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In links on 7 December 2008 with View Comments

ElfYourself by OfficeMax – Powered by JibJab – viral from OfficeMax for Xmas 2008. Interesting the way they went with the same concept. This isn’t as sophisticated (from a technical perspective) as their previous viral

Changing landscape in China’s e-commerce and social networking services  |  December 4, 2008  |  Telecommunications Online

Groklaw – Apple Tells Court It Believes Someone Is Behind Psystar – something worth keeping an eye on. This could blow up as big and as dirty as the SCO case if Apple is correct

MacDailyNews: iPhone market share surges

SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise Becomes First Secure USB Flash Drive to Fully Support Apple Macintosh Users

Microsoft Executive: Netbooks Risk Cannibalizing Windows – consumer trend on downshifting technology affects a business that relies on the consumer believing that continual innovation is a good thing

Video: Good Ideas in 2009 in Social Media | PSFK – Trends, Ideas & Inspiration

Understanding Google’s Strategy- nice piece of analysis

New York Times Finds Success with Facebook Campaign – ClickZ – reading this is a bit meta: media company which makes its money by advertising, uses Facebook advertising to successfully market itself (presumably offsetting the amount it spent in acquiring traffic by advertising on Facebook with selling advertising on its own site)