Doo (for Mac)

• Pros

  Innovative tag-based organizational schema. Fresh interface with system-wide integration. Automatic OCR. Integrates with cloud-based services such as Google Drive, DropBox, and SkyDrive. Android support.

• Cons Cannot designate particular folders to ignore or parse version history. Cloud support has yet to include SugarSync, Box, Evernote, or iCloud. No iOS apps?yet.
• Bottom Line

  In the crowded space of document management, upstart Mac app doo trades folders for tags and elegantly interoperates with online repositories.

By William Fenton

Doo (free) is a quietly revolutionary application?not because of its purported ability to corral "Every Document of Your Life." Other document managers allow you to consolidate cloud-based services; in fact, Otixo ($47.90 annually) supports a far greater breadth of online repositories. Rather, doo stands out in the manner in which it remaps?or perhaps I should say un-maps?constellations of documents and repositories. Where Otixo and its kin rely upon traditional folder hierarchies, doo shreds them. In promoting a searchable, taggable library, doo takes your Mac (or Windows 8 PC) where it was already headed: to an unbounded space where folders matter as little as the location of their contents.

Most Documents of Your Life
Given that doo.net has existed scarcely two years, I decided to test its most mature offering, doo for Apple OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, though doo also supports Microsoft Windows 8 and Google Android, with additional support slated for Windows 7, iPhone, and iPad. Installation is effortless via the Mac App Store, and a simple prompt, familiar to those who have used Dropbox (free, 4 stars), guides you though initial setup.

Folders play an incongruously integral role in the setup process. You will be asked to designate a Home folder (I placed mine in my Home library), add folders you want to watch (I designated my Documents, Downloads, and Dropbox folders), and connect other document sources. Sources include Gmail, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, and, of course, Dropbox.

All of which is dandy, should "Every Document of Your Life" reside in these repositories. However, for millions of customers who rely upon SugarSync (free, 4.5 stars), Box (free, 4 stars), Evernote (free, 4.5 stars), or?perhaps most egregious for a Mac OS X application?Apple iCloud (free, 4 stars), many documents fall outside doo's purview. Furthermore, for those repositories doo does support, support is somewhat stingy. You cannot designate folders to ignore (such as shared Dropbox folders), and you also cannot peruse file versions (as with Google Docs). My hope is that future iterations of doo will address these limitations.

Foregoing Folders
Once you have added document folders and connected document sources, doo quickly transforms into Apple Spotlight on steroids. In the first place, doo can integrate system-wide. You can shortcut key to conduct searches (Preferences/Hotkeys), add files using the drag and drop space (Preferences/Menu Bar), add doo to Spotlight (Preferences/Advanced), or even set the application to launch at login (Preferences/General). Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, doo looks like an Apple application. In fact, given where iOS is likely headed, doo may foretell things to come. The interface is inviting yet demure: a flat navy-grey color scheme, in contrast to Apple's current skeuomorphism. If it sounds drab, take a look at the slideshow and prepare to be pleasantly surprised.

In selecting a less sumptuous interface, doo foregrounds what is important: your documents and their metadata (of which it makes excellent use). Everything in doo is searchable: titles, authors, dates, full text, and, of course, tags. For many of my documents, doo accurately tagged companies, people, and places?all searchable. Doo will even automatically scan images for text, further expanding the ways you can peruse files.

The tectonic shift, however, is that doo foregoes folders. Instead, doo retrieves dynamic results based upon a set of criteria (tags). Any terms with which you search qualify as tags?locations, people, dates, names, document types?and you can save a set of criteria for Quick Access (think: iTunes Smart Playlists). For example, over the years I have created a number of resumes, and I have no idea where I have saved the most recent. With doo, I located six versions created by me, after 2010, from New York, in Microsoft Word, including the word "CV." The search I conducted functions as folder?it collects documents?but better, because it will collect future documents that meet the criteria. Doo, meanwhile, will identify duplicates (if I care to confront my messiness), preview files from searches, or simply open them in the software in which they were created (in this case, Microsoft Word).

Traversing Boundaries
Many advanced users may already rely upon system-wide search as an alternative to complex folder hierarchy. For those users, doo augments the depth and scope of search. Yet a far greater number of users fall into a liminal space, conceptualizing information as files and folders, yet relying upon cloud-based services that the test the boundedness of that conceptualization. doo earns the Editors' Choice designation because it traverses boundaries: Practically, it will collect most?not all?files in a fresh, elegant interface; conceptually, it will challenge users to move beyond static folders to a more dynamic tag-based organizational schema. Doo may not work for everyone, but given it's free, there's little reason not to try it.

By William Fenton Junior Analyst, Software

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How Sunscreen Works (And Why You're Wrong About It)

Your skin shouldn't look like a package of pork cracklins after spending the day outdoors; that's why we invented sunscreen. However, there's a right way and a wrong way to slather on your protection?screw it up and you could get burned.

It's not the visible light from the sun that causes your skin to crisp, but rather the invisible ultraviolet waves. As assistant professor of dermatology and director of photomedicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Jeffrey M. Sobell, explains:

A sunburn?manifested by cutaneous redness, swelling and pain?is an acute toxic reaction caused by exposure to the sun's ultraviolet radiation. Although the precise mechanism by which a sunburn occurs has not been clearly identified, complex chemical reactions and pathways take place that most likely result in the clinical symptoms.

