As usual, we have to thank our host. This week, our host is our car. Thanks car. Let’s get right to it.

Nerd Front
Mall of America on Twitter – We all know how crazy parking can get during the Holiday Season, so MOA came up with a little bit of a solution. They’re tweeting out where the best parking can be found around the mall.

Google Phone Internal Release – We’ve known for awhile that Google would make an attempt to challenge the iPhone, but it looks like they’re getting close as internal developers started live-testing the phone this week.

fb.me vs. goo.gl vs. bit.ly – While fb.me and goo.gl don’t have stand-alone sites where you can shorten your URLs, they may render bit.ly useless in the long run. Only time will tell.

Local Front
South Dakota Chorale – Get out this weekend and checkout this new choir made up of singers from across the US and meeting in Sioux Falls and Brandon, South Dakota.

Xtreme Xmas DOMAIN Xchange – The first ever (that we know about anyway) random exchange of URLs for the Holiday Season. Write it down and bring it to Mama’s Ladas at 7:30pm on Tuesday (12/22). If you can’t make it in person, we will stream the event on live video at Ustream so you can participate.

What’s On Your Mind
Twitter Beta Testing for Business - Twitter has been slowly releasing new features, and they’ve recently told us that they are testing a new business feature that could lead to more effective personification of brand and a possible monetization model.

Do you know how to help out Scott with his record player conundrum? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter @9clouds.

Thanks for stopping by to listen this week and make sure to stick around and check out some new content around the new blog.

Hope you have a great week gearing up for the insanity of the Holiday Season including the New Year.