The Dalai Lama is now on Twitter and with a Verified account at that. This is now the real account unlike the fake one last year which had 16,000 followers. more »
Wall Street Journal says that the White House is currently on the lookout for their official Twitterer. For those of you who think that it’s Mr. President himself who tweets, well no, it was actually Mia Cambronero. She’s vacating the post soon and the White House is looking for a replacement. The new social media manager according to the job description will also manage Obama’s MySpace and Facebook accounts. more »
Earlier this week, Google introduced their latest product which they are calling as the Buzz. According to Google, it’s a “new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting and share updates, photos, videos and more”. The new feature is built right into Gmail for easier access.
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Lego has just announced their latest website for the Lego lovers. Legoclick is said to be where “every ginormous idea is born at a very special moment in a very special place”. more »
Oddcast recently developed a new software that can create a 3D avatar from a simple 2D profile picture. A demo is recently available on the company website but they will be offering this to other websites. more »
Crazy Twitter gadgets have been invented already. There is the Twoddler that lets toddlers to send tweets and TwitterPeek for the Twitter addicts among others. Now, we have the Puppy Tweets that well…allows your little doggie to be your Twitter friend.
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Can we say that Mr. Barack Obama is an Internet addict? This is another feather to his hat aside from being a BlackBerry user, YouTube vlogger, and an iPod evangelist. more »
Rumor has it that Hulu may have to charge $5 to access old shows because only four or five episodes of a series are currently being shown. The previous ones will be available with payment. more »
YouTube has plans of offering movie rentals this week according to a recent report by USA Today. The popular video-sharing site will start by offering films from the Sundance Film Festival with a $5 fee for each movie. more »
Kids in the US spend about an average of eight hours according to a recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation. About five years ago, their study only yielded a 6.5 hours of usage a day on the Internet.
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