As Twitter has just announced on their blog, by connecting iTunes to Twitter, you’ll be able to not only find your Twitter friends on Ping, but you’ll be able to tweet out Ping activity as well. That last bit is a key to making Ping actually work. Perhaps even more interesting is that not only will each tweet contain a link back to the song or album on iTunes, but these links will work in New Twitter’s right-side

Youtube is trying out live streaming today with a few partners. Tony Hawk made an appearance on Young Hollywood with an underwhelming number of veiwers. Google says it is only an initial test. A British army commander will tweet updates about life in the military while serving a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. His name is Lieutenant Colonel Dougie Graham, and he commands the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland — a sizable force of 450 soldier