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Syncing Calendars Between Mountain Lion And Snow Leopard

Christpher Breen, Macworld.

Ireland Not To Blame For Apple Tax – Deputy PM

Euronews:

The Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore said it is not his country which is the problem, and says it’s an international issue: “They are issues that arise from the taxation system in other jurisdictions and that is an issue that has to be addressed in those jurisdictions”.

In The Wake Of Apple's Testimony, EU Officials Want To Talk About Loopholes

Tim Parker, Benzinga.

Remember The Milk For iOS 3.0.1

Lee Collins, V3.co.uk.

Laptop Week Review: The 13-Inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display

Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch:

It’s still a pricey beast, but the use value to cost ratio is through the roof regardless.

Optical Drives Not Working With Mountain Lion For Some

Topher Kessler, CNET.

ZAGG Introduces A Pair Of New iPad Mini Keyboards With Backlit Keys

Richard Devine, iMore:

Accessory maker ZAGG has introduced a pair of keyboard covers for the iPad Mini that work great in low light, as both come with backlit keys. A physical keyboard is a great accessory to have for anyone who does anything constituting work on their iPad, and these new options from ZAGG look promising.

Apple Pushes Father's Day iPad Sales In Updated Apple Online Store

Joe White, AppAdvice.

Logitech Intros Wired iPad Keyboard Especially For Education Market

Steven Sande, TUAW:

The keyboard will come in two flavors; a Lightning-equipped model that will be shipping in August, and a 30-pin connector version that is expected in October. Since it's designed to be used by students of all ages, the Wired Keyboard has a spill-resistant design and is expected to put up with the pounding of over 5 million keystrokes.

Mac Gems: Timebar Turns Your Menu Bar Into Your Timer

Lex Friedman, Macworld:

Timebar is appealing thanks to its unique approach: It gives you a constant, though subtle, indicator of your timer’s status. Though I’d prefer more time controls, Timebar is a helpful utility to keep around.

Switch To Mac: Translating Windows To OS X

Macworld:

Congratulations! You've made the leap from a Windows PC to the Mac. Now that you're here, it's no surprise that you might be feeling a bit lost. We've assembled this chart to make it easy for you to find the feature you're looking for, whether it's your printer settings or audio controls.

How To Download Individual Classes With iTunes U For iPhone And iPad

Allyson Kazmucha, iMore.

Why 'Dots' Is The Most Scarily Addictive Social Game Yet

Chris Taylor, Mashable:

But let's break it down into its elements. What turns a normally sensible iPhone user into a Dots zombie?

Just About Everything You'll Want To Know About Beethoven's 9Th On Your iPad

Mel Martin, TUAW.

Apple Defends Offshore Decisions That Result In Low Taxes

Grant Gross, IDG News Service:

Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company Tuesday before a Senate subcommittee, saying that Apple uses no “tax gimmicks” in assigning about two-thirds of its worldwide profits to three subsidiaries in Ireland, where the company has negotiated a corporate income tax rate of less than 2 percent.

Starters Guide To iOS Design

Ben Taylor:

As someone who does work on both the development and design side of iOS apps I find that many designers struggle with the transition to UI work, or with the different processes involved in iPhone and iPad app design. In this guide I'll describe the deliverables you'll be expected to produce, outline the constraints of the medium and introduce fundamental iOS and UI design concepts.

How To Migrate A User Account To Another OS X System

Topher Kessler, CNET:

If you are using more than one Mac, or have replaced your Mac with a new one, there are several ways you can migrate your account to the new system.

A Closer Look At Zoom

Making FiftyThree:

From the moment Paper hit the App Store, zoom has been one of the top features requested by creators. While we wanted to implement the feature sooner, many of the off-the-shelf solutions didn’t feel right for Paper. We’d like to shed some light on why we chose to invest the time in developing a new type of zoom, and what was involved from both the technical and design end.

Autodesk Homestyler For iPad Review: Computer Aided Room Design Goes Mobile

Michael Burns, Macworld UK.

Keyboard Maestro 6 Automates Web Pages, Adds Macro Syncing

Adam C. Engst, TidBITS.

