Yep: The BlackPad, from the folks who brought you the BlackBerry. The Register reports.

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion.  I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”
—Kurt Vonnegut

Back in the day, Bill Gates famously defined Microsoft’s mission as “a computer on every desk and in every home.”

I wonder if Netflix CEO Reed Hastings describes his company’s mission as “an unwatched-for-months DVD on every shelf and in every home.”

Well, I mean, not that this is my Netflix experience.

*ahem*

Just sayin’.

Aliza Sherman’s “5 Things That Don’t Work on Facebook Pages (and 5 That Do)” over on WebWorkerDaily would be worthwhile reading if only for this pithy truism: “Let’s face it: Not everything should be marketed using every new cool tool on the block.” But beyond the pith, there’s a good deal of common-sense thinking going on about Facebook as a marketing tool.

Takeaway for marketers: Give it a read. Maybe post it to your Facebook page.

Those are among the buzz-worthiest entertainment properties at San Diego Comic Con, according to io9.com which also names names re: the losers, which include Green Hornet, Falling Skies and The Cape.