How-To Video: How to Save a Wet Cell Phone

So you dropped your phone in the toilet. Here’s a cheap and simple trick that just might save it.

http://techland.time.com/2012/06/25/video-how-to-save-a-wet-cellphone/

Facebook changes everyone's listed emails to '@facebook.com'

Without asking for permission, Facebook has changed users' listed email address to one ending in "@facebook.com."

The changed was discovered Saturday, and has resulted in either users having their @facebook.com address being listed or simply having all of their other addresses be hidden, as happened in my case.

The @facebook.com email service was announced in 2010, but it hasn't really gained traction as a replacement to other email service. It makes sense for the social network to want to promote its own service, but the way it's gone about it is sure to upset some people.

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-facebook-changes-emails-20120625,0,1918913.story

TEDGlobal: Smart city ideas awarded at TED

Developers with innovative ideas about how the cities of the future should look have been honoured at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh.
This year's TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) prize, normally given to an individual, was awarded to an idea dubbed "City 2.0".
Ten projects that are improving city life were selected to benefit from the $100,000 (£64,300) prize fund.

Winners include a designer of an open-sourced "wiki-house".

The first winner, announced at the TEDx summit in the spring, was Ruganzu Bruno who will be using the money to create a play centre, built entirely from plastic water bottles, for children in the slums of Uganda to play and learn.
Four of the winners were announced at TEDGlobal, while the rest to be revealed in the autumn.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18607438

5 Steps to Pizza-Grilling Success

Of the less-than-conventional foods to throw on the grill, my favorite is probably pizza. I love a luscious, melted pie in any form, but there's something about the crunch and char of the crust from the grill that makes barbecued pizza irresistible. Thinking of throwing a pizza on your grates for the first time? Here are a few tips for grilled pizza pizzazz.

http://www.yumsugar.com/How-Grill-Pizza-23714615

The one question to ask before starting a business

Most people take ‘Build something people want’ to mean ‘Pick a problem to solve and solve it well.’ This is not sufficient to build a world-changing company. ‘Why now?’ is the question entrepreneurs really need to answer, because it encompasses two important and closely related concepts: Why have previous attempts at this idea failed? What enabling factors have emerged that enable you to succeed today?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/starting-out/the-one-question-to-ask-before-starting-a-business/article4204470/

New-tech moguls: the modern robber barons?

Are today's captains of industry – the wealthy and powerful figures who control the digital universe – any different from the ruthless corporate figures of the past?

Here's an interesting fact: 10 of the people on Forbes magazine's tally of the world's 100 richest billionaires made their money from computer and/or network technology. At the top (second on the list) is Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, whose net worth is estimated by Forbes at $61bn, despite the fact that he continues to try to give it away. Gates is followed by Larry Ellison, boss of Oracle, with $36bn, and Michael Bloomberg with $22bn. Larry Page and Sergey Brin – co-founders of Google – occupy joint 24th place with $18.7bn each. Jeff Bezos of Amazon is No 26 with $18.4bn while the newly enriched Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook sits at No 35 with £17.5bn. Michael Dell, founder of the eponymous computer manufacturer, is at No 41 with $15.9bn while Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, is three places lower on $15.7bn and Paul Allen – co-founder of Microsoft – brings up the rear at No 48 with a mere $14.2bn. Steve Jobs, who was worth about $9bn when he died, doesn't even figure.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jul/01/new-tech-moguls-robber-barons

The cult of TED

Once a select forum of the great and good, the Technology Entertainment and Design (TED) conference now has millions of avid online fans. How did an elite ideas-sharing gathering go mainstream?

Falling animals, misbehaving toddlers and footage of Justin Bieber may populate the bulk of any YouTube most-viewed list.

But amid the viral clips and pop music promos is a series of videos that seems to go against all received wisdom about what online audiences like to consume.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18511696