Interesting read about comment systems like Disqus will still compete with Facebook http://goo.gl/fb/ai1Ts /via @pingmicro http://svrt.se/fPrF01

TDSSKiller, Kaspersky TDSS Rootkit Remover

One of the most notorious rootkit families on today’s Internet is the TDSS Rootkit family which is known as Rootkit.Win32.TDSS, Tidserv, TDSServ or Alureon. The rootkit began to spread in 2008 and is one of the causes for unauthorized Google Redirects that users experience when the rootkit is active on their PC system.One of the tools designed to ..read more.. 

- Luckily there no such thing on Mac.. No viruses, no problems. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

 

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Motorola Xoom costs $799 according to Best Buy. Yes, $799! Who will buy that?

I spent most of last week gushing over Android 3.0, but the first product to run the Android tablet OS – the Motorola Xoom – has a bank-breaking price that will be tough to swallow.According to a Best Buy advertisement, the Motorola Xoom will debut in-store on February 24, costing interested buyers $799. Pardon me, that’s $799.99, which is $29 ..read more.. 

- this is unbelievable. Who will buy this when you can almost get two iPads for that price!? They will fail big time... Via http://j.mp/iGADGETS

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The Daily vs. Flipboard: One of These is The Future of Newspapers

Last week Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only newspaper The Daily was launched. The Daily is a newspaper app available to U.S. users on the iPad for 99c per week (the first 2 weeks are free; non-U.S. people can download it for trial via this method). The Daily has been touted as the "future of the newspaper" by News Corp. Audrey Watters wrote our initial rev ..read more.. 

- I prefer Smartr over Flipboard, but definitely Flipboard over The Daily. Why? Because it's free. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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Filter & Read News From Your Twitter Stream

Given the real-time activity by millions of daily users, Twitter is an excellent source of news. However, all the irrelevant and redundant tweets make it hard for anyone to filter out the noise from the actual stories. Smartr is an iPhone app that does the job for you by filtering the news from your tweets and presenting it in a readable format.It ..read more.. 

- this is my favorite app on the iPhone. Via http://j.mp/iAPPLE

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Georgia state senator hopes to replace schoolbooks with iPads

The state of Georgia is reportedly considering a plan to get rid of conventional textbooks and shift middle school classrooms in the state to wireless iPads built by Apple, following positive iPad trials in place by schools around the US. Republican Senate President pro tem Tommie Williams told the press earlier this week that the Georgia legislatur ..read more.. 

- Awesome idea! That is exactly what I think the future will be. We will not use real books, newspapers or Magazines anymore. I already isn't. I only use my iOS devices for all this. Via http://j.mp/iAPPLE

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Readability Just Became Instapaper’s Publisher Payment Layer

- but why should I pay when I can just use Instapaper for free? I don't get it. News should be free. As long as I can use apps like Instapaper, Smartr, Flipboard and more for free, I will never pay for news.

"Personally, I think the concept behind Readability is pretty awesome. It gives you a way to read all your favorite articles on the web without all of the clutter of the web — meaning, mainly, ads. And the recently-launched payment component is even more interesting because it gives you a way to pay back (in a very small way) your favorite writers" ..read more.. 

Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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How Apple became bigger than the Beatles

Apple is the biggest thing in music – bigger even than The Beatles. We discover how Apple became the music industry's best friend as well as its worst nightmare. Back in November, Apple teased us with a special announcement. "Tomorrow is just another day," the Apple site said. "That you'll never forget." The rumour mill instantly went into ov ..read more.. 

- Interesting read. Found via http://j.mp/iAPPLE

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Where is all converted iOS apps that I need on my Mac?

Every time i start my Macbook I always have my iPad as a second screen to the left of it :) There is nothing that can compare to the apps I have on my iOS devices on a computer, thats why. That is also why I had hopes for that the iOS developers would convert all the cool apps like Boxcar, Smartr, Twittelator and many more to the Mac when the Mac App Store was launched. But very few apps has been converted yet and mostly games.. Doesnt the developers understand that there is no apps like these on the desktop? I hate clunky Adobe Air apps and running Web apps in the browser without all fetures I need. So please start converting!

