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**** On Text On The iPad ****
<http://www.tomroyal.com/blog/2012/03/22/on-text-on-the-ipad/>
Tomroyal.com


> Let the device handle text layout and you'll end up with nasty line breaks, widows, orphans, the works. And if you want to wrap it elegantly around image runarounds, or tweak the tracking on headlines so that they're exactly right, you can forget about it (obviously, giving the user text size control makes this even worse).

> And this matters. If you've ever been distracted by a nasty break in a poorly set book, you'll know why. Well set text is invisible, badly set text is not.



**** Apple’s Safari Browser Vulnerable To Address Bar Spoofing Exploit In iOS 5.1 ****
<http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/03/22/apples-safari-browser-vulnerable-to-address-bar-spoofing-exploit-in-ios-5-1/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNextWeb+%28The+Next+Web+All+Stories%29>
Matt Brian, The Next Web


> Today, a new vulnerability has been brought to our attention that focuses on how the Safari browser on iOS 5.1 renders website addresses, which can be used to display a different URL to that of the actual website you are visiting.



**** Ask Ars: How Safe Is My Data Stored In iCloud? ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/03/how-safe-is-icloud-data-ars-investigates.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica


> The simple answer is that your data is at least as safe as it is when stored on any remote server, if not more so.



**** Merlin 2.8 Is A Top-tier Project Management Application ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1165834/merlin_2_8_is_a_top_tier_project_management_application.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld


> Merlin 2 is a best-of-breed project management application that is capable, versatile, and powerful. It offers a compelling set of project management tools that give project managers who want to use a Mac an excellent reason to forgo Windows virtualization, drop MS Project, and manage everything they do using a Mac.



**** Angry Birds Space Now Available ****
<http://www.macstories.net/news/angry-birds-space-now-available/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories


> Officially announced back in February, Angry Birds Space takes a radically new approach to the series by setting the war against the pigs in outer space, thus bringing completely re-imagined dynamics and physics to the franchise.



**** Warehouse Boss Throws Down Gauntlet To Apple ****
<http://www.nbr.co.nz/node/114027>
Chris Keall, The National Business Review


> On Wednesday, The Warehouse sold 100 units of the new iPad, throwing a spanner in Apple's carefully staged-managed plans for Friday's official release.



**** It’s Not File Size That’s Killing iPad Magazines ****
<http://bcolbow.tumblr.com/post/19708636095/its-not-file-size-thats-killing-ipad-magazines>
Colbow Design


> It’s taken time, but blogs have become what magazines should have been evolving into.



**** Why AirPlay Just Wrecked Your Responsive Media Strategy ****
<http://cvil.ly/2012/02/20/why-airplay-just-wrecked-your-responsive-media-strategy/>
Craig Villamor, Cvil.ly


> We can no longer presume that the content accessed through mobile devices will also be viewed on them. With AirPlay, mobile device experiences can just as easily become 10 foot lean-back experiences, negating all your assumptions about display size and bandwidth. Responsive meda strategies will need to get more sophisticated to take this into account.



**** Addressing OS X Lion Recovery Partition Problems ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57401691-263/addressing-os-x-lion-recovery-partition-problems/>
Topher Kessler, CNET


> This recovery partition is convenient, especially because it is faster than conventional optical media; however, some people may have problems with their systems either missing this partition, or having multiple ones after a reinstallation.



**** Apple: We're Making Progress To Reduce Excessive Working Hours ****
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401934,00.asp>
Angela Moscaritolo, PC Magazine


> In a recent update to its Supplier Responsibility website, Apple said that in January, supplier-collected data about 500,000 employees showed that 84 percent complied with its maximum 60-hour work week rule. Last month, that compliance rate increased to 89 percent, and the average employee worked 48 hours per week, Apple said.



**** Secrets Of The iPad Camera Connection Kit ****
<http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57401068-285/secrets-of-the-ipad-camera-connection-kit/>
Sharon Vaknin, CNET


> The $29 kit comes with two components: a USB adapter and an SD card adapter. Like its name implies, the intended use of these adapters is to transfer media from your camera to your iPad. But after a little tinkering, it's clear that these dongles can be used for much more.



