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    Sunday
    31Jan2010

    The Next Web's Weekly Recap: All about the iPad

    * Every week I recap the web and social media news for The Next Web. Below is my recap from Sunday, January 31, 2010. Please share this post from The Next Web. 

    This week's news was dominated by Apple's iPad announcement this past Wednesday. Steve Job's unveiling of the iPad was well received by some and left others disappointed. Below I recap the speculation at the beginning of the week, a run down of the specs that were announced on Wednesday as well as the reactions to all the news.

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    Monday
    25Jan2010

    The Next Web's Weekly Recap: Twitter Features, Apple Event and Google in China

    * Every week I recap the web and social media news for The Next Web. Below is my recap from Sunday, January 24, 2010. Please share this post from The Next Web. 

    This week saw a bunch of Twitter news including the launch of a new Suggested User List as well as local based trends. They also announced an upcoming feature to claim dormant usernames. All wasn't good for Twitter as disappointing December growth rates were released. Also in the news was Apple after the long awaited Tablet announcement was officially scheduled for this coming Wednesday the 27th. The Google China drama also continued this week as the US Government stepped in.

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    Sunday
    27Dec2009

    The Next Web's Weekly Recap: Twitter Profits, GPhone Specs, Tablet Rumors

    * Every week I recap the web and social media news for The Next Web. Below is my recap from Sunday, December 27th, 2009. Please share this post from The Next Web.

    Welcome to The Next Web’s Weekly Recap. Also make sure to subscribe to The Next Web’s Podcast (iTunes or XML) where we analyze, rant and have fun with the weekly tech news.

    This week saw Twitter reach a profit as well as suffer a massive security breach, the release of full specs and a video demo of Google's upcoming Nexus One phone as well as many more Apple tablet rumors.

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    Friday
    11Sep2009

    Add Spacers to Your Dock

    I keep a fair amount of apps in my dock because I'm usually multitasking and have a lot of apps running. Keeping them in the dock allows me to always know where they are. However, it was always a big pain that there was no way to segment or organize apps in the dock. Sure, you can use third party apps that create mutliple docks but I wanted something that was native to the OS.

    A little while back I came across the perfect solution. It's a simple Terminal command that isn't a hack. Simply follow these instructions:

    Open Terminal and copy and paste this text. After doing so press Return.

    defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}'

    Then, to restart your dock type the command below and press Return again.

    killall Dock

    After doing so a spacer will be placed in the far right of your dock. You can drag the spacer anywhere in your dock to create whatever segmentation you like. You can also drag the spacer off the dock to remove it just like you would for any app. If you want additional spacers, simply follow the above procedure to add as many as you would like.

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    Monday
    07Sep2009

    Make Dock Icons Translucent for Hidden Apps

    I'm constantly hiding apps. However, OSX's dock doesn't distinguish between open apps and apps that are open but whose windows are closed. This terminal command fixes that by making hidden apps' icons translucent.

    Open Terminal and copy and paste the code below.

    defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool YES

    The restart the dock to have it take effect.

    killall Doc

    That's it. Hidden apps' icons will now be translucent.

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    Tuesday
    27Jan2009

    Apple Think Different Ad 

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