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**** Keeping Track Of Your iPhone Data Usage <http://www.macworld.com/article/157756/2011/02/iphone_data_tracking.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Tony Bradley, PC World

DataMan lets you set your billing date, and thresholds for daily, weekly, or monthly data consumption with alerts configured to warn you as you approach the thresholds. The reports breakdown in ten minute increments when and how your data was used—cellular vs. Wi-Fi.

**** MacDropAny: Easy Dropbox Syncing For Any OS X Folder <http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/02/10/macdropany-easy-dropbox-syncing-for-any-os-x-folder/>
Jay Hathaway, Switched

**** Sparrow 1.0 Hands-on: Smooth, Highly Usable E-mail For The Mac <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/02/sparrow-10-hands-on-smooth-slick-highly-usable.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

Our impression of Sparrow is that it's smooth, intuitive, and quick. It works great for both low- and high-volume e-mail users, especially for those accustomed to Gmail.

**** Moving To The Verizon iPhone? Verizon Has Some Apps For You <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/02/verizon-iphone-apps-verizon-mobile-vz-transfer/>
Joe White, AppAdvice

**** Hands-on With Twitterrific 4.0 For Mac: Still A Worthy Competitor <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/02/hands-on-with-twitterrific-40-for-mac.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

**** PropEdit Brings Simple Permission Editing To OS X <http://www.macstories.net/mac/propedit-brings-simple-permission-editing-to-os-x/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories

**** JellyCar 3 <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/02/review-jellycar-3/>
Trevor Sheridan, AppAdvice

The squishiness of everything in the game really makes it a gaming experience unlike any other, and makes it fun to watch and play. The visuals are finely polished, and the game is just oozing with personality with its goofy cartoon style. The great Jelly Car soundtrack with multiple enjoyable tunes is back again.

**** Apple Quickly Releases iOS 4.2.6 With Bug Fixes For Verizon iPhone 4 <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/10/apple_quickly_releases_ios_4_2_6_with_bug_fixes_for_verizon_iphone_4.html>
Josh Ong, AppleInsider

**** ‘Counterfeit’ Lugaru Game Disappears From Mac App Store <http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/02/11/counterfeit-lugaru-game-disappears-from-mac-app-store/>
Peter Cohen, The Loop

**** How To Restore A Hard Drive Using Time Machine <http://www.macworld.com/article/157411/2011/02/timemachinerestore.html?lsrc=rss_main>
James Galbraith, Macworld

Time Machine backs up your system settings, documents, and applications, making it easy to not only recover from a failed hard disk, but also to migrate these files to a new computer, or to a hard drive that’s faster or has more capacity. Here’s how to restore your data from Time Machine.

**** Safari Loses All Your Open Pages: Recover Using Time Machine <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110210183837218>
Macworld



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Innovation Far Removed From The Lab <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/arts/10innovative.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Patricia Cohen, New York Times

Do-it-yourselfers like Mr. Reetz may not know it, but their tinkering is challenging a deeply entrenched tenet of economic theory: that producers, not consumers, are the ones who innovate.

**** The Future Of The Programmable Web (Or The Growing Importance Of Brand Online) <http://www.lifeinbeta.org/2011/02/the-future-of-the-programmable-web-or-the-growing-importance-of-brand-online/>
Life In Beta

Looking back at history, it’s amazing to see how much the process of launching a web-based business has changed since the late 1990s.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Peering Into A Reclusive Life <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/books/11salinger.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

The reclusive Salinger, who died a year ago at 91, seems to have found that ideal reader in his latest biographer, Kenneth Slawenski, founder of the fan site DeadCaulfields and now author of a new life of Salinger that is earnest, sympathetic and perceptive.

**** Less Is More: The Age Of Minimalism <http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/11/less-is-more-age-of-minimalism?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian

The new minimalism suggests a way out of domestic asphyxiation. We don't need shelves of books when everything we want to read can be on our Kindle.

**** The Lost Art Of Editing <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/11/lost-art-editing-books-publishing?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Alex Clark, The Guardian

Editors are supposed to edit: well, of course. What else would they do? And why should Private Eye, in the process of tweaking a few authors' noses, alight on those who labour behind the scenes and accuse them of incompetence? The answer lies in the changing role of the editor, in the turning wheel of the publishing industry and in the expectations of readers.

**** Half Of The Human Race By Anthony Quinn: Review <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8315992/Half-of-the-HumanRace-by-Anthony-Quinn-review.html>
Amanda Craig, The Telegraph

The Edwardian period has returned to us as a strange centenary echo of our own fall from comfort into crisis; anyone reading Anthony Quinn’s second novel, Half of the Human Race, may be struck by how far we have travelled to remain the same.

