[MyAppleMenu] Jun 5, 2010

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**** Apple Won't Support iPhone To iPad Tethering <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/04/apple-disallows-iphone-to-ipad-tethering/>
David Winograd, TUAW

**** Bugs & Fixes: Router's Network Password Can Slow Wi-Fi Speed <http://www.macworld.com/article/151796/2010/06/wifispeed.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Ted Landau, Macworld

If you are getting a strong signal and everything else seems to be working fine, your type of password may be the reason behind the slow down.

**** Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing <http://minimalmac.com/post/663697093>
Minimal Mac

**** DashPad Skirts The App Store With Web-based Widget App <http://www.macworld.com/article/151778/2010/06/dashpad_widgets_ipad.html?lsrc=rss_main>
David Chartier, Macworld

DashPad lets you run multiple widgets in Safari on your iPad, such as a calculator, sticky note, Google search box, unit converter, and a Yellow Pages directory. You can arrange them any way you want, and the widgets will remain in their place even if you have to reload the page.

**** MobileMe Account Type Changes Hint At Upcoming Tiers <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/mobileme-account-types-may-hint-at-upcoming-changes.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

Turns out that several MobileMe subscribers have reported having their account type change, fueling speculation that Apple will announce tiers to MobileMe subscriptions next week during WWDC.

**** iPad 3G Shortage Won’t Bar Getting Unlimited Data Plan, AT&T Says <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/short-supply-of-ipad-3g-spurs-att-discussions/>
Nick Bilton, New York Times

On Friday, a company spokesman said the decision had been made. “AT&T will honor the $29.99 unlimited data pricing for customers who order iPad by June 7,” he said.

**** Expression Media Handed Off By Microsoft <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/04/expression-media-handed-off-by-microsoft/>
Michael Rose, TUAW

**** Boxcar Brings Push Notification Management To The iPad — And Goes Completely Free <http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/04/boxcar-ipad/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch

**** Steve Ballmer's iPad Point: Not Affordable For All <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20006832-64.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Brooke Crothers, CNET News

**** Developing For The iPhone OS: App Store Vs. Web Apps <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177591/Developing_for_the_iPhone_OS_App_Store_vs._Web_Apps>
Ryan Faas, Computerworld

If you're coding for the iPhone or iPad, you have to choose.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Beatrice And Virgil By Yann Martel <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/05/beatrice-and-virgil-yann-martel?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
James Lasdun, The Guardian

What a perplexing mixture of opposites Yann Martel's long-awaited new novel turns out to be: clarity and confusion, insight and banality, boldness and a persistent, self-monitoring nervousness.

**** King Death By Toby Litt <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/05/king-death-toby-litt?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Gabriel Weston, The Guardian

Toby Litt is well known as a fictional shape-shifter who has tackled genres as diverse as crime, chick-lit and science fiction, and for his intention to work his way through the entire alphabet with the titles of his novels. He has expanded this repertoire even further with King Death, a book that combines love story with action-packed medical whodunit.

**** Tea Death <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/05/tea-death-poem-jo-shapcott?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Jo Shapcott, The Guardian

**** Travel Books <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/books/review/Travel-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Alida Becker, New York Times

It might be just a coincidence. Or another sign of publishing’s adaptation to the age of austerity. In any case, this season’s most interesting travel books have gone into staycation mode. Their authors aren’t any less curious about the wider world, but they tend to be nest builders, not vagabonds.

**** Our Cluttered Minds <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/books/review/Lehrer-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Jonah Lehrer, New York Times

Socrates started what may have been the first technology scare. In the “Phaedrus,” he lamented the invention of books, which “create forgetfulness” in the soul. Instead of remembering for themselves, Socrates warned, new readers were blindly trusting in “external written characters.” The library was ruining the mind.

In “The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains,” the technology writer Nicholas Carr extends this anxiety to the 21st century.



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**** Do Telcos Truly Care For Customers? <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_535588.html>
Tan Hock Chuan, Straits Times

Can the telcos claim to truly care for their customers when they have made it so inconvenient and costly for us to even sign up for their packages?

Excuse me, if you did not sign up, you are not a customer! If you cannot afford, maybe the telcos don't want you as a customer?

**** MRT Vandalism: Swiss National To Face Charges <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100605-0000105/MRT-vandalism--Swiss-national-to-face-charges>
Surekha Yadav, Today

A 33-year-old Swiss male national who is alleged to have broken into an SMRT depot and vandalised a train will be charged in court today. He faces a charge of trespassing into a protected place and two charges of vandalism.

**** Roaming Charges Between S'pore And M'sia May Fall By 20% <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100605-0000103/Roaming-charges-between-Spore-and-Msia-may-fall-by-20>
Ryan Huang, Today

Mobile phone auto-roaming charges between the two countries may fall by as much as 20 per cent as early as August, if a push by regulators to clamp down on high rates takes hold.

**** Rich Religions Pose New Woes <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2010/6/5/columnists/insightdownsouth/6399230&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

Singaporeans blame the greed on a materialistic society rather than just the priests and monks, who are also humans like us. However, some call for a strict separation between religion and business.