[MyAppleMenu] Jan 9, 2014

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MyAppleMenu
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/>
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*** Pages (For Mac) ***
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2429287,00.asp>
Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine


> The new Pages temporarily gives up advanced features from the older version while gaining a clean new interface and collaboration features. With all its limitations, it's the best word-processing app that's completely cross-platform compatible between OS X and iOS, with browser-based collaboration.




*** Super Stickman Golf 2 Goes Free As It Gets Hit By Meaty And Spacey Major Update ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/01/fore-super-stickman-golf-2-gets-hit-by-meaty-and-spacey-major-update>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



*** Even Air Conditioners Are Now Receiving 'MFi' Certification From Apple ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/01/even-air-conditioners-are-now-receiving-mfi-certification-from-apple>
Brent Dirks, AppAdvice


> Users will be able to complete the setup simply by connecting to WiFi.




*** Apple Seeks Removal Of Court-appointed Antitrust Monitor ***
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/08/us-usa-apple-monitor-idUSBREA0704M20140108>
Andrew Longstreth, Reuters


> An attorney for the consumer technology giant on Tuesday asked U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan to disqualify Michael Bromwich from serving as an external compliance monitor, arguing he had shown a personal bias against the company.




*** Spotify For iOS Gets Free To Listen Shuffle Options ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2014/01/08/spotify-for-ios-gets-free-to-listen-shuffle-options/?ncid=rss_truncated>
John-Michael Bond, TUAW



*** Review: Focus 2 For Mac Is A Worthwhile App For non-Photoshop Users ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2014/01/08/focus-2-for-mac-is-a-worthwhile-app-for-non-photoshop-users/?ncid=rss_truncated>
Mel Martin, TUAW


> The app isn't designed to focus your images, but rather <i>de-focus</i> them so you can direct the eye to the portions of the photo that are really important.




MyAppleMenu Reader
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
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*** Structure ***
<http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/01/14/130114fa_fact_mcphee?currentPage=all>
John McPhee, New Yorker


> Beyond the picnic-table crisis.




*** This Spacesuit For Exploring Mars Is A Form-Fitting Math Problem ***
<http://www.wired.com/design/2014/01/how-a-textbook-from-1882-will-help-nasa-go-to-mars/>
Joseph Flaherty, Wired


> In science fiction, from <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> to <i>Ender’s Game</i>, astronauts zip around zero-g environments clad in stylish, skin-tight spacesuits. In reality, outfits designed for outer space are bulky, hard to maneuver, and have all the charm of adult diapers. Even their name, Extravehicular Mobility Units, or EMUs, is clumsy.

> Enter Dava Newman, fashion designer to the stars.




*** Once Upon A Time In The West ***
<http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/essays/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.php?page=all>
Ben Tarnoff, Lapham's Quarterly


> Mark Twain loved frontier humor, the impish wit and yeasty vernacular, its fondness for the gargantuan and the grotesque. He also understood its deeper value: not merely as entertainment but as a survival tactic.




*** Today, I Live In The Book ***
<https://medium.com/the-magazine/11776eba0257>
Glenn Fleishman, Medium


> The notion that ebooks are the sole path forward into the future, and that printed books are dead ignores nearly all the evidence against it, searching for a narrative that isn’t there.




SushiReader
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/sushireader/>
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