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Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
Apple adds SSD TRIM support to Mac OS X 10.7 Lion beta — Apple has added limited TRIM support to the latest developer release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, which should enhance the long term performance of Solid State Drives. — While Apple has already started incorporating SSDs into its Macs …
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The Apple Core Blog, The NeoSmart Files and Engadget, Thanks:lockergnome
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Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Apple has added a new option in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion to simplify the process of switching from a Windows PC to a Mac via network import of old files. — Apple has historically helped Mac users to upgrade to a new machine via FireWire Target Disk Mode, which converts their old Mac into a hard drive …
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MacStories and AllNewsMac
Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Inside Mac OS X Lion: New window controls & gestures — Apple is finally letting go of old windowing conventions that date back to the original Macintosh, allowing users in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion to fluidly interact with windows any way they like. — Back in 1984, Apple had to bundle new Macs with instructions on how to use a mouse.
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MacRumors
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Podcast Publisher lets you run your own shows, debuts in 10.7 Lion — Apple has been really thinking about their content creation strategy in Mac OS X and has lead the industry with applications like Garageband and iMovie. With 10.7 Lion Apple has moved to some new consumer content creation and that is podcasts.
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AppleInsider, VentureBeat, MacNN, Edible Apple and CNET News
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Find my Mac coming in 10.7 Lion?
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MacHackPC, Apple Bitch, Electronista, Electronista, AllNewsMac and iClarified
The Technium:
Free Kindle This November — In October 2009 John Walkenbach noticed that the price of the Kindle was falling at a consistent rate, lowering almost on a schedule. By June 2010, the rate was so unwavering that he could easily forecast the date at which the Kindle would be free: November 2011.
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Trends in the Living Networks, The J-Walk Blog, Examiner, TeleRead and Novelr
Aaron Wall / SEO Book.com:
Google Kills eHow Competitors, eHow Rankings Up — Economics Drive Literally Everything Media is all about profit margins. eHow was originally founded in 1998 & had $36 million in venture capital behind it. But the original cost structure was flawed due to high content costs.
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Techi.com, The Business Insider, Search Engine Watch, Quora, @mathewi, @jillwhalen, @carnage4life and SISTRIX
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Number Crunchers: Who Lost In Google's “Farmer” Algorithm Change?
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Quora, Thanks:keithdsouza
Tyler / BlackBerry Developer's Blog:
Thanks for the Open Letter to RIM Developer Relations — Hi everyone: I'm Tyler Lessard from RIM. I head up our BlackBerry Developer Relations and Developer Programs team. I wanted to take a moment to provide some updates on our PlayBook developer tools, app submission process …
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BlackBerry Cool, p2pnet and The Weblog of Jamie Murai
Randfish / SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog:
I Disagree with Fred; Marketing is for Companies that Have Great Products — One of the people I admire and respect most in the technology, startup world is Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson. A little more than a year ago, I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Fred in his New York offices …
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A VC, Howard Lindzon and Oatmeal Stout
Anne Eisenberg / New York Times:
Moonlighting Within Microsoft, in Pursuit of New Apps — IF you have a smartphone, you probably have apps on it to check the news, play games, help with shopping or further a hobby like travel or bird-watching. But chances are that you don't yet have Bubblegum — a new app that lets …
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Windows Phone Secrets, MSDN Blogs, WPCentral.com and Slashdot
Rafe Needleman / CNET News:
NeuAer lets you tag the radio signature of your ex — Dave Mathews, the Dave Mathews who invented the CueCat, is at the Launch Conference today showing off his latest out-there company, NeuAer. He believes that location reporting services on mobile phones—apps such as Foursquare—are too coarse and require too much work to use.
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Ubergizmo, ReadWriteWeb and VentureBeat
ABCNEWS:
Libya's ‘Love Revolution’: Muslim Dating Site Seeds Protest — Coded Love Letters Help Opposition Members Organize Protest — When Omar Shibliy Mahmoudi exchanged sweet nothings on the Muslim dating site Mawada, it wasn't for love but for liberty. — To avoid detection by Libyan secret police …
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Mark Suster / TechCrunch:
What's The Real Deal With AngelList? — Editor's Note: This is a guest post by @msuster (Mark Suster), a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at GRP Partners. His second company was sold this company to Salesforce.com, where he served as VP of Product Management. Read more about Suster at Bothsidesofthetable.
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@davepell, @peterchane, @shervin, Quora and Scobleizer, Thanks:msuster
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The Huffington Post:
‘The Chronicles Of Rick Roll’: Trailer Features Antoine Dodson, ‘Double Rainbow’ Guy & More (VIDEO) — The people the Internet made famous are about to get even more exposure, thanks to what looks to be a legit production of a meme-filled movie featuring Antoine Dodson and more …
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SFGate, TechCrunch, Associated Press, Mashable! and MediaMemo
