It is, indeed, that time of year again. As you start gathering your shopping lists (you're not done, right?) and figuring out what you need to buy for each person,...

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Guys I'm still really sleepy from China jetlag so I don't know if I'll get through the entire hour of this, but I know it'll interest some of you and probably me when I wake up so I'm posting it here so some other tech blogger doesn't get to it first.

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The world, it seems, can't get enough social check-in service variants based on such services that launch on a regular basis. The latest calls itself Clingle by MyCityWay. Its "Clings" are bits of media (text, audio, photos) that users can leave for friends (other Clingle users) that are unlocked when these friends check-in to the location. It is a bit like a private geo-cache. Information can also be broadcast to friends in real-time. And, of course, like other social-geolocation services, deal [...]

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Google is overhauling Reader, with a Google+ approach. The Internet is about to reach 100 million .com domains. Apple could be readying a launch of 5 new MacBook Pro models...

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It's the day that iOS5 goes live, Sony's suffered another hack attempt, and Samsung and Apple's fight hits the streets in Australia. It's all in today's Daily Dose. You can...

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iPhone 4S pre-orders paid off the Siri acquisition in 1 day. Facebook finally reveals its iPad app, complete with caveats. Tim Cook has planned a rememberance ceremony for former Apple...

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iPhone 4S preorders hit 1 million units in 24 hours, Google unveils a new programming language called Dart, and Netflix cancels its Qwikster spin-off. It's all in today's Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The Next Web. Make sure to hit the subscription button of your [...]

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iPhone 4S preorders hit 1 million units in 24 hours, Google unveils a new programming language called Dart, and Netflix cancels its Qwikster spin-off. It's all in today's Daily Dose....

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Thank you, Steve. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The Next Web. Make sure to hit the subscription button of your choice below...

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Thank you, Steve. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The Next Web. Make sure to hit the subscription button of your choice below to get The Daily Dose as soon as it's available. Celebrating the life of Steve Jobs Our thanks to the creator of the video, from [...]

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WARNING! Smule's latest iPhone and iPad virtual musical instrument app is going to suck in and refuse to release every possible second of your productive time. Keep reading only if this does not frighten you. MadPad lets you sample sounds of anything and everything around you in sets of 12. Audio sampling is not new. MadPad, however, adds a video component to each of these audio samples. The video samples serve as both a cue to the sample sound as well as visual entertainment. Tapping on a grid [...]

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Audioboo, the mobile & web-based platform that lets users record and upload audio, has announced the launch of a new service allowing users to upload files by email. The service, called ‘BooMail’, goes live today.As it stands, Audioboo allows users to record and upload unlimited audio clips via iphone, Android and some Nokia devices, as well as through the Audioboo website. BooMail will also allow BlackBerry users to upload audio content on the go, as well as giving web-users a new, faster r [...]

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If I were asked to predict which new entertainment app will be the most downloaded this weekend, I would say:Songify (iTunes App Store)This free iPhone app turns anything you speak into singing that sounds like musical style used by The Gregory Brothers Auto-tune the News video segments. The app works quite differently than Smule's “I Am T-Pain” or Glee apps. Smule's apps apply a more traditional karaoke style that helps shape singing to be “in tune.” Songify, [...]

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