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MyAppleMenu
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**** Apple Eyes New Stores In Two Chinese Cities As iPad Suit Continues ****
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/06/us-apple-china-idUSBRE85506M20120606>
Reuters



**** LinkedIn’s iOS App Collects And Transmits Names, Emails And Notes From Your Calendar, In Plain Text ****
<http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/06/06/linkedins-ios-app-collects-and-sends-names-emails-and-meeting-notes-from-your-calendar-back-in-plain-text/>
Matthew Panzarino, The Next Web



**** Thunderbolt Drive: Speedy Alternative For Macs ****
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/talkingtech/story/2012-06-05/thunderbolt-drives-review/55403450/1>
Jefferson Graham, USA Today


> Finally Seagate and Western Digital, which dominate the hard-drive industry, have released Thunderbolt drives for the Mac, and they truly are super speedy and affordable.



**** A Redshirt In The DRM Wars ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/13040?rss>
Michael E. Cohen, TidBITS



**** Apple And Google Expand Their Battle To Mobile Maps ****
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304543904577398502695522974.html>
Jessica E. Vascellaro And Amir Efrati, Wall Street Journal


> Later this year, Apple is planning to oust Google Maps as the preloaded, default maps app from the iPhone and iPad and release a new mapping app that runs Apple's own technology, according to current and former Apple employees. Apple could preview the new software, which will be part of its next mobile-operating system, as soon as next week at its annual developer conference in San Francisco, one person familiar with the plans says. Apple plans to encourage app developers to embed its maps inside their applications like social-networking and search services.



**** Agenda 3.0: Fast Event Creation, Custom Repeats And More ****
<http://www.macstories.net/news/agenda-3-0-fast-event-creation-custom-repeats-and-more/>
Chris Herbert, MacStories



**** Steve Jobs On The File System ****
<http://oleb.net/blog/2012/06/steve-jobs-on-the-file-system/>
Ole Begemann


> <i>The app manages it. Anything else would be crazy.</i> Sounds a whole lot like iOS, doesn’t it?

You see it in iTunes. And then iPhoto. And, of course, iOS.





The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Slate Doubles Down On Podcasts, Courting Niche Audiences And Happy Advertisers ****
<http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/06/slate-doubles-down-on-podcasts-courting-niche-audiences-and-happy-advertisers/>
Andrew Phelps, Nieman Journalism Lab


> “We thought, really? This isn’t working for you?” Bowers said. “Because for us it really is the part of Slate that people are absolutely most engaged with.”



**** New Willow Glass Is Rollable And Paper-thin ****
<http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/new-willow-glass-is-rollable-and-paper-thin/>
Casey Johnston, Ars Technica


> Corning's latest display glass technology, Willow Glass, launched Monday at a trade show in Boston. Willow Glass is glass spun extremely thin and flexible enough to roll into two-inch radius tubes, thanks to a manufacturing process similar to that used to make newsprint.



**** The Library Of Utopia ****
<http://www.technologyreview.com/featured-story/427628/the-library-of-utopia/>
Nicholas Carr, Technology Review


> Google's ambitious book-scanning program is foundering in the courts. Now a Harvard-led group is launching its own sweeping effort to put our literary heritage online. Will the Ivy League succeed where Silicon Valley failed?



**** Tutoring And Attendance? There’s An App For That ****
<http://school-stories.org/2012/04/tutoring-and-attendance-theres-an-app-for-that/>
Andrew Parsons, School Stories


> When Jeremy Matuk requires tutoring for any of his students, he fills out a form with a free Google application. At the Academy for Careers in Television and Film, a Long Island City, Queens, public school where Matuk teaches 10th grade social studies, that simple action immediately sets off a series of events. It creates tutoring sessions and reminders in his and his students’ online calendars. It notifies the student’s teacher advisor. It logs the information in a centralized spreadsheet. It creates a tutoring contract as PDF that is sent to Matuk, the student and their advisor.

> Thus is life in an automated school.



**** Napster Founders Unveil A Video Chat Service ****
<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/napster-founders-unveil-a-video-chat-service/?smid=tw-nytimestech&seid=auto>
Jenna Wortham, New York Times






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Reading Apuleius ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/poem/2012/06/_reading_apuleius_by_karl_kirchwey_.html>
Karl Kirchwey, Slate



**** Meet David R. Chan: The Man Who Has Eaten At Over 6,000 Chinese Restaurants ****
<http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2012/06/david_chan_chinese_restaurants.php>
Clarissa Wei, LA Weekly


> David R. Chan can't use chopsticks. "I can't hold them properly," Chan says. "It hasn't really been a problem, though. Chinese restaurants usually have forks available." He's checked in 6,090 Chinese restaurants, to be exact -- a number that just keeps on growing.



