An interesting piece on the digital comics market in the FT — nothing especially radical, but a good summary and one of my favourite pieces of #verbcrime in the quote from Peter Phillips of Marvel:

"'Digital sales are hockey sticking right now and we’ve got a lot of
room to grow internationally' . . . But the fragmented distribution system for comic books, their inherently tactile appeal and the digital savvy of their target demographic are creating unique management challenges for the big publishers. Although digital editions still make up less than 5 per cent of sales in the $635m US market for comic books, demand is growing fast."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66a608ee-0483-11e1-b309-00144feabdc0.html

Charlie Stross on fine form:

"[I]f you sign up for Klout you are coming down with the internet equivalent of herpes. Worse, you risk infecting all your friends. Klout's business model is flat-out illegal in the UK (and, I believe, throughout the EU) and if you have an account with them I would strongly advise you to delete it and opt out."

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/11/evil-social-networks.html

"More than two thirds of all mobile phone purchases are now smartphones and 43.8 per cent of Britons owns one . . . Google's Android operating system powers most of those phones (49.9 per cent), while BlackBerry and Apple are following, with 22.5 per cent and 18.5 per cent respectively."