5 things worth knowing today - 1 July

Great news, no. Very sad, possibly. Moco news blogged live from a queue to buy an iPhone, it's worth reading simply because it was by Rafat Ali

UK - the land of the couch potato! If we accept that we are spending ever more time online, recent BARB figures relayed by Thinkbox show the alarming trend that we are also watching more TV than we were 10 years ago.

Zenith Optimedia cut's back predictions of US advertising growth: FT Companies

Yahoo to launch SmartAds - tie in your special interests with information such as geographic location: Total Telecom

India leads Asia in consumption of music: 67% of Indians watch music videos on television almost every day: Business Standard