[MyAppleMenu] Aug 29, 2010

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**** Mac Gems: Set Primary Addresses Changes Address Book Settings <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=aed1448f135506612d53dfb6cd8e12b4>
Roman Loyola, Macworld

**** Developer: Apple's IAd Solution Is Expensive And Ineffective <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=36baae4dffc8a4d29cd278943612f09a>
Karen Haslam, Macworld UK

According to one developer, Apple's iAd advertising platform doesn’t work as well as AdMob.

**** Do You Love Or Hate Safari 5's 'Smarter' Address Bar? <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/28/do-you-love-or-hate-safari-5s-smarter-address-bar/>
Victor Agreda, Jr., TUAW

**** Apple's iPad Order Shipping Times Improve To 24 Hours <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/08/28/apples_ipad_order_shipping_times_improve_to_24_hours.html>
AppleInsider

**** Taiwanese Fans Queue Up For iPhone 4 Pre-orders <http://english.rti.org.tw/Content/GetSingleNews.aspx?ContentID=108618&BlockID=31>
Radio Taiwan International

**** Apple Faces High Hurdles And Fierce Competition In Its Push Into The Living Room <http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15916860>
San Jose Mercury News

Apple, which upended consumer behavior with the iPhone and iPad tablet, may have met its match in the living room, where it faces enormous challenges and fierce competition on what many say is consumer tech's new frontier -- the television.

**** First Look At Second Shanghai Store <http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2010/08/28/first-look-at-second-shanghai-store/>
ifoAppleStore

**** A Monologue To Make Apple Mend Its Manufacturing Ways <http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-51112120100829>
Rina Chandran, Reuters

A master storyteller and self-confessed Apple fan hardly makes for a compelling advocate for social change. But Mike Daisey, whose new monologue focuses on what he calls the dark side of Apple's iconic gadgets, hopes he can pressure Chief Executive Steve Jobs to push for better labour conditions at factories in China, where most Apple gadgets are assembled.

**** China Unicom Will Jailbreak Your New iPhone 4? <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AppAdvice/~3/qlqtZIbscn0/>
Joe White, App Advice



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**** The New York Stories Of Elizabeth Hardwick <http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/K8zmBWMqg5g/new-york-stories-elizabeth-hardwick>
Tim Adams, The Guardian

Over a range of troubling themes – the uncertainty of belonging, the inscrutibility of men – Elizabeth Hardwick's fiction shines with wisdom and craft.



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**** Singapore Managing Entry Of Foreign Workers <http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=607142&publicationSubCategoryId=63>
Philippine Star

**** No Hostage Drama Here <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/no-hostage-drama-here>
Yawning Bread

Yet, the average person knows that Shanmugam’s words are already meaningless.

**** Avoidance Of Income Disparity... <http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2010/08/avoidance-of-income-disparity.html>
Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives

These are important issues that could not ignore. But it seems that PAP's economic discourse has always avoid this important issue altogether.

**** Singapore Challenges City Planners To Think Small <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEFRUQijXjuo0pcAZx8-aKQXX-iCg&url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5imD3RQCxGBXLHiD70hwsBj4Nwukg>
AFP

One of the world's richest cities and widely acclaimed as among the most "liveable", Singapore has avoided the congested feeling of places like Hong Kong and Tokyo until recent years.

Increasing numbers of immigrants and guest workers jostle for space with the locals, and tourism is surging thanks to two new massive casino resorts that opened a few months ago.

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独立新闻在线

**** 4 Themes For PM Lee's National Day Rally Speech <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2010/08/4-themes-for-pm-lees-national-day-rally.html>
Diary of A Singaporean Mind

Whether the elections is held this year or next, there is little time left to win the voters over. What PM Lee should have done was to focus on the problems and solutions in the previous ND rally and demonstrate the results in this one. Allowing the problems to worsen and unhappiness to fester for so long has been unwise.

