[MyAppleMenu] Nov 11, 2012

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**** Three Mac Apps To Help You Self Publish Your Book ****
<http://gigaom.com/apple/three-mac-apps-to-help-you-self-publish-your-book/>
Mark Crump, GigaOM



**** Apple And HTC Settle Patent Litigation, Reach 10-Year Cross-licensing Agreement ****
<http://www.imore.com/apple-and-htc-settle-patent-litigation-reach-10-year-licensing-agreement>
Rene Ritchie, IMore


> Apple and HTC have reached a global settlement to their long-running patent dispute. The settlement includes a 10-year cross-licensing agreement.

Also:
• <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/apple-and-htc-reach-patent-peace-but-at-what-cost/">Apple and HTC reach a sudden patent peace, but at what cost?</a> (Joe Mullin, Ars Technica)


**** Charging An iPhone Without AC Power ****
<http://www.marco.org/2012/11/09/powerless-iphone-charging>
Marco Arment


> If I had $70 to spend on this problem, instead of a hand-crank or solar charger with a tiny capacity, I’d rather have the Tekkeon AA box and 40 lithium AAs, which could power my iPhone for about a month of frequent use.






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**** Something To Tell You ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/books/review/oddly-normal-by-john-schwartz.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
David Sheff, New York Times


> How do parents respond to a child’s unrelenting suffering? “Oddly Normal” offers one answer: We become consumed with helping him, and desperate to understand what went wrong.






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**** SDP's NOM : Finding Solutions For The Housing Problem.... ****
<http://singaporemind.blogspot.sg/2012/11/sdps-nom-finding-solutions-for-housing.html>
Diary Of A Singaporean Mind


> While it is commendable that the SDP put forth a proposal to deal with the high price of property, what we may be grappling with in the coming years may not be the unaffordability of high property prices but the unsustainability of today's high prices....we just need to open our eyes to see what has happened to the economic powerhouses of Japan and US, when the artificial prosperity from high real estate prices vanished.....



**** Vindictive, Petty And Mean: PAP Government Shows True Colours ****
<http://exchersonesusaurea.blogspot.sg/2012/11/vindictive-petty-and-mean-pap.html>
Ex Chersonesus Aurea


> Foreigners should only be refused entry in the national interest (for the safety of Singaporeans), and not in the interest of the ruling political party (to suppress critical views on the government).



**** Singapore's Immigration Policy ****
<http://dezztin.blogspot.sg/2012/11/singapores-immigration-policy.html>
Dezztin


> After all what would the economy mean with disgruntled citizens? 



**** Australian Clergyman Barred From Entering Singapore ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/australian-clergyman-barred-entering-singapore-20121111>
Janice Heng, Straits Times


> In August last year, while on a social visit to Singapore, he spoke at a political forum "where he alleged that the rule of law was bypassed and corrupted in Singapore, and questioned the independence and integrity of the judiciary," said MHA. But he did not have a permit to speak.

Previous:
• <a href="http://yoursdp.org/news/2012-11-09-5440">James Minchin refused entry to Singapore</a> (Singapore Democratic Party)


**** Control Of Mainstream Media In S'pore Must Be Reviewed: Media Experts ****
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/existing-press-controls-in-s-pore-must-be-urgently-reviewed--media-experts.html>
Jeanette Tan, Yahoo!


> The mainstream media will always be one step behind the curve of societal change unless existing press controls in Singapore are seriously reviewed, said media analysts and journalism veterans Cherian George and P N Balji.

The problem facing Singapore's mainstream press is not profitability; it's the loss of relevance.


**** Lockheed Sees Increased Singapore Interest In F-35 Fighter ****
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/09/lockheed-fighter-singapore-idUSL1E8M90PP20121109>
Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters


> As security partners, Singapore and Israel both pledged to contribute about $50 million to the F-35 development effort, according to the globalsecurity.org website. Defense consultant Loren Thompson said China's military expansion was putting increasing pressure on Singapore and other countries in the region to buy next-generation fighter planes.



**** Of Activists, The Death Penalty And A Home With A Heart ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/topstory/item/804-of-activists-the-death-penalty-and-a-home-with-a-heart>
Andrew Loh, Publichouse.sg


> The point I am trying to make here is this: there is no shame or “loss of face” in expressing appreciation for those who have given their time and energy in exactly the way which the PM has described, even if it is done in ways which the Government may not approve. But that should matter less than the fact that these Singaporeans care and have taken, as it were, the road less travelled to express that care.

> They and their effort should be appreciated and applauded.

> There is no use in admonishing Singaporeans when they do not step up, or in expressing gratitude and appreciation only if they do as the Government hopes. What matters, really, is that the activists have a deep desire to see their nation be one which is compassionate and empathetic. A home with a heart.



**** An Issue Of Justice And Conscience ****
<http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2012/11/10/columnists/insightdownsouth/12294005&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star


> Summarising the current transformation in Singapore (and Malay­sia), writer Sudhir Thomas Vada­-keth, said one thing seemed certain in these countries.

> “Authoritarianism here has finally run its course."



**** MARUAH Statement On The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration ****
<http://maruah.org/2012/11/10/maruah-statement-on-the-asean-human-rights-declaration/>
MARUAH


> The AHRD allows the provisions to be limited by the national laws of the ASEAN member states. As such the absolute rights of the people under international human rights law will be restricted by the particularities in some national laws, limiting the universality, indivisibility and inalienability of human rights.



**** Apple Pays Swiss Rail $21Mn Over Clock Dispute: Report ****
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gDZ2GU-p39G5YagBJPagQWlciaxQ>
AFP


> US tech giant Apple has dished out 20 million Swiss francs ($21 million, 17 million euros) to compensate Swiss national rail operator SBB for using its famous clock without permission, a Swiss daily reported Saturday.

I hope nobody got fired over this.