[MyAppleMenu] Aug 16, 2010

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Apple's Ad Service Off To Bumpy Start <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703321004575427892781417642.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
Yukari Iwatani Kane And Emily Steel, Wall Street Journal

Apple Inc. is facing some early challenges in its closely watched mobile advertising foray, with some ad campaigns experiencing delays as agencies attempt to learn the new system amid Apple's tight control over the creative process, according to ad executives.

Part of the reason some marketers are experiencing delays in getting their iAds to market is that Apple has kept tight control on the creative aspects of ad-making, something advertisers aren't used to, according to several ad executives involved with creating iAds.

**** Apple To Open Fourth Sydney Shop This Week <http://www.crn.com.au/News/228935,apple-to-open-fourth-sydney-shop-this-week.aspx>
CRN

Apple heads to Sydney's north-west.

**** Asian Suppliers Mum On Apple-kickback Allegations <http://www.cio.de/news/cio_worldnews/2243850/index.html>
CIO.de

Electronics component suppliers that allegedly paid kickbacks to gain business from Apple declined to comment on the allegations when contacted on Monday.

**** Pre-orders For iPhone 4 Have Started In Korea <http://koreaittimes.com/story/10088/pre-orders-iphone-4-have-started-korea>
Korea IT Times

**** Overheating iPod Delays Tokyo Rush-Hour Train <http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100816/ttc-oukin-uk-apple-japan-fe50bdd.html?>
Benjamin Shatil, Reuters

An overheating Apple iPod music player forced delays to a busy Tokyo commuter train during the Friday morning rush hour after passengers complained of a strong burning smell, the rail line operator said on Monday.

**** Max & The Magic Marker <http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=1081>
Inside Mac Games

**** HK, Singapore Are Best Places To Get Apple Iphone 4 <http://www.megabest.com/?p=4754>
Megabest

Buyers in Hong Kong are the lucky ones as they can get an unlocked iPhone 4 16GB unit at HK$4,988 ($642) while an iPhone 4 32GB model is available for HK$5,888 ($758). Singapore buyers, on the other hand, can buy a unit at S$888 (US$657) for the 16GB at and S$1,048 (US$775) for the 32GB model.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** New Satellites Aim To Offer Improved Internet Service <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=cb175f3435f0999b86eb4b6ab0b32491>
Susanna G. Kim, New York Times



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** America: Land Of Loners? <http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/article.cfm?AID=1631>
Daniel Akst, The Wilson Quarterly

Since Asimov wrote The Naked Sun, Americans have been engaged in wholesale flight from one another, decamping for suburbs and Sunbelt, splintering into ever smaller households, and conducting more and more of their relationships online, where avatars flourish.

**** Ewwwwwwwww! <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/08/15/ewwwwwwwww/>
Drake Bennett, Boston Globe

What if our moral judgments are driven instead by more visceral human considerations? And what if one of those is not divine commandment or inductive reasoning, but simply whether a situation, in some small way, makes us feel like throwing up?



SingaporeSurf
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**** Holland Water – Hor Lan Shui <http://timesofmylife.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/holland-water-hor-lan-shui/>
Times of My Life

Have you ever wonder why the Cantonese usually called soft drinks as “Holland Water” (Ho Lan Shui, 荷兰水) in the past?

**** Not All Flats Can Be 'as Nice As Pinnacle' ... <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100816-0000071/Not-all-flats-can-be-as-nice-as-Pinnacle-,,,>
Alicia Wong, Today

"I'm not saying all the HDB flats can be as nice as Pinnacle (Pinnacle at Duxton), but so long as there's one main area that's just as pretty, just as luxurious," said Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

**** Same Distance, 3 Different Fares <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100816-0000031/Same-distance,-3-different-fares>
Juffrey Yusoff, Today

**** In A Muddle Over Fare Changes <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100816-0000014/In-a-muddle-over-fare-changes>
Conrad Raj, Today

The reality when the scheme kicked in in July was a disappointment as quite a few, including many senior citizens, had to cough up more.

What was even more disappointing was that the fare system became even more complex and there appeared to be a lack of clarity in its computation. As a result, complaints to the media of overcharging poured in.

**** Singapore Gets All Stalinist Over Youth Olympics <http://us.asiancorrespondent.com/the-asia-file/singapore-gets-all-stalinist-over-youth-olympics>
Ben Bland, Asian Correspondent

Singapore has clearly taken a leaf out of China's book but the key difference was that many Beijingers were geuniely proud to be hosting the Olympics of 2008. Most Singaporeans would probably be more excited by a discount computer fair at the Expo centre or a cut in the price of a plate of bee hoon then by the fact they're hosting the Youth Olympics.

But you wouldn't know that from reading the government-controlled Straits Times newspaper, which is hardly an independent voice at the best of times but has now gone into full Pravda mode.

