Time for a catch up

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What a busy week it's been for the online world, I think all I can do is provide a catch up service, summing up some of the highlights, because to comment on just one thing would seem extremely blinkered, so:

In response to Rupert Murdock's plan to charge for online news content Google has admitted it is working on technology to help newspapers make money from their website readers. Twitter however have gone against the tide completely and decided their going to rely on advertising revenue 'leaving the door open' to advertisers to access the 45 million tweeters out there.

Facebook have decided to expand further by coming up with 'Facebook Lite' a new site that cuts down on unnecessary applications to provide quicker speed for those with slow or poor Internet connections. Although currently only available in the US and India if it cuts out things like the 'what kind of vegetable are you?' application I personally can't wait to ditch the old and bring in the new.

The PM has apologised to WWII code breaker Alan Turning over the terrible treatment he received from the British government, a statement long overdue and Steve Jobs is back to a standing ovation after his recent liver transplant.



On the lighter side of things Google Maps have announced they are launching the World's 'biggest' game of online Monopoly which will see gamers being able to purchase real streets (does that mean you really have to go to jail too?) and apparently in South Africa a carrier pigeon has beaten the countries ADSL service in the delivery of data. 'Winston the pigeon' took just two hours to fly a memory stick 60 miles, in the time the ADSL had sent 4% of the data.

Right, time for a lie down I think, must fly (that's for you Winston)