[MyAppleMenu] Nov 2, 2011

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**** Hands On With GarageBand For The iPhone And iPad <http://www.macworld.com/article/163351/2011/11/hands_on_with_garageband_for_the_iphone_and_ipad.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld

In short: This is a huge update.

**** Daily Mac App: iClip <http://www.tuaw.com/2011/11/01/daily-mac-app-iclip/>
Megan Lavey-Heaton, TUAW

The OS X utility keeps a copy of almost anything that can be sent to the clipboard. It'll also organize those into scrapbooks or however you want.

**** Postbox 3 Launches With More Social, More Integration <http://www.tuaw.com/2011/11/01/postbox-3-launches-with-more-social-more-integration/>
Brett Terpstra, TUAW

**** Mac Web Browser Raven Is Flying, With 100,000 In-app Installs In 3 Weeks <http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/11/01/mac-web-browser-raven-is-flying-with-100000-in-app-installs-in-3-weeks/>
Martin Bryant, The Next Web

**** Apple's App Store Shame <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/apples-app-store-shame/15933>
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet

Developing ‘free’ games aimed specifically at children, and then bundling ridiculously priced in-app purchases inside those ‘free’ games feels scammy to me. Sure, it’s not illegal, and it’s not against Apple’s developer terms and conditions, but Apple is a company that prides itself in protecting users from harm.

**** Running The Entire Business From An iPad <http://www.numbersforstartups.com/blog/2011/10/31/running-the-entire-business-from-an-ipad/>
NumbersForStartup Blog

Five hours, one wireless keyboard and $35USD of apps later, I was running the entire business from my iPad!

**** I Swapped My MacBook For An iPad+Linode <http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-for-an-ipad>
Yield Thought

On September 19th, I said goodbye to my trusty MacBook Pro and started developing exclusively on an iPad + Linode 512. This is the surprising story of a month spent working in the cloud.

**** Mac OS X Snow Leopard Vs Mac OS X Lion <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/102811-tech-argument-mac-osx-252527.html>
John Cox, Network World

Lion may not have arrived with quite the roar of acclaim of Snow Leopard, but the numbers indicate there's no going back. And in the "post PC" era, Apple clearly continues to refine the Mac OS user experience based on the lessons it learns from the iOS mobile experience.

**** Apple At The Centre Of Your Digital Life <http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20111102/BUSINESS07/711029944/-1>
Michael Branco, The Royal Gazette

**** Swipe Left To Dismiss New Notifications In iOS 5 <http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/02/swipe-left-to-dismiss-new-notifications-in-ios-5/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29>
OS X Daily

**** Apple Confirms Battery Life Issues In iOS 5 <http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/11/02/apple-confirms-battery-life-issues-in-ios-5/>
Jim Dalrymple, The Loop

“A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices,” an Apple spokesperson told The Loop. “We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and we will release a software update to address those in a few weeks.”

**** Retrospect Goes Solo, Releases Retrospect 9 For Mac <http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/11/02/retrospect-goes-solo-releases-retrospect-9-for-mac/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29>
Peter Cohen, The Loop

Retrospect 9 features data de-duplication, network backup of Mac, Windows and Linux computers, and new support of cloud-based storage: Retrospect 9 can now target any WebDAV-compatible storage system, including services from providers like Egnyte and Dreamhost.

**** Amazon's Stanza App In Limbo After iOS 5's Release <http://www.macworld.com/article/163349/2011/11/stanza_app_in_limbo_after_ios_5s_release.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

A popular iOS ebook reading app owned by Amazon won’t run under iOS 5, causing some users to fear that its days may be numbered.

**** Apple’s Planned Obsolescence Schedule <http://tidbits.com/article/12599?rss>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

To summarize, then, it seems safe to say that if you buy a new Mac now, it’s a good bet that Apple will support it with new software releases for about 4 to 5 years, depending on when you buy in a given CPU generation’s lifetime. Snow Leopard cut the time to a low of 3 years for some outlying models, but the desire to focus on Intel-based Macs easily explains that.



