Above is a video called The Digital Story of the Nativity. It shows the story of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph told from a social media perspective. This video was uploaded on December 13th and it hit nearly 6 million views so far. [Huffington Post]

EcoMom.com has raised $2 million in a first round of funding. EcoMom is an e-commerce website where moms can buy products and goods for babies. EcoMom raised $1.1 million in financing back in October, but the amount had doubled since then. The investors in this round include Facebook vice president Chamath Palihapitiya and Google evangelist Don Dodge. EcoMom started in February 2009 with the name SproutBaby.com. [VentureBeat]

Samsung has sold 30 million Star phones. Not bad considering that it was about a year ago that the company announced 10 million sales. The Samsung Star is a touchscreen device that launched in May 2009. Samsung sold 15 million in Europe, 5 million in Latin America, 3 million in Russia, and 1 million in China. [IntoMobile]

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is partnering with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to help your kids keep track of Santa’s whereabouts on NoradSanta.org. “There’s one timeless question that we’re proud to say we can help answer: Where in the world is Santa at this very moment? Thanks in part to recent advances in warp-speed GPS technology and some very clever elves (elveneering?) NORAD Tracks Santa is once again prepped and ready to go,” said Google in a blog post.

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) has an application for the iPhone, iPad, and Windows Phone 7. Netflix VP of Engineering Christian Kaiser wrote a blog post about how the company is embracing the HTML5 standard for streaming video.

Skype CEO Tony Bates has announced that Skype has stabilized again and in order to compensate customers, they are offering vouchers. Audio, video, and instant messaging is now working smoothly again. “Nothing can make up for the missed experiences, but we’re going to be sending our Pay As You Go and Pre-Pay users a Skype Credit voucher via email. The voucher can be used to give you approximately 30 minutes of free calling to landlines anywhere in the world,” said Bates in a blog post. [Skype Blog]

Merus Capital is an early stage venture capital firm founded by former Google and Microsoft executives. Started in 2007, Merus is preparing to raise a new $100 million fund. Merus was founded by Salman Ullah and Sean Dempsey. [Reuters]

Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ:NOVI) has declared an intent to buy out Sonic Solutions as part of a $720 million deal. Sonic and Rovi will work together on creating digital video distribution software. Sonic is known for creating a premium programming service called RoxioNow. As part of the acquisition, Rovi will also gain ownership of DivX. The acquisition is expecting to close in early 2011. [paidContent]