Best links - week 46

By Paulina Modlitba Söderlund on 2009-11-13
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A random mix of things we have read and liked this past week.

Photo by Flickr user respres

Exciting news, if true: Microsoft Natal to be launched in a year according to gaming blog Kotaku. Rumor: Project Natal Launches November 2010, 14 Games, Might Be Cheap

Convergence in its essence - The BBC and Nintendo UK team up: BBC iPlayer launches on dedicated Wii channel (Media Week).

News websites are increasingly embracing the lucrative online video ad revenue stream. Online Ads Are Booming, if They're Attached to a Video (NY Times)

In a recent interview, Rupert Murdoch suggested that News Corporation is likely to remove their sites from Google's index, upon which Cory Doctorow addressed Murdoch's statement in a feisty article in the Guardian: For whom the net tolls. TechCrunch examines the numbers: If The WSJ.com Says Goodbye To Google, It Will Also Say Goodbye To 25 Percent Of Its Traffic.  

Amazon just released a free Kindle application for PCs, reports the Silicon Valley Insider: Amazon Kindle App For Windows Now Available.

eMarketer analyses the consequences of Google acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob: How Google's Acquisition of AdMob Changes the Mobile Advertising Landscape.

Noupe presents 15 trends for the future online: The Future Of The Web: Where Will We Be In Five Years?

A new survey suggests that Spotify reduces illegal downloading in the UK, according to Hypebot.

Web guru Seth Godin writes about the "the unclicking 84%" - all ad clicks online come from 16% of the surfers, and most of them come from just 4% of all internet users.

 Tech Crunch guest author Edo Segal writes about the importance of app stores: For The Future Of The Media Industry, Look In The App Store.

According to TechCrunch, the number of Twitter users in the US is declining. eMarketer analyses statistics from a number of sources.

Russell Davies' inspiring presentation notes from the Playful 2009 conference in London (30/10/2009). James Bridle's equally inspiring notes from the same conference.

Top 50 Journalism Blogs, according to Journalism Journeyman.

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