I’d be stretching it to find a theme to today’s Signal links, so why don’t we just get on with it, already? Happy last week of August….to the links:

The dirty little secret about Google Android )ZdNet) A very important piece, to my mind, about what happens when you sleep with those who have business models opposite to yours.

$50 Tablet Prototype Promises Low-Cost Computing in India (Wired)

Thnks Fr Th Mmrs: The Rise Of Microblogging, The Death Of Posterity (TC) I must disagree. I love Twitter and especially Foursquare, as pointed reminders of stuff I simply would never have bothered to record otherwise. I don’t think the musings of a professional diarist apply to most of us.

Viral Graphic: What If Solar Power Grew as Fast as Facebook? (Also Its Places Video!) (ATD) We can dream. I mean, man, do we need a “solar” or “wind” Facebook right now. Badly.

Twitter Hires Fox Audience Network’s Bain As Revenue Head (PaidContent) Nice pickup, Twitter, and congrats, Adam!

A Response to Privacy Concerns (WSJ via Romenesko) Long story, but a friend and former colleague pointed out the WSJ’s conflict of interest in its ongoing coverage of privacy and marketing issues, and the response is tepid at best.

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The FM program of the day is Open Forum, because it’s just that good.

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