Articles by Mashable from December 2011

RIM‘s mobile market share fell from 7.1% to 6.5% between September and November, according to a recent report. During the same tim…...

A 16 year-old girl who was once deemed one of the youngest Microsoft Professionals in the world, is in critical condition after suffering cardia…...

Verizon‘s been having a lousy month. On top of the PR disaster of introducing a new $2 service fee for paying bills online, the wireless c…...

Fans of Google Doodles — the charming illustrations and re-imaginations of “Google” that appear on the site’s main pag…...

In-demand products, unparalleled site design and usability, competitive search engine marketing, continuous innovative, exciting holiday specia…...

Big-ticket product launches like the Galaxy Nexus and Kindle Fire got gobs of attention this year. But between the marquee product unveilings there we…...

First, the obvious: Go Daddy runs horrible, sexist Super Bowl ads. PETA members and others who think animals should be treated kindly are fully…...

Millions of people have been invited to New Year’s Eve events through Facebook this year. Social planning startup Hotlist cataloged more than 1…...

You can now add Go Daddys name to the list of companies that actively oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act. In the space of a little more than a…...

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

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When Mark Hurd resigned from Hewlett-Packard in August 2010, it was a shock to the PC industry. HP’s board forced Hurd out when he f…...

While the world rings in 2012, a team at NASA will be eschewing the festivities to keep a close eye on the moon. Or rather, a close eye on…...

After hackers broke into its website on Dec. 24, Stratfor has partnered with an identity protection service in an effort to give subscribers som…...

A cookie-shaped, easy-to-use, $199 video-conferencing solution is impressive, but wrapping it up in packaging that resembles a mash-up between Apple…...

Three appeals court judges unanimously upheld a controversial federal law on Thursday — one that grants immunity to phone companies that g…...

It seems like every single year is “the year of gaming,” if only because the genre keeps getting bigger and bigger. Everyone thought…...

Dec. 29 is also known as “Dump GoDaddy Day.” The initiative to move domains hosted with GoDaddy to other domain registrars was start…...

The New York TImes Magazine has scoured the web for the final tweets of some of 2011′s biggest personalities and avid tweeters who died th…...

The New York TImes Magazine has scoured the web for the final tweets of some of 2011′s biggest personalities and avid tweeters who died th…...

Despite claiming to be America’s most reliable network, Verizon customers reported outages Dec. 8, 21 and 28. Wednesday’s outa…...

How B2B products and services are purchased and sold is rapidly changing. Some call it the consumerization of IT, but perhaps it’s the c…...

Eighteen-year-old Ben Breedlove died on Christmas Day after fighting a serious heart condition for most of his life. Shortly before his de…...

Eighteen-year-old Ben Breedlove died on Christmas Day after fighting a serious heart condition for most of his life. Shortly before his de…...

The Chinese government released a report on Thursday that reveals details about the countrys plans to grow its space program — by creating n…...

Social media curation tool Storify doled out its Story of the Year honor Thursday to Josh Stearns, who is using the service to keep track of jou…...

Google is the top digital brand for 2011, followed by Facebook and Yahoo, according to recent research tracking unique monthly visitors p…...

Would you be more likely to stick with your New Years resolutions if they were printed on balloons and set free in the Middle Eastern sky? Thank…...

Where does the world’s largest collection of Apple-related history live? In a fascinating archive owned and operated by Stanford U…...

Tablets and ereaders are so 2011 — a global group of material scientists have found a way to turn cotton into transistors and electrical c…...

The iPad is certainly the top tablet as far as consumers are concerned, but businesses strongly prefer it, too. That’s the word from the i…...

Your social media profiles have morphed as the sites they live on have changed. So has the way people view them.To get a better idea of how pr…...

If one Seattle man had his way, all playing cards would have faces — the faces of Internet memes. Ray Thomas has launched a Kickstarter…...

As long as brands want to improve and increase social media engagement and fellowship, they’ll need authentic, relevant, community-orient…...

A Facebook app created by Visa in conjunction with the NFL will help you assemble a team of your 10 closest Facebook friends for a Super Bowl-th…...

Streaming music site Spotify has released its list of this year’s most-played tracks on the site, and indie-pop band Foster the People no…...

Social media continued to thrive in 2011 as it fomented revolutions in Egypt, Libya and Bahrain. But investors appeared to be a lot less enthral…...

What do you do after your site grows to 800 million users and expands to 1 trillion pageviews per month? Why, plan a $100 billion IPO, of course…...

Redbox, the kiosk rental company that has outpaced traditional retail rental shops, has shared its most rented films of 2011.With Netflix making the…...

Dust off your old and beat up records, there might just be a way to get them to sing again. Scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Library h…...

Verizon customers who make single payments by phone or online will be charged a $2 fee per payment starting January 15. The new fee is intended…...

Members of the Reddit community have launched a digital grassroots campaign against pro-SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) politicians.Redditors beg…...

Amazon just released huge numbers regarding its Kindle sales over the holiday season, as the company sold more than 4 million of the devices.It was t…...

In 2011, many companies knew they needed to move beyond simply creating and distributing ads for their products. They needed to create content…...

This past year was a big one for the QR code as the mobile call-to-action surfaced in campaigns for The Home Depot, Taco Bell and other mainstre…...

We asked Formspring, Ask.com, Quora and ChaCha to compile lists of their most popular questions of 2011....

