Articles by Mashable from August 2011

Onavo has released an Android app for managing data plans and avoiding overage charges.The startup aims to help smartphone users reduce and man…...

The Beach Boys are embracing the social media age by crowdsourcing videos for two of their classic songs — “Good Vibrations” a…...

The Beach Boys are embracing the social media age by crowdsourcing videos for two of their classic songs — “Good Vibrations” a…...

The Social CMO Series is supported by the Discover Digital Group, a unique consultancy that focuses on identifying new e-revenue opportunities f…...

Last month we told you about how Damon Albarn, the frontman for Gorillaz and Blur, packed up his music gear and a bunch of his producer friends to m…...

CNN has acquired iPad newsreading app Zite, the company announced Tuesday.Like AOL’s more recently launched iPad newsreading app, Edition…...

The golden age of daily deals, led by the unprecedented growth of Groupon, seems to be coming to its end.That's not to say daily deals won't be sticking around for a long time -- clearly there is a bu...

Mozilla has offered a first glimpse of its Firefox for Tablets web browser.The company described the new product as “an evolution of its…...

Flickr has introduced a new privacy feature called geofences that allows users to create geographic privacy settings for photos’ location…...

A new animated video shows the merits of sustainable farming with some cute visuals and a Willie Nelson cover of Coldplay’s “The Scienti…...

The TouchPad, HP’s ill-fated tablet PC, may have a second life after all.The head of HP’s soon-to-be-spun-off Personal Systems Gro…...

The TouchPad, HP’s ill-fated tablet PC, may have a second life after all.The head of HP’s soon-to-be-spun-off Personal Systems Gro…...

The second annual Mashable Media Summit is set for November 4, 2011 at The TimesCenter in New York City. This year’s Summit will bring togethe…...

Fashion retailer H&M, which has delayed plans to launch ecommerce on its own website until spring 2012, is making its first foray into ec…...

In its fiscal Q1 2012 earnings report released Tuesday, Barnes & Noble announced that digital sales were up 37% compared to this time last…...

After building a computer program that imitates the way humans converse (a chatbot), the team at Cornell’s Creative Machines Lab couldn’…...

The Stars of Social Good Series is supported by CITGO and the Fueling Good Campaign, helping to change the world through contributions to local …...

Pizza delivery chain Domino’s has launched an iPad app in the UK App Store that lets you order a pizza directly from your tablet. Besides…...

Pizza delivery chain Domino’s has launched an iPad app in the UK App Store that lets you order a pizza directly from your tablet. Besides…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,  a series in which we keep you in the know on whats happening in the digital w…...

Facebook may be the default platform for sharing — and over-sharing — just about anything. Now Foodily’s new Facebook app, lau…...

Microsoft’s file management application Windows Explorer will get a new interface in its next iteration, the company revealed in a blog po…...

It seems that Samsung has decided to let us in on all its secrets ahead of the IFA trade show, held in Berlin September 2-7. After LTE versions…...

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) broke records on both MTV and Twitter. At 10:35pm ET, Beyonce’s live performance and baby bump reveal gen…...

The beta for iTunes Match, Apple’s service for bringing all of your music to iCloud, has been released to developers.The service is par…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

As viewers of The Seventh Seal know, you can’t really foil Death; you can just hold him off for a while.One way to do that, according…...

As viewers of The Seventh Seal know, you can’t really foil Death; you can just hold him off for a while.One way to do that, according…...

As viewers of The Seventh Seal know, you can’t really foil Death; you can just hold him off for a while.One way to do that, according…...

Flip video founder Jonathan Kaplan has launched his newest venture, a high-tech chain of grilled cheese restaurants.The Melt made its debut on…...

Flip video founder Jonathan Kaplan has launched his newest venture, a high-tech chain of grilled cheese restaurants.The Melt made its debut on…...

Flip video founder Jonathan Kaplan has launched his newest venture, a high-tech chain of grilled cheese restaurants.The Melt made its debut on…...

“It’s fairly common knowledge that a startup can’t execute on two products simultaneously,” reasons Michael Seibel. Seib…...

With his resignation as CEO last week, Steve Jobs ended an era at Apple. Jobs has been justly celebrated as a visionary and a game changer, but…...

MTV’s 2011 Video Music Awards (VMAs) were a huge hit on TV and online.According to Twitter’s Global PR team, Beyonce’s baby r…...

MTV’s 2011 Video Music Awards (VMAs) were a huge hit on TV and online.According to Twitter’s global PR team, Beyonce’s baby r…...

MTV’s 2011 Video Music Awards (VMAs) were a huge hit on TV and online.According to Twitter’s global PR team, Beyonce’s baby r…...

Instead of telephone-book sized playbooks, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have now handed out iPads to each of the team’s 90 players. Players w…...

In business, definitions are everywhere. They're your first line of defense in mission statements, job descriptions, expense accounts, statem…...

If communication barriers on Google+ got you down, never fear. Google has released a tool to ensure that updates from its international user bas…...

When ABC starts running promos Monday night for season eight of the hit drama Grey’s Anatomy, fans can unlock extra content with the Shaza…...

When ABC starts running promos Monday night for season eight of the hit drama Grey’s Anatomy, fans can unlock extra content with the Shaza…...

When ABC starts running promos Monday night for season eight of the hit drama Grey’s Anatomy, fans can unlock extra content with the Shaza…...

An inspiring environment can greatly aid the creative process. It follows then, that those whose maintain ’round-the-clock creative jobs w…...

Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile are planning to invest more than $100 million to take on Google with Isis, the companies’ mobile…...

If, like many of us, your laptop is your office, entertainment center and gateway to your social circle, then it deserves a decent wardrobe. We’…...

Eighteen months after buying online movie service Vudu, big box retailer Walmart has a bonafide hit on its hands.According to a recent report f…...

Eighteen months after buying online movie service Vudu, big box retailer Walmart has a bonafide hit on its hands.According to a recent report f…...

Eighteen months after buying online movie service Vudu, big box retailer Walmart has a bonafide hit on its hands.According to a recent report f…...

Amazon’s Android tablet device hasn’t even been announced yet and research firm Forrester is already betting on its success.“…...

Amazon’s Android tablet device hasn’t even been announced yet and research firm Forrester is already betting on its success.“…...

Amazon’s Android tablet device hasn’t even been announced yet and research firm Forrester is already betting on its success.“…...

Canadian indie-pop quartet Tokyo Police Club has released its latest song right here on Mashable as part of its “10 Days, 10 Covers, 10 Y…...

Canadian indie-pop quartet Tokyo Police Club has released its latest song right here on Mashable as part of its “10 Days, 10 Covers, 10 Y…...

Canadian indie-pop quartet Tokyo Police Club has released its latest song right here on Mashable as part of its “10 Days, 10 Covers, 10 Y…...

Zynga is delaying its IPO — originally set for next month — until November, according to a report.The social gaming company is spoo…...

Nokia has temporarily shut down its developer forums as a security measure after a hacker gained access to users’ records. “During…...

You can find 48 high-quality videos of performances, acceptance speeches and tributes from Sunday’s Video Music Awards at MTV.com’s…...

Newsreading app Pulse has released a bookmarklet and Chrome add-on that let users save stories they’re reading on the web to read later on…...

New York City launched a crowdsourced project Sunday that allows residents to plot damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene on a Google map.Thou…...

The Facebook Marketing Series is supported by Buddy Media. Now that Facebook will no longer allow your brand to hide comments from your follower…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

Facebook Ads have emerged as a popular and cost-effective way to promote a small business online. According to recent research from MerchantCir…...

Samsung has agreed not to sell or advertise its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia before Sept. 30, after a modified version of the tablet failed to s…...

The approaching storm gave our weekend coverage a countdown drama feel to it, where readers stayed put with their eyes glued to the TV, tweeting…...

Ahead of the IFA trade show, taking place in Berlin from 2 to 7 September 2011, Samsung has announced LTE variants of Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab…...

Look out gamers — here comes the Razer Blade. It’s unusually thin at a mere .88 inches, and it’s relatively light at 6.9 po…...

At the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28, Katy Perry’s “Firework” battles Adele, the Beastie Boys, Bruno Mars and Tyler, The…...

Google+ was meant to be an identity service, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said this weekend, shedding some light on Google’s reasoning behind G…...

One of the best things about the many iPhotography apps available is that they increase the capabilities of the iPhone’s camera. One great examp…...

Savvy job seekers have turned to digital and social media tools to help them in their job searches, and now recruiters are on board with the power of…...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that you can never have too many USB ports. Even though modern laptops boast more ports than ever before, a USB…...

The Twitterverse heaved a collective sigh of relief when morning turned into afternoon today, as the collective mood moved almost into the gi…...

To the relief of everyone on the Eastern seaboard and the rest of the world, Hurricane Irene has now been downgraded to Tropical Storm Irene. Throug…...

Twitter continues to prove itself a valuable current affairs platform. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t good for some laughs. We’ve ta…...

Now that Hurricane Irene is attacking the East Coast in earnest, it’s time to keep a close eye on current hurricane conditions —…...

As Hurricane Irene churns through the North Carolina coast on its way to points north, New York City stands ready for the storm, and all is qu…...

Did the earthquake in Virginia get you behind on your reading this week? Don’t fear, Mashable‘s giving you a second chance to catch…...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media an…...

With Steve Jobs stepping down from the CEO position at Apple, consumers, gadget fans and investors alike are wondering: How will this affect the di…...

Want to know what’s going on with Hurricane Irene? Follow her on Twitter. As the massive hurricane heads up the coast, its tweets have in…...

The Wall Street Journal has created a way for New Yorkers to interact with the location-based social media app Foursquare to find the nearest NY…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

I believe I speak for everyone, everywhere, living and dead, when I say: “Twitter, you so crazy!”This week’s bag of trends i…...

The dust has finally settled around the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa, the latest barometer on which Republican will go head-to-head with President Ba…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

Mix an edgy consumer NFC idea with $55,000 in prize winnings and the support of Evernote’s fast-growing & well-financed platform, and you…...

Twitter has released a short promotional video that touts that it’s faster than an earthquake.The 47-second short notes draws attention to th…...

If you raise the subject of QR codes among tech early adopters, you are likely to elicit a passionate response. Some people think QR codes, those sca…...

Music app Shazam has teamed up with Vevo to create a special Shazam for TV-enhanced version of Lil Wayne’s new video, How to Love.Shaz…...

“Social action” comes easy to those who understand the value of service, helping others and devoting themselves to making the world…...

Apple has axed its TV rental program within iTunes. The company introduced the ability to rent certain episodes of television programs for $0.9…...

On August 26, 1939, Major League Baseball did something historic: It broadcast on televisions for the first time. It’s not known how many…...

Facebook has decided to shut down Facebook Deals, its four-month-old Groupon competitor.“After testing Deals for four months, we’ve…...

Tim Cook, the new CEO of Apple, is getting a hefty payday in return for taking the helm of the world’s most valuable company.In an SEC fi…...

Facebook has rolled out a new version of its popular Photos app, complete with speed improvements and larger images.“Now, the photos you…...

Is someone annoying you on Google+, but you don’t want to resort to blocking him or her completely from your profile? Now there is an opti…...

As the East Coast prepares for a battering from Hurricane Irene, mobile carriers are staying on their toes to keep their networks operating. As…...

Planning to ride out Hurricane Irene this weekend? At the very least you should prepare to be inconvenienced, but you don’t have to go b…...

MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMAs) air Sunday, Aug. 28, and this year the network is kicking things up a notch with an expanded slate of mobi…...

The weather outside is frightening — but everything’s peachy in the Summer Fridays Turntable.FM room, brought to you by Mashable and…...

In preparation for Hurricane Irene, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered a mandatory evacuation of low-lying areas (Zone A) in the five bor…...

“Sitting on the world, I got life in my hand. So these days I try to think twice when I can.” So begins the first verse of President…...

Since becoming the CEO of Skype last October, Tony Bates has overseen the launch of a Wi-Fi hotspot service, a partnership with Facebook that pr…...

The Mashable Awards returns in September for its fifth year to celebrate the best of digital.Mashable's editorial team has been tracking the…...

For anyone wondering if Hurricane Irene is for real, NASA removes all doubt by posting this full-disk image of Earth on Flickr, taken by the…...

Update: NASA posted this satellite photo of Hurricane Irene making landfall near Cape Lookout, N.C. with maximum sustained winds of 85mph. It’s…...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, one of the most popular first-person shooter games of the decade, has released a new pair of trailers for the lau…...

Social media is not ubiquitous. In fact, says a Pew Internet survey released on Friday, just half of U.S. adults are logged on to sites like MyS…...

