[MyAppleMenu] May 30, 2013

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**** Apple Reveals 16GB iPod Touch With No Rear-facing Camera ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2040300/apple-reveals-16gb-ipod-touch-with-no-rear-facing-camera.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Moren, Macworld


> Largely identical to its fifth-generation 32GB and 64GB counterparts, the 16GB iPod touch features the same svelte design, with a 4-inch Retina display and dual-core A5 chip. However, it lacks a few of its siblings’ features: For one thing, you’ll find no rear-facing camera on the model. Apple’s dropped the fancy 5-megapixel iSight camera from the 32GB and 64GB models, leaving only the front-facing FaceTime HD camera, with its 1.2MP photo and 720p video capabilities.

> For another, the package doesn’t include the iPod touch loop introduced with the most recent generation, or the pop-out hitch for attaching it. And the 16GB model also comes in just one color: silver.



**** Review: ScreenFlow 4 A Great But Quirky Video Capture And Edit Tool ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2039696/review-screenflow-4-a-great-but-quirky-video-capture-and-edit-tool.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld


> True, I occasionally get frustrated with it, but overall it’s a remarkable piece of work. When you become accustomed to its ways, you learn that you can create great-looking videos in very little time. If you’re a screencaster producing videos on a Mac, and you want a capture/editing application that deals equally well with screen capture and live content, ScreenFlow is a must-have.



**** Connect With Your Friends By Playing Dots, Now With iPad And Multiplayer Support ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/05/connect-with-your-friends-by-playing-dots-now-with-ipad-and-multiplayer-support>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice


> This “the more, the merrier” mode allows you and at most three of your friends to take turns on playing the same board to find out who can match and connect the most dots.



**** iTunes Festival 2013 Headliners Announced: Justin Timberlake, Jessie J, 30 Seconds To Mars And More! ****
<http://www.imore.com/itunes-festival-2013-headliners-announced-justin-timberlake-jessie-j-30-seconds-mars-and-more>
Richard Devine, iMore



**** Apple’s Promising New Hire ****
<http://www.salon.com/2013/05/29/apples_promising_new_hire/>
Andrew Leonard, Salon


> There’s no guarantee Jackson will succeed at it, just as there’s no guarantee that her hiring isn’t actually just an impressively high-profile act of greenwashing. But think of it this way: If you were an outgoing EPA director looking for an opportunity to make a real difference tackling the gnarly mess of globalization and climate change, wouldn’t the chance to do so at Apple be incredibly appealing?



**** Apple May Have Misled Australians Over How It Sets Prices, Says MP ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/28/australian-companies-forced-disclose-tax?CMP=twt_gu>
Lenore Taylor, The Guardian


> He said Apple had told his committee that prices were set by the US parent and "Apple overseas", but the US committee heard Apple's Australian prices were "determined by Apple Singapore".



**** Apple Shifts Supply Chain Away From Foxconn To Pegatron ****
<http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887323855804578511122734340726-lMyQjAxMTAzMDIwOTEyNDkyWj.html>
Eva Dou, Wall Street Journal



**** Kicksend Lets You Order Photo Prints Instantly From CVS, Walgreens And More ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/05/29/kicksend-lets-you-send-photos-including-to-cvs-and-walgreens/>
Michael Grothaus, TUAW



**** How To Move Documents From Your Mac To iCloud ****
<http://www.imore.com/how-move-documents-your-mac-hd-icloud>
Allyson Kazmucha, iMore



**** iTunes Movie Trailers App Updated With Video Quality Selection And Fandango Ticket Purchasing ****
<http://www.imore.com/itunes-movie-trailers-app-updated-video-quality-selection-and-fandango-ticket-purchasing>
Joseph Keller, iMore


> The In Theaters section of the app now includes the ability to redirect users to the Fandango app in order to purchase movie tickets.



**** Review Of Typist - It's Time To Stop Fumbling Around ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/05/29/review-of-typist-its-time-to-stop-fumbling-around/>
Ilene Hoffman, TUAW


> It won't relieve the tedium of learning touch typing, because there are no entertaining games or letters to shoot from the sky. This is a basic "type what you see on screen" program that follows the traditional way to learn touch typing.



**** Mac Gems: Highland Is A Minimalist, Wonderful Screenplay Tool ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2040019/mac-gems-highland-is-a-minimalist-wonderful-screenplay-tool.html#tk.rss_all>
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld


> Highland won't replace Final Draft for most professionals, but it's a wonderful supplemental tool for getting the most important part—the writing—on digital paper.



**** Get Started With Podcasting On The Mac ****
<http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/media/get-started-with-podcasting-on-the-mac/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mactuts+%28Mactuts%2B%29>
Alex Arena, Mactuts+



**** How To Create A Password Protected PDF File In Mac OS X ****
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/05/29/password-protect-pdf-mac-os-x/>
OS X Daily



**** I Sold The Magazine, Too ****
<http://www.marco.org/2013/05/29/sold-the-magazine>
Marco Arment






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**** Fiction: ‘Sparta,’ By Roxana Robinson ****
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/fiction-sparta-by-roxana-robinson/2013/05/29/7580fa38-c25d-11e2-9fe2-6ee52d0eb7c1_story.html?wprss=rss_books>
Heller McAlpin, Washington Post


> Pardon the pun, but Roxana Robinson’s new novel, “Sparta,” which takes us deep inside the troubled head of a Marine returning from four years of active duty in Iraq, really is a tour de force. Robinson, whose varied bibliography ranges from a biography of Georgia O’Keeffe to her preceding novel, “Cost,” about a family dealing with a son’s heroin addiction, surprises us again with the unexpected subject.



**** Blog-Tied: How A Hunger For Clicks Drives New York’s Brutally Fickle Food Scene ****
<http://observer.com/2013/05/blog-tied-how-a-hunger-for-clicks-drives-new-yorks-brutally-fickle-food-scene/>
Josh Ozersky, The New York Observer


> Having seen this cycle in action a few times, the best New York restaurateurs have fallen into a certain preventative rhythm, creating wonderful restaurants every two years or so, thus guaranteeing the continuing success of their older efforts, which are, at least, then bathed in the reflected light of their cuter baby brothers.