i referred to google's influence on the information age landscape earlier and stumbled over john arlidge's article in the times online this weekend in my feedreader - good writing and absolutely worth reading. "in the blissed-out california sunshine, the glistening glass-and- steel curves of the googleplex seem to sweep you up off the pavement with the promise of a glimpse into

german toom hardware store just released a new commercial starring a suburb do-it-yourselfer promoting toom's raffle about do-it-yourself ideas you can send in. the homeowner got annoyed by speeding cars in front of his driveway and built his very own speed bumps

following my most favorite ad - the sony bravia bouncy balls - and their paint ad, here comes the third sony bravia spot - rabbit stop-motion in play-doh. "the third commercial for bravia is the most ambitious piece of stop-motion animation ever undertaken. devised by fallon and shot over three weeks in new york, the commercial employed over 40 animators from

"international bloggers are preparing an action to support the peaceful revolution in burma. we want to set a sign for freedom and show our sympathy for these people who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons." find some more information on www.free-burma.org (via philipp götzinger, initiated by robert basic and others) [tags: free burma, burma, petition, peaceful revolution, robert basic]

i've been with jajah for quite a while now and very happy to be part of this amazing international team. i rarely blog about our own services but we are launching jajah buttons these days and i have to share this with you. jajah buttons finally realize free and seamless voice communication in online communities and email, it is one-click calling

today my friends pat phelan and sean o'mahony presented their recent brainchild at the techcrunch40 conference - the maxroam sim card. "we are an innovative global communications company focused on introducing simple, high quality and high value telecommunications services. our core target market is aggrieved customers across the globe who don't understand why they can't get value for money when making

while checking my facebook messages on the apple iphone i clicked on this link from roland over at the werbeblogger. "the current version of the flash plugin is too old. you currently have version 0.0.0 but you need at least 9.0.0 to view this plugin. we suggest that you upgrade flash to the latest version. to upgrade please click here" ha, flash

don sent me the link to this article at electronista stating the apple iphone launch in germany for november 12th 2007 and revealing some more details. "apple may launch its iphone campaign in europe with a 3g-capable iphone with enhanced storage, according to what appears to be a leaked ad from t-mobile germany. the ad promises a version of the handset

the new scientist tech reports that researchers at cornell university, new york, and microsoft research in washington state have developed a software that identifies the most informative people in an online community, based on their posting patterns. "the researchers worked out how to spot key players within discussions by analysing the connections between thousands of messages on several topics. the work