Graduate student Liz Langer has recovered a stranger’s Mercedes keys from a sewer using a fishing pole and magnet. She’s assembled 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 leaked subpoena sent to Twitter this month by the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office in Boston is causing some hoopla on the web and r…...

Heads Up with Cristiano Ronaldo — a mobile game featuring the Portuguese soccer star — has already been a hit for parent company Ro…...

As previously noted, this Christmas was a big one for the smartphone category. While Flurry Analytics found that 6.8 million Android and…...

You want to deliver marketing content that packs a punch and drives sales, but you dont have a lot of money to spread around. You might want…...

In what may be the first marriage proposal on Google+, a man asked his girlfriend to marry him on the network via the game Crime City. On…...

Klout is a hot-button issue in the social networking world, and its a touchy subject for many.The two-year-old company which provides so…...

Occupy Wall Street activists are developing a social network called The Global Square for the generation of protesters.We dont want to tr…...

The votes have been cast, the results have been tallied and the death of Osama bin Laden has been named the top news story of 2011 according t…...

Now that Facebook Timeline is available to the public, the social network has integrated the new look and feel with its Android, mobile…...

It’s possible your Roomba has more to say online than you do.A new social network, MyRobots, hopes to be the “Facebook for robots.&…...

Internet shoppers were happy with Amazon and disappointed in Netflix this holiday season, according to a study released Wednesday.In an…...

Regardless of whether you ever subscribed to home delivery of The New York Times, you may have received an email on Wednesday that offered to gi…...

Startups have an inherently predictive quality. As the innovation engines of the economy, what startups figured out in 2011 will likely appear o…...

Note: Due to some strong language, this video may not be safe for work.Twitter was quieter than usual on Sunday, Christmas day. So comedy wr…...

Amazon is poised to make a major leap into social shopping thanks to a rash of recent hires from Quorus (formerly Fridge Door), a company whose…...

The early days of social commerce have mostly been about broadcasting, giving people ways to share the products they like in the hopes that the…...

We usually rely on year-end box office numbers and movie critics to determine which films most captivated our hearts and attention — where this…...

Next time you whine about your overflowing inbox, you could have some data to back you up. Email template tool ToutApp has launched a free app t…...

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We all know (or should know) that there’s no magic formula to creating a “viral video,” but there are some core ingredie…...

Come celebrate the Mashable Awards winners and the best of digital at MashBash during CES in Las Vegas! You can expect a night of networking, d…...

The White House’s social media moguls turned to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube to drum up public support for extending the payroll…...

The holidays have been particularly jolly for the gang making Raspberry Pi, the tiny Linux-based PC that’s going to cost just $25. If the…...

If you’re a new owner of a Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet, you’re in for a treat — the sleek device is exceptional for readin…...

The second round of iPhone 5 rumors has officially begun, speculating a redesigned front rim in rubber or plastic, possibly to connect the…...

A new startup backed by the founders of I Can Has Cheezburger and geo-location app service SimpleGeo aims to change the way we read news.Detai…...

The year 2011 brought extraordinary progress for online journalism. From breaking news curation to new revenue models, many an organization put…...

People predicted rioting when Twitter decided to post ads within its feeds. However, those protests never materialized. Instead, Twitter was use…...

When sitting down for a job interview at a top U.S. tech company, you’d typically expect the interviewer to hammer you with questions test…...

Beta builds of the Dropbox software for Mac, Windows and Linux has added a nifty new feature to the cloud-storage service: Automatic photo uploa…...

Google began positioning its new flight-finding feature at the top of general search results for airline booking information earlier this month…...

One in every seven minutes online and three out of every four minutes on social networking sites are spent on Facebook, according to a com…...

Google has officially unveiled YouTube Slam, an interactive video-discovery tool that randomly spits out two videos at time for one-on-one battl…...

It seems like only yesterday that the Windows Phone Marketplace hit 40,000 apps — actually, it was Nov. 17 — and now Microsoft…...

The makers behind the popular Infinity Blade 2 app — which shot to the top of the iTunes download charts earlier this month — are w…...

Paul Allen, a Google+ watcher whose estimates about the social network’s growth have proved accurate in the past, claims that the site now…...

Paul Allen, a Google+ watcher whose estimates about the social network’s growth have proved accurate in the past, claims that the site now…...

There may be preconceptions that faithful Americans skew older in age and are traditionally set in their ways, but according to a new stud…...

Social games have begun to influence consumer behavior and purchases. According to Saatchi & Saatchi, 66% of tablet owners play social gam…...

“Twitter has fundamentally changed the way I make films,” film director, actor, writer and producer Edward Burns told me. At first b…...

2012 promises to be a very busy year in all things digital, but, as with any annum, there will be just a handful of big, memorable trends. Here,…...

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees broke the NFL‘s 27-year-old single-season passing record Monday night, and the feat immedi…...

So, the Christmas elves made you an iPhone 4S? Lucky you. What’s particularly useful about owning an Apple phone is that manufacturers around th…...

Apparently, a lot of people spent Christmas Day turning on their new smartphones and downloading apps. Assessing the data from the busiest day o…...

Apparently, a lot of people spent Christmas Day turning on their new smartphones and downloading apps. Assessing the data from the busiest day o…...

Mobile payment app LevelUp will launch with its first national brand partner, Villa Pizza, on New Years Eve. Members of the annual Time Square N…...

