A 4G version of of RIM's PlayBook tablet will be offered by Sprint as soon as this summer, while WiFi-only PlayBook users will be able to tether the device to their BlackBerrys. These announcements came out of the Consumer Electronics Show this week, where RIM revealed more—but not all—about its 7" entry into the tablet market.

Bloomberg reported today that there will not be a Facebook IPO until 2012. Pepsi has a conference called Pepsico10 where startups pitch ideas to Pepsi. Many of the ideas have to do with QR codes. RIM is coming out with something called the Blackpad this November to combat the iPad.

Facebook has launched Facebook Questions a way for people to ask questions and other users to answer according to their interests. It is very similar to a service called Aardvark (vark.com) that earlier this year was bought by Google. Sprint is paying for a creative campaign where cable TV channel G4 has changed its name to "4g" for the week to promote Sprint's Evo phone and 4g network. Youtube has increased it's video time limit to 15 minutes. Great, even more content to waste time! Amazon came out with a new Kindle today. There goal seems to be to make it faster, cheaper and lighter

MSNBC just released a new site that uses a single-page-only format for stories. Rather than clicking to the next page, the story will only have one page. MSNBC intends to use larger custom ads for advertisers. They say they are focusing on "advertiser experiences"

Twitter is considering the possibility of adding promoted trends to its ad platform which already consists of promoted tweets. Promoted tweets are speculated to be worth tens of thousands of dollars and would appear as a trend for a given amount of time during the day. This comes from the blog, All Things D, that says Twitter is vaguely discussing it with clients. News Corp. has bought the Skiff e-reader from Hearst Publishing. This will allow News Corp. to have its own distribution platform for content. It looks like things are not looking as bleak f

Flickr will now allow you to connect your account to Facebook. Whenever you upload a public picture to Flickr it will automatically upload to your Facebook account. There is a rumor going around that Google is integrating its Google Voice service with Gmail. It sounds like a good idea so why wouldn't this be true? The details of the rumor say that  new phone button will open up a dialpad and allow you to use Google Voice right from your Gmail. Another rumor is going around that Kevin Rose will be leaving the popular show Diggnation. Speculation suggests that his new role as CEO of Digg

Social media seems to always paint the quickest and most extensive picture of any natural disaster wherever it may be. This has proven no different for the flooding situation in Nashville. YouTube and Twitter are two tools that have worked in tandem to bring videos and images of the situation to everyone. Videos of houses floating away and cars submerged on the interstate provide real experiences that are available on demand. Local news outlets just can't compete. Traditional media is cumbersome and your best bet is just to search YouTube. This shows social media's potential for the futu

but only if the brand experience is kept squarely at the core. This shift increases impact of the developer's role to determine how messaging is delivered while challenging agencies to provide some more meaningful than traditional display advertisements. Continue Reading