[MyAppleMenu] Jul 6, 2012

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Target The Forward Fringe ****
<http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/2568/target-the-forward-fringe>
Daniel Jalkut, Red Sweater



**** One On One: Ken Segall, The Man Who Put The ‘I’ In iMac ****
<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/ken-segall-insanely-simple/>
Brian X. Chen, New York Times


> What is true is, Steve was unique; there will never be another Steve. So it can’t be the same, but hopefully his values live on. And I think Apple will meet challenges that Steve never dreamed of, just because the world changes. People will forever debate, “What would Steve have done?” I think after some period of time it will become, “What would Apple do?”

Ken Segall also tells the story of how NeXT got its name. (Hint: Bill Gates.)


**** Apple’s Fix For Corrupt Binaries ****
<http://www.marco.org/2012/07/06/apple-repushes-corrupt-binaries>
Marco Arment


> Rather than remove the 1-star reviews — as far as I can tell, they’re all still there — it appears that Apple has triggered a reupdate on the affected apps, Instapaper included. This means:

> All reviews for the “current version” are reset, since there’s a new current version.

> The fixed binaries will show up as “Updates” in the App Store app and iTunes.



**** Apple Server Bug Leads To Corrupted App Store Downloads ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1167568/possible_apple_server_bug_leads_to_corrupted_app_store_downloads.html>
Lex Friedman, Macworld


> Apple acknowledged the problem to <i>Macworld</i>, describing it as “a temporary issue that began yesterday with a server that generated DRM code for some apps being downloaded.” Apple added: “The issue has been rectified and we don’t expect it to occur again.”



**** Apple's Popularity Boosts Objective-C Language Past C++ ****
<http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/apples-popularity-boosts-objective-c-language-past-c-197083>
Paul Krill, InfoWorld


> Objective-C, the language used for developing applications to run on Apple's mobile devices, was ranked the third most-popular language in the July edition of the Tiobe Programming Community Index, followed by C++ in fourth place.



**** Trojan Horse Found In The iOS App Store: Report ****
<http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/258803/trojan_horse_found_in_the_ios_app_store_report.html>
Armando Rodriguez, PCWorld


> The app's name is Find and Call, and it's the first time we've ever seen a malicious app make it into Apple's App Store.

> Once installed, the app asks you to register your phone number and email address. Find and Call will also ask if you want to "find friends in a phone book" before discretely uploading your entire contact list to a remote server.

Also:
• <a href="http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/07/05/apple-responds-to-find-and-call-spam-app/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29">Apple responds to ‘Find and Call’ spam app</a> (Jim Dalrymple, The Loop): “The Find & Call app has been removed from the App Store due to its unauthorized use of users’ Address Book data, a violation of App Store guidelines,” an Apple representative told The Loop.


**** Sharing A Wireless Keyboard And Mouse ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1167570/sharing_a_wireless_keyboard_and_mouse.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** AOL Building Refrigerator-sized Data Centers ****
<http://gigaom.com/cloud/aol-building-refrigerator-sized-data-centers/>
Derrick Harris, GigaOM






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Stupidity Of Computers ****
<http://nplusonemag.com/the-stupidity-of-computers>
David Auerbach, n+1


> Computers are near-omnipotent cauldrons of processing power, but they’re also stupid. They are the undisputed chess champions of the world, but they can’t understand a simple English conversation. IBM’s Watson supercomputer defeated two top Jeopardy! players last year, but for the clue “What grasshoppers eat,” Watson answered: “Kosher.” For all the data he could access within a fraction of a second—one of the greatest corpuses ever assembled—Watson looked awfully dumb.



**** Time To Rise ****
<http://www.afar.com/afar/time-to-rise>
Smauel Fromartz, AFAR


> An amateur baker apprentices with a Paris boulanger and learns the secret of artisan bread.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore A "Mud-flat Swamp" Or A "Thriving Port-city"? ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/community/item/668-singapore-a-mud-flat-swamp-or-a-thriving-port-city?>
Andrew Loh, Publichouse.sg


> Are we selectively telling our history according to what suits our purpose - that Singapore was a "mud-flat swamp" when politicians want to make themselves look good; and that Singapore was a "thriving.. port-city... buzzing with people and economic activities" when we want to impress the tourists?



**** Khaw Boon Wan, Fishing And The Asian	 ****
<http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/5173-khaw-boon-wan-fishing-and-the-asian>
Singaore Democratic Party



**** Kenneth Jeyaretnam Takes Government’s IMF Loan To Court ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/07/kenneth-jeyaretnam-files-appeal-to-high-court/>
The Online Citizen


> Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Secretary-General of the Reform Party, has filed an application in the High Court to quash the Singapore Government’s pledge of a US$4 billion loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF announced pledges from various countries, including Singapore’s, on 20 April 2012.

> Mr Jeyaretnam is seeking the Court's leave to make an application for a Prohibiting Order "prohibiting the Government and/or the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) from giving any loan and/or guarantee to the International Monetary Fund  unless such loan was made in accordance with the provisions of Article 144 of the Constitution."



**** Singapore To Give Full Bank Licence To 2 Chinese Banks ****
<http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/06/singapore-china-banks-idINL3E8I624T20120706>
Kevin Lim, Reuters


> Singapore will grant full banking licenses to two Chinese banks currently operating in the city-state, of which one will act as a clearing bank for yuan transactions, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Friday.



**** Temasek In The Rough ****
<http://singaporedesk.blogspot.sg/2012/07/temasek-in-rough.html>
Singapore Notes



**** Yale-NUS College Won't Be Replica; Will Be Bold Effort To Create Something New: PM Lee ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1212020/1/.html>
Sharon See, Channel NewsAsia


> "That takes the best of US liberal arts education from Yale, New Haven, adds NUS's distinctive global and Asian strengths, and adapts this mix to our different social and cultural contexts, and creates an experience which is more relevant to students from Singapore and from Asia," he shared.



**** Casinos Have "No Adverse Impact" On Law & Order ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1211995/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia


> There has been no adverse impact on law and order in Singapore with the opening of the two casinos in the Republic, said the government in a comprehensive consultation paper on proposed changes to the existing Casino Control Act.

Also:
• <a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1211996/1/.html">Casino visit cap for financially vulnerable locals?</a> (S. Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia)