Facebook users can now register at http://facebook/username a custom URL for their own profile. Saying http://facebook.com/albertcuesta over the phone it's obviously easier than http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=645002665. So far, so good. However, the new system is leaving mobile Facebook users out in the cold: checking http://m.facebook.com/albertcuesta from a cell phone (or any other browser, actually) gets an error page. This is not exactly good policy given the growth of social network mobile usage. Hopefully the FB guys will eventually sort it out, but it will always be an afterthought. Anyway, vanity URLs are being assigned on a 'first come, first served' basis and no approval requirements, so you better rush for yours.

It had to come. IP telephony makes calls so cheap that there already are companies such as JaJah that give them away. In the US they already offer free calls between cell phones. You only have to register and no headset or a microphone are required.

Not a single month goes without Google mobilising another of their web services, by releasing a light version adapted to the smaller screens and slower connections of mobile phones and handheld computers. Now it's the turn of the Google News news aggregator.

eReader's program provides a simple way to create multi-platform e-books on Windows and Mac desktops, but its feature set is too limited for a commercial application.