[MyAppleMenu] Jun 19, 2009

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**** The Push Is On: Apple Turns On Push Notifications <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/LrV9PncW7zw/the_push_is_on_apple_turns_on_push_notifications.php>
by Frederic Lardinois, ReadWriteWeb

After thinking about how Apple has implemented notifications, however, we think that while this is a great feature, there are a couple of areas where we would like to see some changes.

**** iPhone 3G S Line Begins In NY, Weather Be Damned <http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/DXyYBpqI0us/>
by Paul Miller, Engadget

Sure, they could've pre-ordered for delivery and stayed dry, but what's the fun in that?

**** MacSpeech Launches MacSpeech Dictate Medical <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=0344f0c31711584dd0a4a4829316eca0>
by MacNN

MacSpeech has launched MacSpeech Dictate Medical, providing speech recognition and dictation software for medical professionals on the Mac platform.

**** Is Apple Moving From Luxury To Selling To The Masses? <http://macsimumnews.com/macosgforums/viewtopic.php?p=101137>
by Dennis Sellers, Macsimum

**** Apple iPhone OS 3.0 <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2349008,00.asp>
by Sascha Segan, PC Magazine

Apple provides clearer, more progressive OS upgrades than anyone else in the smartphone business. The fact that OS 3.0 even runs on original iPhones at all should be celebrated, even if it lacks stereo Bluetooth and MMS. Apple has made it clear that you're not just buying a device, you're buying a platform that will evolve with time. Apple's upgrades set a standard that Microsoft, Google, and RIM are still struggling to meet.

**** Braving Stormy Weather For iPhone: Well, Sorta <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/06/18/braving-stormy-weather-for-iphone-well-sorta/&cid=1263479515&ei=d6g6SqakDJCCNITUwKgF&usg=AFQjCNFtIEbNVoLB1ciM5a1-v9XuHtS6ag>
by Franklin Paul, Reuters

Braving a downpour at Apple’s New York flagship store in midtown, three college students were already lined up waiting to be first to nab the new iPhone 3GS when it goes on sale on Friday.

**** Hands On With Stereo Bluetooth And The iPhone 3.0 Update <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=ad3d8f03601b399dc0a76df1a596dc33>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld

**** Bigger Than The New iPhone <http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/18/apple-iphone-os-technology-personal-3g.html>
by Brian Caulfield, Forbes

Apple's most important product this year isn't a smart phone. It's software.

**** Apple Investors Get Used To Life Without Jobs As Stock Surges <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601087%26sid%3Da2_J7ey8qBRw&cid=1263423571&ei=4xc7SqKiE4yQ9QTS47ShCA&usg=AFQjCNEpBCPhLC9Ms9yHvnfcL0yl1nOKFA>
by Connie Guglielmo and Joseph Galante, Bloomberg

Apple Inc. shares have climbed 59 percent since chief executive officer Steve Jobs went on medical leave, signaling investors are confident the maker of the iPhone can succeed without its co-founder at the helm.

**** MyVibe: Hands-On The First iPhone Vibrator App Approved By Apple <http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/fykgILjhELY/myvibe-hands+on-the-first-iphone-vibrator-app-approved-by-apple>
by Gizmodo

The intensity of the vibration MyPleasure could use for this app is obviously limited by the amount of vibration that the iPhone offers, so the orgasmic potential of the MyVibe app is similarly limited. However, orgasms—while fun—aren't everything.

**** iPhone 3G S Teardown Shows 720p-Capable CPU <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=794ebaeb2df39d71eec527ddbb6e00d8>
by MacNN

A teardown of the just-launched iPhone 3G S by RapidRepair this morning has revealed that Apple is using a processor capable of HD video and otherwise more than what Apple has enabled.

**** iPhone 3G S Debuts Across U.S. <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=07990b1423c965030f2421219afab0ae>
by Chris Barylick, Macworld

For the third consecutive summer, Apple released a new phone, and for the third consecutive summer, crowds flocked to buy it—though perhaps not in as large a number as they had in the past.



