[MyAppleMenu] Jun 16, 2010

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Reactions To "Multitasking In iOS 4 Is Not A Magical Sparkle Pony" <http://benjaminmayo.posterous.com/reactions-to-multitasking-in-ios-4-is-not-a-m>
Benjamin Mayo, My Playground Of Thought

Apple's implementation of "multitasking" isn't perfect from a function perspective (the overall experience is very good though), although it certainly is better than what the article makes it out to be.

**** Apple Is Killing The Tech Sector <http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/top-stocks/blog.aspx?post=1770323&_blg=1,1770381>
Scott Moritz, TheStreet

Call it hardball or capitalism in its purest form, but Apple's autocratic approach to business and the current sway its products have in the market have been nothing but punishment for other players.

You cannot count the number of failures brought on by Apple without also counting the number of new players making apps, iPod and iPhone cases, and USB peripherals.

**** Apple's New Mac Mini Is A Small Business Server Too <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/198884/apples_new_mac_mini_is_a_small_business_server_too.html>
Jeff Bertolucci, PC World

The Mac mini seems well equipped for office life. It may achieve greater success as a small business server than as a living room media center, particularly if the next incarnation of Apple TV is a hit.

**** Apple's iPhone App Moral Hypocrisy <http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/apples-iphone-app-moral-hypocrisy-194?r=842>
Galen Gruman, InfoWorld

The company wants to ensure both technical and moral purity -- a sure path to killing Apple's creative spirit.

**** iPhone 4 Sold Out <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/15/iphone-4-sold-out/>
Victor Agreda, Jr., TUAW

Yes, the mighty iPhone 4 (and Apple's marketing) have won the day and are, at this moment, currently sold out at AT&T's stores for launch day delivery (you can still preorder from Apple, however).

**** iPhone Reselling Takes Off After WWDC <http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20007816-260.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Erica Ogg, CNET News

Since Steve Jobs announced the latest update to Apple's smartphone, customers have begun to hit up gadget trade-in sites to sell their old iPhones, which could be a sign that they're ready to upgrade to the latest version of the iPhone.

**** Apple TV Is Even Less Of A Hobby For Now Thanks To The New Mac Mini <http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/15/apple-tv-mac-mini/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch

Apple’s decision to add a HDMI output and highlight the TV-hookup capabilities of the new Mac mini is made more interesting by the recent rumors that they’re working on a new, cheaper cloud-based version of the Apple TV. It’s not clear when such a product would be ready to go, but you can bet that Apple is going to use the next few months to see how the Mac mini sells as a living-room compatible device.

**** Apple's iPad Nabs Netbook Market Share <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20007756-64.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Brooke Crothers, CNET News

The iPad is starting to grab market share from Netbooks, a trend that may not bode well for these small laptops, according to a report from DisplaySearch on Tuesday.

**** Apple Launches The Apple Store App <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/15/apple-launches-the-apple-store-app/>
Dave Caolo, TUAW

Simply called "Apple Store," the new app lets users shop the full line of products available at The Apple Store. But it's more than shopping.

You can use the app to read customer reviews, find an Apple Retail Store in your area and monitor in-store events. Speaking of the brick-and-mortar stores, if you're planning a visit you can first use the Apple Store app to arrange personal shopping, schedule a Genius Bar appointment or organize a One to One session.

**** Devs Cautiously Optimistic About iOS 4 Nonnative Code Change <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/devs-cautiously-optimistic-about-ios-4-nonnative-code-change.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

When Apple revised the terms in its iPhone Developer Agreement to make room for limited analytics by independent third-party advertisers, it also made an adjustment to allow non-Objective-C code in iOS apps under certain conditions and with Apple's written permission. Developers so far seem cautiously optimistic that the change will be a net positive for developers as well as for users of some apps that got caught in what appears to be an Apple versus Adobe crossfire.

**** $100 Increase For Apple's Redesigned Mac Mini Seen As Disappointment <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/15/100_increase_for_apples_redesigned_mac_mini_seen_as_disappointment.html>
AppleInsider

Shaw Wu with Kaufman Bros. issued a note to investors noting that the Mac mini refresh is the most significant for the desktop hardware since it was first introduced in January of 2005. The new hardware added an HDMI port and now has an aluminum unibody exterior. But those additions weren't enough to offset some dissatisfaction with the new price for Wu.

