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AppleInsider is reporting that Apple’s all-in-one desktop is due for an update early next week.

The new machines, according to the site, will be include Thunderbolt, Sandy Bridge processors from Intel and  new AMD Radeon HD video cards.

iMacs have been in short supply in the last weeks, indicating an update is in the works. The iMac was last updated July 27, 2010.

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Hosts: Chelsea Edgell, Brennan Schnell, Joshua Schnell

• The Otterbox iPad Defender ($67.48)
• Sonos S5 ($749)
• Chill Pill Mobile Speakers ($49)
• Griffin’s AirCurve Play ($20)
• and the Hand Stand iPad Case ($49)

Special thanks to MacAnswers and Mercury Grove for sponsoring the episode.

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As you can see from one episode to the next, things have evolved quite a bit. There are still some kinks we’re working out, but we’re pretty happy with the road we’re heading down with the video podcast. We’ve already recorded up to episode seven, so you’ll be seeing a nice little progression in quality as we figure some things out on the fly.

Moving forward we’re going to be releasing these episodes every single Friday. We hit a small internet snafu this week, but from now on you can count on a brand spanking new video podcast every week.

So here’s what we need from you, the viewer. If you like the video, share it, tweet it, stumble it, and like it all over the place. We could really use your help!

Here’s a list of some of our more popular posts from the week starting April 25th, 2011.

• iPhoto 9.1.2 and Snow Leopard Font Update released
• Apple: Albino iPhone 4 needed more UV protection
• Move your Web Reciepts folder to Dropbox or iDisk
• Third-party app developer receives iOS 5 crash report, whither BreadCrumb?
• Older iTunes versions stop working with the iTunes store
• TweetDeck gets polished and pampered, hits 2.0

Apple Retail watchdog site ifoAppleStore has dug up some information on Apple’s next flagship store, set to be completed in Brisbane, Australia.

According to the site, Apple is already underway with plans to renovate the MacArthur Chambers Building, filing 200 pages of paperwork with the Brisbane Planning and Development.

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Mac Rumors has discovered a new feature in Lion’s build of Safari named “Reading List.”

The service is inactive at this point, but is described by Apple as:

“Reading List lets you collect webpages and links for you to read later. To add the current page to your Reading List, click Add Page. You can also Shift-click a link to quickly add it to the list. To hide and show Reading List, click the Reading List icon (eyeglasses) in the bookmarks bar.”

I’m not sure that this is an Instapaper-killer, as some have suggested.

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With lots of talk going around about the future of Apple’s rather meager cloud services, I couldn’t help but think back to when Apple introduced MobileMe back in 2008:

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Apple has finally addressed why they were tracking movements on iPhones and the reasoning seems to be as simple as “improv[ing] traffic experience in the next couple of years.” Seems like Apple has no evil master plan behind collection of location data like we all thought.

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Are you into minimalist interfaces? If you want to cut down the clutter in the Mac OS X Dock, OSXDaily has a nice tip to show only the currently running apps in your Dock. To do this, you’ll need to launch the Terminal, and enter a few simple commands.

The change is completely reversible, and you won’t void your warranty or anything. At least not that I know of. In any case, proceed at your own risk.

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