[MyAppleMenu] Jul 30, 2010

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**** In April, Apple Ditched Google And Skyhook In Favor Of Its Own Location Databases <http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/apple-location/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch

**** Five Great iPad Apps For iPhone Photographers <http://www.macworld.com/article/153016/2010/07/ipadapps_for_iphonephotogs.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Beau Colburn, Macworld

**** A Look Inside The Magic Trackpad <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/29/a-look-inside-the-magic-trackpad/>
Dave Caolo, TUAW

It's so thin and barely there. What could be inside Apple's Magic Trackpad? The folks at iFixit took theirs apart, photographing and describing each component in great detail. Here's what they found.

**** Mac Gems: Watch Video From Different Online Sources With Miro <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/572706/review/miro_302.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

Miro is a free HD video and media player that helps you aggregate and download web-based content so that you can watch and listen to it on your Mac. Miro is capable of viewing everything from YouTube videos, video and audio podcasts, to legal bit torrents and TV shows on Hulu.

**** Review: Apple Magic Trackpad <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/586738/review/magic_trackpad.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

It gives you the same clickable, glass surface, with the same Multi-Touch gestures, as those laptop trackpads in a wireless desktop model—with the added bonus of nearly twice the trackpad area. The only real caveat is that if you've got an exceptionally large display, or multiple displays, you may find the Magic Trackpad requires more effort to traverse that screen area than a trackball or mouse.

**** A Rational Response To A Magic Trackpad Glitch <http://db.tidbits.com/article/11474?rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tidbits_main+%28TidBITS%3A+Mac+News+for+the+Rest+of+Us%29>
Jeff Carlson, TidBITS

**** Apple Job Listing Hints At 'Revolutionary' New Mac OS X 10.7 Feature <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/29/apple_seeks_engineer_for_revolutionary_new_mac_os_x_feature.html>
AppleInsider

A new corporate job listing from Apple boasts of a "revolutionary" new feature for the foundations of Mac OS X that will "truly amaze everyone."

**** Magic Trackpad Or Tragic Mac Pad? A Review <http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2010/07/magic-trackpad.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

The ability to perform multitouch gestures on my desktop Mac is welcome. The less precise nature of using a trackpad instead of a mouse is not so fun sometimes—it's tolerable, but annoying.

**** Steve Ballmer: 'Apple Sold More iPads Than I'd Like Them To Sell' <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/29/microsofts_steve_ballmer_apple_sold_more_ipads_than_id_like_them_to_sell.html>
AppleInsider

**** iPhone 4 Finally On Sale In Nz <http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/3973826/iPhone-4-finally-on-sale-in-NZ>
Sarah Harvey, The Dominion Post

Kiwis formed lunchtime queues to get their hands on the latest iPhone 4, after a delayed launch being described as a ''nightmare''. The launch was supposed to start this morning, however it was mysteriously put off, sparking frustration and confusion.

**** Singapore's 'Over-The-Top' iPhone 4 Launch <http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/07/30/singapores-over-the-top-iphone-4-launch/>
Wayne Ma, Wall Street Journal

Apple’s new iPhone 4 went on sale in Singapore Friday, and its debut in this city state may have been more over-the-top than its U.S. debut last month.

The venue, with its almost concert-like atmosphere, was blasting with loud music, colored lights, fog and even a VIP lounge, where waitresses served hors d’oeuvres such as sea scallops with green olive tapenade. At the stroke of midnight, SingTel revealed a giant rotating model of the iPhone on stage, along with a flashy pyrotechnics display.

**** How's Apple's Walled Garden Look Now? <http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100729/hows-apples-walled-garden-look-now/>
John Paczkowski, Wall Street Journal

Here’s a timely rebuttal to those who argue the merits of an “open” app store versus one that’s “closed”: Security firm Lookout says that an Android app called Jackeey Wallpaper has been harvesting personal information from the millions of users who downloaded it.

