Google have been busy giving a few of their sites what is being dubbed an ICS make up. We were more excited by the news that “propeller” should be coming this week. This is google’s answer to Flipboard, the fancy feed reader that is somehow worth $200 million. Whilst their face lifts of Reader and Gmail went reasonably well, the launch of the ipad Gmail app was a bit of a disaster, with the app being pulled in a day. But hey, Gmail is a web based email system, use your browser. Not content with internet and mobile dominance, google are creating a stir with the update to GoogleTv, watch this space.

Sumsung showed off a very cool looking flexi screen, and apparently we’ll see something next year. Nexus Flexus anyone?

Smartphones are taking over, in a recent survey of 3000 mobile users “43 percent of respondents having already replaced their camera with their mobile phone, 34 percent have replaced their MP3 player and 24 percent their GPS device. Nearly 70 percent of the consumers surveyed use smartphones.” There was more research done before the iphone4S was released  that found 70% of phones sold during the research period (12 weeks up to 2nd October) were smartphones. They estimate that 43.8% of the UK populations owns a smartphone. In the UK it would seem that Android is cleaning up, but does it really matter? The important thing is that people are going mobile is a massive way. “There’s an app for that”, yeah well there’s the internet for that also. More and more people will be using the internet whilst on the move, and more and more people will be getting tablets to consume information and be entertained. Here is a study of where people are using their tablets, and why people are buying apps - boredom. 

Foursquare are releasing a button that when “The users click the button and add a venue to their to-do lists, and then it becomes a way to reach them when they’re nearby the venue.” They have also shared some tips on how to engage and be social. Here is a list of four example of social that engaged and social that didn’t. The WSJ released a list of the 25 most valuable blogs in the world. Celebrity site Pirez Hilton is 9th valued at $29 million, just above it in 8th is celeb like apple tech site Mashable valued at $39 million. So it’s time to start drawing Siri quotes on pictures of Paris Hilton.