[MyAppleMenu] Jun 9, 2010

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**** The Merits Of iPhone Moviemaking <http://www.macworld.com/article/151884/2010/06/iphone_imovie_merits.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

The iPhone and iMovie for iPhone, with its family-and-friends focus, is likely to change the way people think about portable video—how it’s shot as well as edited. It will be interesting to see if iPhone 4 owners continue to produce polished videos after the novelty of editing video on the iPhone wears off.

**** WWDC 2010 Journal, Day 1 <http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2010/06/wwdc-2010-journal-day-1.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OfficialGoogleMacBlog+%28Official+Google+Mac+Blog%29>
Mike Morton, Google Mac Team, Google Mac Blog

Audience folks quickly caught on to the idea that if you put an interesting message on your iPad screen, the camera would find you.

**** Five Hundred Wi-Fi Networks Walk Into A Bar <http://futuretense.publicradio.org/blog/index.php?id=677444556>
Glenn Fleishman, Future Tense

Wi-Fi can cope with a lot of so-called interference, but the protocol wasn’t designed to handle hundreds of overlapping networks in a small space.

**** FaceTime Changes Name To Avoid Apple Conflict <http://www.microscope.co.uk/news/vendor-news/facetime-changes-name-to-avoid-apple-conflict-1/>
Simon Quicke, Microscope.co.uk

Messaging security specialist FaceTime has announced plans to scrap its name after Apple unveiled plans to use the same moniker for its video calling application. The vendor has decided it will change its name after agreeing with Apple that it would not have a conflict over branding.

**** First Smithsonian Mobile App Offers Virtual Tour Of Klein Exhibit <http://www.macworld.com/article/151891/2010/06/smithsonian_app.html?lsrc=rss_main>
David Dahlquist, Macworld

**** The Things We Carry! <http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article06081001.aspx>
Greg Beato, The Smart Set

Pots help sell plants. Bookshelves move books. It’s the same with high-tech gadgets. The usefulness of the iPad may still be up for debate, but the case vendors have already literally created a place for it in our lives.

**** Could Apple's MiFi Meltdown Have Been Avoided With A WiFi Investment? <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/could-apples-mifi-meltdown-have-been-avoided-with-a-wifi-investment/35625>
Sam Diaz, ZDNet

In a nutshell, the best way to get around this is to understand the connectivity needs of your audience and cough up enough dough to make sure that the in-house WiFi is robust enough so that guys like me can use it to do our jobs. Shutting down my laptop yesterday so Steve Jobs could run his demo was something I was not willing to do. Just like Steve, I was there to do a job. His was to present. Mine was to liveblog.

**** Apple Is Shutting Google And Microsoft Out Of iOS Advertising Analytics <http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/08/apple-is-shutting-google-and-microsoft-out-of-ios-advertising-analytics/>
Seth Weintraub, Fortune

Apple yesterday upgraded its iPhone Developer Program License Agreement with very specific terms that give it significant advantages over Google and Microsoft in advertising.

**** Better Screen, Same Typography <http://www.subtraction.com/2010/06/08/better-screen-same-typography>
Khoi Vinh, Subtraction

Building a great display for typography without building great typographic tools is a dereliction of duty.

**** Where's The Mac? Apple's WWDC An iPhone World <http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20007107-260.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Erica Ogg, CNET News

In light of the pattern of the last few years, and the company's growing mobile device and mobile platform businesses, Mac OS X's absence Monday is curious.

**** Apple Keynote Fail. Google Keynote Fail. It's All Good. <http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/2367808,ihnatko-apple-iphone-google-keynote-060810.article>
Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times

Those of us in the business of lame analogies are eager to seize upon this incident as an illustration of the fundamental difference between Apple and Google. Apple commands more control over their developers and their community.

**** Safari 5's 'Reader' Nudges Web Publishers To App Store <http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/06/safari-5s-ad-blocker-nudges-web-publishers-to-app-store>
Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired

Ultimately, Apple’s ad blocker differs from the rest because the company also offers a protected alternative for web publishers — the Apple App Store — where they can publish without having their advertisements blocked.

**** First Look: Safari 5's Extensions <http://www.macworld.com/article/151899/2010/06/safari5_extensions.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Marco Tabini, Macworld

It's still too early to say whether extensions will catch on and become an important part of the Safari ecosystem. Their introduction, however, kicks Safari's capabilities up a serious notch and represents a direct move against Firefox, although the latter has a considerable lead and a well-established reputation as an extensible browser that are going to be difficult to overcome.

**** Apple's "Evil/Genius" Plan To Punk The Web And Gild The iPad <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/apples-evil-genius-plan-to-punk-the-web-and-gild-the-ipad.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Ken Fisher, Ars Technica

So the company that has made an advertising platform a major part of its iOS strategy is also hawking an ad-blocking technology for its Web browser, where it has no stake in ads.

**** WWDC10: Apple Design Awards Go To Notable iPhone, iPad Apps <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/wwdc10-apple-design-awards-go-to-notable-iphone-ipad-apps.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

**** Apple iPhone 4: An Update On Those Reasons Not To Buy One <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7811955/Apple-iPhone-4-an-update-on-those-reasons-not-to-buy-one.html>
Matt Warman, Telegraph

**** Apple Developers, You're Living On The Edge <http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-20007158-256.html>
Molly Wood, CNET News

If there are three reasons an app can be initially rejected from the store, there seem to be innumerable and incomprehensible reasons an app can be yanked from the store.

**** Review: eBlaster Mac 2010 <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/545039/review/eblaster_mac_2010.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

eBlaster is a powerful tool for collecting information on any and everything taking place on a monitored computer. While I have to admit that the idea of having to gather this kind of information does make my skin crawl a bit, I’m also aware that these tools are necessary. And when you need to surreptitiously monitor what’s happening on another computer you won’t find a better application that eBlaster.