The energy from ultraviolet radiation can damage molecules in the skin, most importantly DNA. One consequence of this is the synthesis of different proteins and enzymes. The effects of these proteins, notably prostaglandins and cytokines, lead to dilation of the cutaneous blood vessels and recruitment of inflammatory cells. This, in turn, produces a sunburn's characteristic redness, swelling and pain. Once the signal of excessive radiation exposure is initiated, it generally takes four to six hours for these proteins to generate. Sunburn symptoms thus don't appear until well after exposure. (DNA damage can also result in the destruction of the involved skin cell. This is one of the reasons why skin peels after a bad sunburn.)

Ultraviolet radiation arrives most often in three distinct wavelengths, designated UV-A, -B, and -C. UV-A has the longest wavelength at 400 nm - 320 nm and therefore penetrates both the ozone layer and glass as well as deeper into your skin than the others, causing age spots and wrinkling. UV-B, with a wavelength of 320 nm - 290 nm, is partially blocked by the ozone layer and cannot travel through glass. This wavelength is the primary cause of sunburns and the targeted range for protection, though Broad-spectrum sunscreens will inhibit both UV-A and UV-B. UV-C has a wavelength of 290 nm - 100 nm, though it is completely blocked by the ozone layer and only an issue if you use tanning beds.

To block these harmful solar emissions, sunscreens employ a mix of organic and inorganic ingredients that either reflect, scatter or absorb the radiation and dissipate it as heat. Titanium dioxide and zinc oxide are two of the most commonly used inorganic materials used to physically block UV rays from reaching the skin. Previously, these ingredients would appear white (see below), however modern micronizing techniques break down the particles so as to be invisible without diminishing their functionality.

These inorganic compounds are supplemented with UV-B absorbing organic chemicals such as cinnamates, octyl methoxycinnamate, para-aminobenzoic acid, and Benzophenones, that convert the incoming energy into harmless waste heat.

Together, these compounds provide a level of protection measured in factors. That is, if your baseline, unprotected time limit for sun exposure is say 30 minutes before burning, an SPF (sun protection factor) 30 sunscreen would allow you to remain outside for 30 times that duration, or 15 hours. If your baseline is 15 minutes, an SPF 30 would only hypothetically provide 7.5 hours of protection.

Of course, these products only work if you actually put it on and keep it on. Unfortunately, many folks fail to realize that fact and are putting themselves at long term risk for skin cancer and freckles by not doing so. These are a few of the most common sunscreen misconceptions:

1) I'm naturally tan, so I don't need sunscreen

Hahaha, no. The American Cancer society reports more than two million people are diagnosed annually with skin cancer. Roughly 76,000 of them will be cases of invasive melanoma, skin's deadliest cancer, and it will kill an estimated 9,200 people. It's not just the pastiest of us that are at risk, all skin burns eventually. Naturally darker skin simply offers a higher baseline protection factor, not an unstoppable UV barrier.

Instead, slather on a broad-spectrum sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30, water resistant if you've got it. The SPF 30 will block 96 percent of the harmful incoming rays and the water resistant properties will prevent it from washing away as you sweat.

"To cover your whole body, you would have to fill a shot glass," dermatologist Dr. Jennifer Stein of New York University Langone Medical Center said. It's not as though you need to apply it to every crack and crevice, but be sure to get the tips of the ears and use lip balm with a sufficient SPF.

2) I got my face, neck, legs, and forearms this morning, I'm good for the day

Sunscreen does not last all day. "The general principle is to reapply every two to four hours," dermatologist James Spencer, MD, of St. Petersburg, Fl, told WebMD. "Sunscreen does go away with time."

In addition to touching up your exposed bits every couple of hours, you should try to cover up as much as possible with long sleeves and broad-brim hats and avoid being under the sun when it's at its midday peak between 10am and 2pm.

3) It's cloudy out, I'm fine

The weather makes little difference with overcast conditions blocking as little as 20 percent of the inbound radiation. What's more, geographic features like snow, sand, and water can all reflect as much as 70 percent of the sunlight that hits them and higher altitudes actually increase UV exposure (yes, because you're closer to the Sun). As such, you shouldn't rely on the local forecast to protect you.

4) Anything higher than 30 is a waste

That's partially true, but don't count out the higher stuff entirely. SPF 90 only provides a three percent boost in protection over SPF 30. "You get 99 percent sunburn protection with SPF 90, versus 96 percent with SPF 30," says Howard Sobel, M.D., of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

For most people, that extra bit of protection may not be all that necesssary. However for exceptionally fair skinned folk that extra three percent over a lifetime really adds up, and could determine whether or not you come home looking like Zoidberg.

[WebMD - Women's Health - CNN - Library of Congress - American Assoc. of Dermatologists - EPA - About - hat tip: thanks Travis B - Images: haveseen / Shutterstock]

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Ryan Gosling breaks Cannes' heart, misses premiere

Cannes festival director Thierry Fremaux, right, reads a letter from actor Ryan Gosling explaining why he could not attend the festival, as director Nicolas Winding Refn, centre, and actress Kristen Scott Thomas listen during a press conference for the film Only God Forgives at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Cannes festival director Thierry Fremaux, right, reads a letter from actor Ryan Gosling explaining why he could not attend the festival, as director Nicolas Winding Refn, centre, and actress Kristen Scott Thomas listen during a press conference for the film Only God Forgives at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

CANNES, France (AP) ? The Cannes Film Festival is missing one of its biggest stars of this year's festival: Ryan Gosling.

