mad dog in the fog

• Google Social Search Launches, Gives Results From Your Trusted Social Circle
  "Google Social Search is rolling out, a new service from Google that allows you to easily find material written by people you know and trust."
  (tags: google search)

• NSFW: Weezer, plane crashes and everything else that’s worrying about the real-time web
  "Why does the world need two thousand photos of the same band on the same stage, all taken from a slightly different angle. That kind of 360 degree imagery might have been useful on the day Kennedy was shot – not least because it would have kept Oliver Stone quiet – but for a Weezer gig? And what’s the point of checking in on Foursquare at a ticketed event that no one else can get into. You might as well tweet “I’m a dick” and be done with it."
  (tags: realtimeweb)

• Bing Twitter
  New Twitter search powered by Bing
  (tags: search bing twitter realtimeweb)
• YouTube – Web 2.0 Summit 09: Qi Lu and Tim O'Reilly, "A Conversation
  Includes demo of new Twitter search powered by Bing about half-way through the video.
  (tags: bing search realtimeweb)

• Flickr Adds People Tagging. And Its Better Than Facebooks.
  Pretty slick implementation of people tagging in Flickr
  (tags: flickr)
• Exclusive: Guess Who Else Is Coming to Dinner? Twitter-Microsoft Bing Deal Confirmed, But So Is Facebook-Bing | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD
  "In a stunning one-two punch, Microsoft will announce separate nonexclusive deals today with both Facebook and Twitter to integrate their real-time feed of status updates into the Bing search service." << BOOM , looks like Twitter all of a sudden has a revenue stream

  According to sources, Microsoft (MSFT) digital head Qi Lu will announce the deal onstage in a few hours at the Web 2.0 Summit.

  (tags: twitter microsoft search)

• The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity – pmarca *ARCHIVE* – bit.ly/1z2b3V
  Productivity tips from Marc Andressen
  (tags: productivity gtd)
• Watch Live: Web 2.0 Summit 2009
  Video from Web 2.0 Summit. Requires registration.
  (tags: conferences w2s web2summit2009)

• Foursquare, a Social Network Site, Puts Users Face to Face – NYTimes.com
  "A combination of friend-finder, city guide and competitive bar game, Foursquare lets users “check in” with a cellphone at a bar, restaurant or art gallery. That alerts their friends to their current location so they can drop by and say hello."
  (tags: local socialnetworking)

• Pair Plan Venture to Sell Music Subscriptions – NYTimes.com
  The idea of selling monthly subscriptions to a vast catalog of online music has met with only limited success. That isn’t stopping a new batch of entrepreneurs from trying to make it work.
  (tags: digitalmusic)
• Friending Topics
  Trending topics within your network, not all of Twitter. Need to try this out.
  (tags: twitter twitterapps)

• Engadget: Sonos ZonePlayer S5 all-in-one wireless speaker lowers cost of entry
  "Today, Sonos fills a significant gap in its product portfolio with the introduction of its $399 / €399 all-in-one ZonePlayer S5 speaker. The 217 x 365 x 123-mm S5 brings a decidedly Bose-like external design while packing a 5-driver speaker system (two tweeters, two 3-inch mids, and a built-in 3.5-inch sub) that's meant to fill a room with Sonos' wireless audio. And because the ZonePlayer is integrated right into the all-in-one chassis, it easily drops into your existing Sonos device network to extend audio into any room that needs it — no wiring required."
  (tags: sonos homeaudio)
• Sonos ZonePlayer S5
  New product announced by SONOS. A zoneplayer with built in speakers. Looks slick.
  (tags: sonos homeaudio)

Today SONOS announced a new product – the ZonePlayer S5. This significantly lowers the price point for SONOS because the speakers are built in and you can use your iPhone to control the music. Here’s a video demo from SONOS. More about this on Engadget.

• Demi versus Perez? See Twitter — latimes.com
  "Giving some celebrities Twitter is like giving a kid a loaded gun," said Allan Mayer, head of the strategic communications division at the publicity firm 42West. "Twitter can be enormously valuable as a branding tool. But like everything else, it's a double-edged sword, and if you have impulse control problems — which strangely a lot of celebrities seem to have — it can be very dangerous."
  (tags: twitter celebrity)