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Tom Friedman makes an interesting point about green collar jobs being less susceptable to offshoring.

This is just a plug for Mary, a client of mine. She just started Awakening the Eco-Soul, a website for her book on soul types.

Prof. John Gallauger of the Carroll School of Management ends his June 3 post on Facebook with a provocative thought: “…look for the inevitable iPhone/Facebook apps to transform the way we think about mobile computing.”I posted an idea for such an app yesterday — a mashup of Google map search and restaurant recommendations.While there is still a question on how Apple will open up the iPhone to 3rd party apps, there is no question that the iPhone will be a unique platform to build upon. Especially mashed-up with social platforms such as Facebook. Remember at the beginning of the iPhone intro when Steve Jobs introduced the “third” product, the “Breakthrough Internet Communicator”? Remember the tepid applause? We couldn’t applause at that moment because we didn’t have any context. That context is just now slowly being understood.Imagine that you are a Facebook user looking for the perfect mobile Facebook accessory. An iPhone filled with Facebook apps would fit the bill nicely. Always in touch, Facebook style. The original social app (the telephone) melded with the new social app. Mobile computing, transformed.When Jobs speaks of the iPod, he frequently uses the word “ecosystem” to describe the depth and breadth of the iPod accessory market. For the iPhone though, the question that comes to mind is: will Facebook be an accessory in iPhone’s ecosystem, or will the iPhone be an accessory in Facebook’s ecosystem?

When I ask my iPhone about nearby seafood restaurants, this is what I really want to know–what do my Facebook friends recommend?

I know the title says New AACS “fix” hacked in a day, but shouldn’t it read like this:New AACS “bug” fixed in a day

Now that YouTube occupies the #3 spot on Apple TV (just below Movies and TV Shows), what will it take for others to get a coveted spot in the top ten? Will we see Blip.tv as #4? What about OurMedia and Revver?And how about all those nifty channels on Democracy, with it’s emphasis on distribution via Bittorrent?I hope that Apple will give us, the Apple TV users, the choice. We should be able to tell our Apple TVs what we want to see on the first screen. Just give us a way to configure this in iTunes.

What I like about Apple Investor News is the instant overview you get of the impact of Apple related news stories. Apple’s YouTube-on-Apple-TV announcement made a big splash, gaining comments far and wide in not only the blog-o-sphere but the MSM-o-sphere as well.The effect is easier to see on Apple Investor News than it is on other Apple news sites. The YouTube news flowed into almost all of the categories, even though each category seems to pull from different news flows. It showed what an impact this story had across the board.As an aside, it looks like people are jazzed about getting YouTube videos on their big screen TVs. I’m guessing it’s for the same reason that America’s Finniest Home videos is one of ABCs most profitable shows.

Also at D 2007, Steve Jobs responds to a question about 3rd Party iPhone apps. He basically says that once they find a way to make sure security is preserved, they’ll do it.

At D 2007, Steve Jobs drops a big hint about indies and iTunes.

Apple TV and YouTube. Coming around mid-June.