Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies tour, 1973. Photo by Hunter-Desportes on Flickr. Some rights reserved
A quick burst of 11 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
What Is Microsoft's Next Billion-Dollar Business? >> Redmondmag.com
Think big.
Digital Agencies of the Future >> Narrowdesign
Ad agencies' sites, as viewed on an iPhone. Don Draper never had this problem.
Apple's AirPrint Wireless Printing for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch Coming to Users in November >> Apple
"AirPrint automatically finds printers on local networks and can print text, photos and graphics to them wirelessly over Wi-Fi without the need to install drivers or download software. HP's existing and upcoming ePrint enabled printers will be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices." I had been wondering what had happened to HP's "cloud" printers. Now we know.
T-Mobile US to Implement a Twitter Tax on Texts? >> Gigaom
"Beginning Oct. 1, the carrier reportedly will charge a toll of one-quarter of one cent to businesses for every SMS delivered to its customers. That's right, the Twitters of the world could soon have to pay to send your texts.
"The move mirrors a similar — but much more costly — effort from Verizon Wireless two years ago. In 2008, Verizon told its business partners it would begin charging three cents per text alert, but abandoned the plan after tremendous backlash from text companies that resulted in coverage in mainstream media outlets such as the New York Times." Worth recalling that Sir Tim Berners-Lee said on Wednesday that SMS is "the most expensive way of sending bits there is". Soon to be even more expensive.
Large collection of stolen Facebook logins go public >> Sunbelt blog
" While we can't confirm these logins were obtained via the FarmVille phish (that seems a little too crude to be grabbing this many username / password combinations), there's a good chance that many of the users on the list use the same passwords for their email accounts as their Facebook login. We have everything from Yahoo and GMail to Hotmail and AIM on there – not great in terms of the amount of personal data that might be accessible." Do you use the same password on all those systems? if so, WHY?
Microsoft's Surface tablet: Three years too late? >> ZDNet
"I think Microsoft and its partners aren't going to have any true slate contenders until mid-2011, at best, as I've said before. And even then, Apple, Google and their partners aren't going to be standing still waiting for Microsoft and its PC partners to come out with Windows Oak Trail slates which may or may not sport some kind of new user interface crafted by Microsoft to make them multi-touch-centric."
Life After Comes With Music: Thoughts and Reflections Nokia's Music Product Strategy >> Forrester Blogs
Mark Mulligan: "Nokia is of course most closely associated with the often criticized Comes With Music. The service certainly hasn't exactly been a rip roaring success in Western markets but it is getting some significant traction in emerging markets. And I'm still convinced the model can be a crucial element of digital music revenues in the future."
Dell's Atom-powered Inspiron Duo: 10-inch netbook / tablet hybrid with a crazy swivel >> Engadget
From the looks of it, modelled on a deckchair.
Good News, Lesbians — Google Instant May Soon Suggest You! >> SearchEngineLand
Google says it's just a bug. Uh-huh. Nothing to do with all the pr0n results you get then?
Biolab Disaster: an HTML5 game >> PhobosLab
"Biolab Disaster was completely build for HTML5 – that is, JavaScript and the new Canvas and Audio elements. It doesn't need any Plugins, just a good browser. The game was initially conceived as a demo for my Impact Game Engine, but it became much more in the process.."
Big Macs on campus - Apple 2.0 >> Fortune Tech
Dell used to be the computer of choice for incoming US university students; not so now. "As Weil points out, Apple and Dell have switched positions in the college laptop market in the space of five years. In 2005, 47% of students buying laptops chose Dells. In 2010, 47% are choosing MacBooks."
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