[MyAppleMenu] Feb 23, 2014

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*** How To Get Your Family Photos Onto Your iPad ***
<http://gigaom.com/2014/02/22/how-to-get-your-family-photos-onto-your-ipad/>
Geoffrey Goetz, GigaOM


> The iPad can make a great family photo album, provided it has your photos on it. This article will go over some of the best ways to put your favorite photos on to the iPad.




*** Address Poor Battery Life In OS X Mavericks ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57619301-263/address-poor-battery-life-in-os-x-mavericks/>
Topher Kessler, CNET


> While Mavericks has increased battery life for the most part, as with past versions of OS X, at times certain processes may bog down and cut expected lifetime significantly short.




*** Microsoft Office For iPad: Do It Right ***
<http://www.informationweek.com/software/enterprise-applications/microsoft-office-for-ipad-do-it-right/d/d-id/1113949>
Michael Endler, InformationWeek


> Microsoft can't merely force a mouse-and-keyboard UI onto a tablet form factor. It needs to devise a productive and engaging touch-first Office interaction model.




*** Meet Clara, Your New Personal Finance Assistant App For iPhone ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/02/meet-clara-your-new-personal-finance-assistant-app-for-iphone>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice


> Clara is a personal finance app designed with simplicity and flexibility in mind.




*** Truffol Autograph Leather Skin For iPhone 5/5S Review ***
<http://the-gadgeteer.com/2014/02/22/truffol-autograph-leather-skin-for-iphone-55s-review/>
Ryan Chapman, The Gadgeteer


> Not only are they super stylish, but I can show off the gold of my iPhone without worry of the back getting scratched up, and I have the option of using a bumper if I need some extra protection.




*** Apple Promises Fix 'Very Soon' For Macs With Failed Encryption ***
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/22/us-apple-encryption-idUSBREA1L10220140222>
Joseph Menn, Reuters


> Apple Inc said on Saturday it would issue a software update "very soon" to cut off the ability of spies and hackers to grab email, financial information and other sensitive data from Mac computers.

> Confirming researchers' findings late Friday that a major security flaw in iPhones and iPads also appears in notebook and desktop machines running Mac OS X, Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller told Reuters: "We are aware of this issue and already have a software fix that will be released very soon."


I am surprised -- and disappointed -- that Apple didn't release patches for <i>both</i> iOS and Mac OS X <i>at the same time</i>.



*** Behind iPhone’s Critical Security Bug, A Single Bad ‘Goto’ ***
<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/02/gotofail/>
Kevin Poulsen, Wired


> Like everything else on the iPhone, the critical crypto flaw announced in iOS 7 yesterday turns out to be a study in simplicity and elegant design: a single spurious “goto” in one part of Apple’s authentication code that accidentally bypasses the rest of it.




*** On The Timing Of iOS’s SSL Vulnerability And Apple’s ‘Addition’ To The NSA’s PRISM Program ***
<http://daringfireball.net/2014/02/apple_prism>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball



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*** Why Carl Sagan Is Truly Irreplaceable ***
<http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-carl-sagan-truly-irreplaceable-180949818/>
Joel Achenbach, Smithsonian Magazine


> No one will ever match his talent as the “gatekeeper of scientific credibility”.




*** Why Is Academic Writing So Academic? ***
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2014/02/why-is-academic-writing-so-academic.html>
Joshua Rothman, New Yorker


> Academics may write for large audiences on their blogs or as journalists. But when it comes to their academic writing, and to the research that underpins it—to the main activities, in other words, of academic life—they have no choice but to aim for very small targets. Writing a first book, you may have in mind particular professors on a tenure committee; miss that mark and you may not have a job. Academics know which audiences—and, sometimes, which audience members—matter.




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