Top 5 in Digital | June 15, 2009

1. By far the biggest news this week was the U.S. State Department asking Twitter to delay taking down the site for service so that communications would not be disrupted during the election protests in Iran. http://tinyurl.com/klv36p

2. Also, in a show of support, some Twitter users changed their location to Tehran to make it difficult for the Iran government to target dissidents. You’ll also note green profiles throughout Facebook and Twitter, similar to the Obama me icons during the US elections.

3. Google prepares to launch a service that indexes and ranks content from microblogging services like Twitter. http://tinyurl.com/lx2krc

4. YouTube offers users a choice to watch ads they want. http://tinyurl.com/lbcnjs

5. New search service, Spezify, launches. http://spezify.com