[MyAppleMenu] Sep 2, 2010

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**** How I Landed A No. 1 Album On iTunes Using Social Media <http://www.fastcompany.com/1686155/apple-itunes-do-fun-stuff-smith-magenis-syndrome?partner=rss>
Ryan Marshall, Fast Company

**** What's In A Name? For Apple, A Lot <http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/09/01/whats-in-a-name-for-apple-a-lot/>
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Wall Street Journal

Apple’s fight with the Beatles over the Apple trademark is legendary. But on Wednesday, Apple avoided any such problems over its Ping social network for music — by making sure that it had an agreement with the golf company that holds the Ping trademark beforehand.

Ping has a whopping number of trademark registrations — more than 1,000 around the world, according to the company and its parent, Karsten Manufacturing Corporation. Most of those are related to golf equipment, but the company also owns the rights to Ping for social networking and other online services, it says. That, of course, could have been problematic for Apple.

**** Apple Teases Third-party AirPlay Support, But Details Are Scarce <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20015374-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
John P. Falcone, CNET

Is AirPlay an iTunes-only protocol, or does it work with other audio sources? Does AirPlay offer any added value over Bluetooth for streaming audio?

**** Why Apple's FaceTime Is A Huge Opportunity <http://gigaom.com/2010/09/01/why-apples-facetime-is-a-huge-opportunity/>
Ali Shah, GigaOM

Apple already has the simplicity with the iPhone 4’s version of FaceTime, and they seem to be poised to get the ubiquity.

**** How To Use A Mac's Camera To Spy On Users <http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/how-to-use-a-macs-camera-to-spy-on-users/>
Ron McElfresh, Mac 360

**** Apple's Media Empire Expands <http://www.salon.com/tech/dan_gillmor/2010/09/01/apple_s_latest_media_play/index.html>
Dan Gillmor, Salon

There were a number of noteworthy elements to Wednesday's launch announcements in San Francisco -- updated music and video players, plus a social network that could become a real force in that arena, and more. The most obvious, however, was the company's relentless pursuit of being the primary media gatekeeper and toll collector.

What Apple has embedded in its social network is something Facebook can't dream about, at least not yet: verified users and their credit-card numbers, more than 160 million of them.

**** Apple Event – My Live (To Tape) Blog <http://ihnatko.com/2010/09/01/apple-event-my-live-to-tape-blog/>
Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)

**** Wil Shipley: "We Tried To Do Too Much" For Delicious Library 2 <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/5wkymIngdiE/wil-shipley-we-tried-to-do-too-much-for-delicious-library-2.ars>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

Despite his bravado, however, Shipley can admit when he makes a mistake. On the release of the 2.5 update to Delicious Library, he told Ars that the ambitious plans for Delicious Library 2.0 ending up resulting in a finished product that, while beautiful and impressive looking, performed poorly for some users. That's why version 2.5 consists largely of bug fixes and performance enhancements, and instead of adding features takes a few away.

**** Scottish School Becomes First In World Where All Lessons Take Place Using Computers <http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/08/31/scottish-school-becomes-first-in-world-where-all-lessons-take-place-using-computers-86908-22525988/>
Siobhan McFadyen, Daily Record

Welcome to the world's first iSchool - where pen and paper have been pushed aside in favour of computers. At Cedars School of Excellence, in Greenock, all the lessons are now taken using iPads.

**** Apple Announces The Release Of IOS 4.1 <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/01/apple-announces-the-release-of-ios-4-1/>
Megan Lavey, TUAW

**** IOS 4.2 For iPad Coming In November, Adds Wireless Printing And Air Play <http://feeds.appleinsider.com/click.phdo?i=32fd056629b896dba39a9a047e3ad719>
AppleInsider

Apple on Wednesday showed off iOS 4.2 for the iPad, including folders, multitasking, support for wireless printing, and streaming of audio, video and photos through the new Air Play feature.

**** New iPod Nano Dumps Scroll Wheel And Video For Square Screen <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/01/new-ipod-nano-dumps-scroll-wheel-for-square-screen/>
Megan Lavey, TUAW

It's hip to be square. Announced today, the newly introduced iPod nano finally dispenses with the wheel as a control surface -- because now the control surface is the iPod touch. The new model is so small that like the newly announced iPod shuffle, it has a clip that allows it to be worn and has a 24-hour battery life.