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**** Jodi Picoult And The Anxious Parent <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=6aa7e9c116b03f8684f1a9ca70ad316d>
by Ginia Bellafante, New York Times

Picoult’s message is at once cautionary and subverting. As much as her novels underscore the hazards of parental shortcomings, at a certain level they seem to exist to make a mockery of the cherished idea that we ought not to have any. To read them is to feel that hoisting a toddler into one of the Humvee strollers of the current age is like applying an exfoliant to a malignant tumor in the hope that it can be scrubbed away.



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**** Worth A Thought <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_392290.html>
by Adrian Tan, Straits Times

It would be liberating for Singapore if the best person for the job is selected to serve as a minister, regardless of whether or not he is a member of the ruling party.

**** Online Improvement A Continuous Govt Process <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_392291.html>
by Chin Sau Ho, Ministry of Finance, Straits Times

**** The Royals Just Want Their Say <http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC090619-0000100/The-royals-just-want-their-say>
by Farish A Noor, Today

I see this statement from the Johor royal family as domestic politicking, but with implications for ties with Singapore. It will require Mr Najib to act fast to contain the potential damage this might do to the deal.

**** Sultan Of Johor Rejects 3rd Bridge - But Why? <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC090619-0000102/Sultan-of-Johor-rejects-3rd-bridge---but-why?>
by Today

**** 打造新的书城 <http://www.zaobao.com/yl/yl090619_008.shtml>
by 杨松坚, 联合早报

希望百胜楼能成为热门好去处，一个充满人文气息、活力十足的新百胜楼。

**** Powerful Singapore Bureaucrat To Head GIC <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e38f365c-5c27-11de-aea3-00144feabdc0.html&cid=1263170715&ei=lMM6SpGPOqf28QTrssikCA&usg=AFQjCNE464BZQunzCfLbIffDf1NiM20EYQ>
by John Burton, Financial Times

One of Singapore’s most influential bureaucrats was on Thursday appointed to the top management post at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), one of the world’s five biggest sovereign wealth funds.

**** Chatterbox Chicken Rice <http://ieatishootipost.sg/2009/06/chatterbox-chicken-rice-signature.html>
by ieatishootipost

**** What Ails Singapore Entrepreneurs? <http://subbaiyer.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/what-ails-singapore-entrepreneurs/>
by Subbaraman Iyer, Serendipitous Moments

**** Singapore&#39;s Oversupply Of New Condos Could Slow Recovery <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://www.nuwireinvestor.com/articles/singapores-oversupply-of-new-condos-could-slow-recovery-53116.aspx&cid=1263379856&ei=3GI6SsmPGuOqmQe44OCPCA&usg=AFQjCNGuKl-W4sSTDRXnFWhiCUrQAY92WQ>
by Property Wire

A glut of new condo apartments in Singapore is adding to the property downturn as real estate investors adopt a wait and see attitude rather than jump into the market, it is claimed.

**** Foreigners On Foreign Issues In Singapore <http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/component/content/article/2442-foreigners-on-foreign-issues-in-singapore>
by Chee Siok Chin , Singapore Democrats

What happened at the Aung San Suu Kyi event at Speakers' Corner is yet another example of how authoritarian regimes make its people comply with policies that not only make no sense, but also make us look silly.

**** No To Sex Offender Registry <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/06/no-to-sex-offender-registry/>
by The Online Citizen

**** Orchard Central To Woo Shoppers By Integrating With Other Malls <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/437012/1/.html>
by Ng Baoying, Channel NewsAsia

Orchard Central said it will work with neighbouring malls to collectively draw shoppers and capitalise on the physical connectivity between the buildings.

