[MyAppleMenu] Jan 13, 2012

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Apple iPhone Sales In China Stores Suspended ****
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-12/apple-iphone-4s-beijing-debut-delayed-as-main-store-unopened.html>
Bloomberg


> Apple Inc., whose skill at hyping new products helped make it the world’s most valuable technology company, became a victim of its own success after a botched introduction of its iPhone 4S in China led it to suspend sales.

> Would-be customers who waited overnight as temperatures dropped below minus 9 degrees Celsius reacted with fury after the company’s main store in Beijing’s Sanlitun district failed to open. The company sold out of the handsets at stores that did open and later halted sales of all iPhones at its five retail outlets in the country “for the time being,” spokeswoman Carolyn Wu said by phone.



**** iPhone Without Camera For Sale? Telcos Plan To Launch Device Soon ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_755136.html>
Jermyn Chow, Straits Times


> The Apple iPhone, with its camera removed, will soon be sold by the three telcos here, in a development that will largely benefit smartphone-toting military personnel, who are barred from using image-capturing devices in army camps.



**** Already Huge Queues, Worries About Scalpers, For iPhone 4S Launch In China ****
<http://www.penn-olson.com/2012/01/12/china-iphone-4s-launch/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29>
Steven Millward, Penn Olsen


> There are already huge queues outside of China’s five official Apple stores in readiness for tomorrow’s launch of the iPhone 4S.



**** Working In Word, Excel, PowerPoint On An iPad ****
<http://allthingsd.com/20120111/working-in-word-excel-powerpoint-on-an-ipad/>
Walt Mossberg, AllThingsD


> My verdict is that it works, but with some caveats, limitations and rough edges. Some of these downsides are inherent in the product, while others have to do with the mismatch between the iPad’s touch interface and the fact that Office for Windows was primarily designed for a physical keyboard and mouse.

His conclusion: you'll want to use this if you really really really need to use Office on your iPad.





MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Leave The Apostrophe Alone – It Makes Sense ****
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9010013/Leave-the-apostrophe-alone-it-makes-sense.html>
Philip Hensher, The Telegraph


> The internet has introduced us to a large range of new punctuation, in the form of emoticons and irony-signallers, and popularised previously rare points, such as the reverse solidus, or backslash. It has also, however, found other punctuation difficult to deal with. In particular, the apostrophe.



**** The Floral Apron ****
<http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/239148>
Marilyn Chin, The Poetry Foundation






SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Rolls The Dice On New Casino Rail Link ****
<http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2012/01/13/singapore-rolls-the-dice-on-new-casino-rail-link/>
Matthew Allen, Wall Street Journal


> This new conduit for potential punters seems to sit uncomfortably with the government’s concerns over problem gambling and the social problems that come with it, and industry watchers also expect the new station to hand a competitive advantage to MBS in the battle with RWS for market share.



**** It's The Review Committee That Doesn't Get It ****
<http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/5104-its-the-review-committee-that-doesnt-get-it>
Singaore Democratic Party



**** iPhone Without Camera For Sale? Telcos Plan To Launch Device Soon ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_755136.html>
Jermyn Chow, Straits Times


> The Apple iPhone, with its camera removed, will soon be sold by the three telcos here, in a development that will largely benefit smartphone-toting military personnel, who are barred from using image-capturing devices in army camps.



**** Good If Attorney-General Explains Charge Decisions, Lawyers Say ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_755104.html>
K.C. Vijayan, Straits Times


> While the Attorney-General is not obliged to disclose reasons why he charged an accused in a certain way, law dons and lawyers say it would be helpful for him to explain when two persons are involved in the same crime and one faces a reduced charge.



**** Challenge Of Attorney General’s Discretion Dismissed In Capital Offence Case ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/challenge-of-attorney-general’s-discretion-dismissed-in-capital-offence-case/>
Ashok N, The Online Citizen


> The outcome of the case brings to light several implications that we should regard with significant concern. Specifically, the decision of the Court in this case must be given the highest respect and must be regarded as the definitive judgment upon two very important issues.

> First, it appears it sanctions the right of the prosecutor to pick and chose his targets for prosecution without giving reasons. It is one thing to give a prosecutor a wide latitude. However to exempt him altogether from giving reasons may be said to be difficult to reconcile with the tradition of transparency and the requirement for reasoned decisions that applies generally in the civil and criminal justice system.

> Second, it appears the decision allows the prosecutor to offer one potential criminal a lighter outcome or even a total escape in return for his testimony against another. This takes the concept of plea bargaining (where the State essentially buys an accused’s plea of guilty with a promise to go softer on his offence) to a completely new level – that of buying off one criminal to get a conviction of another. This must raise serious issues of whether the testimony is reliable and of the propriety of the State to be in a position to play off one alleged criminal against another. Arguably it entails the purchase of evidence.



**** 2012 Budget Statement To Be Delivered On 17 February 2012 ****
<http://app.mof.gov.sg/newsroom_details.aspx?type=press&cmpar_year=2012&news_sid=20120112572429817248>
Ministry Of Finance, Singapore Government


> The FY2012 Budget Statement will be delivered by deputy prime minister and minister for finance, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, in Parliament on Friday, 17 February 2012.









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