DC resets, war is changing, Atari sells Cryptic – it's a lot of changes!
Demographics:
America's best-read cities. Little surprises me.
Geek Law:
Really, do the British have something against Twitter?
Politics:
The Pentagon will consider some cyber-attacks as acts of war. This matters because an act of war can mean a war/military response – and suddenly some small hacker groups and practitioners of asymmetrical warfare may find themselves facing a lot of force. I also suspect this is a bit of a warning to various groups. If you're in IT security, you need to know this.
Comics:
MUST READ: DC is essentially relaunching many series with #1, with some hints tying into the popular 52. This includes a major continuity reboot. There's a lot going on here – and a lot to watch. I suspect part of this is a larger, product-unifying deal.
Media:
Yes, you're not getting away from My Little Pony: Now it's mentioned at BNet which gives a decent summary of the phenomena. It actually appears this may NOT be radically misunderstood and misinterpreted.
Mobile:
Nokia issues a profit warning. No one is surprised.
Movies:
Geek acting god Hugo Weaving will play six characters in 'Cloud Atlas', which I've never heard of, but he's probably going to be a good draw.
Publishing:
Courney Milan discusses why she's self-publishing her next novel
Social Media:
Prepare for more buttons for social media from Google and Twitter. At what point does this become too much?
Technology:
The iCloud Announcement is coming. This sounds very big – and interestingly, might horn in on other people's territories if you think about it.
Video:
Hulu may be adding more ads. Hulu is still trying to figure things out it seems.
Video Games:
Wooga Raises $24 million for social games on Facebook and apparently because of their cool name. Someone's gonna be hiring.
Totally understandable: Nintendo drops DS Lite price.
MUST READ: Atari sells Cryptic to Perfect World. Going to be very curious to see where this goes – and also it keeps the California talent in the region.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: So with DC's relaunch, what do you think their full plan is?