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Here at Run Around Tech, we focus on consumer-geared accessories in the technology world. While we don’t cover a wide array of technology news, there are people who do. Joshua Topolsky, former editor-in-chief of Engadget, has launched his latest venture with his usual cohorts, Nilay Patel and Paul Miller.

The Verge is a technology news platform aimed at community involvement, cutting edge reviews and news stories, and longer pieces such as editorials. The Verge launched with the help of Vox Media, formerly known as SB Nation, and brings fresh features to the age old technology blog formula.

Topolsky and company have put together a fantastic team of writers that is sure to fill your desire for any technology fetish you may have.

Due in part to the rising crimes that seem to originate from encounters from social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace the NYPD has decided to add a new unit to focus on social networking.  The new unit will mine social media, looking for info about troublesome house parties, gang showdowns and other potential mayhem, sources said.  Here in Philadelphia, where I live, we’ve experienced issues with Flash Mobs.  One theory is that these mobs are using Facebook to coordinate.  A unit like the NYPD’s could go a long way to help combat them.  Same goes for what’s happening now in London.  Word is that many of the London rioters are using Twitter to post pictures of their mayhem and also coordinate meet-up plans.  Law enforcement officials there are trying to use those pictures to catch criminals.

The new unit, which will be headed up by Newly named Assistant Commissioner Kevin O’Connor, will operate out of the city’s Community Affairs Bureau.

Via NYDailyNews.

There’s no denying the tragic nature of the events taking place in London right now.  However, I’m not sure what to make of this web site which is calling upon the internet to identity those individuals who have taken part in looting during the riots.  I don’t know much about the site other than it asks you if you recognize individuals seen looting in photos.  If you do you can submit the person’s name, where they are from and a note.  I’m not however sure where that information goes – I’m assuming someone forwards it onto the authorities.   You can also choose to upload a photo of your own if you have one.

Sourcre: Micael Samuelson

Just one tweet. That’s all it took.  A popular DJ known as Kaskade took to his twitter account to announce that there would be an accompanying block party after the premiere of a documentary about the Electric Daisy Carnival rave – an electronic music festival.  About 2,000 people were inside Grauman’s Chinese theater to catch the screening.  The problems began when the Los Angeles Fire Department inspector determined the theater was overcrowded and an unknown, perhaps even larger, crowd had begun packing the streets outside of the theater.  Police Officers ordered hundreds of people to disperse, but the crowd refused and began throwing objects.  Kaskade, who is featured in “Electric Daisy Carnival Experience” and has more than 90,000 followers on Twitter.  Later in the evening he went back to his Twitter account to try to calm the crowd.  ”Everybody CHILL OUT!!! The cops are freaking out. BE SAFE AND LET’S HAVE SOME FUN!” he wrote. The DJ was scheduled to appear at a party after the screening.

Via Yahoo.