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Aug. 10, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Gizmodo cleared in iPhone case, Amazon takes Kindle reader to the cloud and Law & Order: Social Media Unit

The Atlantic has a new event this fall with UC San Diego featuring Ev Williams, Will Wright and Elon Musk http://nie.mn/o5NdP7 »

RT @OReillyMedia: ‘The HItchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ to be released as an iOS app this fall http://oreil.ly/pYW6rF #42 /gg »

PSA: The New York Times is looking for a senior developer http://nie.mn/nLDfVn »

Good news for Gawker: The Gizmodo staff won’t be charged in the iPhone 4 prototype case http://nie.mn/mTLLg2 »

What’s the guiding principle for Beet.tv? “Trying to understand the future of online video journalism” http://nie.mn/nGJpw6 »

The NYPD created a social media unit. How long till a Law & Order spin-off? http://nie.mn/q0mHZt »

@FakeAPStylebook on their success: “For us it was like stepping on a landmine” http://nie.mn/qFqfq3 »

A good lineup (including our new curator) for @berkmancenter‘s discussion on the past and future of media http://nie.mn/nMIaLs »

Digital to print: Josh Topolsky of The @Verge will write a tech column for the Washington Post http://nie.mn/oFmFAe »

Interesting note amid falling magazine circulation: One mag is giving bloggers a cut for selling subs http://nie.mn/ntXir8 »

RT @spj_tweets: Use @Hootsuite? Company seeking feedback in developing infosheets for journalists: http://ow.ly/5ZbSP via @journtoolbox »

Encouraging! Three quarters of adults get news online! But the top online activities are email and search http://nie.mn/pl6XQk »

Amazon sidesteps Apple with a new cloud-based Kindle Reader app http://nie.mn/odScd3 »

Demand Media will now be selling advertising for The Village Voice and The Awl http://nie.mn/nd9YtG »

“What I’m looking at is how do we reduce the cost of original reporting without losing anything” http://nie.mn/ncOFz2 »

Mapping the London riots and why verifiable information is sometimes hard to find http://nie.mn/naJHOr »

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