The 32-year-old Canadian actor was unable to attend the premiere Wednesday of director Nicolas Winding Refn's film "Only God Forgives." Gosling stars in the Bangkok noir about a boxing club owner pressured by his mother to his avenge his brother's murder.

At a press conference Wednesday, Cannes director Thierry Fremaux read, in French, a letter from Gosling apologizing for his absence. The actor is currently in Detroit shooting his directorial debut, "How to Catch a Monster."

"I can't believe that I'm not in Cannes with you," Gosling wrote. "I was hoping to be coming but I am in the third week of shooting my movie. I miss you all.

"Nicolas, my friend, we really are the same, simply in different worlds and I am sending you good vibrations. I am with you all."

His absence is a blow to the festival, which depends on top stars like Gosling to walk its red carpet and draw the world's media attention to the annual French Riviera extravaganza.

Fremaux said he was sad that Gosling couldn't make it.

"He is not with us physically, but as he stated, his thoughts are with us," said Fremaux.

"Only God Forgives" is Gosling's second collaboration with Refn following 2011's "Drive."

"Only God Forgives" was screened for the media early Wednesday at Cannes, where it drew mixed reviews for its extreme violence and nightmarish treatment of such a Greek tragedy.

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Nanoantennas improve infrared sensing

May 20, 2013 ? A team of University of Pennsylvania engineers has used a pattern of nanoantennas to develop a new way of turning infrared light into mechanical action, opening the door to more sensitive infrared cameras and more compact chemical-analysis techniques.

The research was conducted by assistant professor Ertugrul Cubukcu and postdoctoral researcher Fei Yi, along with graduate students Hai Zhu and Jason C. Reed, all of the Department of Material Science and Engineering in Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science.

It was published in the journal Nano Letters.

Detecting light in the mid-infrared range is important for applications like night-vision cameras, but it can also be used to do spectroscopy, a technique that involves scattering light over a substance to infer its chemical composition. Existing infrared detectors use cryogenically cooled semiconductors, or thermal detectors known as microbolometers, in which changes in electrical resistance can be correlated to temperatures. These techniques have their own advantages, but both need expensive, bulky equipment to be sensitive enough for spectroscopy applications.

"We set out to make an optomechanical thermal infrared detector," Cubukcu said. "Rather than changes in resistance, our detector works by connecting mechanical motion to changes in temperature."

The advantage to this approach is that it could reduce the footprint of an infrared sensing device to something that would fit on a disposable silicon chip. The researchers fabricated such a device in their study.

At the core of the device is a nanoscale structure -- about a tenth of a millimeter wide and five times as long -- made of a layer of gold bonded to a layer of silicon nitride. The researchers chose these materials because of their different thermal expansion coefficients, a parameter that determines how much a material will expand when heated. Because metals will naturally convert some energy from infrared light into heat, researchers can connect the amount the material expands to the amount of infrared light hitting it.

"A single layer would expand laterally, but our two layers are constrained because they're attached to one another," Cubukcu said. "The only way they can expand is in the third dimension. In this case, that means bending toward the gold side, since gold has the higher thermal expansion coefficient and will expand more."

To measure this movement, the researchers used a fiber interferometer. A fiber optic cable pointed upward at this system bounces light off the underside of the silicon nitride layer, enabling the researchers to determine how far the structure has bent upwards.

"We can tell how far the bottom layer has moved based on this reflected light," Cubukcu said. "We can even see displacements that are thousands of times smaller than a hydrogen atom."

Other researchers have developed optomechanical infrared sensors based on this principle, but their sensitivities have been comparatively low. The Penn team's device is an improvement in this regard due to the inclusion of "slot" nanoantennas, cavities that are etched into the gold layer at intervals that correspond to wavelengths of mid-infrared light.

"The infrared radiation is concentrated into the slots, so you don't need any additional material to make these antennas," Cubukcu said. "We take the same exact platform and, by patterning it with these nanoscale antennas, the conversion efficiency of the detector improves 10 times."

The inclusion of nanoantennas provides the device with an additional advantage: the ability to tailor which type of light it is sensitive to by etching a different pattern of slots on the surface.

"Other techniques can only work at the maximum absorption determined by the material itself," Yi said. "Our antennas can be engineered to absorb at any wavelength."

While only a proof-of-concept at this stage, future research will demonstrate the device's capabilities as a low-cost way of analyzing individual proteins and gas molecules.

The research was supported by the National Science Foundation, Penn's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Penn's Nano/Bio Interface Center and the Penn Regional Nanotechnology Facility.

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John Chambers Delivers, Big Investors Now Chasing Stocks

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
By Mitchell Clark, B.Comm. for Profit Confidential

The action in the stock market continues to amaze.

When stocks go up on bad news (like last week?s higher initial claims for jobless benefits and lower-than-expected housing starts), you know you don?t want to be short.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ/CSCO) is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and for such a mature technology stock, it recently reported a very solid quarter.

In its fiscal third quarter (ended April 27, 2012), Cisco announced sales of $12.2 billion, for a net gain of five percent over the comparable quarter. It was the company?s ninth consecutive quarter of record sales.

Earnings grew 14.5% to $2.5 billion, while earnings per share grew 15% to 0.46 per share, beating consensus estimates.

John Chambers, Cisco?s CEO, noted improving signs in the U.S. economy and other markets. Business conditions for the company are also improving.

