[MyAppleMenu] Jul 1, 2010

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Apple Updates MobileMe Gallery For iPhone 4 <http://www.macworld.com/article/152422/2010/06/mobileme_gallery.html?lsrc=rss_main>
David Chartier, Macworld

Apple’s release of MobileMe Gallery 1.1.1, the company’s app for viewing photos on its MobileMe service, brings higher resolution artwork for the iPhone 4’s Retina display. It also allows you to download higher resolution photos (if your friends enable that feature for their galleries) when you’re on a Wi-Fi connection. A handful of bugs were also exorcised in this new version.

**** iPhone 4 Availability Check: Good Luck <http://www.macworld.com/article/152414/2010/06/iphone4_availability.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Jared Newman, PC World

**** Rolling Back Your iPhone 3G To OS 3.1.3 <http://www.macworld.com/article/152428/2010/06/roll_back_iphone_3g.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

And, of course, this is completely unsupported by Apple.

**** Apple Antenna Issue A 'Physics Problem,' Not A Software Problem <http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20009328-260.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
Erica Ogg, CNET News

**** Apple Posts Five New Job Listings For Antenna Engineers <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/30/apple_posts_five_new_job_listings_for_antenna_engineers.html>
AppleInsider

Apple posted five new job listings for antenna engineers June 23, the day before iPhone 4 launched. 

**** Apple Updates HP, Epson Drivers For Snow Leopard <http://www.macworld.com/article/152440/2010/06/hp_epson_printer_drivers.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Marco Tabini, Macworld

Apple has released updated sets of Snow Leopard drivers for Hewlett-Packard and Epson printers and scanners.

**** How Long Should Your iPhone Last? <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-20009301-82.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
David Carnoy, CNET News

**** Putting Hard Numbers To The iPhone 4 Antenna Issue <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/putting-hard-numbers-to-the-iphone-4-antenna-issue.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

**** Apple Can't Wish Away iPhone 4 Antenna Woes <http://www.pcworld.com/article/200206/Apple_Cant_Wish_Away_iPhone_4_Antenna_Chatter.html?tk=rss_news>
Jared Newman, PC World

My feeling is that for many customers, the benefits of iPhone 4's improved signal quality will outweigh the drop in signal strength when holding the phone in a certain way. But to deny that there's any issue at all is disingenuous -- not that candor has ever been Apple's strong suit.

**** So, Where's Apple's iTunes TV? <http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-to-apples-itunes-tv-subscription-service-now-that-hulu-plus-is-here-2010-6>
Dan Frommer, The Business Insider

Even if Internet TV is the long-term future, it's still going to be tricky for Apple to convince cable networks to cheat on cable affiliates like Comcast or Time Warner Cable, which provide the vast majority of their revenue.

Especially now that it has to package together something that is at least two or three times better or more useful than Hulu Plus.

**** iPhone 4 Review <http://www.macintouch.com/reviews/iphone4/>
Robert Mohns, MacInTouch

The iPhone 4 has, once again, reinterpreted Steve Jobs's original concept, maintaining a core look and feel, yet changing and improving almost every aspect of the experience. We've described some of the new iPhone's problems, but in practice they are more than balanced by how much it does very well.

**** Apple Posts iOS 4 Fix For Exchange Sync Issues <http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/06/30/update.available.as.a.configuration.file/>
MacNN

Apple has posted a fix for Exchange sync issues with iOS 4. Many users encountered problems attempting to sync with Exchange ActiveSync Mail, Contacts, or Calendars after updating to iOS 4. The issue reportedly caused a complete failure for some users, or an excessively slow sync for others.

**** Apple Gets Slapped With Lawsuit Over iPhone 4 Reception Problems <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?entry_id=66982>
Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle

Well, the first of what could be many lawsuits has landed on Apple and AT&T's doors because of the iPhone 4's antenna reception problems.

A law firm representing two Maryland resident has filed a class action complaint alleging negligence, breach of warranty, deceptive trade practices, fraud and misrepresentation over the iPhone 4's antenna.

**** Set Up iOS 4 Folders Wisely <http://www.macworld.com/article/152423/2010/07/ios_folders.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Tom Kaneshige, CIO.com



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Searching Beyond Search Results <http://www.technologyreview.com/web/25682/?ref=rss>
Erica Naone, Technology Review

A new product called Yolink, which launched this week, aims to help users figure out which search results are most relevant. It does this by looking at the contents of the Web pages that a list of search result link to. The company bills itself as a step toward semantic search, because it attempts to find meaning in the contents of a Web page. And it can do this even though most pages aren't marked up in the formats typically used to help machines interpret content. The product is made by TigerLogic, a company based in Irvine, CA.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** "War And Peace" Made Easy <http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/06/30/audiobooks/index.html>
Laura Miller, Salon

Here's a modest proposal: Try listening to it instead. 



SingaporeSurf
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**** I Love My Country, I Hate My Country <http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=48824>
The Sun

Award-winning Singaporean playwright Alfian Sa’at talks about writing and his love-hate relationship with his homeland.

**** Back Out Of Singapore's Shadows <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/arts/01iht-jessopART.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Sonia Kolesnikov-Jesop, New York Times

During the 1960s and ’70s, the Singaporean artist Yeh Chi Wei created highly distinctive oil paintings, drawing inspiration from a wide range of cultural and historical Asian sources while also incorporating Chinese ink calligraphy techniques. As the leader of the Ten Men Art Group, a loosely-knit group of art teachers and artists that would morph in 1970 into the seminal Southeast Asian Art Association, he played a key role in developing the Singapore art scene. Yet, his name fell into near obscurity after he moved, seemingly at the peak of his career, into a village in Malaysia.

