Friday Signal: Food, Wine, and Finland.

Welcome to Friday, folks. It’s been a long week. Some of you may have missed the Thursday Signal due to an internal glitch, so here’s the link for that.

Meanwhile, the past 24 hours have been full of tidbits. Let’s get to them. I’ve got some writing to do later today…

Finland makes broadband a ‘legal right’ (BBC) In some ways, these guys are so far ahead of us it’s embarrassing.

Some thoughts about the future of super angels, MicroVCs, and venture capitalist (Bijan) Bijan opines on the venture ecosystem. Must read if you’re in that world.

Apple’s iAds Slowly Begin to Appear, Led by Nissan Leaf (NYT Blog) Oooh looook. It’s ads from Apple!

Taking off with ITA (Google Blog) Interesting. A move to dominate data layer of a major search vertical.

Asia Now World’s Largest Producer of Tweets (GigaOm) A reminder of the world we live in. 37% compared to 25% in the US (down from 30% in March).

Food Brands Get Sociable on Facebook and Twitter (NYT Blog) Oreo and Wheat Thins join the movement. Get me some wine, and let’s have a party…

Google researcher says friend groups may give it a window to best Facebook (SocialBeat) People have multiple facets of identity, this isn’t accounted for in the ‘Facebook Effect’, the argument goes.

Yahoo! Unleashes Search, Mail and Messenger Apps For Android (TNW) Watch this space. I met with Yahoo today, and I see a path for them. More soon on this.

“Beyond Audience: What Drives Campaign Performance?” (DataXu MarketPulse) Creative, it turns out.

FM’s featured campaign of the day is H2O Visions, by Kohler. Check it out!

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