• From @venturebeat: "Peter Thiel sold majority stake in Facebook for nearly $400M"
  Read more at http://t.co/KUx4phlc #
• Check out the latest Mobile 2.0 blog post: "How to Win with Mobile Ads: Forget Format & Focus on Value" by Lars… http://t.co/PGAd1Ae9 #
• Another great blog post from one of the speakers at Mobile 2.0: http://t.co/JJPzPMzV #
• @jle ouch! in reply to jle #
• "The Dreaded Business Model Question & Why Now May Be the Best Time to Ask it" Biz model discussions are underrated. http://t.co/sJeRmD5C #
• Forget Facebook. Kabam is launching its next big game on iOS and… http://t.co/LanG0SpS #
• @Gartenberg Sorry to hear your 'all hell breaks loose' prediction came true. Awful. in reply to Gartenberg #
• @giordanobc I'll be curious to hear what you think of @Sifteo cubes. They look cool. in reply to giordanobc #
• Zombie fans- Please help @lostzombies #crowdsource fund their 'Behead the Undead' app: http://t.co/0aevPEHP #
• "Study: 19% Said Retailers Without Mobile App 'Old Fashioned'" Really?! Only 19 percent? http://t.co/ZtbAc3Pu #
• @clocklear congrats! Looks great! in reply to clocklear #
• Don't forget – early bird registration & 33% 'friend' discount for #mobile2 ends tomorrow! Buy tix now! @mobile2event http://t.co/Vx6ZXvjv #
• How do u like them $APPLs? "MSFT to Samsung- Mind if I Revel in ur Misfortune…" Via @waltmossberg & @JohnPaczkowski http://t.co/NM6dsSSO #

• We’re offering 150 Tweeps a 33% discount on Mobile 2.0 on 9/11. Enter the code “friend” at registration by 8/25: http://t.co/lwg2wfks #
• Google to lay off 4,000 Motorola Mobility employees: http://t.co/dcBVQAbr #
• IM company, IMO adds voice to iOS app: http://t.co/bknfhGPY I’m surprised more devs don’t add voice 2 apps since it’s so easy w/ @telesocial #
• Great 2c @airbnb doing well. http://t.co/moPIFk74 I wonder how @homeaway compares. I’ve had good results 4 my SF apt: http://t.co/9JzQbXU3 #
• .@michaelpsilva Nuance & Zypr deliver AI & voice recognition but @Telesocial & @twilio deliver voice to voice telephony APIs. in reply to michaelpsilva #
• Samsung Ventures leads $20M round in Raydiance, dev of laser precision solutions to make mobile devices smaller:
  http://t.co/cx6t11qk # (more…)

• I just added an Event page on LinkedIn for Mobile 2.0: http://t.co/NoNYl0gj. Join us on September 11, 2012 in San Francisco, CA. #
• Great interview @spencerrascoff! In mobile apps that monetize through ads, ad units should enhance customer experience: http://t.co/qNeAkIhw #
• Wow- Google’s self driving cars have dome more than 300,000 miles w/o an accident: http://t.co/plPAcNUQ #
• @B_Batchelder if you like @quixey, also check out http://t.co/WeTII6d0 & http://t.co/VcRoGeWI. Both very good app search + analytics tools. in reply to B_Batchelder #

• Fireside Chat at Mobile 2.0 2012 will be on “Sensors, Identity & Big Data” (Sept 11, 2012 in #SF : #mobile #bigdata #mobile2 0… #
• Good one from @bw: “Apple Changes IPhone Connectors. World Freaks Out”… #
• WOOT! My Google Glass block arrived. Lucky number 2016. #google #io12 #googleglass http://t.co/CYoI0NnU #
• Turn your ipod touch into a phone! http://t.co/naJx9cJG #
• @shaig Have you seen this video from @bloombergwest on the way Zynga reports revenue? Interesting: http://t.co/5dQl3s9e in reply to shaig #
• “3 Interview Questions That Reveal Everything”: http://t.co/hRR14fHD. IMHO “Give me an example of a time when…” questions are also useful. #
• Congrats @edulh from @Movile on your guest post for Forbes! “4 Reasons Why Brazil Is The Next Hot Mobile Market” http://t.co/C1rIaKQQ #
• Are you in the #mobile industry & living or working in the East Bay (east of SF)? Join our networking group on LinkedIn http://t.co/ARrjdRGn #
• 30 Under 30 ‘billionaires’ in Silicon Valley http://t.co/2CsVwx7w #
• I’m looking for the coolest mobile companies I’ve never heard of… Got recommendations? #

