[MyAppleMenu] Aug 23, 2012

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Record Simple Screencasts With Screeny ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1168248/record_simple_screencasts_with_screeny.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld



**** VMWare Launches Fusion 5 Software ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1168244/vmware_launches_fusion_5_software.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Joel Mathis, Macworld


> The principle new feature is compatibility with OS X Mountain Lion. That compatibility includes support for AirPlay mirroring, meaning you can wirelessly stream Windows applications (as well as Mac apps) to a high-definition television via Apple TV. The update also includes support for the USB 3.0 ports and high-definition Retina display on the new generation of MacBook Pro.



**** Being Featured On The App Store ****
<http://blog.anylistapp.com/2012/08/app-store/>
Jeff Hunter, AnyList



**** Bait And Switch: What's Behind AT&T's Stance On FaceTime ****
<http://gigaom.com/2012/08/22/bait-and-switch-whats-behind-atts-stance-on-facetime/>
StaceyHigginbotham, GigaOM


> The first is to push more consumers over to the Mobile Shared Data plan, and the second is to establish a precedent that will put its Wi-Fi network on the same legal footing as its cellular one, especially when it comes to network neutrality. Success in the first effort will help AT&T in the near term as it drives people off their grandfathered unlimited plans and tiered plans, while success in the second will give AT&T more wiggle room as it fights the FCC and consumer advocates over network neutrality.



**** Apple Pulls 'Genius' TV Ads From YouTube And Apple.com ****
<http://www.macrumors.com/2012/08/22/apple-pulls-genius-tv-ads-from-youtube-and-apple-com/>
Jordan Golson, MacRumors


> Apple does tend to remove older advertisements from its website and YouTube over time, but the company still has ads on YouTube from as far back as November 2010.

That bad, eh?


**** AT&T Responds To FaceTime-over-cellular Plan Criticism ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1168242/atandt_responds_to_facetime_over_cellular_plan_criticism.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Why I Gave My Company A Month Off ****
<http://www.inc.com/magazine/201209/jason-fried/why-company-a-month-off.html>
Jason Fried, Inc.com


> We took a break from daily routine to spark companywide creativity. Here's what we came up with.






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Voice Of The New Global Elite ****
<http://nationalinterest.org/bookreview/voice-the-new-global-elite-7348?page=show>
Aram Bakshian Jr., The National Interest


> But if the once-great redwoods of American weekly journalism are all dead, dying or seriously ill, a smaller, older English oak survives and flourishes, possibly because it has never tried to be anything other than itself: a literate, informed (and occasionally smug) publication aimed at a literate, informed (and occasionally smug) readership.



**** The Mystery Of The Market Price ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/08/lobster_prices_are_collapsing_but_market_price_lobster_meals_aren_t_getting_any_cheaper_.html>
Matthew Yglesias, Slate


> A bumper crop is pushing lobster prices through the floor, so why aren't restaurants charging less?



**** Searching Through The Ashes Of An Exploded Life ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/books/david-foster-wallace-biography-by-d-t-max.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times


> What Mr. Max’s book does do — and does powerfully — is provide an emotionally detailed portrait of the artist as a young man: conflicted, self-conscious and deeply thoughtful, like so many of his characters a seeker after an understanding of his own place in the world and a Melvillian “isolato,” yearning for connection yet stymied by the whirring of his own brain and the discontinuities of an America reeling from information overload.



**** Vowel Movement ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2012/08/northern_cities_vowel_shift_how_americans_in_the_great_lakes_region_are_revolutionizing_english_.single.html>
Rob Mifsud, Slate


> How Americans near the Great Lakes are radically changing the sound of English.






SingaporeSurf
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**** PAP Women's Wing Proposes Six Ways To Boost Birth Rate ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120823-0000121/PAP-Womens-Wing-proposes-six-ways-to-boost-birth-rate>
Tan Weizhen, Today



**** What Is Identity For? ****
<http://ayummysliceoflife.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/what-is-identity-for/>
A Yummy Slice Of Life



**** SMRT Taxis Gets S$3.1m Grant To Operate Wheelchair-accessible Taxis ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1221698/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> Public transport operator SMRT has been awarded S$3.1 million to operate 30 wheelchair accessible taxis for the disabled and elderly.



