These are my links for February 1st through February 3rd:

100+ Brands on Pinterest – Pinterest is emerging to be one of the hottest social networks of 2012. A recent report found that Pinterest drives more referral traffic than Google+, YouTube and LinkedIn (some analyisis by Brian Solis here).
How To Pimp Your LinkedIn Profile –
8 Things You Should Know Before Building a Mobile App – App appeal is obvious. The barrier to entry? So low! The upshot of producing the next Angry Birds or beer-chug simulator? So high! Heck, with …

These are my links for January 26th through January 29th:

LikeBelt concept encourages a very physical kind of Facebook liking (video) — Engadget – This is the LikeBelt: a concept device that inserts an NFC chip into a belt-buckle. Instead of tapping your mobile device on a "check-in" tag, you get the belt buckle close enough to do the same. There are only two downsides: how close you have to get and where most people's belts are situated.
FBI to use Twitter to predict crimes – Telegraph – The FBI is trying …

These are my links for January 25th through January 26th:

H&M sparks internet fury with its latest design | PR Examples – H&M have sparked a flurry of angry complaints online, following the release of its latest homeware collection.
Schweppes App Scans Facebook To Reveal Your Future @PSFK – Beverage company Schweppes has launched the Unexpected Future app that predicts how the year would pan out for the user through snippets of posts in the Facebook Timeline format. By analyzing your Facebook data, the app reveals your potential larger-than-life achievements with grand …

These are my links for January 15th through January 24th:

5 Trends Behind the Growing Shift to Video Explanations | Common Craft – With YouTube came the potential for video to be more democratized, more experimental. Suddenly there became room for new uses of video, new audiences, new genres. In 2006, anyone with a video camera and an Internet connection could make videos and share them on a worldwide scale for free.
Facebook to offer free advertising – News – Gadgets & Tech – The Independent – Facebook announced plans today to …

These are my links for January 4th through January 15th:

BBC News – Twitter feed gives Swedes a new picture – An organic sheep farmer, a priest and a Bosnian immigrant are among those who have helped double Sweden's Twitter followers in the past month.
The Awkward Handshake Disorder –
Murdoch: we screwed up MySpace ‘in every way possible’ – Telegraph – Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, has tweeted about how his company “screwed up MySpace in every way possible”.
FedEx Customer Video Turned Good PR | Social …

These are my links for December 31st through January 3rd:

The Verified Twitter Account for Rupert Murdoch’s Wife Was Fake – Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter last week. So did his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch. "Joining my husband @rupertmurdoch in our new digital adventure on Twitter," reads her bio. Cute, right? Rupert was verified, Wendi was verified, and so began another cute chapter of celebrities figuring out how to use Twitter.
Twitter Faces Another Call To Close Terrorist Group Accounts – Lawyers say Twitter will likely weather legal challenges from an Israel-based group …

These are my links for December 29th through December 30th:

Using Twitter to Help Airline Passengers – If you’ve ever flown to another country where you don’t speak the language, and indeed, one where you can’t even read the language, you’ll know that it can be difficult. Daunting, even. You’ll appreciate any help you can get.
BBC iPlayer – Woman’s Hour: Twitter Special – Jane Garvey presents a look back at the guests and subjects on Woman's Hour that inspired the most comment in 2011 via Twitter.
The Top QR Code Fails of …

These are my links for December 22nd through December 29th:

YouTube Slam: Users vote on viral videos to find favourite | Metro.co.uk – YouTube has launched a new video service called Slam, which allows users to compare viral clips and vote for their favourite.
If you’ve ever made a New Year’s resolution and broken it straight away, try Antiresolution – Making resolutions for the new year is common, and breaking them is nearly as common. According to the company MeYou Health, 88 percent of those who make New Year's resolutions fail to …

These are my links for December 16th through December 22nd:

Marketers ‘Gamify’ Brand Loyalty Rewarding Online Engagement [Future Of Gaming] @PSFK – Crowdtap is a web-based network that enables marketers to connect with their most engaged consumers online and reward them with VIP access for active participation. Users connect to the platform using their Facebook profiles and answer a series of questions which allow brands to target them based on their interests.
The Top 10 Brand Pages on Google+ – Google+ launched brand pages just six weeks ago, but some brands have …

These are my links for December 12th through December 15th:

Tweeting in court shows judges’ modern side – Allowing reporters to tweet from court is a refreshingly enlightened decision by the judiciary, as well as an inevitability, writes Emma Barnett.
How Small Retailers Can Use Social Media – One of the benefits of creating and maintaining an effective social media strategy is that, with a bit of hard work and perseverance, it doesn’t need to cost a lot.
YouTube launches schools-friendly video service – YouTube, the world's largest video sharing service, has launched …