**** The Real Leadership Lessons Of Steve Jobs ****
<http://hbr.org/2012/04/the-real-leadership-lessons-of-steve-jobs/ar/1>
Walter Isaacson, Harvard Business Review


> So I think the real lessons from Steve Jobs have to be drawn from looking at what he actually accomplished. I once asked him what he thought was his most important creation, thinking he would answer the iPad or the Macintosh. Instead he said it was Apple the company. Making an enduring company, he said, was both far harder and more important than making a great product. How did he do it? Business schools will be studying that question a century from now. Here are what I consider the keys to his success.



**** FreedomPop’s New iPhone Case Promises Users Free Wireless Data ****
<http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/20/freedompops-new-iphone-case-promises-free-wireless-data-for-all/>
Chris Velazco, TechCrunch



**** App Smart Extra: Book Apps For Young Adults ****
<http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/app-smart-extra-book-apps-for-young-adults/?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Bob Tedeschi, New York Times


> The app tells the story of a boy, Asaf, who collects random “treasures” that clutter his room and his family’s home. When his family moves after Asaf’s 13th birthday, his parents leave his stuff behind and bar him from collecting again. The balance of the story shows Asaf’s response to his new reality, which is in turns bleak, imaginative and hopeful.



**** iPhoto For iPad, iPhone Hits 1 Million Users In Less Than 10 Days ****
<http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/03/21/iphoto-for-ipad-iphone-hits-1-million-users-in-less-than-10-days/>
Jim Dalrymple, The Loop



**** The New iPad Uses Retina Assets For Non-Universal Games ****
<http://toucharcade.com/2012/03/20/the-new-ipad-uses-retina-assets-for-non-universal-games/>
Eli Hodapp, Touch Arcade


> If you're playing an iPhone game (or using an iPhone app) that has Retina Display assets for the iPhone, it will use the higher resolution set of assets.



**** Where To Speak On Your iPhone 4 ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/12878?rss>
Mat Neuburg, TidBITS


> When you take the iPhone away from your face during a call and put it into speakerphone mode (tap the Speaker button), the top microphone is the one that is now active. Did you know this?

You are probably speaking to the wrong microphone when you are in speaker mode.


**** Working With A 5D And iPhoto On The New iPad ****
<http://blog.macminicolo.net/post/19646911348/ipadiphoto5d3>
Macminicolo Blog


> One of the limitations mentioned is that [iPhoto for the iPad and iPhoto] can handle up to 19 megapixel photos. This spec covers most consumers and even prosumer cameras. But I wondered how it would handle the 22MP photos from the new Canon 5D Mark iii. Now that I finally have all three components in the same place, I thought I’d share my findings.






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** AT&T Reinvents The Steering Wheel ****
<http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39947/?ref=rss>
David Talbot, Technology Review


> Distracted driving kills an estimated 3,000 people yearly in the United States, triggering calls for bans on one of the causes, mobile phone use in vehicles. In response, the wireless industry is ramping up its anti-distraction efforts. Now, AT&T Labs is contributing with a vibrating steering wheel that promises to deliver navigation information to drivers more safely than on-screen instructions or turn-by-turn GPS commands.






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**** Quiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking By Susan Cain – Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/22/quiet-power-introverts-susan-cain-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Jon Ronson, The Guardian


> When you're at a party, do you suddenly feel the desperate urge to escape somewhere quiet such as a toilet cubicle and just sit there? Until I read <i>Quiet</i>, I thought it was just me. I'd see other partygoers grow increasingly effervescent as the night wore on and wonder why I felt so compelled to go home. I put it down to perhaps there not being enough iron in my diet. But it's not just me. It's a trait shared by introverts the world over. We feel this way because our brains are sensitive to overstimulation. I am genuinely astonished by this news. In fact, I read much of Susan Cain's book shaking my head in wonder and thinking: "So that's why I'm like that! It's because I'm an introvert! Now it's fine for me to turn down party invitations. I never have to go to another party again!"



**** Sex, Lies And The Boomerang Generation ****
<http://www.salon.com/2012/03/22/sex_lies_and_the_boomerang_generation/>
Max Rivlin-Nadler, Salon


> I was glad to have become sexually active after going off to college, to skip the awkward sneaking around that I associated with high school romance. But out of school and out of work, I had returned home to find my sex life seriously hampered by the weird fact that this was the same bedroom where my diapers were changed.



**** Armageddon And Other Playthings ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/books/the-land-of-decoration-by-grace-mccleen.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Janet Maslin, New York Times


> Judith McPherson, the plucky heroine of Grace McCleen’s debut novel, “The Land of Decoration,” is a smart but extremely literal-minded 10-year-old English schoolgirl. She grows up, as Ms. McCleen did, in the midst of Christian fundamentalists. She has been raised with the guarantee that Armageddon is near.



