Ad Strategies:

• NAA says behavioral advertising can help revive flagging revenues.

Email Marketing:

• Holidays to restore e-mail marketing levels.

Cyber Monday:

• Shoppers have retailers singing on Cyber Monday.

Social Media:

• The fastest-growing brands on Facebook.

Smartphones:

• Big marketing budget drives Droid sales.

E-Readers:

• Seven reasons why e-readers will make great holiday gifts.

OS:

• Dell dabbles with Chrome OS.
• Google Chrome: ready for Mac action?

Gaming:

• Shoppers bought a lot of game consoles Thanksgiving weekend.
• Nintendo sells 1.5 million hardware units over Thanksgiving break.
• Wii sales dipped on Black Friday.

Spam/Security:

• Bit.ly partners with security firms to block spam, scams from Twitter.

Retail Trends:

• Are Zhu Zhu robot hamsters the hot toy of 2009?

Legal/Regulatory:

• New FTC rules won't deter celebrity social-media endorsements.