[MyAppleMenu] May 18, 2013

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**** How To Handle OS X Firmware Updates That Won't Install ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57585013-263/how-to-handle-os-x-firmware-updates-that-wont-install/>
Topher Kessler, CNET


> There are some special requirements for handling firmware updates as opposed to standard software updates, and if they are not met, the system may fail to install the update.



**** Air Force Targets $50M Savings With Apple iPads ****
<http://www.thestreet.com/story/11923560/1/air-force-targets-50m-savings-with-apple-ipads.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO>
James Rogers, TheStreet


> Last year the Air Force's Air Mobility Command (AMC) awarded a $9.36 million contract for up to 18,000 iPads as part of an ambitious project to replace flight manuals with state-of-the-art tablets. Contractor Executive Technology clinched the deal to deploy the so-called Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs).



**** Battle Of The 13-Inch MacBooks: Which One Wins? ****
<http://www.imore.com/battle-13-inch-macbooks-which-one-wins>
Peter Cohen, iMore



**** Apple Pulls Bang With Friends Hookup App From The App Store ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/17/4341536/apple-pulls-bang-with-friends-hookup-app-from-the-app-store>
Nathan Ingraham, The Verge


> Bang With Friends, the somewhat-controversial hookup app that lets users anonymously pick which of their Facebook friends they'd like to "bang" and then notifies users when there's a match, has had its iPhone app pulled from the App Store.



**** MacBook Air Inventory Begins Dwindling Ahead Of Apple's WWDC ****
<http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/05/17/macbook-air-inventory-begins-dwindling-ahead-of-apples-wwdc>
Neil Hughes, AppleInsider


> Constrained availability of existing models is often one of the first signs of an impending product refresh, as Apple draws down inventory in anticipation of the release of new hardware. Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, scheduled for June 10 through 14, would be an opportune time for the company to introduce newly updated MacBook Airs.



**** Can You Replace Photoshop With Pixelmator? ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/13775?rss>
Michael E. Cohen, TidBITS


> The answer to that, I’m afraid, may disappoint those who want cut-and-dried answers to complex questions: it depends on how you use Photoshop, and what you use it for.



**** Creative Cloud Complaints Darken Adobe’s View Of The Future ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/13765?rss>
Josh Centers and Adam C. Engst, TidBITS


> Many TidBITS readers made great points that we wanted to share, along with suggestions for how Adobe could soothe the savage user base.






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**** Big Data Is Watching You: 'To Save Everything, Click Here,' By Evgeny Morozov ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/books/review/to-save-everything-click-here-by-evgeny-morozov.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Ellen Ullman, New York Times


> How can you resist a book whose first chapter begins: “Have you ever peeked inside a friend’s trash can? I have.” Trash is like “one’s sex life,” the book continues, “the less said about it, the better.”

> Yet the Internet can convert this private affair into an object of public surveillance, and Evgeny Morozov tells you how.



**** When Words Sing ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/books/review/when-words-sing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
John Schwartz, New York Times


> If you spend a lot of time with audiobooks, you start paying close attention to the people who read them.