The New York City Police Department arrested more than 50 suspected gang members Wednesday after they used Twitter and other social networks to…...

What do Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all have in common?Well, lots of things. The three are some of history’s greatest inno…...

Mashable Comics are illustrated every week by Kiersten Essenpreis, a New York-based artist who draws and blogs at YouFail.com.More Mashable…...

Thanks to this week's advertisers and partners for enabling us to bring you the latest social media news and resources. Mashable’s spons…...

The latest batch of diplomatic cables unearthed by WikiLeaks reveals China’s failure to measure certain pollution levels and the governmen…...

In its first earnings announcement as a publicly traded company, Pandora revealed that its Internet radio service now accounts for approximately…...

In a meeting Thursday with representatives from Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry-maker RIM, British officials made it clear that they will not r…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

Google TV, which enables the use of various web services through a set-top box connected to a TV, is set to come to the UK within the next 6 mon…...

If you’re a Firefox user, you probably noticed that the browser, once painfully slow to reach a major new version, has grown from version…...

Here’s a condensed view of the illustrious career of Steve Jobs, with a healthy dose of humorous commentary and Star Wars goofiness sprinkled…...

Where should I go to eat? What should I order? Those two basic yet complex questions plague diners the world over. Forkly, a startup from vetera…...

Google has thrown in the towel on its $182 million acquisition of Slide as it shifts its social networking efforts to Google+.The social apps c…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

Heads up, Zynga: looks like you have some serious competition in the Facebook game space at last. The Sims Social, a reboot of Electronic Arts…...

You may have noticed a change on your web-based Twitter profile. The service recently rolled out an image gallery feature that displays recent photo…...

Eric Fischer created this fascinating animation, showing what an earthquake looks like through the lens of Twitter. It’s a tweetquake!Key: Gr…...

Fox Searchlight is shunning traditional promotional opportunities for its upcoming film Martha Marcy May Marlene.Instead, the studio is rolli…...

Fueled by the explosive growth of smartphones and tablets, video viewing habits have forever changed. It’s no surprise that consumers, wh…...

Are any of your Facebook friends boring or vain or in need of a love-life makeover? Well, help is on the way from Mentos.The candy brand has ro…...

Say hello to Ness, a mobile app that can figure out which restaurants you’ll enjoy the most, based on your personal tastes.The app, now a…...

The forthcoming PostSecret App will allow you to digitally share secrets, discover other users' hush-hush thoughts and react to their submissions....

The Buzzword Breakdown Series is supported by The Network, Cisco’s technology news site. The Network features technology news, trends and …...

POEM, or Paid vs. Owned vs. Earned Media, is a strategy framework that ad buyers and planners use to segment campaigns and channels. Paid/owned/earn…...

Investors seem to have shrugged off Apple‘s bombshell announcement on Wednesday that Steve Jobs was resigning as CEO.The company’s…...

If you think Flipboard‘s ambitions begin and end with getting news and magazine publishers on its iPad app, think again. The so-called …...

With Steve Jobs no longer at the helm of Apple, it’s up to new CEO Tim Cook to lead the company and its employees to greater heights.Cook…...

We’re decorating our new office with the world’s largest real-life Facebook wall, and you have one week left to be included! Now th…...

Research in Motion is looking to take on competitors Google, Amazon and Apple with its new BBM Music service that will let BlackBerry users shar…...

After months of speculation, Facebook has finally announced the date of its annual developer conference, f8.The fourth edition of the confere…...

After being initially embraced by young adult males in the U.S., ereaders and tablets are increasingly making their ways into the hands of women…...

In further confirmation of social media’s penetration into the language, Merriam-Webster has added both “tweet” and “soc…...

As Google+ continues to grow, most recently by adding games and verification badges, one much-talked-about feature remains in question: brand ac…...

Qik has rolled out its premium live video-streaming product to all Android users.Qik Premium builds on the free Qik video service by adding a…...

Fans watching the New York Giants play the Jets this weekend on TV will notice something new: their tweets.The Giants will integrate live tweet…...

The Social Brand Series is supported by Spredfast, a social media management platform provider helping organizations unlock social business pote…...

John Tanza Mabusu is from Maridi, a town in South Sudan. But if you ask Google Maps, Bing, Mapquest or Yahoo Maps, Maridi is in Sudan.After dec…...

For kids, back-to-school season is an exciting time of shiny pencil cases, brand new erasers, as-yet undented lunch boxes and freshly-sharpened crayon…...

The Washington Post, The New York Times and the White House have all used the social reporting tool Storify to drag and drop tweets, posts and o…...

Apple was quick to update its executive profiles page, after Steve Jobs’s announcement late Wednesday that he will step down from his po…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

Motorola has put up a new teaser video for its upcoming smartphone, Droid Bionic, featuring a sci-fi setting, evil robot, and a scantily clad, s…...

It’s not just fashion photographers that are embracing camera apps for the iPhone — musicians are too.When it came time for singer-songwr…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

Attending a Giants game? Skip printing tickets at home and use a StubHub mobile ticket for admittance instead. The new service from eBay-owned t…...

Even for a man who likes his product launches planned in minute detail, Steve Jobs’ exit from the role he has inhabited for the last 14 ye…...

Here’s a very 2011 approach to advertising: Sneaker brand Converse created a studio called Rubber Tracks where bands can record their m…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

63 fledgling startups demoed their big ideas in front of investors and members of the press at Y Combinator’s Demo Day on Tuesday. Of the…...

The career of one of America’s most innovative businessmen has been more than just a string of moments, but these 10 peeks at Steve Jobs&#…...

In response to the resignation of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, many media and technology professionals took to Twitter to share their feelings a…...

This is the resignation letter Steve Jobs sent to the Apple board:To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:I have always said i…...

This is the resignation letter Steve Jobs sent to the Apple board:To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:I have always said i…...

Earlier this evening, Steve Jobs stunned us all with the news that he is resigning from his position as CEO of Apple, Inc. Jobs took a medical l…...

Earlier this evening, Steve Jobs stunned us all with the news that he is resigning from his position as CEO of Apple, Inc. Jobs took a medical l…...

Early Wednesday evening, Steve Jobs stunned us all with the news that he is resigning from his position as CEO of Apple, Inc. Jobs took a medica…...

Following a failed attempt to acquire Instagram, Facebook will roll out up to a dozen photo filters in a mobile application release, according t…...

As soon as Steve Jobs‘ resignation announcement became public on Wednesday, the social web was flooded with emotion. Site commenters, F…...

As soon as Steve Jobs’s resignation announcement became public Wednesday, the social web was flooded with emotion. Site commenters, Fac…...

Following Steve Jobs’ resignation announcement, Apple has named Tim Cook its new CEO. Cook, aged 50, joined Apple in March, 1998. Accord…...

Following Steve Jobs’ resignation announcement, Apple has named Tim Cook its new CEO. Cook, 50, joined Apple in March 1998. According to…...

Shares of Apple fell by as much as 7 percent in after hours trading on Wednesday, following the news that Steve Jobs was resigning as CEO, effec…...

Shares of Apple fell by as much as 7 percent in after hours trading on Wednesday, following the news that Steve Jobs was resigning as CEO, effec…...

Shares of Apple fell by as much as 7% in after-hours trading Wednesday, following the news that Steve Jobs was resigning as CEO, effective immed…...

Steve Jobs, co-founder and two-time CEO of Apple, offered his resignation to the company’s board Wednesday. Jobs has been in poor health…...

Steve Jobs, co-founder and two-time CEO of Apple, offered his resignation to the company’s board Wednesday. “I have always said if…...

A new collaboration between Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and British electronic musician James Blake premiered on BBC Radio One on Wednesday. The…...

AmazonLocal, the online retailer’s daily deals service, is heading to New York City.Amazon will start offering daily deals in coming week…...

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable‘s Job Lists section gathers together a…...

A Saudi woman, defying the country’s ban on female drivers, has been released after she was briefly arrested while driving to her daughter…...

The issue of diversity is frequently brought up across industries. It's popularly framed in the context of top-level executive positions at F…...

Redbox is offering an incentive to “Like” the brand on Facebook: a free movie.The movie rental brand is using its Facebook Page to…...

Former House Speaker and GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was correct in his explanation for why he has relatively few active accounts a…...

The story of Napster, the peer-to-peer file-sharing service that disrupted the music industry, will soon be told in documentary form.The docume…...

The day after areas around the U.S. experienced earthquakes – that caused little or no damage — and days before Hurricane Irene is expec…...

Facebook garnered more than 1 trillion pageviews per month in June and July, according to data from Hitwise.The Google-owned ad network found t…...

Google has upgraded the +1 button with several new features, including the ability to directly share a webpage to Google+.“Beginning toda…...

The Global Innovation Series is supported by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment. It delive…...

You know that awful, “Did I leave the oven on?”, pit-of-your-stomach feeling of dread at a possible screw up? Yeah, well now you ca…...

Funny Or Die fans with social influence will get first access to web shorts and events courtesy of the site’s partnership with Klout, the…...

Coca-Cola on Wednesday rolled out a Facebook app that lets you mix your own Coke drink. The app is no online-only experiment, though: Real Coke…...

Amazon has started offering 24-hour discounts on Kindle ebooks beginning at midnight PT each day, a company spokesperson has confirmed.Those wh…...

Consumers love their iPads, although more than a few are frustrated by the device’s onscreen keyboard. But rather than buying a separate, tact…...

A Netherlands judge has banned Samsung from selling several models of its Galaxy smartphones because they may infringe on an Apple patent.Apple…...

Further proof, if you need it, that the consumer PC business is in the tank: Acer has posted its first loss in a decade.The Taiwanese PC maker…...

We've all been there before. You're out having what you think is a nice meal with someone, and then the inevitable happens: the vibration o…...

Starbucks is the eatery Facebook users check in to most, according to a report from the social networking giant.With about 17,000 locations, St…...

Starbucks is the eatery Facebook users check in to most, according to a report from the social networking giant.With about 17,000 locations, St…...

While digital textbooks are typically more affordable than new paper books, one analysis suggests that price alone might not be enough to sway…...

LG has released a new mouse called LSM-100, and it doubles as a fully functioning scanner capable of recognizing characters.The laser mouse has…...

Put away your president bobbleheads and action figures. All you need now to play out your dream White House speeches is a smartphone. A text-to…...

Put away your president bobbleheads and action figures. All you need now to play out your dream White House speeches is a smartphone. A text-to…...

ReverbNation is launching a marketing tool this Wednesday called PROMOTE IT, a suite of end-to-end tools for bands to share their wares on Fac…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

Today’s doodle on Google’s homepage is a nod to Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, who was born on August 24, 1899, meaning today w…...

Samsung has revealed a slew of new Android Gingerbread smartphones, all named under the new naming scheme which should make it easier to disce…...

Ticketmaster, the event ticketing property of Live Nation, is enhancing its interactive seat maps Tuesday so that ticket buyers and event-goers…...

Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams have announced their first project since leaving Twitter: a partnership with Lift, a new app des…...

Developing a mobile app is the easy part. Getting that app noticed is difficult. And getting the app to go viral is like winning the lottery. Y…...

The 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Virginia and rolled through much of the east coast Tuesday caused more inconvenience than damage. Case in…...

Facebook Credits are hot. More and more businesses "  both large and small "  are exploring how they can incorporate Facebook Credits into th…...

Several Mashable staffers at our New York City headquarters felt tremors from the 5.9 magnitude earthquake Tuesday, but only after we saw tweets…...

A new app graphs the emotions on websites based on the expressions in photographs....

Google is at the social game again with the recent unveiling of Google+, a big bet for the company and an effort to show that it can keep up wi…...

Samsung has brought some unusual evidence into its most recent patent battle with Apple — the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Od…...

Here’s some potential good news for the ailing Sprint Nextel: The carrier is expected to get Apple’s iPhone 5 and begin selling it i…...

Tom Waits teased his upcoming album, Bad as Me, Tuesday via a YouTube video entitled “Tom Waits’ Private Listening Party.” In the…...

There’s a lot of excitement on the East Coast this week. In addition to Tuesday’s earthquake, Hurricane Irene will likely make an a…...

Few things bothered Sylvia Martinez more than what the web thought of her and other Latinas.Martinez, a VP and digital content director at the…...

Twitter conversation surrounding HP’s ill-fated TouchPad has increased from just 2,000 tweets a day one week ago to more than 50,000 tweet…...

Facebook unveiled a massive wave of privacy changes on Tuesday. It’s one of the biggest privacy overhauls in the company’s history,…...

A 5.9 earthquake originated in Mineral, Virginia, Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Tweets began pouring in from D.C.…...

