Whether you’re a fan or not of George W. Bush, you only have so many opportunities to ask questions of a former president of the United States, and today is one of those chances. As part of the media tour supporting his new book release, President Bush will stop by Facebook’s Palo Alto headquarters and participate in a live streaming Q&A session today at 2p PST. Read More +

VoIP provider Skype recently announced a big milestone, having hit 25 million concurrent users Monday. The service, which allows people to make voice and video calls over the internet, has over 500 million users, but 25 million is a new high for members simultaneously using the service. This has to be counted as a positive sign for a company who recently filed papers to go public, a move which they hope will raise as much as $100 million and will immediately make them one of the largest publicly traded internet companies. Read More +

A mere three months after its launch, Stipple has raised a $2 million seed round from such wide ranging investors as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Floodgate and even Justin Timberlake. The online service is attempting to open new revenue channels for the average person, allowing users to easily label the contents of pictures hosted online, and even monetize the photos with ads or product offers relevant to the labels. In addition to helping monetize the average person’s vacation photos, Stipple’s new People Dots feature will make photo hosting more social. Just as Stipple allows the user to tag items that might interest potential advertisers, they can also tag the people who show up in pictures, and feature pertinent links to things such as those individuals social networks, whether the picture subjects are on Stipple or not. Read More +

If you’re looking for the best way to keep in touch with your professional contacts—or search for jobs in a brand new way—you may want to finally give in and join LinkedIn. It was announced yesterday that the site, at one time a niche community for early adopters, has officially cracked 85 million members and is adding a new user every second. A more formal, professionally-targeted social network than Facebook, LinkedIn provides ample tools for networking for businesses, learning more about those in your industry and, yes, even looking for jobs. (Although based on that number of users, you may already know that.) Due to the huge membership numbers, many of whom are employers, it’s often the first site on which those seeking to fill openings choose to list positions, and applicants with a fully completed profile are forty times more likely to receive opportunities through the site. And before you ask, of course we’re on LinkedIn. Keep in touch!

For savvy shoppers looking for a leg up this holiday season, a new mobile phone app called Shopkick may be just the help you need. The “geo-coupon” app is installed on your phone and delivers a more interactive shopping experience for those of us who still like to shop in the physical world. Unlike other geo-apps such as Facebook Places, Foursquare or Yelp which require you to “check-in,” Shopkick simply senses whenever you walk into a participating retailer. When you do, you receive points (also known as “kickbucks”) which aggregate toward rewards such as gift cards for that particular store. And as a huge boon for Christmas shoppers this year, Target has recently partnered up to offer the service at 242 of its locations in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York City, and the San Francisco area, joining retail giants like Best Buy, American Eagle, Sports Authority and Macy’s who are all beginning to work with Shopkick. Read More +