Press Review (July)

Another busy (and tiring) month, but despite all I still gathered enough scraplinks to share after the jump:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Robotech Miniatures (ICv2)
• DiamondDigital Launching July 23rd (ICv2)
• New Sailor Moon Anime (ICv2)
• The Manga Market, Kids Titles, Replacing Shonen Jump (ICv2)
• Viz's Top New Manga; Digital Impacts (ICv2)
• Nostalgia: Mari Iijima 1984 Live Ai oboedeimasuka 愛おぼえいますか (YouTube)
• Montreal's Fantasia Fest to Present Satoshi Kon Award (ANN)
• Kodansha's First and Second Years: Interview with Middaugh and Shimizu (ICv2)
• Vertical Gets Gundam: Origin (ICv2)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• OS X Mountain Lion: Quick, Familiar, Cheap, And Drenched In iOS Goodness (TechCrunch)
• Apple sunsets a few 64-bit Macs with Mountain Lion, video drivers likely the culprit (Engadget)
• Apple updates iPhoto, fixes lingering Mobile Me issue (MacNN)
• Chrome for iOS: A quick hands-on look at Google's mobile browser (TUAW)
• Get your Mac ready for Mountain Lion (Mac World)
• History Here app is perfect for summer travel (TUAW)
• iOS Olympics apps: which ones to try and which ones waste your time (Ars Technica)
• iPhoto auto-downloads expired MobileMe galleries (TUAW)
• La Presse lance la bible numérique des Jeux olympiques (La Presse)
• Make Your iPhone's Camera Even Better With Phocus (MacGasm)
• Mountain Lion May Or May Not Launch July 25th With Scheduled Apple Store Overnight (Cult of Mac)
• New Retina iMacs Set for October Launch? (MacTrast)
• Next Issue brings its all-you-can-read magazine store to the iPad, plans start at $10 a month (Engadget)
• Production of Apple's next iMac to begin this month for October launch (Apple Insider)
• Rumor has new iMac starting production this month (Electronista)
• Senator says Apple e-book suit could destroy publishing industry (Apple Insider)
• September launch pegged for Apple's 13" Retina MacBook Pro, new iMac (Apple Insider)
• Apple rate la cible (La Presse)
• OS X Mountain Lion sur clé USB (MacQuébec)
• Apple updates Aperture, iMovie, iPhoto (MacNN)
• How To Make A Bootable Disk Or USB Drive Of OS X Mountain Lion (Cult of Mac)
• Mountain Lion d'Apple en neuf désagréments (La Presse)
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• Le nouveau Mountain Lion d'Apple en 10 points (La Presse)
• Mountain Lion 101: Mail VIPs (TUAW)
• Get Save As back on Mountain Lion's File menu easily and without hacks (TUAW)
• Rumor has combined iPhone 5-iPad mini event September 12th (iPodNN)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• At the library, middle-aged women turn 50 shades of red (The Gazette)
• Austrian city builds public library with nothing but QR codes, NFC and stickers (Engadget)
• Google lance sa librairie numérique en France (La Presse)
• La biblio mobile rejoint les promeneurs aux abords du canal de Lachine (La Voix Pop)
• Redénicher des livres oubliés (Le Devoir)

Economy, Environment & International Politics

• Tourists get border surprise on trip home from Vancouver after trying to take ‘illegal’ Kinder eggs! (National Post)
• Fonte sans précédent de la calotte glaciaire du Groenland (La Presse)

Health, home & garden

• Ten weeds with unsung beauty (The Gazette)
• Le scarabée japonais fait des ravages dans les jardins (Radio-Canada)

Local News & National Politics

• Montreal gardens: Roger Latour's field of dreams (The Gazette)

Media, Culture, & Society

• Anderson Cooper Comes Out- 'The Fact Is, I'm Gay' (Huffington Post)
• Luc Besson to Do Valerian (ICv2)
• Watchwords: Mark Abley, Columnist (The Gazette)
• Jean-Claude Mézières au Festival Littéraire Québec en toutes lettres (lien)
• 5000 films tombés dans le domaine public à télécharger gratuitement (Golem 13)
• Life of Pi - Official Trailer (HD) (YouTube)

Sciences & History

• iMusée: un musée de la micro-informatique dans Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (lien)
• Trois vagues d'immigration sont à l'origine de l'Amérique (La Presse)
• CERN confirms existence of new particle consistent with Higgs boson (Engadget)
• Orbiter Glitch Means NASA Might Not Hear Landing Signal from Mars Rover Curiosity (Popular Science)
• Sun unleashes earthward solar flare (Canada.com)
• 1812: une guerre en perspectives (La Presse)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• BBC Sport, London 2012: online video player to broadcast 2,500 hours of action (BBC)
• Bell brings free Wi-Fi to Tim Hortons in Canada (Electronista)
• Le droit à s'exprimer librement sur internet reconnu par l'ONU (La Presse)

White-collar union stuff (SFMM) & Montreal's libraries

• Les Hiboux du Zoo Ecomuseum à Marie-Uguay (Facebook; pictures by Yours_Truly)