[MyAppleMenu] Oct 30, 2009

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**** High Price Tests China's Appetite For iPhone <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748703363704574503302512451942.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&usg=AFQjCNFOwGQxWKi78mzB7Xm1Bc4Vd_ew5w>
Loretta Chao, Wall Street Journal

The buzz-killer is price.

**** Make Easy Timelapse Movies With Your iPhone <http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10386203-248.html>
Josh Lowensohn, CNET News

Time-lapse movies can be a complicated affair, and quite often involve either a lot of special equipment, and/or post-processing skills. For just a buck though, you can use the recently released Timelapser app to turn your iPhone into a tool that can do this time-bending filming technique using nothing more than the onboard camera.

**** How To Get An iPhone App Refunded <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AppAdvice/~3/Fox1-gFJarI/>
App Advice

It is common belief that all purchases on the App Store are definitive. Well, it’s not the case. It’s true indeed that you might get disoriented in iTunes but if you know how to proceed and as long as you have a valid reason, there is no obstacle to getting your money back.

**** 12 Things You Need To Know About Apple TV 3.0 [Apple] <http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/8aQd-mHG5K0/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-apple-tv-30>
Gizmodo

If there's one Apple product that lives outside the Reality Distortion Field, it's Apple TV . But hey wait, 3.0 is out , doesn't that change everything? Well, considering Apple rolled it out on a Thursday afternoon with no fanfare, whattaya think?

**** Review: I Want To Love The Magic Mouse, But I Can’t <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/2ePM01nvGuo/20041>
Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac

The big problem is that the Magic Mouse doesn’t operate completely like a little trackpad. Instead, it’s a hybrid between a regular mouse and a multitouch trackpad.

**** Coding For Accessibility: The Experience Of SG Buses Developer Muh Hon Cheng <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSingaporeIphoneGuide/~3/7E0Onuv_wDY/accessibility-experience-of-sg-buses.html>
Jimmy Yap, iMerlion

**** Blind iPhone User Is A Voice For The Sight-Impaired <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSingaporeIphoneGuide/~3/sPItdHFqTfQ/blind-iphone-user-is-voice-for-sight.html>
Jimmy Yap, iMerlion

Alvin Ng may be blind but that has not stopped him from being an avid iPhone user. He loves playing around with the device and trying out apps from the app store. He even provides iPhone tech support to his wife, a private tutor who has normal sight.

**** iPhone App Is Not Rhapsody's Panacea <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechnologizer.com%2F2009%2F10%2F29%2Fiphone-app-is-not-rhapsodys-panacea%2F&usg=AFQjCNEJE5R90LFysJ3EYby5hwo14p9ySA>
Technologizer

If you measure Rhaspody for iPhone’s success by the downloads it has accumulated — over a half million — it would be a hit. But looking at Real’s quarterly results, which reported subscriber numbers for the service, a different story is told. Rhapsody is still steadily losing subscribers, definitely not good news for the company.

**** iTunes 9.0.2 Improves App Sorting <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Freviews.cnet.com%2F8301-19512_7-10387022-233.html&usg=AFQjCNFspABzwgmS-j1MmUXeWcZuJ0Y-3g>
CNET News

Apple released iTunes 9.0.2 today an update that included additional improvements to app sorting for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

**** First Look: Apple TV 3.0 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=669fdbf0c820725c3d092f5a1a1ba097>
Macworld

Apple TV 3.0 is a nice, mild update to an outdated piece of hardware that’s still not nearly as capable as it should be. The real question is, what’s next for Apple’s hobby? If Steve Jobs knows the answer, he’s not talking.

**** 5 Smart Playlists To Help You Manage Your iTunes Library <http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/30/5-smart-playlists-to-help-you-manage-your-itunes-library/>
Sang Tang, TUAW



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**** Obama Welcomes 'Legendary' Lee Kuan Yew <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gCvuRK0yenAnx8seMxjlAG59nC7w>
AFP

US president Barack Obama on Wednesday lauded Singapore's "legendary" founding father Lee Kuan Yew, as he sought advice ahead of his first trip to Asia since taking office.

**** è¿™é‡Œè¿˜æ˜¯â€œè´­ç‰©å¤©å ‚â€å—ï¼Ÿ <http://www.zaobao.com/yl/yl091030_005.shtml>
吴辉云, 联合早报

**** Lessons To Be Gleaned From Singapore's Property Boom <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fc9f63d0c-c4f1-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html&usg=AFQjCNFapBStDZryjh8ytVCxaThn4imz5g>
Gillian Tett, Financial Times

If you talk to financiers in Singapore these days, the topic of property prices keeps cropping up but, unlike in America, it is not the threat of further real estate market falls.

Instead, as Wall Street worries about American house prices - exemplified by a downbeat report from Goldman Sachs this week - in Asia there is mounting concern about property booms-cum-bubbles.

**** Singapore Turns To Drugs To Soothe Output Hiccups <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8777903>
Nopporn Wong-Anan, Reuters

Singapore's government plans to attract pharmaceuticals makers and raise the number of drug factories on the island by two thirds in the hope that a broader product range will reduce the wild swings in industrial output.

**** Services To Drive Singapore Economy: Central Bank <http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/singapore/2009/10/30/230786/Services-to.htm>
China Post

Trade-reliant Singapore will increasingly look to its services sector in the future as it tries to soften the impact of any further global economic crises, the central bank said Thursday.

**** Singapore-style Democracy <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_448334.html>
Zakir Hussain, Straits Times

Shanmugam cites US economist who sees the Republic as a challenge to time-tested models.

**** Singapore 3Q Unemployment Rises To 3.4 Percent <http://www.cnbc.com/id/33545171>
Associated Press

Singapore's unemployment rate crept higher in the third quarter with a recession earlier this year triggering layoffs in the manufacturing sector.

**** Unemployment Hits 5% Among Singapore Residents <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rana/~3/NGi1LGhVkZE/unemployment-hits-5-among-singapore-residents.html>
Blowin' In The Wind

It's clear the government scheme to keep unemployment low by helping people defer job search and further their studies has had only a temporary benefit.