**** The Siesta ****
<http://thisrecording.com/today/2012/3/13/in-which-we-dont-do-coke-in-the-bathroom-of-the-restaurant.html>
Jackie Kruszewski, The Recording


> Waiting tables has never paid my bills, a fact which I prefer to hide from my colleagues with deep sighs about the price of just about everything. But through the managerially-induced eye rolls, the horrific tippers, the empty-table boredom, and the mild injustices of everyday service industry work lies my dirty secret: I could quit any time I want. I went to pick up my last paycheck from the French restaurant and ended up with two shifts a week. My name is Jackie and I am addicted to waitressing.






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**** What Would S'pore Be Like If Our Grandparents Had Won? ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/topstory/item/543-what-would-spore-be-like-if-our-grandparents-had-won?>
Lisa Li, Publichouse.sg


> Is it really necessary to wipe clean these remaining precious spaces that take up less than 0.95% of Singapore's land area?

> And if Singapore desperately needs more land, why aren't we first using the land area currently occupied by Orchid Country Club, Raffles Country Club, Singapore Island Country Club, Warren Golf & Country Club, and the golf and country clubs in Changi, Jurong, Keppel, Marina Bay, Kranji, Selatar Base, Sembawang, Tanah Merah?



**** CRA Awards Licences To Two Junket Operators ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1190636/1/.html>
Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia


> Junket operators are essentially "tour agents" for high rollers. They offer perks such as free stays and travel by private jet to entice these clients to casinos. In turn, the operators receive commission from the casinos.

> Authorities said junket operators have to comply with strict rules in Singapore as they are meant to "supplement" and not "dominate" the casino market.



**** Singapore Posts Deteriorating Consumer Confidence ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/retail/news/singapore-posts-deteriorating-consumer-confidence>
Singapore Business Review



**** Govt To Consider Diversity When Expanding University Sector ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120322-0000120/Govt-to-consider-diversity-when-expanding-university-sector>
Tan Weizhen, Today


> As the government studies expanding university places for Singaporeans, one of the areas it will look at is diversity, in terms of a broader range of programmes, said minister of state (education) Lawrence Wong today.



**** The SDP Healthcare Care Plan Made Simple ****
<http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/5191-the-sdp-healthcare-care-plan-made-simple>
Singaore Democratic Party



**** The House As A Financial Asset ****
<http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2012/03/house-as-financial-asset.html>
Singapore Notes


> Think twice about before betting big on your house, especially one built by HDB.



**** The Idiosyncrasies That Arose From The Bukit Brown Incident ****
<http://unbrandedbreadnbutter.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/the-idiosyncrasies-that-arose-from-the-bukit-brown-incident/>
Unbranded Bread N Butter



**** Traffic Cops Go Undercover: Get Priorities Right! ****
<http://rogerpoh.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/traffic-cops-go-undercover-get-priorities-right/>
SpotlightOnSingapore



**** Why Fares Should Double And Other Ideas For A Better Transport System ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/03/why-fares-should-double-and-other-ideas-for-a-better-transport-system/>
Gordon Lee, The Online Citizen



**** Why The Death Penalty Is Here To Stay For Some Time ****
<http://chemgen.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/why-the-death-penalty-is-here-to-stay-for-some-time/>
Chemical Generation Singaore


> If Singaporeans do not even care about the “humane” treatment of maids, why would they care about the lives of those sentenced with the death penalty?



**** 新加坡驻台星光部队拥有60辆坦克等大批重武器 ****
<http://news.qq.com/a/20120322/000779.htm>
新华网


> 如今已是马英九时代，两岸谈判不是在北京就是在台北进行，不再需要借力第三方，新加坡的角色今非昔比，“星光部队”也成了两岸关系缓和的见证人。在这样的背景下，“亲兄弟，明算账”的呼声开始在岛内盛行，《中国时报》认为，“星光部队”获得台方支援这笔账本来就该年年算清，“今后不能再免费招待，该付多少钱，一毛也不能少”。



**** Breaking: NYC Is Not <i>Exactly</i> Like Singapore ****
<http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/03/breaking-nyc-is-not-exactly-like-singapore>
Celeste Katz, New York Daily News



**** Singapore - The Part Sri Lankans Don't Know ****
<http://www.sundaytimes.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17236:singapore-the-part-sri-lankans-dont-know-&catid=79:analysis&Itemid=565>
The Sunday Times


> To most Sri Lankans, Singapore represents an oasis of prosperity, growth, great shopping, a high quality of life and superior wages.