**** Set Up A Kid-friendly Computer <http://www.macworld.com/article/151949/2010/06/kidcomputer.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

Here's how to put together a Mac just right for small and messy hands.

**** WWDC10 <http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/06/15/wwdc10/>
Matt Drance, Apple Outsider

The battle continues to heat up. With both words and actions, Apple is taking the competition very seriously.

**** Apple Working With Partners To Improve Mac Gaming Performance <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/15/apple_working_with_partners_to_improve_mac_gaming_performance.html>
AppleInsider

With more major releases than ever headed to the Mac platform thanks to the release of Valve's Steam service, Apple is working closely with its hardware and software partners to improve performance of graphically intensive titles.

**** Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.4 <http://www.macworld.com/article/152060/2010/06/macosx_1064.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Dan Moren, Macworld

Apple details three types of of updates contained in Mac OS X 10.6.4: general fixes and improvements, fixes and improvements for Aperture 3, and fixes and improvements for external devices.

Apple also released Mac OS X Server 10.6.4 on Tuesday, with improvements for Wiki Server, Software Update Server, vacation mail notices spanning multiple days, improved reliability of VPN connections, and more. The update is recommended for all current users of Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server.

**** iPhone 4 Ordering: What A Mess <http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/iphone-4-ordering-what-a-mess/>
David Pogue, New York Times

I mean, come on, people. This is our fourth annual go-round with new-iPhone releases. Surely the surge of interest and popularity is no longer catching Apple or AT&T executives by surprise.

**** How To Get Your Porn App Into iTunes: Wrap A Newspaper Around It <http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20100615/how-to-get-your-porn-app-into-itunes-wrap-a-newspaper-around-it/>
Peter Kafka, Wall Street Journal

Steve Jobs wants to keep porn out of his iTunes App Store. But not all porn. At least if you define porn as “half-naked shots of unknown British models.” Because that’s what you get with the new iPad app from The Sun.

**** Japan iPhone Pre-orders Trigger Long Lines <http://www.cnbc.com/id/37704433>
Associated Press

Pre-orders began Tuesday at 5 p.m., and the early rush for the iPhone 4 led to long lines around Tokyo and overwhelmed computer servers struggling to keep up with demand.

**** Hands On With The New Mac Mini <http://www.macworld.com/article/152061/2010/06/macmini2010handson.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

The new Mac mini, while wider than the previous model, is only 1.4 inches thick. And something else is missing—the power supply. Instead of the heavy, bulky, white power brick that’s shipped with every mini since the line was introduced, the newest mini comes with only a thin power cord and a video adapter.

**** Apple Mac Mini (Spring 2010) <http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/apple-mac-mini-spring/4505-3118_7-34118624.html?part=cnet&subj=Apple+Mac+Mini+(Spring+2010)#cnetReview>
Rich Brown, CNET

Apple's new Mac Mini answers a lot of the issues that have plagued the series over the years.

**** Apple Needs To Cool Its Rhetoric <http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/15/apple-needs-to-cool-its-rhetoric/>
Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune

No longer an industry underdog, the company must tread more carefully, says an analyst.

**** US Apple Store Now Showing July 2 Ship Date For New iPhone 4 Preorders <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/15/us-apple-store-now-showing-july-2-delivery-for-new-iphone-4-preo/>
Michael Rose, TUAW

As of a few minutes ago, with some intermittent switching back to the original date and variation among different areas of the country, the US Apple Store website is now showing a pretty consistent July 2nd shipping date for new preorders.

**** Copland 2010 Revisited: Apple's Language And API Future <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/N6nFJ64QNco/copland-2010-revisited.ars>
John Siracusa, Ars Technica

**** iPhone Not Safe, MPs Told <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7831425/iPhone-not-safe-from-snooping-MPs-told.html>
James Kirkup, Telegraph

The Apple iPhone, one of the most popular mobile phones in Britain, is not safe from electronic snooping, government security experts have told MPs.