**** Apple Updates The iPod Shuffle <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/01/apple-updates-the-ipod-shuffle/>
Dave Caolo, TUAW

The new shuffle has a familiar-looking click wheel on the small postage-stamp shaped model that was introduced a few years ago.

**** Apple Introduces 4th Gen iPod Touch With Camera <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/01/apple-introduces-4th-gen-ipod-touch-with-camera/>
Erica Sadun, TUAW

FaceTime. It isn't just for iPhone any more. Apple has just introduced a new generation of iPod touch with an improved chip (the same A4 that powers the iPad and the iPhone 4), a better display (the iPhone 4's double-resolution Retina display), and a built-in, front-facing camera that introduces FaceTime video conferencing capabilities.

**** Inside Apple's Music Numbers <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=0f9ea1591a599c6cdbab8051eb755e99>
Marco Tabini, Macworld

Apple didn’t just roll out new products during its Wednesday press event; it also rattled off some impressive statistics about its mobile, music, and retail efforts. Here are some of the numerical highlights from Steve Jobs’s presentation.

**** New iTunes Features Ping Social Media Network <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/01/new-itunes-features-ping-social-media-network/>
Megan Lavey, TUAW

Most of the new release's focus is on Ping, a social network for music. "It's like Facebook and Twitter meets iTunes," Jobs said.

**** iPod Touch Outselling PSP And DS In Games, Not Systems <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/01/ipod-touch-outselling-psp-and-ds-in-games-not-systems/>
Mike Schramm, TUAW

**** No Longer A Hobby? $99 Apple TV Drops Storage, Integrates Netflix <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/IMrelvTFnRc/new-apple-tv-is-99-eliminates-storage-and-integrates-netflix.ars>
Clint Ecker, Ars Technica

Alongside the music players, Apple announced a smaller, black Apple TV that costs $99, has no built-in storage, streams content from iTunes or iOS devices, and fully integrates Netflix into the existing Apple TV interface. Apple's new black box will be available later this month.

**** Why Is The Apple TV So Expensive In Europe? <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/01/why-is-the-apple-tv-so-expensive-in-europe/>
Richard Gaywood, TUAW

There are lots of disgruntled people in the UK this evening, following Apple's announcement that the new Apple TV, retailing for $99 in the US, will cost... £99. If you subtract our sales tax (which is always quoted upfront, unlike in the US) that's the equivalent of $128, a rather excessive 28% hike.

**** Apple's AirPlay To Stream Photos, Video From iPhones To HDTVs <http://feeds.appleinsider.com/click.phdo?i=6351411ddcd497a6585f8bef46da13fc>
AppleInsider

Announced on Wednesday, AirPlay is the improved and rebranded AirTunes, which allows users to stream music from their computer to other locations in their home. Previously, that streaming required an Apple-branded AirPort Express or another computer running iTunes. With AirPlay, users will be able to stream to speaker docks, AV receivers and stereo systems from companies including Denon and Bowers & Wilkins.

**** Hands On With Apple's New iPods, Apple TV <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=522e7ac9c398a916c083c05389216908>
Jason Snell and Jonathan Seff, Macworld

After Wednesday’s Apple media event, we got to spend a little while in a hands-on area adjacent to the Yerba Buena theater with a few dozen members of the media, analysts, VIPs, and—most importantly—new iPods and Apple TVs. Without any further ado, here’s what we spotted.

**** Ping Fosters Music Discovery, Not Friend Discovery <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=06159ab9709dd79df05046174a201a26>
Paul Boutin, New York Times

Apple’s goal is to boost sales of iTunes music and videos, by enabling what techies call discovery. Discovery is the process of finding something you didn’t know you were looking for. You may not have known it existed. For instance, Ping generates a Top Ten list from the music purchases of your circle of friends. By learning what your friends and your celebrity heroes are listening to, you will very likely discover new songs you’ll want to buy with one more click.

