[MyAppleMenu] Oct 1, 2009

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**** Use Find My iPhone From An iPhone <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tidbits_main/~3/ByLx7NmtJ0M/10609>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

The only iPhone app I have handy that implements a full browser is Selznick Scientific Software's PasswordWallet. 

**** iWork.com Enhanced, Does Anyone Care? <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tidbits_main/~3/jdURzxkYJyY/10610>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

With iWork.com, Apple is bringing too little to the table, and they've brought it far too late.

**** Tweetie Pricing Fuss Highlights App Store Flaw <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=c965787397d5332967541a3df009e17d>
Dan Moren, Macworld

The App Store, you see, has very strict rules on pricing. Among those is “no paid updates.” It’s an all-or-nothing proposition: either every upgrade to an application is free for everybody, regardless of how much work the developer puts into it, or the upgrade is delivered as a “new” application that everybody has to pay for it. There’s no facility—none—for developers to give some customers a break on a upgrade price without sending each and every one a check for the discount.

**** AP Stylebook Comes To The App Store <http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/30/ap-stylebook-comes-to-the-app-store/>
Joachim Bean, TUAW

If you're out a lot, and don't want to carry a big spiral-bound book around with you, you might want to consider this, although the price of this app may be limiting.

**** Solutions For Synchronizing Folders <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=d38059f15995fce8b070993c4e0b4843>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** Apple Purchased Mapping Company In July To Replace Google <http://blogs.computerworld.com/14835/apple_purchased_mapping_company_in_july_to_replace_google>
Seth Weintraub, Computerworld

Yep, Apple bought Placebase.  But what are they going to do with this software?

See Also: Apple Gets A Mapmaker. Where Does That Leave Google? [http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/30/apple-gets-a-mapmaker-where-does-that-leave-google/] by MG Siegler, TechCrunch.

**** Using Aliases To Extend Front Row's Capabilities <http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/01/using-aliases-to-extend-front-rows-capabilities/>
Sang Tang, TUAW

**** Apple And Google Breaking Up Over iPhone Maps? <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcworld.com%2Fbusinesscenter%2Farticle%2F172951%2Fapple_and_google_breaking_up_over_iphone_maps.html&usg=AFQjCNGxpQHQrXz6S1wAyjSZP0UfL7x00A>
David Coursey, PC World

While Apple may someday offer a mapping platform of its own, the company would be wise to remain tied to Google until it has something truly incredible to offer.

**** Has Apple Ensured The BlackBerry's Reign In Business Mobile? <http://www.bing.com:80/news/rssclick.aspx?redir=http%253a%252f%252fwww.infoworld.com%252ft%252fmobile%252fhas-apple-ensured-blackberrys-reign-in-business-mobile-953>
Bill Snyder, Infoworld

Security holes in any applications are bad enough. Covering them up is even worse. But what's really, really bad about Apple's iPhone security screwup is this: It deals a body blow to true mobility for business users just as the future was looking brighter than ever. The only possible winner in this mess is RIM, whose BlackBerry remains the favorite messaging device for business users but that still offers relatively primitive Web access and add-on applications.

**** iPhone App Prices: How Much Is Too Much? <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fg%2Fa%2F2009%2F09%2F30%2Furnidgns852573C400693880002576410062203F.DTL&usg=AFQjCNHDDUpEZyAnETG7LhXSUzCy3In1Hg>
Tom Kaneshige, CIO.com

App prices are hitting a critical juncture as developers test the limits at the high end.

**** Secret Of Apple iPhone's Expansion In UK <http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090930/secret-apple-iphones-expansion-uk.htm>
International Business Times

Apple expanded in the UK mobile market as Orange and Vodafone are to offer its popular iPhone for frenzy consumers, signaling a subtle shift in power away from the network operators towards the manufacturers.

**** PCalc Prevents iPhone Profanity <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tidbits_main/~3/6eOJUEYCstg/10614>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

Kudos to James Thomson of TLA Systems for the new profanity filter in PCalc for iPhone - protecting the innocent minds of society's young mathematicians from turning their iPhone calculators upside down...

**** Bento: Databases For The Rest Of Us <http://smokingapples.com/software/reviews/bento-database-mac-review/>
Milind Alvares, Smoking Apples



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Curling Up With Hybrid Books, Videos Included <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ef8bb5c8342be5ce30c1c70b1fdb8f1a>
Motoko Rich, New York Times

In the age of the iPhone, Kindle and YouTube, the notion of the book is becoming increasingly elastic as publishers mash together text, video and Web features in a scramble to keep readers interested in an archaic form of entertainment.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Importance Of Being Unimportant <http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/09/artseen/the-importance-of-being-unimportant>
Shane McAdams, The Brooklyn Rail

As we enter an acid-test of a season in the art world, I thought it important to mention that a little tough, critical love is the best medicine for an ailing commercial sector.

