This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy.

• OUPblog: Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend, November 16, 2009. Every year the New Oxford American Dictionary prepares for the holidays by making its biggest announcement of the year.  This announcement is usually applauded by some and derided by others and the ongoing conversation it sparks is always a lot of fun, so I encourage you to let us know what you think in the comments.

Without further ado, the 2009 Word of the Year is: “unfriend”. “Unfriend” - verb - to remove someone as a “friend” on a social networking site such as Facebook.

• Martin Wolf (Financial Times): Grim truths Obama should have told Hu, November 17, 2009. Obama

Intelimax Media Inc. is an internet services company focusing on online games, web content and advertising. Using its proprietary gaming and pay-per-click listing platforms, Intelimax has released its own proprietary web properties and social network applications.

The company announced today the signing of a letter of intent with Canada Business Network Services Inc. (“CanBiz”) to represent Intelimax in southeast Asia as its market advisor and intermediary for the purpose of developing new business opportunities in that region of the globe. The first opportunity in Asia that CanBiz is helping Intelimax with will be in the Philippines.

Can Biz will assist Intelimax with introductions, networking, business development discussions and negotiations in the region. They will also pursue projects and business opportunities in the growth and management of industry specific web content, portals, media and advertising. Once specific business has been identified in the region, Intelimax will sign a binding services agreement that outlines

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Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) has launched its mobile check cashing program. The introduction of this service will offer those that are currently using check cashing facilities a much more convenient way to cash their payroll checks. After two years of development with its partners, Consorteum has now proceeded to the pilot phase of its check cashing program in the Toronto, Ontario region. The first stage of the pilot implementation will be the deployment of this new service on

NT Media Corp. of California, Inc. is a diversified Digital Media Company engaged in bringing quality information and entertainment to internet consumers. Trading on the OTC Bulletin Board, the Company owns and operates Internet properties engaged in social networking, online video, and digital music. They focus on digital delivery of rich media content to internet and mobile consumers. Founded in 1999, NT Media Corp. of California, Inc. has their corporate headquarters in Los Angeles.

NT Media’s properties include NeuroTrash.TV, a video-sharing site that targets young adults between 18 and 35 years of age. They also have their website called www.SingleFatherNetwork.com, which is a targeted social network for single Dads. The company has started implementing strategies for generating user-generated content in various fields, including extreme sports, comic reality footage, and music videos.

In addition, the company has their stemcellstalk.com website. This is a social networking site that fosters education and debate. It

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Taylor Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TAYC) will be a featured presenter at the Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett 14th Annual Community Bank Conference on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 3:10 p.m. central time. The conference will be held at The Ritz-Carlton, 160 East Pearson Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study on social networking usage in Australia, which found that more than 70 percent of Internet users in Australia visited a social networking site in June, up 29 percent from the previous year. Facebook continued to show significant growth,

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“Steadfast Holdings Group Subsidiary Banx and Green Group

to Create Green Show“

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Steadfast Holdings Group Subsidiary Banx and Green Group to Create Green Show

EAST HAVEN, CT–(CRWENewswire - July 23, 2009) - Steadfast Holdings Group, Inc. (Pinksheets:STDF), through its Banx and Green Group, Inc. subsidiary, will create an Internet Green Show to be featured on “Totally Green TV” on www.totallygreennetwork.com.

The show will feature the Green Building industry, updates on current company projects and different Green partner companies in a “Spotlight Feature.”

Newly hired Marketing Director Ryan Bowen will oversee the

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“Steadfast Holdings Group, Inc. Subsidiary Hires

Ryan Bowen as Director of Marketing“

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Steadfast Holdings Group, Inc. Subsidiary Hires Ryan Bowen as Director of Marketing

East Haven, CT - (WORLD STOCK WIRE) - July 21, 2009 — Steadfast Holdings Group, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: STDF) through its Banx and Green Group, Inc. subsidiary has hired Ryan Bowen to head its Marketing Department and represent the Company for all press events and assist in the growth of all markets for the parent company and all of its subsidiaries. Mr. Bowen

On May 15, 2009, the Internet changed forever. Did you miss it?

The widespread acceptance of the Internet has lead to a monumental shift in the way we do almost everything. Communication now happens instantly across thousands of miles, e-commerce has generated billions of dollars for companies like Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), and, with the advent of search technologies like Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), the planet’s information is at our fingertips.

But in spite of these advances, something was missing…

After all, why should you have to scour pages and pages of Google results to find out which country is the world’s 5th smallest exporter? How is it that that sort of factual information isn’t readily available? In the past, search technologies had a big limitation – they required you to ask a question that’s already been asked and answered. But on May 15, with the public release of Wolfram Alpha,

We recently ran across this interesting letter from Russia on a social networking site. While we obviously don't make any claims for its authenticity, we thought we'd post it anyway, because we feel it reflects - albeit in a humorous and remarkably well-balanced manner - the prevailing wisdom in Russia these days (widely disseminated and greatly encouraged by the power) that whatever the problem, it's always someone else's fault, preferably America's or at least the West's in general.

An Open Letter to the President of the United States of America from the workers of the Open Joint Stock Company "Promstroy" from the city of Kurgan.

Esteemed Barack Huseinovich. Mister Obama! We turn to you in connection with the heavy situation

The UpTurn, Inc. announced last month that it has engaged Thoughtbot, a technology consulting firm that provides web application development and design services, to help with UpTurn’s real estate site matching platform. The UpTurn, Inc. is a Massachusetts startup currently in the process of putting together a revolutionary online real estate marketplace and social networking site, designed to more effectively match people with effective real estate solutions, based upon individual profiles, needs, and offerings.

The UpTurn plans to serve all primary residential real estate stakeholders, including buyers, sellers, renters, owners, and anyone with an interest in real estate, along with professionals such as agents and brokers. In addition, the company will directly or indirectly serve the home improvement industry, the mortgage industry, banks, legal, inspectors, contractors, and other real estate-dependent economies.

Thoughtbot is known for creating dynamic content management systems and consumer driven applications, and