Is Now Followingis a simple web app that lets you share the new people you follow on Twitter. Twice a day, it gets a list of the latest people you follow on Twitter and announces it on your timeline. It was created by Canadian software developer and entrepreneurMatt Paterson, simply because he was interested in seeing who his current friends are following on an ongoing basis. He thinks that chances are if his friends are following new people, brands or companies, he might be interested in following them as well....

Is now the worst time to launch a new brand? These companies are doing it anyway How some brands are winning in this space Brands launching during the crisis are likely doing so with an eye to what a pandemic economy values, and what a post-pandemic economy will value. 1. Essential goods and intelligent marketing FTW According to a recent McKinsey & Companyreport, the most successful brands fall within the homebody or essentials category, and there’s been a 20-40% decrease in discretionary spending....

It would appear that Google’s impending move to phase out Picasa and fold it further into the Google+ suite of tools is around the corner. As the blogGoogle Operating Systempoints out the Photo link in the Google’s navigation bar no longer links to Picasa Web Albums, when logged in to your Google account. The link now redirects to the Google+ photos tab, where you can view your contacts’ and your own photos....

TNW Quick Look Billed as a new “Social surfing” layer for the web,Pushnoteis a browser plugin that allows you to comment on any webpage. It includes social features that let you follow friends’ comments and find the current hot topics being discussed across the Web. Hits: Misses: The details New Web commenting system Pushnote has launched in a blaze of publicity thanks to the backing (both financial and viaa tweetto his two million Twitter followers) of one Stephen Fry....

As Nortel’s remaining patents havefinally been sold, the dark cloud of telecom trouble in Canada shifts to one of the members of the consortium who bought said patents: Research in Motion. RIM has been in the limelight many times over the past several months, and it appears as if the Waterloo-based telecom giant is no longer the tech industry darling that it once was. RIM launched its much-ballyhooed competitor to the iPad, the Playbook, to mixed reviews and lower than expected sales results....