**** Apple's iPad Joins The 6th Grade: A Novelty Or The Next Big Idea? <http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Broadcast/ipad-joins-6th-grade-pencils-books/story?id=10923345>
Ki Mae Heussner, ABC News

As educators across the country try to keep pace with technology, Apple's new tablet will be boarding the school bus and carried into to classroom -- the latest teaching tool for schools willing to foot the bill.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Nintendo And Sony Show Competing Visions For 3-D At A Video Game Convention <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/technology/16sony.html?ref=technology>
Eric A. Taub, New York Times



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Suttee <http://www.slate.com/id/2256778/?from=rss>
Carol Muske-Dukes, Slate Magazine

**** On Being A Bus, Not A Tram <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/15/english-poetry-egyptian-university?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Amira Nowaira, The Guardian

Reading English poetry at an Egyptian university in the 60s was an eye-opening, sometimes chastening experience.

**** Hummus Catches On (As Long As It’s Flavored) <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/dining/16united.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
John T. Edge, New York Times

“Back home, they would shoot me in the head for doing this to hummus,” Majdi Wadi said as he waited to board a flight to Los Angeles, where he would meet with Costco executives to pitch his company’s roster of 14 flavored hummus varieties, including artichoke-garlic and spinach.

By “home,” Mr. Wadi meant Kuwait, where he was born, and Jordan, from which he immigrated in 1994, places where hummus is usually a purée of chickpeas, sesame paste, lemon, garlic and not much else.

**** All The Dead Are Vampires <http://chronicle.com/article/All-the-Dead-Are-Vampires/65829>
Michael Sims, The Chronicle Of Higher Education

A natural-historical look at our love-hate relationship with dead people.

**** Holocaust On Stage <http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/jun/16/holocaust-on-stage/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nybooks+%28The+New+York+Review+of+Books%29>
Ian Buruma, The New York Review of Books

The harder we try to show what cannot be shown, the more elusive reality often becomes. Some things must be left to our imagination, not because it allows us to share the experience of real victims, for that, thankfully, we cannot do, but because a poem, or an oblique image, a faded photograph, a discarded suitcase, a child’s broken toy, or a plasticine puppet, can jolt our emotions by suggestion, which somehow is more effective than attempts at direct portrayal.

**** Shoe-Leather Reporting <http://www.slate.com/id/2256610/?from=rss>
Susan Burton, Slate Magazine

Although much has been written on the history of meat-eating, the topic of doneness is strangely unexplored.



SingaporeSurf
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**** What Singapore’s Opposition Can Learn From Malaysia’s Pakatan Rakyat <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/06/what-singapore%e2%80%99s-opposition-can-learn-from-malaysia%e2%80%99s-pakatan-rakyat/>
Ng E-Jay, The Online Citizen

What does Singapore’s opposition need to do in order to become another Pakatan Rakyat that will once and for all shake the PAP from its undeserving dominance?

**** No Clear, Enticing View Of The Casino <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100616-0000113/No-clear,-enticing-view-of-the-casino>
Teo Xuanwei, Today

Responding to MediaCorp's queries, National Council on Problem Gambling chairman Lim Hock San said it had requested MBS to reduce the visibility of its casino. Mr Lim added: "NCPG understands that the integrated resort at Marina Bay is targeted at Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions and business customers, while the integrated resort at Sentosa has a family theme. Hence the question of casino visibility is treated differently at the two resorts."

**** Singapore Dismisses US Report On Human Trafficking <Pre-orders began Tuesday at 5 p.m., and the early rush for the iPhone 4 led to long lines around Tokyo and overwhelmed computer servers struggling to keep up with demand.>
DPA

Singapore's foreign ministry called the report 'rather puzzling because the US has not satisfactorily explained how it had arrived at its conclusions.'

Singapore's efforts to fight human trafficking 'have certainly not weakened since last year,' the foreign ministry's statement said.