Like many cash-rich, large corporations, Cisco recently repurchased 41 million shares of its own common stock, spending $860 million.

This, of course, is a pittance. The company finished its latest quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $47.4 billion.

Wall Street boosted the company?s earnings estimates and share price target.

Cisco is ripe for more gains on the stock market because of its valuation.

The company also offers a dividend yield of 3.2%, which is attractive in this market. The company?s huge cash hoard also makes it highly likely that at some point this year, the company will issue another dividend increase.

All institutional investors want to see in this stock market is stability and certainty.

Cisco provided that that certainty in its latest earnings report, and this is the reason why the company has leapt upward by over 10% on the stock market.

Still, the positive trading action is truly astonishing.

If there was ever a case to be made that the stock market is a leading indicator, recent action proves it. This market is way ahead of fundamentals.

Cisco hasn?t done anything for years on the stock market, although it has been slowly growing its revenues.

The company?s latest earnings report really was decent in terms of the competition and maturity in the networking and communication devices subsector.

The broadening of the blue chip breakout into the NASDAQ Composite is confirmation of the uptrend. But it is becoming even more difficult to be a buyer in this stock market when you see the key stock indices going up on bad news.

The appetite that institutional investors have to be buyers is stunning.

A majority of companies beat consensus earnings in the latest quarter. But only half of all companies in the S&P 500 beat consensus on revenues.

This is why big investors are now chasing stocks like Cisco. Top-line growth remains elusive.

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'Trek' does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.

The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009's "Star Trek," which opened with $75.2 million.

Since premiering Wednesday in huge-screen IMAX theaters and expanding Thursday to general cinemas, "Into Darkness" has pulled in $84.1 million, well below distributor Paramount's initial forecast of $100 million. The film added $40 million overseas, pushing its total to $80.5 million since it began rolling out internationally a week earlier.

The "Star Trek" sequel bumped "Iron Man 3" down to second place after two weekends on top. Robert Downey Jr.'s superhero saga took in $35.2 million domestically to lift its receipts to $337.1 million. Overseas, "Iron Man 3" added $40.2 million, raising its international total to $736.2 million and its worldwide tally to nearly $1.1 billion.

While "Iron Man 3" and "Into Darkness" did well overseas, they were outmatched by the debut of Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby," which followed its domestic debut a week earlier with a wide rollout internationally. "Gatsby" pulled in $42.1 million overseas, coming in a bit ahead of both "Iron Man 3" and "Into Darkness."

Domestically, "Gatsby" held up well at No. 3 with $23.4 million, lifting its total to $90.2 million.

In today's Hollywood of bigger, better sequels, follow-up films often outdo the box office of their predecessors, as each "Iron Man" sequel has done. While "Into Darkness" earned good reviews and is getting strong word-of-mouth from fans, the film did not quite measure up to the opening weekend of director J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" reboot from four years ago, at least domestically.

"'Star Trek' remains a fan-boy movie. It doesn't seem to have the same kind of cross-over appeal as say an 'Iron Man' or some of these others," said Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com. "It's a very specific brand, but I think the general public would love this movie, because it's such an action movie. But to get a hundred-million-plus opening weekend, unless you're 'Twilight,' you really have to cross over to all audiences."

Paramount points out that overseas business is up in many markets, though, so worldwide, the sequel is off to a better start.

"Because of the nature of the franchise, because of how many movies have been made and the various forms of the TV shows, I'm not sure that 'Star Trek' goes by the rules of normal sequels. I think each movie stands on its own, because it's a unique franchise," said Don Harris, Paramount's head of distribution. "My goal was always that we grow the franchise. We're clearly seeing by today's numbers that the movie is being embraced on a worldwide basis in a way we've never seen before."

Harris said that domestically, "Into Darkness" finished its first weekend 6 percent ahead of revenues for 2009's "Star Trek," which got a head-start with $4 million in Thursday night previews to give it a $79.2 million haul through the first Sunday.

But "Into Darkness" had a full day of screenings Thursday plus its Wednesday IMAX business. Unlike the first movie, which played only in 2-D, the sequel also had the benefit of 3-D screenings that cost a few dollars more. Yet even with the 3-D upcharge and the earlier debut, it came away with just $4.9 million more than its predecessor through Sunday.

Still, it's a solid starting place for the movie to live long and prosper at theaters, with Paramount hoping "Into Darkness" can surpass the $385 million worldwide total of "Star Trek."

"I think we're well along on that road," Harris said.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. "Star Trek: Into Darkness," $70.6 million ($40 million international).

2. "Iron Man 3," $35.2 million ($40.2 million international).

3. "The Great Gatsby," $23.4 million ($42.1 million international)

4. "Pain & Gain," $3.1 million.

5. "The Croods," $2.75 million.

6. "42," $2.73 million.

7. "Oblivion," $2.2 million.

8. "Mud," $2.16 million.

9. "Peeples," $2.15 million.

10. "The Big Wedding," $1.1 million.

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Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:

1. "The Great Gatsby," $42.1 million.

2. "Iron Man 3," $40.2 million.

3. "Star Trek: Into Darkness," $40 million.

4. "Epic," $14.5 million.

5. "Fast & Furious 6," $13.8 million.

6. "The Croods," $10.6 million.

7. "Evil Dead," $5.6 million.

8. "Oblivion," $4.7 million.

9. "Montage," $4.1 million.

10. "Mama," $1.7 million.

