It seems there were, “widespread failures of AT&T’s EDGE phone data network,” on the first business day following Apple’s iPhone activation blitz ... [digg.com/apple/iPhone_AT_...]

Virgin Media have confirmed it has received a takeover approach and that it is considering a potential sale. It has not yet been revealed who the potential buyer is, but all fingers are pointing at private equity group Carlyle, who also own the US cable network Insight... [digg.com/tech_news/Virgin...]

I recently answered a long series of questions from someone who is writing a book about virtual worlds, so I thought I would put out one of my responses for discussion. [digg.com/playable_web_gam...]

Everyone is talking about Facebook, a social-networking site that also allows you to aggregate and monitor content from around the Web. Nonprofits interested in learning more about Facebook should check out Robin Good's Social Networking: A Beginner's Guide to Facebook. [digg.com/tech_news/New_Fa...]

This is the coolest Facebook app I've seen yet. It's a visualization that show all of your friends and how they're connected. You have to see it to understand how cool it is. [digg.com/design/Friend_Wh...]

Iran's new English language network premiered with a sccop....Glasgow was staged. [digg.com/political_opinio...]

BakeSpace.com is a social networking site for people who like cooking. [digg.com/tech_news/BakeSp...]

Apple shifted 500,000+ iPhones this weekend, its partner AT&T didn't keep its part of the bargain.Data congestion left the mobile operator red-faced, and buyers fuming. Most of AT&T's network uses an ancient, time sharing 2.5G technology - placing the USA on a par with Cambodia and Sierra Leone - the data congestion impacted voice callers, too. [digg.com/apple/iPhone_rui...]