IOS isn’t the only platform that lets you have fun on the go! For those with Android phones and tablets, choose from many fun games that span th…...

Pandora is bringing aspects of its new live concert series to the web. The personalized web radio service launched its new live concert series…...

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…...

Venture capitalist Paul Holland isn’t just a general partner at Foundation Capital, he’s also a documentarian. He directed So…...

Officials at China’s independent satellite navigation system announced Tuesday their GPS alternative is available to the public, reports t…...

Online lotteries and poker may be poised to become legal thanks to a new decision by the Justice Department reinterpreting the Wire Act of 1961.…...

Theres an unpleasant moment that occurs for entrepreneurs more often than it should. Someone asks for your business card, and you hand it ov…...

The apps market continued to grow in 2011, with millions of apps now available across the major mobile platforms. With so many apps out there, itR…...

The status quo for visual content has always been that its creation, delivery and consumption have clearly delineated borders. Content creators…...

A Utah woman held captive for five days used a Facebook status update to save her and her 17-month-old son from a grisly hostage situation.The…...

Welcome to this mornings edition of First To Know, a series in which we keep you in the know on whats happening in the digital world…...

Star Wars: The Old Republic, the latest MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Game) from BioWare & Electronic Arts, already has…...

Reddit user SelfProdigy has declared Dec. 29 Dump GoDaddy Day, following the domain registrar’s short-lived public support for the S…...

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 fifth installment in the annual “United State of Pop” mashup series from Jordan Roseman — a laptop-based DJ better known a…...

You’ve probably heard a lot about Pinterest over the last few months. Not only has the company received $27 million in venture funds, but…...

Noah Kravitz left his former employer PhoneDog in October 2010 on good terms. Now the company is suing him for $340,000 for the 17,000 fol…...

Much like any other year, 2011 experienced major events that shook the world, whether the Arab Spring uprisings in the Middle East or the worldw…...

StumbleUpon, the site that lets you discover the web through its “Stumble!” button, released its Best of StumbleUpon 2011 package, includi…...

Sen. Joe Lieberman is calling on Twitter to block accounts affiliated with the Taliban and accounts that support the organization. The ch…...

A colleague here at Mashable proposed an Onion-style spoof story entitled “Google Buys Everyone,” which would detail how the search…...

Did you get a new iPad for Christmas and don’t know where to begin downloading? Apple launched its 12 Days of Christmas App Monday,…...

Be honest: has Facebook chat ever been your favorite form of instant messaging? For many of us, Gchat, Skype or even AIM are our preferred defaults. N…...

Non-traditional resumes, while unique and eye-catching, may limit a job applicant’s chances of landing his or her dream job.Many companies, esp…...

In 2011, online advertising has beaten out print and radio as the number two place ad dollars are spent. But how did it come to be that way? Four thou…...

If you’ve recently purchased or been gifted a Kindle Fire, congratulations! You’re now the owner of one of the best tablets on the m…...

Ever since YouTube became a place where anyone could realistically become a celebrity, brands have been trying to figure out how and what makes…...

Sometime in the future, Apple devices such as the iPhone, iPad and MacBook might work longer than ever on a smaller and lighter battery pack. Ho…...

With the sound of sleighbells still jangling in our half-frozen ears, we plowed through our Christmas rituals and at the same time kept on worki…...

LG‘s upcoming OLED TV panel measures 55 inches and comes with a contrast ratio of over 100,000:1, the company has announced. The panel is…...

It may be mid-winter, but sports are still in full-swing. The NBA is coming back, the NFL playoff races are in high gear, and even soccer and hockey f…...

Jobs and Woz. Larry and Sergey. Jack, Biz and Evan. Mark and Eduardo. Many of today’s most notable and successful tech companies were born not…...

Hacker group Anonymous began its promised week of Christmas hacks, assaulting a long list of targets. The first Anonymous hack resulted in stole…...

Ever since we got our iPhone 4S, we’ve been having a lot of fun with its built-in digital assistant, Siri. An excellent repository to all…...

Last week, we asked our readers to share the story behind their favorite tech-related holiday gift.The best story wins an Xbox Kinect Bundle (p…...

Christmas is finally here, and many of you are knee-deep in techno-goodness, enjoying the wonderful gifts Santa brought to you. We’re dyin…...

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

The holiday season shouldn’t just be about giving to your friends and family — here are some hot website tips to give some much-needed tou…...

So, Santa dropped an iPad 2 down your chimney? Lucky you. One of the great things about buying into the Apple craze is the rich and diverse range of a…...

With the holidays in full swing, that means the new year is just around the corner. Here at Mashable, we’ve been reflecting on the changes…...

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Take a look at this Christmas music video by songwriter Bobby Smith, starring his wife Kelley and himself in a dancetastic musicale that takes Chris…...

Santa Claus needs a tremendous amount of tech backup to effectively deliver presents to every childs house in the world before the sun rises…...

Have you tried Google+ Hangouts? Apparently, the Muppets have, and Google wants you to know about it. Here’s a new ad rolled out this week, wh…...

Santa is about to start making his rounds, but what’s this? He’s busy doing something else? What is it? It certainly couldn’…...

Imagine yourself propelled 20 years into the future (or in one case, 45 years into the past), and that gives you a preview of what you’re about…...

