Arianna Huffington, never one to turn down a media opportunity or miss a fad, enters Linden Lab's much-hyped Second Life to give an interview to Reuters. The Huffington Post founder — who turned Democrat activist after her husband, a California Republican, lost an election and went gay — hopes virtual worlds will save marriages. "A lot of people who want to explore different possibilities, they can now do it in Second Life — instead of, say, leaving their wife, fulfilling some other fantasy." After the jump, a clip, Arianna explaining why she covered — mistake! — the midriff of her pixelated alter ego.
Don Graham, the Washington Post CEO, has joined Facebook's board of directors. Had he not been such a nice guy, he might have had the gig three years ago.
Facebook's flacks are portraying the appointment as a sign of the maturation of the unruly social network launched in a college dorm.
Apple's iPhone has some 2,000 apps available for download. Of those, 65 have some arguable business application, Ben Worthennotes in a Wall Street Journal blog.
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