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**** Why Do Authors Kill Off Their Characters? <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/01/harry-potter-ron-weasley?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
John Sutherland, The Guardian

Harry Potter's Ron Weasley was almost killed off by JK Rowling, she has revealed. He wouldn't have been the first fictional character to go …

**** How Peet's Starbucked Itself <http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/how-peets-starbucked-itself/Content?oid=2993549&showFullText=true>
Ellen Cushing, East Bay Express

This is Peet's Coffee & Tea, circa 2011: successful, efficient, and, many say, losing its edge and its ethos as it continues to compete in an increasingly crowded market. Once a small business known for its relaxed vibe and killer beans, Peet's is a now a company where baristas are timed as they make drinks and dinged if they take too long; where secret shoppers watch whether employees are sticking to the corporate sales pitch; where the workforce is increasingly overworked, underpaid, burned out, and plagued by turnover. It is, in other words, a far cry from what it once was: the North Berkeley neighborhood coffee shop that brought craftsmanship and superior beans to the United States.



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**** Public Invited To Submit Names For NMPs <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1162952/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

They can send the names to the Special Select Committee of Parliament, which will then decide on the list to be appointment by the President.

Those nominated by the Committee must be people who have rendered distinguished public service, or brought honour to the Republic, or have distinguished themselves in the field of arts and letters, sports, culture, the sciences, business, industry, the professions, social or community service or the labour movement.

**** What Is Happiness? <http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=7203>
Wong Wee Nam, Sgpolitics.net

The happiness of a people is not increased or reduced by comparing it to another country. It does not make an unhappy person happy by just asking him to look at a person who is worse off. Each country and its people have their own unique circumstances. The government should find out what makes a citizen unhappy and try to find a solution to it.

**** Were Local Groups Even Consulted About Bukit Brown Plan? <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC111102-0000174/Were-local-groups-even-consulted-about-Bukit-Brown-plan?>
Danny G Tan, Today

Around the same time, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke in Parliament about citizens having "a say, a stake, and a sense of belonging" in Singapore. But with the Bukit Brown road, it seems the agencies had made up their minds; involving the local groups was almost an afterthought. 

This putting of the horse before the cart was probably not what Mr Lee had envisioned in the heartening speech he made.

**** Singapore Spice: Chilli, Noodles And Learning To Cook In Asia's Secret Foodie Haven <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2055779/Cookery-holidays-Learning-art-Asian-cooking-secret-foodie-haven-Singapore.html>
Chris Beanland, The Mail

I'm at Vasanwala's house in the suburbs of Eastern Singapore for one of the most authentic Asian cooking experiences you can get. It's the high point of a few days exploring the uniquely mixed up food culture of cosmopolitan Singapore.

**** Do Hawkers Understand Risk Assessment? <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC111102-0000191/Do-hawkers-understand-risk-assessment#.TrCnLdVnstd.twitter>
Gerald Chong Chin Hui, Today

Why did MOM not think of the different competency or education levels of the stakeholders involved?

**** Singapore Employers 'More Pragmatic' Now In Hiring <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_729698.html>
Magdalen Ng, Straits Times

**** 55% Of Singaporeans Say: President Should Be Paid Less Than PM <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_729675.html>
Cai Haoxiang, Straits Times

Most Singaporeans do not think the president should be paid more than the prime minister, according to a survey.

Many who hold this view tend to be university graduates in their 40s and early 50s, professionals or working as senior executives.

**** Flexi-work Arrangements Is A Must In Future: Hawazi Daipi <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1163029/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

**** Singapore Investors Lose Bid To Recoup $14 Million Lehman-Related Losses <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-02/singapore-investors-lose-bid-to-recoup-lehman-related-losses-on-appeal.html>
Joe Schneider And Andrea Tan, Bloomberg

A group of 213 investors in Singapore lost a bid to recoup S$18 million ($14 million) of losses tied to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEHMQ), with an appeal court upholding a lower court ruling that dismissed their claim.

**** MP To Question Penalties For SMRT, SBS Transit In Parliament <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1163110/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

In a posting on her Facebook page, MP for Tampines GRC, Irene Ng said she has filed a question to ask the Transport Minister the rationale for the low penalties of S$700 and S$300 imposed by the Public Transport Council (PTC) on SBS Transit and SMRT respectively.

Ms Ng also wants to know what steps are being taken by the public transport operators to plug the service gaps identified in the latest exercise.