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I prefer to read on my iOS devices: iPad Spurs Cottage Industry of Digital Book Scanning Japan

The inhabitants of Tokyo’s cramped apartments have found the iPad to be invaluable in helping them to create more space. The residents of Tokyo are eagerly buying services to scan their books into PDF files so that they can make more room in their apartments, according to a recent Bloomberg report. A cottage industry of companies has mushroomed up ..read more.. 

- interesting. It's something I would like to do too but will probably never do. I haven't touched my books, magazines and such since I bought my first iOS device. In fact, I haven't bought any new ones either. I prefer to read on my iOS devices. It is so much better. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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Download Your Photos From Facebook

If you use Facebook, the chances are that you’ve uploaded a number of your photos to it, some of which are not backed up by you in a separate location. So if Facebook decides to block your account tomorrow, your photos are gone too. Hence a tool like Pick & Zip should be used now and then to download your Facebook photos. It lets you download your ..read more.. 

- great to have just in case. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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Half of Verizon smartphone users mulling switch to iPhone

Results of a uSamp survey of AT&T and Verizon customers conducted last week reveals that 54 percent of current Android and BlackBerry users on Verizon's network are likely to switch to a Verizon-compatible iPhone 4 by the time the device launches next week on February 10. That same survey suggested that as many as 26 percent of current AT&T iPhone u ..read more.. 

- Wow! Quite impressive. Via http://j.mp/iAPPLE

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MeeGo Dies (And Nokia WP7 is Born) on February 11?

Lets hope it will go better for Nokia then...



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Amplify’d from www.i4u.com

The future of MeeGo looks bleak today, but the Nokia's future looks uncommonly bright. There's been suspicion[1] of a switch to the Windows Phone 7 platform for a few weeks now. This came to a head when Adnaan Ahmad of Berenberg Bank wrote an open letter to Nokia CEO Stephen Elop urging him to drop MeeGo and ally with Microsoft.

But the suspicion of a possible alliance with Microsoft has been enough to boost Nokia shares by 4% this week. No spokesperson at either company has commented yet, but some analysts expect a February 11 announcement from Mr. Elop. The Nokia CEO stated in late January that his company was open to "create and/or join other ecosystems".

We'll see just how open next week, right ahead of the Mobile World Congress.

References ^ suspicion (www.i4u.com) ^ is kind of cool (www.i4u.com) ^ smartphone and tablet (www.i4u.com) Read more at www.i4u.com

 

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Photofeed Adds Zing to Facebook Photos, Skyrockets in Popularity

It seems that photo applications, be it mobile or web, are making their presence felt via small but innovative ways in which they bring photographs together. Facebook is the largest photo sharing site available today and if you can somehow tap into that to create an interesting social experience, the results are bound to be dramatic, as Pixable’s ..read more.. 

- Smart move. Facebook is very popular for sharing photos. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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Micro Acquisition: TwitterCounter Subsumes Twitaholic

Before there was Twitter stats site Twitter Counter, there was TwitterHolic (now called Twitaholic). Now Twitter Counter has acquired Twitaholic to bolster its Twitter stats services, and the combined entity will be named TwittaHolicCounterTweet (just kidding there). Are you still twith me? In all seriousness, Twitaholic was the first site to put up ..read more.. 

- I use Twitter Counter widgets and buttons on my websites. Even here on Amplify. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play commercial emerges, makes sense if you’re a gamer

Another day, another leak somehow connected to the upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, a phone better known by what it isn’t going to be called: the PlayStation phone or the PSP phone. Today, a video of what looks like will be an advertisement for the device has surfaced on Norwegian site Droidnytt. They have somehow managed to find a YouTube vide ..read more.. 

- Great video. Click through to see it. Via http://j.mp/iGADGETS

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The Mac Text Expansion Faceoff

We love text expansion on our Macs, but we've always assumed TextExpander was the best option. With some capable challengers, we decided to find out if any of them could dethrone the reigning champion. Here's what we found. Before we get started, if you're wondering what text expansion actually is, read this. For those of you running Windows, take a ..read more.. 

- I really love TextExpander and a big plus for that they don't mention, is that it is also available on iPhone and iPad, so you can sync your snippets and use them on all devices. It's a must have on iOS if you type, blog, code much like I do. Via http://j.mp/iAPPLE

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PaperHelper iPad App

PaperHelper is a unique iPad app that is free today in the App store. It helps with the poor multitasking of iOS while doing Internet research. The app is a browser that also adds a notepad. Today it is free so go get it in the app store and try it out for yoruself. As you can see when in landscape mode the browser on the right has all the features ..read more.. 

