[MyAppleMenu] Mar 12, 2012

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 Review ****
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac-creative/reviews/?reviewid=3343597&olo=rss>
Simon Walker, Macworld UK



**** Sir Jonathan Ive: The iMan Cometh ****
<http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/sir-jonathan-ive-the-iman-cometh-7562170.html>
Mark Prigg, London Evening Standard


> As Apple’s senior vice-president of industrial design, he is the driving force behind the firm’s products, from the Mac computer to the iPod, iPhone and, most recently, the iPad. He spoke exclusively to the Evening Standard from the firm’s headquarters.



**** iOS 5.1 Brings Smattering Of Features And 4G Confusion ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/12857?rss>
Agen G. N. Schmitz, TidBITS



**** Review: iPhoto For iOS Out-does Adobe For Mobile Image Editing ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2012/03/hands-on-iphoto-for-ios-out-does-adobe-for-mobile-image-editing.ars>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica


> iPhoto for iOS is a clever rethinking of editing and organizing photos on a mobile device. Most of the tools are intuitive and easy to use, and we suspect that novices will pick it up faster than pros looking for things like levels or curves. It includes important basic controls, more advanced editing via brushes, and a nice selection of effect. It also has a ton of sharing options, including easy sharing with common social networking services and integration with iCloud. And, the journal feature is clever and fun.



**** Hollywood Studios Warm To Apple's iCloud Effort ****
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203961204577272273439064412.html>
Jessica E. Vascellaro, Erica Orden and Sam Schechner, Wall Street Journal


> Last week Apple said five major movie studios had agreed to allow consumers to buy their films on one Apple device, such as an iPad, and watch them on another, such as a Mac. But clinching those deals required both sides to work through hurdles that included at least one licensing arrangement one of the studios already had in place.

> HBO isn't planning to give up its exclusive windows, for which it pays hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and which allow it to beam movies to its online service HBO Go as well as to its traditional TV channels. But HBO is relaxing terms to let users of iCloud and other services send movies they already own to other devices during those windows, an HBO spokesman said.



**** Tip: Avoid Hiccups In Safari Browsing ****
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-03-11/pegoraro-safari-browser-tip/53470150/1>
Rob Pegoraro, USA Today


> In my experience, complex pages heavy with Adobe Flash content are more likely to trip Safari over the line, more so than the raw number of pages open at any one time. You could try to spend less time on the Web, but that's not exactly practical.

> Instead, try using one of Safari's lesser-known features, Reading List, as an alternative to opening every new interesting link in its own tab for your later inspection.



**** Apple: iPad Preorders Sell Out, Demand 'Off The Charts' ****
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-03-10/new-ipad-preorders-sell-out/53463592/1?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29>
Geri Coleman Tucker and Jefferson Graham, USA Today


> "Customer response to the new iPad has been off the charts and the quantity available for pre-order has been purchased," Apple said in a statement. "Customers can continue to order online and receive an estimated delivery date."

> Consumers hoping to snag an iPad on its March 16 launch will have to visit one of Apple's retail stores or select Apple resellers.






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** IndieGoGo Releases New Algorithm For Promoting Crowdfunding Projects ****
<http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/11/indiegogo-algorithm/>
Meghan Kelly, VentureBeat






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Factories Are Everywhere In Poetry Right Now ****
<http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/features/factories-are-everywhere-in-poetry-right-now/>
Patricia Lockwood, Colorado Review



**** The Taste Of Sound ****
<http://www.salon.com/2012/03/11/the_taste_of_sound/>
Barb Stuckey, Salon


> If your sense of taste is offended, you can spit out an unappealing food. You can pinch your nose when an awful odor overwhelms you. To shut out offensive images, you can simply close your eyes. But since you have no earlids, your sense of hearing is often assaulted without your permission — even during a meal.



**** A Perfectly Good Man By Patrick Gale – Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/11/perfectly-good-man-patrick-gale>
Julie Myerson, The Guardian


> "Please don't feel you always have to be good," eight-year-old Barnaby Johnson is advised on what is almost the final page of Patrick Gale's new novel. "Sometimes you're so good it hurts to watch you."