Air Jordan XI shoes were released Friday to mobs of eager shoppers, hoping to snag a pair of the retro Nike sneaks. Amid reported arrests and ro…...

Hanson Hosein is the Director of the Master of Communication in Digital Media at the University of Washington. Hes written Storyteller Uprisi…...

There are millions of photos linked in tweets each week, but we’ve looked for the ones that resonated the most with Twitter users. We̵…...

This year has lent itself to a slew of new buzzwords, and gamification is easily one of the most buzzed about in the marketing industry. Busin…...

YouTube‘s full of fresh videos this year, spreading some heart-warming, albeit comical, Christmas cheer. We’ve rounded up some favorites,…...

We’re back again for a weekly roundup of the top Mashable comments of the week.In this post, we showcase the week’s best comments…...

And now for a Christmas gift we know you’ll enjoy: Trololo Man is BACK! Russian singer Eduard Khil still has that special magic, even 35 years…...

A new year is just around the corner, which means one thing — a new batch of vacation days! But where will you go? And, more importantly, where…...

Mashable Comics are illustrated by Kiersten Essenpreis, a Chicago-based artist who draws and blogs at YouFail.com....

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…...

On Monday, we announced the winners of the 2011 Mashable Awards. While some nominees are popular and have mainstream recognition (See: Faceboo…...

The act of hijacking a Facebook friend’s account when they forget to log out of a public computer and posting embarrassing status up…...

The act of hijacking a Facebook friend’s account when they forget to log out of a public computer and posting embarrassing status up…...

Jacob E. Goldman — founder Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center, the widely admired hub of innovation that developed many keystones to…...

Google has thrilled us with some excellent Doodles this year, and it’s ending the year on a high by revealing 2011′s festive design, decke…...

Over the course of 2011, we witnessed social media and location-based services really take off for small businesses — the mom and pop shop…...

Do you feel like everything you’ve done for the last few years is recorded by Twitter’s eternal digital record? A new service,…...

It was the year of Angry Birds domination. The popular game is the most-downloaded mobile app of 2011, rounding out the list of top 10 apps of the yea…...

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In an interview with Mashable shortly after GoDaddy announced its withdrawal of support for the Stop Online Piracy Act, new company CEO Warren A…...

As humans, were continually looking to improve and advance. Whether its trying to eat better, to quit smoking once and for all, to spend l…...

Google has unveiled its holiday Google Doodle, an animated iteration that plays “Jingle Bells” and then automatically directs you t…...

It’s hard to resist a video parody that mentions your publication, particularly one that tunefully celebrates the digital life during t…...

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

The trailer for Dark Knight Rises, the conclusion of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, got 12.5 million views through the iTunes Movie Trail…...

Following a maelstrom of Internet backlash, GoDaddy has withdrawn its support of the Stop Online Piracy Act, the company announced on Friday. &…...

Admit it, you’ve always wanted to be an action star. I mean, who wouldn’t want to effortlessly dodge flying cars, helicopters…...

This year, the world mourned the loss of technology icon Steve Jobs. But we didn’t just lose one tech luminary in 2011, we bid goodbye to a wave…...

This year, the world mourned the loss of technology icon Steve Jobs. But we didn’t just lose one tech luminary in 2011, we bid goodbye to a wave…...

AT&T is about to get its hands on $1.9 billion worth of wireless spectrum in a deal that will let it bring faster 4G LTE wireless broadband…...

Steve Jobs will go down in history as one of the greatest tech innovators that ever lived, but according to a letter written by a Silicon…...

Best Buy will not be able to fill all of its customers online orders before the holidays, the company has announced. Due to overwhe…...

2011 will go down as a landmark year for space exploration, for a multitude of reasons. From end-of-an-era missions to incredible milestones to breath…...

The release of Microsoft’s hotly anticipated Xbox 360 dashboard update earlier this month is causing a bit of a problem for some Xbox Liv…...

It was another banner year for iOS gaming. With the release of more powerful devices, developers introduced games with bigger scope and better graphic…...

It’s already Dec. 24 in some parts of the world, and the Google homepages for countries including New Zealand (above), South Korea and J…...

Gogo, a firm known for providing Wi-Fi to airlines including Virgin America, Delta and Air Canada, among others, has filed for an IPO that coul…...

Facebook still has a long way to go when it comes to instilling trust in consumers, according to a new study that shows only 26% believe storefr…...

Welcome to this mornings edition of First To Know, a series in which we keep you in the know on whats happening in the digital world…...

For Amazon, it’s going to be hard to top 2011. After all, this was the year the gargantuan online retailer launched a cloud storage servic…...

Google Search has put its own spin on the conventional caption-writing contest. To test your wit, it wants you to view a cartoon in which…...

Comedian Louis CK has proved a point: people are willing to pay a reasonable amount of money for DRM-free content from a performer they love, ev…...

Popular scrabble game Words With Friends is now available for Nook Tablet and Nook Color, with Barnes & Noble promising several more high-p…...

Popular scrabble game Words With Friends is now available for Nook Tablet and Nook Color, with Barnes & Noble promising several more high-p…...

Like a boss, a man recently interrupted his girlfriend’s dinner to propose to her with Internet memes.Timothy Tiah Ewe Tiam sneaked up on his…...

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 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…...

When Research In Motion (RIM) announced that BlackBerry 10 devices would be delayed until late 2012, co-CEO Mike Lazaridis blamed the delay on…...