- a very cool app! Free today! Great when doing some research. Via http://j.mp/iGADGETS

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Automattic makes premium themes available to 17 million Wordpress.com blogs

Automattic, the brainchild of WordPress-founder Matt Mullenweg, has just announced that for the first time ever, it is going to make premium themes available to the 17 million blogs hosted on the WordPress.com service. With a number of premium themes becoming available later this year, WordPress.com blog owners will initially be able to install on ..read more.. 

- I have a WordPress.com blog ( http://svartling.wordpress..com/ ) that I only use to post my Amplify posts too. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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The Daily iPad app review: a complete failure of imagination

I’ve had a few hours with The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s iPad-only newspaper. One thought strikes me above all others: if this is the best that journalism’s brightest brains can do, given a huge budget and input from Apple itself then we’re in worse trouble than I thought. The Daily opens with a carousel of pages. The Daily represents a complet ..read more.. 

- I will never pay for news anyways. I've stopped buying and reading newspapers a long time ago (since I bought my first iPhone), and I will not start paying for news or magazines when I can make them myself with apps like Smartr, Flipboard, TweetMag and Instapaper. /via http://j.mp/iAPPLE

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@cyberspaceapp An automated fullscreen mode in Cyberspace when holding the iphone in landscape mode would be a perfect solution I think. Then you don't need to make the toolbars thinner. And when holding it in portrait mode the toolbars is back again. It works great in the Sleipnir web browser. http://svrt.se/eufjbx

It’s social discovery for iPhone apps

Chomp brings iPhone users a better way to discover apps through personalized recommendations and community reviews. There’s a few ways to start app hunting, on Chomp’s site or through a sleek iPhone app that enables app enthusiasts to review, rate and share. After firing up the app on the iPhone, users can start teaching the app what type of app ..read more.. 

- could be useful. I don't think it's hard to find great apps though. And you can also follow me on Twitter (@Svartling) as I usually tweet a lot about the best apps. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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Google’s Honeycomb event video available to watch in full

If you missed Google’s livestreamed coverage of the Android 3.0 Honeycomb event yesterday then it should come as little surprise to hear that the YouTube owner has put the whole video online. Google took to the stage to show exactly what they’ve done with Android to bring it up to speed with tablet-scale devices like the Motorola XOOM. Full even ..read more.. 

- click through to watch the video. Via http://j.mp/iGADGETS

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@smartrmobi why did you remove the new Retweet? What was the reason to merge it with Old School Retweet? I use the new Retweet & thinks that it's a great & fast way to RT when you don't have nothing to add, & it is very nicely integrated into official twitter.com so please add it back. Otherwise I can't use your app as my main twitter app anymore... http://svrt.se/hHddcS

Listening to Fields of the Nephilim "Dawnrazor" from 1987 on my way to work Music was better then http://svrt.se/fBi8yx

Everything you need to know about Windows Phone 7 in one infographic

Windows Phone 7 is an interesting phone platform, one that nearly everyone has an opinion about, but few truly know. When we found the infographic below, we knew that it was a must-post because it is an excellent reference point for all mobile fans. Whether you love Android, iOS, WebOS, or even Blackberry, you need to know what WP7 is all about, ..read more.. 

- great infographic. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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Today’s biggest Android news? The Xoom is no longer vaporware.

We tech junkies, we’re a fickle bunch. Why it was only a few weeks ago that we were gushing over Moto’s latest baby, saying that there were “tons of tablets, but only one Xoom”. Not long after, though, the harsh reality set in. What we saw at CES was just a video of what Honeycomb should look like on the Xoom. It wasn’t the real deal. That ..read more.. 

- The Motorola Xoom is way too expensive to compete with the iPad. It seems that Android has a hard time competing with the iPads price. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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Using Google's Android 3.0 Tablet, the First Real iPad Fighter

This is how an Android tablet should feel. Android 3.0 running on Motorola's Xoom tablet is almost iPad-like, a legitimate threat to the only successful tablet on the market right now. It's about damn time! You can tell that the Motorola Xoom tablets running Android 3.0 are fast just from demo videos, but it's not until you actually use them that it ..read more.. 