**** Learning From Celestial Beauty ****
<http://www.instapaper.com/text?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F06%2F05%2Fopinion%2Flearning-from-celestial-beauty.html%3F_r%3D1%26gwh%3D40F28A5400ADDC67231546EE91602546>
Jay M. Pasachoff, New York Times


> Venus slides between us and the Sun today, an exceedingly rare spectacle that scientists hope will expand their understanding of our solar system and refine their inquiries about distant planets.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Sticker Lady Vandal Is Traumatised, Says Her Father ****
<http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120606-350830.html>
AsiaOne



**** A Thin Red Line ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/topstory/item/633-a-thin-red-line>
Publichouse.sg



**** Supermarket Shortage Seen In Singapore Heartlands ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/retail/news/supermarket-shortage-seen-in-singapore-heartlands>
Singapore Business Review


> According to Maybank Kim Eng, the number of supermarkets in the heartlands is currently low relative to the size of the population. As it is, some estates have just one supermarket catering to 40,000 people while there might be as many as 100,000 patrons in others.



**** Singapore Artist Faces Jail Term For Alleged Graffiti ****
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gapXOgU7zBVXXh5GmOfwpmz7XF-g?docId=CNG.7a4b171af9c3a48e7611d1e1cda88a09.611>
AFP


> Singapore has strict laws on vandalism but the "Sticker Lady" case has sparked uproar on the Internet, with many feeling the artist, identified as Samantha Lo in local media, was simply expressing creativity and should be treated with leniency.



**** Underdog No More: FairPrice And Dairy Farm Get Competition With Sheng Siong ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/retail/news/underdog-no-more-fairprice-and-dairy-farm-get-competition-sheng-siong>
Singapore Business Review


> It may have the smallest market share of 18%, but it is the most efficient with revenue per sq m 40% higher than NTUC FairPrice.



**** What Legal Issues Should Bloggers Know To Avoid Getting Gazetted ****
<http://newasiarepublic.com/?p=39204>
New Asia Republic



**** TOC Obituary: Dr Lim Hock Siew (21 Feb 1931 – 4 June 2012) ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/06/toc-obituary-dr-lim-hock-siew-21-feb-1931-4-june-2012/>
The Online Citizen



**** A Tribute To The Late Lim Hock Siew ****
<http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2012/06/06/a-tribute-to-the-late-lim-hock-siew/>
R Kamalanathan, Free Malaysia Today



**** Former SCDF Chief Charged With Corruption ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1205855/1/.html>
Alvina Soh, Channel NewsAsia


> Former Singapore Civil Defence Force chief Peter Lim Sin Pang has been charged with 10 counts of corruption.

> He allegedly obtained sexual gratification from three women between May 2010 and November 2011. In return, the 51-year-old would show favour to the companies where the women are working, for IT-related tenders called by the SCDF.



**** Dr Lim Hock Siew, On The Wrong Side Of History ****
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.sg/2012/06/dr-lim-hock-siew-on-wrong-side-of.html>
Chua Chin Leng, My Singapore News



**** Hard Truths Of Sticker Lady ****
<http://unbrandedbreadnbutter.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/hard-truths-of-sticker-lady/>
Unbranded Bread N Butter



**** Can The PAP Let Go? ****
<http://politicalwritings.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/can-the-pap-let-go/>
Political Writings


> What is wrong in Singapore is not that we have vandalism laws. It is the harsh nature of the vandalism laws that the PAP enacted which Singaporeans should be up in arms against.



