The latest internet phenomenon:: CHATROULETTE

Just discovering chatroulette as we speak. Whare have I been? For those of you who don't know either, here is some good info on what it is:

* Read more at CNN about this "log on to the chatroulette website, switch-on your webcam and click play to video chat with random people who did the same thing at the same time than you anywhere in the world" latest internet phenomenon. Also called "click.naked man. click. naked man. you get where I'm going, lots of men out there...

* interview of the 17 years old founder

* how some people hate it / love it @ Gigaom

* you're curious? check it out by yourself @ chatroulette

Women and online games

Until the advent of Scrabulous and Farmville, gamers were mainly men. Now everyone seems to realize the mass female attraction for online casual games.
Interesting study on what women want from online games, how they don't consider themselves as 'Gamers' but playing online games is a guilty pleasure, how they don't want to pay, and how they get so addicted to online gaming, they don't want thier kids to play!
* More @ Netimperative

How Europe blew it in the mobile war

For a bit of mobile history as the MWC is about to start, read a great article about smartphone's disruptive technology arrival and how the US has been able to ride the wave to European cell handset manufacturers and networks dismay
* Read @ The Guardian

What's left to say about the iPad

Not much, except that we don't like that it doesn't have Flash, that it is disruptive innovation at its best (what other device does one need between a laptop and a cell phone?), and that it's a kindle killer. Also to my mind the iPad holds great potential with kids - I can predict it will become the dream toy / school must of all teens and tweens in the next 10 years.
But for these who have buried their head in the sand in the past week, here are a few good comments on the iPad:
- Why the iPad needs more content. And flash. @ NYtimes
- For an exhaustive list of reactions & opinions. @ WIRED
- and for some pad 'bad' jokes. @ jezebel