[MyAppleMenu] Oct 8, 2010

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**** My Mac Pioneers Apple’s Premium Reseller Program <http://www.crn.com.au/News/234602,my-mac-pioneers-apples-premium-reseller-program.aspx>
Negar Salek, CRN

Apple has dramatically overhauled its premium reseller partner program (APR) by bolstering support for its top-tier channel partners while increasing requirements for entry.

The vendor has also begun co-funding renovations of reseller stores which are prepared to follow the formula of Apple's own retail stores. Apple representatives were strictly enforcing compliance to Apple's retail formula, right down to measuring the distance between displays on the counters.

**** Apple Afraid Of A Shattering Followup To Its Antennagate Woes? <http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/07/apple-afraid-of-a-shattering-followup-to-its-antennagate-woes/>
Paul Miller, Engadget

Apple weathered that Antennagate storm surprisingly well, but now there's another potential cloudburst on the horizon, and it's been pre-named for your convenience: "Glassgate." Or maybe "Glass-That-Shatters-If-Scratched-By-A-Casegate."

**** Mac Gems: QuoteFix For Mail <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=ee3bf6ae421ebf04cd914f618ead0033>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

QuoteFix is a plug-in for Mac OS X's Mail that "fixes" replies and forwarded message by placing replies below quoted text, stripping previous signatures, and removing quotes above a certain level,

**** LittleWing Releases Mad Daedalus Pinball For Mac OS X And PC <http://www.appletell.com/apple/comment/littlewing-releases-mad-daedalus-pinball-for-mac-os-x-and-pc/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+appletell+Appletell>
Kirk Hiner, Appletell

**** Apple As The New Disneyland <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/wilson/detail?entry_id=73692>
Yumi Wilson, SF Gate

It was Friday, just after 1 p.m. when I arrived at Apple. I had to go to Apple, in Stonestown, because my brand-spanking-new power adapter had quit working.

**** iPad, Meet Your Nemesis <http://www.slate.com/id/2269893/>
Jim Lewis, Slate Magazine

Why art books won't become e-books any time soon.

**** Apple To Patch Australian/Nz Ios Dst Bug <http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/10/07/caused.some.iphone.owners.to.run.late/>
MacNN

A strange bug discovered when eastern and southern Australia (excluding Queensland) changed to Daylight Savings Time last weekend will be patched by the company in an upcoming software update, Apple told Australian media today. The bug caused iOS devices with recurring alarms set to go off an hour earlier than they should, ignoring the time change. Some users reported their alarms simply didn't go off at all.

**** Apple Firmware Update Fixes Macbook Charging Issue <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/08/apple_firmware_update_fixes_macbook_charging_issue.html>
Josh Ong, AppleInsider

A new firmware fix for older MacBook and MacBook Pro models solves a charging issue that takes place when using the latest MagSafe power adapters.

**** Smart Ways to Work With Smart Folders <http://www.macworld.com/article/154709/2010/10/smartfolders.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Sharon Zardetto, Macworld

Smart folders can save you time when you would otherwise need to rebuild a search from scratch, helping you find, track, and organize files and folders.

**** Apple iPhone: Not Safe For Work? <http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/walsingham-10020628/apple-iphone-not-safe-for-work-10020713/>
Walsingham, ZDNet UK

**** Apple Gets Serious about TV <http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_42/b4199100739428.htm?campaign_id=yhoo>
Rich Jaroslovsky, BusinessWeek

The Apple TV is the company's boldest foray yet into the living room.

**** Apple Resorts To Reservations Amid China iPhone Shortage <http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=3242953>
Michael Kan, Macworld UK

Chinese users wanting to buy an iPhone 4 best first place a reservation before venturing to an Apple Store. With the device selling out in retail outlets across China, Apple is now requiring all potential customers to first reserve the device online, before they can come buy the device at one of their stores.

**** Apple Will Discontinue .Mac Homepage Viewing Nov. 8 <http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/10/08/apple-will-discontinue-mac-homepage-viewing-nov-8/>
Jim Dalrymple, The Loop

Apple said that content published with iWeb, the company’s Web publishing tool and part of its iLife suite, will not be affected by the change.

