[MyAppleMenu] Nov 12, 2012

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Apple Stomps On Tapjoy’s App Download Circle Jerk (Again) ****
<http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/11/apple-stomps-on-tapjoys-app-download-circle-jerk-again/>
Michael Arrington, TechCrunch



**** No Skin In The Game Center ****
<http://www.imore.com/no-skin-game-center>
Rene Ritchie, IMore


> It's often said that Apple doesn't get gaming and doesn't get social, so maybe social gaming like Game Center was predestined for birthing pain. But it's also likely exacerbated by Apple not having a single shipping product that depends on Game Center being great.

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• <a href="http://rant.monkeydom.de/apples-no-internal-client-syndrome">Apple's no internal client syndrome</a> (Dominik Wagner)


**** The Quickest, Most Efficient Way To Scan And Read Hundreds Of Websites On A Mac ****
<http://noodlemac.com/2012/11/the-quickest-most-efficient-way-to-scan-and-read-hundreds-of-websites-on-a-mac/>
Ron McElfresh, Noodlemac


> One of my favorite RSS readers is appropriately called Reeder. As with all RSS apps, you subscribe to a website’s RSS subscription feed, and the reader grabs the latest headlines and summaries and brings them right to your Mac’s screen.



**** iPad: Bringing The Joy Of Reading Back To Those With Vision Problems ****
<http://www.zdnet.com/ipad-bringing-the-joy-of-reading-back-to-those-with-vision-problems-7000007145/>
James Kendrick, ZDNet


> “Reading is a simple pleasure that we often take for granted until vision loss makes it difficult,” said Daniel Roth, M.D., an associate clinical professor at Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine who led the study. “Our findings show that at a relatively low cost, digital tablets can improve the lives of people with vision loss and help them reconnect with the larger world.”



**** Apple’s New iMac Looks Beautiful, But There’s Junk In The trunk ****
<http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apples-new-imac-has-junk-in-the-trunk/>
Jenny An, Digital Trends



**** Apple Airs New iPad Mini Commercials ****
<http://www.macstories.net/links/apple-airs-new-ipad-mini-commercials/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
MacStories



**** Minding The (Apple)Store ****
<http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/11/minding-the-applestore/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+monday-note+%28Monday+Note%29>
Jean-Louis Gassée, Monday Note


> ‘Now you know the real reason for Browett’s firing’, a friend said, half-seriously. ‘How can you spend North of $15M on such a strategically placed, symbolic store, complete with Italian stone hand-picked by Jobs himself…and give no consideration to the acoustics? It’s bad for customers, it’s bad for the staff, it’s bad for business, and it’s bad for the brand. Apple appears to be more concerned with style than with substance!’



**** Innovation Is A Fight ****
<http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2012/11/11/innovation_is_a_fight.html>
Rands In Repose


> The word that worried me the most in the press release was in the first sentence. The word was “collaboration”. Close your eyes and imagine a meeting with Steve Jobs. Imagine how it proceeds and how decisions are made. Does the word collaboration ever enter your mind?






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** How To Become An Apprentice Developer ****
<http://hugomelo.com/post/35533342698/becoming-an-apprentice>
Hugo Melo



**** A Race Against The Clock, Again, In Package Delivery ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/technology/online-merchants-again-pursue-same-day-delivery-service.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Randall Stross, New York Times


> Kozmo would perish, but some online merchants and their delivery partners are inching back toward that shining vision. Though they aren’t promising free delivery within an hour, they are trying out same-day service for a fee.






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Alone Together, Again ****
<http://al3x.net/2012/11/11/alone-together-again.html>
Alex Payne


> I am in a stranger’s apartment in Reykjavik, and for the first time in almost five years, I am truly alone.






SingaporeSurf
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**** LTA Replies Regarding Seah Kian Peng Intervening In Parking Warden's Initial Decision ****
<http://www.raviphilemon.net/2012/11/lta-replies-regarding-seah-kian-peng.html>
Ravi Philemon


> "We have investigated the matter and wish to clarify that the decision of not carrying out enforcement at Jalan Riang on 20 October 2012 was solely made by our traffic warden after a careful assessment of the situation."



