[MyAppleMenu] Apr 11, 2012

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**** How To Keep Track Of Keyboard Shortcuts ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1166302/how_to_keep_track_of_keyboard_shortcuts.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Rob Friffiths, Macworld



**** U.S. Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Hachette ****
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-11/u-s-files-antitrust-lawsuit-against-apple-hachette.html>
Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg


> The U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Corp., Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming collusion over eBook pricing.

> Apple and Macmillan, which have refused to engage in settlement talks with the Justice Department, deny they colluded to raise prices for digital books, according to people familiar with the matter. They will argue that pricing agreements between Apple and publishers enhanced competition in the e-book industry, which was dominated by Amazon.com Inc.



**** How To Add Special Effects In iPhoto For iOS ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1166014/how_to_add_special_effects_in_iphoto_for_ios.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Karissa Bell, Macworld



**** iMessage And Instant Messages Deserve Different Apps ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1166294/imessage_and_instant_messages_deserve_different_apps.html#lsrc.twt_dmoren>
Dan Moren, Macworld


> It’s not that I don’t want the ability to send and receive iMessages from my Mac. There’s an undeniable convenience to having a single way to reach me, no matter which device I’m using. But at the same time, I think that cramming that functionality into Messages is just slightly off—call it sticking a round peg into an oval-shaped hole.



**** How Apple Took The ‘Pro’ Out Of Final Cut Pro ****
<http://www.onlinevideo.net/2012/04/how-apple-took-the-pro-out-of-final-cut-pro/>
Jan Ozer, OnlineVideo.net



**** Apple 'Made £6Bn' In UK... But Paid Only £10M In tax ****
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2127048/Apple-6bn-UK--paid-10m-tax.html?ito=feeds-newsxml>
Ruth Sutherland, Mail Online


> Apple paid a paltry £10million in UK corporation tax in the last financial year, despite earning an estimated £6billion in the country over the period.

> It is the latest technology firm to be accused of avoiding UK tax, following Amazon and Google.



**** All The Awesome Spotlight Shortcuts You Didn’t Know Existed ****
<http://lifehacker.com/5900893/all-the-awesome-spotlight-shortcuts-you-didnt-know-existed>
Whitson Gordon, Lifehacker


> OS X's Spotlight is a great tool for finding that file you lost or launching apps, but it can do a lot more than just find the occasional file. Here are some of the coolest Spotlight tips, features, and shortcuts to make your Mac a time-saving, file-searching powerhouse.



**** Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X, Compressor And Motion Ahead Of NAB ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/04/10/apple-updates-final-cut-pro-x-compressor-and-motion-ahead-of-na/>
Michael Rose, TUAW



**** About Flashback Malware ****
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5244?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US>
Apple


> Apple is developing software that will detect and remove the Flashback malware.

> In addition to the Java vulnerability, the Flashback malware relies on computer servers hosted by the malware authors to perform many of its critical functions. Apple is working with ISPs worldwide to disable this command and control network.



**** The Myth Of The Security-Smug Mac User ****
<http://www.myapplemenu.comhttps://securosis.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-security-smug-mac-user>
Securosis Blog



**** Apple Logic Pro 9 ****
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401411,00.asp>
Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine



**** Dream:On: This iOS App Promises To Influence Your Dreams ****
<http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/04/10/dreamon-this-ios-app-promises-to-influence-your-dreams/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNextWeb+%28The+Next+Web+All+Stories%29>
Paul Sawers, The Next Web



**** How To Switch To A Standard User Account In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57412030-263/how-to-switch-to-a-standard-user-account-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET


> Doing day-to-day work in an administrator account poses an elevated security risk. Here are some options for how to switch to a standard account.



**** An iPhone Charger With A Bonus ****
<http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/an-iphone-charger-with-a-bonus/?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Gregory Schmidt, New York Times


> Hoping to capitalize on the smartphone’s continuous need for juice, Iomega has released SuperHero, an iPhone dock that not only charges but also backs up content.