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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Emaze Raises $800K For The Presentation Sweet Spot Between PowerPoint And Prezi

Microsoft PowerPoint facilitates presentation design with zero constraints. And startups like Prezi provide well-designed templates and other features to help you communicate what matters. Now an Israeli startup called?Emaze?is trying a different take by offering a much simpler templating system for presentations that are intended to make you be concise.

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Apps of the Week: Sky Gamblers, Ticket to Ride, Tweetbot, and more

Every week, the editors and writers at iMore carefully select some of our favorite, most useful, most extraordinary apps. This week's selections include a war game, a videography app, a classic board game, and a popular twitter client for Mac.

Sky Gamblers - Storm Raiders - Peter Cohen

World War II air combat on the Mac - dogfighting in the skies above Pearl Harbor, Midway, France and more. Fly historic planes with cross-platform multiplayer, Game Center and iCloud support. If you've played the game on your iOS device, you know what to expect. But Atypical Games has reworked Sky Gamblers - Storm Raiders to work on the Mac, which makes it an even more fun game on a bigger screen.

The game costs a paltry 99 cents to download, but content like new planes and weapons come at a price - in-app purchases for a couple of bucks here and there. Still, lots of fun to play and not a lot of coin to make it happen.

• $0.99 - Download now

Luma Camera - Rene Ritchie

While I was at BlackBerry Live -- or was it iMore live? -- one of the developers in attendance came over and showed me Luma Camera for iPhone. It's a video shooting app that offers filters both real-time and for post-processing, as well as optional HD video storage space via their website. The most interesting feature, however, is the image stabilization. Real optical image stabilization requires hardware, but Luma does a respectable job using the iPhones built in sensors and it's powerful graphics processing capabilities.

I haven't had much of a chance to play around with it yet, but it looks like fun. If you try it, let me know what you think!

• Free - Download now

Ticket to Ride Online - Richard Devine

I must confess to being an avid fan of the Geek and Sundry YouTube Show, TableTop starring Wil Wheaton. It's via that show I first became aware of the board game Ticket to Ride, and now I've found and begun playing the Mac version -- Ticket to Ride Online

I've never played the board game, but the Mac version is a beautifully colourful recreation of the original, and follows the rules to the letter. You choose a series of routes, and the objective is to lay trains on as many of those routes as possible before the game is up. The longest routes get an extra reward at the end, and incomplete routes loses points. It's really simple to pick up and play, and there's a comprehensive tutorial game to help you get to grips with the gameplay.

In-App purchases are available to extend the game boards, with new ones available for Europe, another USA board and for Switzerland. And, the online play supports competing against other Mac, PC, and iPad players. I've not tried out the iPad version just yet, but you'll find a link for that too below.

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Tweetbot for Mac - Ally Kazmucha

There are a wealth of amazing Twitter clients for iOS but when it comes to Mac, there are less to choose from. While I tend to use Twitterrific on my iPhone and iPad, I've never really liked the feel of it on Mac. Tweetbot is my second favorite for iOS and when they released a Mac client a while back, it definitely didn't disappoint.

The price point is quite a bit higher than other Twitter offerings in the Mac App Store but honestly, it's the best available, hands down. If you want the iOS Tweetbot experience on your Mac, there really is no other option.

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Your choice?

Now that we've chosen our favorites for the week, we want to hear yours! Did you pick up a killer app, accessory, or game this week? Let us know in the comments below!

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Powerball jackpot lures last-minute players

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ? It's all about the odds.

With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot during Saturday night's drawing, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars ? and that's after taxes.

The problem, of course, is those same odds just about guarantee the lucky person won't be you.

The chances of winning the estimated $600 million prize remain astronomically low: 1 in 175.2 million. That's how many different ways you can combine the numbers when you play. But lottery officials estimate about 80 percent of those possible combinations have been purchased, so now's the time to buy.

"This would be the roll to get in on," said Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich. "Of course there's no guarantee, and that's the randomness of it, and the fun of it."

That hasn't deterred people across Powerball-playing states ? 43 plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands ? from lining up at gas stations and convenience stores Saturday for their chance at striking it filthy rich.

At a mini market in the heart of Los Angeles' Chinatown, employees broke the steady stream of customers into two lines: One for Powerball ticket buyers and one for everybody else. Some people appeared to be looking for a little karma.

"We've had two winners over $10 million here over the years, so people in the neighborhood think this is the lucky store," employee Gordon Chan said as he replenished a stack of lottery tickets on a counter.

Workers at one suburban Columbia, S.C., convenience store were so busy with ticket buyers that they hadn't updated their sign with the current jackpot figure, which was released Friday. Customer Armous Peterson was reluctant to share his system for playing the Powerball. The 56-year-old was well aware of the long odds, but he also knows the mantra of just about every person buying tickets.

"Somebody is going to win," he said. "Lots of people are going to lose, too. But if you buy a ticket, that winner might be you."

The latest jackpot is the world's second largest overall, just behind a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot in March 2012. The $600 million jackpot, which could grow before the numbers are drawn at 10:59 EDT Saturday, currently includes a $376.9 million cash option.

Charles Hill of Dallas says he buys lottery tickets every day. And he knows exactly what he'd do if he wins.

"What would I do with my money? I'd run and hide," he said. "I wouldn't want none of my kinfolks to find me."

Clyde Barrow, a public policy professor at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, specializes in the gaming industry. He said one of the key factors behind the ticket-buying frenzy is the size of the jackpot ? people are interested in the easy investment.