Pinterest, a social networking site with an “online pinboard” interface, has made great strides this year. According to Experi…...

Let’s delve into the topic of website localization to learn exactly what every company needs before going global. But first, to define lo…...

GoDaddy is one of more than a hundred companies catching flak online for supporting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Many website operat…...

Chevrolet will pick the most-shared video among a pool of about 40 crowdsourced videos to determine which will run in next year’s Super Bowl.…...

More than a quarter of photos and videos shot by individuals in the U.S. are now being captured by smartphones, according to an online survey of…...

Online presentation website SlideShare is an important business network that ranks in the top 300 websites, with 30 million monthly viewers, an…...

Ever since Twitter unveiled its first Twitter-branded version of TweetDeck, there have been complaints about the Twitter dashboards stability…...

We live in a world of absolutes: Heres what happened. Even when we look to the future, our predictions are couched in the worlds sometim…...

Feeling housebound by Facebook addiction? Facebook just released “Suggested Events,” which uses your own check-in information to poi…...

Theres a lot of discussion these days about the viability of 3D and what the future holds for it.Is it a gimmick? A trend? Or is it the nex…...

Social media users had no shortage of things to discuss in 2011 as big news — good or bad — got even bigger online.Hot topics that…...

Already a social networking giant, Facebook still managed to have its biggest year in history. The company set unprecedented records in terms of valua…...

The Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, is a hotly debated bill in the U.S. Congress. Some say it’s a necessary law to ensure protection of Americ…...

Kraft is employing a unique vehicle to publicize the first Jell-O dessert made just for adults: A vending machine that doles out the treats,…...

Often, there is an ironic disconnect between your online and offline social networks. In other words, were friends with strangers on F…...

New developments from the FCC could bring us one step closer to faster, more advanced wireless networks.The Federal Communications Commission…...

If you’re scrambling to find a Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa gift, but have no idea what to get, you might want to give Anonysize.m…...

Fabrice Grinda is the CEO of OLX, one of the largest classified websites in the world, and he’s very excited about the emerging digi…...

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas — at least on tech sites such as Google and YouTube. Some of the Internets biggest companies ar…...

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas — at least on tech sites such as Google and YouTube. Some of the Internets biggest companies ar…...

For more than five years now, people have speculated about a not-so-secret Google product called Google Drive, or GDrive for short.If you look…...

Facebook is heading towards its much anticipated IPO, but before the company goes public, Zuckerberg is concerned with putting forth the b…...

As part of its ongoing digital campaign to raise support for a two-month payroll tax cut extension, the White House released a new infographic…...

A Navy tradition of raffling off the first homecoming kiss turned into a poignant reminder of the sign of the times after the ship docked Wedn…...

Many people think of YouTube as a place to watch cat videos and post clips of their kids singing silly songs. However, marketers should take Yo…...

Notre Dame researchers have created a semiconductive paste, which can turn surfaces its applied to into solar cells. A team of researchers, lea…...

Based on the comments of one German judge, Apple’s legal fight over the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N in that country is about to come to an en…...

In another illustration of Facebook‘s top-of-mind status among web surfers, “Facebook” was the most-searched term of 2011, acc…...

Looking for an inexpensive way to treat yourself this holiday season? Amazon, Apple and Google might have what you desire with deals on albums a…...

If you don’t want any high-quality leads from excellent prospects, stop reading now. Otherwise, you’re in luck. Herein we’ll…...

Welcome to this mornings edition of First To Know, a series in which we keep you in the know on whats happening in the digital world…...

According to a new entry on the official Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) site, Sony Ericsson is getting ready to release the LT28at, a hi…...

Social gaming was a big trend in 2011 and we expect the market to continue to grow in 2012. Facebook, the biggest platform for social games, rel…...

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…...

Three new Expedition 30 crew members began their journey to the International Space Station on Wednesday, according to NASA. The video above shows f…...

Three new Expedition 30 crew members began their journey to the International Space Station on Wednesday, according to NASA. The video above shows f…...

If Apple’s hands-free assistant Siri one day turned against the human race and transformed into a freakishly evil killing machine, well…...

Intel has been dying to get its chips into mobile devices for a long time. Almost all phones and tablets today have processors based on the desi…...

Are you on Facebook? Do you like drinking beer and watching football? Then you might be just the person Bud Light is looking for.The Anheuser-B…...

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will honor Steve Jobs with a Grammy Award, naming him a Trustees Award honoree on Wednesday.…...

Google+ launched brand pages just six weeks ago, but some brands have already amassed considerable followings on the social network.This week,…...

See update below: FedEx responds with a video of its own.After you watch this video, you might have a bad taste in your mouth about FedEx delivery…...

 After you watch this video, you might have a bad taste in your mouth about FedEx delivery personnel. But I think this guy is an aberration, an…...

Wait, Christmas is how many days away? Hanukkah ends when?If the holidays crept up on you this year, chances are you’ve waited until the last m…...

Notice anything different at the top of your Facebook today? On the top of users’ pages, the company has added a blurb and link to…...

NBA fans will have a chance to interact with some of the league’s biggest stars through a live-streamed Facebook town hall event on Thursd…...

Apple is never far from the headlines, and 2011 proved a particularly compelling year in terms of news from the company’s Cupertino campus.We h…...