**** Apple Prepping London Stores For 2012 Olympics ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/04/10/apple-prepping-london-stores-for-2012-olympics/>
Michael Grothaus, TUAW


> A high-level Apple retail employee here in London told me today that the company is planning to stock its London area retail stores with international replacement MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and MacBook keyboards. This way, the retail outlets will have the spare parts on hand should international journalists need a quick turnaround on a damaged laptop.



**** SoundCloud Desktop Review ****
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/reviews/?reviewid=3349963&olo=rss>
Karl Hodge, Macworld UK



**** Everyme Review ****
<http://www.macstories.net/reviews/everyme-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories



**** Bare Bones Releases TextWrangler 4.0 ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1166283/bare_bones_releases_textwrangler_4_0.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld


> The updated app better embraces Lion, streamlines preferences, revamps the editing window, and introduces a slew of other new features, to boot.



**** Apple Snubs Firm That Discovered Mac Botnet, Tries To Cut Off Its Server Monitoring Infections ****
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/04/09/apple-snubs-firm-who-discovered-mac-botnet-tries-to-cut-off-its-server-monitoring-infections/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29>
Andy Greenberg, Forbes


> Boris Sharov, chief executive of the Moscow-based security Dr. Web says he learned Monday from the Russian Web registrar Reggi.ru that Apple had requested the registrar shut down one of its domains, which Apple said was being used as a “command and control” server for the hundreds of thousands of PCs infected with Flashback. In fact, that domain was one of three that Dr. Web has been using as a spoofed command and control server–what researchers call a “sinkhole”–to monitor the collection of hijacked machines and try to understand their behavior, the technique which allowed the firm to first report the size of Apple’s botnet last week.






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Google Chrome OS Busts Out Of Browser With New Interface ****
<http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/google-chrome-microsoft-apple/>
Caleb Garling, Wired


> Google is giving Chrome OS a makeover, revamping its browser-based OS look a lot more like classic desktop operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X.






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Death To Word ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/04/microsoft_word_is_cumbersome_inefficient_and_obsolete_it_s_time_for_it_to_die_.html>
Tom Scocca, Slate


> It’s time to give up on Microsoft’s word processor.



**** A Double Inheritance: On Margaret Fuller ****
<http://www.thenation.com/article/167179/double-inheritance-margaret-fuller>
Vivian Gornick, The Nation


> Some 160 years after her death, Fuller remains a haunting figure not so much for the one important book she committed to paper as for the exceptional life she lived, the significance it had in its own moment as well as the one it might have had, if it had not been cut severely short in 1850 when she was 40. Within that short span of time, however, Fuller underwent the kind of dramatic transformation that calls attention to one of moral philosophy’s great conundrums: Is it nobler to spend one’s time on earth devoted to the spiritual elevation of one’s own individuality, or to bond with the eternal struggle for equality in the belief that to serve the greater good is to elevate the spirit life of humanity?



**** Book Review: 'No Time Like The Present' By Nadine Gordimer ****
<http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-nadine-gordimer-20120408,0,7450509.story>
Martin Rubin, Los Angeles Times


> With the title of this novel, her 16th, Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer once again shows her preternatural capacity to take a slangy catchphrase and make it right to the point. And one that is absolutely appropriate to her novel's milieu and, beyond that, to its subject matter in general. 



**** Economic Theory Plots A Course For Good Food ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/dining/an-economists-theories-plot-a-course-for-good-food.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Damon Darlin, New York Times


> Take a renowned economist to lunch, and you learn a few things. For instance, if you dine where children are among the patrons, you can count on bad food. Children are, in fact, one of the reasons American food got so bad. The other reason? Prohibition.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Step One To Another 1985 Recession? ****
<http://singaporegirl.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/step-one-to-another-1985-recession/>
Food Fuels Me To Talk



**** What Is A New Normal In Singapore? Our SMRT Train Is Also A New Normal? ****
<http://singaporeshortstories.blogspot.com/2012/04/what-is-new-normal-in-singapore-our.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SingaporeShortStories+%28SINGAPORE+SHORT+STORIES%29>
Singapore Short Stories


> As I use the MRT services today, not surprised every time I use train services that each train is getting longer to wait for and the train is increasingly packed, I begin to ask myself whether the train experience that Singaporeans are getting in the recent years is also a New Normal: overpacked train, train services which are quite prone to breakdowns, train services you need to wait too long for, etc.



