[MyAppleMenu] Aug 11, 2012

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Apple Offered To License Its Patents To Samsung For $30 Per Smartphone, $40 Per Tablet ****
<http://allthingsd.com/20120810/breaking-apple-offered-to-license-its-patents-to-samsung-for-30-per-smartphone-40-per-tablet/>
Ina Fried, All Things D


> Apple executives have testified the company was “shocked” when Samsung debuted its first Galaxy phones. But, considering the Korean company was a major supplier, Apple apparently was also willing to make a deal with its rival.

> In October 2010, Apple offered to license its portfolio of patents to Samsung provided the Korean company was willing to pay on the order of $30 per smartphone and $40 per tablet.



**** Odgaard: "I Will Continue Working On TextMate As Long As I Am A Mac User" ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/odgaard-i-will-continue-working-on-textmate-as-long-as-i-am-a-mac-user/>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica


> "I haven’t given up on TextMate," Odgaard told Ars.



**** Do Yourself A Favor: Set Up Mountain Lion’s Built-in Text Expansion With These Shortcuts ****
<http://lifehacker.com/5931337/do-yourself-a-favor-set-up-mountain-lions-built+in-text-expansion-with-these-shortcuts>
Adam Dachis, Lifehacker



**** Apple Lifts Curtain On iPod Touch Sales Figures For The First Time ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/apple-lifts-curtain-on-ipod-touch-sales-figures-for-the-first-time/>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica


> Apple has sold 46.5 million iPod touch units in the US between the device's introduction in 2007 and the second quarter of 2012. (That's in addition to the nearly 86 million iPhones and 34 million iPads sold during that time.)



**** My Next Text Editor ****
<http://www.marco.org/2012/08/10/next-text-editor>
Marco Arment


> So I picked Sublime Text. So far, I don’t <i>love</i> it, but I like it. The more I used Chocolat, the less I liked it, but as I continue to use Sublime Text 2, I like it more.

> And I think it has a more promising future of stable, high-quality, long-term development than anything else on this list except BBEdit, which I still wish was more my style, but it still isn’t.

Personally, I am using BBedit on Mac, and Sublime Text 2 on Windows. However, I don't use a lot of the advanced features on both editors.


**** Block Apps From Accessing The Internet With Radio Silence ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1168097/block_apps_from_accessing_the_internet_with_radio_silence.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Brendan Wilhide, Macworld


> It’s a powerful yet easy to use firewall that lets users block applications from accessing the Internet.

You can prevent certain apps from phoning home.





The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** The Twitter Underground Economy: A Blooming Business ****
<http://www.barracudalabs.com/wordpress/?p=2989>
Jason Ding, Barracuda Labs






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Taco Bell’s Sophisticated Side ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/08/cantina_bell_the_upscale_taco_bell_menu_shows_the_influence_of_chipotle_on_the_industry_and_the_future_of_american_food.html>
Matthew Yglesias, Slate


> The new Cantina Bell menu shows the influence of Chipotle on the industry and the real future of American food.



**** Everything Is Fiction ****
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/08/everything-is-fiction.html>
Keith Ridgway, New Yorker


> I don’t know how to write. Which is unfortunate, as I do it for a living. Mind you, I don’t know how to live either.



**** Why A Picnic's Success Depends On Disaster ****
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9464438/Why-a-picnics-success-depends-on-disaster.html>
Jane Shilling, Telegraph


> The Victorians were redoubtable picnickers – doubtless because the prospect of catastrophe in the form of sudden thunderstorms, enraged wasps or mad bulls offered the enticing possibility of unchaperoned flirtation.



**** It’s Alive! ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/books/review/the-tradition-of-the-book-continues.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Gillian Silverman, New York Times


> We don’t want to give up our experience of reading as an “opening” into another mind, as a progressive exploration, registered in the turning of pages, of thoughts that originated elsewhere.



**** Dead Again ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/books/review/the-death-of-the-book-through-the-ages.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Leah Price, New York Times


> In hindsight, we can see how rarely one technology supersedes another.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Govt To Get More S'poreans Involved In Addressing Country's Concerns ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1219550/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> Acting manpower minister Tan Chuan-Jin said the government hopes to bring on board Singaporeans to be involved in the process of looking at the country's concerns and addressing it fundamentally.