**** 前社阵领袖林福寿逝世 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120606_011.shtml>
谢燕燕　陈能端, 联合早报


> 1963年在监牢认识林福寿医生的林清如形容他是位无私、乐于助人、理念坚定的人，被牢友视为楷模。林清如说：“他虽然是纯受英文教育者，却和受华文教育者毫无隔阂。他有一个宽大的胸怀，为人乐观与幽默，是非分明，散播的是友情，不是仇恨，他没有个人敌人。”

> 林清如还说他具备了作为政治领袖、社会改革者应有的才华和优良品质，并为捍卫自身理念与尊严付出巨大代价。

> 因研究历史而与林福寿医生有所接触的本地历史研究者林增如说：“林医生是为新加坡争取独立那一代人中的巨人，他虽不曾进入国会，却在人民行动党和社阵的创立过程中扮演重要角色。他和去年6月逝世的陈仁贵一样，是愿意为理想而牺牲自己的早期英校生。”



**** Yio Chu Kang Eateries Ordered To Close After Grace Period Ends ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_807651.html>
JOse Hong, Straits Times


> The reprieve was given last month to allow the outlets - blamed for causing parking and traffic woes in a residential area behind their locations since 2008 - to conduct a study of who or what was at fault. But the study - outsourced to TCP Solutions, a traffic specialist company - was not done.

Roti prata? Not in my backyard!


**** We Have One-cent Change For $1.99 Meals ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_807406.html>
Juliana Salleh, NTUC Foodfare Co-operative, Straits Times


> NTUC Foodfare currently provides one-cent change to our customers. For customers who prefer not to keep the change, the one cent or other spare change can be contributed to charity through donation boxes placed at all Rice Garden outlets.

I wonder if I can start using all my 1-cent coins at all the NTUC Foodfare food courts.
(Note: 1-cent coins are legal tender for payment of an amount not exceeding $2, <a href="http://www.mas.gov.sg/currency/currency_info/Currency_Services_Frequently_Asked_Questions.html#One_cent_coins">according to MAS</a>.)


**** Inner City Blues In Hong Kong ****
<http://www.property-report.com/editors-daily-inner-city-blues-in-hong-kong-21792>
Property Report


> The concept of “saving one’s face” is very much alive in a predominantly Chinese society. I have felt that in Singapore due the widening income gap. In Hong Kong, however, it is very much amplified, which has perhaps explained why they are such a competitive and cut-throat society. Which makes me ponder if Singapore is heading that way and if this is a worthy price we need to pay to be a successful global city.



**** After Hougang ****
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.sg/2012/06/after-hougang.html>
Chua Chin Leng, My Singapore News


> Win the critics and the sceptics by genuine good works and policies, and everything will fall back in place. Dismissing the critics/sceptics and not doing the rightful, and to take on a combative style to deal with everyone as enemies will lead to a sure gone conclusion. The people are not your enemies.



**** NGO's Media Coverage Findings ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_807035.html>
Paul Ananth Tambyah, Braema Mathi, Maruah Singapore, Straits Times


> Our preliminary findings showed that, on average, the People's Action Party (PAP) candidate received 11.5 column inches of positive coverage, compared with 9 column inches for the WP candidate in the three papers studied.

> In contrast, in terms of negative coverage, the WP candidate received on average 14 column inches compared with 3 inches for the PAP candidate.



**** Another Day, Another Committee ****
<http://www.myapplemenu.comhttps://politicalwritings.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/another-day-another-committee/>
Political Writings


> But the real issues– like whether public transport should be nationalized, whether the market should be dominated by big corporates, etc will never be discussed.

Having people contingously review frameworks and formulae that we use is a good thing. I wish we do it more, including reviewing the underlying assumptions and fundamentals.


**** On Dr Lim Hock Siew’s Passing… ****
<http://rachelzeng.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/on-dr-lim-hock-siews-passing/>
Rachel Zeng's Blog



**** Dr Lim Hock Siew: The Passing Of A Patriot ****
<http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=7674>
Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net



**** Do Those Rankings Matter? ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120606-0000007/Do-those-rankings-matter>
Tan Khay Boon, Today



**** 'Sticker Lady' Stirs Art Debate ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120606-0000075/Sticker-Lady-stirs-art-debate>
Tan Weizhen, Today


> An online petition, calling for the authorities to see it as a case of public nuisance instead of vandalism, which carries a heavier penalty, is making the rounds.

> Nominated Member of Parliament Janice Koh said on a Facebook post yesterday that she does not "see street art as being the same as graffiti or vandalism"..



**** Lim Hock Siew (1931-2012) – A Fiercely Independent Unbending Tenacious Political Fighter All His Life ****
<http://vivian.balakrishnan.sg/?p=931>
Vivian Balakrishnan


> Singapore has lost another member of the founding generation. We must all be deeply grateful to him and his family for all their sacrifices. He was a good and honourable man.







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