[MyAppleMenu] Nov 7, 2012

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**** Can Apple Still Innovate On A Shoestring? ****
<http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506766/can-apple-still-innovate-on-a-shoestring/>
Jessica Leber, Technology Review


> Still, there’s growing pressure on Apple to keep delivering radically new and exciting products. And that might be leading the company to reconsider its frugal R&D investments. In a recent SEC filing detailing its increasing R&D expenditures, Apple wrote that “focused investments in R&D are critical to its future growth and competitive position in the marketplace and are directly related to timely development of new and enhanced products.”



**** Bullet-proof Backups: When You Absolutely Can't Lose Any Data ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2013249/bullet-proof-backups-when-you-absolutely-cant-lose-any-data.html>
Joe Kissell, Macworld



**** Moving A Time Machine Backup ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2013465/moving-a-time-machine-backup.html>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



**** No Support? No Problem! Installing Windows 8 On A Mac With Boot Camp ****
<http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/11/no-support-no-problem-installing-windows-8-on-a-mac-with-boot-camp/>
Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica


> Old and missing drivers are an issue, but we'll hook you up with what you need.



**** Will Apple Switch The Mac To ARM? Why The Rumors Do — And Don’t — Ring True. ****
<http://allthingsd.com/20121106/will-apple-switch-the-mac-to-arm-why-the-rumors-do-and-dont-ring-true/>
Arik Hesseldahl, All Things D


> You have to wonder if Apple and Intel are in some kind of negotiation phase right now.



**** Lessons From Sandy: CrashPlan And The Importance Of Off-site Backup ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/06/lessons-from-sandy-crashplan-and-the-importance-of-off-site-bac/>
Erica Sadun, TUAW



**** Skype Officially Replacing Messenger, New Version Out Now ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/06/skype-officially-replacing-messenger-new-version-out-now/>
Randy Nelson, TUAW



**** Retrospect 10 Reduces Backup Time With Instant Scan Technology ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/13379?rss>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS



**** Apple, Let Us Delete Apps For Good ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/13349>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS


> So Apple, give us control over our purchases, and let us eradicate those apps from our accounts. Just because we pick up a newspaper on the way to work doesn’t mean we have to keep it for the rest of our lives, and apps shouldn’t be any different. Downloading or purchasing an app is an extremely lightweight action, which isn’t bad, but such simple actions should be easily reversed as well.

On one hand, I agree with Mr Engst. But, on the other hand, I am afraid of having Apple do more programming and more coding and introduce more bugs so that the App Store has more ways to make me sad. 


**** Gaming With Steam On OS X Mountain Lion ****
<http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/media/gaming-with-steam-on-os-x-mountain-lion/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mactuts+%28Mactuts%2B%29>
Brunto Skvorc, Mactuts+






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Step Away From The Remote Control ****
<http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506501/wave-goodbye-to-the-remote-control/>
Rachel Metz, Technology Review


> Startup PredictGaze thinks technology that can determine where you’re looking—and what you look like—is the interface of the future.






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Where Dragons Come From ****
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203880704578089210833124732.html>
Matt Kaplan, Wall Street Journal


> But where did the idea for such a bizarre beast—with such an odd mixture of traits—come from in the first place?



**** May We Be Forgiven By A M Homes: Review ****
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9648722/May-We-Be-Forgiven-by-A-M-Homes-review.html>
Philip Womack, Telegraph


> This is a novel about connections, broken, made and remade. They may exist physically, emotionally and, increasingly, electronically. In this ambitious, often enthralling work, the only certainty is that we cannot be human without being joined to someone.



**** The Beautiful Hidden ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/poem/2012/11/_the_beautiful_hidden_by_jack_marshall.html>
Jack Marshall, Slate



**** On A Historic Street, One That Got Away ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/dining/a-historic-street-is-left-with-a-hole.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&ref=dining&adxnnlx=1352265211-PHiX7HE3M589It9UbsNQgA>
Elaine Sciolino, New York Times


> For me, the Rue des Martyrs is the last real street in Paris.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Is Boring (There, I Said It.) ****
<http://ohiasia.com/2012/11/04/singapore-3/>
O Hi, Asia!


> Going out here is e-x-p-e-n-s-i-v-e.