**** Smoke And Mirrors In The Government’s Accounts ****
<http://sonofadud.com/2012/08/11/smoke-and-mirrors-in-the-governments-accounts/>
Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Rethinking The Rice Bowl


> Rather than set up this fund, I believe it would have been more beneficial for our  finance minister to have chosen to provide an annual subsidy to the bus operators. This could have incentivized them to lower costs and raise productivity.



**** CPIB Lim's Kopi For Real ****
<http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2012/08/cpib-lims-kopi-for-real.html>
mrbrown.com


> The folks at the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau loved my tongue-in-cheek piece, "Hardest working agency this year: CPIB", so much that they actually <i>made</i> a "Lim's Kopi @ CPIB" sign and proudly affixed it onto the door of one of their meeting rooms!



**** Less G Is Good, More P Is Better ****
<http://berthahenson.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/less-g-is-good-more-p-is-better/>
Bertha Harian


> The thing is, are we, as citizens, up to the job of looking after ourselves and our country?

The government should take the lead. (Yes, I know. :) ) Start by reducing the size of the government, the number of ministries, and the number of laws and regulations.


**** The Bottom-up Approach To StandUpFor.SG ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/community/item/728-the-bottom-up-approach-to-standupforsg>
Ng Jing Song, Publichouse.sg



**** Food Fridays: What The Fish ****
<http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2012/08/10/food-fridays-what-the-fish/>
Sibani Mahtani, Wall Street Journal



**** Lee Kuan Yew Speculation Stirs Singapore ****
<http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2012/08/11/lee-kuan-yew-speculation-stirs-singapore/>
Shibani Mahtani And Sam Holmes, Wall Street Journal


> Mr. Baey, a longtime proponent of social media who has actively encouraged those within his party to be more prominent on sites like Twitter and Facebook, added that it was sensible for the government to avoid making an official statement on the matter.

> “It would set a wrong precedent for any officials to make a clarification about something that’s not official,” Mr. Baey said. “It caused some anxiety with people, but I don’t think it reached a stage where it was causing any harm or damage to the nation, so it would be overdoing it for a minister to say, ‘Mr Lee is well.’ ”

I agree. The government does not need to respond to every rumour out there. Honesty and transparency is good enough for me.


**** Should Tender System Be Reviewed? ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120811-0000046/Should-tender-system-be-reviewed>
Teo Xuanwei, Today


> Such increased scrutiny of the Government's procurement process has been stirred most recently by the National Parks Board's (NPark) purchase of 26 foldable Brompton bicycles via online tender. But concerns have also been fleetingly raised in other scandals, involving fraud and sex-for-contracts over the last two years.

> While they feel the current policies are generally sound, civil servants, businesses and academics pointed out to TODAY some areas that need tweaks.



**** Listen To This 'National Conversation" ****
<http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.sg/2012/08/listen-to-this-national-conversation.html>
Feed Me To The Fish



**** The 'Bridges' That Divide ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC120811-0000004/The-bridges-that-divide>
Mak Yuen Teen, Today


> It was clear that everything here was built for speed and efficiency, rather than safety and accessibility for all.



**** Newspapers, Magazines Can Now Add Online Readers To Circulation Figures ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/newspapers-magazines-can-now-add-online-readers-circulation-figures>
Jennani Durai, Straits Times


> Newspapers and magazines can now include online readers in their circulation numbers in a move to reflect the consumption of digital content in today's hyper-connected world.



**** 电视台 对华文的 轻忽态度 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/fk/yu120811_005.shtml>
洪铭铧, 联合早报


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SPH owns 40% of MediaCorp TV, so maybe SPH should help out just a little bit? :)


**** 邀反对党议员 共商国事 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/yl/yl120811_008.shtml>
联合早报


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**** 报业控股起诉雅虎案 被侵权报道由23篇增至254篇 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120811_020.shtml>
陈能端, 联合早报


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