**** Understanding The Anxious Mind <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8898f59e3fd229cc39e49fd6470d121e>
Robin Marantz Henig, New York Times

The tenuousness of modern life can make anyone feel overwrought. And in societal moments like the one we are in — thousands losing jobs and homes, our futures threatened by everything from diminishing retirement funds to global warming — it often feels as if ours is the Age of Anxiety. But some people, no matter how robust their stock portfolios or how healthy their children, are always mentally preparing for doom. They are just born worriers, their brains forever anticipating the dropping of some dreaded other shoe. For the past 20 years, Kagan and his colleagues have been following hundreds of such people, beginning in infancy, to see what happens to those who start out primed to fret. Now that these infants are young adults, the studies are yielding new information about the anxious brain.

**** Can You Tell Me How To Get ... <http://www.slate.com/id/2231005/?from=rss>
Tom Scocca, Slate Magazine

... how to get diapers without Sesame Street characters on them?

**** Tracing The Many Lives Of Anne Frank And Her Still-Vivid Wartime Diary <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f891e5e7564e8c8c33f5964c759d228a>
Janet Maslin, New York Times

In a book full of keen observations and fascinating disputes (the craziest of which involves Meyer Levin, who had no qualms about both reviewing the book in The New York Times Book Review and trying to act as its agent), Ms. Prose looks in all directions to find noteworthy material. And when she writes of how Anne’s diary, which according to a 1996 survey was at one point required reading for 50 percent of the schoolchildren in the United States, keeps on finding its way “onto the desks of teachers who discover that the book most certainly does not, as they say, teach itself,” she underscores the importance of keen analysis. This is a Grade A example of what a smart, precise and impassioned teacher can do.

**** In Pursuit Of The Wild Cohiba <http://www.believermag.com/issues/200910/?read=article_strand_wallenstein>
Ginger Strand and James Wallenstein, The Believer

Two semi-intrepid travelers meditate (with the help of a great deal fo puffing) on the Cuban communist roots of an American Capitalist icon.

**** Can a Woman <i>Prong</i> a Man? <http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=eb817a60a8368d4567189589d8403972>
Jesse Sheidlower, Slate Magazine

Why it's so hard to put sex in the dictionary.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Let's Keep Wet Markets - Our Oases Of Native Chic <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_436522.html>
Murali Sharma, Straits Times

In the name of progress, we may lose another feature of Singapore life. We have enough air-conditioning as it is, in malls, bus terminals and even whole areas such as Bugis. These little oases of non-air-conditioned native chic could have been spared for posterity.

**** Singapore’s New Media: New For How Long? <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ZobK/~3/Pufm9EGfQ7k/singapores-new-media-new-for-how-long.html>
The Grand Moofti Speaks

While some may viewed it as a threat others see it as a 'balancing' factor in a society where the state owns and regulates all traditional media.

**** The New Kallang Sports Hub – To Be Or Not To Be (Built) <http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/10/01/the-new-kallang-sports-hub-%e2%80%93-to-be-or-not-to-be-built/>
Damon Yeo, The Temasek Review

What is unacceptable is the lack of disclosure from the authorities on what went wrong and an updated schedule as to this new Sports Hub can be completed.

**** SingTel Wins EPL Rights <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_436640.html>
Straits Times

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has won exclusive rights to the Barclays Premier League for three years from 2010, it announced on Thursday. These include rights for mio TV, as well as the Internet and mobile. It has also secured exclusive broadcast rights to seven sports channels from ESPN STAR Sports.

**** Since When Do We Need “Foreign Talent” To Be Clinic Assistants? <http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/10/01/since-when-do-we-need-foreign-talent-to-be-clinic-assistants/>
The Temasek Review

Besides clinic assistants, foreigners are also taking up jobs that can otherwise be filled by Singaporeans such as tele-marketeers, administrators, IT engineers and even coffeeshop assistants.

**** Don't End Jobs Credit <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_436647.html>
Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times

UNION leaders, concerned about uncertain economic prospects in the coming months, hope the Jobs Credit scheme will be withdrawn gradually instead of at one go.

**** E-health Records Next Nov <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_436650.html>
Salma Khalik, Straits Times

An ambitious project to capture and record every health episode of each individual from birth to death, the EHR is expected to go live by November next year.

**** Singapore PR Is Given Away Like Candies <http://kaypohchee.tumblr.com/post/200122841/singapore-pr-is-given-away-like-candies>
Kay Poh Chee

It’s telling the world that anyone can come to Singapore and compete for jobs here. It’s a free pass.

**** EPL Win For Singtel, Loss For Singapore <http://www.motochan.com/2009/10/01/epl-win-for-singtel-loss-for-singapore/>
James Chan, Master Of The Obvious

The Singapore market is too small to allow for an inefficient auction-style system to dominate.

Don't worry. In a few years time, cable television will be obsolete, and you will buy content directly from the content provder directly, and you will pay whatever the content provider wants to charge you. :) On a more serious note, one should remember the rule of the game is set by the content owner, not SingTel nor Starhub, and definitely not MDA or the Singapore government.

