From NZ Herald An iPhone application where the aim is to kill off islanders has been criticised as racist by members of the Pacific Island community. Pocket God opens with a “meet the islanders” screen, before brown-skinned men wearing hula skirts are shown on an island with a volcano in the background. To score points, [...]

Businessweek asks whether complacency, me-tooism and a fascination with the ‘entertainments’ of Web 2.0 are hurting Silicon Valley, Andy Groves of Intel apparently thinks so. The implication seems to be that web 2.0 is not really disruptive or transformative. click for (pop up) video: Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Magic? Thanks to the big picture [...]