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The old, and new Facebook pages at a glance

On 10th March all Facebook Pages - i.e. pages which are not for personal accounts but for brands, businesses and organizations - will be upgraded to a new style consistent with personal profiles, with a picture gallery across the top and ‘tabs’ now linked to in the left-hand navigation menu as opposed to across the top. You can manually upgrade now at facebook.com/pages/status

Now that the dust has settled and everyone has returned to Asia and Scandinavia with their red lanyards no doubt still swinging round their necks it’s a good time to look back, take stock and reflect on the big takeaways from Mobile World Congress 2011:

I’m here at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain for the mobile communications industry’s big annual bash. It’s a time for phone manufacturers, app developers, accessories makers and anyone else who gains in any way from people using mobile phones and computers to show off their latest innovations and forthcoming product launches. It’s also a place for the big personalities in technology, like the CEOs of Google, Twitter and Microsoft et al, to take the stage in front of a key group of people (ie people in suits who make lots of money out of our obsession with mobile).

I cheekily took the following footage with a demo model at the LG booth then emailed it to myself.

3D options only available if you watch the vid at youtube.com. Click here to do that!

Stay tuned at twitter.com/willfrancis to see the latest cool stuff from Mobile World Congress as it unfolds here in Barcelona.

Having had a thorough play with LG’s Optimus 3D - the first smartphone to shoot in 3D and with 3D screen - as well as their tablet the Optimus Pad which shoots in 3D I’m definitely feeling a little more agnostic about my technology choices (I’m a staunch iPhone, iPad and Mac user because they make my life easier). So can LG tempt this Apple fanboy away from his beloved iDevices?

This Monday, 14th February, will see 50,000 people descend on Fira de Barcelona in the centre of the Catalonian capital to gather at Mobile World Congress, the biggest date in the mobile communications industry’s calendar. It is typically where the big players like LG, Motorola, Nokia, Sony, Samsung et al announce new technology, phones, tablets and gadgets. LG are kindly whisking myself, @alicam and @mayhemstudios out there to witness their product unveilings, which include the much-hyped first ever 3D phone! So in anticipation of this almighty tech-fest, here’s a quick look at what I’m most excited about seeing next week:

Colorvision (WIP) by Com Truise

As I mentioned in my rundown of the best music of 2010, Com Truise has good times up ahead of him, whoever she/he is. Yes, there’s an awful lot of crap styled around the 1980s but Com Truise have nailed that particularly hot, euphoric, swelling synth sound reminiscent of the decade that brought us home computing and Pop Tarts so I’m signed up as a fan and can’t wait for the album! In the meantime check out the EP ‘Cyanide Sisters’ over at the official Com Truise website.

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Following the mystery large-scale animal deaths that are sweeping the globe, Canada’s National Post has compiled this handy map for us.

UPDATE: Google have created a real-time map…

(Source: news.nationalpost.com)