MyAppleMenu - Tue, Apr 14, 2015

Tue, Apr 14, 2015The Minimum-Happiness-Salary Edition

The Epicenter Of Change: WWDC15, by Apple

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. June 8-12, San Francisco.

Apple Launches New Final Cut Pro X, Motion, And Compressor Updates, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

Today's update also lets editors view up to four video scopes at the same time for better precision when color grading, and there are now improved Shape masks that can be applied to any effect and saved as a preset.

Stuff.

Singapore Businessman Trips Up Apple Watch Launch, by Chuang Peck Ming, Business Times

No Swiss watchmaker is known to have sold an "apple watch" since the trademark was granted - and companies cannot "squat" on trademarks indefinitely. If the case goes to court, lawyers think Apple is likely to prevail because it commands huge financial and legal resources.

Notes.

Owner Of A Credit Card Processor Is Setting A New Minimum Wage: $70,000 A Year, by Patricia Cohen, New York Times

The idea began percolating, said Dan Price, the founder of Gravity Payments, after he read an article on happiness. It showed that, for people who earn less than about $70,000, extra money makes a big difference in their lives.

His idea bubbled into reality on Monday afternoon, when Mr. Price surprised his 120-person staff by announcing that he planned over the next three years to raise the salary of even the lowest-paid clerk, customer service representative and salesman to a minimum of $70,000.

Parting Words

Did I just hear the narrator of “Becoming Steve Jobs” audiobook pronounced the Pixar movie as “Wallet”?

— HC (@myapplemenu) April 14, 2015

(Honest. I rewind to listen again. That's what I think I heard.)

Thanks for reading.