**** Filerr 1.0 Review <http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3242528&olo=rss>
Karl Hodge, Macworld UK

With cloud storage and file sharing becoming the norm, Mac users work in increasingly mixed platform environments. While open standards for audio, video, documents and images make that easy on one level, there are some remaining idiosyncrasies. Filerr concentrates on one problem in particular: incompatible file names.

**** New Apple TV Focuses On 'What Works' <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9189619/New_Apple_TV_focuses_on_what_works_>
Michael deAgonia, Computerworld

Latest version is streamlined for streaming video -- but more content would be good.



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**** Save A Penguin If You Can <http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/oct/28/save-penguin-if-you-can/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nybooks+%28The+New+York+Review+of+Books%29>
Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books

When oil gushes into the ocean, the consequences can be indelible. Individuals, ecosystems, even entire communities can be devastated, never to return to what they were before. Yet there are people who rush into the danger zone, for no other reason than to assist the wild creatures caught up in the slick. Dyan deNapoli’s book The Great Penguin Rescue tells the story of the largest wildlife rescue ever mounted.

**** A Storyteller Enthralled By The Power Of Art <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e321f9567a4bf3d2686c4d0c43e8790d>
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Two related themes thread their way through all of Mr. Vargas Llosa’s novels: a fascination with the human craving for freedom (be it political, social or creative) and the liberation conferred by art and imagination.

**** The App Trap <http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/39865/the-app-trap/>
Michael E. Grass, Washington City Paper

D.C. is awash in real-time transit information. And it's driving us nuts.



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**** Singapore Casino Experiment Pays Off <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704680504575533793000481362.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
Sam Holmes And Patrick Barta, Wall Street Journal

A gamble by Singaporean leaders to bring casinos to this famously strict city-state appears to be paying off as tourist arrivals soar, fueling hopes that the resorts will help diversify an export-reliant economy.

Economists are also growing more confident the casinos can serve as anchors for future real estate development that could attract more conventions and expatriates.

**** Social Heritage, A Soulful Search <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC101008-0000094/Social-heritage,-a-soulful-search>
Faith Leong, Today

Telling stories takes time, and so do listening to them, but in a narrative-starved society that is ever so busy, there is nothing more needful than the things that would spur us to think more deeply about life and civilisation, and of the wisdom and tenacity which our forefathers had exhibited.

**** Don't Assume We're Not Serious <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_587984.html>
Lim Zi Kun, Straits Times

When adults instil in them the belief that they have a stake in the law, governance and their own future, perhaps they will not be as apathetic as adults claim they are.

**** The Humanity of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew <http://danesh.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/the-humanity-of-minister-mentor-lee-kuan-yew/>
Danesh Daryanani

In reality, up to this week, I never saw LKY as a person. I saw him as an icon, the Prime Minister, the architect of modern Singapore. This week, I saw him as a person – just like you and I. No difference.

**** Who Really Sowed The Seeds of Racism? <http://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/2010/10/who-really-sowed-seeds-of-racism.html>
Malaysians Must Know the Truth

**** Opinion Split Over Foreign Teams In Singapore League <http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/feedarticle/9301999>
Ossian Shine, Reuters

Soccer teams from Europe, Africa and Asia have already expressed an interest in joining Singapore's S-League next season, but the presence of overseas teams in the city state's domestic competition is polarising opinion.

**** RWS to Offer Compensation <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_588295.html>
Chong Zi Liang, Straits Times

Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) will compensate the five operators of its free shuttle services, which the Government ordered stopped last month.

It has declined to reveal the compensation amounts, which are aimed at cushioning the financial impact of the sudden cessation of the three-month-old bus services, said RWS spokesman Robin Goh on Friday.

**** 新加坡随笔（23）——乌敏岛 <http://www.yoyv.com/Blog/log/mdchg54321_68686_/>
若竹的旅行空间

听新加坡人说起他们国家东北角隔着海，有个原始生态保存完好的岛，从读音上我一直以为叫“无名岛”，抵达樟宜码头之后，才在乘船指示牌上发觉，这个岛原来叫“乌敏岛”。




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