[MyAppleMenu] Mar 22, 2009

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MyAppleMenu
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**** How The iPhone 3.0 Will Create A New Mobile Economy <http://mashable.com/2009/03/21/iphone-economy/>
by Ben Parr, Mashable

If the iPhone application store revolutionized the mobile as a platform, then the iPhone 3.0 OS may very well be the spark that revolutionizes the mobile as its own economy. iPhone apps no longer have to be one-hit wonders, but can make sustainable income from a smaller base of committed customers.

**** What Google Should Learn From Apple <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10201641-71.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Chris Matyszczyk, CNET

Apple recognized this from the beginning. The company understood that technology had to recognize humanity's irrationality and emotionality, with all the risk and subjectivity that entailed.

**** Streaming Video On The iPhone? It's Madness <http://www.macworld.com/article/139541/2009/03/marchmadnessapp.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Philip Michaels, Macworld

I have seen the future, and, man, is it jumpy.

**** It's Crap Like This THat Makes People Pirate <http://www.thomas-fitzgerald.net/2009/03/22/its-crap-like-this-that-makes-people-pirate/>
by Thomas Fitzgerald

People want to pay for content. I know the execs at NBC and every other major studio don’t believe that, but a lot of people are willing to pay for good high quality access to their favorite TV shows. But they don’t like being taken advantage of either. As many commenters on iTunes have pointed out, it’s crap like this that pushes people back to bit-torrent.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Steve Ballmer Maps Microsoft's Cloud-y Future <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/steve-ballmer-maps-microsofts-cloud-y-future/>
by Saul Hansell, New York Times



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Roar Of The Crowd <http://chronicle.com:80/free/v55/i28/28b00801.htm>
by David P. Barash, The Chronicle Of Higher Education

Marx was wrong: The opiate of the masses isn't religion, but spectator sports. What else explains the astounding fact that millions of seemingly intelligent human beings feel that the athletic exertions of total strangers are somehow consequential for themselves? The real question we should be asking during the madness surrounding this month's collegiate basketball championship season is not who will win, but why anyone cares.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Orchids For Aung San Suu Kyi But It's Not From PAP <http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/2112-orchids-for-aung-san-suu-kyi-but-its-not-from-pap>
by John Moe, Singapore Democrats

The Burmese are overwhelmed with gratitude to the Singaporean activists who stood up for righteousness when they displayed a banner reading “Long Live Aung San Suu Kyi" and placed at the gate of the Burma Embassy in Singapore the bouquet of orchids. 

Sadly, it’s not from the PAP.

**** More Independent Players Entering Singapore's Publishing Scene <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/416873/1/.html>
by Cheryl Lim, Channel NewsAsia

More Singaporean authors are looking to publish their work. Independent publishers have said more authors are approaching them.

**** Straits Times Articles On Opposition And PAP <http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/03/straits-times-articles-on-opposition-and-pap/>
by Gerald Giam

**** Are Childcare Centres Exploiting Government Schemes? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/03/are-childcare-centres-exploiting-govt-schemes/>
by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen

The first question one would ask is: Why did the minister defend the PCF’s raising fees while urging private operators to “refrain from increasing their fees”?

**** CNA Forumer Johnlaw Who Leaked About CDC Bonuses Still Missing After 3 Weeks <http://wayangparty.com/?p=6817>
by The Wayang Party Club

The netizen going by the moniker “Johnlaw” who posted about 2 staff of Northwest CDC receiving 8 months of bonuses in 2008 on CNA forum had been missing since his sensational allegations stirred a furore in cyberspace in the beginning of March.