**** In iPhone, Adult Industry Sees Pocket Porn Market <http://www.accessatlanta.com/celebrities-tv/in-iphone-adult-industry-580897.html?cxntlid=thbz_hm>
Joel Schectman, Associated Press

It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.

So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.

**** What I Learned On My Summer Vacation <http://www.macworld.com/article/153039/2010/07/summer_vacation_2010.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** How Business Is Putting The iPad To Work <http://www.macworld.com/article/152997/2010/07/ipadbiz.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Joel Mathis, Macworld

When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad in January, he pitched it mostly as a consumer device—a relaxation tool people would use to read books, play games, watch video and peruse family photos. But Michael Kanzleiter and his colleagues at Mercedes-Benz Financial saw something else: A better way to sell cars.



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**** How Twitter Is Changing Old Age <http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2010/07/29/old_people_facebook_win/index.html>
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon

At the root of our online experiences is the desire to connect -- and in those seemingly trivial dispatches about what we ate for dinner or what team we're cheering for today are intimate glimpses into everything that matters most.

**** Letting Go <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/02/100802fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all>
Atul Gawande, New Yorker

This is the moment in Sara’s story that poses a fundamental question for everyone living in the era of modern medicine: What do we want Sara and her doctors to do now? Or, to put it another way, if you were the one who had metastatic cancer—or, for that matter, a similarly advanced case of emphysema or congestive heart failure—what would you want your doctors to do?



SingaporeSurf
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**** Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2010/07/truth-is-stranger-than-fiction.html>
Singapore Notes

**** Employment Up For Q2 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1072353/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Employment has continued to grow with the number of people gaining jobs in the second quarter of 2010, up by 26,500. A release of the Manpower ministry found that the continuing employment gains that started from the third quarter of 2009 was however lower than the 36,500 in the first quarter of 2010.

**** 苹果手机热延烧到本地 学生排队16小时买iPhone4 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100730_020.shtml>
刘丽仪, 联合早报

本地三家电信公司今天凌晨推出第四代苹果手机（iPhone4）。为避免混乱场面，三家公司只开放给已登记的顾客。但还是有iPhone迷为了“安全”起见及抢先拥有梦寐以求的科技新宠，提早16小时排队。

**** World's Most Liveable Cities, Why Not World's Most Responsible Destinations? <http://asiancorrespondent.com/thetransitcafe/world-s-most-liveable-cities-why-not-world-s-most-responsible-destinations>
Yeoh Siew Hoon, Asian Correspondent

**** iCame, iQueued, iBought The New iPhone <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100730-0000175/iCame,-iQueued,-iBought-the-new-iPhone>
Satish Cheney, Today

The highly-anticipated smartphone was launched at midnight, and eager fans were already in line long before to be among the first in Singapore to get their hands on what will be the apple of their eye for the weeks or months ahead.

**** Boleh! Boleh!: No Retirement Age For Singapore <http://sgboleh.blogspot.com/2010/07/no-retirement-age-for-singapore.html>
Andrew Tan, Life Of A Married Singaorean

**** Singapore Court Adjourns UK Author's Trial Over Book About Death Penalty <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-30/singapore-court-adjourns-u-k-author-s-trial-over-book-about-death-penalty.html>
Andrea Tan, Bloomberg

The trial of Alan Shadrake, the British author charged for contempt of court over his book on Singapore’s death penalty challenging the integrity and independence of the city’s judiciary, was adjourned today.

Justice Quentin Loh gave M. Ravi, Shadrake’s lawyer, two weeks to file an affidavit. Ravi had asked for a month’s adjournment to file a defense of “fair criticism and fair comment.” Ravi said he needs to consult with various government bodies and other parties about their views and Shadrake’s medical conditions.

