Son complained last night that our hot water wasn’t hot. Thankfully, Papalia Plumbing could replace our 28-year-old water heater today.

There they go again: Consumer Reports doesn’t recommend the VZ iPhone 4 either, despite it being top scoring phone. #yg http://bit.ly/hciYdd

Nice touch in Mac Facetime: when you get an incoming video call, Mac OS X automatically launches the app and asks if you want to accept.

The real upshot of Apple’s Thunderport ports: you’ll be able to run a six display Displayport array off your laptop. #yg

Apple invitation to special event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 2 just arrived. #yg

Touch-screen phones are now commodities. Good luck competing without differentiation. #YG http://nyti.ms/ibZlwT

Subscriptions come to the Apple App Store. Let the competition for subscriptions between Apple and Amazon begin. #yg http://bit.ly/guoT2a

Man vs. Machine: Computer to challenge Jeopardy champs tonight. http://nyti.ms/ehcYTX (via @jjdempsey)

Just as social networking drove startups in the 2000s, big data will drive business opportunities in the 2010s. #yg http://bit.ly/ffPiX8

The Nokia/Microsoft alliance is a bit like GM deciding to buy Telsa electric motors for its traditional cars. This will take a while. #yg