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How good are data detectors on Lion?  Really good.  Check out this example of their integration in Apple Mail:

As in Leopard and Snow Leopard, anything that resembles a date or time is picked up if you hover the cursor over it.  But look at the dialog that appears when I accept the offer to add the event to iCal:

The app has read through the entire mail, noted the 2pm, associated it with my chosen date, and combined the two into a calendar appointment.  Not bad!

Doris Desktop 1.8 is now ready to download from the new, dedicated website.

New in this release:

• Link detection added in task description, as well as spell checker and auto-correction
• Data detectors enabled, effectively this means we have iCal integration!
• Added links in Help section for online help and feature requests sites
• Restricted to Snow Leopard and added warning for other users
• some minor UI tweaks, like now you can use the Return key to submit new tasks

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KinectShop: The Next Generation Of Shopping

Via Very Small Array

Airbnb Taps Facebook, Lets You Crash With Friends Of Friends:

If you haven’t discovered Airbnb, check it out, it’s the Ebay or Amazon of travel accommodation, a great way to find places to stay while abroad or even local, and often a lot better and cheaper than what you would find on typical travel sites.

With their latest Facebook integration Airbnb has hit the masterstroke: you can now see properties around the globe either hosted by your friends or circle of trusted contacts, or that they’ve used and rated.  One of the most useful applications of “social media” I’ve seen in ages.

Recommended reading

• Control of Cables | Cocoanetics – The Devil's Horn technique for wrapping up Apple earbuds seems great, will be testing it over next few weeks.
• The coolest kindergarten ever: iPad 2s for everyone –

Via: Medical Billing And Coding

See the full selection of visualisations.  My personal favourites are the 2 versions of the billion dollar-o-gram, and the left/right comparisons.