"Even though the odds are very low, the investment is very small," he said. "Two dollars gets you a chance."

That may be why Ed McCuen has a Powerball habit that's as regular as clockwork. The 57-year-old electrical contractor from Savannah, Ga., buys one ticket a week, regardless of the possible loot. It's a habit he didn't alter Saturday.

"You've got one shot in a gazillion or whatever," McCuen said, tucking his ticket in his pocket as he left a local convenience store. "You can't win unless you buy a ticket. But whether you buy one or 10 or 20, it's insignificant."

Seema Sharma doesn't seem to think so. The newsstand employee in Manhattan's Penn Station has purchased $80 worth of tickets for herself. She also was selling tickets all morning at a steady pace, instructing buyers where to stand if they wanted machine-picked tickets or to choose their own numbers.

"I work very hard ? too hard ? and I want to get the money so I can finally relax," she said. "You never know."

Officials will conduct the drawing live Saturday night from Tallahassee, Fla.

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Associated Press writers Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, S.C., Betsy Blaney in Lubbock, Texas, Russ Bynum in Savannah, Ga., John Rogers in Los Angeles and Verena Dobnick in New York contributed to this report.

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Angelina Jolie's op-ed prompts strong reactions

Angelina Jolie revealed today that she has spent the past several months fighting her risk of breast cancer by undergoing a double mastectomy. Responses have been varied.

By Karen Rowan,?Live Science / May 14, 2013

Angelina Jolie, seen here in 2011, wrote an op-ed in Tuesday's New York Times saying that in April she finished three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts as a preventive measure. She says she?s kept the process private but is writing about it now with hopes she can help other women.

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The emotions, as seen in the comments section of Jolie's op-ed in the New York Times, range from gratitude to Jolie for telling her story, to feeling "braver" about approaching a breast cancer diagnosis or treatment, to those who lament that the care that Jolie received may not be available to all women.

In Jolie's piece, she revealed that she has a "faulty" BRCA1 gene that put her at high risk for breast cancer, a disease that claimed her mother's life at age 56. She detailed the reasons for her decision to undergo a double mastectomy several months ago, as well as her feelings now that it's over.

Some commenters on the piece said they were thankful. "Thanks for your story. As a public figure, you may be able to influence someone to take preventative action," despite their fears, one commenter wrote. "Thank you, Angelina, for going public on this most private subject. I applaud your bravery," another said.

The gratitude that some women are expressing to Jolie likely stems from the level of intimacy with her that they now feel, said Dr. Tina Walch, a psychiatrist specializing in women's issues at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y.

"She's one of the sexiest women in the world, and now she's approachable, she's normalized. You can see her in your living room," Walch said.

While many women wouldn?t even share such details with acquaintances or co-workers, Jolie has shared her decision with the world. This makes some women feel thankful for her story because they feel they have gained a relationship with her, Walch said.

Some commenters talked about feeling safer. "Thank you for your bravery and strength, Angelina Jolie. You've made me feel less vulnerable as a woman," one wrote. Another said, "I am having a prophylactic bilateral double mastectomy with reconstruction on Wednesday morning ? I've been terrified for weeks ? After reading Ms. Jolie's story told with such grace, a little of the terror has diminished."

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Bazinga! Sheldon's best 'Big Bang' finale lines

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The gang dines and discusses throwing a party for Leonard.

Live long and prosper, Leonard Hofstadter! OK, that may be a little bit of a dramatic farewell, but the gang of "The Big Bang Theory" did say goodbye to him on Thursday's season finale -- though it was just a temporary adios.

As the sixth season of CBS' hit comedy came to a close, the experimental physicist (Johnny Galecki) left to join Stephen Hawking's team on the North Sea for a few months, and naturally, the gang had to throw a farewell party for their pal. But at the shindig, Raj (Kunal Nayyar) was dumped via text by his new lady friend. (Beats getting dumped on a Post-It note, right?!) As sad as that was, it led the tongue-tied astrophysicist to discover that he no longer needed alcohol to talk to women. Good for Raj, bad for the girls. (As Amy said so succinctly in the closing moments, "Does he ever shut up?!")

Though the zingers came fast and furiously from many of the core characters throughout the episode, it was -- as usual -- Sheldon (Jim Parsons) who delivered the best. (Anything else would defy logic, as Sheldon might say.) Here are some of our favorites:

• "I used to be uncomfortable around people, then I learned a trick: I pretend everyone I meet is a beloved character from 'Star Trek.' ... (It's) working like a charm, unnamed crewman in a red shirt!" -- to Leonard, while lunching with the guys.
• "Should a guy with no name and a red shirt really go on an expedition?!" -- to Leonard, after hearing about his opportunity to join the North Sea expedition.
• "No one asked you, Uhura!" -- to Raj, after Raj chimed in on Leonard's big opportunity.
• "Leonard you?re being selfish. We need to give you a send-off so we'll have closure when you die at sea and crabs eat your face." -- while discussing Leonard's party during dinner with the gang at home.
• "It?s not that big of an opportunity. Even if Hawking's theories are correct, all they prove is where the universe came from, why everything exists and what its ultimate end will be. Me? I?m interested in the big questions!" -- to Penny, while shopping for Leonard's going-away party.
• "I?m not jealous. I?m just very unhappy that things are happening for him and not happening for me!" -- againto Penny, while shopping for Leonard's going-away party.

