"Augmented reality" and "life bits". Think about it!!

Beyond social computing, mobile service and "linked data" there are some truely mind bending applications that will impact peoples social, economic and environment behaviours, endulgances, alerts and vision and these two area's are key pointers:

http://mashable.com/2009/10/14/urbanspoon-augmented-reality/

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139488/Q_A_Carrying_your_life_in_your_pocket?taxonomyId=16

more on todays augemented phone apps:

http://mashable.com/2009/10/02/wikitude/

http://www.qype.co.uk/

some of the immediate consequences focusing the minds are found in the business news today:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54a61cf4-bd06-11de-a7ec-00144feab49a.html

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4496c768-bab4-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.html

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/651ce676-b9eb-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/3fa000ba-b9a8-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d776564e-ba36-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.html

Google, nokia and Apple, and of course microsoft keep plugging away http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/default.mspx?WT.mc_id=MSCOM_NDGP with there current TV add, interesting to see it features the twitter logo but not much else other than office, which completely misses the point for joe public!!