**** M. Ravi Applies To Drop Defamation Suit Against Law Society And Wong ****
<http://www.singapolitics.sg/news/m-ravi-applies-drop-defamation-suit-against-law-society-and-wong>
Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times


> “With the benefit of time and having absorbed some of the pain inflicted on me, it is within my reach to forgive and forget and to move on,” he said in his affidavit which he released today to the media.



**** SOTA & SSS' Different Aims Mean Different Requirements: Lawrence Wong ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1236706/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> "While SOTA students benefit from a rigorous six-year arts education, the curriculum is intended to provide them with a wide range of options for admission into tertiary institutions of higher learning, and not necessarily a professional arts pathway."



**** Galloping Inflation: Spend $ Or Lose $ ****
<http://singaporegirl.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/galloping-inflation-spend-or-lose/>
Food Fuels Me To Talk...



**** Demand For Foreign Manpower Expected To Increase In 2030 ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1236660/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> The demand for foreign manpower is projected to increase for the healthcare sector, construction sector and foreign domestic labour sector in 2030.

> This is the projection by the National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) in an Occasional Paper released on Monday.



**** 5 Reasons Why ComfortDelGro's Bus And Rail Earnings Dropped 41% ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/transport-logistics/news/5-reasons-why-comfortdelgros-bus-and-rail-earnings-dropped-41>
Singapore Business Review



**** Singapore Books Its Place ****
<http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/Singapore-books-its-place-30194048.html>
Manote Tripathi, The Nation


> Authors like Desmond Sim, Josephine Chia and Walter Woon want to capture the kind of Peranakan nostalgia and memories of their parents, who were proud Peranakans and loyal to the British rather than China.



**** A Hard Act To Follow: BBC Editor-in-chief Quits Over "Unacceptable Journalistic Standards" ****
<http://kementah.blogspot.sg/2012/11/a-hard-act-to-follow-bbc-editor-in.html>
David Boey, Senang Diri



**** Slaying The Great Singaporean Labor Myth – Natives Dont Like To Take Up Dirty Jobs ****
<http://dotseng.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/slaying-the-great-singaporean-labor-myth-natives-dont-like-to-take-up-dirty-jobs/>
Dotseng


> I can’t think of a better way to dumb down a nation’s competitiveness along with creating misery on an industrial scale. If SME’s cannot float without cheap labor. Maybe it is best that we all allow to sink or go elsewhere.



**** Just Who Is Entitled To Entitlement Mentality? ****
<http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.sg/2012/11/just-who-is-entitled-to-entitlement.html>
Feed Me To The Fish



**** Needy Gets 24 Cents Of Every Dollar Spent? ****
<http://leongszehian.com/?p=2029>
Leong Sze Hian



**** Aussie Clergyman Barred From Entering Singapore ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC121112-0000043/Aussie-clergyman-barred-from-entering-Singapore>
Today


> The MHA also referred to a recent visit to Singapore during which Mr Minchin gave a "political interview in his capacity as a clergyman". The interview was for a Singapore Democratic Party talk show.

> In its statement, the MHA iterated: "The separation of religion and politics is a long established principle in Singapore, to safeguard the inter-religious and social harmony in our multi-religious society. This principle is applied evenly and foreigners are not exempt."



**** Neither Priest Nor Philanthropist Welcome Here ****
<http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/neither-priest-nor-philanthropist-welcome-here/>
Alex Au, Yawning Bread


> One can argue that it is our timidity over civil and political rights that hold back progress on other rights. But one can also use the fact that the government cannot avoid engaging over economic rights to broaden the discussion to include all other rights. The trick is not to pass up on the opportunity like SMU did.



**** Companies, Ministries Take Shark's Fin Off Menus ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC121112-0000005/Companies,-ministries-take-sharks-fin-off-menus>
Tan Weizhen, Today


> While various organisations are warming up to the cause, some remain on the fence, including the People's Association.



**** Fewer Seats Don't Help On Trains, Buses ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC121112-0000026/Fewer-seats-dont-help-on-trains,-buses>
Chua Kim Choo, Today