There are three new rising items today: something called "Kik", Diwali, and Lil Wayne.
Kik appears to be the Kik Instant Messenger, which is a substitute IM service for smartphones, available for Blackberries, Android, and the iPhone. The appeal is, supposedly, that you can send instant messages without paying for them, by using your data connection instead of a carrier SMS. The downside is that your recipient has to be using Kik as well. I don't see what this offers ahead of Google Talk, which has been available for all three platforms for far longer, and has a far larger user base as well. Perhaps I'm missing something here.
Diwali is, of course, the annual Hindu festival of lights, which started Friday, November 5th.
The third rising item for today is more celebrity gossip, as rapper Lil Wayne seems to be flaunting his probation by posing for a photograph with a glass of cognac. Not quite sure what it is about rappers that forces them to flagrantly and stupidly break the law, but there you have it.
Daylight saving time ended this morning, so don't forget to adjust any old-fashioned clocks you have that don't automatically adjust. And it's still not too late to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.
Kik appears to be the Kik Instant Messenger, which is a substitute IM service for smartphones, available for Blackberries, Android, and the iPhone. The appeal is, supposedly, that you can send instant messages without paying for them, by using your data connection instead of a carrier SMS. The downside is that your recipient has to be using Kik as well. I don't see what this offers ahead of Google Talk, which has been available for all three platforms for far longer, and has a far larger user base as well. Perhaps I'm missing something here.
Diwali is, of course, the annual Hindu festival of lights, which started Friday, November 5th.
The third rising item for today is more celebrity gossip, as rapper Lil Wayne seems to be flaunting his probation by posing for a photograph with a glass of cognac. Not quite sure what it is about rappers that forces them to flagrantly and stupidly break the law, but there you have it.
Daylight saving time ended this morning, so don't forget to adjust any old-fashioned clocks you have that don't automatically adjust. And it's still not too late to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.
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