**** A Singaporean’s Hunt For A HDB Flat – And Getting Stumped By Crazy COVs ****
<http://andrewlohhp.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/a-singaporeans-hunt-for-a-hdb-flat-and-getting-stumped-by-crazy-covs/>
Andrew Loh



**** McDonald's Place Sold To Oxley Holdings For S$150m ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1194326/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia



**** Rediffusion: An Unnecessary Death ****
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/rediffusion-unnecessary-death-082552369.html>
Andrew Loh, Yahoo!


> As for Rediffusion, there is an easy solution to what is, in my opinion, an unnecessary death. The strength of its service is in its local dialect programmes, which has been curbed, as mentioned above. A change in government policy will allow Rediffusion to survive. The question is: will the government see the importance of preserving this icon and its symbolic significance?

I don't think dialer programming is going to be the magic bullet to save Rediffusion.


**** Measure Outcomes Not Effort ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/04/measure-outcomes-not-effort/>
Leon Perera, The Online Citizen


> Measuring and publishing outcomes is the best way to ensure that parliamentary and public debate focuses on ground realities, not just effort put in. It is never sufficient to say that many schemes and programs exist to address the issues, without going into whether they are actually working.



**** 6% Of Employers Won't Hire In 2Q12 ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/hr-education/news/6-employers-wont-hire-in-2q12>
Singapore Business Review



**** Taiwan Vs Singapore ****
<http://hardhitting-nobs.blogspot.com/2012/04/taiwan-vs-singapore.html>
Musings From The Lion City


> Now I can understand the Singapore’s government defense of their immigration policy (the DPM statement came less than a week after a similar one from PM Lee Hsian Leong) but Taiwan is NOT a country the Singapore government want to be compared to. Mainly because…well, they are poised to kick our ass.



**** Revision Of Healthcare Subsidies For Permanent Residents ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1194457/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> The health ministry says the adjustment will apply to inpatient services (Class B2 and C wards), day surgery and specialist outpatient clinics in restructured hospitals, as well as intermediate and long-term care services. 



**** Business Confidence In Singapore Is Waning ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/economy/news/business-confidence-in-singapore-waning>
Singapore Business Review



**** More Services Needed For Elderly Who Are Financially Better Off ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_787626.html>
Straits Times


> More needs to be done to cater to the needs and aspirations of the elderly who are financially better off.

> Many of the services that are in place now are primarily targeted at addressing the needs of the lower to middle income elderly as well as those who require assistance in their daily living, said minister of state for community development, Youth and Sports Madam Halimah Yacob.



**** Why Lim Chong Yah Is Screwing The Wrong Hole ****
<http://dotseng.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/why-lim-chong-yah-is-screwing-the-wrong-hole/>
Dotseng


> If Lim is genuine about alleviating many of the problems faced by the poor – he should take a closer look at the how privatization and outsourcing is largely responsible for higher living cost whilst depressing wages – since privatized entities of public services is really a lousy business model.



**** Free Alert Service For NEL Train Disruptions ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1194431/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> The service is available free of charge to all iPhone users through the iris application's push notification, and to all mobile phone users through the SMS alert service.



**** Singapore To Speed Up Roll-out Of 4G Mobile Networks ****
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/singapore-telecom-idUSL3E8FB01920120411>
Reuters


> The 2G rights held by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd unit SingTel Mobile, StarHub Ltd and M1 Ltd had been due to expire in March 2017.

