Twitter 140 2 – Andrew Keen, author Cult of the Amateur

Andrew Keen, Author of The Cult of the Amateur talked about Twitter and Power. He took a few pot shots at previous speaker Stephen Fry - obviously a hard act to follow. 9.50 You just saw a manifestation of Twitter and power. Power is being redistributed now. We're discovering new structures of power. I was…

Twitter 140 conference 1 – Stephen Fry

Twitter hero Stephen Fry gave a rousing speech about how Twitter is a human space for humans. 9.35 Twitter is: by humans, about human stuff. connected by a gossamer network. 9.40 Revolution of the internet is similar to the invention of the printing press. 9.42 On Journalists. "there was no class of person more contemptuous…

Barack Obama has never used Twitter! sob!

We're very sorry to report that Barack Obama has never used Twitter. No, I didn't expect that he personally composed *all* of the Barack Obama account Twitter updates, but some - surely! In my heart of hearts I always suspected that some of those campaign tweets were from the Blackberry of the great man himself.…

Geek called Molly 'nerds' Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga's raunchy cyberpop hit Poker Face got nerded on youtube by a sweet adorable geek called Molly. Molly covers the song in a really nice way, but makes the track sound a bit like a Sesame Street jingle. This has been described by the internet as nerding. As in -making something nerdlike. Where Gaga…

Google's Chrome browser to get extensions – will it slow down?

If you use Google's sleek and speedy internet browser Chrome you can look forward to the browser getting an extensions gallery in the near future. A new icon on the Chrome home page takes you through to a planned but unfortunately not yet functioning extensions gallery. Suggestions are that extensions will available from early December.…

Souped-up new TomTom app for iPhone

Smarter and better than its predecessors, an updated TomTom app for iPhone is working its way through Apple's approval processes. Should be out in the next few months and if you use the iPhone's TomTom app this update should be something to look forward to. New features include: 1. Lane guidance: giving drivers extra clarity…

The USB eyelash curler – at last (!!!1)

Is there anything that can't be powered through a USB port? The national grid? Sex toys? Don't answer that - we imagine someone somewhere has hooked at least one of them up to a USB port. It wouldn't surprise me if that person worked at Thanko, the company behind the latest cunning invention to hit…

Cut your hair virtually with Hair Salon Nintendo DSi game

Out on 27th Nov, new Nintendo DSi game Hair Salon from 505 will let you be a virtual hairdresser -and cut your friends' hair on screen. Capable of incorporating photos of you and your friends, the game uses the DSi's facial recognition to get exactly the right size and angle of shot. You can then…

MoZoop: transfer old contacts to a new phone

Free web service MoZoop hopes to take the stress out of changing phones this Christmas. When you receive a shiny new handset you now won't need to go painstakingly through your contact list typing every digit and detail into your new phone. Instead you can err "zoop up" your contacts to MoZoop's secure server and…