Nokia makes the mobile 'a full member of the internet': "The move also seems to raise a key issue for Nokia – how far the Symbian OS, which it has long championed as the key next generation smartphone system, fits into its new strategy, geared not just to phones but to the emerging ideas of "the internet of things"."

Multiple mobile phone ownership continues: "Research from Informa Telecom and Media's World Cellular Information Service shows that 30 countries now have mobile phone subscriptions that exceed their population (over 100% penetration). In markets such as the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Italy, penetration has passed 110%, the survey suggests. Analysts at the firm say that most developed nations the mobile phone penetration remains stabile at 80% to 85%, but that a growing trend of users buying a second or even third subscription is not slowing."

McDonald's Interactive Sticks it to McDo... or do they?: "According to Shimery-Wolf, the group had created McMarketplace, a simulation of the global effects of the burger business. It worked well for training, but in long-term predictions, business ended in 2050, when everyone died due to climate change and dead earth. The game's model, which included some of the criticisms of Molleindustria's McVideogame, showed that executives chased profits at the cost of deforestation and other environmental disasters. Adding constraints to eliminate emissions trading, tune prices to the cost of production, and disallow deforestation changed the environmental strategies of players. You can read the full presentation from the UK Serious Games event."

Hilarious, particularly the PowerPoint...

General Zod - 2008 Presidential Candidate: "Instead of hidden agendas and waffling policies, I offer you direct candor and brutal certainty. I only ask for your tribute, your lives, and your vote."

OK/Cancel on using games as design inspiration. Oh alright, it made *me* laugh anyway.