**** &#39;Sultan Will Be Consulted On Third Bridge&#39; <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Frontpage/2586363/Article/index_html&cid=1263176723&ei=XeY6SvvsJYqwNae4ya4F&usg=AFQjCNGBZL2uX38NmpYNZoheW0pwyEdZyg>
by New Straits Times

Prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak gave his assurance yesterday that the Sultan of Johor would be consulted on the proposal for a third bridge to Singapore.

**** 传大陆要削弱台湾和新加坡的关系 <http://www.stnn.cc/hk_taiwan/200906/t20090619_1049333.html>
by 星岛环球网

这是大陆首次与外军进行安保领域联合训练，观察家关注此一事态发展，是否影响今后台湾和新加坡的关系，以及新加坡星光部队在台训练是否生变。

**** Negotiating With Singapore <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=questiontime&file=/2009/6/19/columnists/questiontime/4150039&sec=Question%20Time>
by P. Gunasegaram, The Star

Malaysia must not compromise its integrity and sovereignty to unreasonable demands from countries which drive bargains that are simply too hard. Lee and Singapore must realise that in negotiations, there must be give and take. A bridge connects two countries to each other, not just one to the other.

Where is the cooperation and goodwill from Singapore when it can’t even discuss and agree on the building of a bridge for mutual benefit without bringing in all manner of extraneous things?

**** 李光耀骑牛寻马？ <http://createbloggers.com/susuteh/?p=1959>
by 奶茶 大马时事博客

新加坡的历任领导，看到了人民要的是什么，简单来说，新加坡政府只做了三点，就是搞经济、拼民生，治安好！政府打造了许多个方面的专才，但也打造了政治上蠢材！

**** Why Mahathir Hates Lee Kuan Yew? <http://zakisamsudin.blogspot.com/2009/06/why-mahathir-hates-lee-kuan-yew.html>
by Mohamad Zaki Samsudin, Psychology, Religon & Politics

Both are strong leaders with almost absolute convictions on their own abilities and strengths. Both share the same leadership motive patterns of having high need for power and low need for affiliation. They care more about doing things they believe to be right; hence have very little concern about whether they are popular and conventional.

**** Singapore To Host Own Version Of "Night At The Museum" <http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKTRE55I0MV20090619>
by Candida Ng, Reuters

Art-lovers and film buffs alike will get to compare real life with the reel comedy "Night at the Museum" when three Singapore museums keep their doors open into the small hours of the morning as part of the city-state's upcoming Night Festival in July.

**** Sultan Says ‘no’ <http://www.mmail.com.my/content/5884-sultan-says-%E2%80%98no%E2%80%99>
by Francis C. Nantha, Malay Mail

Kuan Yew’s ‘sand’ comment may have killed plan.

**** Singapore Troops Join China Drill <http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/8108547.stm>
by BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition

**** Haze May Return To Singapore <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/437086/1/.html>
by Desmond Wong, Channel NewsAsia

The best way for Singapore to mitigate this danger is to work with its partners in Indonesia, said environment and water resources minister Yaacob Ibrahim.

**** 华人新加坡结婚像中马票 亚洲各国红包大比拼 <http://news.hsw.cn/system/2009/06/19/050214915.shtml>
by 华商网

据新加坡《联合早报》报道，根据新加坡官方数据，2007年有约2万4000对男女在新加坡结婚。在这群人当中，除了在本地土生土长的国人，也有来自他乡的新移民。和家乡相比，在本地恋爱和结婚有什么不同?不同地区的婚礼形式和要求又有什么区别?

**** What Will Life Be Like With 6 Million People? <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC090619-0000111/Online-Only---What-will-life-be-like-with-6-million-people?>
by John Lucas, Today

**** Iran Students In Singapore Protest Presidential Election <http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Singapore/10324248.html>
by Gulf News

**** Why I Love Singapore <http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/06/19/why-i-love-singapore/>
by Andrea Di Maio, Gartner

I’ve been in Singapore many times, although just for a few days each time, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it is one of my favorite destinations.




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