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iPad 3 release date, specs, features ‘revealed’ at CES 2012 (iPad 2S?)

Will the iPad 3 release date be this quarter? Yes, according to sources at CES 2012, who also blabbed about its specs and features. There seem to be few external changes, so, in IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if it’ll be called the iPad 2S.

[Updated: New news about Retina display sourcing, as Sharp fails to make the grade, reportedly]

Your humble blogwatcher (@richi) curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment. Not to mention: Fast Food - Ads vs. Reality…

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Gwyneth Paltrow is now on your iPhone

Gwyneth Paltrow is letting us in on her NYC recommendations in her goop City Guide iPhone app. Find out if it’s worth downloading.

Most days we wake up and wonder: “How does Gwyneth Paltrow spend her days in New York City?”

Our prayers have finally been answered: Paltrow’s email newsletter, goop, now has its very own iPhone app.

“I have always dreamed of finding a city guide that would be just right for me, like a trusted friend whose opinion you knew you could count on,” Paltrow wrote in this month’s goop.

“After years of being steered in the wrong direction by bribed concierges, biased opinions and just plain bad suggestions, I decided to create what I had been missing: The goop City Guide! We begin with New York City and you can expect many more over the coming months. This app will be your resource for the tried and tested of the best and coolest of Manhattan (and Brooklyn, and a bit of Queens, the Bronx and New Jersey).”

Paltrow then goes on to detail the making of the iPhone app, including the hours and hours of filming and scouting it took to create it.

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