[MyAppleMenu] Mar 4, 2010
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**** An Open Letter To Steve Jobs Concerning The HTC Lawsuits. <http://wilshipley.com/blog/2010/03/open-letter-to-steve-jobs-concerning.html>
Wil Shipley, Call Me Fishmeal.
If Apple becomes a company that uses its might to quash competition instead of using its brains, it's going to find the brainiest people will slowly stop working there. You know this, you watched it happen at Microsoft. Enforcing patents isn't a good long-term play: it's the beginning of the end of the creative Apple we both love.
**** Apple's Wimpy Patent Suit Is Proof That It's Terrified Of Google <http://www.businessinsider.com/apples-wimpy-patent-suit-is-proof-that-its-terrified-of-google-2010-3>
Dan Frommer, The Business Insider
In terms of perception, it's really the latest sign from Apple that it is terrified of Google, whose Android operating system is becoming a formidable rival in the smartphone industry. This amid broader, intensifying competition between the two companies.
**** The Digital Media War: As Apple And Google Battle, Users Wins <http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=31499>
Sam Diaz, ZDNet
The best thing about this game of chess is that, with every move, the players are trying to out-do each other to make themselves look more appealing to end-users. In reality, their game of chess makes winners out of those users - people like us.
**** Sync Data With Macs, iPhones Using Google <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=77d879318a1021af5cfc0afb8419f87a>
Joe Kissell, Macworld
If you don't want to spend the money for MobileMe just to be able to sync contacts and calendars among various Macs and iPhones, you can get the same results for free using Google.
**** Apple iPhone With Wi-Fi May Soon Enter China <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=0ed7cfcd1e73b260b32dadc918bb0308>
Owen Fletcher and Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service
China Unicom, the only mobile network operator selling iPhones in China, is in talks with Apple to sell a version of the popular smartphone with Wi-Fi, something the companies could not do previously due to government regulations.
**** A Writer Looks For The Right Word Processor (and Fails To Find It), Jason Walsh, Mac Life <http://lowendmac.com/ed/walsh/10jw/mac-word-processing.html>
Jason Walsh, Low End Mac
**** MacHeist, The Mac Sale Offer New Software Bundles <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=23ac4eecbde907d82f87e431a12607ad>
Ramu Nagappan, Macworld
For a limited time, MacHeist is offering a bundle of seven apps for $20, and the Mac Sale has ten apps for $50.
**** Back Up IDisk With Time Machine <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=65acb30ebba5352c65f608bfba62af2c>
Christopher Breen, Macworld
Yes, you can so backup your iDisk with Time Machine.
**** Delicious Library Improves Barcode Scanning <http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/delicious_library_improves_barcode_scanning/>
Ted Landau, The Mac Observer
After Apple released their latest 21.5" and 27" iMac upgrades, Wil Shipley discovered that the iSight camera built in to each iMac had been changed. Wil pays attention to such changes because he is the developer of Delicious Library, a program that uses the camera as a barcode reader.
**** Apple-HTC: The Grim, Dystopian Scenario <http://technologizer.com/2010/03/03/apple-htc-the-grim-dystopian-scenario/>
Harry McCracken, Technologizer
So here’s the grim and dystopian scenario, and it’s grim and dystopian for Apple, not for HTC or Google: A few years from now, maybe this new case will end up looking as ill-advised as the 1988 one. Maybe Android, despite being a principal target of Apple’s wrath, will end up on most of the smartphones in the world that aren’t made by Apple–but won’t ever catch up with the iPhone in terms of general polish. Maybe people will see the iPhone as a breakthrough that lost ground to a less inventive but more pervasive competitor.
**** Apple’s MacBook Pro: Rotting Core? : What Apple Doesn't Want You To Realize <http://www.tomsguide.com/us/macbookpro-apple-refresh-opinion,review-1513.html>
Paul Escallier, Tom's Guide
All this doesn't change the fact that Apple is still charging the same price for its MacBook Pro two years later, even when component prices have fallen considerably. As this chart clearly shows, Apple's price fixing scheme is very real. We call it a scheme not because Apple denies or hides its pricing, but because it is the only computer maker to follow this totally proprietary business model.
**** Apple's Patently Absurd HTC Suit <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2360928,00.asp>
Dan Costa, PC Magazine
If Apple's target is Google's Android, why is the company going after HTC? Because HTC brought a knife to a gun fight.
**** AT&T CEO Sandbags iPad 3G Subscriptions <http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10463219-260.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Erica Ogg, CNET News
One of the bigger surprises about the iPad when it was introduced was the sweet 3G prepaid subscription deal Apple and AT&T are offering. But it turns out, AT&T's CEO doesn't anticipate many people will even use it.