Ever wonder where the president of the U.S. does his holiday shopping? President Obama went to Best Buy in Alexandria, Va., while the rest of th…...

Amazon Kindle Fire is, at least by Amazon’s estimation, selling like hotcakes. But the road to tablet success has not been without its bumps. Ma…...

Google‘s Android Chief Andy Rubin has revealed that Android sales continue to climb, boasting 700,000 activated devices daily. In…...

The crown for Internet Movie Database’s most-visited profile no longer belongs to perennial chart-topper Johnny Depp. Natalie Portman att…...

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Mobile phones are universally popular — and so is text messaging. Cellphone users in 21 countries were surveyed on their mobile habits and…...

In the latest act of online political sabotage, individuals who type newtgingrich.com into their browsers will be directed to one of a number of…...

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Digg is tapping into Facebook’s Open Graph to make sharing its links on the social network instant.Like Open Graph integrations from news…...

A new study suggests good ol’ fashioned real-world networks played a bigger role in Twitter‘s path to prominence than online influencer…...

NASA has released a video that highlights where snow graced the Earth during every month for more than 10 years.The clip starts with a snow-covered…...

After months of speculation, Microsoft rolled out its semi-social network, So.cl. The site is aimed at students looking to collaborate an…...

Microsoft is ending its years-long run as the Consumer Electronics Show keynote kick-off event. Its 2012 keynote, which should highlight Windows…...

Amazon updated its Kindle app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Wednesday, giving users access to their periodical subscriptions and cloud-sto…...

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The White House is taking its fight over payroll tax to Twitter with a campaign using the hashtag #40dollars that asks what you can buy with t…...

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First generation iPod nano owners who took part in Apple’s recall will be surprised to find their overheating nano might be replaced…...

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More than 1 million Google+ users are keeping tabs on Britney Spears, making her account the social network’s first to break through the…...

Having surpassed one billion unique visitors this past May, Google has become a part of our daily online lives. Yet Googles impact is expand…...

The Lord of the Rings franchise has released the trailer for its trilogy prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey slated to hit theaters next Decemb…...

Hackers in China had access to U.S. Chamber of Commerce systems for possibly more than a year, according to a report from the Wall Street Journa…...

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The Nielsen Co. and comScore on Wednesday settled a lawsuit filed by the former over patents that Nielsen claimed comScore used without the comp…...

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Sony’s new PlayStation Vita handheld gaming device sold more than a quarter-million units in its worldwide debut in Japan this weekend. Bu…...

People are more likely to lie through texts than other forms of communication, such as video chats and face-to-face interactions, a new study…...

Alec Baldwin, your brother Stephen wants to know when youre coming back to Twitter.That was apparently the message Actor Stephen Baldw…...

At this point, most of the top brands have Google+ brand pages, but only a fraction of them are getting many visitors, according to two research…...

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When it comes to the most-wanted toys of the holiday season over the past 30 years, one thing is clear: The toy market has become way more tech-centri…...

Quoras relationship with the Q&A format is no longer exclusive. As of Tuesday, you can also use the site to arrange content from around…...

A technology that helped start a global movement is now being put into the hands of the people. TextSecure, an Android app that encrypts text me…...

In July, I deactivated my Facebook account as a sort of social experiment. With Facebook and real life becoming increasingly symbiotic, what wo…...

A recent study of Twitter use reveals that the general public appears to be less happy than previously. University of Vermont researchers…...

In a move that could raise some charges of anti-competitive behavior, Google has begun integrating Google+ brand page information in primary sea…...

Voice-recognition giant Nuance announced on Tuesday that it is acquiring Vlingo, the creator of a voice-to-text and voice recognition app that…...

Just when you thought cats had a patent on holiday cuteness, puppy power rears its adorable head.In the aptly named “Puppy Christmas&#…...

We asked you last week to show us how you were decking the halls with tech this year.We teamed up with CNN iReport to consider submissions with the T…...

The U.S. government is concerned the Shabab, the Somali “specially designated global terrorist” group, is using its Twitter account…...

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Want to walk in the literal footsteps of some legendary rappers? The work of one avid Foursquare user will let you do just that. PR Manag…...

MasterCard on Tuesday announced that it was offering eligible small businesses a 10% discount on Microsoft‘s Office 365 cloud productivity…...

Startup founders and employees of GroupMe, Turntable.fm, Birchbox, RockMelt, Path and a slew of other companies have just put their spin on the Inte…...

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The Recording Industry Association of America claims Google hasn’t been keeping its promises when it comes to fighting online piracy…...

Facebook plans to migrate its Sponsored Stories ad platform into users’ news feeds early next year, the company says.Introduced last Janu…...

On Monday, Mashable brought you the news that Facebook is all moved in to its new headquarter complex in Menlo Park. Now, we’re taking you…...

Comics by Comixology has become the de facto tablet reading platform for comic books. That only happened because Comixology CEO David Ste…...

The Onion is moving beyond daily news satire and into fortune telling.On Tuesday, the news and entertainment source launched the Magic Answer B…...

As technology advances at an increasingly rapid rate, so too does our gadget turnover, it seems. That new device just doesn’t seem to last…...

Imagine your life rendered as a pack of gum.Crazy, you say? Well, Wrigley’s Orbit brand claims to be able to do just that if you concede…...

Apple joins a growing list of digital music stores adding the Parental Advisory logo to their digital collections. Until now, Apple has on…...

