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Camera Noir→

I bought Pacific Helm’s new app yesterday following Gruber’s recommendation, and I like it. Camera Noir’s purpose is to take “beautiful black & white photos” with three brightness adjustments. I have been taking some photos today, and I’m a fan of the high-contrast choices and the way photos taken with Camera Noir look. I think Camera Noir’s three filters are far superior to Instagram’s Willow and Inkwell.

The best part, however, is the attention to details. The camera UI is minimal and functional; I love how the app shows a green horizon line when you’re level, and I think using the native iOS share sheet for sharing photos is a good idea. And, the app’s website is just great.

Camera Noir is $1.99 on the App Store.

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Why the Studio Behind Civilization is Embracing Mobile→

Revision3’s Adam Sessler visits Firaxis Games and chats with Sid Meier, Jake Solomon, and Steve Martin (among others). Firaxis is the development house behind franchises like Civilization and Pirates, and they’re bringing their 2012 hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown to iOS this year.

It’s a good interview (as usual with Sessler’s video content). I like how Firaxis has its own skunkworks to experiment with mobile games for iOS. You can watch the video below.

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PlexConnect for Apple TV→

A clever little hack to display Plex content on an Apple TV with no jailbreak required:

Essentially, you run a program on your computer which masquerades as the Trailer app. Next, change one setting on the ATV, and you’re up and running. It took me less than 2 minutes to install and get it running. It already uses the new transcoder (which means great support for subtitles), and I suspect it’ll support myPlex soon as well.

There’s a bit of manual configuration to do with this first version of PlexConnect. You can find an official discussion board, check out the FAQ, roadmap, or grab the source code here.

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Automatic Reminders for nvALT→

Another nifty solution by Brett Terpstra:

Inspired by Evernote, I whipped up a little script to find “@reminder” tags with date parameters in nvALT notes (or any folder of text files). It can generate notifications or send HTML emails at the specified time. It’s just for fun right now, but I thought I’d put it out there to see if anyone had any ideas for it.

Brett is already working on Reminders integration, but I’m more interested in the idea of “self-hosted” Evernote-like reminders from nvALT. This is a great match for a TextExpander feature that’s not mentioned very often – date/time math macros.

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Apple Announces iTunes Festival 2013 in London→

Apple PR:

Apple today announced that global superstars including Justin Timberlake, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Jack Johnson and Jessie J are among the headliners at this year’s iTunes Festival in London. Running every night in September at the Roundhouse, the iTunes Festival features over 60 acts performing at the legendary venue.

The festival schedule for this year’s iTunes Festival hasn’t been posted yet, and Apple says that more details on the 30 nights of free live shows will be made available as they get closer to September. As with last year’s iTunes Festival, viewers from around the world will be able to watch live shows using iTunes, an Apple TV, or a dedicated app for iOS.

iTunes Festival used to take place in the month of July, but Apple moved it to September in 2012. Tickets will be available with a lottery system run by Apple and its media partners.

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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Coming To iPad→

BioWare’s classic, released 10 years ago, is coming to the iPad. IGN’s Steve Watts has a review:

Knights of the Old Republic is a classic-style BioWare RPG, and still stands up remarkably well. Though its action mechanics aren’t quite as polished as those of Mass Effect and Dragon Age, the characters, setting, and infamous plot twist are as well-delivered today as ever. The iPad’s touch interface is largely an improvement over the original, save for a few reservations.

Knights of the Old Republic is widely regarded as one of the best Star Wars games ever made. IGN’s review doesn’t mention a release date, but it’s safe to assume the game should be released very soon. As Pocket-lint notes, the game is being ported to the iPad by developer Aspyr, who accidentally leaked information about it in a newsletter last week.

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