Linked List: August 15, 2013

Thursday, 15 August 2013

Major update to one of my all-time favorite Mac apps. Restores proper syncing (via a $3/month service) and includes retina-caliber assets. I’ve been beta-testing it for a while, and the sync service is just terrific.

Apple Acquires Second-Screen TV Startup Matcha.tv ★

Is that a banana in Gene Munster’s pocket?

‘Maybe Even a Young Marlon Brando’ ★

The Onion: “Man Taking Photo With iPad Oblivious to How Badass He Looks”.

Baseball Looks to Expand Video Review in 2014 ★

Kathy Willens, reporting for the AP:

Managers will be allowed one challenge over the first six innings of games and two after the seventh inning. Calls that are challenged will be reviewed by a crew in M.L.B. headquarters in New York City, which will make the final ruling.

Great news for the game.

Twenty Hurt at LG Event as Promotional Stunt Goes Wrong ★

BBC News:

LG released 100 helium balloons, each with a free smartphone voucher, at the so-called G in the Cloud event, which took place in an outdoor park in the South Korean capital city. The phones, which sell for KRW 950,000 in South Korea ($851; £550), would be given to people in possession of the voucher, the company said.

Customers arrived with BB guns to shoot down the balloons and surged forward when they were released.

Google Again Blocks Microsoft’s YouTube Windows Phone App ★

Why doesn’t Google just make their own official YouTube app for Windows Phone? I don’t see Google’s angle here. Something about ads and tracking cookies?