Foursquare basically enables your social network friends to know where you’ve been. To use it, just install the foursquare application in your phone, and submit your location. Fairly simple.

This little application, as great as it is, will also be the ultimate tool for jealous girlfriends/boyfriends.

Imagine the following scenario:

You told your very jealous girlfriend/wife you were going to run late at the office tonight (a classic), when actually your going for a few drinks with the new office receptionist, ex-girlfriend, etc… The normal thing is that your girlfriend is likely going to call you at some time in the evening to see how your handling in at the office, comment on the fact that your boss is cruel, tell you how she misses you right now, and finally ask you what time you think you’ll be getting back home.

All good for you. You perfectly manage the conversation, and tell her that you can’t wait to get back home and cuddle (while sipping a martini in the company of the new receptionist’s, ex-girlfriend, etc… cleavage).

All good? Yeah right… Remember how much you have been bragging to your girlfriend about how awesome foursquare is. Now imagine the new development in the above classic scenario: Suddenly, your girlfriend/wife grows a cyberculture brain and calls you back as you are about to order your third martini and drops the bomb question: « Honey, would you mind foursquarring yourself now? « .

Foursquare: A curse or a benediction?

From the 20th to the 22nd of May, the Esplanade de Beaubourg in Paris will be displaying a 6 meters tall BlackBerry bold.

This unusual phone  will display messages and photos sent by fans on Facebook, and the event will be live-streamed to BlackBerry’s French Facebook channel.

Good thing I live nearby. Will go check it out. The address is: Place Georges Pompidou
75004 Paris

See you there

The glitch had the unfortunate effect of setting all accounts with some unusual stats. 0 followers, 0 following is what you may have witnessed on your account at the time of the glitch.

Since all accounts were affected, the top 10 most followed twitter accounts (as registered on Monday 11th of May) including Ashton Kutcher, Britney Spears or Barack Obama ended up with accounts dry as a desert.

PS: Sorry the source of the image is in French.

Google really outdid itself with its latest Chrome navigator upgrade. It’s faster than ever, and it’s got this cool video to prove it. I have been using Chrome for quite a while now and i’ve got to admit, it is  the best navigator I have ever used so far.

Watch video below

Space Monkey

Official text: Created as a collaboration between World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Ben Lee and Leo Burnett, « Space Monkey » carries a message about our planet, and features Ben Lee’s track, « Song for the Divine Mother of the Universe ».

Unoficially: When I first watched this video a couple of days ago I embarked in a journey that outreached the sheer duration of the video. The images are therapeutical and the song is to fly with. A pure hot chocolate moment.

Space Monkey from Leo Burnett on Vimeo.

Just a word about the Bui Gallery space. If you ever stop by Hanoi, make sur you pass for one of their numerous events. You’ll be charmed. Otherwise just go for a coffee at the gallery’s garden space. Just as good…

Bui Gallery: Ha Manh Thang – Not Memory from Ehrin Macksey on Vimeo.