**** How Apple's New Ad-blocker Could Save The Media (Maybe) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2010/jun/09/apple-ad-blocker-save-media>
Peter Robins, The Guardian

In other words, two of the big threats to the ad-supported model, ad-blocking and excess inventory, might end up cancelling each other out. I did promise you absurd optimism.

**** Accessibility For The Visually Impaired Has Come A Long Way, Thanks To Apple, But Not Far Enough <http://www.smartplanet.com/people/blog/pure-genius/accessibility-for-the-vision-impaired-has-come-a-long-way-thanks-to-apple-but-not-far-enough/3921/?tag=mantle_skin;content>
Melanie D.G. Kaplan, SmartPlanet

We put a lot of pressure on AT&T (Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act requires manufacturers and providers of phones to be accessible) and Apple to make the iPhone accessible. They promised it would be, and in a year or two, it was. They not only took VoiceOver and moved it over to iPhone, but they changed they way you use the touch screen so it was accessible for someone who can’t see it.

**** Apple's iPad Muscles Into Corporate Asia After Retail Buzz <http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65816420100609?type=technologyNews>
Miyoung Kim, Reuters

Apple's iPad, initially viewed as a Web entertainment gadget for consumers, is quickly making inroads across businesses in Asia as wedding planners, luxury hotels and airlines hook up to the tablet computer.

**** Foxconn Passes Raise Costs To Customers <http://www.zdnet.com.au/foxconn-passes-raise-costs-to-customers-339303743.htm>
AAP

Foxconn Technology Group says its customers — which include global technology giants Apple and Dell — will have to pay more after it increased wages in China by nearly two-thirds in the aftermath of a spate of worker suicides.

**** Jobs Has Lofty Goal fFor iPhone 4's FaceTime Video Chat With Open Standard <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177819/Jobs_has_lofty_goal_for_iPhone_4_s_FaceTime_video_chat_with_open_standard>
Matt Hamblen, Computerworld

Getting an open standard will mean not only talking to standards bodies, but also persuading some industry powerhouses to get behind those standards, including Cisco Systems, Microsoft and Google.

All of those competitors are surely interested in providing video chat with mobile devices and could easily favor going in a separate direction from Apple. Developing one's own technology outside of the mainstream industry standard is the very nature of how some technology companies compete -- and win -- today, including Apple.

**** Why Instapaper Will Never Be Booted From The iTunes App Store <http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/guest/25305/?ref=rss>
Christopher Mims, Technology Review

Creator of the popular reading app Marco Armenti on how he's managed to avoid angering the New York Times - so far.



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**** Stay <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/06/14/100614po_poem_wright>
Franz Wright, New Yorker

**** Lenny Hearts Eunice <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/06/14/100614fi_fiction_shteyngart>
Gary Shteyngart, New Yorker

**** The Book Of The Dead Man (Vertigo) <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/06/14/100614po_poem_bell>
Marvin Bell, New Yorker

**** The Entire Northern Side Was Covered With Fire <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/06/14/100614fi_fiction_galchen>
Rivka Galchen, New Yorker

**** The Kid <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/06/14/100614fi_fiction_scibona>
Salvatore Scibona, New Yorker

**** The Art Of War <http://www.slate.com/id/2256341/?from=rss>
Brian Palmer, Slate Magazine

Why do commandos use paintball guns?

**** Table for 2? Get Ready To Wait In Line <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/dining/09reservations.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Glenn Collins, New York Times

Reservations? Not accepted.

That is the blunt message for restless queues of hungry diners at a clutch of new restaurants in New York City, ranging from Má Pêche, David Chang’s place in Midtown; to the Breslin, April Bloomfield’s kitchen north of Madison Square Park; to Fatty ’Cue, Zak Pelaccio’s restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.



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**** Do Away With 'Seat-Less' Trains <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100609-0000057/Do-away-with-seat-less-trains>
Wendy Lim, Today


>From what I can see, in such carriages, people do not stand as close to one another, maintaining more personal space around themselves. Besides, most people force their way into the carriages with seats in the hope of getting one should someone alight.


**** iPhone Fans: Get Ready For July <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100609-0000128/iPhone-fans--Get-ready-for-July>
Today

Telco SingTel said it was in the final stages of discussions with Apple to bring the handset to Singapore, while StarHub and M1 said they hoped to bring in the product in the coming months.

**** SMRT Says Sorry <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_537546.html>
Maria Almenoar & Teh Joo Lin, Straits Times

The gaffe was admitted yesterday by SMRT's chief executive Saw Phaik Hwa, who apologised for the 'serious lapse'.

**** Foxconn Wage Rise Spells Trouble For Singapore <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/foxconn-wage-rise-spells-trouble-for-singapore>
Yawning Bread

Our socio-economic model is based on the idea that the racial split in Singapore can/must be maintained even if we import foreigners to do the low wage jobs. The rise of China, specifically the rise of wage levels in China, will put this complacency to the test.

**** Disunity & Being Uninformed Are Primary Factors In PAP's Long Rule <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/06/09/disunity-being-uninformed-are-primary-factors-in-paps-long-rule/>
Andrew Thiam, The Temasek Review

**** Letter Of The Law Rules <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2010/06/letter-of-law-rules.html>
Singapore Notes

Law enforcers in Singapore have it easy, they simply go by the letter of the law. Not for them the headaches of solving the idiomatic antithesis of pitting the letter of the law versus the spirit of the law.

**** Goodbye KTM Tracks <http://myqueenstown.blogspot.com/2010/06/goodbye-ktm-tracks.html>
My Queenstown

These sound of chooing trains and the chit-chatter of young kids playing along the tracks will soon be thing of the past.