When you log into your Google Adwords account, Google has a surprise for you, a note that says:

“Vote on November 4th Democracy works best when we all participate. Please take time to vote on Election Day. Google’s 2008 Voter Info Map can help you find your local polling place. Find your local polling place.”

We found it particularly amusing that Google is messaging users via their AdWords accounts, but its still kinda cool. Just a tidbit for you to nibble on today:)

Ok so I have to admit, I was momentarily taken in by this superbly awesome piece of technology. The problem is…it doesn’t exist, which you may have figured out at this point.

The Pomegranate Phone is an experiment in viral marketing launched by the government of Nova Scotia on October 1st - 300k worth of an experiment, to be exact. Continue Reading »

Hmm is Yahoo testing a new layout? A colleague happened upon this page when he went to Yahoo. I’ve cleared my cache, but I’m still getting the old one. He lives in Chicago, so a test perhaps? 

I’ve been having friends, fam and colleagues try and load it, but they keep getting the same old same old, so they’re probably still testing it.

I like the new layout - its nice, clean and about freaking time they updated?

Also here is a shot of the applications on the left. Yahoo reworked this area as you can see.