[MyAppleMenu] Jun 5, 2011

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**** DOJ Probes Apple's Interest In Nortel Patents <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/06/03/doj_probes_apples_interest_in_nortel_patents.html>
Josh Ong, AppleInsider

The U.S. Department of Justice is concerned about potential bids from Apple for a cache of patents being sold by Canadian telecom company Nortel, given the iPhone maker's legal track record.

**** Hints Of Over-the-air iOS App Updates Found Within iTunes <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/06/hints-of-over-the-air-ios-app-updates-found-within-itunes.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

Apple has apparently let slip that iOS devices will soon be able to automatically download app updates over the air. The company included a sentence discussing the feature on iTunes' app updates page—one that was verified by MacRumors on Friday evening, but has since been removed—which explained that users won't have to sync their apps with a computer if they have Automatic Download enabled.



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**** Book Review: 'Indigo: In Search Of The Color That Seduced The World' By Catherine E. McKinley <http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book-20110604,0,1007042.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+features%2Fbooks+%28Los+Angeles+Times+-+Books%29>
Swati Pandey, Los Angeles Times

Indigo is something of a mystery. It sits between the more familiar purple and blue of rainbows. And it's the elusive center of Catherine E. McKinley's "Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World" which like its eponymous shade, falls somewhere between more familiar poles. As history, it wanders, sometimes too hastily, through millenniums and contents to trace the reach and power of indigo dye and fabric. As memoir, it gorgeously recounts McKinley's journey to West Africa's teeming markets and churning factories, through funerals and uprisings, to find "the bluest of blues."

**** Considering The Lobster <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/books/review/considering-the-lobster.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Dawn Drzal, New York Times

It’s nearly impossible to put a live lobster into a pot of boiling water without asking yourself, “Does it feel pain?” In Richard J. King’s elegant little history of the world’s pre-eminent crustacean, he reveals that anguishing over this “final vestige of what it is like to butcher or kill our own food” isn’t restricted to our PETA-­sensitized age. Apparently, it’s been debated in the West since at least the early 19th century.



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**** Delink Political Affiliations Of Grassroots Bodies <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_675943.html>
Chang Nam Yuen, Straits Times

For grassroots organisations to be relevant and credible, there is a dire need for them to be dissociated from all political affiliations.

**** “优待外国学生政策”是该检讨了 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/yl/yl110604_013.shtml>
陈果丰, 联合早报

试想，那些拿了我们好处的外国学生在英、美大学毕业后，又以外国人才和第一代移民的身份回来和我们竞争，逃过了国民服役。

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**** Charging For Tap Water – Is It Justifiable? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/charging-for-tap-water-–-is-it-justifiable/>
G Hui, The Online Citizen

The availability of clean, drinking water is a basic human right. There should not be a charge levied on customers who are already paying for food and/or drinks (excluding tap water).

**** Focus On HDB (Part 2): More Mature Estates? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/focus-on-hdb-part2-more-mature-estates/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen

**** In Education, School Not The Only Place To Start <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/in-education-school-not-the-only-place-to-start/>
Au Waipang, Yawning Bread

**** The Presidential Election... <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2011/06/presidential-election.html>
Diary Of A Singapore Mind

There is only one potential candidate who stood up for ordinary Singaporeans in the dark days of the Lehman collapse, only one candidate whom we can trust to continue and complete what President Ong tried to do to safeguard our reserves and fight for greater transparency and one candidate with the humility of President Wee that endeared him to ordinary Singaporeans. 

**** Singapore Spurs Neighbors Into Lavish Tourist Resort Development <http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/singapore-spurs-neighbors-into-lavish-tourist-resort-development-2293333.html>
The Independent

A little envy looks to be going a very long way for both Indonesia and Malyasia. Spurred on by the rapid tourism resort development that has been such a feature of neighboring Singapore over the past decade - and by the incredible success that has met that development - the two countries are now planning to tap into the luxury tourism market themselves.

**** PAP Sitoh Yih Pin Conducts His MPS Only Once A Month? <http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/06/05/sitoh-yih-pin-conducts-his-mps-only-once-a-month-2/>
The Temasek Review

When Mr Chiam See Tong was the MP of Potong Pasir, he conducted his Meet-the-People (MPS) sessions weekly without fail. However, the new PAP MP for Potong Pasir Mr Sitoh Yih Pin appears to find it a hassle to meet the residents so often if the official venue and timing for his MPS is correct.

**** PUB Explains Flash Floods <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1133345/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

**** Change, Really? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/change-really/>
G Hui, The Online Citizen

Criticism must be engaged and questions must be answered. The Government should have addressed each of Shadrake’s accusations, citing why each of them was untrue, without embarking on the legal route through the courts. This would go a long way in building public trust and goodwill.

**** Focus On HDB (Part 3): Shorter Queue For HDB Rental Flats- Really? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/focus-on-hdb-part-3-shorter-queue-for-hdb-rental-flats-really/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen

**** Flood Waters Shut Tanglin Mall <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110606-0000064/Flood-waters-shut-Tanglin-Mall>
Esther Ng, Today

It looked like a scene straight from the movies. Water cascading down escalators, filling every nook and cranny, then pouring onto the floor below like a waterfall. By 10.30am yesterday, the basement and car parks of Tanglin Mall were in knee-deep water.