Facebook is launching one of the largest privacy overhauls in its history. The initiative will make it clearer with whom you’re sharing ph…...

Here at Mashable, we love social media, but we also know sometimes you need to cut the cord. In a partnership with CNN’s iReport, we asked…...

The band OK Go has released a new video for its version of the theme song for The Muppet Show. The video features the band alongside Kermit t…...

The activist organization Can You Solve This? is using QR codes to raise awareness for education inequality in Iran. The grassroots initiative,…...

United Airlines announced Tuesday that it is replacing its pilots’ flight decks with iPads.Rather than carry around 38 pounds of operatin…...

Barnes & Noble has added six Time Inc. magazine titles for Nook Color users, including Time, Sports Illustrated and People.The interactive…...

Magazine publisher Conde Nast has launched an enterprise edition of Idea Flight, its app for group presentations on the iPad, as well as several not…...

Small businesses will now get American Express points for buying online advertising, thanks to a new offer from the company’s small busine…...

The Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Series is supported by Diet Coke. Now, the drink that helps you stay extraordinary brings you extraordinary pe…...

Tablet owners love the devices so much that they’re taking them everywhere — even the bathroom — according to a new study.Sta…...

Lenovo’s business-oriented ThinkPad tablet, announced in July, is now available for pre-order. The device sports a 10.1-inch, 1280800…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

An online newspaper billing itself as “the hometown newspaper of the World Wide Web” made its debut Tuesday in a daring bid to prove…...

A cheaper version of iPhone 4, sporting only 8 GBs of memory, is slated to hit the market within several weeks, Reuters reports citing two unnam…...

Speech recognition technology is making the world more accessible. Not only is it changing the way we use computers, but it is making our cell phones…...

RIM has announced the availability of the new, refreshed BlackBerry Curve, which sports a thin, 0.43 inch frame and BlackBerry 7 functionality…...

Google is making the +1 Button more social with the addition of friend annotations.“You may have already noticed faces and names when y…...

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Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8 will boast “robust” support for USB 3.0 devices, though it will continue to support old USB sp…...

Should you post photos to Twitter via its new photo-uploading tool, or through a third-party photo-sharing service such as yFrog, TwitPic or Ins…...

Students in a two-year ethnographic study referred to Google more than any other database when discussing their research habits. But ironically,…...

Think New Yorkers are rude? Think again. The people at Improv Everywhere decided to put a megaphone on a lectern in public places across New…...

Music subscription service Rdio has officially unveiled its new family pricing plans.As announced last month, the new plans will let families o…...

Apple’s iPhone 3GS was supplanted by the newer iPhone 4 more than a year ago, but it’s still outselling every other phone on the mar…...

Hundreds of thousands of young people are heading off to college this time of year. Unlike previous generations, today’s students will no…...

Best Buy just beat Apple to the punch when it comes to offering a free iPhone — even if it is the bottom-of-the-line 8GB iPhone 3GS, for o…...

Starting a new business involves a seemingly endless line of important decisions, from company name, to logo, to even the product or service yo…...

It’s clear that digital tools and social innovation now play a crucial role in national affairs, elections and international diplomacy.Th…...

Gilt has added ecommerce functionality to its Facebook Pages, giving fans early — and in some cases, exclusive — access to a range o…...

It’s clear that digital tools and social innovation now play a crucial role in national affairs, elections and international diplomacy.Th…...

Twitter has confirmed that it will attend a meeting with UK Home Secretary Theresa May and other UK officials about the role social media played…...

Starbucks, in partnership with Apple, is expanding its longstanding iTunes Pick of the Week program to include iPhone applications, extended sa…...

UK-based retailer Topshop has partnered with location-based mobile gaming app SCVNGR to get students into stores for back-to-school shopping.…...

Bounce — the fabric softener brand — is asking its Facebook fans to hand life decisions over to fellow fans of the brand. The ̶…...

In death, HP’s TouchPad is finally a hit.Over the weekend, retailers in the U.S. and Canada started slashing the price on the ill-fated i…...

Haven’t sent your friend a virtual Facebook gift in a while? You’re not alone, a new study reports.Researcher Global Web Index comp…...

Miramax joined fellow studios Warner Bros., Paramount and Universal Monday by launching its own video rental service on Facebook, making many ti…...

“Infographic” is a bit of a buzzword at the moment, but these colorful charts and illustrations have grown in popularity because th…...

If a new research report is correct, you’re better off printing this story out and reading it if you want to remember it.A study by three…...

Nic.ly, the site of Libya’s top level domain (TLD) name registry, has been defaced by hackers, with the content of the site replaced with…...

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The 12-minute video lectures that Bill Gates has called “the start of a revolution” will now be linked with the material in some dig…...

If you missed your chance to become Dunkin’ Donuts’s ultimate coffee fan, you still have a chance to leverage your social media sa…...

With the back-to-school exodus looming, the weekend was consumed by prep for the new semester about to start, so who had time to keep an eye on…...

LG has announced the release schedule for its latest Android smartphone, LG Optimus Sol.The device, which is expected to hit Europe mid-Septe…...

A Meetup happens every 13 seconds, and there are over 90,000 Meetup Groups for more than 9 million members. As Meetups become more popular and w…...

The group messaging battle just heated up with the announcement Sunday that Skype has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GroupMe, a…...

Advertising billboards are just part of the background of modern, urban living. The challenge for marketers is to get us to notice something we are us…...

Tweets from news organizations and eyewitnesses have been arriving at an accelerating pace this afternoon, and the latest Twitter posts from ins…...

Tweets from news organizations and eyewitnesses have been arriving at an accelerating pace this afternoon, and the latest Twitter posts from ins…...

Are you looking for a digital camera that does a better job of taking pictures than your smartphone or point-and-shoot camera? When you’…...

Quadshot is a remote-controlled aircraft that combines the attributes of helicopters and airplanes, giving you the best of both worlds: It can both…...

Welcome to Mashable‘s first YouTube Cover Song Face-Off. Each week, we’ll pick a popular song, find 10 covers of it and ask you to v…...

Take one look at these multidimensional photos and you’ll think there’s magic afoot, but there’s a reasonable explanation fo…...

The weekly roundup is back and, as usual, Mashable has been working hard compiling the latest features and news analysis to fuel your social and…...

Employers who hire designers are often not designers themselves. That reality can cause a disconnect between what designers display in their portfoli…...

After Hewlett-Packard’s announcement on Thursday that it planned to spin off its consumer PC unit, many were quick to pen obituaries for the PC…...

Google rolled out a new verification badge program Saturday, making it so celebrities, public figures and those who have amassed vast numbers of…...

As rebels surround Libya’s capital city of Tripoli, widespread tweets are claiming Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi has left the c…...

As rebels surround Libya’s capital city of Tripoli, widespread tweets are claiming Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi has left the c…...

Okay, I admit it. I’m addicted to Twitter. But this infographic made me feel a lot better, because it shows me that I’m not alone.Take a…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

The discontinued HP TouchPad continues its liquidation at fire sale prices, and the frantic search for the defunct tablet at that illusive $99.9…...

The National Football League was founded on August 20, 1920 — 91 years ago to the day. But the sport has undergone its most radical transf…...

Twitter trends were topped by soccer (okay, football) news this week, with Jersey Shore coming in second as a result of an unusual request by c…...

Startup life is all about bootstrapping, but you need a place to work, right? Here’s a breakdown of three workplace styles — home-w…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

It looks like Hewlett-Packard TouchPads are starting to be sold at drastically lower prices at some Canadian outlets, following HP’s Thursday a…...

The body of WebOS is still warm, one day after Hewlett-Packard announced it would cease developing the platform — indeed, HP may yet find…...

It’s been reported that director Ridley Scott has signed on to direct and produce a new installment of Blade Runner for Alcon Entertainmen…...

iPhone 5 release date rumors are swirling again as a new report says an AT&T vice president has confirmed plans to launch the phone in earl…...

The stock market might be on an up-and-down rollercoaster ride, but one type of startup that’s currently on the rise is barter sites ̵…...

Happy Friday, denizens of the web! We know we’ve had a Music Video roundup before, but now is as good time as any to face the music —…...

Which social media site drives the most traffic to the rest of the web? If you think it’s Facebook or Twitter, you’re wrong. Stumble…...

HTC doesn’t plan to ditch Google’s Android or build its own rival operating system in the wake of Google’s blockbuster acquisi…...

On this week’s roundup of news at the intersection of tech and politics, we’ve got visual breakdowns of the social political space,…...

The German state of Schleswig-Holstein has ordered state institutions to shut down their Facebook Pages and remove the “Like” button…...

The weekend — and The Weeknd — are whirring through our veins, and to herald the coming of Saturday, we’ll be spinning jams o…...

Badges are among the most visible elements of gamification, the use of game-thinking and game mechanics to engage media audiences. A badge is o…...

Although banner ads may be experiencing big growth this year, they’re not getting any more effective. The average click-though rate for ba…...

This August 19 is World Humanitarian Day, a celebration of the millions of people worldwide tirelessly working to improve the lives of the under…...

Apple is fighting multiple legal battles with Samsung, claiming Samsung copied both the iPad and iPhone. But Samsung’s lawyers are figh…...

From life-changing technologies that reduce poverty and disease to online volunteerism for busy professionals, the Startups For Good Challenge…...

Thanks to this week's advertisers and partners for enabling us to bring you the latest social media news and resources. Mashable’s spons…...

When people come together and gather their collective minds, they can accomplish nearly anything. On the other hand, this capacity can apply to situa…...

Hewlett-Packard’s plan to spin off its consumer PC unit, abandon webOS and the tablet market and buy software firm Autonomy for a reported…...

Burberry is launching a new Burberry Body fragrance this September, but you can’t pick up a tester at counters yet. The UK-based fashion brand…...

This Friday morning, the bountiful beast that is the Internet has bestowed upon us a brand new days-of-the-week-themed musical offering: Thurs…...

The stock market might be on an up-and-down rollercoaster ride, but one type of startup that’s currently on the rise is barter sites ̵…...

The last five years of web innovation heralded a frenzy of shiny new products that provided people with fresh ways to interact. Simultaneously,…...

Apple has reportedly begun trial production on its next-generation iPad tablet device and it’s scheduled to launch in early 2012.Accordin…...

As textbook marketplace Chegg forays into digital textbooks, it’s not dwelling on the reading experience. Rather, it’s surrounding i…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

Mobile barcodes are turning up everywhere "" buses, magazines, television, bar coasters. According to recent research from comScore, 14 millio…...

British Airways has announced it is testing iPads with in-flight crew members to enhance customer service.The iPads equip cabin crew members wi…...

Sony entered the binocular market on Friday, introducing its DEV-3 and DEV-5 digital binoculars, both capable of capturing 7.1-megapixel still i…...

In an ongoing battle against trademark infringement, Apple has filed a lawsuit against two sellers of knockoff Apple accessories based in the Ne…...

The cult classic The Big Lebowski is now available to rent on Facebook. Coinciding with the film’s Blu-ray release, fans of the Coen brot…...

Bing has launched “We’re In,” a new app for Windows Phone that lets a group of friends coordinate their plans by sharing their…...

While summer vacation winds to a close and students prepare to go back to school, the days of brand new backpacks and crisp notebooks are long…...

When Apple launched the iPad in April, 2010, it changed the way most other manufacturers approached the idea of a tablet. As Apple continues th…...

When Apple launched the iPad in April, 2010, it changed the way most other manufacturers approached the idea of a tablet. As Apple continues th…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

Google has quietly rolled out yet another feature of its Google+ social network, letting users click Share from any YouTube video, revealing…...

Takin’ VC Money (Money Cash IPO’s) by Smixx “To all the startups out there, staying caffeinated, pulling all-nighters, trying t…...

A Nivea print ad encouraging African-American men to “re-civilize” themselves, now appearing in September’s issue of Esquire m…...

Spare a thought for the unlucky customers who purchased a TouchPad. After Thursday’s announcement that HP would be discontinuing support f…...

Reader’s Digest is the latest magazine to arrive in Apple’s App Store.Beginning with the September issue, existing U.S. print subsc…...

Electronic health record (EHR) platform Drchrono just released OnPatient, an iPad application that health care providers can now use in lieu of…...

Tom Waits is said to be releasing his first new material in seven years next week (with any luck, he’ll unveil Wristcutters II). If you…...

Electronic health record (EHR) platform Drchrono just released OnPatient, an iPad application that health care providers can now use in lieu of…...

After confirming that it is looking into spinning off its PC business, Hewlett-Packard made a more shocking announcement Thursday: it is going t…...

Most brands have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Foursquare and many other social platforms, not to mention multiple profiles within ea…...

