[MyAppleMenu] Jun 10, 2011

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**** First Look: Reeder Leaps From The iPad To The Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/160446/2011/06/reeder_for_mac.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

What power users will appreciate most in Reeder is its exceedingly flexible level of customization. You can set custom key commands for just about everything; configure multitouch gestures; tweak levels for the display’s tint, texture, and contrast; and even customize the appearance of the Dock icon. Reeder’s geared not just towards news junkies, but to tinkerers as well.

**** Apple’s Magnum Opus <http://brooksreview.net/2011/06/apple-mag-opus/>
Ben Brooks, The Brooks Review

What Apple has done here is to sit down and say: “what bugs me and ideally how should it work”, then they turned that into WWDC’s announcement. These changes don’t feel like bug fixes or feature upgrades, they feel like a rethinking of computing.

**** What You Need To Know About iTunes Match: Your Questions Answered <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-itunes-match-your-questions-answered.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

If you don't renew the yearly $25 subscription, your iCloud store goes away. iTunes purchases will still be available to all devices, and anything that you have downloaded from iCloud to you devices you keep. This includes iTunes Plus versions you have chosen to replace older, lower quality rips in your main iTunes library. Apple explained that replacing those lower-quality rips is optional.

Another question our readers asked was what happens if your library is filled with higher quality rips, such as tracks encoded in Apple Lossless (ALAC) format. Matched tracks will still be in 256Kbps iTunes Plus format, while uploaded tracks will retain their original format. Tracks aren't replaced in either your iTunes library or on your devices unless you request them to be, so the lossless files in your main iTunes library will be safe. Sticklers might balk that matched tracks won't be available via iCloud in a higher-quality format, but if you don't require lossless quality on your mobile device, having access to smaller 256kbps AAC files via iCloud may be a benefit.

**** WWDC: Apple Comments On Verizon iPhone 4 iCloud Delay <http://blogs.computerworld.com/18436/wwdc_apple_comments_on_verizon_iphone_4_icloud_delay>
Jonny Evans, Computerworld

Apple has confirmed that Verizon iPhone users will not be able to access the new beta trial of new iCloud and iTunes features, because the relevant software isn't yet available for the CDMA model of the smartphone.

**** What Apple's New Headquarters Says About Steve Jobs <http://bigthink.com/ideas/38823>
Megan Erickson, Big Think

**** Taiwan Supplier Says Apple Devices Difficult To Make <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20070300-37/taiwan-supplier-says-apple-devices-difficult-to-make/>
Lance Whitney, CNET

Apple's devices are "very difficult to make," says the head of Apple device supplier Hon Hai, but improvements in efficiency should start to "pay off" later this year.

**** Safari’s New Reading Lists Are Glorified Bookmarks – Not Instapaper Killers <http://siliconfilter.com/safaris-new-reading-lists-are-glorified-bookmarks-not-instapaper-killers/>
SiliconFilter

While Instapaper lets you save articles in its easy to read text-only view, Reading Lists don’t make use of Reader, Apple’s new text-only mode for Safari at all. Reading Lists just take you to the original article and then you have to click the Reader button – Instapaper already formats the story for easy reading.

Another problem with Apple’s tool is that there doesn’t seem to be an offline mode.

**** Apple Recalling Verizon iPad 2s, Buyers Complain <http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/10/units.also.allegedly.being.pulled.from.retail/>
MacNN

Apple is interrupting at least some shipments of Verizon iPad 2s and recalling them, say people who have ordered online. 

**** Apple Tries To Intervene In Lodsys Lawsuit <http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20070465-248/apple-tries-to-intervene-in-lodsys-lawsuit/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
Josh Lowensohn, CNET

The iPhone maker yesterday filed a motion with the Eastern District of Texas to intervene as the defendant in a lawsuit from Lodsys that targets seven developers. Apple also used the filing to provide a counterclaim that both it and its developers have the license rights to use the technology.

**** Reading In The Cloud <http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/jun/10/reading-icloud/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nybooks+%28The+New+York+Review+of+Books%29>
Sue Halpern, New York Review Of Books

**** Tricks I Learned At Apple: Steve Jobs Load Testing <http://blog.joemoreno.com/2011/06/tricks-i-learned-at-apple-steve-jobs.html>
Joe Moreno, Mea Vita (My Life)

When I first joined the Apple online store, I was paired up with an experienced software engineer so that I could get up to speed on the code repository, build process, and unit and component testing. Since the online store was already live, we would never roll out new code without first testing and gathering detail metrics.

**** Recovering From Disk Corruption Without A SuperDrive <http://tidbits.com/article/12239?rss>
Marshall Clow, TidBITS



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**** Google, Microsoft, And Yahoo Team Up To Advance Semantic Web <http://www.technologyreview.com/web/37765/?ref=rss&a=f>
Tom Simonite, Technology Review

Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have teamed up to encourage Web page operators to make the meaning of their pages understandable to search engines.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** A Comrade By Accident, A Seeker By Design <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/books/lisa-sees-dreams-of-joy-book-review.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Janet Maslin, New York Times

“You don’t say much,” says the man who flirtatiously sidles up to Joy, the young heroine of Lisa See’s latest novel. He has a smile that’s “warm and embracing.” He leaves Joy “dumb with wonder and astonishment.” And he has a question for Joy’s father: “How many more pretty daughters have you left across China?” Perhaps the question is impertinent, but this is a man who can say whatever he wants to: Joy is fielding a come-on from Chairman Mao.

**** Which Sandwich Has It All Wrapped Up? <http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/jun/10/sandwich-wrap>
Mina Holland, The Guardian

Without Chorleywood bread, the likes of Tesco, Pret a Manger and Greggs might struggle to meet the enormous demand for sandwiches (we get through 11.5bn annually). But there are many substitutes for the standard sliced bread sarnie offering taste experiences beyond anything of which the eponymous Earl could have dreamed. 