**** Premium Employment Pass: Was Only $34,000? ****
<http://leongszehian.com/?p=2007>
Leong Sze Hian


> However, I would like to take issue with creating and letting in this category of foreign workers all these years – How can a yearly salary of just $34,000 be called “a premium pass for top-tier foreign talent”? This monthly salary of just $2,615 is only about what a fresh graduate from the three local universities earn when they graduate.

> So, is it any wonder that so many Singaporean Professionals, Managers, Engineers and Technicians (PMETs) have been struggling competing against such “low-pay premium foreign talents”, who may be more experienced and qualified. but willing to work for relatively much lower pay?



**** Home Buyers Showing Less Interest In DBSS Flats? ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC121107-0000117/Home-buyers-showing-less-interest-in-DBSS-flats?>
Wong Siew Ying, Today


> Market watchers say there will still be a good demand for DBSS units in the coming years, when the projects are near to their completion date. They add that the developers are also in no hurry to clear out the remaining units and are therefore not likely to lower prices.



**** Fears Of Higher Staff Costs Escalate For SMRT ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/transport-logistics/news/fears-higher-staff-costs-escalate-smrt>
Singapore Business Review



**** Erosion Of CPF Protection From Creditors ****
<http://leongszehian.com/?p=2005>
Leong Sze Hian



**** Soon Heng Restaurant Closes, No S'porean Wanted Job ****
<http://www.soshiok.com/article/21193>
Yuen Mun, The New Paper


> Madam Ong told The New Paper that the restaurant had a problem finding enough Singaporeans to fill the required Singaporean-to-foreigner quota: "Singaporeans tend to stay away from the F&B industry. They don't like to work on Sundays and public holidays, and do not like to be put on probation."



**** NOM-NOM-NOMing ****
<http://canvasinglight.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/nom-nom-noming/>
Alvin Tan, Canvasing Light


> The idea is innovative, sound and with good conscience, because the order of the day is not to over profit on essentials.



**** Non-Open Market Housing: Would SDP’s Housing Plan Work? ****
<http://www.moneysmart.sg/money-talks/non-open-market-housing-would-sdps-housing-plan-work/>
Ryan Ong, MoneySmart.sg



**** SDP's Non-Open Market Flats: Experts Give Their Take ****
<http://www.singapolitics.sg/news/sdps-non-open-market-flats-experts-give-their-take>
Tessa Wong, Straits Times



**** SDP Invites Minister Khaw To Discuss Housing Policy ****
<http://yoursdp.org/news/2012-11-06-5433>
Singaore Democratic Party



**** The Telcos Know Where You Have Been ****
<http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20121106-381638.html>
Elizabeth Kamaldin, My Paper


> They collect personal information about their subscribers - such as age, gender, NRIC number and location - for billing, research, service improvements and marketing activities.

> But they can also share anonymous versions of the data with other companies that can use them to help them market to specific groups of consumers. This is possible as mobile subscribers would have agreed to terms and conditions in mobile contracts, allowing telcos to use the data.



**** In Singapore, Food Future With No Past ****
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kf-seetoh/in-singapore-food-future-_b_2076560.html>
KF Seetoh, The Huffington Post


> If one hadn't had humble childhood peasant pleasures like a bowl of plain rice porridge with half a boiled salted egg -- and been consumed by that purity -- it would be hard (if not impossible) to even think of introducing that earthy and salty yolk as a sauce for fried crabs, or even calamari. 



**** Chief Justice And Cheng San GRC ****
<http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.sg/2012/11/chief-justice-and-cheng-san-grc.html>
Feed Me To The Fish


> To each his or her own perception and interpretation of English. To contend that being in a 200 metre radius is not within the 200 metres radius is a weird understanding and interpretation of the English Language. Reading deeper, could the implication mean that the golden rule is: He who has the gold rules!



**** Former CJ Safeguarded Minorities: PM ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC121107-0000044/Former-CJ-safeguarded-minorities--PM>
Today


> At meetings of the Presidential Council of Minority Rights, Mr Lee said Mr Chan - who served on the council for 20 years, six as chairman - "conscientiously studied" the provisions and context of each piece of legislation that came up for scrutiny so that they did not discriminate against any racial or religious groups.