Career:
Unsolicited resumes may actually be a GOOD idea? Apparently so. I've found it to be a moderately effective way of finding a job, the big advantage being that you can do it en masse. Something to consider – especially for getting yourself out there for future openings.
Apparently more employers are running credit checks to determine who to hire, using it as a measure of judgment. Potential problem if this becomes very widespread because I'm guessing the economic downturn is killing people's credit.
Economics/Geekonomics/Freakonomics:
We could have another housing bubble partially due to the fact people are re-interested in buying homes.
Anime/Manga:
More on Tokyopop's online publishing – They're still experimenting, and do admit it. They're sort of a lab experiment for everyone really, to see how they pull things off.
Mobile:
Looks like AT&T killed Google Voice on the iPhones. Some thoughts as to why, and future policy approaches. Not sure if any of these will happen, but it's a good read.
Microsoft is looking to compete with Android and iPhones. And more of the Everything Wars.
Publishing:
The Google publishing settlement is still upsetting people – and there's actions against it. Basic premise, the settlement was an abuse of class action and let Google get a lot of rights in one fell swoop. The book wars are NO WHERE near over.
Social Media:
MySpace acquires social media music company iLike. Pretty much a perfect relationship, I see no downside and it pretty much confirms MySpace's future movement as a specialty social media site. They may be seen as an also-ran to Facebook, but let me just simply say – Crunchyroll. Specialty may suit them fine and be a good lesson for other companies.
Video Games:
Age of Conan gets an expansion – Seems like they're soldiering on despite troubles. They may have managed a comeback (and be worth watching for how they did it).
Sony's price cuts for the PS3 may mostly affect Nintendo.
Fable III may be coming out – but Fable II is getting a new marketing strategy – It'll be re-released as an episodic game with the first chapter free – and you pay if you want to unlock more. Interesting model, sounds like some of the MMO's we've seen (Wizard 101 anyone?).
– Steven Savage