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Quick Quote: RIP Google Wave, 5/28/09 to 08/04/10

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Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least through the end of the year

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July 11
2010
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Apple
  Cars
  Gallery
  Image
  iPhone
 

iPhone Repair Grand Prix Is Oh So WTF [WTF]

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No words. Only emotions.

     
Click here to download:
iPhone_Repair_Grand_Prix_Is_Oh.zip (3278 KB)

Longform.org feeds your @Instapaper account with longer, high-quality articles -- via @newyorkobserver [Reading]

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I came upon an article in the Observer this morning about a couple of guys in their late twenties who love Instapaper, a free web service and iOS app that let's you save articles on the web for reading later, and formats them perfectly for easy-on-the-eyes reading, whether you're on an iPad or a non-Apple mobile handset.

These two guys love to use Instapaper to queue up longer articles that they can read to kill time productively on train rides, in lines, and anywhere else where they find themselves between appointments, meetings, or places with some free time. But it's harder and harder to find quality longform articles in a sea of RSS feeds -- I should know, I have over 270 feeds in my RSS reader and wake up to well over 1,000 unread updates every morning. Curating those and deciding what to read about, and write about, can be fun. But sometimes you want the curation done for you.

Feedly is a wonderful way to organize your Google Reader account and works even better as you accumulate more feeds. It essentially crowdsources the curation of your feeds list, showing you what's popular and offering suggestions based on your reading, liking, and sharing histories.

But Instapaper isn't about curation. It aims to help us avoid forgetting about an intriguing headline by combining a lightning-fast bookmarking feature with a quality reading experience.

It's simple: co-founders and editors Aaron Lammer and Max Linsky find great articles they think are "too long and too interesting to be read on a web browser." They link to them on their website and embed a "Read Later" link to add each story to your Instapaper account. Longform.org comes complete with sub-categories and even accepts user submissions. So try it out.

Adobe CEO responds to Jobs' broadside -- via @Engadget and @WSJ [Video]

The Daily Wowness: "iTunes Now Accounts For Over 26% Of Music Sales In US" -- via @gizmodo [Quote]

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iTunes' share of music sales has increased from 21.4 per cent in 2008, to 26.7 per cent last year—making them the top retailer for music in the US, according to Billboard.

That's crazy, when you think about it. But it's not that surprising: I have purchased a lot of music over the years, but I haven't bought a CD in, well, I don't know how long.

How long before music isles go the way of video rental stores? I say no more than 10 years from now the only music CDs being purchased from the shelves of retailers will be used.

April 20
2010
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  Gizmodo
  Image
  iPhone
  iPhone 4
  Law
 

Apple General Counsel to Gizmodo: Give us back our "device that belongs to Apple," please. -- Via Gizmodo [Image]

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I promise this is the last post about this topic for a while.

Engadget advised by lawyers against buying iPhone 4 scoop -- Via WSJ.com [Quote]

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Joshua Topolsky, editor-in-chief of Engadget, which is owned by AOL Inc., said that the site was contacted April 17 by people who claimed to have found the device in a bar. These people asked Engadget to pay for access to the device, but it declined to do so after consulting with its attorneys. "We believe it's the same device," said Mr. Topolsky

Good call, JoTo. Suit would be silly here, but you never know with Apple. You just never know.

April 19
2010
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  Gizmodo
  iPhone
  iPhone 4
  Video
 

"This Is Apple's Next iPhone - Iphone 4" -- Via @Gizmodo

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Yes, this video blows. They want you to visit their post, and they're right, you should:

http://gizmodo.com/5520164/ 

 

"Betty White Chats iPad With Craig Ferguson" -- Via @Gizmodo [Video]

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via YouTube through gizmodo.com

An incredible woman.

Click through to the YouTube source cited above for more clips.

"We're really excited about the user experience possibilities." --Steve's Keynotes Gallery -- Via @Gizmodo [Image]

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I don't usually stick quotes in the title unless they're, you know, real. But c'mon, how could I pass this one up?

Gizmodo has the whole gallery:
http://gizmodo.com/5510803/steves-keynotes-gallery/