**** Lee Kuan Yew's "Intellectual Class" Will Run Singapore Into The Ground <http://utwt.blogspot.com/2010/07/lee-kuan-yews-intellectual-class-will.html>
Under The WIllow Tree

**** Caught In A Bad Romance: The Day Lee Kuan Yew Gutted Me <http://thinkingbetterthinkingmeta.blogspot.com/2010/07/caught-in-bad-romance-day-lee-kuan-yew.html>
Sam Ho, Sam's Thoughts

While I agree to an extent, the idea of "active seniors", I believe it should be a concept strictly voluntary.

I don't think Mr Lee was advocating changing the laws to force folks not to retire.

**** Singapore's 40 Richest Compared With The Rest <http://www.pressrun.net/weblog/2010/07/singapores-40-richest-compared-with-the-rest.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rana+%28Blowin%27+In+The+Wind%29>
Blowin' In The Wind

**** Tripped Up By Route Planner <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100730-0000065/Tripped-up-by-route-planner>
David Soh Poh Huat, Today

If you wish to take a train on the Circle Line from Marymount Station, the fares to Esplanade and Bras Basah stations are $1.54 and $1.50, respectively, as shown on the TransitLink website. However, the fares displayed on the notice board at Marymount Station indicate that the fares to the stations are $1.44 and $1.40, respectively. Which is correct?

**** Singapore Employers Boost Payrolls As Record Economic Growth Spurs Hiring <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-30/singapore-employers-boost-payrolls-as-record-economic-growth-spurs-hiring.html>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg

Singapore employers expanded payrolls for a fourth consecutive quarter as record economic growth prompted companies in the services and construction industries to boost hiring.

**** 在新加坡昼伏夜出 <http://jjckb.xinhuanet.com/whsh/2010-07/30/content_243570.htm>
谢川, 经济参考报

新加坡是一座在夜晚醒来的城市，告别白昼的炙热、拥挤、繁忙，走出冷气开到摄氏10度的盒子间，海风拂面，人潮熙攘，每一处流光溢彩，每一处车水马龙，都鲜活起来。让我们昼伏夜出，在这座赤道以北137公里的热带岛国，尽情体验热辣香甜、海味十足的每一个日落黄昏后。

**** Being Singaporean <http://my-subjective-idealism-and-me.blogspot.com/2010/07/being-singaporean.html>
What I Don't See Doesn't Exist

There we have it, our citizen, living on that small island; he hopes that people like me, who criticize his great Lee Kuan Yew, would just go away and leave him and his Singaporean "paradise" alone.

**** Singapore Central Bank Bills To Soak Up Inflows, Analysts Say <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-29/singapore-central-bank-bills-to-soak-up-inflows-analysts-say.html>
Patricia Lui, Bloomberg

Singapore’s planned issuance of central bank bills will help limit money-supply growth as investors channel more funds into the world’s fastest-growing economy, say Standard Chartered Plc and Barclays Plc.

**** Malaysia, Singapore Met To Discuss KTMB Relocation Move <http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=517526>
Bernama

Senior Malaysian and Singaporean officials met here for two days, beginning Tuesday, to discuss further Points of Agreement (PoA) on Malayan Railway Lands in the republic.

**** Buffoonery At The MICA <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/3980-buffoonery-at-the-mica>
Singapore Democrat Party

**** Singapore's Reputation On The Line As British Author Fights On <http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/jul/30/singapore-british-author-alan-shadrake?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
James Gomez, The Guardian

The administration has spent large amounts of money on marketing Singapore internationally, most recently over the upcoming Youth Olympic Games. But at the same time it continues to damage Singapore's reputation with its censorship.

In keeping with tradition, one strategy used at today's court hearings was to threaten legal action against the media for publicising the alleged contemptuous remarks in Shadrake's book. That was a lost cause, given the information already circulating on the internet.

**** Singapore's New Hedge-Fund Regulation Puts City `Back On Map' <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-28/singapore-hedge-fund-regulations-lure-managers-put-city-back-on-the-map-.html>
Netty Ismail, Bloomberg




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