New Strategy Game

Am not exactly a game person but this one sounds really tempting.... I used to play SimCity about 10 years ago so now is probably time for a new conquest civilizations type-of-game.
* Read about Dawn of Discovery @ NYT

It's the 1984 of the online world

See how ads will now track you down online and know what you eat, drink, buy and where you live
* Ads Follow Web Users, and Get More Personal @ NYTimes

YouTube on the Path to monetization??

read at Business Insider how YT is bragging on its recent success monetizing UGC and professional content...Let's see...

How is the news business changing

After TMZ broke the news on MJ's death, some unknown news site founded by a 19 years old, was the first to release a full Osama Bin Laden video back in 2007. And now this news site is ready to create an iPhone App and charge a 99cts monthly subscription fee for it.

Check out the full story about the Breaking News Online network @ ReadWriteWeb.

United: You Broke my Tailored Guitar

If you haven't heard about Dave Caroll's broken by United guitar, watch the video on YT (hitting 2.8MM views at the time of this article) and read this great article on the difference between effective and ineffective social media, good and bad customer relationship, and learn what to do next time an airline mishandles your luggage (that one really strikes a chord with me...)
* @ Smartblog on Social Media