Email signature startup WiseStamp has enhanced its Chrome and Firefox extensions Thursday with an email application for Google Plus. The G+ email ap…...

The Buzzword Breakdown Series is supported by The Network, Cisco’s technology news site. The Network features technology news, trends and …...

San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) cut off cell service at four stations last Thursday, hoping to quell potential protesters. P…...

Evernote has snapped up the best-selling collaborative image editor Skitch in the first of what CEO Phil Libin says is a series of acquisitions…...

Evernote has snapped up the best-selling collaborative image editor Skitch in the first of what CEO Phil Libin says is a series of acquisitions…...

Foursquare is launching a feature that allows users to check into events — thus making a standard Foursquare behavior official.“It…...

IBM announced Thursday that it has received $21 million in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a serie…...

Hewlett-Packard is planning to spin off its PC business and buy Autonomy, the second largest pure-play software company in Europe, for $10 billi…...

Hewlett-Packard is planning to spin off its PC business and buy Autonomy, the second largest pure-play software company in Europe, for $10 billi…...

Google has ignited a firestorm of interest in the social gaming space following its announcement that social network Google+ will play host to a va…...

It’s common knowledge that a good portion of the population listens to music on YouTube. It’s free, easy to search and has pretty much e…...

Google has updated Google Maps with a weather layer that provides users with current weather conditions and five day forecasts for locales all aroun…...

As any aspiring drummer can tell you, it’s really hard to learn how to play if you don’t have a drumkit. Hitting pillows and books j…...

Social media opens up all new avenues of communication for college students, their classmates and their professors. A typical class may only ta…...

Parlaying a spot on The Colbert Report into YouTube viral fame, MakerBot Industries, a 3D printer maker, has sent a model of Stephen Colbert’s…...

If you’re a music snob, taste in jams is the glue that holds any dysfunctional relationship together. So heavens forbid you fall in love,…...

In further evidence that Wired‘s proclamation last year that “The Web is Dead” may be on the mark, a Nielsen study shows that mobile…...

The Concise Oxford English Dictionary has added 400 words to its dictionary, including retweet, woot, sexting and cyberbullying.The 12th editio…...

Executives at China Mobile have had meetings with Steve Jobs about bringing the iPhone to the world’s largest mobile operator, according t…...

One of the main failings of Google’s new music service, Music Beta, was that it didn’t feature a store — it’s basically…...

AT&T is getting rid of a text messaging plan that allows subscribers to send and receive 1,000 messages for $10 per month.AT&T has co…...

General Motors announced Wednesday plans to create a production version of the Cadillac Converj Concept, which first appeared at the 2009 Detroi…...

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Starbucks will use its more than 24 million fans on Facebook to help usher in the fall holiday season and announce the anticipated return of its…...

Apple‘s sales in greater China passed those of Lenovo for the first time in the second quarter of 2011.Demand for Apple’s products…...

Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with mobile app developer W3 Innovations, LLC. (W3) and its presid…...

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable‘s Job Lists section gathers together…...

The age of space tourism might be closer than you think. In fact, if you have an extra $1 million lying around, five years from now you could…...

Install a little bookmarklet in your browser, and soon you’ll be presented with a list of people you search for most often on Facebook. Th…...

Facebook has begun rolling out a restructured left-hand navigation that includes revamped bookmarks and notifications for Pages, Groups and Ap…...

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Need just another 10 minutes before stumbling out of bed? A new iOS app is turning those precious minutes into a chance to donate to charity.Sn…...

Smirnoff will help Madonna pick a dancer for her next tour in a new promotion that will try to get 10 million people in 50 countries to swap the…...

Forget Sharpies and highlighters, the new back to school essentials this fall are apps for your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. While cellphones us…...

Two days ago, hacker group Anonymous attacked San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) website in reprisal for BART shutting down its cel…...

DirecTV is partnering with Sony to bring its NFL Sunday Ticket subscription package to the PS3. This means that even if you don’t have Dir…...

Got a suspicious looking email that claims you need to pay a speeding ticket in New York? Whatever you do, don’t open it — and defi…...

Thanks to a new deal between YouTube and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), as well as its subsidiary Harry Fox Agency (HFA), mus…...

Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal and one of Facebook’s earliest financial backers, is investing in a project a little further than Sili…...

InStyle has teamed with mobile shopping startup Shopkick to release the InStyle “Shop By Color” Pop-Up Store. The goal is to extend…...

While promoting her latest film, One Day, actress Anne Hathaway showed off one of her hidden talents to Conan O’Brien: rapping.Inspired by ph…...

You can now use Skype credit to pay for Wi-Fi access on your iPhone or iPad. The Internet phone giant launched “Skype WiFi” in the A…...

Movie rental kiosk company Redbox has raised DVD rental rates in Austin, Texas and Portland, Oregon by as much as 20% per night.In these market…...

Movie rental kiosk company Redbox has raised DVD rental rates in Austin, Texas and Portland, Oregon by as much as 20% per night.In these marke…...

Photovine, a photo-sharing application for iPhone from Google, landed on the App Store Wednesday. The application offers mobile users a way to s…...

The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits, a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Sourcebits offers design and developm…...

Facebook and Google are engaged in a war of words over claims that Facebook is limiting the spread of Google+ invites on its social network.The…...

Hey, Android partners, did you miss out on giving your two cents about Google’s proposed takeover of Motorola Mobility? Well, now hereR…...

Just about every electronic textbook company declares that it has the most books available for download. Coursesmart calls itself “the wo…...

The Behind the Social Media Campaign Series is supported by Oneupweb, an award-winning agency specializing in search marketing, social media and…...

Ever dated a guy/girl who was more apt to stare into his/her iPhone than into your piercing eyes? Well, have we got a song for you.The above…...

Nintendo will launch a redesigned Wii gaming console in Europe by the end of 2011.The updated console will be part of a new Wii bundle, which w…...

Kenneth Cole, who seemed to shy away from social media after a well-publicized Twitter flap earlier this year, is courting controversy anew with…...

The Social Media 101 Series is sponsored by Global Strategic Management Institute. GSMI’s Social Media Strategies Series are the leading e…...

GOOD, a social innovation website and the publisher of GOOD magazine, has just bought Jumo — the Chris Hughes-helmed social network built…...

About one-fifth of global Internet users visited Amazon‘s various websites during June, according to a report from comScore.Amazon led on…...

Football fans will be able to catch live video of Friday’s “first kick” extra-preliminary match of the FA Cup on Facebook.The…...

Continuing its practice of spotlighting science greats who are obscure to most of the general public, Google on Wednesday dedicated its Doodle…...

Social discovery tool StumbleUpon has inspired 25 billion clicks by directing people to pages accross broad topics like “art” or …...

NBC 10 Philadelphia’s local news coverage is getting even more location-specific, thanks to a partnership with Foursquare announced earlie…...

The Global Innovation Series is supported by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment. It delive…...

During the State of the Union address in January, the first Twitter search results for #SOU were not tweets from likely suspects like CNN, The N…...

Once upon a time, customers knew the people they were buying from: the grocer, the butcher, the pharmacist and other neighborhood characters. I…...

Carpooling has been a standard transportation choice for the commute between Berkeley and San Francisco for about 30 years. Every weekday mornin…...

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Ford is launching a Facebook-based contest to tout its F-150 Ecoboost’s ability to get 22 miles per gallon. Using the new trucks, eight d…...

Taiwanese Next Media Animation (NMA), creators of computer-animated reenactments of news events, released a new video on Tuesday depicting the news o…...

Amazon on Tuesday announced the launch of GovCloud, its cloud services “designed to allow U.S. government agencies and contractors to move…...

If you’re going to steal a laptop, make sure you know who you’re dealing with — one London teenager accused of stealing a lapt…...

In case you needed more proof that watching excessive amounts of TV is bad for your health: new research shows that there is a correlation betwe…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

Love or hate Larry Page and his decisions, you have to say this about Google's new CEO: he isn't scared to roll the dice. That's exactly what Page did when......

Love or hate Larry Page and his decisions, you have to say this about Google's new CEO: he isn't scared to roll the dice. That's exactly what Page did when......

Earlier this month, TVGuide.com released a revamped version of the TV Guide Watchlist. The Watchlist is a way for users to find the content they want…...

Miniclip and Teenage Cancer Trust have designed a game that turns a difficult subject into a fun and fresh experience.The game, called “F…...

Equity analysts at Standard & Poor’s downgraded Google’s stock rating from “buy” to “sell” Tuesday, fol…...

Online travel website Kayak has just released a new Mac app that lets users plan their vacations, customized by destination and budget. The app…...

While interacting with social media and other consumer websites has become routine for many of us, ensuring a seamless, positive user experienc…...

Lion users, get ready for a software update. Apple has just released out its first update for OS X Lion. The latest Mac OS, 10.7.1, is availab…...

We’ve been holding out for some kind of partnership that would bring music to Facebook for a while now. Well, no dice on that, kids. Howev…...

If you and your non-profit have steered clear of Google+ during its “people only” phase, now is a good time to reconsider. Yes, your…...

According to data from mobile analytics firm Flurry, more than two-thirds of mobile in-app purchases for games on iOS and Android go towards bu…...

Soon Twitter users will soon be able to use the service’s official photo-sharing and uploading features from their favorite third-party ap…...

In honor of MySpace’s 8th anniversary, we asked the Mashable community to send in their memories from the social network. While opinions w…...

Ever wonder why some businesses choose to nix the brick and mortar? Mashable spoke to 11 businesspeople about their decision to exist entirely…...

Foursquare has added photos inline with checkins in an update to its iPhone application Tuesday. The new version adds color to the activity stre…...

Two men have been sentenced to four years in jail for attempting to use Facebook to “organize and orchestrate” disorder.Twenty-year…...

The Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Series is supported by Diet Coke. Now, the drink that helps you stay extraordinary brings you extraordinary pe…...

PowerInbox lets email users run applications inside Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail or Outlook. The startup, which launches Tuesday, is also announci…...

Lady Gaga was all set to launch her latest music video (via her 1,000th tweet) on Thursday. But it looks like the Internet has beat Mother Mon…...

In a move that shows the continuing evolution of its search product, Google on Tuesday introduced Google Related, a bottom-of-the-page bar for t…...

Musicians are not always the most articulate folks — often letting the sound and emotion of a jam outweigh vocal clarity — which can…...

Twitter generates about eight terabytes of data a day. That's a hell of a lot of data for one application. Some SaaS companies might look at…...

A little while back, YouTube launched an online town hall to get the public interested and voting on the issues that matter most, and now the v…...

A little while back, YouTube launched an online town hall to get the public interested and voting on the issues that matter most, and now the v…...

The advertising community is up in arms about a proposal that would make top-level domain names open-ended. Under ICANN’s so-called ̶…...

After one year on the music/tech scene, Shuffler.fm has made quite a name for itself as a tool for music discovery. Now, the web app is out with…...

It’s getting to be that time of year. Your chances of seeing school supply commercials have increased exponentially. Kids are breaking out…...

Al Gore has partnered with Ustream for 24 Hours of Reality, a new international video event fighting climate change skeptics.Al Gore has long a…...

The iPad’s popularity has prompted Google to revive a program that aggregated catalogs from major retailers.The new app, called Google Ca…...

Something new has popped up on Starbucks’s menu: free iPhone apps.This week, the coffee giant started dispensing gift cards good for the…...

Taco Bell has made its sodas and burritos interactive with QR codes.The fast food chain began adding the codes to its packaging late last month…...

The Social Media for Business Leaders Series is supported by The Awareness Social Marketing Hub, the leading social media marketing software for…...

You don’t want a book recommendation from someone who hasn’t read the book. So why, asks a new project called BookLamp, would you wa…...

LinkedIn has completely overhauled its iPhone and Android apps with a new emphasis on speed, simplicity and Groups.The new apps look less like…...

LinkedIn has completely overhauled its iPhone and Android apps with a new emphasis on speed, simplicity and Groups.The new apps look less like…...

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In an attempt to maintain the mobile privacy of children, the Federal Trade Commission has issued a $50,000 fine to W3 Innovations — the p…...

Microsoft launched a new blog and Twitter account to chronicle and crowdsource the development of its next operating system, Windows 8.Windows…...

The tech world is still reeling from Google’s blockbuster acquisition of Motorola Mobility for a not-so-insignificant price tag of $12.5 b…...

For some time, social media commentators have asserted that the ability of brands and consumers to communicate across social platforms in real…...

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Global search corporation Google, Inc. added to its already hefty empire when it announced its planned acquisition of Motorola Mobility the morn…...

The release of the first official biography of Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has been pushed up by nearly five months.Steve Jobs: A Biogr…...

