This is the A2SM Link Post for December 13th through December 14th:

• 10 Great Digital Gifts for Social Media Lovers – Maybe you just hate leaving the house to shop, or you find yourself last-minute gift-hunting, or you simply live on the Internets and want to give gifts to other web lovers. The web can help you create and personalize unique physical gifts, but it can also provide instant gratification with gifts for friends and family who are tech-savvy and enjoy digital toys.
• fb.me: Facebook Now Has Its Own URL Shortener – Bit.ly has not had any major threat to its market share, but that’s about to change. We’re learning that Facebook now has its own URL shortener. It’s unclear how long fb.me has been operation. What is clear, though, is that it’s appearing more and more in mobile links and within the TwitterTwitterTwitter stream.
• Using Twitter’s Recommended Apps to Get Ahead – Third party Twitter apps often have a destination site of their own–a landing page where you can interact with the app and your account there. As a blogger you can use this to your advantage by seeking placement on these sites of third party Twitter apps. Many of them include a recommendation system, displaying tweets and users relevant to their app. As others on Twitter utilize these apps, they will also be more likely to come across your profile and subsequent tweets if you become a recommended user on the apps’ sites.
• The Medium Is No Longer The Message, . . . You Are – We are witnessing a profound change in the media and advertising industries due to the emergence of social media. Companies that did not exist ten years ago, like Facebook and Twitter, have captured significant share of the attention economy from traditional publishers. Underscoring this trend is the fact that at the same time that Businessweek was selling for less than $5 million (plus assumption of debts) to Bloomberg, Foursquare’s pretty cousin Gowalla drove up Sand Hill road and collected $8.4 million for a minority stake.
• YouTube Caroling: YouTube Launches $5,000 Singing Contest – Who doesn’t love carolers? They show up at your door, sing a holiday favorite, and leave, imparting you with Christmas cheer. If caroling is your thing, but you’re not brave enough to bear the winter weather and go door-to-door, YouTube has a rewarding incentive for you to take your tunes to the Web and carol online instead.
• Nexus One: Google Phone Shows Up in Visitor Logs [PIC] – From knowing virtually nothing this morning, we now know a great deal about the device: it’s being manufactured by HTC, the entire user experience was developed by Google (Google), and it will be sold online and unlocked by Google. (via Mashable)