"Announced in August, LG's HSDPA-totin' touchscreen KS20 was just released for retail in Europe -- France and Germany to be specific with more countries coming on the quick. Nothing new to report, same business minded, 12.8-mm thick Windows Mobile 6 handset with 3.6Mbps data, WiFi, Bluetooth, 2 megapixel camera (VGA up front), up to 4-hours talk, and built-in stylus for navigating with precision...

 

Note: I don’t think there is anything wrong with Facebook Maths. This problem may be just because not every Facebook user mentioned their Gender when they signed up. However, it still makes me smile.  Enjoy! Facebook users in US above 35 years (Male): 306,880 Facebook users in US above 35 years (Female): 327,040 Facebook users in US above [...]

 

The social graph is eclipsing all other institutions as a force of influence.  First it challenged the news media, now it's advertising: read more

 

"Advertising arrives on Facebook in a way that socializes what people do with the products they us read more

 

From my Mac genius friend, Scott McIlwraith… File Paths? In the Finder, if you select the View menu | Show Path Bar, you get an interactive path bar along the bottom of the Finder window. (...)

 

 

Yahoo management has been publicly humiliated in Washington recently for disclosing information to the Chinese government about a dissident journalist in China.  House Foreign Affairs Committe read more

 

A break from all that geek science stuff to … all that geek social networking stuff Seesmic is a still in private alpha Twitter like video service (actually integrates wonderfully with Twitter). Here is a little screencast showing off the interface. Technorati Tags: Seesmic

 

I screwed up a Gmail contacts import the other day, thinking that I could resolve the problem by deleting my contact list and then re-importing it… but that’s not the case. (...)

 

It's been almost a week since my last post and I'm starting to get "We thought maybe you'd fallen and broken a hip" emails from friends. It is just taking me a hell of a long time to shake the bug I picked up. Didn't feel like the flu or a bad cold but I have no idea what it was. I'm just hoping I'm right on the "was" part. Feeling better and eager to...

 

I picked up the SketchUp For Dummies book the other day. The books costs money the program doesn't. Versions for Mac and Windows. This video is how to build a dog house, it is just that easy. [Link] Love how you can just push a wall into a roof.

 

"Need to know the weather? Don't always have the time to check? Well, with Elecont weather you don't have to. It's right on the home screen of your Smartphone or Pocket PC. Of course if you want more details you can check out current conditions, barometric pressure, wind speed, ultraviolet intensity level, and more. That's quite a bit weather info to fit in your pocket. Elecont Weather is world...

 

True Knowledge is previewing (in private beta) a new search engine that deliver answers rather than a list of statistically relevant links as in most search engines. Type in “Is Jennifer Lopez single?,” and the engine disambiguates the term “single,” and produces a correct, structured response. In addition, it presents the facts on which the answer [...]

 

Paul Kedrosky raised an interesting question at the Defrag Conference in Denver yesterday. He led a panel discussion that kept circling back to the notion of information overload, but Paul suggested that the 200+ people in the room likely represent...

 

NowPublic's Leonard Brody will be representing in Monaco this week.  I just spoke to him and he said it's shaping up to be an interesting few days: read more

 

Some good data from Comscore on the state of the European internet market: read more

 

One of the more annoying trends in "Web 2.0" apps is the (mis)use of humor in error pages. Many of my readers know what I'm talking about - you logon to your favorite social web app, feed search engine, photo site, etc., only to see an upside-down bird or some other goofy picture alongside a "funny" error message. I hate this. With a passion. It's like the creators of...

 

Celebrate with Seasonal Content, Images and Ad Colors You should consider developing special holiday content for your users. Why? Because our advertisers—those whose ads appear on your site—are hard at it right now developing special holiday ad strategies and promotions, as a recent post on the Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog explains. Creating holiday-related content for your site, [...]

 

"If we ever had some doubt that AMD would be able to deliver its desktop quad-core processors in time for Christmas, there are now signs that a release of the CPUs may be closer than we previously thought: Several online stores have published retail prices of AMD's new processors, indicating how AMD's new CPUs will be competing with Intel's Penryn processors. Curious minds anticipating the launch...

 

Less than three weeks until Thanksgiving and that means it’s almost time for Jones Soda Holiday Pack. (...)