**** Jobs: Hey Google, We’re Activating 230,000 NEW IOS Devices A Day <http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/01/apple-ios-activations/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch

Last month, Google CEO Eric Schmidt noted that Google was activating 200,000 Android devices a day. Obviously, that’s a massive number. Today during the Apple event in San Francisco, Steve Jobs took the chance to one up him — then take a shot at Google.

**** Apple's Pricing Decoys <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2010/tc2010091_060916.htm>
Ben Kunz, BusinessWeek

Next time you're sitting at an airport bar and hear two businesspeople debate whether Apple is a technology or design company, chime in: "Nope. What Steve Jobs sells is pricing."

**** Why Ping Is The Future Of Social Commerce <http://gigaom.com/2010/09/01/pingfuture-of-social-commerce/>
Om Malik, GigaOM

Apple received much of this social capability with the acquisition of Lala, an online music service, which as a standalone company used sharing of social objects to drive folks towards paid music downloads. Now they are only closing the loop by further sharing what they bought. I wouldn’t be least bit surprised if the sales of music on the iTunes store rocket upwards, thanks to social discovery.

**** Google Responds To Steve Jobs' Number Counting Accusations <http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/09/01/steve-jobs-hits-google-with-number-counting-accusations/>
Seth Weintraub, Fortune

A Google Spokesperson told me: "The Android activation numbers do not include upgrades and are, in fact, only a portion of the Android devices in the market since we only include devices that have Google services."  --meaning that Jobs' assertions were wrong.

**** Apple Blinks In The Living Room <http://www.subtraction.com/2010/09/01/apple-blinks-in-the-living-room>
Khoi Vinh, Subtraction

The problem is that every company out there that’s addressing this opportunity, from Sony to Samsung to even Apple, is actually trying to solve the wrong problem. None of them are really asking how they can fix the living room problem. Rather, they’re focusing on establishing their brand in the living room, positing completely unrealistic scenarios in which a consumer buys only, say, Samsung-branded components (e.g., its absurdly useless WiseLink protocol) without acknowledging the reality that the components of most home theaters make for a decidedly heterogeneous world.

**** Apple iPod Touch, The Best Gets Better <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20015394-1.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Donald Bell, CNET

**** Apple Enters Rental Biz <http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118023597.html?categoryid=1043&cs=1&ref=ma>
Chris Morris, Variety

Hollywood's majors have been divided on Apple's TV show rental plan, as evidenced by the lack of programming from NBC and CBS in the announcement. Apple topper Steve Jobs expressed optimism that other networks would "see the light and get on board" with the company "pretty fast."

**** Apple TV A First Step For More Ambitious Plans? <http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6807PN20100901>
Alex Dobuzinskis, Reuters

Critics hoping for more from Apple Inc's Web-to-TV plans -- a device, say, that would revolutionize living room entertainment the way the iPad changed tablet computing -- may just need to wait a bit longer.

**** Apple TV: You're A Glorified Roku <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/apple-tv-youre-a-glorified-roku/13904>
Jason Perlow, ZDNet

The rental pricing (and content availability) just doesn’t make sense yet. And without Apps, and extremely limited prime time TV content selection, I just don’t see what the value play of the new Apple TV is yet.

**** Apple And TV Networks Clash Over 99 Cent Rentals <http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6807V620100901>
Jennifer Saba and Yinka Adegoke, Reuters

Apple Inc introduced a new version of Apple TV on Wednesday with shows from just two networks, underscoring its struggles to win over a media industry worried about losing control over the pricing of its programs.

**** Don't Rule Out Apple Ruling Your Living Room <http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_37/b4194030216774.htm>
Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek

Even Jobs concedes the device is mainly for tech hobbyists, and most of the Sept. 1 event was dedicated to the revelation of a new line of iPods and a social networking feature that works within iTunes. What Jobs didn't say is that Apple wants to become king of the living room. He tells Bloomberg Businessweek that when the time is right, Apple could open an App Store for the TV that could do for television sets what all those apps have done for the iPhone. Asked if the iPad could evolve into the TV of tomorrow, Jobs shrugs and says, "That's how I do most of my TV watching today."

**** Apple Tries Again At TV <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882304575465692923410292.html>
Yukari Iwatani Kane And Shira Ovide, Wall Street Journal

Other media companies, including General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal, Time Warner Inc. and CBS Corp., turned down Apple's new pricing options and don't expect to sign up for TV-show rentals as currently configured, according to people familiar with those companies.

