I see a trend here. Good food. On loved ones. Gadgets.Books.( All same for me too). Wonder what people here would spend on if they had 10 times the money they have now.
I am based in India. Initially it will be me, a partner(both Asp.net mvc devs) and a UI guy working on the App. Hiring outside devs is far on the horizon but its good to consider that now.
The fact that gmail being a email service is blocked by several corporate firewalls while facebook and twitter are still accessible, I don't see buzz ever catching up.
I agree and this is the reason I didn't cancel my subscription yet. The newspaper I read(Hindu.co.in) is one of the best one around. Gets editorials from NY Times, Guardian and other Indian intellectuals.
Keeping in mind Timothy ferris' "low information diet" I wont mind missing out mundane local news and any important local news will appear on google news in couple of hours anyway.