[MyAppleMenu] Apr 27, 2014

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*** iPads And Tablet Growth ***
<http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2014/4/25/ipad-growth>
Benedict Evans


> So, looking at tablets and smartphones as mobile devices in a new category that competes with PCs may be the wrong comparison - in fact, it may be better to think of tablets, laptops and desktops as one 'big screen' segment, all of which compete with smartphones, and for which the opportunity is just smaller than that for smartphones. And so tablets will over time eat away at laptop and desktop sales just as laptops ate away at desktop sales, but the truly transformative new category is the smartphone. Maybe.




*** How to recover lost contacts on iOS and prevent it from happening again ***
<https://gigaom.com/2014/04/26/how-to-recover-lost-contacts-on-ios-and-prevent-it-from-happening-again/>
Geoffrey Goetz, GigoOM


> The trouble with being connected all of the time is that when something bad happens to the data stored on one device, like losing your contact list, it can quickly spread like wildfire across all of your devices. If you do end up losing your contacts, there are some steps you can take to hopefully get most if not all of your contacts restored.




*** Battery Diag Is A Pretty, Informative Battery Monitor For Your MacBook ***
<http://lifehacker.com/battery-diag-is-a-pretty-informative-battery-monitor-f-1567889220>
Ed Rhee, Lifehacker



*** Review: Logitech Powershell Makes A Button Masher Out Of An iPhone ***
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/gadgets-and-gear/gadgets/review-logitech-powershell-makes-a-button-masher-out-of-an-iphone/article18186570/>
Seamus Bellamy, The Globe And Mail


> While iOS gamers might be tempted by the lure of physical controls, the Powershell’s lack of a second analog controller, inconsistent responsiveness from game to game, disappointing lack of iPhone 5c support and steep $99 price tag make it a difficult piece of hardware to recommend – yet. 




*** Comixology Updates iOS App, Removes In-app Comic Purchasing ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2148465/comixology-updates-ios-app-removes-in-app-comic-purchasing.html#tk.rss_news>
Nick Mediati, Macworld


> In a message published to its Tumblr, the company announced Saturday that it has discontinued its existing iOS app and has replaced it with a new reader-only version that lacks the older app’s in-app comic-purchasing superpowers. If you want to purchase comics, you now need to go through comixology.com and then download them to the iOS app via the app’s “In Cloud” tab.




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*** On Their Death Bed, Physical Books Have Finally Become Sexy ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/magazine/on-their-death-bed-physical-books-have-finally-become-sexy.html?ref=magazine&_r=0>
Mireille Silcoff, New York Times


> By way of decorating a baby shower with the second edition of ‘staff patient communication’ because it is the right shade of pink, we here enter the realm of the truly objectified book.




*** Pain And Parentheses ***
<http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/apr/26/pain-and-parentheses/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nybooks+%28The+New+York+Review+of+Books%29>
Christopher Benfey, The New York Review Of Books


> What tugged at my attention wasn’t the argument itself, to the extent that I could follow it, but rather the arresting parenthesis “(the pain, or the piano-tuning),” which immediately reminded me of another example of bracketed pain—“the most famous parenthesis in postwar literature,” according to Geoff Dyer—namely, Humbert Humbert’s laconic précis, in <i>Lolita</i>, of the death of his mother.




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