**** Apple's Booty Ban Backfires <http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2010/03/03/apple_sexy_app_purge/index.html>
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon
In its zeal to purge sex apps, the consumer giant created an unexpected boom ... in sex apps
**** Apple's Lawsuit Against HTC May Have Soured My iPad Purchase Decision <http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=3206>
Matthew Miller, ZDNet
This latest lawsuit pushed me closer to not buying one because I am getting a bit tired of Apple’s arrogance, even though I do really enjoy using some of their products.
**** Apple Is Purging The App Store Of Wi-Fi Stumblers? <http://www.cultofmac.com/apple-is-purging-the-app-store-of-wi-fi-stumblers/32289?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cultofmac%2FbFow+%28Cult+of+Mac%29>
Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac
**** Thoughts On The Apple HTC Lawsuit. <http://www.thomas-fitzgerald.net/2010/03/04/thoughts-on-the-apple-htc-lawsuit/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThomasFitzgeraldnet+%28thomas+fitzgerald.net%29>
Thomas Fitzgerald
I have to strongly disagree with those who say that Apple defending its portfolio of patents is a bad move, or that it stifles competition. For too long Apple has been the sole source of progress in the technology world. Other companies have thrashed around stale ideas until Apple comes out with something new and then everyone flocks to copy it. Hundreds of companies use Apple’s often game changing products as a basis for their own success and why shouldn’t Apple say “enough is enoughâ€.
**** How iTunes Is Becoming Apple’s Own Internet Explorer 6 (A Crappy, Bloated Mess) <http://www.cultofmac.com/how-itunes-became-apples-ie6-and-what-it-can-do-about-it/32298?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cultofmac%2FbFow+%28Cult+of+Mac%29>
Pete Mortensen, Cult of Mac
**** Review: Aperture 3.0.1 Photo Management Software <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=fb6252b7248c81cf5884b3f6ac95e354>
Russ Juskalian, Macworld
Aperture 3 adds new features that will impress both amateurs and professionals, and make image organization, editing, and sharing easier. But as is the case with software aimed primarily at pro users, Aperture 3 takes a powerful computer to get the most out of it.
**** The Paranoid Person’s Guide To iTunes Backups <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=8709dcb07d3440afa7524e7fc78f2be8>
Christopher Breen, Macworld
**** Is Apple Launching A Patent War? <http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10463629-266.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Marguerite Reardon, CNET News
Apple's recent lawsuit against handset maker HTC could be the beginning as the company marks its turf in the smartphone market.
The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Google Mulls Blend Of Education, Search <http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10463133-265.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Tom Krazit, CNET News
Google's Peter Norvig, director of research at Google, has begun exploring "education search," or ways to help students "get to where they are going," he said.
**** Internet's Future On Display At Singularity U. <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10463685-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Daniel Terdiman, CNET News
The Internet of the future is an intelligent network capable of proactively acting on our needs, following us wherever we go, helping provide us with focused health care, and possibly ushering in a new energy paradigm. This is the vision that James Canton, CEO of San Francisco-based Institute for Global Futures think tank, shared with students in the executive program of Singularity University.
MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Popcorn: Cinema's Worst Enemy <http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=b07e83cd01686699a6f4fa573b698d2e>
Rosecrans Baldwin, Slate Magazine
An admittedly irrational screed against the snack.
**** Building A Better Teacher <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5f3e8d843681cd240a8b495cb54df6cb>
Elizabeth Green, New York Times
There are more than three million teachers in the United States, and Doug Lemov is trying to prove that he can teach them to be better.
**** A Week Without Books <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/mar/03/a-week-without-books?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Bibi van der Zee, The Guardian
Going to the loo without a book! It is a profound shock. Instead of reading, I stare at the walls and notice that there are still two empty nails on which I meant – a year ago – to hang pictures. Also, I notice the dust on the floor and the cobwebs on the ceiling. I sense that I will be doing a lot more housework than usual this week.
**** In SoCal Restaurants, A New Passion For The Whole Pig <http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/features/food/~3/a6BrkxyNWqE/la-fo-0304-calcook-20100304,0,1951001.story>
Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times
Restaurant menus are featuring pork parts that once were unmentionable: ears, tails, trotters. And — surprise — diners are ordering them.
**** The Best Advice For Writers? Read | Evan Maloney <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/mar/02/best-advice-writers-read?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Evan Maloney, The Guardian
Reading is essential for writers – it instructs, inspires and offers a blissful escape from the blank page.