“The Story of Yeh Chi Wei,” a major retrospective at the Singapore Art Museum running until Sept. 12, sheds new light on the artist’s achievements and his importance as one of the country’s pioneer artists.

**** No Cut In Length Of NS: DPM Teo <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100701-0000057/No-cut-in-length-of-NS--DPM-Teo>
Leong Wee Keat, Today

With the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) relying less on the total number of troops and becoming an increasingly modernised force, could the duration of National Service (NS) be further reduced? No, said deputy orime minister and defence minister Teo Chee Hean.

**** Fare Calculation By The Fastest Route <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_547821.html>
Eugene Tan, Public Transport Council, Helen Lim, Land Transport Authority, Straits Times

For a journey from Bras Basah to Serangoon station, the fare is based on the fastest travel route via the Circle Line. This explains why the fares are higher for a journey from Bras Basah to Serangoon than from Bras Basah to Kovan, even though the former is located nearer to Bras Basah.

**** PTC And LTA Clarifies Distance Fare Calculation 'Glitches'... But <http://sgtransport.blogspot.com/2010/07/ptc-and-lta-clarifies-distance-fare.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SingaporesLandTransport+%28Singapore%27s+Land+Transport%29>
Daniel Chin, Singapore's Land Transport

This calculation show that the journey time from Bras Basah to Serangoon is faster via a transfer at Dhoby Ghaut instead of taking a direct Circle Line train, contrary to what PTC and LTA claimed. This is even after taking into account of walking time and waiting time as advised by them.

**** No More Reductions In NS And The SAF In Afghanistan <http://military-life.blogspot.com/2010/06/no-more-reductions-in-ns-and-saf-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FOnPU+%28Military+Life%29>
Military Life: Memoirs of a Conscript in the Lion City

**** No Permission, No Link <http://rot.blogsome.com/2010/06/30/no-permission-no-link/>
The Rot Within

**** The Next Time The PAP Asks For My Vote <http://mollymeek.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/the-next-time-the-pap-asks-for-my-vote/>
Molitics

I have reason to believe that PAP politicians are given a handbook with a title like The PAPalian Hermeneutics of Criticism. This seems to me to be the only reason they quite consistently interpret what the public says in a style for which they should be awarded a patent. My guess would be that the book has a maxim: When people ask for an inch, it means that they are trying to extort a yard from you. This should not come across as too much of a surprise since the linguistic ineptitude of most citizens below the ruling class is appalling, most not having been even a mile near an Ivy League.

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黄瑶, 广州日报

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**** Why Singapore Startups Should Not Attend The Angels Den Speedfunding On 27 July <http://blog.dk.sg/2010/07/01/why-singapore-startups-should-not-attend-the-angels-den-speedfunding-on-27-july/>
Dee Kay Dot As Gee

Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors and Companies who associate themselves with such pay to pitch scheme should be ashamed of themselves. They are not helping the startups. They are preying on the desperate entrepreneur who is dying to find investors to fund their next big thing.

**** Strong RP Civil Society The Envy Of Singapore <http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20100701-278546/Strong-RP-civil-society-the-envy-of-Singapore>
DJ Yap, Philippine Daily Inquirer

If there was something ultra-rich Singapore could learn from the still-developing Philippines, it would be how to have a more engaged civil society, a Singapore official here said.

**** Troubled Countries <http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0719/opinions-lee-kuan-yew-current-events-troubled-countries.html>
Lee Kuan Yew, Forbes

**** If Singapore Floods, Escape The Five-Star Way <http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/life/singapore-has-floods-no-way-639088>
mrbrown, CNNGo

I think it's time Singaporeans learn to swim.

**** 死囚杨伟光律师来马求援 部长取消会面辩称不知情 <http://www.merdekareview.com/news/n/13963.html>
曾薛霏, 独立新闻在线

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**** For Public, Not Profit <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100701-0000053/For-public,-not-profit>
Vincent Kang, Today

If we envision a future where the majority of Singaporeans can afford public housing, I think all public housing units should be owner-occupied.

**** HDB Resale Prices Climb 3.8% To 160.9 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1066920/1/.html>
Mustafa Shafawi, Channel NewsAsia

Prices of HDB resale flats have continued to rise. According to the housing board's flash estimates, prices rose a steeper 3.8 per cent in the second quarter, compared to the first three months of this year. 

It's the fifth consecutive quarter of price increase.

**** Downpour Triggers Floods <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_548173.html>
Straits Times

Some parts of Singapore were flooded again on Thursday, with waters rising up to knee-high, due to another heavy downpour in the afternoon.

Floodwaters were seen along Paterson Road, near Wheelock Place in Orchard Road, the scene of the worst flooding in 26 years two weeks ago, as well a in Tai Seng Road, Kampong Ampat Road and MacPherson area.

**** Ionescu To Be Tried In Romania For S'pore Hit-and-run Accidents <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1067005/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

A former Romanian diplomat wanted by Singapore authorities for two hit-and-run accidents in December last year will be tried in his own country. 

According to the Romanian General Prosecutor's Office, Dr Silviu Ionescu has been indicted for homicide, causing physical injuries and making false statements.