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Here I list shared items from my RSS feed reader with brief comments.

• Amazon announces Kindle SDK
  Games on a Kindle? How fun could that be? Really? Imo, Amazon should work much more on updating the device itself instead.
• Korea Legalizes Virtual Currency Trade
  Interesting case from Korea. Virtual currency and virtual goods are important for digital revenues in the future, so important legal stuff like this is clear.
• RSSOwl Newsreader Updates to 2.0, Adds Feed Importing, Search Features [Downloads]
  RSSOwl now with capability of importing feeds from other readers.
• 10 things you should know about USB 2.0 and 3.0
  Summary of USB 3.0 and comparison with earlier versions. Pity Intel is slow here though.
• Twitter Captures A Nexus One Unboxing And Another Video
  Such a pity it´s an HTC...
• Geewa Launches Casual Gaming Portal on Facebook
  Facebook getting flooded with games. Interesting strategy with the full screen mode within the Facebook app by Geewa.
• Norton Ink smartpad is first tablet to use Pixel Qi screen
  Only a model but still an interesting tech direction.
• Cloud apps, big city: LA goes Google
  This is something many more organisations should seriously consider imo.
• 2010: A Theme Odyssey
  A fresh new default theme for Wordpress on its way.
• The Swedes Have Invaded Apple Headquarters (Update: A Bit Prematurely)
  Some think stuff like this is funny. I think the App Store approval process is a tragedy.
• Rackspace Endorses reMail To Bring Full-Text Email Search To Its iPhone Customers
  Store your entire Email account on your phone. This one seems useful.
• Give Me Back My Google
  Google search without affiliate links.
• Top 10 Website Design Reviews
  Useful guidelines for web design from Mequoda.
• 2.9 Release Candidate 1
  Two major upgrades to make in the coming days as I still have not upgraded to Thesis 1.6 either.
• Facebook Testing New URL Shortener, fb.me
  First Goog.le and now Fb.me. Competition got quite a bit tougher this week in URL-shortening...
• CrowdStar’s New Happy Island Game Is The First To Exclusively Use Facebook Credits for Virtual Currency Payments
  Prestige news for Facebook.
• 3 New Forms of Search That Google is Working on Now
  Google apparently focusing on innovation in the core competence search area. Wise. They are starting to spread pretty thin in some areas imho.
• Advanced Power Tips for WordPress Template Developers: Reloaded
  My own logo instead of the Wordpress "W" feels like a must have, right?
• Microsoft China Blatantly Rips Off Microblogging Service Plurk
  Hmm...
• The Unofficial Google Text-To-Speech API
  Intentional from Google? Yes, I do think so.
• Spotlight on China’s Homegrown Search Giant
  Baidu still well ahead of Google in China.
• Seven Predictions for 2010 from eMarketer’s CEO
  Ramsey of eMarketer makes seven predictions for 2010.
• Content Farms: Why Media, Blogs & Google Should Be Worried
  Good article on content farms. Yes, prioritizing quality sources by search engines is an interesting topic..
• Headway WordPress theme review
  Headway sounds like an interesting theme framework for Wordpress. Especially the Layout editor sounds interesting.
• Canonical Plugins (Say What?)
  Sounds like a smart initiative to extend and speed up the development of Wordpress in a qualitative way.
• Forrester releases their top 10 eReader and eBook predictions for 2010
  Interesting list from Forrester. Will 2010 be the breakout year for eReaders? Kindle November sales could be an indication the answer will be yes.
• Hearst just announced their ebook reader
  I find it interesting some of the major publishers seems to take steps into owning the value chain in this area.
• The Fall And Rise Of Media
  "Change is inevitable and we are better off embracing it than fighting it." Exactly.
• TBG Launching Facebook Ads Management Dashboard Today
  Ad management for Facebook definitely a market to fill...
• Zynga Hits 200M Monthly Active Users on Facebook, Spreads Further with Mafia Wars Toolbar, FarmVille.com
  Interesting moves from Zynga. Although successful on FB which obviously is and will be the most important platform, the incremental investment of going broader is low, so why not? Especially the toolbar is a smart move imo. Makes the game follow you all over the web, not just on FB.
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