[MyAppleMenu] Nov 19, 2012

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MyAppleMenu
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**** AC/DC Comes To iTunes ****
<http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/11/19/acdc-comes-to-itunes/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29>
Jim Dalrymple, The Loop



**** Evaluating The Strength Of Your AirPort Network ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2014318/evaluating-the-strength-of-your-airport-network.html>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



**** Apple Gets Design Patent On Virtual Page Turning, But Doesn't Own The Page Turn ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/19/3659382/apple-design-patent-on-virtual-page-turn>
Matt Macari, The Verge


> While US patent D670,713 isn't exactly a narrow patent, there are some real limitations on what it covers and how it could be used against the competition.



**** Apple And Twitter ****
<http://patrickbgibson.tumblr.com/post/36041799210/apple-and-twitter>
Patrick B. Gibson


> My friend and co-worker Tom has a thesis about Apple’s biggest problem: Google is getting better at design faster than Apple is getting better at web services.

The solution, I feel, is not for Apple to buy Twitter. Or Facebook. Or Yahoo. Or any specific company. But to really take web seriously, just like Microsoft took security very seriously. Give Eddy Cue as much money and authority as possible to hire and to beef up Apple's web products.


**** Rising iPhone Lifts All Boats ****
<http://om.co/2012/11/18/rising-iphone-lifts-all-boats/>
Om Malik



**** Apple Patents Page-turn Animation ****
<http://www.marco.org/2012/11/18/apple-now-owns-the-page-turn>
Marco Arment


> They didn’t patent <i>all</i> page-turns — just page-turns that look (and, presumably, work) like iBooks’.



**** Apple iMessage And FaceTime Down For Users On iOS And OS X ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/18/3662906/apple-imessage-down-again-ios-osx>
T.C> Sottek, The Verge



**** How To Disable Siri And Other Features When Passcode Lock Is Enabled ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/11/how-to-disable-siri-and-other-features-when-passcode-lock-is-enabled>
Dom Esposito, AppAdvice






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Free Textbooks Spell Disruption For College Publishers ****
<http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506371/free-textbooks-spell-disruption-for-college-publishers/>
Michael Fitzgerald, Technology Review






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The New Ruralism: How The Pastoral Idyll Is Taking Over Our Cities ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/nov/18/new-ruralism-takes-over-cities>
Paula Cocozza, The Guardian


> Meadows nestling beside tower blocks, children cavorting in rustic playgrounds, not to mention all those farmers' markets – these days, our cities can't seem to get enough of the countryside.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Balancing The Benefits And Downside Of Meritocracy ****
<http://www.singapolitics.sg/views/balancing-benefits-and-downside-meritocracy>
Soon Sze Meng, Straits Times


> Winners of our meritocratic system who feel they deserve their success because they worked hard – and the rest deserved their places in society because they didn’t – should ask themselves if their success might be due to their different starting points in life in an increasingly unequal Singapore.



**** Almost All Of Singapore Press Holdings' Dailies See Fall In Circulation Figures ****
<http://socialpr.blogspot.sg/2012/11/almost-all-of-singapore-press-holdings.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+SmallStepsForSocialPr+(Small+steps+for+Social+PR)>
Aaron Koh, Small Steps For Social PR



**** Study Reveals Shocking Finding On Public Housing ****
<http://yoursdp.org/news/2012-11-19-5452>
Singaore Democratic Party


> It seems that the longer the PAP rules this country, the less Singaporeans are able to afford.



**** Sowing The Seeds Of A Sadistic Nation ****
<http://daunkesom.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/sowing-the-seeds-of-a-sadistic-nation/>
My Blog



**** NEA Finds Signs Of Rat Activity At 313 at Somerset ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1238008/1/.html>
Lian Cheong, Alice Chia, Channel NewsAsia



**** Press Release ****
<http://fn8org.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/press-release-2/>
Function 8


> Neither ST nor TODAY had spoken to any member of Function 8 to confirm that we were the organiser of a forum where Rev Minchin said those words. For the record, we have never invited any reporter to any of our forums.



**** Specific National Conversation Themes To Be Annouced By 2013 ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC121118-0000046/Specific-National-Conversation-themes-to-be-annouced-by-2013>
Sara Grosse, Today


> Mr Heng, who heads the committee, said that besides education, other themes include the value of a Singapore identity.

We only listen to topics and things that we want to listen?


**** Coming Collision Between Singapore’s Government And My Beloved Hawker Stalls? ****
<http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/2012/11/18/coming-collision-between-singapores-government-and-my-beloved-hawker-stalls/>
View From The Wing


> Of course, for many of the traditional dishes, the high fat and calorie content <i>was the point</i>, they were cheap ways of feeding laborers.



**** Singapore Hotels Feel The Squeeze As Corporate Budgets Tighten ****
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/18/us-singapore-hotels-idUSBRE8AH0IN20121118>
Charmian Kok, Reuters


> The city-state's high-end hotels have been hit harder than moderately priced rooms, which suggests that weaker corporate travel rather than tourism is weighing on demand.



**** Cooling The HDB Resale Market ****
<http://blogging4myself.blogspot.sg/2012/11/cooling-hdb-resale-market.html>
Blogging For Myself



**** Jim Sleeper, Trash Yale-NUS College If You Want, But Please Don’t Insult The Palestinians ****
<http://thepoliticaltadpole.com/jim-sleeper-trash-yale-nus-college-if-you-want-but-please-dont-insult-the-palestinians/>
Koh Choon Hwee, The Political Tadpole


> Ultimately, Mr. Sleeper’s roundabout attempts to drum up opposition to Yale-NUS College by associating Singapore with Israel and exploiting current public attention on the attacks on Gaza are irresponsible at best.



**** Two Thirds Of Jobs Created Went To Foreigners ****
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.sg/2012/11/two-thirds-of-jobs-created-went-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+MySingaporeNews+(My+Singapore+News)>
Chua Chin Leng, My Singapore News



**** Philippine Authorities Allow Dolphin Export To S'pore ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1238024/1/.html>
Alice Chia, Channel NewsAsia



**** Yale Vitriol And The Middle East Crisis ****
<http://singaporesojourn.blogspot.sg/2012/11/yale-vitriol-and-middle-east-crisis.html>
Singapore Sojourn