[MyAppleMenu] Aug 28, 2009

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**** Apple Approves iPhone Music App <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcworld.com%2Farticle%2F170978%2Fapple_approves_iphone_music_app.html&usg=AFQjCNGxOviaJDvtA4C2dv5HHTnO689rBA>
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service

Apple has approved a streaming music application from Spotify for use on the iPhone, even though the program will compete with Apple's own iTunes service.

**** Yelp Brings First US Augmented Reality App To iPhone Store <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yelp_brings_first_us_augmented_reality_to_iphone_s.php>
Marshall Kirkpatrick, ReadWriteWeb

Social review service Yelp has snuck the first Augmented Reality (AR) iPhone app specifically for the US into the iTunes App Store. The undisclosed new feature allows iPhone 3Gs owners to shake their phones three times to turn on a view called "the Monocle." This view uses the phone's GPS and compass to display markers for restaurants, bars and other nearby businesses on top of the camera's view.

**** China Unicom Strikes iPhone Deal <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125144884553566179.html>
Lorraine Luk and Aaron Back, Wall Street Journal

China Unicom Ltd. said Friday it signed a three-year agreement with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in China, with an official initial launch likely in the fourth quarter.

China Unicom didn't elaborate on its iPhone plans in a statement, but investors are eagerly anticipating details on pricing, the service package, and the extent of handset subsidies. It is also unclear whether the device's Wi-Fi Internet function will have to be disabled to comply with Chinese regulations. Apple spokesman Alan Hely confirmed the deal with China Unicom, but declined to give further details.

**** Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Perfection, Refined <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infoworld.com%2Fd%2Fmac%2Fmac-os-x-snow-leopard-perfection-refined-364&usg=AFQjCNFvJlMNIc6P1ViFbXO-SDrdrHoyWw>
Tom Yager, InfoWorld

Owners of Intel Macs should consider Snow Leopard a must-have because it's optimized for their hardware to an extreme that Apple could not approach before.

**** Installing Snow Leopard: What You Need To Know <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=ba1784e405b5c11d562919c6ffa06339>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

**** Wake On Demand Lets Snow Leopard Sleep With One Eye Open <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=6878a9b67f43f5a28a3fc0f2fb786d20>
Glenn Fleishman, Macworld

Wake on Demand is a useful feature for Mac users who share resources between multiple machines, but it comes with some notable provisos. The first is the type of equipment you’ll need.

**** Apple's Growing Role In WebKit Development, And What It Means For Flash <http://www.edibleapple.com/apples-growing-role-in-webkit-development-and-what-it-means-for-flash/>
Edible Apple

**** Snow Leopard's Old And New Annoyances <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=db9795a319b3d7bfab910d09873d07b7>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

Overall, I have to say that many of the problems things that annoyed me in OS X 10.5 are still there in 10.6. And I found a couple of new ones.



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**** Six Reasons Why Microsoft Struggles With Innovation <http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/six-reasons-why-microsoft-struggles-innovation-116>
Julie Bort, Network World

Me-too thinking and an inability to partner for great technology are just two of the reasons why Microsoft struggles mightily with innovation.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Status Of The P Versus NP Problem <http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/9/38904-the-status-of-the-p-versus-np-problem/fulltext>
Lance Fortnow, Communications Of The ACM

It's one of the fundamental mathematical problems of our time, and its importance grows with the rise of powerful computers.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Chiam See Tong And Kenneth Jeyaretnam To Form GRC Team? <http://temasekreview.com/?p=12549>
The Temasek Review

Veteran opposition leader Mr Chiam See Tong has sounded the Secretary-General of the Reform Party, Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam out for forming a joint GRC team to compete in the next general election due by early 2012.

**** Sports Hub Delayed Again <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_422403.html?FORM=ZZNR7>
Leonard Lim, Straits Times

Delays continue to dog the Sports Hub, with the earliest completion date for the troubled $1.87 billion project at Kallang now understood to be 2013.

This has put Singapore's hosting of the 2013 South-east Asia Games in jeopardy.

**** Services Sector Slump <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_422414.html>
Alvin Foo, Straits Times

Manufacturing may be on the mend, but Singapore's key services sector still seems sluggish despite the recent stock market rally and property boom.

**** Singapore Airlines Remains Atop the List In A Tough Year <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB125139326851064119.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&usg=AFQjCNEK_Wqrx9ay1TVnJ3cw9cFPO5iBtQ>
Cris Prystay, Wall Street Journal

Singapore Airlines dominates the survey each year because the company consistently delivers on its brand promise: the airline boasts top-tier service, the latest in-flight entertainment and amenities, and one of the youngest fleets in the sky.

**** Service Sector Cries Out For Foreigners: State Media Blames Locals For Being Selective <http://temasekreview.com/?p=12554>
The Temasek Review

The state media has once again blamed Singaporeans for being selective about jobs in another biased and one-sided article.

**** Parliament Sits On Sept 14 <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_422470.html>
Straits Times

**** When The Economy Dives, The GST Must Too <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/08/when-the-economy-dives-the-gst-must-too/>
Imran Ahmed, The Online Citizen

It is time for the government to consider lowering the GST rate in light of how it hurts the poor more than the rich.

**** MIT Partners With Island Nation To Build New Technology School <http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N31/singapore.html>
MIT The Tech

In line with its mission to advance scientific knowledge “that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century,” MIT is working on a new international collaboration that will include aid in overseeing the opening of a new design-based university and an international design center which will both be located in Singapore.