[MyAppleMenu] Oct 1, 2012

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**** Review: Dragon Dictate 3 For Mac Delivers Reliable Dictation ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/01/review-dragon-dictate-3-for-mac/>
Mel Martin, TUAW



**** iBank 4.6 Review ****
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/apple-business/reviews/?reviewid=3401308&olo=rss>
Nick Spence, Macworld UK



**** Apple Warranty Ads Should Be Examined In EU, Reding Says ****
<http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-01/apple-warranty-ads-should-be-examined-by-eu-states-reding-says>
Aoife White, Bloomberg


> EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding wrote to member countries to ask them to check whether Apple retailers failed to advertise buyers’ right to a minimum two-year warranty for products such as the iPhone and the iPad tablet computer.



**** Mapgate Is Over. Apple Won. Customers Won. Google, Not So Much. ****
<http://pandodaily.com/2012/09/29/mapgate-is-over-apple-won-customers-won-google-not-so-much/>
Farhad Manjoo, PandoDaily


> But now that iPhone users know they have a choice in where to get mapping, even Google won’t be assured success. Now we can decide between Apple, Bing, Google, Mapquest, and a host of start-ups. All the competition will fuel further investment in maps—in the same way that all browsers got better after Google began building Chrome, all mapping will get better now that Apple has decided to take on cartography.



**** The Hidden Powers Of Mountain Lion's Preview ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2010521/the-hidden-powers-of-mountain-lions-preview.html>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld


> Preview is Apple’s top-secret tool for viewing and manipulating PDF files, graphics, and more. The secret, however, isn’t that it exists (look in your Applications folder) but that this seemly simple program harbors tons of advanced features. You can use Preview to annotate PDFs, delete or rearrange PDF pages, crop images, and more. Here’s an overview of the recent additions to Preview that you may not know about.



**** Apple Quietly Bumping iCloud Storage To 25 GB Until The Year 2050? ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/09/30/apple-quietly-bumping-icloud-storage-to-25-gb-until-the-year-205/>
Michael Grothaus, TUAW


> Multiple people here at TUAW are seeing the same plan bumps, though none of us has upgraded our plans, not to mention paid 38 years in advance.

Looks to me like a bug.


**** Two Months Later, Developers (Mostly) Positive About OS X's GateKeeper ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/09/two-months-later-developers-mostly-positive-about-os-xs-gatekeeper/>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica


> Every developer we spoke to said they believe end users are better off security-wise with GateKeeper. Whether it's because users need to be protected from themselves or they simply need an extra layer of security so they can sleep easier at night, there appears to be a tremendous level of confidence in the fact that users are safer now.






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**** Putting Words In Halle Berry’s Mouth ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/magazine/cloud-atlas.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
David Mitchell, New York Times


> Yet it soon sinks in that you’ve morphed from being the Creator to the guy who happened to write the original novel.



**** How Travel Limits Our Minds ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/30/how-travel-limits-our-minds?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Julian Baggini, The Guardian


> The deeper issue is that how we travel reflects and shapes the way we think, and we have become a society of airheads.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore, Malaysia Unlikely To Implement Social Media Laws ****
<http://www.zdnet.com/singapore-malaysia-unlikely-to-implement-social-media-laws-7000005010/>
Liau Yun Qing, ZDNet


> "To introduce such a change would be a huge leap to take and means adopting a stance notably different to that taken in most other jurisdictions," said Elle Todd, partner at law firm Olswang Asia.



**** SMRT Drivers: We Are Frustrated Over NTUC’s Incompetency ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/10/smrt-drivers-we-are-frustrated-over-ntucs-incompetency/>
Kumaran Pillai, The Online Citizen


> One name kept coming up all too often – Ong Ye Kung, the Deputy Secretary General of NTUC. He was tasked to handle this case despite the fact that he serves as an independent director of SMRT’s board. The drivers are particularly angry with Ong for “short selling” them and spoke irately about his conflict of interests. 

> “This tiger,” referring to Lim Swee Say, “has no teeth,” SMRT driver expressed his disappointment over the deadlock.



**** Personalised Taxi Service Is A Happy Buyer, Happy Seller Situation ****
<http://everythingalsocomplain.com/2012/10/01/personalised-taxi-service-is-a-happy-buyer-happy-seller-situation/>
Everything Also Complain



**** SMRT's New President & CEO Desmond Kuek Outlines Key Priorities For Company ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC121001-0000125/SMRTs-new-President--CEO-Desmond-Kuek-outlines-key-priorities-for-company>
Today


> In a media statement, he said his "emphasis" going forward is to "strengthen our operations, engineering and maintenance capabilities; build up our capacity for organisational growth; and instil a strong customer service and safety culture in all our people".

Weasel words that cannot be measured.


**** No Peeling Of Pineapples Allowed In Geylang Serai Market ****
<http://everythingalsocomplain.com/2012/10/01/no-peeling-of-pineapples-allowed-in-geylang-serai-market/>
Everything Also Complain



**** Singapore May Slow Foreign-Labor Inflow ****
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444138104578028650506732238.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
Chun Han Wong, Wall Street Journal


> Singapore may impose stricter controls on the inflow of foreign workers to help boost citizens' wages and douse the rise of antiforeigner sentiment here, even as the city-state's foreign workforce grows more slowly under existing rules, a government minister said Sunday.



**** Singapore Has Golden Ambitions ****
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444752504578023801877847138.html>
Clementine Wallop, Wall Street Journal


> Singapore has emerged as one of the world's hubs for private banking for the wealthy, and now it is making a play to become the Fort Knox of Asia.



**** Civil Society Leaders, SDP Call For Political Change ****
<http://yoursdp.org/news/2012-10-02-5381>
Singaore Democratic Party


> But whatever the issues and whatever the differences in views, one thing was clear: The pro-democracy forces are alive and well in Singapore. Their enthusiasm in wanting to see Singapore progress and become politically diverse was in full display at the forum. It bodes well for the country. 



**** Singapore Manufacturers Worry About Recession As Orders Drop ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/singapore-manufacturers-worry-about-recession-orders-drop-20121001>
Aaron Low, Straits Times



**** The Next Lap Lies ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/10/the-next-lap-lies/>
Wong Hwee Lin, The Online Citizen


> I was browsing through the book “The Next Lap”, published in 1991 by The Government of Singapore, which was when Goh Chok Tong was at helm, and noted several discrepancies between what was planned in the 1990s and the reality on the grounds 20 years after its publication.



**** Less Government, More Responsibility. ****
<http://kentridgecommon.com/?p=16828>
Bryan Cheang, The Kent Ridge Common


> Let’s have a smaller government, and a bigger individual with a more active and vibrant civil society contributing to social needs.



**** No Taxis? Some Offer Extra Cash To Get A Ride ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/no-taxis-some-offer-extra-cash-get-ride-20120930>
Maria Almenoar, Straits Times


> Apart from the taxi companies' official hotlines, there are at least nine other independent service operators that help passengers book taxis using an exclusive radio network subscribed to by cabbies, sources told The Straits Times.

> Asked how this practice differed from limousine groups that charge flat fees, LTA said such bookings are made through the companies' call centres and authorised limousine counters.



**** The Road To Hell Is Paved With ERP Gantries ****
<http://www.voiddecker.com/2012/09/the-road-to-hell-is-paved-with-erp-gantries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-road-to-hell-is-paved-with-erp-gantries>
The Void Decker


> In fact, that road congestion continues to worsen merely strengthens the argument that charges are not high enough to deter more drivers.