Remains of the Day: Social Security’s Not that Safe Edition [For What It's Worth]

Facebook’s for old folks, Social Security is hacked, navigation technology has ruined our internal compasses, and psuedo-push Gmail may make its way to the iPhone.

• Researchers: Social Security Numbers Can Be Guessed
  Eep! [Washington Post]
• So is Facebook for old people now or what?
  Looks like adults are taking over Facebook, while use by high school and college students has dropped between 16 and 21 percent. [CNET]
• Paradise lost
  The BBC suggests that navigation technology has eroded our actual knowledge of how to get around. Personally, this editor feels like he knows more about his whereabouts thanks to nav tech. [BBC]
• Push Gmail Comes To The iPhone - Through An App (If It’s Accepted)
  The app in question does exactly what an old jailbreak app did (I think it was called iMapIDLE), but now it’s looking to bounce into the official App Store. Fingers crossed. [TechCrunch]
• WordPress for BlackBerry Public Beta
  WordPress for BlackBerry app takes your blogging on the go. [WordPress]
• Mobile Minute: BlackBerry may get an enhanced Gmail plug-in
  More BlackBerry fun: This time, there’s an enhanced plug-in for Gmail on the BlackBerry. [Download Squad]
• The World Was Watching: Michael Jackson’s Memorial, By The Numbers
  Server logs from sites streaming the King of Pop’s memorial show that a lot of you weren’t doing that much work today. [TechCrunch]