This week, the tech-obsessed Twitterati were aflutter over Apple announcement of a new Apple TV device that will allow consumers to rent TV shows for 99 cents. Separately, as former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld appeared at a Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission hearing, critiques of Wall Street culture were also flapping. Tweeters also responded to new data on consumer spending, online advertising and more.

Personal Income Comes At 0.2%, Below Expectations; Spending Greater Than Expected; Savings Rate Declines
Editors of the finance blog, zerohedge.com.
Twitter.com/zerohedge

Economists React: Spending, Income Data Indicate Recovery Isn't Dead but Slogging Through the Mud
Twitter feed of Wall Street Journal s Real Time Economics blog.
Twitter.com/WSJ_Econ

Wall Street 1 step ahead of the Obama admin's plan to scrap Bush tax cuts, will payout bonus this year
Jon Najarian, co-founder of Optionmonster and Trademonster.com.
Twitter.com/optionmonster

"Goldman Sachs is target No. 1 for activist investors looking to shake up corporate boards"
Felix Salmon, Reuters financial blogger.
Twitter.com/felixsalmon

Business

$99 price on Apple TV is good but what will make this sell is the ecosystem -- iPad, iPhone, Mac -- now you can tie it all to your TV
Evan Hansen, editor-in-chief of Wired.com.
Twitter.com/evanatwired

first impressions: our box is bigger!
Avner Roven, founder of Boxee, an Internet-TV company, on the Apple TV announcement.
Twitter.com/boxee

3 of top 4 online display advertisers are brokerages, and #1 Scottrade spent nearly 2x what #2 TDAmeritrade spent.
Mick Weinstein, former editor of seekingalpha.com, now working with JVP Media Studio.
Twitter.com/mickwe

Markets

Icahn's bid for $LGF is interesting. Bumped to $7.50. Given how much $NFLX is paying for content, the play is the $LGF library.
Anonymous hedge fund investor.
Twitter.com/hedgefundinvest

Finally, good news for investors... They're yanking money out of actively managed funds and putting into ETFs
Henry Blodget, editor of Business Insider.
Twitter.com/hblodget

The Lighter Side

Did anyone else actually notice that Steve *wasn't* wearing a turtleneck, and just a regular black long sleeved shirt? Oh, the changes!
Daniel Brusilovsky, founder of Teens in Tech Networks, on the Apple TV announcement.
Twitter.com/danielbru