> Wise words, but in the book – which spans the Cornish parish priest's life from youth to late middle age – they go largely unheeded.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Why Many Westerners Dislike Singapore ****
<http://www.fundweb.co.uk/blogs/strategy-blog/why-many-westerners-dislike-singapore/1047819.article>
Daniel Ben-Ami, Fundweb



**** Customers Report Unauthorised Charges On iTunes ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1188510/1/.html>
Wayne Chan, Channel NewsAsia



**** Noise Barriers To Be Installed At 3 Stretches Along East-West MRT Line ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1188477/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will install noise barriers at three stretches of elevated train tracks along the East-West MRT line as part of its trials to assess the effectiveness of noise barriers. The trials will allow LTA to test the installation methodology of noise barriers at different segments of viaducts, and assess the most efficient way to customise them for other locations.



**** Character Development - The PAP Just Doesn't Get It	 ****
<http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/5171-character-development-the-pap-just-doesnt-get-it>
Singaore Democratic Party



**** Startup Weekend Singapore A Success But Ideas Need To Be Bolder ****
<http://e27.sg/2012/03/12/startup-weekend-singapore-a-success-but-ideas-need-to-be-bolder/>
Jacky Yap, e27



**** What You Need To Know About Singapore’s “Lemon Law” ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/retail/news/what-you-need-know-about-singapore’s-“lemon-law”>
Singapore Business Review



**** Saying All The Right Things ****
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2012/03/saying-all-right-things.html>
Chua Chin Leng, My Singapore News


> This is the best part, ‘We rather people keep their money and spend it as they like, buy insurance for their health…’ Please tell the CPF that the people want to spend their savings as they like, can? And this is even better, ‘…only about 50 per cent of Singaporeans pay taxes.’ In my earlier posts I mentioned that at 85 years old, a Singaporeans would still be paying taxes through the GST, and so is an unborn baby. Of course he is talking about income tax. GST is not income tax. Don’t confuse the two.



**** Hilarious Taxi Woes Of A Third World Country ****
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2012/03/hilarious-taxi-woes-of-third-world.html>
Chua Chin Leng, My Singapore News


> Plenty of taxis but under utilised because some work on one shift with one operator per taxi. Some earn enough would call it a day. Not all 27,000 taxis will be on the road all the time. So, you know the problems right, what are you going to do about it?

This shows that the taxi rental cost is too low.


**** 明年更新合约后才能每周休假 女佣指新条例不公平 ä¸­ä»‹æ‹…å¿ƒå¼•å‘çº çº· ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120312_009.shtml>
陈宇昕, 联合早报


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**** 我国环境“最不健康”？ 环境部：报告有失客观 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120312_010.shtml>
杨萌, 联合早报


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**** A More Effective Way To Stop Citizens From Casino Gambling ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_776576.html>
Cheng Shoong Tat, Straits Times


> Singaporeans wanting to visit the casinos should be required to apply for accreditation with the Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA), and such accreditation should be valid for, say, three to five years before having to be renewed.

And Genting is only a bus trip (and soon a fast-rail + shorter bus trip) away.


**** Behind The $83 A Month HDB Flat ****
<http://atans1.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/behind-the-83-a-month-hdb-flat/>
Thoughts Of A Cynical Investor


> The couple has options that leasing does not give them, albeit at greater risk. Many of the comments I read on this issue on the internet portray people like Mr Mohammad Charlie Jasni as passive and helpless. The one good thing the ST article shows is that this is not true.



**** Petition By Parents Of Children With Autism- MP Denise Phua On The Defensive ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/03/petition-parents-children-autism-mp-denise-phua-defensive/>
Jewel Philemon, The Online Citizen



**** What Price Integrity? ****
<http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-price-integrity.html>
Feed Me To The Fish


> If they had the gumption to sack those slackers then, Singaporeans today may not have to fight tooth and nail for basics like jobs, hospital beds, a place in the bus or train or affordable homes. Singaporeans would be a happier lot today!