**** é¦–å±Šé’å¥¥æ–°åŠ å¡å°½æ˜¾åˆ›æ„æ´»åŠ› 南京接下来怎么办 <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE0fVW7F_niSdQpfE-n1o7N0o3LiA&url=http://sports.163.com/10/0816/06/6E6HFTPA00051CAQ.html>
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**** Buying A Book “Not Banned” In Singapore <http://shauwei.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/buying-a-book-not-banned-in-singapore/>
Uncle Low's Blog

Just like any other book talking shit about Singapore, it was ridiculously easy to find in Malaysia (it works both ways lah). Why, I even got it from a Singapore-owned bookshop..

**** On The YOG – Going Out On A Limb? <http://blueballs.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/on-the-yog-going-out-on-a-limb/>
Blueballs

**** What Really Happened In KL 45 Years Ago? <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4016-what-really-happened-in-kl-45-years-ago>
Singapore Democrat Party

Clearly the story that Malaysia kicked Singapore out of the union and the role Mr Lee played in it is a lot more complex than what we have been told thus far. Questions abound but, unfortunately, answers are not forthcoming.

**** “Lah” Does Not Singlish Make <http://storybrand.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/lah-does-not-singlish-make/>
It's All About The Story

**** YOG Is Here! But Are We Excited? <http://carnicus.blogspot.com/2010/08/yog-is-here-but-are-we-excited.html>
Caricatures Of The Carnicus

**** Opposition. <http://jiromaiya.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/opposition/>
面向自由//Towards Freedom

**** Oral Reply To Parliamentary Question On Arrest And Handcuffing Of WB Photographer & Related Guidelines For Police Officers, 16 August 2010 <http://app4.mha.gov.sg/news_details.aspx?nid=MTc5NQ%3d%3d-jg7zshGdbW4%3d>
Ministry Of Home Affairs, Singapore Government

The police generally do not interfere with the media or members of the public taking photographs of floods so long as it does not obstruct Police operations and so long as this does not pose a danger to others or themselves. In this particular case, the issue was not about the photographer taking pictures of the flood, but about public safety. Police had taken action as, in its judgement, public safety was involved.

**** “But You See, It <i>Is</i> Religion” <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/08/%e2%80%9cbut-you-see-it-is-religion%e2%80%9d/>
Joseph Teo, The Online Citizen

The fact that the government does not produce these records but instead resorts to a ban enhances Dr Lim’s credibility and destroys the government’s.

**** YOG "volunteer" Spectators: No Adidas Or Nike Logos On Your Water Bottles <http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2010/08/yog-volunteer-spectators-no-adidas-or-nike-logos-on-your-water-bottles.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mrbrown+%28mrbrown%29>
mrbrown: L'infantile terrible of Singapore

Since when did school children forced to be spectators at a sporting event have to adhere to branding guidelines?

**** Transport Minister Says Distance-based Fares Concept Is Good; Issue Now Is Implement <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1075452/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

Transport Minister Raymond Lim has defended the recently-introduced Distance-Fares system for public transport as a fairer system. He said the issue now is in its implementation.

**** Boost For New Rail Projects <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_566998.html>
Christopher Tan, Straits Times

The government will consider building new MRT lines as long as the entire rail network remains financially viable, said second transport minister Lim Hwee Hwa on Monday. This is a profound change from the current stand, which dictates that each new line has to be independently viable before it can be built.

**** Route Changes Made If Benefits Are Significant And Address Communities' Concerns: Lim Hwee Hua <http://app.mot.gov.sg/News_Centre/Latest_News.aspx?NewsID=8078&Source=%2fNews_Centre%2fLatest_News_List.aspx&isSearch=true>
Ministry Of Transport, Singapore Government

In deciding on any route changes, be it to meet community requests or for better service reliability, the guiding principle for LTA is to make these changes only if the overall benefits are significant and they address the concerns of the communities.

**** Four Legs Good, Or Two Legs Better? <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2010/08/four-legs-good-or-two-legs-better.html>
Singapore Notes

**** Dea(r)th Of Our Olympic Dream <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/08/dearth-of-our-olympic-dream/>
Choo Zheng Xi, The Online Citizen

The unhappiness of Singaporeans at everything YOG can really be narrowed down to this: the government’s unfailing belief that everything, even passion and enthusiasm, can be manufactured if you throw enough money at it.

**** The Singapore Youth Games, Olympic Monetization <http://www.pamil-visions.net/singapore-games-olympic-money/217885/>
Phil Butler, EverythingPR

The first ever Youth Olympic Games in Singapore has already become a political football field. Singapore 2010, the latest in an array of Olympic business ventures disguised as quests for excellence in sport, got underway this weekend. Already, the political wars that rage outside athletic competition have left a mark on even youth competition.