We here at Mashable have been going back and forth on the things we’d like to see for Christmas this year, in terms of what the Web and social media can do for us. After we marked world peace and 10,000 shares of Google stock off, we came up with a bit more realistic wish-list. [...] More: continued here

Finally, Google’s thinking about making its Street Views map completely anonymous, to protect the privacy of people that show up in the photographs. For its Europe Street Views version, Google will be modifying all photos to ensure that faces and license plates are not visible. It may do the same with the [...] More: continued here

eCirkit is the latest to introduce a webtop “personal desktop” experience to users for an integrated social networking experience. Unlike most basic offerings towards this end, eCirkit acts very much like a Windows desktop in most respects. Still conducting private testing, the company hasn’t launched a beta yet (it’s coming December 1), [...] More: continued here

The trolls really stepped up their game this week as Mark decided to really piss off a few Mashable readers with a couple posts that dove mildly into the political realm. We’re not sure if he was trolling or being serious, but Andrew takes this week’s title with this response to Mark’s post “Democrats [...] More: continued here

Founder of and public face on Vimeo Jakob Lodwick has announced on his blog that he’s leaving IAC/Connected Ventures/College Humor. The announcement, which was accompanied by what can only be described as what looks like a heroic hit from a bong, was:“As of an hour ago, I am no longer affiliated with IAC/InterActiveCorp/Connected Ventures/Vimeo. No [...] More: continued here