Foursquare has just gained its highest-profile user yet: President Barack Obama.“The White House is now on Foursquare, a location-based s…...

The latest survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project underscores how reliant users are becoming on their mobile devices. Accordin…...

Whether it’s raising awareness or calling citizens to action, technology has played a significant role in connecting people with a common…...

Google and the Associated Press have launched a national scholarship program designed to support the development of digital and new media skills…...

Women’s health and fitness magazine Self launched its public beta of a mobile, text-based diet program Monday.The Self Diet Tapper sends…...

Music video service Vevo is getting a shot of indie cred Monday. It just launched a partnership with RCRD LBL, a curated site featuring reviews of &…...

Adobe released the public beta of its new website creation software, code-named Muse, on Monday. Unlike Dreamweaver, Adobe’s flagship web…...

Following the havoc wreaked by the London riots, a 20-year-old man from Colchester, England, was arrested for allegedly organizing a giant water…...

When it came time for the band O.A.R to release its seventh studio album, King, it took to the web to pump the disc drop. The group created a…...

Crowdbooster, a private beta startup that measures the resonance of tweets and Facebook status updates, has just introduced Klout influencer not…...

Foursquare is introducing a new feature called Tip Lists that will allow users and brands to bundle their best tips together in lists. Tip lis…...

“I like that the fact that it’s almost impossible to find me if you only Google the word ‘Rewards,’” says Aaron…...

Cheer detergent is rolling out what it claims is an industry first: A clickable YouTube video that takes you to a non-YouTube site.The music video,…...

YouTube, which has quickly become the media site of record, has put together an infographic celebrating five years of political highs and lows. If so…...

Your company just on-boarded another software product that promises to make work better, faster and easier. If you're familiar with tradition…...

With its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google has shown that it is ready to take its investment in mobile to the next level. I…...

The Internet Advertising Bureau on Monday came out against a proposed plan for so-called “.Whatever” domains, charging that it would…...

At least one U.S. carrier is testing LTE for the iPhone, according to a report.Boy Genius Report cites an internal iOS test from an unnamed car…...

The phrase “protect the Android ecosystem” was one Google and Motorola executives bounced around frequently while discussing Google&…...

As any musician can tell you, it’s hard to catch a break in the biz. Montreal Band the Barr Brothers faced considerable grief when trying to g…...

We asked you to submit ideas for our next Mashable Follow badge for a chance to have it designed and launched as part of our social and content…...

Vinyl record sales have increased 55% this year in the UK, demonstrating that the legacy technology still has a niche in the market.Such sales…...

Let’s face it. Unless you run a small- to medium-sized accounting firm, the motivation for starting your own business probably had very l…...

Firefox 6 isn’t scheduled to be released until Tuesday, but Mozilla has uploaded installation files to a FTP server for those who want to…...

Motorola Mobility shares jumped more than 58% on Monday to better than $38.50 per share after Google announced that it would pay $40 per share i…...

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Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

Google announced Monday morning that it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.Motorola is one of 39 manufacturers of handsets that u…...

Google announced Monday morning that it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.Motorola is one of 39 manufacturers of handsets that u…...

Google announced Monday morning that it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.Motorola is one of 39 manufacturers of handsets that u…...

Hackivist group Anonymous attacked San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) website, myBART.org, on Sunday. As of Monday, the site is…...

The dog days of summer are upon us, but that doesn’t mean your Mashable weekend crew was going to be falling asleep in the summer sun R…...

Buddy Media, a company that provides a platform for brand marketing and management on Facebook, has raised a whopping $54 million in a Series D…...

I hate to dash one of your childhood maxims, but people do judge books by their covers. And in web terms, your book cover is your website's h…...

Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is key to most online marketing campaigns today, and it’s often expensive and overwhelming. If the tediou…...

One ingenious baker has found a way to make sure his customers have access to fresh baguettes — a staple of French meals — at all hours.…...

We all know iPads make great presentation devices and are excellent for business travel and chock-full of useful apps. Now, let’s focus o…...

Small and medium business owners are increasingly turning to Twitter as a tool to engage with customers, offer support and market their product…...

Connie Zheng is a PR professional at North of Nine Communications, an innovation communications boutique dedicated to helping clients distinguis…...

You might want to spruce up that Facebook profile pic, because artist Adam Ellis could interpret it for you using his incisive caricature sty…...

Catastrophe struck the Indiana State Fair on Saturday, where a 60mph gust of wind brought down the concert stage where the country music duo Sugarl…...

Catastrophe struck the Indiana State Fair on Saturday, where a 60mph gust of wind brought down the concert stage where the country music duo Sugarl…...

After last week’s bizarre list of trending topics, the good ship Twitter has righted herself again, focusing squarely on what it was buil…...

TGIWeekend! Now that you have a spare moment to catch up on your pleasure reading, prop up your feet to this week’s features roundup.This…...

Apple’s architects were just teasing us in June when they gave us a peek at the company’s new circular headquarters planned for C…...

This interactive YouTube video lets you instantly skip from one segment to the next, deciding exactly what you’ll see and when you’ll se…...

Writing and sending postcards is a traditional vacation ritual and, thanks to the wonders of modern technology, can cost you no more than a litt…...

Let’s imagine Microsoft two years ago, gazing longingly at Apple’s just-released Magic Mouse and wondering how Microsoft might ju…...

Let’s imagine Microsoft two years ago, gazing longingly at Apple’s just-released Magic Mouse and wondering how Microsoft might ju…...

The world’s largest social network is getting nostalgic. Facebook has quietly rolled out a new feature that displays status updates you…...

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Republicans are gearing up for a fight at the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa. It’s often seen as a preliminary barometer on which candidates are…...

Jonathan Stark’s community-giving Starbucks Card is no more. At 7 p.m. PT Friday, Starbucks reluctantly pulled the plug on Stark’s p…...

As a CMO, it's important to understand what clever technology developers and open source leaders have known for years: Great product document…...

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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) shut down cell service at four San Francisco stations Thursday night to thwart a protest attempt. The decision has…...

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) shut down cell service at four San Francisco stations Thursday night to thwart a protest attempt. The decision has…...

Google has begun integrating Google+ into search results with public Google+ posts now appearing in Social Search.Whenever a user publicly shar…...

Jonathan Stark’s feel-good social experiment mutated after entrepreneur Sam Odio repurposed $625 from Jonathan’s Card onto a Starbuc…...

As part of an effort to support LGBT teens, an online campaign wants Sesame Street‘s Bert and Ernie — the male puppet roommates with…...

Seeing that it’s Friday, it’s likely that your mental capacity has degraded to the point at which only one lucid thought can dwell i…...

Facebook and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) are set to meet with Home Secretary Theresa May and other UK officials as the government…...

In another setback for RIM and non-Apple tablets, Sprint Nextel has pulled its support for a PlayBook model that would have run on the carrier&#…...

These days, startups are using cloud-based business apps to store tools for virtually all of their needs. These tools are optimized for the clo…...

Netflix is testing a new “Just for Kids” interface that allows children to browse media by character.Select users who have the fe…...

We don’t know about you, but by the time 3:30 p.m. ET rolls around on a Friday, we’re dancing on the ceiling. Luckily for us (and yo…...

Seeing as you can already add your fetus to Facebook, this is probably foregone conclusion. Mashable Comics are illustrated every week by Kie…...

Social gaming juggernaut Zynga will flip the switch later today on The Pioneer Trail, a new social adventure game within FrontierVille.Unlike a…...

Sam Odio, a serial entrepreneur who previously sold his photo startup Divvyshot to Facebook, has manipulated Jonathan Stark’s now-famous c…...

The term "permission marketing"  seems pretty self-explanatory. It encompasses activities like someone opting-in to receive emails from your…...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos certainly does have an active imagination. He and Amazon VP Greg Heart have applied for a patent for protecting delicate…...

Google+ has decided to ban the use of pseudonyms and nicknames in place of real names. In response to feedback though, users will not be immedia…...

In a sign of growth for the technology, some 14 million people in the U.S. — more than twice the population of Massachusetts — used…...

YouTube sensation Rebecca Black might have gone from anonymous California middle school student to online celebrity overnight, but that doesn…...

On this day in 1981, IBM launched the “Personal Computer.” Revealed at a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, the 21-…...

A federal judge in Indiana has ruled that students who posted photos of themselves with penis-shaped lollipops on social networks should not hav…...

A federal judge in Indiana has ruled that students who posted photos of themselves with penis-shaped lollipops on social networks should not hav…...

Prepare to feel old: 20 years ago, Nickelodeon launched Nicktoons, giving current 20- to 30-somethings enough common ground for a lifetime of aw…...

The Chinese city of Kunming has stopped 22 fake Apple stores from using Apple’s trademarks — including its iconic logo — after…...

Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, is set to receive funding that would give the company a $1.2 billion valuation, according to a report.Citing &…...

Thanks to this week's advertisers and partners for enabling us to bring you the latest social media news and resources. Mashable’s spons…...

A report from one Japanese website marks September 8 as the date of Apple’s next media event, at which some expect the company to launch t…...

A report from one Japanese website marks September 8 as the date of Apple’s next media event, at which some expect the company to launch t…...

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After receiving user backlash over privacy for its newly launch “social ads,” LinkedIn had announced changes to the ad formats.Link…...

The growth of mobile malware has skyrocketed in the past two years.Malware specific to Android devices in particular has been making headlines…...

We’ve seen a number of iPad cases made from recycled materials, but this just tops the charts: iPad cases made from Bernie Madoff’s…...

James Bond fans jonesing for some suave British espionage will be getting a (sort of) brand new GoldenEye this fall. Mashable got some hands-on…...

America is obsessed with its social media tools — more than half of all Americans have a social networking profile. But what does social media t…...

The first pictures of the long-awaited “Ice Cream Sandwich” upgrade to the Android smartphone operating system were leaked to the wo…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

Twitter has rolled out a subtle but significant interface enhancement to its web app, prompting users to publicly reply to a user when they v…...

If the last time you were in a museum you were being shuffled in a single-file line by an aging docent, you may be surprised by the dynamic live…...

Facebook has unveiled a slew of new features for Facebook games just hours after Google launched its gaming platform.The first feature, the G…...

Another day, another iPhone 5 rumor? Not quite. The Apple rumor making the rounds Thursday is that the company will launch a low-cost iPhone 4 a…...

Sure, social music service Turntable.fm is addictive and fun. But after a while, watching all those avatars bobbing their heads can get a litt…...

Advertisers wishing to target Facebook members in specific zip codes can now do so. The social network has made the new targeting option availab…...

In 1895, Nikola Tesla transmitted a radio signal 50 miles from New York City to West Point, NY in the first test of radio transmission. The gol…...

Sometimes, the absurdities of one’s workplace are just too delicious not too share. That was the idea behind short-lived Twitter account,…...

Westfield Malls has taken the wraps off of an in-mall shopping app for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry devices that is both simple and useful —…...

Google+ users may notice something new on top of their streams on Thursday — a small icon signifying that Google+ Games had gone live.The…...

Google+ users may notice something new on top of their streams on Thursday — a small icon signifying that Google+ Games had gone live.The…...

In the name of swift and public justice, the Greater Manchester Police has begun tweeting the identities of people convicted of criminal damage…...

With the Android and iOS platforms growing like weeds, online publishers are scrambling to “mobilize” their video players. Because…...

The Weather Channel, in partnership with Twitter, is launching The Weather Channel Social, a new web, mobile and on-air initiative that will pai…...

Facebook has publicly responded to rumors that it is harvesting numbers from mobile phones and then making them public.The source of the rumors…...

Mercedes is the latest automaker — and likely the only one in the U.S. — to experiment with computer- and smartphone-less Facebook c…...

Mercedes is the latest automaker — and likely the only one in the U.S. — to experiment with computer- and smartphone-less Facebook c…...

Remember that iPad Head Girl video we posted the other week? Well, the folks behind the head have posted a video explaining just what went in…...

The Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Series is supported by Diet Coke. Now, the drink that helps you stay extraordinary brings you extraordinary pe…...

Cablevision and Viacom have announced that they’ve settled their legal dispute over Cablevision’s Optimum apps for iPhone and iPad.…...

Twtrland is a new service that converts Twitter streams into detailed profiles to try and make it easier to decide who to follow. Simply plug…...

Twtrland is a new service that converts Twitter streams into detailed profiles to try and make it easier to decide whom to follow. Simply plu…...

AOL is planning to repurchase $250 million of its outstanding common stock during the next 12 months, the company said in an announcement Thursd…...

Facebook‘s chat bar has gone through multiple iterations recently, and today you may have noticed a new format. Friends whose profiles y…...