- Finally Android maybe can compete. Via http://j.mp/iGADGETS

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QuickOffice for Android Tablets Puts Presentations in True Portable Form

QuickOffice is one of 17 developers working on Honeycomb-optimized Android applications, and they were on hand at Google’s event in Mountain View to show off the slideshow portion of their offering. We weren’t allowed to get video, but just looking at pictures of the app shows me that they want to focus on converging the desktop and mobile exper ..read more.. 

- Looks very good. Via http://j.mp/iANDROID

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Yes! Finally #Amplify has a combined realtime stream again! Thank you @egoldstein http://svrt.se/e8nrlj

Google Unveils Android Market Webstore. It’s Already Live!

Today at their Mountain View headquarters, Google held an event to show off Honeycomb, the latest version of the Android operating system. After some demos of the OS itself, Android engineering director Chris Yerga took the stage to show off a big new feature: the Android Market Webstore. Yep, the Market just hit the web. Finally. And it’s already ..read more.. 

- Here is one of the things Google announced on the Android event today. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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From Android to iPhone

More and more Google applications that used to be available only for Android are now ported to the iPhone. After Google Voice, Google Latitude, Google Places, Google Goggles (a feature of the Google Mobile App), iPhone users can now download Google Shopper, a product search tool that recognizes barcodes, supports voice search and lets you compare pr ..read more.. 

- I don't use any of these apps or services. I don't think they even work here in Sweden... Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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Midnight Inbox: Definitely Getting Things Done

The Getting Things Done methodology has an almost cult following, but generally trying to figure out the best way to manage our busy lives has an even larger following. Midnight Inbox is an application that helps you to get things done, very much inspired by the GTD methodology. If you’re already a die-hard follower of this task management process ..read more.. 

- I live by the rules of GTD to handle everything. It has helped me much, but I use my own system in my mail. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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Android Honeycomb's task: Make us forget about first-gen Android tablets

Amid so-so reviews of first-generation Android tablets, return rate worries on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab and the likely launch of Apple’s iPad 2, Google will debut its Honeycomb Android 3.0 operating system Wednesday. Rest assured the stakes are high. Gallery: Android 3.0 preview screenshots Live Blog: Android Honeycomb Here’s a look at the backdro ..read more.. 

- yes, let us forget the first Android Tablets :) Via http://j.mp/iAPPLE

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iCabMobile - one of the best web browsers for iOS has been updated

The coolest new feature in iCabMobile this time is the Cache feature. You can now choose to have up to 50MB cache saved, and I must say that it makes web browsing a lot faster.

I wish it had the scratchpad Cyberspace has and all the other cool features.

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Improved Copy & Paste Using The Web Clipboard Extension

Pretty cool feature if you using Chrome.

Amplify’d from googledocs.blogspot.com

The Web Clipboard extension for Google Docs is now available in the Chrome extension gallery. It allows you to copy and paste text and images from the web into the cloud using the Google Docs clipboard. This means that all the web content that you copy and paste is stored in your online clipboard so you can access it quickly and easily across multiple browser windows. You can even copy multiple items at a time. Copy

Paste

Try it out and let us know what you think by adding a comment on the extension’s page. Read more at googledocs.blogspot.com

 

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Google Docs Refreshed: Adds Collections, Sharing Pane & More for Easier Use Read more

I think Google Docs will be a great Cloud storage soon.

It would be cool if more iOS apps supported it.



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Amplify’d from notebooks.com

Google has refreshed the Google Docs documents list today, adding collections, a sharing pane and more features that make Google Docs a much nicer place to keep all of your documents. All of these improvements make one of our favorite tools even better, especially for users who keep all types of files in Google Docs.

In addition to the many new look and feel enhancements, Google Docs now has Priority Sorting which works like Google Priority Inbox to help you find important documents. There are new filters which you can find along the top of your documents menu.

Collections replace the folders, offering a nicer way to view your items and offers an easy place to keep related documents together. This is a must have if you use Google Docs to work with several groups.

For users who upload images to Google Docs you can also click on an image to launch a photo viewer in a full screen mode which offers a much nicer way to browse through your photos. Read more at notebooks.com

 

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Testing TweetDecks new LongTweet service called Deck.ly

Pretty cool service, but actually this is only a new Tweetlonger service. It will probably kill all other such services though.



