I don't know if you caught it, but Barack Obama won an election last night. That was an understatement. Obama handed the election its posterior. While pundits will no doubt dissect the whys and where-to-fores over the coming days, one thing seems clear: his campaign used technology more effectively than any in history. Read more

Several purveyors of fine cuisine are offering free stuff to celebrate the election today. Starbucks is offering a free cup of coffee to anyone who asks today. Originally, Starbucks was limiting the promotion to those who said they voted, but the company broadened the offer to all customers to make sure it doesn't run afoul of election laws. Read more

More and more folks are signing up for Twitter. But a lot of people are sitting there scratching their heads wondering why they would want to join a service to find out what their friends are having for dinner. After all, aren't you already wasting enough of you and your employer's time playing Scrabble on Facebook? Read more

In other Horrible news, I just stumbled upon the fact that Dr. Horrible is on Twitter. It's good to see the doctor moving beyond his blog into other social networking tools. For all of you aspiring semi-competent singing super-villains out there, you can follow his tweets. Read more

Apparently there are a slew of double-Os in the making who spend their time writing about their trips to Cabo on their high school friends' Walls. PhysOrg.com reports British espionage agency MI6 is now using Facebook as a recruiting tool. And if you like their Facebook page, you'll really get a kick out of their Flickr gallery. Read more