[MyAppleMenu] May 6, 2012

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MyAppleMenu
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**** iMessage Keeps AT&T CEO Awake At Night ****
<http://dcurt.is/imessage-keeps-att-ceo-awake-at-night>
Dustin Curtis


> If Randall Stephenson is kept up at night by iMessage, he is a very shallow thinker. Text messaging was dead the second a mobile phone connected to the internet.



**** Are Universities Reluctant To Use iTunes U? ****
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/are-universities-reluctant-to-use-itunes-u/16064>
Charlie Osborne, ZDNet


> Some educational establishments use iTunes U purely for promotional video and public content, whereas others avoid it all together; citing the needs of training and a lengthy process of transitional which is not viable.



**** Rotten To The Core? ****
<http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424053111903935304577382342577117670.html?mod=BOL_twm_fs>
Thomas G. Donlan, Barron's


> Apple indeed has many things to be proud of, but it's too bad that so many Americans are not sufficiently proud of Apple. It's no comfort that they are not really anti-Apple; they are anti-profit. A country that listens to such critics, taxing and regulating its most successful businesses into mediocrity, does not deserve to collect taxes from anyone.



**** For Hard Of Hearing, Clarity Out Of The Din ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/technology/audio-devices-give-new-options-to-those-hard-of-hearing.html?_r=1>
Anne Eisenberg, New York Times


> Richard Einhorn, a composer who suddenly lost much of his hearing two years ago, relies on his hearing aid, of course, for general use. But when he is meeting friends at a busy coffee shop — where his hearing aid is not always good at distinguishing their voices amid the clatter — he removes it. He has a better solution.






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Touché Brings Touch Control To Everyday Things ****
<http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/05/touche-brings-touch-controls-t.html>
Jacob Aron, New Scientist


> Forget smartphones or tablets - the future of touch control could be doorknobs, furniture or even your own body. Researchers at Disney Research in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have created Touché, a system that can detect a variety of touch gestures on everyday objects.



**** The Campus Tsunami ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/opinion/brooks-the-campus-tsunami.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all>
David Brooks, New York Times






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Bring Up The Bodies By Hilary Mantel - Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/may/04/bring-up-the-bodies-hilary-mantel-review>
Margaret Atwood, The Guardian


> Oh, those Tudors! We can't get enough of them. Whole bookshelves have been filled with them, acres of film consecrated to their antics. How badly behaved they were. What Machiavellian plottings and betrayals. Will we never tire of the imprisonments, torturings, entrail-windings, and burnings at the stake?



**** Casino ****
<http://www.guernicamag.com/fiction/casino/>
Alix Ohlin, Guernica






SingaporeSurf
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**** GE 2011 & The New Normal: 1 Year On ****
<http://article14.blogspot.com/2012/05/ge-2011-new-normal-1-year-on.html>
Article 14



**** Imposing Rules Against Household Chores Not The Way To Go ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1199558/1/.html>
Monica Kotwani, Chnnel NewsAsia


> The Association of Employment Agencies in Singapore said on Sunday that source countries of foreign domestic workers should focus on training instead of imposing rules against doing certain household chores.



**** The Next GE Could Prove Challenging For The Opposition ****
<http://newasiarepublic.com/?p=38326>
New Asia Republic


> Assuming a 2015 GE, there is a real possibility that the PAP could claw back 1 or 2 percentage points of the vote that it lost at the 2011 election. But this does not mean that it would be a lost cause for the opposition. The ground would still be palatable for those opposition parties considered moderate or centrist in their views and policies. Only the Workers’ Party, because of a well-defined brand, easily recognizable logo, and a localized strategy of painstakingly cultivating the ground close to its current strongholds of Hougang and Aljunied, would still be well placed to incrementally grow its parliamentary presence. These are major attributes unmatched by any of the other opposition parties.



**** HR Experts Recommend Pay Rise ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1199553/1/.html>
Saifulbahri Ismail, Chnnel NewsAsia



**** Huge Blaze Spotted On Reclaimed Land Off North-eastern Singapore ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_795943.html>
Straits Times



**** Us And Them. The Mystified Swiss Standard Of Living. ****
<http://xuyun74.blogspot.com/2012/05/us-and-them-mystified-swiss-standard-of.html>
Transitional Eternity


> It is the year 2012 and we see that we are no where near the realization of GCT’s mysterious Swiss standard of living. It was his aspiration in the 80s.



**** Threading Between Cheap Labour And Current Economy ****
<http://www.sunfl0wer.com/2012/05/threading-between-cheap-labour-and-current-economy/>
Sunflower Garden



**** Prof. Lim, Have You Lost Your Marbles? ****
<http://anythingwithedgar.blogspot.com/2012/05/prof-lim-have-you-lost-your-marbles.html>
Anything With Edgar



**** Time To Face The Hard Truth: Why Integration Is No Longer Possible With The Present Wave Of Immigrants ****
<http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/time-to-face-the-hard-truth-why-integration-is-no-longer-possible-with-the-present-wave-of-immigrants/>
The Temasek Times


> It is time for both Singaporeans and the government to face the hard truth that integration is no longer possible simply because we have got it all wrong right from the very beginning.

> The present wave of immigration is different from the past. Without any proper planning, we open our doors to foreigners from all over the world without any careful screening and vetting leading to many incompatible immigrants some of whom who cannot speak a word of English being given Singapore citizenship.



**** 播音中说马国集会者向警方抛催泪弹 新传媒DJ道歉未平息网民不满 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120506_008.shtml>
胡洁梅, 联合早报


> 陈艾薇在个人面簿的道歉留言至少有739则回应，有网民强烈表示不满，反复打出ON AIR道歉的字样。也有网民写道，新闻从业员不该说出没有经过证实的网络留言，因为这会让人有所猜想。

I agree that if the mistake was made during a broadcast, the correction and the apology must also be made on-air too.


**** 林瑞莲：少了饶欣龙 没影响工人党领导力 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120506_015.shtml>
蔡永伟, 联合早报


> “工人党对党纪及团队合作精神的重视，将维持不变。”她也向选民承诺，目前的首要任务还是为阿裕尼及后港这两区的居民服务，继续履行代议士职务。

> 回顾当选议员的这一年，林瑞莲表示，许多新加坡人已经留意到政府在大选后针对一些政策所展开的检讨工作，而这正是工人党提倡建设第一世界国会的理想，即一个由可靠和负责任的反对党议员来监督与制衡政府的机制。



**** 杨莉明：地铁一年不瘫痪 才能恢复民众信心 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120506_002.shtml>
何惜薇, 联合早报


> 去年12月地铁两度瘫痪，交通部政务部长杨莉明认为，当务之急是让民众恢复对地铁系统的信心，而这需要确保在至少一年里，地铁服务不间断。

We have two "goals" specified by the government: minimize faults of more than 30 minutes, and no major faults for at least one year.
What's missing are: how to do it, when will the goals be achieved, and what the government will do if the goals are not met.


**** Did He Pay With His Heart? ****
<http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.com/2012/05/did-he-pay-with-his-heart.html>
Feed Me To The Fish


> What does it take for a man to use selected statistics to pull wool over the eyes of its citizens?



**** Delay In Cutting Vehicle Growth Rate Have Little Impact On COE Situation ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1199450/1/.html>
Sok Hwee, Chnnel NewsAsia


> Industry players said that in the short term, COE prices might decrease slightly but in the long term it will regain growth as per normal.







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