According to Ghostcrawler, we know upcoming Warlock summoning change. As we have mentioned, we are discussing some exciting changes to how soul shards might work. This is not an announcement of an overhaul to that system, but it will make shard use slightly less painful.

When a warlock casts Ritual of Summoning, instead of creating a portal, they will summon a new creation similar to a dungeon meeting stone. It will cost one shard to create this item. Then, anyone in the warlock's party or raid can use the "meeting stone" to summon other members of the group. For example, once the warlock summons the stone, then party members B and C could summon D without the warlock's direct involvement, and most importantly without requiring additional shards. You will be able to bring the rest of a 25-person raid quickly (since you can summon folks simultaneously), for the cost of a single shard, and with less clicking on the part of the lock.

The "meeting stone" will last 5 minutes with a 5 minute cooldown. It will not be usable in areas where summoning is currently restricted, such as battlegrounds or in combat. Creating the stone still requires 2 people in addition to the warlock. Summoning actual party members only requires 2 people. This change will be in for the next patch, which will occur before the 3.1 Ulduar content patch.

WOWDB Update
We pushed another WOWDB update live this morning. Today's update includes a fix for adding Armory-based characters to take advantage of Wish Lists and the Tooltip Comparison features, as well as some new features related to WOWDB Character Profiles.

Worn By - This new tab on the Item Details page that allows you to see the characters on WOWDB that are currently wearing this item.
Recently Acquired By - This new tab on the Item Details page that allows you to see the characters on WOWDB that have recently acquired the item.
Crafted By - This new tab on the Item Details page allows you to see all characters on WOWDB that can craft this item, assuming it is a craftable item.
Check out the Titansteel Destroyer for an example of the new tabs: Worn By, Recently Acquired By, Crafted By

Note: The new tab features, "Worn By," "Recently Acquired By," and "Crafted By" require your character be on WOWDB if you'd like to be included in the lists. You can add your character by installing the Curse Client.