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

plaxo, known for keeping all your address books in sync and up-to-date, recently relaunching their whole service and adding plaxo pulse now releases an online identity consolidator based on microformats, aggregating all your social network info in one place. robert scoble interviewed chief platform architect joseph smarr yesterday. find all the details on opensocialgraph.plaxo.com (via scobleizer and joseph smarr) [tags: plaxo, online identity consolidator,

a year ago i blogged about the first smirnoff tea partay clip, some dorky east coast guys doing a skit on rap videos. now smirnoff launched the official sequel from the west coast. doubting the success of such clips last year here are the stats from 8/29/2007: smirnoff tea partay east coast - published august 02, 2006 - 3,504,506 views smirnoff

after opening up facebook for third party applications, facebook is riding the next hype wave. here is the onion's point of view: the smug little shit behind the latest internet phenomenon. check out facebook for the apple iphone too, nicely done. (via the onion magazine) [tags: facebook, mark zuckerberg, onion, the onion, weekender, satire]

really funny star wars / viral marketing spoof (in german dialect - swabian). just hilarious, thanks patrick! (via jvm > off the record > werbeblogger) [tags: star wars, viral marketing, swabian, death star, darth vader, schwäbisch]

the apple iphone is a beautiful device, revolutionizing the space of mobile phones but there is one major downside, apple/at&t is forcing you into a pretty expensive two year contract to even activate the iphone. when bought you can not use the iphone until you activate it via itunes by choosing one of there three two year contract plans ($60,

as you may know, the entire internet has crashed