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**** Apple Kicks Chart Topping Fakes Out Of App Store ****
<http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/03/app-store-fakes/>
Josh Constine, TechCrunch
Looks like Apple's reviewers have more and more things to do.
**** The iPadâs Split Keyboard Has Phantom Buttons ****
<http://ios.finerthingsin.com/post/16982049392/ipad-keyboard-phantom-buttons>
Finer Things In iOS
I, for example, am used to typing the letter B with my left hand. And I can continue to use iPad's split keyboard, even though Apple chose to (visually) place the letter B on the right-hand side.
**** Apple TV Now Offers Genius Recommendations For Movies, TV Shows ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/02/03/apple-tv-now-offers-genius-recommendations-for-movies-tv-shows/>
Chris Rawson, TUAW
**** Apple Releases iBooks 2.0.1 To Address Issue With Textbooks Not Opening ****
<http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/03/apple-releases-ibooks-2-0-1-to-address-issue-with-textbooks-not-opening/>
Eric Slivka, MacRumors
> Apple today updated iBooks [App Store] to version 2.0.1, bringing a fix for an issue that resulted in some iBooks Textbooks not opening in the application.
**** Mac Basics: How To Set Up Time Machine ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/164963/2012/02/mac_basics_how_to_set_up_time_machine.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Leah Yamshon, Macworld
> One of the most important things to stay on top of is a regular system backup. If youâre new to Mac usageâor just never bothered to backup beforeâyouâll want to get familiar with a built-in Mac program called Time Machine.
**** Apple Updates iBooks Author To Clarify That You Own Created Content ****
<http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/02/03/apple-updates-ibooks-author-to-clarify-troublesome-terms-in-its-eula/>
Matthew Panzarino, The Next Web
> Apple has updated its iBooks Author app in order to clarify the language of its End User License Agreement. The changes to the EULA clarify that Apple does indeed intend the packaged product to be sold on the iBookstore only, but also make it clear that it does not lay claim to the content that you use to create the book, nor does it try to limit what you can do with that content elsewhere.
**** Security Update 2012-001 Kills Rosetta Apps ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/12768?rss>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
> Details are still murky surrounding Security Update 2012-001âs effect on an installation of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, but many people are reporting problems with PowerPC-based applications that rely on Snow Leopardâs Rosetta environment.
> Apple released a new version of Security Update 2012-001 labeled v1.1 for 10.6.8 that âremoves the ImageIO security fixesâ to âaddress a compatibility issue.â We still recommend waiting before installing this fix unless you installed the 1.0 version.
The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** The Apple Voice ****
<http://zachholman.com/posts/the-apple-voice/>
Zach Holman
MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** A Perfect Storm Of Planetary Proportions ****
<http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/a-perfect-storm-of-planetary-proportions/0>
John Kappenman, IEEE Spectrum
> Now is a good time to consider the awesome and cyclical tempestuousness of our star.
**** Library Poem ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2012/feb/04/julia-donaldson-save-libraries-poem?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Julia Donaldson, The Guardian
**** As It Was In The Beginning ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/books/review/no-one-is-here-except-all-of-us-ramona-ausubels-fablelike-novel.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all>
Jane Ciabattari, New York Times
> Like a mother shielding her infant from brutal reality, Ausubel has found her own muted way of writing about the Holocaust. âAs I wrote through deeply sad stories, I found that hope was in the telling,â she says on her publisherâs Web site, explaining how she retrieved and reimagined family fables. âAs long as the story was told, it was alive.â
SingaporeSurf
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**** Identity Card Rule For Entry To Govt Agencies Should Change ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_762763.html>
Tan Siew Poh, Straits Times
Our identities are so important nowadays that, maybe, we should do away with an identity card altogether.
**** Why Prices Stay Up When Costs Go Down ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_762838.html>
Lim Wei Jan, Straits Times
> Reporting on commodity price trends is difficult and speculative. But one-sided reporting of just price increases - without alerting the public when prices drop - will feed into increased expectations of businesses and the acceptance of higher food costs by consumers, to their own detriment, and fuel inflation.
**** Clean Wage Versus Pay With Perks ****
<http://trulysingapore.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/clean-wage-versus-pay-with-perks/>
Yours Truly Singapore
**** We'll Project Strong, Independent Voice: NMPs ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1180956/1/.html>
Hetty Mushirah Abdul Khamid, Channel NewsAsia
Just a reminder: action speaks louder than words.
**** The PAP â A Victim Of Its Own Success ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/the-pap-a-victim-of-its-own-success/>
Ghui, The Online Citizen
> Now it is time for the PAP to re evaluate and embrace the transition that it created. Singaporeans have matured and need to be engaged in a different way. It is after all the PAPâs success that has created this new breed of educated citizens anyway.
We need a government that can bring us to the next level.
**** Mangrove Celebrations At Sungei Buloh ****
<http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2012/02/mangrove-celebrations-at-sungei-buloh.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WildShoresOfSingapore+%28wild+shores+of+singapore%29>
Wild Shores Of Singapore
> There so much more to learn about our mangroves, and it's good to know there are many who care about and work so hard to protect them!
**** Orchard Area Hit By Flood? Check CCTV Images Online ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_762980.html>
Straits Times
> Photos from at least seven cameras in the area will be posted online to update the public on potential and ongoing floods, said national water agency PUB.
I don't understand what is the purpose of posting photos online. Is it to alert those die-die must eat at Wendy's?
**** Opposition At Odds With One Another ****
<http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2012/2/4/columnists/insightdownsouth/10674530&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
> Many of the other four-fifths of voters, who gave their trust to it in the election last May, are disappointed. Some have gone online to give the offending opposition members a dose of their own medicine.
> This shows that the new media is not as one-sidedly pro-opposition as the government made it out to be.
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Physical bookstore need to offer a better experience than shopping online for physical books, digital books, and audiobooks.
See also: <a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_762982.html">Harris Bookstores To Close Great World City Outlet</a> (Ng Kai Ling, Straits Times).
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