I hate instant messaging (I gave up a year ago, the “you-need-to-reply-in-the-next-20-seconds, no-excuse-available” attitude was giving me panic attacks) but I could change my mind thanks to made-for-the-iPhone version of Google Talk. Especially when you do the maths and realize how much we’re being ripped-off by cell-phone networks to send/receive text message: Crunchgear did the maths; if AT&T charged data downloads at the rate they charge text messages downloading 1MB of data would cost you an insulting $1,310.72.

More details + screenshots of Google Talk for the best-phone-ever on Venturebeat ›

Just coming back from brunch with my friends Cristina, Daniel and their 12 year old son Sid. I was asking him about his Internet usage and what he and his friends do online. And the answer shocked me:

Kids don’t do Facebook. Internet is for adults and it’s boring. They think they’re so cool with their Facebook but it’s soooo old. We don’t use email, myspace, IM… We text! I just gave up my monthly allowance to get unlimited texts!

So weird to get a reality-check from a 12 y.o. but thanks kid!