round-up of the success of the wii, bringing more people together around games. 9/10 games on the top 10 market are on the wii.

from july -> september, best seller = wii fit, second best = mario kart.

RWW's summary of the forrester study on social technology use in the US.

"UK consumers are expected to spend £4.64bn on video games in 2008 - an increase of 42% - with music and video sales accounting for a total of £4.46bn, analysts from Verdict Research told the BBC. "

the good ship trendwatchers add to their reputation "More and more, the offline world (a.k.a. the real world, meatspace or atom-arena) is adjusting to and mirroring the increasingly dominant online world, from tone of voice to product development to business processes to customer relationships."

We're sending an average of an extra 60m texts a day from the same period last year. pretty big increase...

by the end of 2008, the installed base of consoles in the uk is expected to reach 21 million. there are currently 3.6 milion wii users. cripes!

the latest circulation figures for uk magazines, comparing this year to last.

"a comprehensive study into the technology usage habits of children and adults in the UK and US. " A pretty unhelpful study.

"about a quarter of all EU households have only a mobile - no landline" - Suprising

the top lines from the latest ofcom report on comms.

Again, hyperbole, but interesting hyperbole nonetheless. Actually the key things here are how C gen negotiate public and private and also their role in peer group situations.

neat! navel gazing geek narcissism becoming ever more possible...

Buzz monitoring app a bit like Google Trends. Scans blogs and other social media.