**** Bangladesh To Send 45000 Maids To Singapore <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHLmJlYkGwygzN5QEjvQyDQLTgsNQ&url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hvsV5wUag6Slt0iEOhVewQF_NbPw>
AFP

Singapore will recruit 45,000 Bangladeshi domestic workers in a boost for the impoverished country's labour export sector after jobs dried up in the Middle East and elsewhere in Asia, an official said on Sunday.

**** Immigration Policy Won't Upset Mix Of Races Among Population: PM <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1077817/1/.html>
Imelda Saad/Sharon See, Channel NewsAsia

Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong has reassured Singaporeans that the country's immigration policy will not upset the current mix of races among our population.

**** The Art Of Violent Metaphors - By Lee Kuan Yew <http://singaporerebel.blogspot.com/2010/08/art-of-violent-metaphors-courtesy-of.html>
Martyn See Tong Ming, Only "objective" and "factual" political films please, we're Singaporeans

**** S$60b To Be Spent Over Next Decade To Double S'pore Rail Network <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1077849/1/.html>
Dylan Loh, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore will spend S$60 billion over the next decade to double the rail network, prime minister Lee said at his National Day Rally speech on Sunday.

Prime minister Lee said: "The trains will always be packed during peak hours. It happens everywhere. In other cities, in fact, the crowding is even more severe. But we are trying not to get to be as bad as the other cities."

**** Inflow Of Foreigners To Slow <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_572447.html>
Straits Times

The government is taking steps to slow down the inflow of immigrants, said prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, acknowledging the side effects of having too many foreign workers in Singapore.

'There is a sense that that somehow society is changing too quickly,' said PM Lee in his National Day speech, as a result of the inflow of foreign workers, new citizens and permanent residents. 'We will consolidate, slow down the pace. We cannot continue to take in as many as we have been doing.'

**** Leadership “Tips” From The PAP <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/08/29/leadership-tips-from-the-pap/>
The Temasek Review

**** Be Careful Of Wage Rise <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_572441.html>
Straits Times

The prime minister on Sunday sought to temper wage expectations of Singaporeans who are looking forward to higher wages and good bonuses arising from the robust economic growth in the first half year.

PM Lee said while workers deserve fair recognition and reward for last year's sacrifices and their contribution to the strong recovery, they must stay competitive and keep the wage system flexible to ensure continuing growth.

**** PM Lee: Mass Immigration Won’t Affect Ethnic Composition In Singapore <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/08/29/pm-lee-mass-immigration-wont-affect-ethnic-composition-in-singapore/>
The Temasek Review

PM Lee should release the exact figures of the number of PRs and citizens arriving at Singapore from China and India each year as well as the percentage of the population they now constitute to convince Singaporeans that our ethnic mix will not be affected by the new arrivals.

**** Award To Recognise NSmen <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_572451.html>
Straits Times

Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday night announced a 'National Service Recognition Award' at the National Day Rally.

The $9,000 for NSmen who are citizens only - and more for commanders - will go into their CPF and Post-Secondary Education Accounts in tranches.

**** National Day Rally Speech (English) By Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong On 29 August 2010, At 8.00Pm At University Cultural Centre, National University Of Singapore <http://www.pmo.gov.sg/News/Speeches/Prime+Minister/National+Day+Rally+2010+Speech+%28English%29+by+PM+Lee+at+University+Cultural+Centre+NUS.htm>
Prime Minister's Office, Singapore Government

**** SMEs Must Upgrade <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_572459.html>
Straits Times

Prime minister Lee said that SMEs must abandon old ways of doing things and adopt new technologies, automate and renew their business. The government can help SMEs upgrade and transform, said Mr Lee, citing government grants for them to adopt technology, improve service levels and human resource practices. 

**** Singapore PM: Economy Has Rebounded; Future Looks Bright <http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201008290747dowjonesdjonline000226&title=singapore-pmeconomy-has-reboundedfuture-looks-bright>
Costas Paris and Gaurav Raghuvanshi, Dow Jones