• The results of YouTube’s movie rental trial run (Mashable)
• What lies ahead in the future of board games? (Wired/GeekDad)
• The 10-most avidly played Wii games in the US (Kotaku)
• Video ads are still grating on some consumers’ nerves (AdAge)
• Check out these Star Wars-inspired sneakers from Adidas (Boing Boing)
• Why culture will become crucial for success in 2010 and beyond (AdAge)
• Global cell phone sales on the rise (CNet News)
• Live video streaming platform UStream raises US$75 million in funding (Mashable)
• Math for adults: The subtle wonder of numbers and Sesame Street (New York Times via Boing Boing)
• Has the time of tiny ads finally arrived? (New York Times)
• Flight of the Conchords co-creator to direct new Muppet film (Hollywood Reporter/Heat Vision)
• A look at why Playfish sold itself to EA (Wall Street Journal)
• Sitting down with comic book legend Stan Lee (BusinessWeek)
• Check out this new conference to address games in the mobile apps space (CasualGaming.biz)
• Can Toy Story 3 rescue the toy market? (London Telegraph)
• How Avatar may predict the future of virtual worlds (CNet News)
• A look at iBooks, Apple’s forthcoming digital bookshelf for the iPad (Mashable)
• How will the Amazon Kindle respond to the iPad? (TechCrunch)
• Celebrating the 50th anniversary of L.A.’s only surviving puppet theater (BoingBoing)
• A first look at how Marvel Comics is leaving the dark side (USA Today)
• In case you haven’t heard, Avatar is now the biggest movie worldwide (Mashable)
• Next two Harry Potter flicks to hit the big screen in 3-D (Reuters/Hollywood Reporter)
• Why one man sold his position in Activision Blizzard (BloggingStocks)
• Five ways the Apple Tablet could change our lives (London Telegraph)
• It looks like shoppers exceeded their holiday budgets, lifting retail projections (L.A. Times)
• Barbie, Bratz and the employee brain battle (Bloomberg)
• Two gamers on one device, and other possibilities for the Apple Tablet? (New York Times)
• Adidas uses augmented reality to turn shoes into game controllers (Mashable)
• UStream launches pay-per-view video streaming model (Mashable)
• HarperCollins launches teen-targeted interactive writing platform (TechCrunch)
• UK retail sales see slight uptick (BBC News)
• One woman’s experience at the Little Airplane Academy (Washington Post)
• Why some publishers are flirting with the Amazon Kindle (AdAge)
• Check out this US$17,000 photocopier in action (Gizmodo)
• Mattel brings social networking to the dogs. Literally (CNNMoney)
• Target pours US$1 billion into remodeling existing shops (Wall Street Journal)
• How new tech will make movie games more faithful than ever (CNet News)
• Amazon opens up the Kindle to developers… (New York Times)
• …but CNet outlines the fatal flaw in the Kindle’s developer program (CNet News)
• Kid-related investments can do well for your business (Forbes)
• Check out Little Passports, a cool globe-trotting mail service for the kids (Springwise)
• Here’s why brands should embrace technological change (AdAge)
• EA gets into venture capital (Business Insider)
• Just how much of a threat is Sony’s motion controller to the Nintendo Wii? (CNet News)
• Social gaming startups get more support with early stage venture fund (TechCrunch)
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