Best links - week 49

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Top 10 Semantic Web Products of 2009

ReadWriteWeb's annual top 10 lists were published the other day. Apart from semantic web products, RWW has also listed consumer web applications and mobile web products. In the consumer web application category, Sweden is represented by Spotify and Twingly.  Congrats.

Learn the five secrets of innovation

Researchers from Harvard, BYU, and Insead have identified five skills that separate the blue-sky innovators from the rest: associating, questioning, observing, experimenting and discovering, reports CNN.

10 Web trends to watch in 2010

Mashable's Pete Cashmore lists his top 10 web trends for next year. Real time, location based services and augmented reality, among others. Nothing new, still worth repeating.

Lite as a Feather: Why Simplicity Is Hot

Inspired by Youtube's new reduced alternative user interface, Mashable's Barb Dybwad covers the topic of simplicity and why it's important and refreshing.

The Habits of Heavy Mobile Web Users

eMarketer reports that the US mobile internet population is growing rapidly; today 29.2% of mobile users use the mobile web monthly in 2009, up from 22.3% last year.

How Google Can Help Newspapers

"Video didn't kill the radio star, and the Internet won't destroy news organizations. It will foster a new, digital business model", writes Google's CEO Eric Schmidt in WSJ.

Nook ship date slips to January 11th, supply chain managers weep

Barnes & Noble's Nook, which has already been delayed from today to sometime after the holidays, has now been further delayed until January 11th. Engadget refers to it as the "World's Most Delayed eBook Reader".

Kindle Breaks Sales Record in November

Kindle keeps growing in popularity. Amazon recently announced that November was the best month so far when it comes to sales, reports Mashable. 

Facebook eliminates regional networks, tops 350 million users

Just like Kindle, Facebook keeps growing. No comments necessary.  

Google to limit free news access

BBC News reports that newspaper publishers will now be able to set a limit on the number of free news articles people can read through Google. Users who click on more than five articles in a day may be routed to payment or registration pages. All according to an official announcement by Google.

The Fall and Rise of Media

NY Times' David Carr's beautiful column about the new media business that we are all currently building.

'Transmedia': A brave new world in entertainment marketing

 LA Times writes about USC professor Henry Jenkins' USC term 'transmedia', which he uses to explain how multiple platforms can be used to improve media's influence on consumers.

Personalized, Real-Time Web Content

MIT Tech Review describes French startup Netvibe's latest web serviceWasabi, which helps users keep up with real-time information from across the web.

Ten Predictions For The E-Reader/E-Book Market In 2010

paidContent covers Forrester's e-reader predictions for 2010 and states that "next year will be anything but boring".

The dark side of the internet

"In the 'deep web', Freenet software allows users complete anonymity as they share viruses, criminal contacts and child pornography", writes the Guardian.

The Future of TV

AdAge covers the future of TV - on-demand content, ads and web convergence, and wonders who will reap the revenue. The Christian Science Monitor has a related article on TV widgets.

Mindpark: Första steget från dagstidningar till nyhetsmagasin (in Swedish)

Guest blogger Svenåke Boström covers newspapers' transformation into magazines.

More lightweight:

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