[MyAppleMenu] Mar 10, 2014

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*** NewsBlur 4.0 Features New Dashboard, Gestures And Sharing Controls ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/03/newsblur-4-0-features-new-dashboard-gestures-and-sharing-controls>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice


> NewsBlur, the popular RSS reader app for iPhone and iPad, has just been updated to version 4.0 with several significant enhancements.




*** Facebook Paper Has Forever Changed The Way We Build Mobile Apps ***
<http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/03/facebook-paper/>
Cade Metz, Wired



*** Review: Mophie’s Space Pack Doubles Your iPhone’s Battery, Storage, And Size ***
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/03/review-mophies-space-pack-doubles-your-iphones-battery-storage-and-size/>
Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica



*** Ireland Faces Questions On Fruitful Apple Tax Deal ***
<http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/technology/ireland-faces-questions-on-fruitful-apple-tax-deal-1.1718350>
John McManus, The Irish Times


> The revelation that Apple paid just $36 million tax on $7.11 billion worth of profits funnelled through an Irish company sounds like old news and the Government has done its best to characterise it as such over the past few days. It is however much more than old news. The additional detail that is contained in the documents obtained by this newspaper challenge the narrative at the heart of the rearguard action fought by the Government since the news of Apple’s extraordinary efficient tax planning surfaced last year.




*** Marvel Unlimited Update Introduces Native Marvel Comics Reading Experience ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/03/marvel-unlimited-update-introduces-native-marvel-comics-reading-experience>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice


> This revamped reading experience is made possible mainly by the introduction of native reading in Marvel Unlimited, which downloads comic books for viewing. This is as opposed to the app’s former streaming setup, which was cumbersome at best.




*** The Apple Game: New Categories Vs. Ecosystem Development ***
<http://www.mondaynote.com/2014/03/09/the-apple-game-new-categories-vs-ecosystem-development/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+monday-note+%28Monday+Note%29>
Jean-Louis Gassée, Monday Note


> Putting hopes for Apple’s future on a magical New Category misunderstands the company’s real direction. Instead, Apple stays the course and continues to play its Ecosystem Game.




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*** Hollywood At War ***
<http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2014/03/17/140317crbo_books_denby>
David Denby, New Yorker


> Five major directors with a mission.




*** This Is The Way The World Ends: How The Cosmos Will Meet Its Demise ***
<http://www.salon.com/2014/03/09/this_is_the_way_the_world_ends_how_the_cosmos_will_meet_its_demise/>
Stephen Batersby, Salon


> The future ain’t what it used to be. Cosmologists were once confident they knew how the universe would end: it would just fade away. An ever colder, ever dimmer cosmos would slowly wind down until there were only cinders where the stars once shone. But that’s history.

> Today’s science suggests many different possible futures. Cosmic cycles of death and rebirth might be on the cards, or a very peculiar end when the vacuum of space suddenly turns into something altogether different. The universe might collapse back in on itself in a big crunch. Or we could be in for an even more violent end called the big rip. Or a weird pixellation—the big snap. Or find our whole universe pouring down a wormhole (the big trip). The slow drift into darkness is still a contender, but fear not: that long night could be a lot more interesting than you might think—imagine the cosmos filled with giant diamonds.




*** ‘All Our Names’ By Dinaw Mengestu ***
<http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2014/03/08/book-review-all-our-names-dinaw-mengestu/np94tz85yI2ICMJ78UASRP/story.html>
John Freeman, The Boston Globe


> One of the most precious gifts Chinua Achebe left for writers was the permission to be singularly individual. “Things Fall Apart” will be read next week, and it will be read next century because it does not seek to define Nigerian humanity or Nigerian suffering. It is a book about a man and his family in a time of change. And by showing the many false ways identity gets inscribed, the novel explodes the categorizing prisons of differing identity.




*** The ‘Boys’ In The Bunkhouse ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/09/us/100000002755950.app.html?_r=0>
Dan Barry, New York Times


> Toil, abuse and endurance in the heartland.




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