Nokia sold more handsets than anyone else in the second quarter, but will likely lose the top slot in Q3, according to a report from Gartner.No…...

Spotify has faced some heat from indie labels that weren’t happy with the service’s payoff, and the company is now responding with a…...

The Buzzword Breakdown Series is supported by The Network, Cisco’s technology news site. The Network features technology news, trends and …...

In light of last weekend’s riots in London, UK Prime Minister David Cameron is considering banning individuals from social media if they a…...

Instead of launching an iPad app for its video-streaming service Vudu, Walmart has launched an iPad-optimized website — bypassing the 30%…...

Check in with Foursquare, and you can get a discount on Redbox movie and game rentals.That, in essence, is the promotion the two services will…...

The Social CEO Series is supported by MessageMaker Social, the social media management system (SMMS) that lets you publish and manage targeted c…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

Smartphone manufacturer HTC is buying a 51% stake in Beats Electronics for $309 million.Beats and HTC have been collaborating to innovate upon…...

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced a five-step plan on Wednesday to update the technology that powers the 911 emergency response system.…...

Parents may think they understand what it’s like to be a teenager today, but they’ve never experienced their teen’s technologi…...

Yap.tv, a social TV guide app for iOS was updated to version 3.0 on Wednesday, adding enhanced navigation, instant live chat and access to bette…...

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable‘s Job Lists section gathers together…...

Boeing promised its 787 Dreamliner would offer a flying experience unlike any other airliner, and now the details are starting to emerge abou…...

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Social discovery tool StumbleUpon has reached a new milestone; its famous “Stumble” button has been clicked more than 25 billion tim…...

Here at Mashable, we’ve been hard at work digging into Google’s new social network. All that searching has turned up even more useful shor…...

In the competitive daily deals space, San Francisco-based Munch On Me is adding a twist to the old group-buying model. Its hope: that it can del…...

Twitter is introducing two new activity-centric features Wednesday in a partial redesign of its web application. The changes, designed to help…...

Boulder-based computer vision startup Occipital has raised $7 million in Series A funding, and aims to leverage the investment to develop a nex…...

Fourteen startups graduated from DreamIt Ventures‘ accelerator program in New York City Wednesday. And thanks to the one of their CEOs, there…...

Revenge is a dish best served cloned. Twitpic founder Noah Everett has unveiled Heello, his feature-for-feature copy of Twitter. The move come…...

Hulu is plotting an international expansion, starting with a move into its first foreign market — Japan — later this year. “I…...

Hip-hop artist Talib Kweli was one of the first musicians to get into Turntable.fm, the still-in-beta service that lets users spin tunes in avatar-f…...

This post reflects the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Mashable as a publication.Billie Edington is a social strategist at …...

We're excited to announce that Tony Bates, Christy Turlington Burns, Heather Armstrong, Kathy Calvin, Brandon Litman and Boaz Paldi will be j…...

Syfy is going beyond the usual cable network level of Twitter integration by expanding the plotline of its supernatural show, Haven, directly on…...

We here at Mashable are huge Douglas Adams fans. What discerning geek isn’t? So when we learned, via iLounge, that an iOS app based on Ada…...

Would you buy your next concert ticket by clicking on a photo? A partnership between image-tagging startup ThingLink and event-ticketing startup…...

Really into Google+? Well, now you have a new tune to jam to whilst jamming people into circles.This little video comes from Break Media and…...

News aggregator Drudge Report, which employs two people in addition to founder Matt Drudge, continues to be one of the largest traffic drivers t…...

Jonathan Stark is such a nice guy that he has given $300 to anonymous people to enjoy drinks and food at Starbucks. But there’s one thing…...

If you work at an SaaS (software as a service) company, it’s likely your revenue is driven by free trials and the rate at which those tri…...

Klout just doubled the number of services it measures to determine your online influence, adding Blogger, Flickr, Instagram, Last.fm and Tumblr…...

Most people don’t have the social steam to power a presence on Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Tumblr. Sure, there are handy apps like…...

Advertisers won’t be the only ones watching your Facebook activity with interest. Now, the New York Police Department will be checking it…...

Videos are standard viral fare of the web — they’re passed around so much that often people have no idea where they came from. A sta…...

TheIcebreak is a newly launched online service that is supposed to help couples improve their relationships the old-fashioned way — separa…...

Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp is in a new digital campaign for Uniqlo, the Japanese retailer.Karp is featured along with dozens of other New Yo…...

The 2011 PGA Championship begins Thursday morning at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Georgia. To allow you to keep track of the proceedings at home…...

MTV is prepping for a follow-up to this spring’s inaugural O Music Awards.MTV Music Group announced Wednesday that the O Music Awards, or…...

Amazon has launched Kindle Cloud Reader, an HTML5 app that lets you read Kindle books in your browser both online and offline, no installation r…...

The Global Innovation Series is supported by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment. It delive…...

Virgin America is using Twitter to get the word out for a 24-hour sale that will give some of its proceeds to a cancer charity.The airline blas…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

So far it seems Facebook’s Messenger app is a hit. After launching just Tuesday afternoon, it’s already the number-one free app in t…...

Toshiba announced the Qosmio F755 3D laptop on Tuesday, describing it as “the world's first laptop capable of displaying glasses-free 3D…...

When dealing with mobile payments, consumers trust credit card companies — such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express — over tech…...

Hackivist group Anonymous vows to “kill Facebook” on November 5, citing users’ lack of choice in privacy as its reason for att…...

After Kno gave up on its textbook ereader earlier this year, it was left with a digital textbook software that had little distinction from other…...

Would you consider getting a crowdsourced tattoo? What if it was for a good cause’?Five people have already volunteered to do exactly tha…...

It’s clear that today’s students rely heavily on electronic devices even when they’re not incorporated in the classroom. In on…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

How much screen time is appropriate for children? Should young kids be exposed to tech for any extended periods of time? The developmental debat…...

Twitter’s photo-sharing and uploading service is now available to all users, Twitter has confirmed.The feature, which made its debut in e…...

Traffic is surging to Twitter and major media websites in the UK as the London riots enter their fourth night.Twitter has been the biggest bene…...

Inmates incarcerated in the state of California who update Facebook, or have third-parties do so on their behalf, will likely soon find their st…...

Boxee, the media center with a social twist, has just rolled out its new iPad app, Boxee for iPad.What makes Boxee for iPad [iTunes link] inter…...

He hunches over his iTunes like a dragon on his jewels, relentlessly clicking through his favorite albums, subjecting the entire office to spec…...

End of the day doldrums dragging you into the abyss? Well, step away from the computer and pick up a pen. It’s time to squiggle.This l…...

On August 9, 1910, 101 years ago to the day, the U.S. Patent Office granted Alva J. Fisher of the Hurley Machine Co. a patent for an electricall…...

Walmart MP3 Downloads, the retailer’s 7-year-old iTunes competitor, will go dark at the end of the month.The company plans to silence the…...

Trying to figure out what shows are going on this weekend, but too lazy to click through all of your favorite bands’ Fan Pages? ConcertCrowd a…...

Even the tiniest tots can participate in the Angry Birds craze. App-maker-turned-entertainment-franchise Rovio has teamed up with baby product m…...

The Startups for Good Challenge has had such great response that the deadline for applications has been extended to Thursday, August 11, 2011,…...

Cablevision has updated its Optimum app for the iPhone and iPod touch to add support for live TV content and access to video on-demand titles.E…...

Gilt Groupe took the wraps off its latest ecommerce venture, a full-price fashion retail site for men.Park & Bond is Gilt’s second d…...

Facebook has unveiled Facebook Messenger, an Android and iPhone app dedicated to sending messages and texts through the world’s largest so…...

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 is being bounced from another continent.The Regional Court of Dusseldorf, Germany, has granted Apple a prelimin…...

Apple's valuation has soared passed that of Exxon Mobil, making the technology giant the world's largest company. Around 1:22 p.m. ET, App…...

Apple's valuation has soared passed that of Exxon Mobil, making the technology giant the world's largest company. Around 1:22 p.m. ET, Ap…...

The Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Series is supported by Diet Coke. Now, the drink that helps you stay extraordinary brings you extraordinary pe…...

Are you one of the few cold-hearted girls who found Lloyd Dobler’s over-the-head-boomboxing in Say Anything kind of creepy? Enter Lloydtub…...

Torn photographs, much like discarded playing cards, are a common sight on city streets. A new blog titled Torn Lives collects those photos, a…...

The web’s dominant URL shortener, Bit.ly, has acquired social publishing tool Twitterfeed. Twitterfeed is a tool that automatically publi…...

YouTubing “that one scene” from your favorite movies just became a little easier. Movieclips is bringing its collection of 20,000 fi…...

MTV has partnered with iCondom to release the iCondom iPhone app, a geo-aware map that’s part tool, part crowdsourced experiment.With the…...

Research In Motion found its official BlackBerry blog hacked Tuesday morning, following statements the company made regarding the London riots.…...

Many of us consider mid-August the dog days of summer: the hottest, stickiest time of year. Those long hours tethered to a desk in front of a co…...

Small businesses don’t seem to be swept up in the social media revolution, according to a new study.Hiscox, a small business insurance pr…...

About 120 million people now use LinkedIn, and 1 million more join every week. But how many users have a professional profile that's actually…...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of "First To Know,"  a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital w…...

AOL posted advertising gains for the first time since 2008, according to its Q2 2011 earnings report out Tuesday. But the increases were not eno…...

A global collective of musicians and tech giants have teamed up for “I’m Gonna Be Your Friend,” a campaign to help Save the Ch…...

After a weekend of riots in London, thousands of Londoners and worldwide supporters are taking to social networks to help reclaim the streets of…...

Digg launched a new social news discovery function called Newswire on Monday.Newswire “gives you the tools to shape the breaking stories…...

Digg launched a new social news discovery function called Newswire on Monday.Newswire “gives you the tools to shape the breaking stories…...

The era of the nine to five job is over. Even just a few years ago, you were expected to commute to work, put in your hours and drive back home. Once…...

Realtime social media tracker Trendrr provided Mashable with a report highlighting the biggest winners in the social TV space for July 2011.As…...

Everyone wants to create the next big thing. In the tech world, that desire has been translated as: “How can I invent the next iPad?" T…...

After powering problem-solving challenges for clients like the U.S. federal government, the city of New York, Michelle Obama, Samsung and the Wo…...

This isn’t quite as epic as “F**K You,” but it comes close: Jaleel White (a.k.a. TV’s Steve Urkel) starred as Cee-Lo…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

The first details have leaked surrounding the BlackBerry Colt, RIM’s first QNX-based smartphone.The device is the company’s attem…...

The stock market took yet another beating with the Dow Jones and the NASDAQ both dropping between 5 and 7%. Twitter users chimed in en masse on…...

The stock market took yet another beating with the Dow Jones and the NASDAQ both dropping between 5 and 7%. Twitter users chimed in en masse on…...

As the riots in London look set to continue for a third night — and to spread to other parts of the UK — details are starting to eme…...

Heeere’s Johnny — again on YouTube.Google, which recently feted Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday, is saluting another classic TV leg…...

Live Nation Entertainment — the merged ticketing, promotions and agency conglomerate formed from Ticketmaster, Live Nation and Front Line…...

Live Nation Entertainment — the merged ticketing, promotions and agency conglomerate formed from Ticketmaster, Live Nation and Front Line…...

Live Nation Entertainment — the merged ticketing, promotions and agency conglomerate formed from Ticketmaster, Live Nation and Front Line…...

Today’s consumers want TV content not just in the web browser, but on smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles — you name it. However,…...

Apple quietly introduced a new 21.5-inch iMac specifically for educational institutions on Monday.The computer, first noticed by MacRumors, co…...

A campaign in the UK recently challenged consumers to find virtual cars. Now, New Balance is running a similar effort in New York asking runners to…...

Garage rock-esque band Sleeper Agent has been gaining its share of buzz for “Get It Daddy,” the first single off of its debut album…...

In the debate over whether social media has a positive or negative effect on education, a new study to be published in Computers & Educatio…...

Spotify launched stateside almost one month ago, and we’re hearing that it already has 1.4 million users signed up for its free trial. Som…...

Old Twitter, the information network’s interface from a simpler time, has passed away after nearly a year of being on its death bed. In i…...

The freefall in stocks continued on Monday with the Dow Jones losing 5.53% and the NASDAQ dropping 6.9% on news of Standard & Poors downgra…...

When going out on a date planned via the web, it’s usually a good idea to let a friend know where and when you’re meeting the person…...

The U.S. stock market today continues to plunge in the wake of the S&P’s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating.Many investors —…...

