[MyAppleMenu] Aug 12, 2012

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**** Apple Asked Samsung To Pay As Much As $30 Per Android Phone, $40 Per Tablet For Patent Licenses ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/10/3234909/apple-samsung-patent-royalty-rates>
Chris Ziegler, The Verge


> Apple also proposed a royalty discount structure based on a variety of factors, using the Windows Mobile-based Blackjack II as an example: QWERTY form factor would give a 20 percent discount, Apple patents that Microsoft had already licensed inside Windows Mobile would give another 40 percent, and a cross-licensing deal on Samsung's patents would be 20 percent — a grand total of an 80 percent discount in this particular case (granted, a Blackjack II doesn't bear much resemblance to an iPhone).

I do wonder if Samsung at any point told Apple: we want to license iOS, not patents. Give us that, or we'll just copy every single detail.





The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Open-source Project To Get Gadgets Talking Via The Net ****
<http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19152751>
Zoe Kleinman, BBC


> More than 5,400 developers have downloaded a new open-source operating system designed to enable digital devices to communicate with each other.






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Are You Worth More Dead Than Alive? ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/magazine/are-you-worth-more-dead-than-alive.html?_r=1&ref=magazine>
James Vlahos, New York Times


> Selling your life and selling a house have more in common than you’d think.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore On Verge Of Losing Majority To Migrants If Declining Birth Rates Continue ****
<http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsgeneral.php?id=687528>
Bernama



**** Lee Kuan Yew Wrong About The Babies Problem ****
<http://blogging4myself.blogspot.sg/2012/08/lee-kuan-yew-wrong-about-babies-problem.html>
Blogging For Myself


> No, the failure to reproduce the next generation is the supreme act of selfishness or despair of the future. The selfish are kicking the can down the road because they do not want kids to bring an early end to their blissful lifestyles; the pessimists view life's pressures to exceed their ability to cope. They do not want to bring kids into an unpleasant world.



**** LKY And The ‘Folding Up’ Of Singapore ****
<http://everythingalsocomplain.com/2012/08/12/lky-and-the-folding-up-of-singapore/>
Everything Also Complain


> But what’s interesting about LKY’s exhortations to procreate is not what’s being said, but what’s <i>not</i>. For example, he did not say that educated women with pHDs should get boyfriends and settle down. He also did not specifically urge the Chinese to pick up the slack.



**** WP's Sylvia Lim, Low Thia Khiang Keep Key CEC Posts ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1219699/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia


> The Workers' Party held its elections for the Central Executive Council (CEC) on Sunday.



**** Why Would People Want To Have Kids In Singapore? ****
<http://iantan.org/2012/08/why-would-people-want-to-have-kids-in-singapore/>
Ian Tan, Empty Vessel


> These days, we talk about the woes we are going through with the primary school education system, corrupted by unrealistic standards and “kiasu” parents. We debate about whether we should stop stressing ourselves out trying to figure out today’s education requirements, and just hand our kids over to the mercy of the tuition centers.



**** Having That National Conversation ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/politics/item/732-having-that-national-conversation>
Andrew Loh, Publichouse.sg


> Member of Parliament, Inderjit Singh, who had been involved in Economic Review Committee and the Remaking Singapore Committee, fingered the problem - that the government perhaps had "raised expectations" only to later disappoint the public because these expectations were not met.

> "First and foremost," Mr Inderjit told the Straits Times on 11 August, "be sure you are prepared to make significant changes before consulting the public."

> That is good advice and Mr Heng should keep this in mind.



**** Govt Not Satisfied With Current State Of Procurement: DPM Tharman ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1219680/1/.html>
Olivia Siong, Channel NewsAsia


> "The rules by and large are there. They're in the right shape," Mr Tharman said. "It's compliance with the rules (that is the issue), and this is partly a matter of competence -- we've got to build up the competence of procurement officers."



**** Why I Oppose The National Pledge ****
<http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/why-i-oppose-the-national-pledge/>
Alex Au, Yawning Bread


> But the arrow of benefit must not be turned around. The collective is established to yield benefits to the individuals; the individual is not there to serve the collective, whether you call it kingdom, republic or nation.



**** Repeal Repressive Laws Curtailing Freedom Of Speech Before National Dialogue Can Take Place ****
<http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/repeal-repressive-laws-curtailing-freedom-of-speech-before-national-dialogue-can-take-place/>
The Temasek Times


> How can Singaporeans be expected to speak up and contribute positively to the national dialogue when they are constantly living in fear of reprisals?



**** A National Conversation For Our Common Future ****
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.sg/2012/08/a-national-conversation-for-our-common.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+MySingaporeNews+(My+Singapore+News)>
Chua Chin Leng, My Singapore News


> What is the point of having a national conversation for the sake of conversation, to give the impression that the govt is willing to listen, to engage the people, when all the decisions have already been made unilaterally by the govt?



**** In Singapore, Imagining Communities ****
<http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/opinion/31144-in-singapore-imagining-communities>
Tito Genova Valiente, Business Mirror


> In Singapore people of diverse cultures appear to be eager to celebrate nationhood. It is easy, I believe, to do that, when people are, more or less, living away from concerns that have something to do with political and physical survival.



**** Sharpen 900 Pencils For $150? ****
<http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120811-364847.html>
Benita Aw Yeong, The New Paper


> More people here are hiring complete strangers through online portals - called service networking sites - to check off their to-do list.



**** 李显龙总理： 减轻年长者负担　建更多乐龄设施 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120812_002.shtml>
周文龙, 联合早报


> 他也表示，政府将继续改善整个居住环境，为乐龄人士提供生活上的便利，譬如兴建小型公寓和乐龄人士活动中心，打造无障碍的环境等。



**** Citizens Should Brace For More Difficult Times, Says Lawrence Wong ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1219557/1/.html>
Karen Ng, Channel NewsAsia







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