[MyAppleMenu] Sep 27, 2012

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Street View Coming To Google Maps Web App In Two Weeks ****
<http://www.macgasm.net/2012/09/27/street-view-coming-to-google-maps-web-app-in-two-weeks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macgasm%2Fmain+%28Macgasm%29>
Kaylie Moise, Macgasm



**** Drip Makes Sharing Large Files Simpler ****
<http://www.macstories.net/mac/drip-makes-sharing-large-files-simpler/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Lukas Hermann, MacStories



**** The Primetimeness Of Apple’s Passbook ****
<http://robottuxedo.net/the-primetimeness-of-apples-passbook>
Matthew Panzarino, Robot Tuxedo


> I’m not trying to hurt any feelings or disparage anyone here, but it bears correcting.



**** Some Users Reporting Difficulty Removing Lightning Cable's USB End ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/09/26/some-users-reporting-difficulty-removing-lightning-cables-usb-e/>
Kelly Hodgkins, TUAW



**** On The Timing Of Apple’s Map Switch ****
<http://daringfireball.net/2012/09/timing_of_apples_map_switch>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball


> But if the old agreement between Apple and Google expired in the first half of 2013 (which, again, my own sources familiar with the matter agree to be the case), that means the deal was set to expire halfway through the expected year-long life cycle for iOS 6. If Apple had stuck with Google Maps for another year they would have been forced to renegotiate with Google in a situation where both sides at the table would know that Apple either (a) had to agree to whatever terms Google demanded to extend the deal; or (b) would be forced to swap the mapping back-end of iOS 6 midway through its development cycle.



**** “iCloud Backup” ****
<http://www.marco.org/2012/09/26/icloud-backup>
Marco Arment


> But even the iPad, while easy to use for routine tasks, still shows its computer heritage in clunky, ugly, techie ways like software updates and restores. And while Apple Stores have a reputation for great service, there are enough counterexamples happening every day that I’m not sure how much longer that reputation will last.



**** Apple-Google Maps Talks Crashed Over Voice-Guided Directions ****
<http://allthingsd.com/20120926/apple-google-maps-talks-crashed-over-voice-guided-directions/?mod=tweet>
John Paczkowski, All Things D


> “There were a number of issues inflaming negotiations, but voice navigation was the biggest,” one source familiar with Apple and Google’s negotiations told AllThingsD. “Ultimately, it was a deal-breaker.”



**** Recording Your iPhone Calls ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2010545/recording-your-iphone-calls.html>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



**** Subtle UI Changes In iOS 6 And The Case For The Blue Status Bar ****
<http://theindustry.cc/2012/09/26/subtle-ui-changes-in-ios-6-and-the-case-for-the-blue-status-bar/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29>
Chris Armstrong, The Industry



**** iPhone As Plane Ticket, A Passbook Experience ****
<http://blog.blankbaby.com/2012/09/iphone-as-plane-ticket-a-passbook-experience.html>
Scott McNulty, Blankbaby


> Once you get the ticket into Passbook it is a nice experience, but adding stuff to Passbook isn't intuitive.



**** RE: What’s The Deal With Passbook?	 ****
<http://jordanstaniscia.com/2012/09/whats-deal-passbook/>
Jordan Staniscia






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Broadcast TV Aims For Your Smartphone ****
<http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429267/broadcast-tv-aims-for-your-smartphone/?ref=rss>
David Talbot, Technology Review


> Two groups are preparing services that will deliver television signals to mobile devices.






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Darkness And Death, No Magic To Help ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/books/book-review-the-casual-vacancy-by-j-k-rowling.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times


> It’s easy to understand why Ms. Rowling wanted to try something totally different after spending a decade and a half inventing and complicating the fantasy world that Harry and company inhabited, and one can only admire her gumption in facing up to the overwhelming expectations created by the global phenomenon that was Harry Potter. Unfortunately, the real-life world she has limned in these pages is so willfully banal, so depressingly clichéd that “The Casual Vacancy” is not only disappointing — it’s dull.



**** JK Rowling Review: 'The Casual Vacancy' Breaks Harry Potter's Spell ****
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9569032/JK-Rowling-review-The-Casual-Vacancy-breaks-Harry-Potters-spell.html>
Allison Pearson, Telegraph


> The Casual Vacancy, JK Rowling’s first adult novel, is sometimes funny, often startlingly well observed, and full of cruelty and despair.



**** JK Rowling: The Casual Vacancy – Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/27/jk-rowling-casual-vacancy-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Theo Tait, The Guardian


> The Casual Vacancy is no masterpiece, but it's not bad at all: intelligent, workmanlike, and often funny.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Misjudging Politics In A Conversation ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/09/misjudging-politics-in-a-conversation/>
Howard Lee, The Online Citizen


> In other words, Wong and others like him need to realise that the ball is in the PAP's court to prove that they can be non-partisan, rather than lambast those who are raising the red flag on partisanship as 'politicised'. Proof is in actions, not words.

> We want diverse voices, even oppositional ones that sit at the far ends of the fence of logic and possibility, to get to the bottom of matters and stimulate a hearty, if not heart-felt, discussion, rather than another consensus building show-and-tell. And Singaporeans have the right to expect the National Conversations to be like that.



**** Civil Service's Low Absorption Capacity for Social Innovation ****
<http://www.myapplemenu.comhttps://www.facebook.com/TharmanShanmugaratnam/posts/515282325167930>
Jack Sim, Facebook


> I felt welcome outside my country and rejected in my own homeland. It is a very painful feeling when you love your country. When you see so many things that can be done and felt powerless to do something about it.



**** From Wong To Wong ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/topstory/item/782-from-wong-to-wong>
Wong Wee Nam, Publichouse.sg


> However, Mr. Wong’s call would get my sympathy vote if only it had been a universal call that includes those other decent people, with alternative ideas and opinions, who have been vilified for making genuine efforts to participate in nation building.

> In the past many of these people have been portrayed as trouble-makers, anti-national elements, liars, cheats, Marxists, psycopaths and what have you. As a result, because of media slant and the climate of fear, such decent people with genuine intention to serve the nation and participate in the affairs of the country were avoided like contagious diseases and looked upon as deviants just because they were associated with the opposition.

Vilify others just because you don't agree with them? PAP's an expert.


**** Singapore Will Take In Foreigners At Comfortable Pace, Lee Says ****
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-26/singapore-will-take-in-foreigners-at-comfortable-pace-lee-says.html>
Sharon Chen, Bloomberg


> “We have slowed down the intake of foreigners but we will continue taking in foreigners at a pace” that citizens “find comfortable,” Lee, 89, said at a conference in Singapore yesterday.



**** DPM Teo Must Explain Meeting With Archbishop ****
<http://yoursdp.org/news/2012-09-26-5375>
Singaore Democratic Party



**** Uh Oh! Singapore Heads Towards Recession In 3Q12 ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/economy/news/uh-oh-singapore-heads-towards-recession-in-3q12>
Singapore Business Review



**** The Government Should Not Get Involved In The Row Between Archbishop Chia And Function 8 ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/09/the-government-should-not-get-involved-in-the-row-between-archbishop-chia-and-function-8/>
Ghui, The Online Citizen


> No religious groups are expressing inflammatory remarks nor is any party inciting religious unrest! The only tenuous connection to religion is that one of the parties is an archbishop! This is hardly about religion and raises the question of whether politics have crept into the domain of religion in what is supposed to be a secular system.



**** PM Lee Explains Need For PSLE ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1228167/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia


> First, to assess the child having finished primary school, has attained the standard expected of him. Second, Singapore needs some way to post people to secondary schools and for the schools to choose the students.