Here is a look at some standout brand-building and communications stories that caught our attention this week.

Ideas Shaping Strategy, Creativity & Innovation

• The Future According to Google Search Results
• Message to Executives: Stop Multi-Tasking
• The Creativity Killer: Group Discussions
• FEED: Refresh Your Toolbelt
• Why Social Media Falls Short of True Personalization (Opinion)
• Use Social Media Monitoring to Study Your Audience & Prospects
• Making Sense of Life Through Photography
• Patagonia: The Power of Brand Transparency
• The Future of the Agency: Be the Business
• Collaborative Ways of Living & Consuming
• 5 Key Elements of Community Management and Crowdsourcing
• Map: Where Americans are Moving
• 10 Presentations to Make You A Digital Planning Genius

Innovative, Inspiring Ideas: New Products, Projects & Services

• How to Keep Up with a Fast-Growing Business
• Google May Sell Chrome Notebooks as Monthly Subscription
• Edding: Wall of Fame (A global doodle, sketch wall)
• Postagram: Print Instagram Photos & Send Greeting Cards Online
• The World’s Most Accurate Compatibility & Relationships Site: Somebody to Love
• Moat Ad Search: Online Display Ad Search Engine
• ‘The French are Very Entrepreneurial, Very Creative’
• Page Sharing Service Bo.It Lets You Copy, Edit & Share Almost Any Webpage
• City24/7 Puts Digital Screens in Cities to Keep You Up to Date
• Yobongo Ponders the ‘Anti-Away Message’ to Spur Conversation
• 11 iPad Apps for Meetings & Presentations

Brand (& unbranded) Content – For Better Or Worse

• Here’s What You Can Build with Kinect
• Google Users Become Editors of the Map of the US
• Levi’s Film Workshop
• American Express’ Map My Summer
• Water Changes Everything: Charitywater
• Anti-Slavery International: Choco-Coat It
• Nike+ and YesYesNo: GPS-enabled experiments
• Nike Presents The Pool
• Adidas’ Womens Lookbook Battle
• eCards for the Digitally Impaired

Digital Media, Tech & Marketing News & Resources

• New York Times Sells 100,000+ Digital Subscriptions in First 3 Weeks
• The Dangers of iPhones Recording Your Every Move
• Majority of Brands Do Not Have Facebook or Twitter Accounts in Top Search Results
• Google Daily Deals Emerges to Take On Groupon
• Google Analytics Rolls Out to All Users
• Facebook Courts Ad Agencies, Rolls Out Community Site Aimed at Creatives
• Visa Launches Real-Time, Location-Based Discounts for Gap Customers
• Foursquare Shifts Focus from Present Tense to Future
• Square‘s Disruptive Payment Service About to Get Huge Retail Boost from Apple
• Apple Floats iPhone 4S with A5 Chip