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 …

These are my links for December 8th through December 9th:

Three Wikipedia instruction manuals all PR people should look at – With the news agenda for the PR industry this week being dominated by The Independent's 'sting' on Bell Pottinger, it might be of use to some comms practitioners to brush up on the user manuals – in particular for Wikipedia. 
Community of Storytellers Build Online Library of Human Experience – The online project Cowbird is a place where storytellers can keep audio-visual diaries, write stories and collaborate with others in documenting …

These are my links for December 7th through December 8th:

Instagram Is Coming to Android (about bloody time too!) – Instagram, the hugely popular iPhone photography app that evokes 1970s style, has announced it’s finally developing an Android app.
Branding with Color: Lessons from Coke – From store shelves to the packages on those shelves, Coke realized how well they've used colour to differentiate their three big brands from each other when they broke their own rules.
Email obsession ‘will impact Christmas holidays’ – UK employees are so "email-obsessed" that nearly half of …

These are my links for December 5th through December 6th:

Bell Pottinger Power Point Presentation – Guy Fawkes’ blog – Bell Pottinger sources are emphasising that a pre-condition of the deal negotiations with the fictional “Azimov Group” set up by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism was evidence of a reform agenda in Uzbekistan. To be fair to the left-wing BIJ they do mention it tucked away in their report. But here is the introductory Power Point they gave in the now infamous meeting:
Users Purchase And Leave Gift Cards For Friend’s Next …

These are my links for December 5th from 09:12 to 20:02:

The Psychology Behind Social Commerce – A great infographic by TabJuice that explains how and why people shop online.
Web Ink Now: Social Media ROI Hypocrisy – It's ridiculous that executives require marketers to calculate ROI (Return on Investment) on one form of real-time communications: Social media like Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube. Yet they happily pay for other real-time communications devices for employees like Blackberrys, iPhones, and iPads without a proven ROI.
Vending Machine At Airport Prints Custom Banners @PSFK – One …

These are my links for December 4th from 11:25 to 11:55:

eBay comes out of cyberspace to open pop-up London store – Showcase shop with no tills appears in Soho in time for the online Christmas shopping rush
Google+ Ripples: The promise of shared intelligence – Ripples offers data visualization over time of how your posts are shared: when, by whom, and to whom. Once a post has been shared even once, an option to view the Ripple will appear in the drop-down menu to the right of the post. Google adds …

These are my links for December 1st from 10:52 to 13:28:

Guardian Northerner man triumphs in Leeds’ debut digital fest – Tributes to Guardian Leeds as the city flexes its blogging, Tweeting, Storifying and all else muscles. And this post shatters all previous Northerner records for hyperlinks…
Topman launches Generation – a new digital fashion magazine for men – The menswear retailer Topman is delving into the world of media with a new monthly digital magazine. Topman Generation launched yesterday and is accessible globally through a link on Topman’s website so …

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

Take Google Maps Indoors « RumourHas.it – This is officially crazy! Google is now mapping airports, shopping centres etc… WOOT!?!  Lost indoors? Use Google Maps on your Android phone and you’ll be fine… More info: http://maps.google.com/starthere 
Calvin Klein Teams Up With Shazam For In-Store Sound Installations @PSFK – For Calvin Klein‘s holiday displays, it’s retail stores have partnered with music recognition app Shazam for an audio installation that plays an original Christmas song. Customers will be able to tag the song to …

These are my links for November 29th from 09:55 to 17:25:

A Social Network For Your Ride? Wonder if it would bring tram riders together against racist rants…? – JustRides is a website where users can create their own social profile for their ride and interact with others in a different type of social network built for cars, trucks, motorcycles and more.
Flavors.me Spins Into a Social Network – Flavors.me started last year as a place where people with an array of social networking profiles could pull information from each of their …

These are my links for November 28th from 02:32 to 17:32:

Online Charity Platform Raises Funds Through Volunteers Doing Stunts ( via @PSFK) – Do Whatever It Takes is a creative and fun way to take on a serious issue – youth homelessness. Over 2 million young people in the US and Canada experience homelessness each year. One out of 8 people are forced to leave their home. A variety of factors stand in their way: sexual abuse, discrimination from their families on the basis of sexual orientation, parental drug and …