[MyAppleMenu] Oct 26, 2014

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*** When iPhones Ring, The Economy Listens ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/your-money/when-iphones-ring-the-economy-listens.html?partner=yahoofinance&_r=1>
Jeff Sommer, New York Times

> Since Sept. 19, when the iPhone 6 and its larger sibling, the iPhone 6 Plus, went on sale, consumers have been ordering the gadgets faster than Apple can deliver them. The ripple effects are being felt throughout the economy — and they have been moving the stock market.



*** IFTTT Updated With New Channels Plus Optimizations For iOS 8 And iPhone 6 ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/10/ifttt-updated-with-new-channels-plus-optimizations-for-ios-8-and-iphone-6>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

> IFTTT for iOS has just received an update that notably adds support for a number of new services or channels, thereby unlocking a variety of new automated actions or recipes.



*** Carl Icahn’s Bad Advice ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/opinion/joe-nocera-carl-icahns-bad-advice.html?_r=0>
Joe Nocera, New York Times

> Rather, he says, the critical incentive for buybacks has been that chief executives are paid primarily in stock. Share buybacks may remove capital from the company, but when they raise the stock price, they enrich the boss.



*** Apple Retina 5K iMac Has A Screen That Can Stop Traffic ***
<http://mashable.com/2014/10/25/imac-retina-5k-review/>
Christina Warren, Mashable

> The screen is so good, it makes the $2,499 price point seem quite reasonable. If you've been looking for a new desktop and have an affinity for quality displays, the Retina 5K iMac is probably for you. For video and photo editors, depending on what you're doing, the iMac could be a better fit than the amazing Mac Pro.



*** Retailers Are Disabling NFC To Block Apple Pay ***
<http://daringfireball.net/2014/10/nfc_apple_pay>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

> If I’m reading this right, and I think I am, these retailers who are shutting down their NFC payment systems are validating that Apple Pay is actually working, that people are actually using it. And remember, it only works with the month-old iPhones 6. Think about what happens a year or two from now when a majority of iPhones in use are Apple Pay enabled.



*** CVS And Rite Aid Block Apple Pay As Mobile Wallet War Heats up ***
<http://www.cultofmac.com/300951/cvs-rite-aid-block-apple-pay-mobile-wallet-war-heats/?utm_medium=twitter.com&utm_source=applenws.com>
Alex Heath, Cult Of Mac

> Two major pharmacy chains have stopped supporting Apple Pay as merchants in the U.S. take sides on which mobile wallet platform to embrace.



*** Adobe Updates Digital Edition, Stops Sharing User Info With The Internet ***
<http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/23/adobe-updates-digital-edition-stops-sharing-user-info-internet/#.VEwqWYe73sk>
Nate Hoffelder, The Digital Reader

> I have an independent confirmation that Adobe only uploads data after a DRMed ebook has been activated.



*** “Oprah” For Indie Bands: Apple Once Loved Unknown Acts—what Changed? ***
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/10/the-ipod-is-dead-and-apples-love-for-the-unknown-band-is-too/>
Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica

> Why you’ve heard of Feist instead of Willy Moon, and why it’s unlikely to change.



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*** Laughing At “Gone Girl” ***
<http://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/laughing-gone-girl>
Steph Cha, Los Angeles Review Of Books

> In <i>Gone Girl</i>, though, we laugh because we’re supposed to laugh. The absurdity, its laughableness, is a necessary part of the film.
> This is because at its core, <i>Gone Girl</i> is a domestic comedy.

Warning: This article contains major spoilers.



*** Can Video Games Fend Off Mental Decline? ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/magazine/can-video-games-fend-off-mental-decline.html?ref=magazine&_r=0>
Clive Thompson, New York Times

> “Brain training” games like Project: Evo have become big business, with Americans spending an estimated $1.3 billion a year on them. They are also a source of controversy. Industry observers warn that snake-oil salesmen abound, and nearly all neuroscientists agree there’s very little evidence yet that these games counter the mental deficits that come with getting older. Gazzaley, however, is something of an outlier. His work commands respect from even the harshest critics. He spent five years designing and testing the sort of game play I had just experienced, and he found that it does indeed appear to prompt older brains to perform like ones decades younger. (“Game changer,” the cover of Nature magazine declared when it published his findings last year.) Now Project: Evo is on its own twisty path — the Boston company that is developing it, Akili, which Gazzaley advises, is seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration for the game. If it gets that government st
 amp, it might become a sort of cognitive Lipitor or Viagra, a game that your doctor can prescribe for your aging mind.



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