First, from Calculated Risk : Hotel occupancy rates are up. And from PragCap , the rail business is picking up. Join the conversation about this story
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Avoidr Foursquare Plugin Lets You Avoid Enemies And Exes Join the conversation about this story iPhone-to-Mac FaceTime video calls might not happen until next year — because Apple may be saving it as a big feature for Mac OS X 10.7, expected in 2011, Daring Fireball’s John Gruber writes . Join the conversation about this story Virgin America has partnered with Klout, an analytics service that tracks users’ influence on Twitter (based on variables such as the quality and number of followers and retweets), to extend free flights (plus tax) to influencers in Toronto. Continue reading at Mashable > Join the conversation about this story “Only on an Apple product would desktop folders and a unified inbox be considered innovative and exciting.” – “The worst part about iOS 4 is that it makes the iPad’s OS 3.2 feel clunky.” — John Gruber of Daring Fireball . More in our post, “Is the iPhone 4 an iPad killer?” Join the conversation about this story It’s no secret that “multitasking” is one of the great new features of iOS 4. Unfortunately, many people have a misconception about what Apple has implemented. Hopefully this short essay will help you understand the restrictions and the good reasons for having these limits. Continue reading at Furbo.org → Join the conversation about this story Happy birthday, Dennis Crowley ! Well, actually, the Foursquare founder’s birthday isn’t until tomorrow. Still, it took us by surprise, and we completely forgot to get him anything. Unlike Dennis’s mother, who came through with these awesome Foursquare badge cookies. That probably makes up for us forgetting. Join the conversation about this story Pakistan’s Deputy Attorney General wants Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrested – and possibly put to death. Join the conversation about this story Algeria may have performed well against England in their World Cup draw, but more surprising may be Algeria’s impressive growth rate since just after the year 2000 . One reader sent this in and wondered why. The reason may be intense foreign direct investment in the country’s oil sector (and related industries, like transportation) throughout the period, impressing in 2006 when it totaled $1.8 billion . The result has been an oil and gas industry growing, taking advantage of high global demand and prices. And while total GDP may not yet be too high, the oil backed growth rate up to 2008 is rather impressive. Join the conversation about this story |
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