**** Singapore’s Spiralling Cost Of Living <http://guanyinmiao.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/singapore%e2%80%99s-spiralling-cost-of-living>
Guanyinmiao's Musings

Seemingly subtle increases in the prices of food, utilities and housing might seem insignificant in the grand scheme of economic development; but the consequences can be dire, such as widening income inequalities and more evident disgruntlement.

**** Singapore Big Brother Turns To Email <http://www2.skynews.com.au/tech/article.aspx?id=473904&articleID=>
Sky News

The mailbox provides a centralised platform for the government to contact individuals and businesses.

**** StarHub CEO Not Sure Singaporeans Need Fiber To The Home <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/198844/starhub_ceo_not_sure_singaporeans_need_fiber_to_the_home.html>
Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service

**** Singapore Underlines Iran's Nuclear Rights <http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903251122>
FARS News Agency

Singapore's senior minister Goh Chok Tong reiterated his country's support for Tehran's access to peaceful nuclear technology.

**** Counsel Hold Out Hope For Youth On Death Row In Singapore <http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51824>
Baradan Kuppusamy, IPS

Lawyers, human rights activists and chapters of leading human rights advocate Amnesty International in both countries are working to save Yong from execution.

**** Temasek Initial Response On Thaicom Deal Positive - Thai Minister <http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=456344>
Dow Jones

Singapore's state-owned investment company Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd. appeared to respond positively when the Thai government discussed its intention in April to buy Temasek's interest in Thaicom PCL, Finance Minister Korn Chatikavnij said Tuesday.

**** Orchard Road Flooded <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/06/orchard-road-flooded/>
The Online Citizen

**** Floods In Orchard Rd, Bt Timah <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_541057.html>
Straits Times

Large stretches of Stevens, Evans and Bukit Timah Road, as well as Orchard Road were submerged in floodwaters on Wednesday morning following heavy downpour, forcing traffic to a crawl in the areas.

**** Hide Your Hard Drive: A Look At Asia's Pornography Laws <http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/none/hide-your-hard-drive-or-not-asias-porn-laws-explained-027553>
Chris Anderson, CNNGo

**** Book On Johor Causeway To Be Jointly Launched By Najib, Lee Hsien Loong <http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=506213>
Bernama

A book on the history of the Johor Causeway based on information gathered from Malaysia and Singapore will be jointly launched by the prime ministers of both countries.

**** Downpour Is More Than 60% Of June Monthly Rainfall: PUB <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1063622/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

The heavy rain Wednesday morning caused flooding in many areas in central Singapore. National water agency, PUB, says almost 100 mm of rain fell within a two-hour period from about 9 am to 11 am.

**** Singapore Church Apologizes For Mocking Taoism - AP <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37723589>
Alex Kennedy, Associated Press

A Christian church in Singapore has apologized for a sermon by one of its pastors that mocked Taoist beliefs, the second such incident this year in the city-state where religious speech is closely controlled.

**** Lessons For Singapore From The Thai Turmoil <http://www.mysinchew.com/node/40487?tid=12>
Kishore Mahbubani, Straits Times

We have not experienced political messiness for almost 50 years now. So the obvious question we need to ask is: How will we handle it if political messiness returns again to Singapore, as it has to Thailand?

**** Singapore's Orchard Road Flooded By 'Intense' Rains <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-16/singapore-s-orchard-road-flooded-by-intense-rains-update1-.html>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg

The Public Utilities Board said investigations on the cause of the flood can only be carried out when the water level in the drains subsides. The agency said it’s clearing up debris on the roads and assisting property owners in pumping out water from basements.

**** Orchard Road Flood – Gripping Footage <http://leonalo.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/orchard-road-flood-gripping-footage/>
Leona’s Blog

The online citizen journalists were out in full force today to capture footages of the devastating floods at Orchard Road.

**** Update On Heavy Rainfall This Morning <http://www.pub.gov.sg/mpublications/Pages/PressReleases.aspx?ItemId=240>
PUB, Singapore Government

Almost 100 mm of rain fell within a two-hour period from about 9 am to 11 am. The amount of rainfall is approximately more than 60% of the average monthly rainfall for June.

PUB advises the public to exercise caution as flash floods may still occur in the event of heavy storms. The cause of the flood is still being investigated.