**** How Skyscrapers Can Save The City <http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/03/how-skyscrapers-can-save-the-city/8387/>
Edward Glaeser, The Atlantic

Besides making cities more affordable and architecturally interesting, tall buildings are greener than sprawl, and they foster social capital and creativity. Yet some urban planners and preservationists seem to have a misplaced fear of heights that yields damaging restrictions on how tall a building can be. From New York to Paris to Mumbai, there’s a powerful case for building up, not out.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Bursts With Energy, But Change Can Be Disturbing <http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/02/singapore-changes.html>
Michael D. Mosettig, PBS Newshour

A first-time visitor can accumulate a collection of senses, experiences and contradictions. But going any deeper into a political system dominated by one party, and where following the local media requires an ability to read between the lines, is tricky at best. One senior Western diplomat said, "Learning what is going on here is like peeling the layers on an onion."

But locals and Westerners agree that the issue currently stirring city politics, as it is in so many countries, is immigration, colliding with a tight housing market and general fears of inflation.

**** Hard Truth: Never Mind From Tanah Melayu To Malaysia, But Not As Temasek To Singapore Where The Malays Lost Their Political Sovereignty! <http://alhaj.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/11651/>
Alhaj

Take that, minister (mentor) Lee Kuan Yew! What do you have to say about that, huh? You surely have not solved the Chinese Dilemma, have you, Minister Lee?

In fact, you do not even have a Chinese Dilemma to begin with! How very inferior to Tun Dr M, you are.

**** Singapore And Foreign Workers <http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2980&Itemid=233>
Asia Sentinel

Although Singapore's main labor laws offer reasonable protection and on paper apply to both migrant and local workers, "discrimination against migrant workers is both widespread and open," the report notes. "Rights violations are frequently reported in the Singaporean newspapers, and a mere scan of recruitment advertisements shows that long working hours without overtime payment are the norm for migrant workers."

**** Singapore Bets On Casinos To Boost Economy <http://www.detnews.com/article/20110210/BIZ/102100372/1001/LaHood-raps-Toyota-probe-criticism>
Alex Kennedy, Associated Press

**** War Looms As Sony Hints That It Will Abandon iTunes <http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/war-looms-as-sony-hints-that-it-will-abandon-itunes-20110210-1aonn.html>
Julian Lee, The Age

Sony has signalled it may withdraw its artists from Apple's iTunes store and withhold its games from the iPhone in a sign the two companies are on the brink of all-out war.

''Publishers are being held to ransom by Apple and they are looking for other delivery systems, and we are waiting to see what the next three to five years will hold.''

**** Fee Hike Unrelated To Campus Makeover: NTU <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_633558.html>
Chan Keng Luck, Nanyang Technological University, Straits Times

This plan - to be carried out over 15 to 25 years - serves as a holistic blueprint to guide future physical development and will not lead to a surge in capital expenditure. Each project under the masterplan will be individually budgeted and funded.

**** SDA Eyes Two GRCs <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110211-0000031/SDA-eyes-two-GRCs>
Tanya Fong, Today

Singapore Democratic Alliance secretary-general Desmond Lim and Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) vice-president Ismail Yaacob told MediaCorp that SDA has identified at least 10 candidates to contest in Marine Parade and Pasir Ris-Punggol.

**** SPH At It Again <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4580-sph-at-it-again>
Singapore Democratic Party

Whereas AFP quoted SDP's comments on the matter as well as Human Rights Watch's criticism of the PAP's abuse of the law and the denial of basic political rights in Singapore, SPH had entirely blacked out this part of the news. Just what is the PAP afraid of?

**** Yong Vui Kong: MARUAH Sends Appeal To The President <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/02/yong-vui-kong-maruah-sends-appeal-to-the-president/>
The Online Citizen

**** Why Are Less Applying For BTO? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/02/why-are-less-applying-for-bto/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen

**** 处在十字路口的新加坡 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/yl/yl110211_002.shtml>
伍治坚, 联合早报

很显然，如果新加坡继续坐享目前的格局而不思进取，那么用不了10年，周边许多国家和地区就会在笔者以上提到的这些领域，赶上甚至超过新加坡。

**** 什么才是新加坡赖以生存的硬道理 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/yl/yl110211_001.shtml>
朱挺, 联合早报

看看这位八十多岁的老人如今依然夙兴夜寐，为了新加坡的前途东奔西跑，为的就是在他的有生之年，尽量夯实新加坡今后数十年的发展基础。我相信他内心的担忧不是多余的，从来没有哪个国家会拥有永恒的繁荣。他毕其一生创立的新加坡终究是要面对挑战的，只是时间的问题。

**** Can PAP Malay MPs Please Explain What Progress They Have Made In Malay Youths’ Education? <http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/02/10/can-pap-malay-mps-please-explain-what-progress-they-have-made-in-malay-youths-education/>
Zahara Abdullah, The Temasek Review

**** Will Paternity Leave Really Work ? <http://www.musings.per.sg/2011/02/945>
Musings

Personally, more than paternity leave, I believe it is important for there to be flexibility at workplaces to accommodate employees who are also parents.