**** How Do You Change Your EZ-Link GIRO Auto Top Up Amount? <http://blog.dk.sg/2009/10/01/how-do-you-change-your-ez-link-giro-auto-top-up-amount/>
Dee Kay Dot As Gee

**** Is Singapore Private Banking Surpassing Swiss Private Banking? <http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Patrick-Winters-5175/singapore-private-banking-68577.php>
Patrick Winters

One of the reasons why Singapore has grown is because it already was a large financial center in its own right. Unlike smaller tax havens and dependencies of other countries which have been accused of ''inventing'' laws to benefit from capital flight, Singapore is a long-standing trading hub and center of international financial settlements.

**** HDB To Launch 7,000 Flats <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_436677.html>
Jesicca Cheam, Straits Times

National development minister Mah Bow Tan said on Thursday that the board will ramp up its supply of build-to-order (BTO) flats from 8,000 to 9,000 units this year, and will make available 2,132 completed flats across the island for sale with immediate effect.

**** Rising HDB Flat Prices Due To "unrealistic Expectations"? <http://callantham.org/blog/2009/10/1/rising-hdb-flat-prices-due-to-unrealistic-expectations.html>
Callan Tham, Trapper's Swamp

**** More Town Council Shenanigans <http://callantham.org/blog/2009/10/1/more-town-council-shenanigans.html>
Callan Tham, Trapper's Swamp

Mr Lim has asked his MP for help, and was rejected. If the MP has no say in the running of the town council, why have elected officials head them?

**** Singapore: Follow Its Savvy And Profitable Money... <http://www.howestreet.com/articles/index.php?article_id=10972>
Tony Sagami, HoweStreet.com

**** Tremors Felt In Parts Of S'pore After Second Sumatran Earthquake <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1008572/1/.html>
Hetty Musfirah, Channel NewsAsia

A second earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked Sumatra Island Thursday morning, sending another round of shockwaves to Singapore.

**** New Citizens Outstripping Net Increase Of Existing Citizens? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/10/new-citizens-outstripping-net-increase-of-existing-citizens/>
Leong Sze Hian , The Online Citizen

**** Survey Shows Civil Servants Happier Compared To Those Working In Private Sector <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1008605/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Employees working for the government are happier than those in the private sector. This is according to an online survey conducted by JobsCentral, one of Singapore's largest job portals.

**** StarHub To Review Package <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_436824.html>
Straits Times

StarHub, which lost out to Singapore Telecommunications in the bid for the exclusive rights to broadcast the Barclays Premier League (BPL) for the next three seasons, said on Thursday it will review its sports package in 2010.

**** Oei, Citi Settle Out-of-court <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_436910.html>
Dennis Chan, Straits Times

Businessman Oei Hong Leong and Citigroup have reached an out-of-court settlement over claims that he was misled by the bank into losing some $1 billion from foreign exchange and US Treasury bond transactions.

**** River To Be Relocated <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_436926.html>
Victoria Vaughan, Straits Times

Singapore's first river relocation project is set to make quite a scene at Bishan Park. The concrete of Kallang drainage canal will be torn up and the water way will be brought into the park as a meandering river with gentle slopes and plant covered banks.

**** Make Meaningful Comparisons <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_436928.html>
Jessica Cheam, Straits Times

Comparing the prices of public flats today with those of years ago is 'not meaningful', National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said on Thursday. 'If we did that, we'd be comparing many things that we did 20 years ago, do we want to go back 20 years?' he said.

**** Good Market For E-Gov Projects <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_436937.html>
Esther Teo, Straits Times

A new study has identified a whopping US$1.1 billion (S$1.6 billion) in potential infocomm technology (ICT) projects around the world being funded by global bodies. And almost all of them are related to e-Government services, an area where Singapore is a recognised leader.

**** SDP Asst Sec-Gen Calls For Election Monitoring In S'pore <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/2829--sdp-asst-sec-gen-calls-for-election-monitoring-in-spore>
Singapore Democrats

Singapore Democrats' Assistant Secretary-General John Tan has called for  international organisations to monitor elections Singapore, given the way that polls are run by the PAP government.  

Mr Tan made this appeal during the 3rd World Forum for Democratisation in Asia (WFDA) entitled "Sustaining Democratization in Asia: Challenges of Economic and Social Justice" which was held a week ago in Seoul, South Korea. Human rights activist Mr Seelan Palay also attended the conference.

**** Singaporeans To Recover What's Left Of Lehman Notes <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FrbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews%2FidUSSIN47989220091001&usg=AFQjCNGsL029eWddcJVaTMKNr_4r9J-Csw>
Kevin Lim, Reuters

Singapore investors, who bought structured notes linked to failed U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, may recover what is left of their investments after the receiver gained control of the notes' underlying assets.

**** MioTV Takes EPL From StarHub <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3ie41d1967dbc1d0964de24e854a1c63aa>
Patrick Frater, Hollywood Reporter

The deals have the potential to change the course of pay-TV development in Singapore. Sports, in particular the EPL, and movies are the single biggest incentives to subscribers.