[MyAppleMenu] Nov 18, 2013

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*** Disney Struggles To Make Its Free Gaming Apps Pay ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/business/media/disney-struggles-to-make-its-free-gaming-apps-pay.html?hpw&rref=business>
Brooks Barnes, New York Times


> Disney must step carefully because of its focus on young players. Consumer protection groups are concerned that children are being asked to buy things during the heat of game play; Apple recently settled a class-action lawsuit over in-app spending by children. A few child advocates question whether freemium games are appropriate at all for family entertainment companies, calling it a casino-style business in which most revenue comes from a relatively small number of big spenders.




*** Review: Withings' Pulse Offers iDevice Users A Different Kind Of Activity Monitor ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/11/review-withings-pulse-offers-idevice-users-a-different-kind-of-activity-monitor>
Joe White, AppAdvice



*** How To Work With iWork's New File Formats ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2063353/how-to-work-with-iworks-new-file-formats.html#tk.rss_all>
Ted Landau, Macworld



*** Intensify 1.0 Review: New Image-editing App Highlights The Details ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2056288/intensify-1-0-review-new-image-editing-app-highlights-the-details.html#tk.rss_all>
Jackie Dove, Macworld


> Photography software for Mac OS X just got a new variation on the theme. Macphun—developers of the popular Snapheal and FX Photo Studio—recently debuted Intensify, a photo editor that specializes in enhancing image details. It works with a variety of image formats, including Raw and PSD (pro version only). While targeted to a mainstream audience of photo enthusiasts, the software will also prove useful to pros looking for a different take on an image fix.




*** Retina iPad Mini Display: How Icons, Text, And Comics Compare ***
<http://www.imore.com/retina-ipad-mini-display-how-icons-text-and-comics-compare>
Rene Ritchie, iMore


> The Retina iPad mini has an LED-backlit LCD screen with in-plane switching (IPS) for a wide viewing angle. It also has a 2048x1536 display crammed down to 326ppi to fit into a 7.9-inch screen. That's the same pixel count as the iPad Air, the same density as the iPhone 5s, and the same screen size as the original iPad mini. (And yes, the same narrow color gamut as the original iPad mini as well.) So what does all this mean for the stuff we look at all day, the icons, the comics and graphics, and the text?




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*** The Blueprint ***
<http://theparisreview.tumblr.com/post/66878027436/the-blueprint-whatever-the-great-religions-offer>
Les Murray, The Paris Review



*** Auto Correct ***
<http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/11/25/131125fa_fact_bilger?currentPage=all>
Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker


> Has the self-driving car at last arrived?




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