Click through to see it.



http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/svartling/~3zZIS

Amplify’d from www.tweetdeck.com

Testing TweetDecks new LongTweet service called Deck.ly. Deck.ly is a new service we have created that will allow you to send messages of unlimited length. Your fellow TweetDeck users will be able to read these messages in full directly in their TweetDeck apps thanks to the cross-platform app updates we have issued today.

Deck.ly long updates work by creating a special web page which contains your full message. A truncated version of your message, plus a link to this web page, is posted to Twitter. Anyone using the TweetDeck apps for Desktop, Chrome or Android that we updated today will be able to read the full text of the message directly in the app. No need to swap to a browser to read the message elsewhere. As a TweetDeck user you get the best, most integrated experience from Deck.ly. Because, as the saying goes, you're worth it... Read more at www.tweetdeck.com

 

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Read It Later Version 2.4 for iOS – Login Support, Tweet Attribution & More

Instapaper's competitor Read It Later has updated with a very cool feature called Tweet Attribution. When saving links to read later from a Twitter client that supports it, it will include the complete tweet too and you can reply and retweet directly from Read It Later. Very cool.

Links saved from Twitter will now display the original tweet that contained the link and give you the ability to retweet it directly. This not only allows you to remember where/why you saved a link, but allows you to respond to and/or give credit to the original poster after reading!

This will work on new links saved after updating to 2.4. For the tweet to be saved with your link, the Twitter client you used to save the link with needs to support this new feature. Three Twitter apps already support this feature (Echofon, SimplyTweet, and Gravity) and more are on the way. If you use another Twitter client and would like this feature, I recommend you suggest it the app’s developers.

Via

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Twingly’s ‘FriendFeed for business’ moves into corporate microblogging

Swedish startup Twingly‘s Channels product (which impressed us at launch) is essentially a “FriendFeed for the enterprise market” and now the company is stepping onto Salesforce Chatter’s turf with the launch of a Twitter-like corporate microblogging service. Although he describes the move as a “pivot”, Twingly CEO Martin Källström say ..read more.. 

- The Swedish service Twingly goes after corporate microblogging. Via http://j.mp/iTECH

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How AirPlay & iTunes could enable the 'post-PC' office

My favorite IT guy loves to sneer about iTunes when we talk about iPhones. He dislikes that it's the tool for users to back up and otherwise manage their iOS devices -- namely, iPhones and iPads. And I often hear complaints about users wanting to install iTunes when talking to CIOs and other IT pros; they seem concerned about people wasting time lis ..read more.. 

- interesting ideas. Some of it is what I believe the future will be like. Via http://j.mp/iAPPLE

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@cyberspaceapp I've got many graphical glitches in CyberSpace web app

When I type in text forms like comment boxes or edit forms in Cyberspace the page get blacked out and the addressbar disappear. Look at the pictures below:

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Fail: Samsung admits its iPad-rival Galaxy Tab sales were actually "quite small"

So they haven't sold 2 millions Galaxy Tab. This is bas Samsung, really bad...

AppleInsider :

After boasting last fall that sales of its Galaxy Tab were "faster than expected" and had reached 2 million, Samsung has now admitted to analysts that its figures were only "sell-in" inventory shipped to retailers, and that actual units bought by consumers were "quite small."

A month after announcing plans to launch its new 7 inch tablet on all four US carriers at an event in September, Samsung claimed it had sold 600,000 units, and by the end of the quarter it had reported sales of 2 million.

However, in the company's quarterly earnings call with investors on Friday, Samsung executive Lee Young-hee clarified that those numbers related only to inventory channel stuffing, and did not represent actual sales to end users, according to a report by Wall Street Journal blogger Evan Ramstad.

By "sales" we mean unsold inventory

"As you heard," Lee replied to a question asking for more detail on Galaxy Tab sale numbers, "our sell-in was quite aggressive and this first quarterly result was quite, you know, fourth-quarter unit [figure] was around two million.

"Then, in terms of sell-out, we also believe it was quite small. We believe, as the introduction of new device, it was required to have consumers invest in the device. So therefore, even though sell-out wasn’t as fast as we expected, we still believe sell-out was quite OK."

Via http://j.mp/iAPPLE

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