[MyAppleMenu] Nov 24, 2014

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*** Chase Launches Apple Pay Ad Campaign Featuring Jack Antonoff's Bleachers And Small Businesses ***
<http://www.macrumors.com/2014/11/24/chase-bleachers-apple-pay-ad/>
Eric Slivka, MacRumors



*** HandBrake Open Source Video Transcoder V0.10 Released With Hundreds Of New Features Including H.265 And VP8 Encoding ***
<http://9to5mac.com/2014/11/23/handbrake-h-265-vp8/>
Seth Weintraub, 9 To 5 Mac

> The developers of Handbrake just announced the 0.10 update to their extremely popular and useful Open Source video transcoding product. Originally focused on ripping DVDs, the product now can be used for transcribing many different types of files/codecs to almost any other. 



*** ‘Serial,’ Podcasting’s First Breakout Hit, Sets Stage For More ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/business/media/serial-podcastings-first-breakout-hit-sets-stage-for-more.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1&referrer=>
David Carr, New York Times

> Podcasting used to be a novel way of distributing audio programming over the Internet, but it is up 25 percent year-over-year and almost 40 million people listen to some form of podcast. It gained traction with the introduction of the iPod, hence the name. “Serial” is arguably the medium’s first breakout hit.



*** Hey, Parents. What Minecraft Is Doing To Your Kids Is Kind Of Surprising. ***
<http://www.2machines.com/articles/183040.html>
Margaret Rock, 2Machines

> The mystery of Minecraft’s near-hypnotic effect boils down its flexibility, engagement and community. Like most things, it can be taken to extremes. But overall, kids strategize, plan and connect with one another, learning how to set goals and work together to complete a task. Not that they would say so in those words, though.



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*** When G.M. Was Google ***
<http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/01/g-m-google>
Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker

> The art of the corporate devotional.



*** Book World: ‘The Girl Next Door’ By Ruth Rendell ***
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-world-the-girl-next-door-by-ruth-rendell/2014/11/23/e73a989c-6f71-11e4-8808-afaa1e3a33ef_story.html?wprss=rss_books>
Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post

> Ruth Rendell’s fiction clusters at such a high level that the best judgment I can render about “The Girl Next Door” is this: It’s a good Rendell, and that makes it very good indeed.



*** Poem Of The Week: Canada By Katherine Stansfield ***
<http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/nov/24/poem-of-the-week-katherine-stansfield>
Carol Rumens, The Guardian



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