Do you like your jeans? Would you like them better if they didn’t take at least 1,800 gallons of water to make? Yoxi, a platform that chal…...

Facebook has started grouping status updates by topic, in the hopes that the update will help make sense of your News Feed.Now, should your fri…...

Twitter has purchased lists and interests-focused startup Bagcheck for an undisclosed sum, co-founders Sam Pullara and Luke Wroblewski revealed…...

AT&T is presented as a creepy middle-aged guy harassing T-Mobile in a new ad from Virgin Mobile, playing on the pending T-Mobile/AT&T merg…...

QR codes are a popular (albeit unwieldy) way for bands to get free tunes to their fans. Electro band Data Romance, however, plans to go beyond t…...

Since Google launched its Chrome web store in December, extensions have sprung up to speed up and simplify the messy world of Internet browsing…...

You can add one more app to the burgeoning list of food-truck-locating mobile apps. The digital agency behind Burger King’s Subservient Ch…...

Skype has just released a big update to its Mac application, adding official support for Mac OS X Lion and HD calling.With Skype 5.3, Mac users…...

Kanye West and Jay-Z’s much anticipated collaboration, Watch The Throne, drops today on iTunes, and we’ve got the track “Otis…...

Fruit Ninja, the successful fruit-slicing mobile game franchise, is making its TV debut with the Xbox 360 Kinect.The game, much like its mobile…...

When it comes to The Real Tuesday Weld’s newest album The Last Werewolf: A Soundtrack, there’s something for everyone, whether yo…...

Where do early adopters of consumer tech congregate in the U.S.? Not where you might expect, according to a survey appearing in the September is…...

Apple is being sued over a fast boot feature in Mac OS X, the latest in a series of patent lawsuits involving the tech giant.Patently Apple unc…...

NBC’s America’s Got Talent has announced the 12 acts from YouTube auditions that will perform live on the show Tuesday. Over the p…...

The Facebook Marketing Series is supported by Buddy Media, Power Tools for Facebook. Are you posting blindly? Use our insights to help you deliv…...

Hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for taking down the Syrian Ministry of Defense website, posting in its place a message tha…...

The Noid, Domino’s Pizza‘s long-retired mascot, is making a comeback with a one-week game and promotion on Facebook.The game, The N…...

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It was a lovely weekend here at Mashable, with an unusual crop of delightful stories popping up for the pleasure of readers and writers alike.…...

Increasing research on social media’s effects on human interaction has revealed the development of antisocial behavior, narcissism and a s…...

Cable and Internet provider Comcast is launching a new program to offer discounted Internet service and computers to low-income families.The pr…...

The New York Times launched Beta620, a public beta site for its experimental projects, on Sunday.Users can browse through, test out and give fe…...

This week’s list of top Twitter trends reads more like a deck of Pictionary clues than a snapshot of the real-time web.Car manufacturer…...

Converting Facebook's 750 million active users to Google+ will be a long, difficult battle for the search giant. But converting brands to Google+ w…...

Artist Yiying Lu’s most familiar work is probably the infamous Twitter fail whale. And now her techie repertoire includes illustrations o…...

Among the many cases available for the iPhone, we found several functional and clever cases created especially for iPhotographers. Interested to see h…...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…...

Those quick-response (QR) codes you see spreading far and wide give smartphone users a painless way to go to a company’s website, get discounts…...

When job candidates are considering a position, they often compare the benefits and perks package. We’ve all heard about the Googleplex an…...

Apple’s iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is on the way, and now that the iOS5 beta software is available to developers, clues of a…...

Fifty-three years ago this week, Billboard launched its “Hot 100 Chart,” which at the time tracked top singles based on radio play a…...

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Those hackers calling themselves Anonymous are at it again, this time breaking into 70 law enforcement websites and spreading 10GB of email addresses and confidential credit card data. Members of the ...

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Today would have been comedian Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday, and to commemorate the occasion, there’s an interactive Google Doodle for your viewing pleasure. If you don’t recognize ...

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The state you call home may indicate more than you realize about your mobile phone preferences. In a July report, mobile advertising company Jumptap released a colorcoded map, entitled “United S...

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With 115 million subscribers to its daily deals emails, Groupon’s customer base has already more than doubled in size this year, a new report suggests. Reuters, citing an unnamed source, reports...

A contest awarding a $37,240 scholarship for the “best tweet” didn’t actually involve Twitter, according to a representative from the school. John Yates, 33, won a full MBA scholarsh...

Google+ has signed up 13% of U.S. adults so far and could hit 22%, in a year, passing Twitter and LinkedIn as the number two social media network, according to a new study. The report, based on a...

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When the New York Times rolled out its paywall this spring, The Onion was quick to poke fun. “NYTimes.com's Plan To Charge People Money…...

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Oxfam added a digital twist to one of its stores in London earlier this year — one to make high-end fashion stores envious. Take a smartph…...

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For many people, MySpace was their first foray into social networking, and the site was the world’s top networking site until Facebook sur…...

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YouTube maestros The Fine Brothers have created another 8-bit interactive YouTube game, this time targeting one of the most iconic Saturday morn…...

SiriusXM satellite radio plans to offer personal radio channels like Pandora’s that can replay, skip and ban songs, along with five hours&…...

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British newspaper The Guardian has launched “Guardian Shorts,” a new series of ebooks “providing detailed guides to topical ne…...

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Do you suddenly get the urge to know how much something weighs, down to the decigram? If so, we have the perfect gadget for you: a mouse that…...

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Facebook has had its share of problems over face recognition – a feature that connects a photo of a person’s face with their Faceboo…...

Place these impossibly thin and small Bedphones over your ears and soon you’ll be drifting off to sleepytime land. The idea was to cre…...

Google+ Hangouts are proving one of the most popular features of the new social networking service, but there’s no built-in option to reco…...

Many of us don’t think twice about laying out details of our personal lives in public for all to see. Many might even be using our real names, j…...

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Foursquare.com got a photo-infused facelift Thursday. The location-based service, which lets users post photos along with their checkins, is now…...

By now, almost everyone has been targeted by online advertising. One minute you're browsing for a pair of pants and then for days on end, eve…...

GLMPS, a new photo sharing app for iPhone, differentiates itself from Instagram by trading filters for motion.The app is called GLMPS [iTunes l…...

Gmail is taking a few cues from its tablet apps with Preview Pane, Google’s newest Gmail Labs feature.Preview Pane, which is now availabl…...

Gmail is taking a few cues from its tablet apps with Preview Pane, Google’s newest Gmail Labs feature.Preview Pane, which is now availabl…...

Google, sometimes described as the enemy of publishers, is giving media companies a little more control over its content. The company launched a…...

Water.org is surrendering its Twitter account, @water, for an entire week to the user who racks up the most votes on its site.To enter, you mus…...

Groupon, the ready-to-IPO daily deals juggernaut, has announced its acquisition of Obtiva, a Chicago-based Ruby on Rails software development fi…...

Google and Microsoft exchanged some words via social media on Thursday as the PR war over patents continued.Google, which launched the first mi…...

LinkedIn generated $121 million in revenue and $4.5 million in income in Q2, beating Wall Street expectations in its first quarter as a public…...

If you’ve been glued to The Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, but are experiencing withdrawal symptoms while away from your TV, then we ha…...

Lollapalooza kicks off Friday in Chicago. If you’re unable to attend, take heart: You can still look at snaps, all cast in various flatter…...

In an eyebrow-raising trademark battle, Facebook filed suit against adult dating site Shagbook in May. Facebook’s contention: that the wor…...

U.S. stock markets are tanking, and tech stocks are plunging too. Which tech companies are weathering the storm and which ones are getting hamme…...

Virgin America will celebrate its fourth anniversary with a unique Twitter promotion that challenges attendees at the Giants-Phillies game to lo…...

Back in 1963, the Beatles crooned about wanting to “hold your hand.” In 2011, a Japanese cellphone accessory store has created the p…...

The Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Series is supported by Diet Coke. Now, the drink that helps you stay extraordinary brings you extraordinary pe…...

We heard that it was on its way to an iOS device near you, and now Rdio for iPad has finally arrived.Social music subscription service Rdio is…...

Warner Bros. released the public beta of Flixster Collections, a new service that aims to help fans manage and share their movie and TV collecti…...

How do you get through to today’s shuffling “Lost Generation”? If actor Miles Fisher’s new music video is any indicat…...

Quixey, the nascent search engine for web and mobile applications backed by Eric Schmidt, is expanding its scope to include third-party Faceboo…...

The Social-Savvy Food Truck Series is supported by the Ben and Jerry’s Scoop Truck. For more information on the scoop truck and where it s…...

Were you hoping for a PlayStation Vita for Christmas? Well, maybe next year.Sony’s portable player won’t go on sale in the U.S. and…...

PeopleBrowsr has launched Playground, a deep social analytics platform designed to be an all-in-one social media solution for the enterprise.Pe…...

Apparently GagaVille wasn’t enough avatar action for Mother Monster. We’re hearing reports that Lady Gaga and Kanye West have invest…...

They've starred in commercials, a TV show and now, thanks to a new iPhone app, the Geico Cavemen can also appear in your photos. The video above,…...

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In-flight connectivity provider Gogo has launched Gogo Vision, bringing streaming video to American Airlines’ entire fleet of 15 Boeing 76…...

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Skype announced in June one-on-one video chat for Android, but the feature was only available on a handful of smartphones. Now, the company has…...

New research portrays the UK as a smartphone-addicted country. Mobile data services have increased 40-fold in a three-year period in the country…...

Apple’s controversial iPhone location-tracking practices aren’t sitting well with South Korean authorities — the Korean Commun…...

A man from Sweden was arrested after it was discovered he was trying to split atoms and build a nuclear reactor in his kitchen, blogging about t…...

Google Realtime Search is coming back soon, and it will include data from Google+ and other social sources.Realtime Search was, until last mont…...

EducateNCare is an online personal tutoring service with a social good twist. A portion of each tutoring session’s cost helps educate chil…...

While nobody’s calling Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a fashion plate, he certainly doesn’t deserve to be on another worst-dressed li…...

While nobody’s calling Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a fashion plate, he certainly doesn’t deserve to be on another worst-dressed li…...

Just when we had almost given up hope on Nokia, along comes "Gulp,"  a promotional stop-motion animation that broke a world record as the largest…...

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The Sims Social is on its way to Facebook, and here are the developers and producers who created the game talking about how it works. An interestin…...

The Sims Social is on its way to Facebook, and here are the developers and producers who created the game talking about how it works. An interestin…...

It’s no secret how much most people are attached to their cellphones, but now TeleNav has released a survey showing just how willing Ameri…...

Domain registrar and web host Network Solutions has been acquired by Web.com. Web.com, an Internet services and online marketing solutions compa…...

Appcelerator and IDC released their Q3 Mobile Developer Report on Wednesday, which looks at how mobile developers currently view the smartphone…...

Google used its Official Blog on Wednesday to publicly kvetch about what it calls an “organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Ora…...

Facebook Director of Marketing Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of founder Mark Zuckerberg, has decided to leave Facebook to start her own company.…...

“Baby Beluga” was so 30 years ago. The new hot jam among the denizens “under the sea” is Mariachi music, as evidenced…...

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In honor of Wi-Fi Day Tuesday — 8.02.11 — Mashable asked our community to tell us about the best Wi-Fi network names they’v…...

If you're a freelancer, consultant or other independent worker, chances are you abandoned the comfortable and steady office paycheck to becom…...

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable‘s Job Lists section gathers together…...

Morgan Spurlock, of Super Size Me fame, is bringing original content to Hulu with A Day in the Life, a six-part documentary that follows the wak…...

Instagram’s more than 7 million registered users have now uploaded a grand total of 150 million photos, the startup announced Wednesday. T…...

The Global Innovation Series is supported by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment. It delive…...

Back in high school, Blink 182 was the band that everybody loved or loved to hate. Well, the boys are back with their first single in eight years (a…...

Google has partnered with Best Buy to offer the Nexus S Android smartphone for free.The phone, which is available on T-Mobile, AT&T or Spri…...

The Social Media 101 Series is sponsored by Global Strategic Management Institute. GSMI’s Social Media Strategies Series are the leading e…...

Time Inc. is embracing the tablet category full-on, vowing to bring all 21 of its magazines to not just the iPad, but to “all leading tabl…...

Teacher Katie Rieser once purchased a $700 student response system, better known as “clickers,” for her high school classroom with m…...

Facebook’s face-recognition photo-tagging system violates German and European privacy laws, says the city of Hamburg’s data protecti…...

Yahoo‘s email service appeared to be suffering an outage Wednesday, though not all users were affected.The site is producing an error mes…...

