Top Items:
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 …
Discussion:
The NeoSmart Files, ZDNet, Engadget, Examiner, Electronista, 9 to 5 Mac, TechCrunch and Geek.com, Thanks:lockergnome
RELATED:
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Find my Mac coming in 10.7 Lion? — Did you think Apple was done announcing the new features coming in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion? Did you think Apple was done bringing features from iOS to the Mac? Well, they're not, and here's a big one that might be coming this Summer with Lion: Find my Mac.
Discussion:
MacHackPC, Apple Bitch, Electronista, Electronista, AllNewsMac and iClarified
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 …
Discussion:
MacStories and AllNewsMac
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.
Discussion:
MacNN and AppleInsider
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.
Discussion:
MacRumors
Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Apple shares Mac OS X Lion with security experts
Discussion:
VentureBeat, AppleInsider, 9 to 5 Mac, The Register, Neowin.net, Another Geek Blog, Apple Gazette, Podcasting News, Edible Apple, iClarified, Softpedia News, MacNN and MacDailyNews
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.
Discussion:
Quora, Techi.com, SISTRIX, Scobleizer, Search Engine Watch, @mathewi, @jillwhalen and @carnage4life
RELATED:
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Number Crunchers: Who Lost In Google's “Farmer” Algorithm Change? — On Thursday, Google announced a major change to its search algorithm, designed to weed out shallow and low-quality content from its top search results. Content farms were seen by many as the target. Were they hit? Who was hit?
Thanks:keithdsouza
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.
Discussion:
Examiner, Trends in the Living Networks, TeleRead and Novelr
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.
Discussion:
@davepell, @peterchane, Quora and Scobleizer, Thanks:msuster
RELATED:
Bryce Roberts / BRYCE DOT VC:
Why I Deleted My AngelList Account
Discussion:
@shervin, @naval, @jason, @scobleizer and @msuster
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 …
Discussion:
WPCentral.com
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 …
Discussion:
Sify.com and Internet Evolution
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Verizon still mum on iPhone sales — “Usually, if they sell a lot of something, you want to tell everybody.” — Verizon iPhone launch day. Photo: Chris B. — That's what Steve Jobs had to say in 2009 about sales figures for the Kindle — which, it bears repeating, Amazon (AMZN) has still never revealed.
Discussion:
MobileBurn.com and Neowin.net
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Feature: Anonymous vs. HBGary: the aftermath — The RSA security conference took place February 14-18 in San Francisco, and malware response company HBGary planned on a big announcement. The firm was about to unveil a new appliance called “Razor,” a specialized computer plugged …
