Week in review: Droid vs Eris, Google acquires Admob

Here’s our rundown of the week’s business and tech news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:

Which phone should you buy: Droid or Eris? Go with the Droid! — “Like many phone buying Americans, my budget is tighter than the average consumer’s pants after Thanksgiving dinner. With two Droids to choose from, I had a bit of a mental tug-of-war as to which one to buy.”

YouTube to support 1080p high-definition video; mobile video uploads up 2,000% this year — “YouTube is going to roll out 1080p high-definition video later this week, as the video portal steps up its quality to compete with other sites.”

Microsoft boots lots of Xbox 360 “modders” from Xbox Live — “Microsoft has dropped what it fondly calls the ‘banhammer’ on a bunch of Xbox 360 gamers by banning them from playing multiplayer games on the Xbox Live online gaming service.”

Intel introduces a digital device that reads aloud to the blind — “Ben Foss grew up with dyslexia, a learning disability so severe that his mother had to read books to him throughout his school years, all the way through college. Now 36, he is spearheading the launch of a remarkable device from Intel that can read electronic books aloud to the blind or visually impaired.”

4 MORE ways to get automatically rejected by an angel investor — “As someone who has both sought venture capital and distributed it, I’m lucky to have a pretty unique perspective on what works and doesn’t work.”

And here are five more stories we thought were important, thought-provoking, or fun:

Google to buy mobile advertising network AdMob for $750 million — “Google said it will buy mobile ad network AdMob for $750 million in stock today, letting the search giant further muscle its way into mobile advertising and extend the dominance it has built on the web in search-based advertising.”

It’s a pretty good day — and year — for Accel Partners — “It’s weird how good news for VCs seems to have come in pairs.”

On playing the role of a terrorist in Modern Warfare 2 video game — “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may be the best-selling video game in history, but it will also go down as one of the most controversial because of a scene in which players can participate as terrorists in a civilian massacre.”

Renewable energy policy to result in 1.9M jobs, study says — “The Obama administration’s progressive support for renewable energy will result in about 1.9 million green collar jobs, according to a new report published by three U.S. universities.”

Google’s Chrome OS rumored to launch next week — “Google’s browser-based operating system will be released to the public ‘within a week,’ claims TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington, who says he has inside sources.”