[MyAppleMenu] Oct 7, 2012

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**** Apple Issues Support Article To Address Purple Light Flare From iPhone 5 Camera ****
<http://www.imore.com/apple-issues-support-article-address-purple-light-flare-iphone-5-camera>
Chris Oldroyd, IMore


> Apple has issued a support article to address the mounting concern over the strange purple light being found on numerous photographs taken with the iPhone 5’s camera. The problem shows on the photographs as a purple flare on the edge of a picture or as an actual purple spot in the main frame of the picture. Apple’s support article addresses these issues and claims there is nothing to worry about.



**** iOS 6 Gripes: App Store Search Is Now Less Usable ****
<http://www.imore.com/ios-6-gripes-app-store-search-way-less-useful>
Rene Ritchie, IMore


> In other words, it looks better but doesn't work better.



**** Why Does Apple's Calendar Look So Out Of Date? ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/07/apples-calendar-out-of-date?newsfeed=true>
John Naughton, The Guardian


> The interesting problem will come in 10 years' time when designers will be disdaining the new computer interfaces that mimic the apps-centric interfaces of 2012. The French have a phrase for this: <i>plus ça change</i>.






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** The 14 Most Interesting Startups To Emerge From DEMO ****
<http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/05/the-14-most-interesting-startups-to-emerge-from-demo/>
Rip Empson, TechCrunch






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**** Berlin And Its 'Democratic' Canteen Culture ****
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19703080>
Stephen Evans, BBC


> Why should works canteens be just for the workers, and not for the rest of us?



**** Goodbye, Alt-Weeklies ****
<http://www.salon.com/2012/10/06/goodbye_alt_weeklies/>
Will Doig, Salon


> Papers like the Village Voice once defined urban cool. Their time is gone -- and so is part of each city's soul.



**** The Solitude Of Invention ****
<http://magazine.columbia.edu/features/fall-2012/solitude-invention>
Stacey Kors, Columbia Magazine


> Paul Auster, one of America’s most enigmatic literary figures, has opened up about his life in a new memoir. Now he opens his front door.



**** A Guy, A Girl, And 366 Straight Days At Disneyland ****
<http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/107239/guy-girl-and-366-straight-days-disneyland#>
T.A. Frank, The New Republic


> A recessionary tale.






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**** Property Prices In Singapore – The Gordian Knot? ****
<http://sgscribbler.com/2012/10/03/property-prices-in-singapore-the-gordian-knot/>
TheScribbler


> If the Singapore government is serious about putting a control on property prices, with a bold vision of bringing prices down affordable levels, it must be prepare to tackle the root cause of our escalating prices, namely the rightward shifting property demand curve – the influx of immigrants which would only fuel demand for property.



**** Singapore Women Are Sexualized By Local Media ****
<http://www.bikyamasr.com/79422/singapore-women-are-sexualized-by-local-media/>
Joseph Mayton, Bikya Masr


> Take the headline on AsiaOne.com today concerning a Durex condemn report on sexual misadventures in Asia. The headline read “S’pore women ’5th most unfaithful in Asia’.” Sure, that could be news, but a quick read of the first paragraph of the story delivers the true story that seemed to have been forgotten and left out. Singapore men are the <i>first</i> most unfaithful in Asia, according to the condemn brand’s report.



**** Meet In The Middle On The Nimby Problem ****
<http://www.singapolitics.sg/views/meet-middle-nimby-problem>
Andrea Ong, Straits Times



**** Singapore Caps Residential Loan Tenures After Prices Hit Record ****
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-05/singapore-restricts-loan-tenure-for-residential-properties.html>
Pooja Thakur And Sanat Vallikappen, Bloomberg


> Low interest rates are likely to persist for some time and will continue to spur demand in the residential property market, pushing up prices beyond sustainable levels, the central bank said in the statement.



**** NTUC Calls For 2 Weeks Of Paternity Leave ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1229892/1/.html>
Hetty Musfirah, Channel NewsAsia


> Instead of a compulsory two-day leave for fathers, it is now proposing for the government to grant two weeks of paid paternity leave.



**** Lee Hsien Loong And Citizen-ownership Democracy. ****
<http://cod-democracy.blogspot.sg/2012/10/lee-hsien-loong-and-citizen-ownership.html>
Nicole Tin, Citizen-Owned Democracy



**** 30,000 HDB Flats Managed By Private Operators? ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/10/30000-hdb-flats-managed-by-private-operators/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen