This is the A2SM Link Post for February 16th through February 17th. To see more of the bookmarks we’ve found, check out our Delicious Feed.
- Augmented Reality Tattoo Makes Your Skin Come Alive [VIDEO] – We’ve seen some interesting augmented reality experiments emerging, from shoes as game controllers to music videos to recursive iPhones. But how about AR as a form of body art? A company called ThinkAnApp has made that possible with an augmented reality tattoo.
- Are We All Asking to Be Robbed? – A new website called PleaseRobMe.com does nothing more than aggregate publicly shared check-ins, but its name and purpose attempt to shed more light on the dangerous side effects of location-sharing.
- AOL Plans To Launch "Hundreds" More Patch Local News Sites In 2010 – According to an internal communication with employees, AOL (AOL) plans to expand Patch, its network of local news blogs, from 30 sites to "hundreds," by the end of 2010.
- Facebook Goes Extra-Light: Announces Stripped-Down Mobile Site – At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this morning, Facebook announced Facebook Zero, a new stripped-down mobile version of the popular social networking site. Zero, which will go live within the next few weeks, will allow users on slow connections and basic phones to access the service through a very basic version of the site. By default, Zero will not feature any images or other bandwidth-heavy features. Facebook also plans to offer a more feature-rich version of Facebook Zero through deals with select mobile carriers.
- Radian6 Now Monitors Google Buzz – Social Media monitoring service Radian6 just announced that it now offers support for Google Buzz. Given that Google Buzz already has more than 9 million users after less than one week on the market, it only makes sense for the large social media monitoring and analytics services to offer their clients the ability to monitor and react to conversations on this new platform. Radian6 currently covers about 4.5 million Google profiles and is expanding its index rapidly.
