[MyAppleMenu] Apr 3, 2014

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*** The Two Best SSH Clients For iOS Go Head-to-head: Prompt Vs. Cathode ***
<http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-two-best-ssh-clients-for-ios-go-head-to-head-prompt-vs-cathode/#.>
Cory Bohon, TechRepublic



*** OS X Mavericks: 7 Tips For The Travelling Mac ***
<http://blogs.computerworld.com/mac-os-x/23743/os-x-mavericks-7-tips-travelling-mac>
Jonny Evans, Computerworld


> If you're travelling with your Mac please follow these selected tips to help you stay safe while on the road.




*** Hider 2 Review: Create A Secure Digital Hidey-hole On Your Mac ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2138104/hider-2-review-create-a-secure-digital-hidey-hole-on-your-mac.html>
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld


> It’s a great little tool for anyone looking for a digital hidey-hole, and the encryption is a nice bonus.




*** Does Microsoft Office Turn An iPad Into A Workhorse? Just Barely ***
<http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304441304579477412371682896?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304441304579477412371682896.html>
Geoffrey A. Fowler, Wall Street Journal


> Office for the iPad can play the same role in your work life as your microwave does in your kitchen. It may be constantly in use, making leftovers and frozen meals palatable. But to cook a real dinner, you're going to need the conventional oven and range.




*** PowerPoint For iPad Review: Close But Not Quite There ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2139401/powerpoint-for-ipad-review-close-but-not-quite-there.html>
Joe Kissell, Macworld


> Keynote for iOS is, on the whole, considerably more powerful (and works even on an iPhone, which PowerPoint does not). If you’re accustomed to PowerPoint 2011 on OS X, you’ll almost certainly be frustrated by missing features, especially when playing a slideshow on an external display. But for all that, PowerPoint 1.0 is a good starting point, and shows considerable promise for the future.




*** Apps That Train You To Read Faster, One Word At A Time ***
<http://recode.net/2014/04/03/apps-that-train-you-to-read-faster-one-word-at-a-time/>
Bonnie Cha, Re/code


> The two apps I tested this week — Speed Reading Trainer by Ivy Standard, and Velocity by Lickability — use a method called Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) that displays one word at time on a central point of your screen. The idea behind RSVP is that without having to move your eyes across lines of text, you can read more at a faster pace. It also makes reading text on a smaller screen easier.




*** Mophie Space Pack Review - 16GB, 32GB Battery And Storage Case For iPhone 5/5s ***
<http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/mobile-phone/3507913/mophie-space-pack-review/>
Simon Jary, PC Advisor



*** Create A Reminder On Your Mac In An Instant ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2139101/create-a-reminder-on-your-mac-in-an-instant.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



*** Tech Giants Team Up With Pharma To Protect Software Patents ***
<http://recode.net/2014/04/03/tech-giants-team-up-with-pharma-to-protect-software-patents/>
Amy Schatz, Re/code


> Concerned that the value of their patents could be in some danger, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp. have teamed up with major pharmaceutical and manufacturers to launch a new lobbying group to talk up the value of the current patent system and defend some types of patents.




*** Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference Starts On June 2Nd ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/3/5577592/apples-worldwide-developers-conference-starts-on-june-2nd>
Vlad Savov, The Verge


> Unlike previous years, tickets to the event will be distributed through a random lottery — chosen from the developers who've registered their interest between now and April 7th. The WWDC website will host live streams of the Monday State of the Union keynote and the Apple Design Awards, while videos from all the technical talks will be posted online throughout the week.




*** Thoughts On Increasing App Revenue ***
<http://dancounsell.com/articles/thoughts-on-increasing-app-revenue>
Dan Counsell


> If you’ve been developing apps for a while you’re going to be familiar with the following pattern: You launch a new app, the first week or two of sales are great, but then in the following months, sales start to slow down. Your app revenue is in gradual decline and you wonder when it will stop, and where your daily revenue is going to settle at. It finally settles, and of course it’s lower than you’d like, so what do you do now?




*** The New York Times Releases NYTNow, A Curated News App For iPhone ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2014/04/02/the-new-york-times-releases-nytnow-a-curated-news-app-for-iphon/?ncid=rss_truncated>
Mel Martin, TUAW


> Content is expected to come from the Times and other partners. with human editors deciding what news is included.




*** Preserve File Permissions When Copying In The Finder ***
<http://www.macissues.com/2014/04/02/preserve-file-permissions-when-copying-in-the-finder/>
Topher Kessler, MacIssues


> The Finder in OS X is just another program that runs under the umbrulla of your account, and as such, is restricted to these same system permissions and file ownership restrictions.




*** Amazon Fire TV Turns Up The Heat On Apple TV ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/14643?rss>
Josh Centers, TidBITS


> Amazon has launched what may be the most significant competition for the Apple TV yet: Amazon Fire TV, a $99 streaming video box that boasts impressive capabilities that seek to torch Apple’s living room hobby.




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*** The Knowledge: How To Rebuild Our World From Scratch – Review ***
<http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/03/knowledge-how-to-rebuild-our-world-from-scratch-review>
Steven Poole, The Guardian


> We are, apparently, hungry for the end. In books, TV and films, there is no end of zombie apocalypse, asteroid smash, planetary plague. But what comes after the end? Not many works of modern Armageddon literature portray a plucky band of humans in the post-apocalypse methodically bootstrapping themselves back up to the level of hi-tech civilisation we currently enjoy. So the science writer Lewis Dartnell has written a book on how that might happen.




*** Terminal Tossing And Turning ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/books/karen-russells-sleep-donation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times


> The kernel of inspiration for Karen Russell’s new novella, “Sleep Donation,” appears to come from Gabriel García Márquez’s classic “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” which described a plague of insomnia that comes to the mythical Latin American town Macondo — a plague that makes the afflicted unable to sleep for days and causes such memory loss that objects, plants and animals need to be labeled. A sign hung around the neck of a cow reads: “This is the cow. She must be milked every morning.”




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