[MyAppleMenu] Oct 2, 2012

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Apple Q4 Earnings Call Scheduled For October 25 ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/01/apple-q4-earnings-call-scheduled-for-october-25/>
Steven Sande, TUAW



**** Apple Maps Up To Five Times More Data Efficient Than Google Maps ****
<http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/10/01/apple-maps-up-to-five-times-more-data-efficient-than-google-maps/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29>
Jim Dalrymple, The Loop


> “On Google Maps, the average data loaded from the cellular network for each step was 1.3MB, the company wrote on its Web site. “Apple Maps came in at 271KB – that’s approximately 80% less data! On some actions, such as zooming in to see a particular intersection, Apple Maps’ efficiency advantage edged close to 7X.”



**** Keyboard Maestro And The Automation Mindset ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/01/keyboard-maestro-and-the-automation-mindset/>
TJ Luoma, TUAW


> I think Keyboard Maestro is perhaps one of the more difficult apps to explain, because how <i>I</i> use it might vary greatly from how <i>you</i> use it, but once you get to know how it works and some of the things it can do, maybe you'll see how you might use it.



**** Apple Warns The Masses To Stop Using Retina MacBook Pro Palm Rests ****
<http://www.macgasm.net/2012/10/01/apple-warns-the-masses-to-stop-using-macbook-palm-rests/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macgasm%2Fmain+%28Macgasm%29>
Joshua Schnell, Macgasm



**** New Apple Developer Guideline Bans Apps That Promote Other Apps ****
<http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/10/01/app-store-promotion>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball


> I’m not sure I see any problem that Apple is solving here with this ban.



**** Update Fixes Verizon iPhone 5 Data Glitch; Customers Won't Be Charged For Overages ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2010887/update-fixes-verizon-iphone-5-data-glitch-customers-wont-be-charged-for-overages.html>
Lex Friedman, Macworld


> Verizon iPhone 5 customers may have noticed an issue wherein their phones gobbled up extra cellular data when they were theoretically connected to Wi-Fi networks. Those customers now have two bits of good news: There’s a special software update that fixes the problem, and they won’t be responsible for unexpected charges related to unintended network overages related to the issue that spurred the carrier update in the first place.



**** Deleting Music App Tracks Under iOS 6 ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2010675/deleting-music-app-tracks-under-ios-6.html>
Christopher Breen, Macworld






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Dear Everyone Teaching Programming: You're Doing It Wrong ****
<http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429438/dear-everyone-teaching-programming-youre-doing-it/?ref=rss>
John Paylus, Technology Review


> If we want to bring coding skills to the masses, we may have to reinvent what programming is.






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** A Blow Delivered By A Murderer: Reading “The Ego Trick” ****
<http://www.bookslut.com/features/2012_10_019445.php>
Elizabeth Bachner, Bookslut


> I’ve been thinking about myself a lot -- my puffy, fragile ego, my always-dying body -- and about the other people I know, and the selves they create. I like to read theories about the self, the mind and the brain and the body and the ego, and I like to read theories about love, and I like to read theories about how and why the universe works, but ultimately my lack of a control center is clear, ultimately it’s clear at every moment that the others don’t have any control centers either.






SingaporeSurf
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**** From Fluorescent Lightings To LED Lightings In All HDB Flats ****
<http://gintai.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/from-fluorescent-lightings-to-led-lightings-in-all-hdb-flats/>
Gintai_昇泰


> They told me that they were contractors engaged by the town council to change all the lightings in the estate. They told me the new lighting which is standard 2 feet instead of 4 feet previously is LED. No starter and no fluorescent tube. Just LED bulb which can last for more than 5 years. No need to maintain for the next 5 years once it’s installed.



**** Minimum Wage - The Necessity For Capitalism ****
<http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.sg/2012/10/minimum-wage-necessity-for-capitalism.html>
Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives


> The crux of the matter is about how to set a <i>fair wage</i> to reflect a Living Wage, instead of whether we should or should not have a minimum wage policy.



**** Resale HDB Flat Prices Continue To Rise ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC121002-0000035/Resale-HDB-flat-prices-continue-to-rise>
Sumita Sreedharan, Today


> The faster rate of increase in resale prices came despite the government aggressively ramping up the supply of new flats. 

> And analysts TODAY spoke to cited the continued strong demand from buyers who are ineligible for Build-to-Order flats such as Permanent Residents and singles, as well as second-time buyers who require housing immediately and are unable to wait for BTO units to be built.