• Another reason to download my client, @onavo‘s app via @PandoDaily “Facebook Mobile Redesign Spikes Data Usage by 50%” http://t.co/N7PaSguB #
• Congrats, @Kate8… I just heard your silicon valley video being played on NPR a second ago. 😉 #
• @Kate8 lol. Yup. You know you’ve really made it when you’ve been mentioned on NPR. 😉 in reply to Kate8 #
• Just wrapped up my Business Development Consulting project with @DolphinBrowser – fun team & great product! #
• Congrats to my former client, @Sephora who opened their first @sephorabrasil store today, in São Paulo, Brazil! http://t.co/sumIUYz1" #
• So many impressive mobile cos in there: RT@kevinrose: WSJ covered what I’m up to now for those asking: http://t.co/ttaMIoa4 #

• How Clicking “Learn More” Makes Private Events Public on Google+ http://t.co/lBqIGtO5 #
• Good article from @venturebeat: “What’s one exceptional employee worth? A lot — just ask Zuck” http://t.co/fbYFSs8v #
• New post on Socialize Mobilize: “Tech Blogging: Speed vs. Substance” http://t.co/Xdn5vNk7 #in #
• @bfrank Thanks for a great lunch! It’s official: @twitter‘s dining hall puts the other tech cos’ cafeterias to shame. #
• Galaxy Nexus I got at #io12 keeps impressing me. Love it. Thank you @Googlemobile for making calendar fully searchable on mobile – at last! #
• If you’re company still hasn’t bought into using social media, give them a reality check w/ the McKinsey Quarterly: http://t.co/0tIawyzY #
• Enjoyed this article from @mobileTheory on the top 10 mobile ad campaigns of Q2 2012: http://t.co/EFLmSJva #

When I started writing this blog in 2006, few bloggers were talking about social media, and even fewer were talking about mobile.  Today, that’s all changed.  Convergence is at hand, and it’s even more spectacular than many could have imagined.  Everything becoming more social and mobile, and the speed at which information moves is intense.

Things are moving so quickly that the focus of many tech blogs has shifted from substance to speed. These days, there’s not much point in trying to be the first blogger to publish tech news.  Information is moving so quickly that by the time tech ‘news’ hits most blogs, it’s usually already been reported to death. That’s why today, more than ever, I think the most interesting blogs do more than summarize the news, they analyze it.

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Last week at Google I/O, Google announced improvements to the Google+ experience including improved tablet apps for Android and iOS and a new “events” feature. The new “Events” feature puts Google+ in direct competition with other popular event management solutions like Facebook Events and Evite.  It allows users to create and manage public or private events, and it allows attendees of those events to post pictures to the event, which other attendees can see.  It’s awesome…except for when it makes your private event public, as I discovered when I gave Google+ Events a whirl… (more…)

• Waiting to get into #googleio keynote. I’ll be tweeting on the inside. #
• Standing in a sea of dudes at #googleio http://t.co/5CliXtXE #
• The keynote at #googleio just kicked off. There are now 400 million #android devices out there worldwide. #
• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean will be the newest OS. Project Butter improves the OS & includes VSync, Triple Buffering, Touch Responsiveness #
• #android #jellybean looks a lot faster and smoother than #icecreamsandwich on the demo they’re showing on-screen #googleio # (more…)

• Congrats to Gil & the team at my former client, @face for being acquired today by @facebook! And, congrats to @facebook on a very smart buy.
• Anyone else going to the #oxfordunion #siliconvalley @ChurchillClub debate tonight? http://t.co/81Kd3BTe #
• Congrats @Tombomb on knocking it out of the park w/ your speech at the #oxfordunion @churchillclub debate #hilarious #
• Wowza! Rt@samsung_dev: Your app on GALAXY Note/Tab & $4,080,000 in cash prize. Join SAMSUNG SMART APP CHALLENGE 2012! http://t.co/sPXFlBSS" #
• Great article @PandoDaily: http://t.co/bYKdTybj. Smart founders who don’t like schlepping or want 2 accelerate BD hire consultants like me. #
• Great article from Seth Godin if you’re thinking of raising money for a start-up. http://t.co/FyezkmCo #
• Infographic on how much data is created every minute: http://t.co/2np9IDMU #