• "It did not kill me when you went to space. MONKEYS went to space!" -- to Howard (Simon Helberg), who said it must've killed Sheldon when Howard went to the International Space Station at the end of season five.
• "Penny, we?re in the red zone. You see, the white zone is for loading and unloading. We?re breaking the law. ... OK, you have to get out of the car right now. I?m not going to jail for you. ... Oh dear lord, a police officer glancing in our direction. We?ve been made! Don?t worry, officer, they just love each other, we?re not smuggling drugs!" -- while with Penny, dropping off Leonard at the airport and apparently parked illegally.
  

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Difficulties of local property developers mean opportunities for ...

VietNamNet Bridge ? Foreign investors have been flocking to Vietnam to hunt for real estate projects, which is believed to help warm up the market. However, the market price would be forced down by 50 percent at least.

Foreign investors will come?

The real estate projects with ?clean land? (the compensation for site clearance has been completed), the buildings belonging to the enterprises which need to restructure their investment portfolios are the things hunted by foreign investors.

As domestic investors are seriously thirsty for capital, they have to bargain away their projects. And this is the golden opportunity for foreigners to buy the assets at low prices.

In early this second quarter, General Director of Hung Viet Company Ltd and South Korean KRDF03 Sang Hun Oh revealed that they were seeking to purchase finished multi-storey buildings.

In late April 2013, local newspapers reported that Thomas Kramer, the German well-known venture investor would arrive in Vietnam in July 2013 to seek the investment opportunity during his six-day stay here.

Sources said the investor is seeking the Vietnamese developers who can transfer the certificates for ?clean land? use right. He is considering building the complexes of green hotels and apartments.

A real estate consultancy firm in HCM City had the meetings with the Japanese and Hong Kong?s groups of investors during which they discussed the opportunities to buy the real estate projects at low prices in the central area of HCM City.

The investors from Asia are looking for the buildings which can be put into operation at once in a preparation plan to access the Vietnamese market in the post-crisis period.

In late March 2013, John Sheehan, the Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, during his working visit to HCM City, said as soon as Vietnam amends the legal framework to settle the bad debts, foreign capital would flow into the market.

He said that the biggest obstacle that prevents the foreign capital from entering Vietnam is the slow bad debt settlement process. The experts said many assets listed as the bad debts in Vietnam still have been overvalued if compared with the real estate prices in other ASEAN countries.

?but they will only pay low for the assets

The representative of the above said consultancy firm in HCM City said the negotiations with the Japanese and Hong Kong?s investors have not come to an end yet, because the foreign investors still try to haggle over the projects. They believe that the assets have been overvalued in the context of the gloomy real estate market in Vietnam.

Deputy Director of Dat Lanh Real Estate Firm ? Nguyen Van Duc, has warned that a lot of real estate projects would be taken over by foreign investors in some days at the rock bottom prices.

?There are numerous half-finished projects on sale because the projects? developers don?t have money to continue the projects,? Duc noted.

He went on to say that the foreign investors would revive the real estate projects by injecting money in them. However, as it is now the buyers? market, the price would be forced down by 50 percent at least.

Huynh Kim Dan, Director of Eden Real Company, has noted that foreign investors have just come to explore the situation, while they have not ?taken actions? yet. Though they are really interested in the market, they still keep cautious with the transactions.

Doan said the foreign investors are not interested in apartment projects, and they only want high rise office buildings in the central area and the completely done hotels or coastal resorts.

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  Where will the German real estate tycoon invest in Vietnam?

  VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese real estate developers now keep curious about what the German real estate tycoon Thomas Kramer looks for in Vietnam and where he would put his money into. Thomas Kramer is expected to come to Vietnam in July. Some sources said that the German tycoon would stay in... [Read more]
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  Bank doors open more widely, but businesses cannot go in

  Banks have "relaxed their severity," loosening the conditions for lending capital, but businesses have no more assets to mortgage for the loans. It's obvious that the State Bank's decision to slash the dong ceiling deposit interest rate to 12 percent aims to rescue businesses which have been bogged down... [Read more]
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  Business Club: VND 8.5 billion-worth gifts to the poor

  Last week, the Quang Ngai provincial People's Committee (PPC) and the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee (PFFC) in collaboration with the Quang Ngai Business Club in Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony to honor achievements in social charity activities for the Quang Ngai poor in 2012. Mr. Pham Nhu So,... [Read more]
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  Indochina Plaza Hanoi wins 4 highly conveted Asia Pacific Property Award

  The results of the International Property Awards Asia Pacific regional competition 2013 have been revealed on 10th May in Kuala Lumpur, with Indochina Land receiving four prestigious awards across a range of categories. Especially, Indochina Plaza Hanoi has become the first project from Vietnam to receive the regional recognition for... [Read more]
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  Real Estate: Not Easy to Loosen up the Market

  With the determination to unfreeze real estate market in 2013, the Government of Vietnam has introduced a variety of measures to stimulate demand. However, the real estate market seems to be insistently hibernating with no sign of breakthrough in the coming quarter. 6 years for recovery According to Mr Jonhn Sheehan, a... [Read more]
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  Int'l surveyors to develop human resources in Vietnam

  The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors will help Vietnam train local personnel skills to boost development of the country's property market. Max Crofts, president of the worldwide property professional group that calls itself the "world's leading professional body for qualifications and standards in land, property and construction," said the Vietnamese market... [Read more]
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  Savills has new managing director