SingaporeSurf
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**** Tony Tan And The University Education Review <http://furrybrowndog.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/tony-tan-and-the-university-education-review/>
Furry Brown Dog

**** Would We Be At Square ’0′ If Tony Tan Is The President? <http://thetwophilo.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/would-we-be-at-square-0-if-tony-tan-is-the-president-2/>
Thetwophilo's Blog

**** The Silence Of The President <http://atans1.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/the-silence-of-the-president/>
Thoughts Of A Cynical Investor

When it comes to the ceremonial duties of the president, silent he must be. He cannot publicly air his personal opinions.

Want the president to be free to speak his mind? Amend the constitution, not elect someone who is willing to clarify the constitution by testing the boundaries of what is done thing or not the done thing.

**** Singapore Not Trying To Attract Banks Via Regulatory Arbitrage - MAS <http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/singapore-regulation-idUSL3E7H90EN20110609>
Rachel Armstrong, Reuters

Singapore's central bank said on Thursday that its regulatory regime is in line with or exceeds international standards, rebutting suggestions it is trying to attract financial institutions by having weaker regulation. Singapore has been cited as a possible location some banks in the United States and Europe might look to re-locate some of their operations in a bid to escape tougher regulation.

**** Jayakumar's Reality Check <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2011/06/jayakumars-reality-check.html>
Singapore Notes

But why is the man who has stepped down from office reading the riot act? Does he, like Wong Kan Seng and Mah Bow Tan, still have the Gurkhas providing 24/7 security for their private homes at taxpayers' expense? One reader highlighted that the PMO's directory shows that both Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong still have Principal Private Secretaries and Press Secretaries at their beck and call! When does a former PAP minister actually stand down?

**** External Shocks, Rising Supply May Trigger Singapore Property Crash - Minister <http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201106100011dowjonesdjonline000002&title=external-shocksrising-supply-may-trigger-singapore-property-crash-minister>
Chun Han Wong, Dow Jones

Singapore's national development minister Khaw Boon Wan has warned of a possible crash in the city-state's red-hot property market, should external economic shocks coincide with rising supply to bring prices sharply lower.

**** PAP Sitoh Yih Pin Has 12 Directorships In Public And Private Companies <http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/06/09/pap-sitoh-yih-pin-has-12-directorships-in-public-and-private-companies/>
The Temasek Review

**** MSM Spins That MP Yeo Guat Kwang Has ONLY 54 “Affiliations” <http://singstatistician.blogspot.com/2011/06/msm-spins-that-mp-yeo-guat-kwang-has.html>
Thoughts Of A Singapore Statistician

Temasek Review has also done an interesting article which shows that we might not be seeing the entire picture if we rely on data declared by the MPs on the Singapore Parliament website.

**** Singapore Caps Local Visitors To Casinos At 30%, Business Times Reports <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-09/singapore-caps-local-casino-visitors-at-30-business-times-says.html>
Glenys Sim, Bloomberg

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) has been told to make sure not more than 30 percent of all casino visitors at its Marina Bay Sands casino resort are Singaporeans, the Business Times reported, citing president and chief operating officer Michael Leven.

**** Legal And Moral Role Of President... <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2011/06/legal-and-moral-role-of-president.html>
Diary Of A Singapore Mind

I will not support a candidate who believes he cannot do much for the people of Singapore and campaign on an agenda that he will sitick narrowly to the legal role carve out for him in the law.

**** Singapore Gaming Model To Lead Way For Other Asian Nations: Analyst <http://www.cnbc.com/id/43349507>
CNBC

Macau may have the top spot in global casino revenue, but neighboring Singapore is hot on its heels, with some saying the latter’s gaming model will be the blueprint for other Asian countries looking to emulate it's growth.

**** A Pink Dot In A Sea Of Rights Abuses <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/a-pink-dot-in-a-sea-of-rights-abuses/>
Au Waipang, Yawning Bread

Indeed, not only have Singaporeans lost our human rights, we have lost our dignity. We’ve convinced ourselves that the government’s controls are “good” and contesting them is “bad”. We’ve brainwashed ourselves to treat “human rights” as unspeakable terrors.

**** New Measures To Ease Causeway Congestion <http://www.mmail.com.my/content/74618-new-measures-ease-causeway-congestion>
Marhalim Abas, The Malay Mail

**** Indonesia-Singapore Trade: Who Benefits More <http://us.en.vivanews.com/news/read/225908-indonesia-singapore-trade--who-benefits-more>
VIVAnews

**** Former MP Chiam See Tong Not Contesting Presidential Election <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1134495/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

In an SMS reply to queries by the media, Mr Chiam said he is touched and thankful for the regard given by Singaporeans and supporters that they have even collected the Presidential Election documents and passed them to him. Nonetheless, Mr Chiam said he feels that it is unlikely he will qualify and hence he will focus on serving Singaporeans in his present capacity.

**** President Has Custodial Powers: Law Minister <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_678459.html>
Straits Times

The president of Singapore has 'custodial powers, not executive powers' said the minister of law, Mr K.Shanmugam, in a statement on Friday evening.

With the upcoming Presidential Elections, the statement was released in response to 'recent comments in the media (which) suggest some confusion over what the president can and cannot do,' said the statement.

**** I Think The Engine's Flooded: Supercars Costing Millions Wrecked By Flash Flood In Underground Car Park Of World's Most Exclusive Apartment Block <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002032/Supercars-costing-millions-wrecked-flash-flood-underground-car-park.html>
Daily Mail

Paying exorbitant prices for supercars may be a drop in the ocean for multi-millionaires, but they could do without their luxury motors being flooded - in their own underground car park.