> Singapore, like many other places, suffers congestion on existing 3G networks because of the increasing use of smart devices such as Apple Inc's iPhone and Samsung Electronics' Galaxy.



**** The Bukit Brown Issue: Not Enough Land? Let’s Do The Math ****
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/not-enough-land-let-math-093648029.html>
Kai Fong, Yahoo!


> It is simply a matter of political will.



**** Why Waste $2.9M On Useless Giant Fans At MRT Platforms, Netizens Ask ****
<http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/what_bugs_me/1051368/why_waste_29m_on_giant_fans_at_mrt_platforms.html>
STOMP



**** MDA’s Problematic Corporate Governance Continues ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/04/mdas-problematic-corporate-governance-continues/>
Ng Yi Shu, The Online Citizen


> A recent report has again highlighted the apparent poor corporate governance in the Media development Authority of Singapore (MDA).

> The media report states that MDA is suing RGM Group (an Australian talent management company) for multiple breaches of contract. MDA is trying to recover $27.5 million from RGM, which it had disbursed over four separate agreements between 2006 and 2010.



**** The Old Man And The Bus ****
<http://danielyunhx.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/the-old-man-and-the-bus/>
Homerun



**** The New Singapore Standard For Train Service ****
<http://zitseng.com/archives/3769>
Zit Seng's Superwall


> I am getting the sense that, after the initial spurt of excitement and vigour when he got on board as Transport Minister, the reality of the state of transportation in Singapore has begun to sink in.



**** Singapore’s Favorite Dish: Chicken Rice ****
<http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/dimsumdiary/2012/04/11/singapores-favorite-dish-chicken-rice/>
Elizabeth Kain, Dim Sum Diary


> Very simple – yet oh so delicious!



**** Lim Chong Yah : Singapore's Inequality Approaching Dangerous Levels. ****
<http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2012/04/lim-chong-yah-singapores-inequality.html>
Diary Of A Singaporean Mind


> The PAP has to change itself in order to make the changes that will take us forward. Otherwise, ordinary Singaporeans, will do what you expect ordinary people everywhere to do to bring about change and progress in their lives.



**** Rail Claws On Older MRT Lines Likely To Be Replaced ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_787527.html>
Straits Times


> All 30,000 metal claws holding the power-supplying 'third rail' on the North-South and East-West MRT lines are likely to be replaced, in what appears to be a further step to prevent breakdowns in train services.



**** Yale-NUS College Is About Mutual Benefit, Not Loss ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_787418.html>
Jeremy Lim, Fulbright Association (Singapore), Straits Times


> Singaporeans freely admit the need to understand the world better, and we recognise the value of a liberal education in producing people who are disciplined yet creative, focused yet flexible.

> For Yale, the college offers a unique opportunity to project the Ivy League university's 'soft power', even as the university learns about the exciting new order increasingly centred on our part of the world, to shape and in turn be shaped by the 'Asian Renaissance'.



**** Local Economist Suggests Second Wage Revolution ****
<http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/Story/A1Story20120410-338821.html>
Teh Shi Ning, The Business Times


> To tackle rising income inequality and an excessive reliance on cheap foreign labour, one prominent local economist is proposing a three-year restructuring plan that includes a wage freeze for top income earners and sizeable pay hikes for the lowest paid.



**** Tharman’s Remarks In The Context Of The Evolving Foreign Talent Policy ****
<http://furrybrowndog.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/tharmans-remarks-in-the-context-of-the-evolving-foreign-talent-policy/>
Furry Brown Dog


> While Tharman somewhat disingenuously cited the lack of talent to defend the foreign talent policy, it is quite apparent to long-time policy watchers that the PAP government had broadly (and stealthily) expanded the definition of previously what was classed as “foreign talent” to include foreign labourers, fresh graduates educated from Singapore’s universities and other middle-class white collar jobs which Singaporean workers could fill.