links for 2009-08-24

• SpinVox – Why its extinction wouldn’t matter >> TechCrunch Europe
  This week I've run into a few VCs while rattling around London and each time I've asked them about SpinVox. I was interested …
• Spinvox – Why it matters >> BBC – dot.life
  This is dot.life – a blog about technology from BBC News.
• 'Skank' blogger talks, sues Google for $15m >> ZDNet.com
  Richard Koman delivers news and analysis on IT and enterprise computing in city, state & federal government.
• NYT Starts Serving Up Intrusive Ads in Its iPhone App >> paidContent
• 22 Different APIs Used This Week – Facebook, Twitter, Salesforce, and YouTube >> ProgrammableWeb
• Tweetzi, new Twitter search >> Emily Chang – eHub
  Emily Chang is an award-winning strategic designer and co-founder and principal of Ideacodes, a web design consultancy in San Francisco focused on designing and developing next generation web products for companies, organizations, schools, businesses and individuals.
• Dunbar’s Number and the Future of Communications
  "Over the past decade I have noticed a dramatic increase in the number of people with whom I stay connected, yet the time I spend on these activities hasn’t increased one bit. It seems like electronic communications and social networks are increasing Dunbar’s Number such that it’s now somewhat divorced from neocortical size."
  (tags: ambientintimacy dunbarnumber socialnetworking)
• Steve Jobs on why Apple doesn’t do market research >> Bokardo
  It seems to me that Apple has a pretty clear story here: “Make the very best products. Business will follow.”
  (tags: apple design productdevelopment)
• 12 Companies Targeting Early Tech Adopters >> ReadWriteWeb
  Our mission at ReadWriteWeb is to explore the latest Web technology products and trends. We're fortunate to have a great group of sponsors who support this goal. So, …
• First U.S. Rehab Center for Internet Addiction Opens Its Doors >> Mashable
  Over the last few years, a new and disturbing phenomenon has been increasing in frequency. It's called Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD), and it has been the
• Foreigners Attending US Grad Schools Way Down: Wake Up, Xenophobes >> TechCrunch
  It’s happening: Lou Dobbs' dream come true and Silicon Valley’s worst nightmare. We’re already seeing the reverse brain drain as smart immigrants take …
• Facebook to boost staff by 50% in 2009: report >> Reuters
  (Reuters) – Online social networking site Facebook is looking to expand its staff by as much as 50 percent this year, its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg told Bloomberg news agency in an interview dated