AT&T Says 'Any' Mobile Video Chat App Will Work On Its Network By The End Of 2013

Adi Robertson, The Verge.

Apple Rolls Out New iPhone Incentives In India

John-Michael Bond, TUAW.

Apple Already Pays $1 Out Of Every $40 Tax Dollars The U.S. Collects. How Much More Does The Senate Want?

Chris Umiastowski, iMore:

Today the U.S. government is under pressure to collect more tax revenue. They’re fighting information-based global companies like Apple who have organized themselves, legally, in the best interests of shareholders.
This is a battle the U.S. government will lose, and they better start looking at alternative ways to solve their tax revenue problems. Picking a fight with their biggest taxpayer seems utterly stupid.

TextExpander Touch 2.0 Brings Fill-In Snippets, Formatted Text To iOS

Federico Viticci, MacStories:

TextExpander touch still isn’t as powerful and polished as TextExpander 4, but it’s gotten closer with today’s major update. Some of its limitations can’t be overcome unless Apple makes profound changes to iOS’ architecture; others could be fixed and improved by Smile.
Fill-in snippets and a new editor make TextExpander touch 2.0 a fantastic new version of TextExpander that I highly recommend. I look forward to seeing how third-party developers will integrate with the new SDK – TextExpander is now an impressive time-saving utility, but its strength lies in the developer community.

Apple To Tell Senate It Pays Every Cent Of Its Taxes

Dan Moren, Macworld:

Apple strenuously asserts that it pays every cent it owes, both to the U.S. government and to the governments of other countries in which it does business. The most significant of those is Ireland, in which Apple has five—count ‘em, five—subsidiaries, each of which the company says adhere to the letter and spirit of the law; Apple says it doesn’t use tax gimmicks, such as offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands or Caribbean nations, and its large foreign holdings are simply due to the fact that the majority of its revenue—61 percent last year—are generated internationally.

Also:

• Senate report: Apple claims subsidiaries with no taxing jurisdiction (Grant Gross, IDG News Service)

Review: PDF Editor Pro 3 A Pricey Step Up From Preview For PDF Editing

Jeffery Battersby, Macworld:

PDF Editor Pro is appealing as a PDF editor in that if offers OCR and text editing options not available in Apple’s native Preview app. However, it’s not nearly as easy to use as Preview and its OCR capabilities aren’t as good as those found in other applications. It’s not a bad PDF editing application, but you may be better off looking elsewhere for your PDF editing needs.

How iPads Are Revolutionising Social Games

Cara Ellison, The Guardian.

Inventory List For iPhone Review: Manage Your Stuff Simply And Easily

Allyson Kazmucha, iMore.

Learn All About The Delicious Art Of Making Pizza With DIY Pizza Pie For iPad

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice.

Clearing Up Mac App Store Confusion

Christopher Breen, Macworld.

How To Sync An Android Phone To Your Mac

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, Macworld:

Thanks to iCloud, syncing an iPhone with a Mac is a piece of cake. But Mac users who don’t buy into the whole “one vendor to rule them all” thing will find that syncing an Android phone with OS X isn’t quite as easy. That said, it isn’t terribly difficult, either, thanks to Google’s own cloud services.

iOS Default Despair: Where Ars Staff Turns For Better App Experiences

Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica:

Users still can't delete Apple's default apps from iOS devices (grumble grumble…) but there are plenty of useful alternatives out there for people hoping to use something other than the default.

MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.0

Agen G.N. Schmitz, TidBITS:

The release addresses a rare problem that could cause a system to fail to start back up from a crash.

Dropbox Encore Enables A Second Dropbox In A Single OS X User Account

Kirk Hiner, TechnologyTell:

The sole function of the Dropbox Encore application is to launch a second instance of Dropbox using the official Dropbox application in your Applications folder.

How To Know When Apple Finally Gets iCloud Right

Gus Mueller, The Shape Of Everything.

Unknowable

Rands In Repose:

The cap on WWDC tickets means it won’t go the way of SXSW - a wildly successful conference that has grown consistently since its inception. I used to go every year until one late night we looked around a huge sea of strangers and decided that we no longer knew this conference. The experience had become diluted. It had become unfamiliar, full of strangers, and unknowable.