Many people and businesses have their Twitter accounts and Google just joined the world of “Twits”. In less than two days Google has attracted about 27,176 followers! Google’s first Twit:  “I’m feeling lucky”

Google now joins other corporations like Microsoft , Yahoo and Comcast, which are also part of the Twitter world. Google’s popularity keeps growing and perhaps one day Google will be number one in Twitter.  Would you like to follow Google? Do you feel lucky today?

To read more about it visit: cnet

The cellphone industry continues innovating the features and the services that it offers to the consumers around the world.

For example, in Mexico one of the cellphone companies in collaboration with the Mexican lottery, offer a cellphone feature to buy/play lotto through your cellphone.  There is no need to go and purchase your lotto tickets to a gas station or a grocery store.

In Spain, Korea, Japan and recently in Mexico, your can use your cellphone to make a payment anywhere. Your cellphone is used as a credit or debit card. Mobile Money

In China there is a cellphone/projector, there is no need to carry your laptop and a projector, all you need is a projector cellphone.Projector Cellphone

The way that the cellphone technology is facilitating the lives of humans can only be describe as an effort of technology innovation. Would cellphones subsitute a lap top in the future? Or maybe one day the laptops will be the size of a cellphone… what do you think?

Para leer la versión en español visite/to read the Spanish Version visit: Visión Latina

It is very interesting to find out how the digital technology is changing the way to do business everywhere in the world.  I remember last year reading an article about Google in Chile. A Google manger was claiming that Chile lacked of human capital the article is in Spanish, but it basically said: “faltan técnicos calificados, y además, buenas ideas” “qualified technicians are needed and also good ideas.” He also said that Chilean university were not preparing their students for the new media business (digital media). Since then I have been paying more attention to what happens in Chile in terms of the digital media.

Chile has a well designed news paper with something that I haven’t seen before, you can read the newspaper on line in the old fashion way.  You can navigate the pages of the newspaper by clicking on the right hand side and if you like to read something then you click again on the page you want to read and it brings up that page (makes it bigger for you to read)

They also have a radio station that has videos, radio A la Carte, Read more…

This conference was sponsored by Northwest Science Writer Association at PATH Auditorium.

Guest Speakers: Michael McCarthy, MD, ex-editor of The Lancet, and current owner of a local health guide on line, Luke Timmerman, writer for Xconomy, a technology and business portal in Boston, Seattle and San Diego,Mark Briggs, author of Knight Foundation guide to new media, and owner of a consulting business. Moderator: Sally James, freelance medical and science writer, NSWA Vice President.

It is interesting to find out how more and more start up businesses are using new media tools. The guests shared with the audience the way that they are using new media tools to start their own business. Read more…

Lately technology seems to shrinking, we want smaller cell phones with many features, smaller computers and laptops, small projectors, plasma TVs that we can hang on our wall, smaller video cameras, smaller cars, etc.

For example the Optoma EP-PK-101-Pico Pocket Projector, it fits in your pocket and waits only 4 oz. or the Little PC with cord 2 duo and Pentium M/Celeron which is the size of your hand, yes the size of your hand! And just a few hours ago, Intel announce that they will bring out a smaller processor for ultra thin laptops.

This brings up a question of space, is it possible that we running out of space? or Is it that is pure convenience for us (humans)? I wonder if one day there will be smaller humans (men made) to save more space??? What do you think?

To read it in Spanish go to Read more…

In an effort to offer another way for UW students to have another way to access technology and other educational programs, the UWTV and The Research Channel has launched a Facebook page. It seems that Facebook continues to be one of the most venues used to reachout not only the student population, but the population in Facebook around the world as well -currently the Facebook population is of 150 million of active users, this means about 2.2% of the world population-.

Yesterday in one of the most viewed programs in Mexico, “El Show de los Reyes” (means: the kings’ show, a combine version of “Dance with the Stars” and “Sing with the Stars”) a winner was crowned.  Among the competitors there were amazing Mexican signers, however the winner was young boy who is very popular among the Mexican youth especially the girls.  He won due to the amount of calls he received.  Among some of the Mexican chats and YouTube, many of his fans confessed to have sent cellphone text messagers and sent messages to their freinds to encourage them to send text massages in favor of this young singer. The power of the Mexican youth and cellphone text message was showed yesterday at the end of the show.  Mobil technology in Mexico is not only very powerful among the youth, but is also the first connection the youth have to internet, they shared videos (including YouTube videos), jokes, pictures and use it to orginize and mobilize eachother even if it’s only to make a show king!

Lately, there have been more crime incidents against UW students.  The last couple of crimes have been committed during the day, both robberies. In order to fight back and make the UW District a safer place, the community needs to be involved. Neighbors, students, police, business owners and the UW have to work together.  How can social media tools help to build a safety place, not only for students, but for everyone?

Maybe the creation of neighborhood platform that includes  an e-mail list to the Mayor and City Council Members of the City of Seattle, the Governor, the Seattle Chief of Police and the Legislators, for the community to demand safety. Maybe the creation of a community dialog through Twitter.

Any other ideas?