> But social activist and opposition politicians, who are freer to speak now than decades ago during the iron-clad rule of Singapore strongman Lee Kuan Yew, the appearance of prosperity and wealth masks a hidden reality: a growing underclass of people not moving up the ladder and a subtle form of repression.



**** Mayor Warns Of The Pitfalls In Social Media ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/nyregion/bloomberg-says-social-media-can-hurt-governing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times


> “We are basically having a referendum on every single thing that we do every day,” he said. “And it’s very hard for people to stand up to that and say, ‘No, no, this is what we’re going to do,’ when there’s constant criticism, and an election process that you have to look forward to and face periodically.”



**** Opposing Yale-NUS ****
<http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2012/mar/21/letters-32112/>
Christopher Miller, Victor Bers, Jill Campbell, John Rogers And Mimi Yiengpruksawan, Yale Daily News


> The superficial relativism used in the various defenses of Yale-NUS masks a deeper apathy about human rights concerns. Bloch dismisses these concerns under the banner of American exceptionalism: How could we expect other countries to be as perfect as we are? But in today’s world, it is not “exceptional” for homosexuality to be legal. Why, then, did Yale go directly to a state — one of the few in Asia — where it is, in fact, illegal?

> Would we be putting ourselves through these rhetorical contortions to support involvement with a regime that was anti-Christian, anti-Semitic or racist — by law? Of course not. But it seems that Yale is willing to accept legalized homophobia under a smoke-screen of relativism and meliorism. Why?



**** PAP Finally Comes To Its Senses ****
<http://utwt.blogspot.com/2012/03/pap-finally-comes-to-its-senses.html>
Under The Willow Tree


> The Singaporean people, suffering the consequences of the PAP's misguided economic policy, finally decided that something had to change. For many Singaporeans, the problems were a wake-up call after years of political apathy and self-centered fear. Many who thought all would be just fine and dandy simply by depending on the PAP and its 'intellectual class', finally realised that there was something seriously wrong with the political system and the economic outcomes it produced for them. They went to the polls in 2011 and handed the PAP a big wake-up call.



**** Lemon Law For Pets A Bad Idea ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_780234.html>
Jiang Ke-Yue, Straits Times


> Pets are living things, not products. Those seeking 'defect-free' pets, or who will not hesitate to exchange 'defective' pets for new ones, probably should not be pet owners.



**** SingTel Layoffs Part Of A Lean And Mean Strategy? ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/telecom-internet/news/singtel-layoffs-part-lean-and-mean-strategy>
Singapore Business Review



**** 三团体与工人党 为后港贫民供膳 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120322_025.shtml>
游润恬, 联合早报


> 被工人党委任接管后港区基层工作的方荣发（50岁，商人）昨天受访时说：“这三个志愿福利团体所展开的三项免费膳食计划已持续了至少五年。这些好心的团体只想低调地做善事，我们尊重它们，也尊敬居民的隐私，所以从来没有要求媒体采访。”

> 方荣发提供后港居民可参与的三项膳食计划的细节时说：“这些活动都是非政治性质的，（后港区的工人党）议员不会出现。”



**** New Road Will Worsen Traffic Woes ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC120322-0000023/New-road-will-worsen-traffic-woes>
Tan Wee Cheng, Today


> I notice that the traffic jam along Lornie Road is not so much due to southbound traffic but mostly because the Pan-Island Expressway traffic is too heavy, and traffic cannot filter onto the PIE. The Government should widen the PIE, not build a new road.

Also: <a href="http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC120322-0000047/Adjust-speed-limits,-not-build-roads,-to-ease-congestion">Adjust speed limits, not build roads, to ease congestion</a> (Gabriel Tang Sheng Hua, Today).


**** Thousands Of Dead Fishes At Sungei Api Api? ****
<http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2012/03/thousands-of-dead-fishes-at-sungei-api.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WildShoresOfSingapore+%28wild+shores+of+singapore%29>
Wild Shores Of Singapore



**** Police Investigating Possible Kidnap Attempt Of Child ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1190452/1/.html>
Hetty Musfirah, Channel NewsAsia


> The incident allegedly happened at about 1.15pm at Ang Mo Kio Hub, when the child was left unattended for a short while by his mother.







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