In the recent Philippines earthquake, the TED system detected tweets and the location of the earthquake in just one minutes and seven seconds. Systems like TED are good for augmenting traditional earthquake detection systems based on sensors.

Twitter has launched Interest Targeting for advertisers, which enables them to target users based on their interests.

Facebook plans to offer advanced targeting options to advertisers, which would allow them to target users based on their contact information like emails and phone numbers.

Google honors Maria Montessori with a Google Doodle.

According to several news sources, Amazon announced that the Kindle Fire is sold out. This couldn’t have happened by accident.

There is a lot of excitement surrounding Window 8. Here is a list of the new tablets that have been announced.

Wolfram Alpha has a new feature that lets you analyze your personal life, using data from Facebook. It generates over 60 reports, and includes personal data and data from social circles as well.

Samsung is not the only one who is trying to blend the notebook and the tablet. Hours after Samsung introduced the Ativ Smart PCs, HP announced its own hybrid device – the Envy x2.

This is the second time Kim Dotcom has been intimidated by police authorities, and this time, his Megaupload venture has been shut down as well. Kim Dotcom is very upset, and he has embarked upon a journey to take revenge.

Craigslist is testing its housing listing with maps from OpenStreetMaps at San Francisco, Oregon and Portland. The map view shows a simple map with a marker at the supposed house location.

VMware was a primary competitor to OpenStack that had not jumped on the OpenStack bandwagon already. VMware’s server virtualization is state of the art, and already powers numerous infrastructures.

Apple, in US, wants an injunction to ban 8 Samsung devices that have been found to infringe Apple’s design patents.

Facebook has acquired Threadsy, the startup behind Swaylo, a social analytics tool, which could tie in nicely with its social ad offerings.

RIM showcased the BlackBerry 10 platform to some carriers who apparently liked it. But ultimately, it’s the consumer who will decide whether your phone is a hit or not, not carriers.

Many Android users complained stating that the latest update crashes several times, and I have to completely agree with those complaints as I’ve been facing the same problem a multiple times since I updated it last night.