  Neil MacGregor, managing director of Savills Vietnam - Photo: Courtesy of Savills Savills, a property service provider, on Tuesday announced it has appointed Neil MacGregor as Savills Vietnam's new managing director, who will oversee business at key offices in Hanoi and HCMC. MacGregor will replace Brett Ashton who is leaving Vietnam... [Read more]

• Sustainable architecture to go on show this week

  HCMC - British Council Vietnam and UK Trade & Investment will jointly organize a conference themed Sustainable Design and Architecture at the five-star Caravelle hotel in downtown HCMC on March 29 and 30. The conference is part of the Creativity Economy project, which has been delivered by British Council since... [Read more]
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  China leads fall in Asia property sector wages: survey

  HONG KONG, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The average wage for property professionals in Asia has fallen this year, according to a new report, mainly as a result of a pay slump in mainland China. The International Finance Center in ... [Read more]
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  Exploring prospects in home-for-rent segment

  Dinh Dung The apartment project Terra Rosa in HCMC?s Binh Chanh District, where Eden Real Company has got 23 apartments owned by individual investors to put up for lease - Photo: Dinh Dung From apartments? Huynh Kim Doan, director of Eden Real, is mulling promoting the service of leasing apartments owned... [Read more]

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CBO: Obama budget cuts deficits $1.1T by 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade, using nearly $6 in higher revenues for every $1 in reduced spending to achieve it, Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said Friday.

After four straight years of annual shortfalls exceeding $1 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office report said Obama's budget would push this year's deficit down to $669 billion. Annual shortfalls would shrink slowly to $399 billion in 2017 before rising again, the report said.

The report did little to resolve the budget impasse between Obama and congressional Republicans. The White House wants to reduce deficits further with a mix of tax increases and spending cuts, while Republicans have said they won't consider higher taxes.

Chiefly because of spending increases his budget proposes, Obama's fiscal plan would make next year's deficit $115 billion higher than the $560 billion shortfall that the budget office estimates for 2014 without the president's policies. Republicans criticized that and contrasted the $542 billion deficit Obama's budget would leave in 2023 with the spending plan approved by the GOP-run House, which relies on deep spending cuts to achieve balance by that year.

"This new report shows that the president's budget doesn't come close to solving the problem" despite proposing tax increases, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said in a statement.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, top Democrat on the House budget panel, said the report shows Obama's budget achieves "exactly what is called for right now, meaning we focus on jobs now and making sure we try to accelerate economic growth now, combined with long-term deficit-reduction."

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said it was "encouraging" to see Obama's proposals would reduce deficits. But she said changes in huge, fast-growing programs like Medicare and Social Security are still needed to keep the budget picture from worsening.

"CBO's analysis serves as a fresh reminder of the work ahead, which will require a commitment from both sides to bridge their differences and come together on a debt reduction plan over the next few months," MacGuineas said.

The congressional report said to achieve his $1.1 trillion in savings over the next decade, Obama relies on $974 billion in higher revenue and $172 billion in spending cuts. That is nearly a 6-1 ratio.

Obama's major revenue-raising proposals include limiting some deductions and exclusions for some higher-earning taxpayers, raising $493 billion over the decade; boosting tobacco taxes by $83 billion; and raising estate and gift taxes by $77 billion, the budget office said.

On the spending side, the budget office credits Obama with 10-year savings of $601 billion from winding down the war in Afghanistan and $364 billion from cutting some Medicare payments to providers and raising costs for some beneficiaries. Much of those savings would be offset by spending boosts Obama wants for transportation, education and other areas.

He would save another $233 billion by having the government use a less generous method of calculating inflation, which would result in people getting smaller increases in Social Security benefits and moving more quickly into higher tax brackets.

The $1.1 trillion in deficit cuts over the coming decade was lower than the $1.8 trillion the White House said its budget would save. That discrepancy was chiefly due to differences in how the Congressional Budget Office and the White House calculated what deficits would be if no action was taken, congressional budget analysts said.

Overall, the budget office says Obama's budget would produce $5.2 trillion in red ink through 2023. That is $1.1 trillion less than the deficits that would be generated over that time if no tax or spending laws are changed.

Associated Press

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Telefonica Adds Samsung As A Carrier Billing OEM For Apps, Games, Music And More

Telefonica is today announcing a deal with Samsung that will see it make an even bigger move into the area of carrier billing. Samsung will integrate the carrier's billing backend directly into its own mobile services, meaning that the Telefonica customers (it has 316 million worldwide) who use the Samsung Hub and Samsung Apps portals on Samsung smartphones will be able to buy apps, music, videos, books, games and more and charge them directly to their phone bills.

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Dell announces Q1 2014 results: $14 billion revenue, 21 cents EPS

We doubt recent earnings reports at Dell have been met with balloons on the quad and sheet cake in the cafe. And that's likely the case this time around as well. The PC maker reported revenue of $14.07 billion, but earnings of just $372 million or 21 cents per share -- a bit shy of estimates. The company's stock price is hovering around the $13.65 mark, the amount shareholders have been promised once the firm goes private later this year. As you might imagine, Dell's books won't be open to public scrutiny once that transaction closes, making this one of the very last earnings reports. Things may not be looking so good for Q1 2014, but will the company end its public streak on a high note? We'll find out soon enough.

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The Daily Roundup for 05.15.2013

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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