**** Singapore Inflation Drops To 4.0% In July ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1221653/1/.html>
Yvonne Chan, Channel NewsAsia


> While the numbers may indicate that Singapore's elevated inflation is finally easing, analysts said this trend may not continue.



**** Two Dirty Words ****
<http://singaporearmchaircritic.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/two-dirty-words/>
Singapore Armchair Critic


> Just tell a fellow Singaporean that you believe in upholding human rights and you’ll see what I mean. You’ll be looked askance at, either as a trouble-maker, or someone trying to land himself into trouble.



**** Fault Lines Still Remain In S'pore: Shanmugam ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1221539/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia



**** Lessons On Education From Singapore ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/22/lessons-education-singapore-gove>
Michael Barber, The Guardian


> In future, education systems will need to combine a high-quality, reliable system with the capacity to innovate at scale. Pacific Asian countries know this only too well and are beginning to move in the right direction. We don't yet know what Gove plans for the exam system. As he makes up his mind, it will be important for him to learn not just from where Singapore is, but also where it is heading.



**** Singapore's July Inflation Seen Easing To Year Low ****
<http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/8/22/business/20120822124154&sec=business>
Reuters


> Singapore's inflation probably eased in July to its slowest pace for the year as a weaker economy and already elevated levels reduced pressure for price increases, a Reuters poll of economists showed.



**** Play On Former ISA Detainees Cancelled On ‘Advice’ By National Arts Council ****
<http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/play-on-former-isa-detainees-cancelled-on-advice-by-national-arts-council/>
The Temasek Times



**** Slaying Sacred Cows ****
<http://sgscribbler.com/2012/08/21/180/>
TheScribbler


> The people who are trying to review an revamp the policies all belongs to the same group of people who made and cemented those policies.



**** Constituional Challenge To 377A To Go Ahead ****
<http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/constituional-challenge-to-377a-to-go-ahead/>
Alex Au, Yawning Bread


> I still think that legislative repeal is the better way forward, though I am more and more convinced that so long as either the People’s Action Party of the Workers’ Party dominate parliament, this is not going to happen. Neither party has courage on social issues that can in any way be classed as “liberal”.



**** An Alternative Point Of View On Safe Cycling In Singapore ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/08/an-alternative-point-of-view-on-safe-cycling-in-singapore/>
Jonathan Kang, The Online Citizen


> In this same way, a driver hitting a pedestrian, cyclist or motorcyclist should be prosecuted heavily given the knowledge that they failed to display the kind of responsibility and awareness that should be exhibited by any person operating heavy machinery.  Solution?  Put a few "lifetime ban" stories in the papers, and I'd wager we see really prompt results.



**** 总共被罚49万7500å…ƒã€€ä¸¤å®¶èµŒåœºè¿ä¾‹ç½šæ¬¾é¢å¢žåŠ  ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120823_002.shtml>
杨漾, 联合早报


> 它们违规行为包括让没缴付100å…ƒå…¥é—¨ç¨Žçš„æ–°åŠ å¡å…¬æ°‘å’Œæ°¸ä¹…å±…æ°‘è¿›å…¥èµŒåœºï¼Œæˆ–åœ¨å…¥é—¨ç¨Žçš„24小时期限过后还让他们逗留在赌场内。



**** A Correspondence With The Singapore Prison Service ****
<http://secondchances.asia/a-correspondence-with-the-singapore-prison-service/>
We Believe In Second Chances



**** Behind Singapore Inc. (Part I): The Growing Class Of 'Working Poor' ****
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/behind-singapore-inc---part-i---the-growing-class-of--working-poor-.html>
Jeanette Tan, Yahoo!


> Using a term he calls “the working poor” — a term he uses to refer to the bottom 10 per cent of working household breadwinners, who hold full-time jobs, but yet find themselves entrenched in the poverty cycle – he said, “In other words, even if you’re fully employed, you may barely earn enough money to bring up a family decently or to improve your children’s economic opportunities.” 

> “It’s a poverty in work, as opposed to poverty because you don’t have a job,” the 54-year-old said during a recent interview with Yahoo! Singapore.