**** New Libraries Revitalize Cities <http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/new-libraries-revitalize-cities-8596/>
Jonathan Lerner, Miller-McCune
New library complexes rejuvenate urban centers around the world by including theaters, shops, cafes, offices and even gyms.
**** Turning Peer Review Into Modern-Day Holy Scripture <http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8227/>
Frank Furedi, Spiked
The treatment of peer-reviewed science as an unquestionable form of authority is corrupting the peer-review system and damaging public debate.
SingaporeSurf
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**** New Use For Closed Public Swimming Pools <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1041331/1/.html>
May Wong, Channel NewsAsia
A private operator will use the Bukit Merah Swimming Complex as an aquatic and fitness centre. And the Jurong Town Swimming Complex will be converted into hard courts to provide more playing spaces for residents in the area.
**** What A PAP MP Said About Foreign Workers. <http://singaporeanskeptic.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-pap-mp-said-about-foreign-workers.html>
Singaporean Skeptic
**** Sylvia Lim : Economic Growth Must Benefit Singaporeans... <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2010/03/sylvia-lim-economic-growth-must-benefit.html>
Diary of A Singaporean Mind
The PAP fixation with GDP growth has led to the worse income inequality in developed countries and a increased pace of life that many Singaporeans now find difficult to cope with. However, it will be difficult for the PAP to change and put the well being of ordinary Singaporeans as its top priority - over the years its other interests have grown, it now has a vast network of GLCs to take care of and the GLCs serve to benefit a small number of elites who occupy top positions and are closely linked to PAP.
**** Growth Must Improve Welfare Of Singaporeans: Sylvia Lim <http://geraldgiam.sg/2010/03/growth-must-improve-welfare-of-singaporeans-sylvia-lim/>
geraldgiam.sg
**** 英兰妮：国人ä¸åº”排斥 与租èµç»„屋为邻 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100304_021.shtml>
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**** BMT For New Male Citizens? <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_497798.html>
Straits Times
National service (NS) is a rite of passage for male Singaporeans, and Mr Seah Kian Peng (Marine Parade GRC) said yesterday that new male citizens should perhaps be made to shoulder some of those responsibilities.
**** Singapore's Health Model <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/03/AR2010030301396.html?hpid=opinionsbox1>
Matt Miller, Washington Post
Singapore achieves world-class results thanks to a bold, unconventional synthesis of liberal and conservative approaches. It's further to the left and further to the right than what President Obama or his foes now seek. The island's real ideology is pragmatic problem-solving. It works thanks to cultural traditions that let this eclectic blend flourish. The system is nurtured by talented, highly paid officials who have the luxury of governing for the long-term without being buffeted much by politics.
**** Anti-Death Penalty In Singapore <http://inhisblood.blogspot.com/2010/03/anti-death-penalty-in-spore.html>
Covered In His Blood
**** Singapore Sticks To Partial Ban On Chewing Gum <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-04/singapore-sticks-to-partial-ban-on-chewing-gum-update1-.html>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg
Singapore plans to keep its general ban on chewing gum after revising the law in 2004 to allow those with medicinal or dental benefits to be sold.
**** Lifting Ban On Chewing Gum Sale Could Result In Return Of Gum Litter Problem <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1041475/1/.html>
Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia
The ban on the sale of chewing gum in Singapore stays as the government is concerned that lifting the ban could see a return of the problem of gum litter. Parliamentary secretary for national development Dr Maliki Osman said this in response to a question on the appropriate time to do away with the ban.
**** Online Only - From Victims On Roads To Menaces On The Pavement <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100304-0000177/Online-only---From-victims-on-roads-to-menaces-on-the-pavement>
Simon Ma, Today
I would like to draw the attention of the authorities to the unsafe acts of errant cyclists. I think cyclists should be educated. The authorities allow them to cycle on pavements as the roads are unsafe for them, but on the pavement, they become a menace to other pedestrians instead.
**** Cut GST By 2%: Chiam <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_497909.html>
Straits Times
Opposition MP Chiam See Tong on Thursday called on the government to take a 'radical step by cutting the Goods and Services Tax (GST) by 2 percentage points from the current 7 per cent to rein in inflation, which he said 'has gone up too high'.
**** Who Elected These Clowns? <http://callantham.org/blog/2010/3/4/who-elected-these-clowns.html>
Callan Tham, Trapper's Swamp
Only in Singapore do we elect Members of Parliament who seem more occupied with addressing the needs of foreigners rather than our own.
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