AP – In a fresh appeal directly to the Iranian people, President Barack Obama says in an online video that the United States wants more educational and cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.

AFP – Amazon released a free program on Thursday that allows Kindle electronic books to be read on Apple’s Mac computers and said they will also be available on the upcoming iPad.

AP – Magazine publishers may have a new way to boost flagging circulation: the iPad.

AFP – The “God of War III” videogame hit the stores Tuesday eagerly awaited by US fans of the franchise based on a Spartan warrior’s vendetta against Greek gods.

AFP – Techno-hip trend-setters that design online services, software, buildings and other components of modern life have been told to “get off the sidelines” and start saving the planet at a key high-tech event.