Now it’s time to get back to blogging.  DailyRover has gone through some changes in past years, with it’s current focus on sharing interesting information about the web, mobile technology, and other gee-whiz-high-tech-nerdy stuff.

It’s called DailyRover because it’s intended to be a regular blog about sharing information that I find by roving all over the internet.   Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got some power-surfing to do!

Wow, really!?  Not only did Mozilla have an anniversary, but they’ve gone mobile as well.

Firefox Facebook fans can get a free Firefox Mobile Kit to celebrate the Firefox 4 beta for Android and Maemo release.

Send in a postcard to the Firefox offices for a chance at a limited edition mobile T-Shirt.

There’s more info on their Facebook page under the Fox Cards tab at facebook.com/Firefox

Facebook, Foursquare, MySpace, Skype, Twitter and YouTube are all mentioned.

See what you think?

So it seems like a good time to review Facebook Profile settings, just to make sure your Account, Privacy and Applications are set up the way you want.

Click here for explanations of Facebook’s Privacy Controls.

The Facebook Blog is another good source of information about controlling what you share, and other general info on this social media giant. This blog post talks about the launch of Facebook’s new Privacy Page.

Also the official Facebook Page is posting videos in their “Learn More” series about privacy settings.

With this experimental program, the National Weather Service will be searching for Tweets that contain information about severe weather events like flooding, wind damage, hail, a tornado or funnel clouds, freezing rain, snowfall and dense fog.

The National Weather Service is taking advantage of the geotagging capability of Twitter, allowing the NWS to correlate each Tweet to its location when it was sent. They’re hoping this will help enhance and increase timely and accurate online weather reporting and communication between the public and their local weather forecast offices.

The NWS is asking Twitters to enable geotagging on their Twitter and 3rd party applications. Since geotagging is still controversial and not everyone is using it, the NWS is offering suggestions for users to Tweet either way.

With Geotagging on, submit your Tweet like this: #wxreport your significant weather report

Without Geotagging, submit your Tweet report in this format: #wxreport WW your location WW your significant weather report.

Some examples of weather report tweets without geotagging:
Ex. 1: #wxreport WW 1289 W Oakridge Circle, St Louis, MO WW 6.0″ new snow as of 1 pm
Ex. 2: #wxreport WW 44.115, -88.595 WW Hail 3/4 inch in diameter at 4:25 pm

• Here’s some examples, starting with the most accurate:
• Using a latitude and longitude, like this: WW 44.231, -88.485 WW
• An address: WW 2485 S Point Rd, Green Bay, WI 54313 WW
• A street intersection: WW intersection of Holly St and N 4th St, Perry, OK WW
• A city name: WW Ft Lauderdale, FL WW
• A zip code is the least accurate: WW 53221 WW

Your location can be just about anything, but the more specific the better.

Read more about this new program at weather.gov/stormreports

The NWS is working with the following sites to monitor #wxreport Tweets:
Wx411
Twitter search
nearbytweets.com
geochirp.com
Twitterfall

Twitter is finally talking about making money, but how? Without alienating thousands of developers who are building applications on top of Twitter? Or turning off millions of daily users?

Some very interesting and sometimes controversial topics were discussed at Chirp…Promoted Tweets, earned media and paid media, mobile apps, the development platform @anywhere, the user experience, and the Twitter ecosystem.

Video from Twitter Chirp Conference on Justin.TV

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Recent Tweets about Twitter’s Chirp conference and acquisition of the Tweetie iPhone app…

TheNextWeb.com>> Twitter’s New API “Will Change The Way You Use Twitter” bit.ly/cqsv7l

Advertising Age>> Twitter Has a Business Model: ‘Promoted Tweets’ bit.ly/cSUGdz

Twitter Development Talk from Ryan Sarver>> Some interesting views on the Tweetie acquisition and Chirp bit.ly/cRzjIB

gigaom.com>> Twitter Walking a Tightrope With Developers bit.ly/c9LYtp

I Love Old Magazines has ads, covers and graphics from old magazines, just like the title implies.

It’s from the same guys who came up with I Love Charts. They have a very creative way of looking at all types of charts.

They’re both on Tumblr a great Web 2.0 tool that allows you to share anything on the web. You can customize your own page too, just like Blogger and WordPress.

Tumblr also has a iPhone app and a Facebook app.

She talks about privacy and publicity, using Google Buzz as the most recent example of a PR fail.

Boyd works at Microsoft Research New England, and recently completed her PhD in the School of Information at the University of California-Berkeley.

SXSW grows larger each year, with hundreds of panels and parties, plus the 13th Annual Web Awards, the ScreenBurn at SXSW Arcade, the Film and Interactive Trade Show and Exhibition, and also the Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator.

Gotta see it now because Interactive is over after the 16th, with Film running through the 20th, and Music lasting through the 21st.

Tips: travel light, say hello, introduce yourself and connect with people. Pick 2 or 3 “must-see” events, then just browse the conference and relax. Too many things are happening to try to do everything, so pace yourself.

We’ve already mentioned 2 iPhone apps:
SXSW Play helps you discover New Media
my.SXSW helps with Social Networking & Scheduling

Here’s another useful mobile site, sitby.us Find the panels & events you want to attend, create your personal schedule on your mobile, and see where your Twitter friends are sitting.

For more insider tips, browse the videos on the SXSW YouTube Channel @ youtube.com/user/sxsw

SXSW official site sxsw.com