By now you've heard that Apple is shelling out $175 million to send iPhone 4.0 users bumpers for their phones. (More on that here.) 

Five years ago, Google unveiled Google Maps API, which has enabled hundreds of thousands of websites to harness the power of location-based data.  Keir Clarke from Google Maps Mania is celebrating with a mega-mashup of Google Maps.

This is a slightly off-the-wall digital tool, but one that some of you may find helpful.  It's called Manikin, and it's an open-source program that simulates the human body. You can create digital people, rotate them 360 degrees, move limbs and joints and lots more.

We've just happened upon a new site called ChallengePost, where entrepreneurs can post the projects they're working on to seek funding and support.  Potential investors can pledge a few bucks, and the return on investment can range from a simple reimbursement to a percentage of the profits to a number of creative prizes.