Here at GigaOM Pro, we’d like to wish those from the States a safe and relaxing Independence Day (and a happy Canada Day to our Canadian friends, as well!).

GigaOM Network has Friday off to celebrate the Fourth of July, but we are busy preparing to publish some great research next week. On tap is IMMR’s research brief on speech recognition technology for mobile, which looks at how speech recognition will alter the way consumers interact with their mobile devices and applications.

We also have a report looking at how to tap into the exploding virtual worlds market by none other than GigaOM contributor James Wagner Au, a well-recognized expert on Second Life and the virtual world space. Lastly, we’ll have more great Long Views from our GigaOM editors and the latest analysis of the mobile, infrastructure, consumer and green IT markets by our expert curators.

So, enjoy the holiday long weekend and we’ll see you next week!