Even Fox—a unit of News Corp., which owns The Wall Street Journal—considers its participation a short-term experiment, according to people familiar with the matter. Jim Gianopulos, CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, said Fox would work with Apple "for the next several months."

**** Is Apple's New iPod Nano The Perfect Geek Watch? <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/is-apples-new-ipod-nano-the-perfect-geek-watch/3811?tag=content;search-results-rivers>
Matthew Miller, ZDNet

**** How Apple's Ping Dings Twitter, Facebook <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20015396-71.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
Chris Matyszczyk, CNET

Ping picks at the nice parts of Facebook and Twitter--friending and following--and offers these benefits to its users without the generalists' pains.

**** Apple: New Touchscreen iPod Nano Does Not Run IOS <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/09/apple-touchscreen-ipod-nano-run-ios/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Joe White, App Advice

**** Boxee Responds To Apple TV: "We're Taking A Different Path" <http://www.fastcompany.com/1686514/boxee-responds-to-apple-tv-were-taking-a-different-path>
Dan Nosowitz, Fast Company



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** A Phonebook For The 21st Century <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=b4f29fe3e9ebb61ccbe1ad72b89e6c9c>
Claire Cain Miller, New York Times



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Book Review: 'Let's Take The Long Way Home' By Gail Caldwell <http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/features/books/~3/FyikC08xems/la-et-gail-caldwell-20100901,0,1137184.story>
Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times

Decades past high school, Gail Caldwell had the luck to find a true best friend — a woman whose strengths and weaknesses perfectly complemented her own. Then she endured the tragedy of losing her, an ending that she shares at the beginning of her affecting new grief memoir, "Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship."

**** At The Center Of The Storm, But Still A Mystery <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=bfc9b94720c1e3b0de68ed1566b84a93>
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Mr. Blair’s decade in office would be marked by his momentous — and divisive — decision to go to war in Iraq alongside George W. Bush, and by his remaking of the Labour Party in a more centrist, Clintonian incarnation. Yet all these years and political miles later, the man — hailed by The Observer as “one of the most electorally successful and effective party leaders of all time” — remains a curiously opaque figure. And the self-portrait that emerges from his new memoir, “A Journey: My Political Life,” is very much that of a man without a shadow.

**** Of Two Minds About Books <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=23c6af603aeb5fb821fdd1131a3b4a4b>
Matt Richtel  And Claire Cain Miller, New York Times

Auriane and Sebastien de Halleux are at sharp odds over “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” but not about the plot. The problem is that she prefers the book version, while he reads it on his iPad. And in this literary dispute, the couple says, it’s ne’er the twain shall meet.

**** Stephen Hawking Says Universe Not Created By God <http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/C3axpR1k0F0/stephen-hawking-big-bang-creator>
Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian

In the new work, The Grand Design, Professor Stephen Hawking argues that the Big Bang, rather than occurring following the intervention of a divine being, was inevitable due to the law of gravity.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Communist Nations Rank High In Workers’ Rights Violations —Report <http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/09/01/10/communist-nations-rank-high-workers’-rights-violations-—report>
Ngo Menghak, ABS CBN

Among the countries classified as Repressive are China, Egypt, Iran, Singapore, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.

**** Include NS Men Who Died In Service For New Award? <http://singaporegirl.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/include-ns-men-who-died-in-service-for-new-award/>
Food fuels me to talk...

**** Step In The Right Direction. <http://singaporeanskeptic.blogspot.com/2010/09/step-in-right-direction.html>
Singaporean Skeptic

My only concern is that too little is being done and that it could be too late. Other things that should be done to reduce the burden on citizens is to quickly build more flats, create more restrictions for PRs for purchasing public housing, slowly restricting the amount of CPF money you can use to buy housing, raise bank rates and do a serious rethink on our foreign talent policy.

**** NSP: Leave No Man Behind <http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2010/09/nsp-leave-no-man-behind.html>
Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives

Like many Singaporeans, NSP is shocked to learn that the PAP is only giving due recognition to present NSmen while ignoring those past NSmen who have contributed to the safety and stability of this country. 

