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**** BGR: Apple Is Wrong, That Steve Jobs Email Exchange Was Real <http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/03/bgr-apple-jobs-email/>
Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch
Now BGR has posted a followup story maintaining that the email exchange was real, save for that one misattributed message, and theyâre basically calling Appleâs PR team liars.
**** FaceTime And Why Apple's Massive Integration Advantage Is Just Beginning <http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/03/facetime-and-why-apples-massive-integration-advantage-is-just-beginning/>
Steve Cheney, TechCrunch
Below the surface of hardware / software, Apple is on the cusp of differentiating on a much deeper level, a result of its strategy to vertically integrate at the component level. The advantages of integrating so deeply are subtle but incredibly powerful.
**** Parisians Storm Apple's Newest Store <http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/07/03/parisians-storm-apples-newest-store/>
Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune
Set in a restored bank across Rue Halevy from the gilded Palais Garnier -- longtime home of the Opera de Paris -- the store eschews the usual bland Apple retail ambiance in favor of the site's original architectural detail -- the mosaic tile floor, the marble columns, the curving balustrade, the wrought-iron spiral staircases, the long narrow skylight.
**** iTunes Accounts Hacking More Widespread Than Initially Thought. The Facts, And What You Should Do. <http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/07/04/appstore-hack-itunes/>
The Next Web
Weâve received and discovered a number of reports of accounts being hacked and used to make purchases on iTunes.
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**** Fine Distinctions <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/04/fine_distinctions/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Ideas+section>
Jan Freeman, Boston Globe
Can we really tell âgenuineâ from âauthenticâ?
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**** Bukit Timah Bridge Incident â Commuters Left Stranded <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/07/bukit-timah-bridge-incident-commuters-left-stranded/>
The Online Citizen
I think the entire experience casts a huge doubt over our public transport systemâs ability to deal with âunforeseen circumstancesâ.
Although there was crisis management in the form of diverting traffic, the lack of accountability and communication just reeks of irresponsibility and ineptness to me. In the near-six hours of crisis, it seems that some people did not respond critically.
**** Opposition Party Fined For Selling Party Newspaper <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/07/opposition-party-fined-for-selling-party-newspaper/>
The Online Citizen
âAn officer called me up and told me that there is only licence for individuals who are from the low income group to do mobile hawking,â NSP secretary-general, Mr Goh Meng Seng, told The Online Citizen. âApparently there isnât any license for political party like ours to conduct our political outreach. However, our activity is deemed as âillegal hawkingâ. I told him to write to me officially to state his stand. I have not received his official letter so far.â
**** LTA Weighing Options On Crane-hit Pedestrian Bridge <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1067543/1/.html>
Liang Kaixin, Channel NewsAsia
Authorities have not yet decided what to do with a pedestrian bridge that was damaged by a crane on Saturday. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) told MediaCorp that it will assess the extent of damage and weigh its options before making its decision.
**** Face-Off Over Health Care <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703802404575342513739843180.html>
Peter Stein, Wall Street Journal
The tale of rival Indian and Malaysian bidders for a Singapore-based health-care chain might be described as "same hospital bed, different dreams."
**** Riding The Rails Of Malaysia, In Singapore <http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2001294,00.html?xid=rss-world&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fworld+%28TIME%3A+Top+World+Stories%29>
Neel Chowdhury, Time
The Tanjong Pagar station has long been an irritation to Singapore, a physical reminder of Malaysia's former sovereignty over the island nation.
**** Lee Kuan Yew: PAP Will Give âPriorityâ To Citizens <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/07/04/lee-kuan-yew-pap-will-give-priority-to-citizens/>
The Temasek Review
It is obvious that Lee has not been reading the papers lately which are full of reports of construction workers, cleaners, masseurs and even prostitutes being given PRs and citizenships by the PAP. How these âforeign talentsâ are better âeducatedâ and will bring ânew skillsâ to Singapore is anybodyâs guess.
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