[MyAppleMenu] Jan 16, 2014

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*** Starbucks Confirms That Its iOS App Stores Passwords In Plain Text ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2014/01/16/starbucks-confirms-that-ios-app-stores-passwords-in-plain-text/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Ben Lovejoy, 9 To 5 Mac


> Starbucks has confirmed a finding by security researcher Daniel Wood that both username and password in its iOS app are stored in plain text.




*** An Overview Of Audio File Formats Supported By iTunes ***
<http://www.mcelhearn.com/an-overview-of-audio-file-formats-supported-by-itunes/>
Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville



*** How Mac Experts Deal With Their Contacts ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2087443/how-mac-experts-deal-with-their-contacts.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld


> I spoke with Apple experts Glenn Fleishman, John Moltz, Jaimee Newberry, David Sparks, and Marco Tabini about how they organize their contacts. The upshot: No one’s thrilled with how they organize that Rolodexical data, but there are numerous approaches that work “well enough.”




*** Run Windows On Mac: How To Install And Run Windows On Any Apple Mac Using Bootcamp And Virtualisation ***
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/how-run-windows-on-mac-3497251/>
Matt Egan, Macworld UK



*** TextExpander (For Mac) ***
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2429568,00.asp>
William Fenton, PC Magazine


> From supplementing keyboard shortcuts to autocorrecting typos, from completing online forms to creating document templates, TextExpander has earned itself a coveted spot in my workflow. While its all-business interface is uninviting at first blush, once I began to use it—and reap its rewards—I learned to love its system-wide Snippets.




*** Terminal Tricks For OS X Users ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57617297-263/terminal-tricks-for-os-x-users/>
Topher Kessler, CNET


> If you regularly use Terminal, here are some tips and tricks to greatly increase your productivity.




*** Louvre HD: Tour The World's Great Art From Your iOS Device ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2014/01/15/louvre-hd-tour-the-worlds-great-art-from-your-ios-device/?ncid=rss_truncated>
Mel Martin, TUAW



*** Apple Expands 3D Flyover Coverage In Maps To Cape Town And Helsinki (Update: Marseille, France) ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2014/01/15/apple-expands-3d-flyover-coverage-in-maps-to-cape-town-and-helsinki/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac



*** Q&A: Apple’s Tim Cook On China Mobile Deal ***
<http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/01/15/qa-apples-tim-cook-on-china-mobile-deal/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+(The+Loop)&utm_content=FeedBurner>
Paul Mozur, Wall Street Journal


> I’ve always thought it was important for an individual and a company to have a North Star, something that doesn’t change.  Many many things can change but the North Star should be clear, and for Apple that’s always been making the best products in the world. That’s our strategy and that’s not changing today or tomorrow or the next day or the next year.




*** Box Overhauls iOS Apps And Offers 50GB Of Free Storage For Life ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2088263/box-overhauls-ios-apps-and-offers-50gb-of-free-storage-for-life.html#tk.rss_all>
Tony Bradley, Macworld



*** Anytune, The Music-practicing App Arrives For Mac, iOS Version Gets Feature Update ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2014/01/15/anytune-the-music-practicing-app-arrives-for-mac-ios-version-g/?ncid=rss_truncated>
TUAW



*** An Overview Of OmniOutliner 4 ***
<http://www.macstories.net/reviews/an-overview-of-omnioutliner-4/>
Cody Fink, MacStories


> OmniOutliner 4 is a big update. For posterity, we’ll call it Outliner for the rest of our overview. And honestly, I really don’t know where to start.




*** Google Brings Play Movies And TV To iOS ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/15/5312832/google-brings-play-movies-and-tv-to-ios>
Nathan Ingraham, The Verge



*** Apple Agrees To FTC Consent Decree Over In-App Purchases ***
<http://recode.net/2014/01/15/apple-agrees-to-ftc-consent-decree-over-in-app-purchases/>
John Paczkowski, Re/code


> Under the terms of the agreement, Apple must provide full refunds to consumers affected by confusion over in-app purchases, doling out a minimum of $32.5 million in redress. The company must also change its billing practices to ensure that it has obtained consumers’ express consent for in-app purchases before charging them.




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*** Ending “Gone Girl” Differently: The Dangers Of Alternate Last Acts ***
<http://www.salon.com/2014/01/16/ending_gone_girl_differently_the_dangers_of_alternate_last_acts/>
Laura Miller, Salon


> Maybe Flynn is the exception to this phenomenon, and her ending is one of the 8 million Lego pieces she assembled with such cerebral deliberation. But if there was any organic instinct involved at all, I hate to see that hammer fall. She may never be able to put it all back together again.




*** What Is It About <i>Middlemarch</i>? ***
<http://www.vulture.com/2014/01/rebecca-mead-revisits-george-eliots-middlemarch.html>
Kathryn Schulz, Vulture


> In hindsight, however, perhaps the most interesting thing Eliot does here is trace out, in negative space, the contours of a truly great novel. Such a novel would represent human beings, in their inner and outer worlds, with nuance and fidelity. Its prose would be bespoke and cleansed of cliché. It would approach life’s knotty moral questions with knowledge, intelligence, and experience. It could not be fatuous, frothy, prosy, pious, or pedantic. It would have to be rich and filling when served hot; it would also have to keep. Fifteen years later, Eliot sat down and wrote it.




*** Diary Of A 24-Hour Dive Bar ***
<http://punchdrink.com/articles/diary-of-a-24-hour-dive-bar/>
Sarah Baird, Punch


> It’s 10 a.m., and Spider is sweeping cigarette butts from the floor with all the finesse of a waiter cleaning up crumbs between courses at Le Veau d’Or. A scruffy, waiflike man who bears a startling resemblances to the broom with which he’s sweeping, Spider hollers through the empty bar, spittle flying in the morning light, “They just throw ‘em on the floor—don’t care a thing for ‘ol Spider! No damn respect.”




*** Kama Sutra For Couples Who Have Been Dating For Over Three Years. ***
<http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/kama-sutra-for-couples-who-have-been-dating-for-over-three-years>
Chelsea Davison, McSweeney's


> “Svelvik”

> Ask your man to help you build a new bed frame from IKEA and mention that there’s a special treat in it for him when it’s done. Wink. Order pizza as the two of you enter your third hour of bed building. Pull up a video tutorial on YouTube and immediately close it when he gets defensive. Lock the cat in the bathroom after she steals a wooden peg that was apparently important. Go to sleep on an air mattress.




*** A Toast Story ***
<http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/toast-story-latest-artisanal-food-craze-72676/>
John Gravois, Pacific Standard


> How did toast become the latest artisanal food craze? Ask a trivial question, get a profound, heartbreaking answer.




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