[MyAppleMenu] Feb 15, 2010

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**** What Did Apple Really Say About Location-based Ads? <http://gigaom.com/2010/02/14/what-did-apple-really-say-about-location-based-ads/>
Rahul Sonnad, GigaOM

**** Where Is Apple? Nowhere And Everywhere <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/technology/companies/15apple.html>
Kevin J. O'Brien, New York Times

The biggest gathering in the global mobile phone industry opens Monday in Barcelona, and much of the talk will be of Apple and its groundbreaking iPhone.

**** iPhone Upgrades 'spark Fraud Rise' <http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jJz1ztGFOSNq1qqPY1UVAZtOG0Yw>
UKPA

Increasing numbers of gadget lovers are resorting to insurance fraud in order to have their iPhones upgraded, an insurer has claimed.

**** Books About To Pass Games In Number Of Apple Apps — 27,301 And Climbing <http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/12/books-apps-games-ipad-distimo/>
Paul Boutin, VentureBeat

**** iPhone 3.0 Software Update Now Free To iPod Touch Users <http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=28659>
Nick Spence, Macworld UK

Apple appears to now be offering the iPhone 3.0 Software Update free to iPod touch users running the iPhone 2.0 Software Update.

**** Macworld A Great Time Despite—or Because Of—Apple's Absence <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/jDZ8-e9c8Xo/macworld-a-great-time-despiteor-because-ofapples-absence.ars>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

We'll cut to the chase: the 2010 Macworld Expo was a wild success. This was despite the expectations of nearly everyone—the press (yes, even those of us who still went to cover the conference), many of the exhibitors, and nearly the entire Internet. The conference's huge crowds ended up surprising everyone, however, all but guaranteeing a future for the Macworld Expo.

**** Japan Probes Apple's iTunes Over Bogus Credit Bills <http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100215/bs_afp/japanusitconsumercompanyinternetapple>
AFP

Japanese authorities plan to summon Apple officials this week over complaints that its iTunes online store has billed customers for downloads they never made, officials said Monday.

**** SlingPlayer Mobile 1.2 With 3G Streaming Now Available <http://gizmodo.com/5471870/slingplayer-mobile-12-with-3g-streaming-now-available?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29>
Kyle VanHemert, GIzmodo

**** Made On A Mac: Toy Story 3 <http://www.cultofmac.com/made-on-a-mac-toy-story-3/30330?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cultofmac%2FbFow+%28Cult+of+Mac%29>
Nicole Martinelli, Cult of Mac



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Intel, Nokia Join Linux Efforts For 'Smart' Devices <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-10453293-78.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Brooke Crothers, CNET News

The technology merger will fuse Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo software to form a new operating environment dubbed MeeGo, which is expected to power a range of devices, including pocketable mobile computers, Netbooks, tablets, connected TVs, and in-vehicle infotainment systems.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** A Manifesto Of The Lost <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/14/accrington-getting-lost-maps-google?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Ian McMillan, The Guardian

Go left when you should go right, east rather than west: the world will seem a brighter place.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Questioning Singapore’s Foray Into Military Robotics <http://aussgworldpolitics.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/questioning-singapores-foray-into-military-robotics/>
Readings From A Political Duo-ble

**** Minimum Wage And Cost Of Living <http://tankinlian.blogspot.com/2010/02/minimum-wage-and-cost-of-living.html>
Tan Kin Lian

Several people have argued that a minimum wage will increase the cost of living further. This is true, but the impact will not be as large as feared.

**** Chief Strategist Behind Shin Corp Debacle Now Head Of Temasek’s Seatown Holdings <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/02/15/chief-strategist-behind-shin-corp-debacle-now-head-of-temaseks-seatown-holdings/>
The Temasek Review

While the Singapore media has been quick to publicize Temasek’s latest foray into hedge funds, it failed to reveal the background of the man in charge – Charles Ong, who was the Chief Strategist behind the sale of Thailand’s Shin Corp to Temasek Holdings in 2006.

**** Grumpy In Singapore <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/7223296/Grumpy-in-Singapore.html>
Robert Leveson, Telegraph

For someone brought up to think of change as not having pasta on a Wednesday night, it’s a lot to get used to.

**** Singapore Joins Outcry At Indonesian Tourist Visa Changes <http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/singapore-joins-outcry-at-indonesian-tourist-visa-changes/358671>
The Jakarta Globe

A senior immigration department official said on Sunday that it would re-evaluate the government’s decision in January to scrap the one-week tourist visa, following an outcry by foreign tour agents who market packages for Batam and Bintan islands.

**** The Not So Beautiful Game <http://www.bangkokpost.com/leisure/book/168538/the-not-so-beautiful-game>
Bangkok Post

A fictional portrait of the gambling culture surrounding Singapore's S-League paints a damning picture of the state of Southeast Asian football.

**** Satisfied? Then Leave A Tip <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_490644.html>
Kimberly Spykerman, Straits Times

Tip only if you are satisfied with the service - this is what a group of eateries promise their customers, having done away with service charge in favour of a strict tipping policy. They are taking the plunge, even as the Restaurant Association of Singapore (RAS) hopes to study the tipping culture in the United States.