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Aim high. It’s a worthy goal for credit scores, SATs and now, Klout scores. These days, more and more social networkers are looking to bo…...

Aim high. It’s a worthy goal for credit scores, SATs and now, Klout scores. These days, more and more social networkers are looking to bo…...

The 2012 Super Bowl will stream live online and to mobile devices.In a move that bolsters the importance of non-traditional markets, the NFL an…...

Brad Bird was walking the red carpet Monday night for the premiere of his first live-action feature, Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol…...

Google announced a major investment in four solar photovoltaic (PV) projects Tuesday, bringing the company’s portfolio of clean energy pro…...

If you watched a YouTube video this year, you contributed to YouTube surpassing 1 trillion views in 2011. But before you pat yourself on the back o…...

Amazon is extending its aggressive holiday push with a special deal for last-minute shoppers: free two-day shipping on Kindle products.U.S. cus…...

Cablevision and Verizon have speedily settled a lawsuit in which the former charged Verizon with running misleading ads about the speed of its broad…...

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Netflix has signed a licensing agreement with BBC Worldwide to bring a “broad range” of BBC series to its users in the UK and Irelan…...

Samsung’s Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets will receive an upgrade to Android 4 or Ice Cream Sandwich in early 2012, the company has…...

It’s been a notable year for Web outages. From Netflix going down at extremely inopportune times, to Amazon Web Services’ mult…...

It’s been a notable year for Web outages. From Netflix going down at extremely inopportune times, to Amazon Web Services’ mult…...

It seems that people nowadays can’t watch cable television or streamed video content without contemplating a corresponding hashtag or status upd…...

Keyboards and mice may seem like clunky artifacts of the past within the next five years, pushed aside in favor of the ultimate user interface:…...

I like to install as few things on my PC as possible. That’s why when TweetDeck released an app for Google Chrome in Dec. 2010, it was an…...

Facebook officially finished moving into its gleaming new headquarters on Monday as a final group of employees reported for work at the company&…...

The year 2011 was especially prosperous and successful for Amazon, partly due to the company’s popular Kindle ebooks, but also because Ama…...

Apple was just handed potentially its biggest victory yet in its ongoing patent lawsuits with Google Android. The U.S. International Trade Commi…...

2011 has been a year of memorable news headlines, from natural disasters to final space shuttle missions to historic deaths. Flickr has pieced togethe…...

Here’s a hypothetical (yet common) situation: Sara is a brilliant web designer who has never raised her client rates. Not once. Sure, she…...

MTV just unleashed Power of 12, a campaign designed to get 18- to 29-year-olds fired up about the 2012 U.S. elections. Unlike previous campaign…...

While some Internet interactions are online-only relationships, the most common reason we add friends on Facebook is because we know people in r…...

AT&T said today it was abandoning its plan to acquire T-Mobile.In a statement, AT&T said it had agreed with Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobil…...

Cornell University has been chosen by New York City to build a technology campus on Roosevelt Island with a grant of city-owned land and $100 mi…...

Traveling this holiday season? Whether it’s by train, plane or automobile, you’re not alone. Twitter is abuzz with more than just complain…...

Despite various state law bans and nationwide awareness campaigns to prevent texting from behind the wheel, the amount of people texting while…...

A recent study surveyed multiple companies and found that 43% of their employees clicked on simulated bad links that led to phishing attac…...

 The votes are in and the results have been tabulated: After two months of nominations and voting by our community, Mashable is thrilled t…...

Q&A site Quora launched a new feature on Monday that has nothing to do with Q’s or A’s. “Boards” function like Pint…...

As the year draws to a close, Google is taking a look back: first at how the world searched in 2011, and now at how consumers and businesses eng…...

Members of the New York startup scene are capping off a robust 2011 with a look ahead to the new year in the form of a 2012 calendar, featuring 12 of…...

MIT is planning to launch an open platform for free online classes, complete with certification for those who demonstrate mastery of their topic…...

Warner Bros. released the first full-length trailer for next summer’s The Dark Knight Rises exclusively on iTunes.The film, which will be…...

Maybe you were on a first date, leaving for a vacation or downing a beer at a baseball game. Or maybe you were checking into the hospital with P…...

Face it: You need a cool, last-minute gift for the special guy in your life. Boyfriends and husbands love tech toys, but chances are your man already…...

In the world of memes, now is apparently never too soon to instigate some laughs at the expense of someone’s death. Shortly after Kim Jong…...

If you did not know about ICANNs decision to release the .xxx gTLD (global Top Level Domain) earlier in the year you probably do now. You m…...

Screens are in front of our eyes every day. Apple and Google are looking to change that by having you “wear” your tech and ke…...

Move over Grinch, the Angry Birds pigs are the new villains out to destroy Christmas. But don’t fear, we know you’ve been practici…...

AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile is looking even less likely than ever, now that there’s a report saying the negotiation…...

Twitter in 2011 was the go-to outlet for everyone — celebrities, businesses, politicians, religious leaders and the average user alike. Ac…...

After a post on Reddit, an image asking you to stay home for the holidays in protest of SOPA appeared online. The strike wants you to boy…...

NASAs Space Shuttle could have flown again as early as 2014 if a secret effort to repurpose them for commercial flight had succeeded. Two rep…...

