Story 1: In time it takes me to tell you the top 6 things that happen on the Internet in just 60 seconds, take that figure and multiply it by 100,000 — and you start to perhaps gain an understanding of the scope and scale of how much of our communication is no longer face to face.

Story 2: Google validly boasted more than a year ago that it had more than 1 billion searches a day. Now it can add 1 billion unique visitors per month to that well-earned notch on the post.

Story 3: A local Houston based news station has broken the story of an unnamed Southwest Airlines pilot has been suspended from duty without pay after a tape of his expletive-ridden cockpit rant session.