There was quite an interesting post on David Peralty’s blog, Pheonixrealm, yesterday about the relative benefits of the 9rules network. The post really developed into an interesting interview come debate when Mike Rundle and Paul Scrivens added their comments. Take a look……
Interestingly the follow up post on Davids blog stated that the traffic generated from the newly launched Newsvine site, “has been creating almost two times the traffic” compared to the follow up post on the 9rules blog.
It looks like Sony is trying to corner the electronic book reader market – again. The ‘Sony Reader’ is about the same size as a paperback and electronic versions of bestselling novels will be available through a Sony along the same lines as Itunes. After failing with a product in Japan that was thought to be too expensive, I can’t see that launching a product with a $300 – $400 price point is much different. Further, as we are moving to an age of convergence, carrying another device that doesn’t have anything like the features of an Ipaq, simply doesn’t look productive to me. Come on Sony; simply integrate this E-ink technology into devices that we already use……

A very entertaining remote controlled chopper gets my award for the easiest way to blow about £60 (US $100) this summer. Demonstrated at CES Unveiled, a press event preceding the main show, the Bladerunner II looks like it could be lot of fun as this footage shows.
- Their website could really do with some work though!