Tuesday, June 16, 2009

MySpace & Smart Phones

1. On Tuesday, MySpace announced that it would be cutting about 30% of its workforce, leaving the company with about 1,000 employees. The social networking site says employees will not be informed of their termination, but will "get the idea" once taken off the company's top 1,000 friends list.

2. Today the company Research In Motion revealed their latest smart phone, the Blackberry Tour. Developers say what makes this thing so smart is that it already comes preprogrammed with directions to the nearest iPhone store.

3. Some Toledo, Ohio residents are angry over recent citations which fined them for parking in their own driveways. A city law forbids citizens from parking on unpaved surfaces, which includes gravel driveways. No word yet from the mayor of Toledo, but there was an usual lump in his recently paved driveway with his exact size and shape.

4. A man in Norway, part of an online computing project, has discovered the largest prime number ever, a number which is 13 million digits long. The man says he's excited to be a part of this project but is waiting for results from a second worldwide computing project: finding him a date.

5. The Obama White House is refusing to hand over visitor records, carrying on the tradition of the Bush administration. Obama critics say this is proof that the President is likely hiding some embarrassing allegiances, as some recent photos prove once and for all! (dum dum DUM!) ...


High five.