Finding people.... the importance of building a strong online identity by those who want to be found is reflected in the number of people search engines such as Peek You - www.peekyou.com and wink - www.wink.com.  Also you'll find profile aggregators such as claimID - www.claimid.com.  Lijit at www.ligit.com and Ziki at www.ziki.com.

Profile aggregators allow various profiles to be accessed in one place.  Tools such as Ziki allow a more complete online identity to be built by enabling users to aggregate identities, post contact information, interests, tags and photos.  Other features include a blogging facility and related Zikis, a network of users who share similiar interests. 

If you can't get enough news through your favorite sites or search engines, try Newser at www.newser.com, as it gathers top stories from more than 100 sources.  Run your search, and on the results page you'll find links to full texts as well as concise summaries written by Newser editors.  This feature comes in handy when you just need to skim the articles.

Location intelligence is a specialized part of market research which allows businesses to understand their immediate community more.  Access to demographic, population and socioeconomic data for a community, and then comparing it to neighboring cities or towns and regional differences is a real eye-opener.  Site selection and real estate considerations are common applications.  See www.esri.com to learn more.