**** AWARE: Mandatory Paternity Leave For Dads <http://rogerpoh.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/aware-mandatory-paternity-leave-for-dads/>
Spotlight On Singapore

The present situation perpetuates the gender stereotypes of men being the provider and women the homemaker.

**** Free Market And Choice <http://tankinlian.blogspot.com/2011/02/free-market-and-choice.html>
Tan Kin Lian

I hope that our regulators know the difference between a free market (such as the cup of coffee) and the exorbitant changes levied by telephone companies and banks - where the customer is locked into a long term contract or relationship.

What is the role of NTUC Foodfare food court? Isn't that a form of government pressure to keep prices down? (Whether it is successful or not, that's another story.)

**** Rift Within SDA Grows <http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2011/02/11/rift-within-sda-grows/>
Faris, Yahoo!

While other political parties are busy preparing for the elections, the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) on the other hand is busy dealing with an internal dispute.

**** Temasek Holding Pays US$1.7m Fine To Indonesia State Treasury <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1110059/1/.html>
Jonathan Peeris, Channel NewsAsia

Temasek Holdings said it has made payment of a US$1.7 million fine to the Indonesia State Treasury after Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld a previous ruling that said it had breached anti-monopoly laws.

**** Singapore And The U.N. <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/opinion/lweb11singapore.html>
Chan Yu Ping, Press Secretary, Permanent Mission Of Singapore To The United Nations, New York Times

Singapore was not opposed to the United Nations Procurement Task Force. But supporting the task force’s objectives does not mean that we should condone the injustices to a Singapore national that resulted from the task force’s arbitrary and slipshod methods. This is what we had objected to.

**** Mega-mergers Ring Loud At World's Exchanges <http://www.smh.com.au/business/megamergers-ring-loud-at-worlds-exchanges-20110210-1aoq5.html>
Michael Evans, Sydney Morning Herald

**** Operation North Star <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/operation-north-star/>
Yawning Bread

We all know that a time will come when history will be revisited and our assessment of the man will be revised. Mortality does that. But the process may already have started. While those of us who are older wait for the man to die first before we revise history, our youth has not even imbibed such dated courtesies. They have reduced him to two-dimensional avatar-like thingey mucking around a distant historical story. He’s not even a hero, but more akin to Paris of Troy whose unethical impetuousness led to an unfolding tragedy.

**** S'pore's Affluent Showing Lower Wealth Confidence <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1110090/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

It found that the wealthy in Singapore and Hong Kong both show a relatively lower wealth confidence than the region as a whole.

**** News' View: Keep Yale Out Of Singapore <http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/feb/11/keep-yale-out-of-singapore/>
Yale Daily News

The new Yale-NUS will look like Yale, but it won’t hand out Yale degrees. Yale appointees will sit on its board, but likely alongside members of the Singaporean government, like those on the NUS board. Its students will take classes taught by Yale professors, but in them, they won’t be able to read banned books about the regime’s death penalty, jailhouse torture, homosexuality prohibition, or its censorship.

Even if local laws do not explicitly limit campus scholarship, self-censorship by students and faculty certainly will. Who would publish a fiery doctoral thesis in a country that metes out caning for minor offenses? A country that slanders and jails academics and authors for running foul of its government? Colonizing a Singaporean campus will not carve out a Western bubble — in the trials of British author Alan Shadrake and American spray-painter Michael Fay, the government has shown it will happily punish foreigners. And it will not create an Asian Ivy, nor somehow convince the Singaporean regime to change its ways. It will foster self-suppressing fear — or it will make martyrs.

**** Singapore's Currency Policy Appropriate: MAS <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1110192/1/.html>
May Wong, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's currency-policy stance is appropriate, and despite higher volatility in markets, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) sees no need to review its policy on the Singapore dollar more than twice a year.

"I think the stance that we've taken since October last year has been appropriate. Of course, the inflation numbers will remain high for the next few months because of the base effect but it should taper down towards second half of the year," said MAS managing director Mr Heng Swee Keat.

**** Skewing A Level Field <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_633942.html>
Lee Min Shing, Straits Times

So, in my experience, excelling academically appears to be becoming as much a matter of means as it may be of genes. Being able to afford and have access to private tuition seem to tilt the balance in favour of the more affluent, skewing what may once have been a more level playing field for all students.

**** The Dumb-dumb Casino Levy <http://singaporegirl.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/the-dumb-dumb-casino-levy/>
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