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The Trump-Xi Beijing Summit: What the Smiling Handshakes Won't Tell You

On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...
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PetVille Stranded in Tahiki Contest

With all the excitement of Tahiki coming to at Attic in PetVille game makers Zynga have launched the stranded in Tahiki contest. The grand prize winner will win 100 in pet cash. The rules are very simple and users simply need to answer the question. "If you pet was stranded on an Island and was able to take only one thing with them what would they take?" So if you would like to enter and post your entry you would need to do that on the Zynga's PetVille  Community Forums page located here .  Here are the rules as posted on the PetVille Forums Page Tahiki is COMING SOON to an attic near you! This tropical hideaway is located on a remote island and the only way to get there is through a Magic Door! Can't wait for Tahiki and ready to daydream about sandy beaches? Enter the Stranded in Tahiki Contest for a chance to win up to 100 Pet Cash! How to Enter If your pet was stranded on a desert island and could only take one thing with them, what would they take? Post the  ONE  ...
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How to play Pac-Man on Google

After all the news on the Pac-Man anniversary and Google's logo that had the game on it. Google calls these creatives doodles. Well after the initial hype and the response to the Pac-Man doodle. Google has given Pac-Man a permanent home.  For all those Pac-Man enthusiasts. The day the doodle was released it hit the Trending topics on Twitter and stayed there for a few days. News sites and blogges wrote constantly about it. Pac-Man is one of the most successful games ever created. It has always been viral and people of all ages have been drawn to it. Kids at home an adults at work. It allows people to escape for all the pressures of life. Ok, will not go on and on about it. If you would like to play Pac-Man on Google here is the link.  http://www.google.com/pacman/ An original post by Sociolatte
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White iPhone 4G photos surface

With Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference 2010 happening on June 7. It definitely adds to the mystery of the event when photos of a white 4G iPhone surface on a Taiwanese site. Apple has also reportedly stopped shipping iPhone 3G to AT&T stores. Adding to speculation that a new phone is coming and the iPhone 3G has reached the end of life. There has also been an update from Wal-Mart saying it's cutting the price of the iPhone 3GS in half to just $97 with contract. Signs that a new model is on the way. With all the news and speculation of a new model the new photos of the white iPhone 4G is drawing on all eyeballs and we have the pictures for you. [ image courtesy:  http://tw.apple.pro/?uid-2-action-viewspace-itemid-4456  ] An original post by Sociolatte
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How to block someone on Facebook

If you want to block someone on Facebook all ties you have with that person will be broken. They will not be able to contact you neither will they be able to find you on search. All friendships and relationships you have with that person will be broken. This will not apply to third party applications. So if both of you play the same game on Facebook you might still see each other as neighbors. So you will need to delete them from there too. Here's how to block someone on Facebook 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on Account (Top right hand corner) 3. Click on Privacy Settings 4. Click on Block Lists (Last link on the page)  5. Start by entering the name of the person you wish to block. Click on block for a list of people to come up. Sort through the names if you have a large list of people and click "Block" next to their name. Unlike other applications on Facebook that automatically fill in people's names. Here you would need to type the name click block and there is a li...
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Video: Android 2.2 Official Video

Google rolled out Andriod 2.2 Froyo ( frozen Yogurt) last week thursday at the Google Annual Developer Conference. Here are some vidoes to help you walk through Andriod 2.2 FroYo An original post by Sociolatte
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It happened Britney beats Ashton to become the most followed person on Twitter

About two weeks ago many websites and blogs began to speak about this Britney thing. How she was being followed by millions of people and at the rate it was happening at she would over take Ashton Kutcher. Well as predicted in less then two weeks it has happened and as this post is being written here are the official figures, Ashton Kutcher : 4,938,625 followers Britney Spears:    4,945,759 followers Both of them are now on a race to the five million followers mark. Britney has remained silent for the last three days and maybe not aware of this milestone. Both will reach the five million followers mark pretty soon and the race is on. Twitter now no more has a king but a queen. These huge followings are proof enough that Twitter is growing by leaps and bounds. An original post by Sociolatte
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