It is easy for the ruling party to say that it is not just about the money. However, the exclusion of those NSmen in Mindef Reserve from such rewarding system has hurt their feelings more than the mere $9000 in question.

**** Singapore’s Immigration Policy And Its Developed Status <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/09/singapores-immigration-policy-and-its-developed-status/>
Chua Suntong, The Online Citizen

**** Long Wait For SingTel iPhones <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_573637.html>
Bhas Kunju, Straits Times

StarHub and M1, both of which faced shortages a few weeks ago and also employed a waiting list, have rectified their problems. They have begun selling the phones on the spot.

**** Genuine Upgrader's Worry <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_573722.html>
Tan Tien Li, Straits Times

The new policies do not help home owners like me who have an existing HDB housing loan to service. We are not speculators but we are being penalised in the Government's bid to stabilise the booming property market.

**** Through-train Route Could Hurt N(A) Students <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100902-0000078/Through-train-route-could-hurt-N(A)-students>
Denis Edward, Today

Poly graduates who have completed the O-level exam could be in a more competitive position when they apply to enter these universities.

**** Anti-YOG Man To Stand In GE <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_573661.html>
Jeremy Au Yong, Straits Times

The man behind the 'burn the minister' comments on Facebook wants to contest the next general election and is joining the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP).

**** Can We Engage In More Than Ballot Box Dialogue? <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100902-0000105/Can-we-engage-in-more-than-ballot-box-dialogue>
Gillian Koh, Institute of Policy Studies, Today

As governance challenges grow more complex, processes of government-citizen engagement will have to be strengthened so that political consensus can be negotiated and re-negotiated day-to-day around what Singaporeans feel are important to them. 

**** Slip Sliding Away At Singapore's Changi Airport <http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2010/09/singapore-airport-slide/110776/1>
Laura Bly, USA Today

The JetBlue flight attendant turned reality star wannabe may have generated buzz for his slide to freedom a few weeks ago, but the twisting, 40-foot-high version at Singapore's Changi Airport looks a heck of a lot more fun.

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陈锦柏, 联合早报

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**** Prophets In Our Midst <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2010/09/prophets-in-our-midst.html>
Singapore Notes

Well, it looks like the cowardly option was chosen and Singaporeans were seduced by "asset enchancement" and other political ploys along the way. The day of reckoning has come, and that nest egg is as good as Humpty Dumpty after the fall. And judging by the reactions to latest measures to "stabilise the booming property market", both speculators and genuine upgraders are being burned (metaphorically! metaphorically!) by half baked policy making.

**** Singapore Seeks To Be Asia's Monte Carlo - And More <http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-51212620100901>
Kevin Lim, Reuters

Although both casinos have yet to complete all their attractions, which include what will be the world's largest oceanarium, they have already created new business for hoteliers and taxi drivers.

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**** Navis Eyes Carrefour S'pore, Malaysia Assets - Source <http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE68105420100902>
Saeed Azhar and Wendy Mock, Reuters

The first round bidding for Carrefour assets has drawn more than 10 bidders, including European and Asian retailers, private equity firms and local players, sources familiar with the auction said. The asset auction has also attracted regional players like Dairy Farm (DAIR.SI) which owns Giant and Cold Storage chains in Southeast Asia, which have submitted bids, the sources said.

**** SIA Crew Members Warned Over Facebook Use <http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/09/02/sia-crew-members-warned-over-facebook-use/>
Yahoo!

Several Singapore Airlines (SIA) cabin crew members have landed in hot soup after posting  ”inappropriate” work-related messages on their personal Facebook accounts.

**** New Initiatives To Increase Rail Capacity <http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=v3kgo0ximqh79wlno7p35t49h5uf363be66dxm3333q0rwmufv>
Land Transport Authority, Singapore Government

To further improve train frequencies, the signalling system for the NSEWL will undergo a major upgrading programme from 2011. This upgrade will allow trains to run at intervals of 100 seconds at peak periods, compared to the existing intervals of 120 seconds.

Given the complexity of upgrading the signalling system on a line that is in operation, the improved signalling system will be completed in stages, with works on the North-South Line expected to be completed first in about six years, followed by the East-West Line about two years later.