The Public Radio Exchange has teamed up with music intelligence company The Echo Nest to create an iOS app that serves up music news based on yo…...

A series of cyberattacks that targeted more than 70 organizations in 14 countries throughout the last five years was uncovered by Internet secur…...

Isaiah Mustafa won the “Hunk Off” with Fabio last week, but the real winner appears to be the Old Spice brand, which racked up 22 mi…...

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The Nielsen Co., which is known for its TV ratings, will soon be offering a ratings service for Facebook campaigns as well.The Nielsen relation…...

Twitter has started gradually rolling out a new, HTML5-based version of Twitter.com for the iPad. Besides being fully HTML5-based, the new ve…...

Remember the recent study from a Canadian company showed users with lower than average IQs are more likely to use Internet Explorer than other b…...

A webpage owner has seemingly unlimited choice in products that slice and dice information about those who visit his or her page. Real time? Per…...

Research in Motion has launched BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 and two new Torch models, BlackBerry Torch 9810 and 9850/9860. The two BlackBery B…...

Foursquare business pages are no longer limited to large brands with the money and clout to buy Foursquare’s limited and in-demand dev res…...

AT&T is offering a total of $25,000 in its “Power Your Future” mobile app development contest, which is focused on discovering…...

Instant Pages, a feature that enables almost instantaneous loading of certain web pages, has made its way to the stable version of Google Chrome…...

Google has released an update for the Google+ Android app, adding bug fixes and an improved notification system.Version 1.0.5 of the app includes 1…...

As is usually the case with startups, Turntable.fm is not the only music-listening room service on the block. There’s also Outloud.fm, w…...

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Group texting app GroupMe is out with version 3.0 of the service. It adds a slew of updates, including direct messaging, a new beta feature call…...

Google has expanded the scope of Gmail’s phone calling feature, reducing the cost of international phone calls and making the feature avai…...

Google has expanded the scope of Gmail’s phone calling feature, reducing the cost of international phone calls and making the feature avai…...

Oxfam is putting the world food crisis right under your mouse. The organization has just released an interactive map showing how countries the w…...

When New York search company PeekYou happened to start crunching the numbers on GOP candidates’ Twitter followers last month, they encoun…...

When New York search company PeekYou happened to start crunching the numbers on GOP candidates’ Twitter followers last month, they encoun…...

AOL has released ‘Editions’, a social newsreading app for the iPad, furnishing device owners with yet another way to get their news…...

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Twitter is finally retiring the old version of its social media service, nearly a year after the launch of New Twitter.“If you’re…...

Skype released its official iPad app earlier this week, offering iPad and iPad 2 users a way to chat by text, voice or video with their Skype pa…...

Pulse, a news reader application for iOS and Android, has signed a partnership with ESPN to bring the sports entertainment brand’s content…...

Chances are you don’t leave home without your mobile phone, but how much do you actually know about our portable telephonic devices and their fa…...

The Economist rolled out both an Android tablet edition and all-access subscription options Tuesday.The newsweekly joins Sports Illustrated and…...

Google+ has hit 25 million visitors and "  despite a recent contrary report "  users are spending more time there as well, according to comSco…...

Google+ has hit 25 million visitors and "  despite a recent contrary report "  users are spending more time there as well, according to comSco…...

The Public Interest Registry, the non-profit that runs the .org domain name has officially announced its intention to grab the soon-to-be-releas…...

Today's numeric date -- 8.02.11 -- resembles the name for the earliest set of standards for Wi-Fi, 802.11, and the similarity has inspired some people to declare today "Wi-Fi Day."...

At 30,000 feet, Apple’s iOS devices reign supreme. According to data from Gogo, a Wi-Fi provider on several airlines including American,…...

Recently, I stated my thoughts on why daily deal sites are here to stay, and it lead me to start thinking about the daily deal space a bit more…...

The iPhone 5 could help Apple double its market share in the smartphone category and come close to catching up with Android, according to a repo…...

Facebook announced Tuesday it has acquired stealth startup Push Pop Press. Co-founded by a former Apple designer, Push Pop Press is best known f…...

Although we have yet to see brand or business pages on Google+, we have certainly seen folks using the new social network in interesting ways. The l…...

How does a tablet-maker compete with the iPad 2? By playing up product attributes — like being thinner, faster and lighter.That’s S…...

The Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Series is supported by Diet Coke. Now, the drink that helps you stay extraordinary brings you extraordinary pe…...

Readers of The Huffington Post like to share their opinions: That much is obvious from the comment counts on its stories, which can frequently n…...

Readers of The Huffington Post like to share their opinions: That much is obvious from the comment counts on its stories, which can frequently n…...

At the first ever New York City TechStars demo day in April, there were about as many cameras roaming around as there were startups that had jus…...

You know that old expression: “I can read you like a book”? Well, a new viral video promoting Cosmo‘s new iPad-only magazin…...

Consumer-facing QR codes are hitting mainstream America hard this summer. Despite the idea that a rising tide lifts all boats, many well-intent…...

Google Android captured 48% of the smartphone market in Q2 of 2011, hitting an all-time high, according to a report by market research firm Cana…...

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC plans to launch six to eight new smartphones in the third quarter.Continuing its upward trajectory, HTC exceeded…...

Intuit has publicly launched Brainstorm, its web-based collaboration tool that had only been previously used internally at the company.Brainsto…...

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Owners of HP’s tablet TouchPad just received their first over-the-air software update, with a new version of webOS 3.0.2 which brings R…...

Apparently there was a time when Google didn’t dominate almost every aspect of our Internet lives, as a hilarious game show appearance by…...

July was a month of escapism punctuated by tragic real-life events, if the month’s list of top trending topics on Twitter is any guide. A…...

Too agoraphobic to make it to one of those outdoor jazz concerts? Well, then, check out YouTube Free Jazz, an interesting little digital art p…...

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Skype has released its official iPad app to the iOS App Store, bringing its live video service to both 3G and Wi-Fi data connections.Skype for …...

Update: Skype has pulled its iPad app from the App Store. The company says that the app went live prematurely.-Skype has released its official…...

Klout now factors in YouTube activity as part of its scoring system for social influence.The feature, which rolled out on Monday evening, all…...

Klout now factors in YouTube activity as part of its scoring system for social influence.The feature, which rolled out on Monday evening, all…...

Office design is so crucially important to the success of your company, it’s well worth consulting professionals to get it right. “…...

GOP candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has had one consolation during his faltering Presidential campaign: the size of his Twitter…...

Apple has unveiled the beta for iCloud, the company’s new suite of media streaming and cloud-based services.The new beta, which is availa…...

A technology firm told members of British Parliament that its client, News International, requested the deletion of hundreds of thousands of ema…...

Airbnb, the self-described “marketplace for spaces,” has issued an unconditional apology for how it treated one of its users after…...

Community website COMMON has rounded up 10 promising startup initiatives that are using tech to do some social good. The contest to find them, C…...

Cosmopolitan, long the resident authority on heterosexual dating and mating for teenage and adult women alike, has launched its first magazine f…...

About 75 developers from across the United States (and at least one from Canada) accepted New York City Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne̵…...

The book industry is in upheaval. The recent news that Borders will liquidate and shutter all of its 399 stores is the latest sign of print's…...

Expectant parents can announce the good news to their Facebook friends via a brand new Facebook family member status option.Facebook’s 75…...

Expectant parents can announce the good news to their Facebook friends via a brand new Facebook family member status option.Facebook’s 75…...

U.S. President Barack Obama’s #Compromise campaign, which blasted his Twitter followers with the handles of reps to write to, may have cos…...

At 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981, the words “Ladies an gentlemen, rock and roll” were spoken over a montage of the first space shuttl…...

Words With Friends, the popular Zynga mobile game, is heading to Facebook, Zynga has confirmed.The new version of the word game will offer cont…...

With 48 hours of video being uploaded to YouTube every minute, 200 million tweets being posted every day and the average Facebook user creating…...

Ever wanted to collaborate with your favorite musician? You could follow in the footsteps of L.A.-based musician AM, whose email to Shawn Lee…...

Ever wanted to collaborate with your favorite musician? You could follow in the footsteps of L.A.-based musician AM, whose email to Shawn Lee…...

Apple has quietly enhanced iCloud support for the iTunes Store, allowing users to re-download past television purchases and access them from iTu…...

Ad agency Weiden + Kennedy, which is behind the Old Spice “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” campaign, introduced “Human Twitter&…...

Despite a flood of new entrants, the daily deals category is still red-hot, as evidenced by Google’s purchase of deals aggregator Dealmap.…...

The Twitter community saved a South African mother’s life following a string of suicidal tweets Friday. Beginning at 9:17 p.m. local time…...

The new set of features offered by Google+ represents the next chapter for the social web, helping it move from a platform that facilitates conversat…...

Twitter confirmed Tuesday that it has raised a “significant round of funding led by the venture firm DST Global, with the participation of…...

One week before her first live performance at Sweden’s Way Out West, Jonna Lee (a.k.a. iamamiwhoami) is out with a new video — a…...

In the world of social media marketing, Facebook and Twitter dominate — but advertising on YouTube, LinkedIn and Foursquare is expected to…...

Air New Zealand is continuing its use of celeb cameos with a new video featuring Lindsay Lohan being interviewed by Rico, the airline’s puppet…...

Twitter launched in Dutch and Indonesian Monday, bringing the microblogging service’s total count of supported languages to 11.Dutch and…...

Ra Ra Riot’s Mathieu Santos is out with a robot-themed video for the first single from his upcoming solo album, Massachusetts 2010 R…...

Samsung has agreed to hold off bringing the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Australia until it resolves its patent lawsuit with Apple, Inc.Apple and Samsung…...

The Facebook Marketing Series is supported by Buddy Media, Power Tools for Facebook. Are you posting blindly? Use our insights to help you deliv…...

Google+ continued its dominance on our monthly most-shared stories list — securing seven spots — but news items about the comeback o…...

There is one rule that typically holds true for all small businesses — they care about their customers. To a small company, customers are…...

As Twitter increasingly becomes a tool for journalists — and now a tool for political acts — they must find ways to filter their str…...

The original Yankee Stadium was demolished in 2010, but some of the seats have survived and are now being used in a Facebook Places campaign for…...

Contrary to some recent rumors, the next generation iPhone is coming in October, not September, All Things Digital reports quoting sources famil…...

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Google’s web browser Chrome is now the second most popular browser in the United Kingdom, according to web metrics company Statcounter. C…...

Google’s web browser Chrome is now the second most-popular browser in the United Kingdom, according to web metrics company Statcounter. C…...

It was a tense weekend in Washington, but that didn’t mean the rest of the world couldn’t relax through the warmth of summer (or dea…...

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ordered on Wednesday that the iPods.com domain name be transferred to Apple from parking sit…...

Adobe released a public preview of Adobe Edge, its new web motion and interaction design tool, on Monday. Edge enables users to create animated…...

Foxconn, a company that manufacturers parts used in Apple’s iPhone and iPad, said it aims to replace workers with 1 million robots in the…...

Appropriately, in a conversation that took place on Twitter, a White House aide said Sunday night that Twitter influenced the recently announced agree…...

For startups, selling advertising agencies on your technology can be fraught with difficulty. As startups emerge from their development cycles,…...

Among magazines, Sports Illustrated has emerged as a leader in the digital age.In addition to its print edition, the title has produced a tab…...

It appears the hacker group Anonymous has hijacked the Twitter account belonging to Anders Behring Breivik, the man behind the attacks earlier t…...

The portable and rechargeable Sound Freaq Sound Step Recharge is a Bluetooth speaker that lets you charge and play music from your iPad, iPhon…...

Everyone knows that LinkedIn profiles are great online resumes, but did you know they can also be terrific sales lead generation engines? Your…...

You’re looking at the bike of the future, where you’ll control gear shifts with your mind. This design concept is now in the prototype…...

Group deal sites are booming, putting them in a great place for hiring, and that’s exactly where LivingSocial is. In January 2010, the com…...

WorkSmart Labs already makes some of the most successful health and fitness apps for the Android platform, with a total of 7 million users gain…...

A wave of nostalgia served as an escape from summer heat and tragedy last week on Twitter, as a Nickelodeon ’90s retrospective took the t…...

The social media landscape is changing quickly, but this change won't be immediate, or for that matter, efficient. And that’s going to…...

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Businesses love cause marketing, and the belief is that supporting a good cause translates into stronger sales.The Cause Marketing Forum has s…...

An F-16 fighter jet ran off the end of a runway and crashed at the EAA AirVenture convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Friday. The lucky Alabama Air…...