Every 
Thursday, I join Chris Salcedo and Lori Lundin on the mid-day edition of America’s Radio News Network to discuss trends and news in the technology and video game space. This week’s topics were Amazon’s call for original television content for its streaming service, Target’s decision to stop selling the Kindle, RIM’s vow to keep keypads on its phones and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Also… we try to figure out why Chris has trouble pressing “M” when texting.
Report: Subscription-based $99 Xbox 360 coming soon
The 
price of the Xbox might be about to come way, way down. But you’ll end up paying more for it.
Confused? You’re not alone.
Apptastic: Happy Hours
Whether 
you drink or not, you know you can save a lot of money at restaurants during happy hour. The trick has been knowing exactly when that time is, since it varies from place to place.
Activists: ‘Halo 4′ may affect presidential race
Could 
the Master Chief have an impact on the next Commander in Chief?
Political activists fear it’s possible.
Apptastic: Blinkmaster
There are plenty of brainteaser games in the app store, but BlinkMaster is a bit of a different beast. The game flashes nine clues on screen – some easy, some hard – then challenges you to guess the topic. You can give up points to see those clues on an individual basis, but once you run out of points, it’s game over.
King.com’s hard-fought battle for Facebook games’ second place
Now 
in its ninth year, King.com has rapidly become a social gaming powerhouse after pushing its games to Facebook. Amidst rumors of acquisitions and an IPO, Gamasutra speaks with the Bubble Witch house.
While it’s going to be a long while before anyone gets within striking distance of Zynga’s dominance when it comes to social games on Facebook, the fight for the number two position on that site is a fierce one, when it comes to daily active users.
Three companies are battling for the silver medal — Wooga, Electronic Arts and King.com. EA’s held the lead for a while, but earlier this month King.com broke away from the pack, largely on the strength of its Bubble Witch Saga game.
Oprah wants to thank you for playing her new Facebook game
Plenty 
of celebrities have lent their name or talents to video games, but few seem as odd a fit as Oprah Winfrey.
Nevertheless, the talk show queen and media maven has teamed with Jane McGonigal, the leader in the ‘gamification’ movement, to create Oprah’s Thank You Game, a Facebook game that lets players, well, thank people.
Really.
Apptastic: Vocre
Instant translation used to be something straight out of Star Trek, but now a new app has made it reality.
‘Angry Birds Space’ tops 50 million downloads
In 
space, no one can hear you scream…unless you’ve got feathers.
Angry Birds Space continues to shatter records for the popular iPhone series. The latest adventures of the peeved parakeets has been downloaded 50 million times in just 35 days, making it the fastest-selling game in the series — and one of the the fastest-selling mobile games of all time.
I Feel Used: Used-games vs. Next-gen
You 
probably saw all the headlines that hit the internet in late January: “Next Xbox to prevent you from playing used games!”
In terms of headlines, that’s a doozy. In terms of credibility, it’s unknown. But in terms of business strategy? It’s incredibly risky.
Chris Morris: Journalist 