Snippets - 21 & 24 Jan

Media
iPhone 5, iPad 2 to focus on social Media
Apple knows it, the world knows it, I know it, you need to know it. Social Media is a legitimate revolution. Keep close tabs on its development.
o Apple obviously regards social networking as an important piece of the mobile device revolution and their brand name being associated with this movement is crucial.
http://www.benzinga.com/tech/11/01/798805/iphone-5-ipad-2-to-focus-on-social-networking#ixzz1BvJkCz45

Too much sex in this city for kids
Another menifestation of the perennial debate - freedom vs censorship.
o Let us look at how we can achieve a liberal society unlike any other without having to conform to the norms of a global media promulgating a certain pop culture. After all, Singapore has proven time and again to detractors that we can achieve success in different areas in our own unique ways.
http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC110124-0000078/Too-much-sex-in-this-city-for-kids

Blackberry blocks porn in Indonesia
Censorship again in the news, this time by the makers of Blackberry under pressure form a government. Pity the porn posse?
o RIM is the world's fourth biggest smartphone platform, with global sales of 11.9 million units, according to research firm Gartner. The company does not filter its web content in any of its other markets around the world.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/technologynews/view/1105848/1/.html

Happiness
50 is the Happy age
o This may be because they have the peace of mind of having paid off their mortgage, got the children off their hands or are simply enjoying spending more time with loved-ones and friends.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spirituality/holistic-living/True-happiness-comes-at-the-golden-age-of-50/articleshow/7324964.cms

Technology
Logical, but this article bugs me.
'Bug Mac' the food of the future – Insects a superior source of meat?
o Bugs are high in protein, low in fat and efficient to cultivate - 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of feed yields six to eight kilograms of insect meat compared to one kilogram of beef, states the university's research.
o Insects are abundant, produce less greenhouse gas and manure, and do not transfer any diseases, when eaten, that can mutate into a dangerous human form, say the researchers.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eatndrink/view/1106494/1/.html

Environment
Australia’s Flood Crisis in Pictures
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/photosgallery/gallery_20110104124635.htm

2010 was the wettest, hottest year on record
o The Earth has been warming in fits and starts for decades and a large majority of climatologists say that is because humans are releasing heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
http://www.todayonline.com/Science/EDC110115-0000166/Its-official--2010-was-the-wettest-year-on-record