[MyAppleMenu] Dec 7, 2009

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MyAppleMenu
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**** iPod Touch Use Outpaces iPhone, Could Foster Apple Loyalty - Report <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/07/ipod_touch_use_outpaces_iphone_could_foster_apple_loyalty_report.html>
AppleInsider

A new study of mobile device usage has found that the iPod touch is gaining in share, and suggests that the media player could eventually transition youth to the iPhone.

**** With iTunes, Apple Conditioned Us For The App Store <http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/06/itunes-app-store/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch

**** Don't Underestimate The Power Of The iPod Touch In The Smartphone War <http://mashable.com/2009/12/06/ipod-touch-stats/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29>
Mashable



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Local Governments Offer Data To Miners <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a91ce273927cee9f2d11251348825d72>
Claire Cain Miller, New York Times

Many local governments are turning over big chunks of data to programmers to create useful Web sites and apps.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** All That <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2009/12/14/091214fi_fiction_wallace>
David Foster Wallace, New Yorker

**** From The Lives Of My Friends <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/12/14/091214po_poem_dickman>
Michael Dickman, New Yorker

**** Last Day On Planet Earth <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/12/14/091214po_poem_armitage>
Simon Armitage, New Yorker

**** I Dreamed I Met William Burroughs <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/12/14/091214po_poem_wright>
Franz Wright, New Yorker

**** Poem Of The Week: Living By Harold Monro <http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/2bssp6giIak/poem-of-the-week-harold-monro>
Carol Rumens, The Guardian



SingaporeSurf
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**** Vui Kong, We Care <http://rachelzeng.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/vui-kong-we-care-2/>
Rachel Zeng

**** 搭跳板还是抢饭碗 æ–°åŠ å¡æ–°åª’ä½“æˆ˜ç•¥çž„å‡†ä¸­å›½ <http://finance.ifeng.com/roll/20091207/1548406.shtml>
国际金融报

**** English Test For All <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC091207-0000031/English-test-for-all>
Rick Lim Say Kiong, Today

Employers favour foreign work permit holders over local workers because the former group is cheaper to employ and would find it harder to move on to other jobs due to their relative lack of skills.

**** SIA Has No Plan To Stop Singapore-Kuala Lumpur Route <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bernama.com%2Fbernama%2Fv5%2Fnewsindex.php%3Fid%3D460620&usg=AFQjCNH4-t3R14LrlwQJC-e7y_e1bnPGBQ>
Bernama