when they chose to sue. She emailed top patent lawyers at Google and Nokia, competitors known to be in patent clashes with Apple.

> The whole time, she was advised by her husband, a lawyer who had access to reams of confidential Apple data—but who says he never touched it. (Apple doesn't see it that way.) Together, the McAleeses created "an indirect and covert pipeline" of information pumped to to FlatWorld's attorneys, say Apple lawyers. Now Apple wants FlatWorld's law firm, Seattle-based Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, kicked off the case.



**** iPod Touch 5Th Generation 16 GB Teardown ****
<http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPod+Touch+5th+Generation+16+GB+Teardown/14855/1>
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Also:
• <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/06/01/teardown-of-apples-new-16gb-ipod-touch-finds-few-changes-from-other-5th-gen-models">Teardown of Apple's new 16GB iPod touch finds few changes from other 5th-gen models</a> (AppleInsider)


**** Mac Gems: Swing For App.net Makes It Easy To Share Files ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2040493/mac-gems-swing-for-app-net-makes-it-easy-to-share-files.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Frakes, Macworld






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**** Comparing Notes ****
<http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1248925/comparing-notes>
Oliver Chou, South China Morning Post


> No Western performing group can claim to have had a closer relationship with China than the Philadelphia Orchestra. Certainly not in the 20th century.

> As the first American orchestra to perform on Chinese soil, its visit to Beijing and Shanghai in 1973 made history and, unsurprisingly, the 40th anniversary of that episode has become a cause célèbre in both China and the United States.



**** Pareidolia: Why We See Faces In Hills, The Moon And Toasties ****
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22686500>
Lauren Everitt, BBC


> Most people have never heard of pareidolia. But nearly everyone has experienced it.

> Anyone who has looked at the Moon and spotted two eyes, a nose and a mouth has felt the pull of pareidolia.