[MyAppleMenu] Feb 12, 2011

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**** Developers Split Over Mac App Store License Swaps <http://www.macworld.com/article/157779/2011/02/developers_transition_mac_app_store_licenses.html?lsrc=rss_main>
David Chartier, Macworld

A handful are finding ways to help users make the transition from the software they’ve already bought to the versions available via the Mac App Store. It’s an encouraging turn of events, but one that’s unlikely to sweep its way across the Mac platform. For some developers, the methods for moving their existing customers to the Mac App Store simply aren’t tenable.

**** iPads Turn Hotel Into The iPlaza <http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/ipads_turn_hotel_into_the_iplaza_6zkbH9Dibk8rQ7Pk4er38K>
Frank Rosario And Todd Venezia, New York Post

The Apple tablets come loaded with apps that let guests communicate with the concierge, order room service, schedule spa treatments or shut off the lights.



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**** The Language Wars By Henry Hitchings - Review <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/12/language-wars-henry-hitchings-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Deborah Cameron, The Guardian

The Language Wars takes the reader on a Cook's tour of complaints about English past and present in a bid to show that the obsessions of the complainers are (a) as old as the hills, (b) based on no linguistic logic, and (c) ultimately futile, since no one can stop language from varying and changing.

**** Table Disservice <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/magazine/13FOB-Medium-t.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Virginia Heffernan, New York Times

No Kindles in cafes? You’ve got to be kidding. This is an affront, not only to readers and gadget lovers, but also to the spirit of cafes!

**** The Husband’s Speech <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/magazine/13lives-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Diane Ackerman, New York Times

When I crossed the threshold into my husband’s hospital room, I entered a world that was unfamiliar, with an unfamiliar man lying in it. He suffered a massive stroke only days before, one tailor-made to his own private hell. In the cruelest of twists for a novelist-professor obsessed with words, the stroke ravaged the language areas of his brain.



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**** Fewer Foreigners, Slower Growth: MM <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_634113.html>
Kor Kian Beng, Straits Times

'To keep up our strong performance, we needed more (foreign) workers. This caused some disquiet. So we are slowing down the numbers of new permanent residents (PRs). We must accept slower growth as a result,' minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew told his Tanjong Pagar GRC residents attending a Chinese New Year dinner at Tiong Bahru Community Centre.

**** Still Behind, Four Decades On <http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/2/12/focus/8049393&sec=focus>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

After 46 years of regulated existence, many Singaporeans are finding it is tough to think of marketable fresh initiatives.

**** Trail Of The Unexpected: Singapore Station <http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/asia/trail-of-the-unexpected-singapore-station-2211920.html>
The Independent

The Art Deco railway station is the terminus for three daily air-conditioned trains to Kuala Lumpur, 248 miles north along the narrow metre-gauge tracks, through palm oil plantations and patches of jungle. It is popular with both Malays and adventurous Western travellers, but less so with Singaporeans who are more likely to head for their shiny new Changi Airport than a faded colonial railway station run by their Malaysian neighbours. And it's with the ownership of the station and its railway that the trouble lies.

**** 如果陈光标来到新加坡 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/yl/yl110212_012.shtml>
严孟达, 联合早报

**** 咖啡店主不敢涨价 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/yl/yl110212_007.shtml>
吴愉婷, 联合早报

我好奇地向熟悉的咖啡店老板问起白糖及咖啡豆涨价对咖啡店的影响，得到的答案是影响是微乎其微，因此不会是白糖或咖啡豆所造成的，真正让他们感到吃不消的是租金的居高不下及水电费的上涨幅度。

**** 部长访问选区越来越频繁？ <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110212_014.shtml>
郭丽娟, 联合早报

本报为此专访负责协调部长访问选区活动的行动党选区关系小组主席、内政部兼教育部政务部长马善高，向他了解对部长访问选区活动的安排时，他一开始就强调部长访问选区活动是行动党同民众保持联系的例常活动，与大选没有直接挂钩，也不会因大选将至而加强密度，目前仍然保持为每月一次。

**** 杨烈国：服务业不提高生产力 我国得永远依赖外劳 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110212_013.shtml>
何丽丽, 联合早报

标新局主席杨烈国认为，我国服务业在提高生产力这方面仍面对挑战。他说，我国制造业的生产力符合国际水准，不过服务领域如零售业和餐饮业作为劳动密集型行业，如果不提高生产力，我国对外籍劳工的依赖将会是无止境的。

**** PAP Assessing Which MPs Should Make Way For New Blood <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1110318/1/.html>
Hetty Musfirah Abdul Khamid, Channel NewsAsia

**** MM Lee: All Races In Singapore Treated Equally <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_634145.html>
Amanda Wong, Straits Times

**** Success In Singapore Has Casino Operators Looking To Other Regions <http://www.lvrj.com/business/success-in-singapore-has-casino-operators-looking-to-other-regions-116060734.html?ref=734>
Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Other Asian markets may now be looking to copy the Singapore model, especially after seeing the amount of gaming proceeds the government is reporting.

"Singapore can now be considered a stabilized casino gaming market," said independent gaming analyst Jonathan Galaviz. "I don't see any major upswing or downswing that will occur in Singapore's casino revenue moving forward, except if Asia were to experience some kind of traumatic macroeconomic event."

**** Dr M Says Up To Johor Leaders To Revive Crooked Bridge <http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dr-m-says-up-to-johor-leaders-to-revive-crooked-bridge/>
Adib Zalkapli, The Malaysian Insider

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad expressed confidence today that crooked bridge project linking Johor to Singapore may be revived, but only with support of the state leaders. The former prime minister admitted however that it would be impossible to push for the project if Johor leaders do not see the need for the Causeway to be replaced with a bridge.

**** Science: Singapore Vs The World <http://erwinchan.posterous.com/science-singapore-vs-the-world>
Erwin Chan

**** Hard Truths About Lee Kuan Yew (1) <http://dlzj.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/hard-truths-about-lee-kuan-yew-1/>
Icarus Flew Too High

While Kuan Yew claims that he doesn’t undermine his successors, the hard truths are stronger than his silly assertions. Does anyone seriously believe the mythical minister mentor is as angelic as he claims to be?

**** Two Words For MM Lee…and They Are Not Very Nice <http://edheng.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/2-word-for-mm-lee-and-they-are-not-very-nice/>
My insight into the world's topics

**** Rising Cost Of Living An Issue In Parliament <http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2011/02/rising-cost-of-living-issue-in.html>
My Singapore News

And the worst is yet to come, with more brilliant explanations.

**** 从一碗日式拉面比较北京和新加坡的劳动价值 <http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_581c151c0100piiz.html?tj=1>
北京客侃世界－相峰的博客

而一名新加坡劳工比起北京的同行来，不仅工资高出许多，住房也已经有了政府提供的基本的保障。虽然大家出去吃一碗拉面要大大贵于北京，但那边残酷，那边幸福，还是可以高下立判。




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