Daily Dispatch: YouTube puzzle game promotes Chrome; Google News redesign ups personalization

Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.

Chrome "FastBall" – Awesome New Interactive YouTube Game (REELSEO)

...It's really more of a game than a video–this is not the standard YouTube player, but a Flash piece that is part-video, part-game. At first it appears to be a standard video of a cute little Rube Goldberg device. But then every few seconds the video stops, splits itself in two, and little puzzles and tasks emerge in the center for the viewer to perform before the video can continue.

PayPal Launches Mobile Express Checkout To Enable One-Click Buying On Smartphones (TechCrunch)

...Mobile Express Checkout is the mobile version of PayPal's Express Checkout service, which is a one-stop payment option streamlines the checkout process for consumers. A buyer will not have to reenter shipping, billing, or payment information for a PayPal payment, expediting the checkout process.

Finland Mandates Broadband For All (von | xchange)

...The Scandinavian nation became the first in the world to mandate that a specified level of broadband access be available to all businesses and residences, after new provisions in the country's Communications Market Act took effect today. Wireless or wireline, the connection speed must be at least 1 Mbps, and the subscription price must be "reasonable.

Google News Redesign Offers "News for You" (SearchEngineWatch.com)

...The new heart of the homepage is something Google calls "News for you." It's a stream of headlines automatically tailored to your interests -- after you help Google figure out what those interests are.

Lighter side: Real Life Twitter (College Humor)

This is what happens when you actually say the things you would normally just tweet, out loud and in public.