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...Kathryn Galbraith, 24, created a Doggyspace profile to get the word out about her pit bull-lab mix, Joe. "Writing from his perspective lets other people know how great of a dog he is," says the marketing project manager in Frederick, Md. Galbraith notes that it took her four years to make 158 friends on MySpace, while Joe has racked up 85 friends in just one month on Doggyspace. "My dog is more popular than I am," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Social Networks Target Pets | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...site is also a hit among people who find traditional forms of social networking too invasive. "It's nonthreatening," says Dale Miller, 55, who does not use Facebook or MySpace but who updates a Doggyspace page daily for her bulldog mix, Etta. "It's for you, not necessarily about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Social Networks Target Pets | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...against Australia. And for the first time in these games, Kobe Bryant - by far the biggest fan favorite among foreign athletes in these Games - had a break out game. He shot beautifully from long range (four of seven from three point land) and threw in a mix of acrobatic drives to the hoop to lead Team USA with 25 points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Redeem Team Keeps on Rolling | 8/20/2008 | See Source »

...about this: before the qualifying tournaments for the 2012 Olympics, corral a mix of solid ex-college basketball players and recently retired NBAers. Ideally, you'd get current NBA players, but qualifiers would happen during the NBA season, so the players wouldn't be able to break free. Put the college players and pro retirees in a camp for a month. Bang, the U.S. should be in the Olympics. Handball players and the USOC will tell you that the game is way too technical and that it takes years to learn all the tricks. I'm not convinced that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, America, What About Handball? | 8/14/2008 | See Source »

Visiting a stall that serves bhelpuri - a mix of puffed rice, dough, tomato and coriander that is the quintessential Mumbai snack - I find that the price has gone up from 37 rupees a plate to 42 (about $1), in line with the current inflation rate of 12%. I ask the manager of the stall if sales have slowed down at the higher price. He thinks this is funny, and he shares my question with his workers; they think it's funny too. One of them explains: "If you were happy to pay 37 rupees for a plate of bhelpuri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Burden of Inflation | 8/13/2008 | See Source »

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