[MyAppleMenu] Mar 22, 2010

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Why Apple Won't Be Launching A Search Engine Any Time Soon <http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=142873>
Danny Sullivan, AdAge

If Apple flips the search switch to something other than Google, plenty of Apple fans will be demanding a way to change that. Plenty of others may question why the change was made at all. Is it really because there's a better search engine out there for them to use? Nothing is impossible, and Apple's got an enviable reputation for game-changing. But I wouldn't bank on similar success when it comes to search.

**** Rush Is On To Be First In iPad Apps <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/technology/22apps.html>
Brad Stone and Jenna Wortham, New York Times

It can be difficult to write software for a gadget without being able to touch it. But that has not stopped developers from rushing to create applications for the Apple iPad.

**** First Look: Kylo Media Browser <http://www.macworld.com/article/147251/2010/03/kylo_browser.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

Based on Mozilla, Kylo is a Mac- and Windows-compatible streaming-media browser intended for the big screen—specifically HDTVs attached to a computer. Unlike media center applications such as Boxee, Plex, and XBMC—which play local as well as Web content—Kylo is solely for playing content delivered over the Internet.

**** Apple Should Let Adults Make Their Own Decisions Regarding Content <http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=2709>
Matthew Miller, ZDNet

**** Tips For A Tidier Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/147190/2010/03/springclean.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

Spring may be in the air, but if you’ve spent a long winter packing your Mac with applications, files, and folders, there’s a good chance it could use a stern cleaning. These tips will help you do just that.

**** Now Software Shuts Down <http://db.tidbits.com/article/11101>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

We're tremendously sorry to report that Now Software, makers of the Now Up-to-Date & Contact software and its Now X replacement, has suspended day-to-day operations.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Location Is Being Redefined For The Digital Age <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/business/media/22carr.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
David Carr, New York Times

At large events, people have always moved in groups to the next big thing. But at the interactive portion of the conference, the ubiquity of so-called ubiquitous presence — location-based services like Foursquare and Gowalla — meant the hive suddenly knew what it was collectively doing.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** 'So Much For That: A Novel' By Lionel Shriver <http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-ca-lionel-shriver21-2010mar21,0,1201610.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+features%2Fbooks+%28Los+Angeles+Times+-+Books%29>
Ella Taylor, Los Angeles Times

The author has crafted a ferocious black comedy about the horrors of the American healthcare system and what it can do to even the most compliant of men.

**** Think Globally <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/think-globally/?hp>
Steven Strogatz, New York Times

In an era of globalization, Google Earth and transcontinental air travel, all of us should try to learn a little about spherical geometry and its modern generalization, differential geometry.

**** Discovering Tocqueville <http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=discovering_tocqueville>
Sean Wilentz, The American Prospect

Tocqueville didn't get everything right about Americans, but understanding him as a real, flawed observer makes his achievement more impressive.

**** Titian Vs. Roadrunner <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/03/29/100329po_poem_chiasson>
Dan Chiasson, New Yorker

**** I.D. <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/03/29/100329fi_fiction_oates>
Joyce Carol Oates, New Yorker

**** Fast Food That Won The West <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703915204575103812606592020.html>
Jonathan Eig, Wall Street Journal

How Fred Harvey's railroad restaurants in cowboy country helped build a business empire.

**** Fixed <http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/03/29/100329crat_atlarge_lepore>
Jill Lepore, New Yorker

The rise of marriage therapy, and other dreams of human betterment.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Has Incoming US Ambassador To Singapore David Adelman Embarrassed Kenneth Jeyaretnam? <http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=3916>
Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net

The reason why the western powers will never exert pressure on the Singapore government to become more democratic is because their own electorate are not concerned about Singapore, but are more concerned about losing jobs and business opportunities to China and India.

**** MRT Services Disrupted Due To Another “jumper” On Tracks <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/03/21/mrt-services-disrupted-due-to-another-jumper-on-tracks/>
The Temasek Review

**** Pay-TV Rules Mean Little To Man In The Street <http://www.todayonline.com/Comment/EDC100322-0000004/pay-tv-ru-les-mean-little-to-man-In-the-street>
Conrad Raj, Today

We would all like to see market forces operate with as little interference from the authorities as possible. But where such market forces go against the interest of the consumer as in the case of the reckless competition between SingTel and StarHub for the exclusive rights to content, then the authorities ought to intervene, and quickly.

What the government is doing is akin like telling websites that work with IE must also work with Firefox. But the real innovation and real value comes in having websites be standard-compliant, and will also work with Safari, Opera and Chrome.

**** Should City Harvest Be Taxed? <http://kentridgecommon.com/?p=6641>
Christopher Ong, Kent Ridge Commons

Are City Harvests’ business ventures truly for the provision of ‘public benefits’?

And why is your $2 donation through SMS also taxed just because it goes through commercial entities?

**** Can I Use My EZ Link Card, Like You Said, Please? <http://meginsing.blogspot.com/2010/03/can-i-use-my-ez-link-card-like-you-said.html>
An American girl in Singapore

It turns something that supposed to make life more convenient into something that's a huge pain in the tuckus.

**** In Singapore, Productivity At All Costs <http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LC23Ae01.html>
Megawati Wijaya, Asia Times