Cablevision cable customers will soon be able to enjoy HBO Go.The cable company was one of the few major holdouts when the service launched on …...

Mashable is debuting a new and improved Job Board that aims to improve the way our community can search for employment on Mashable.We’ve…...

Apple has applied for a patent for a self-serve kiosk that would read your mobile device and give you recommendations on accessories and…...

‘Tis the season for stressful airport experiences, and Skype wants to make sure you at least have Wi-Fi as you brave crowded security lin…...

Saudi investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his investment company Alwaleed’s Kingdom Holding Co. are investing $300 million into Twitte…...

Google has added several new features to Google+ and improved old ones, with some of the improvements being among the most popular requests fro…...

Apple is hard at work redefining the future of the TV, and that future includes a TV set that supports wireless streaming, the Wall Street Journ…...

As the highly anticipated holidays drew ever nearer, over the weekend people were thinking about shopping, snowflakes, Santa Claus and parties g…...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died last Saturday while on a train trip, with his youngest son Kim Jong-un being named the new country lead…...

The Atlantic’s James Bennet, Scott Havens, Bob Cohn and Justin Smith. Photo courtesy of Richard A. Bloom.With consecutive quarterly gro…...

Gavin DeGraw is no stranger to having other people sing his songs. Remember “I Don’t Want to Be,” the karaoke favorite that h…...

Today’s consumer culture faces constant temptation and visual stimulation. Therefore, it’s important to stay efficient and savvy when it c…...

The Internet has always had a love-hate relationship with animated GIFs. Long a telltale sign of an archaic website (especially when multiple a…...

Whitney Parker is vice president for user experience at Brazen Careerist, where she co-hosts a bootcamp on how to create and implement a social …...

When savvy consumers are in the market for something — a new pair of kicks, a sweet DSLR camera, hair pomade, a toaster — they turn to the…...

My feelings about Steve Jobs have always been a little mixed. I long admired his entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen and was in sheer awe…...

Apple’s new iPhone spot does an unusual thing for an advertisement: It doesn’t mention the iPhone at all. In fact, it’s a commerc…...

Facebook has released an update to its iPhone app, with version 4.1 now giving you access to its new Timeline interface.The timeline was avai…...

Light up your iPhone, peek at a future Lexus, slip on some self-cooling shoes and even harpoon a comet in the latest Top 10 Tech This Week.We’l…...

Sometimes finding your dream job is like an Easter egg hunt: It’s not only how you look for jobs, but also where you look for them. It seems lik…...

When it comes to business, theres a thin line between “people pleasing” and good customer service. And these days, in crowded an…...

What if the titans of today’s Internet turned into superheroes? Here’s the Internet Justice League, a pantheon of superheroes infused with…...

Kickstarter’s prominent crowdfunding platform has made it possible for just about anyone to raise money and awareness about his project. W…...

This week was another “giant leap for mankind” in the social media world, and possibly in the real universe too. Facebook Timeline r…...

With about 500,000 apps in the Apple App Store and an estimated 300,000 apps in the Android Market, finding the gems among the virtual haystack can be…...

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If you’re looking for the week’s most popular photos on Twitter, you’ve come to the right place. This week, the pics that were…...

Santa Claus is awfully busy this time of year, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have enough time to robocall the person of your choi…...

We’re back with another weekly roundup of the top Mashable comments of the week.In this post, we showcase the week’s best comments…...

In the spirit of the Google “barrel roll,” the company has another tricky search result today: Simply search the words “let it…...

You don’t have to be a big corporation to outsource. In fact, you don’t even have to be a company. As Timothy Ferriss outlined in h…...

Indie rockers Arcade Fire are capping 2011 with “Sprawl II,” an interactive music video that lets viewers direct the content &…...

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Time Warner Cable customers who subscribe to HBO or Cinemax will soon get to use HBO GO and MAX GO, the premium cable networks’ instant-st…...

Imagine a futuristic NFL where computer chips embedded in players’ equipment measure and track how fast receivers run, how tired linemen g…...

Max Payne drifts into his New Jersey apartment with fellow ex-cop Raul Passos to swig some liquor and forget about the child he accidentally sho…...

The House Judiciary Committee on Friday postponed debate on the contentious Stop Online Piracy Act until Wednesday.Initial reports indicated th…...

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Amazon shoppers have purchased more than one million Kindle devices for the third week in a row, the company announced this week.Its no sec…...

Facebook has threatened to sue Mark Zuckerberg, an Israeli entrepreneur who recently took the social network founder’s name. The new Zucke…...

Game over? Zynga‘s IPO may have ended the social media IPO era with a whimper, rather than a bang, as its stock closed at $9.50 — do…...

The new Spotify Radio started its broader rollout on Friday, giving premium and free users unlimited access to custom radio stations, each with…...

Microsoft is talking a lot about passwords lately. Earlier this week the company posted on its Building Windows 8 blog a lengthy post detailing…...

The Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 5000 works with any Bluetooth-equipped laptop, but it really shines when used with an iPad, iPhone, i…...

A Dutch gaming company is testing a game called, Pig Chase. It will connect users to real live pigs that they can interact and play with…...

Sweden’s people have officially taken over the @sweden Twitter account — and with the blessing of the Swedish government. One Swedis…...

“Tebowing,” the campy Internet meme inspired by lightning rod NFL quarterback Tim Tebow has, like its namesake, refused to fade away…...

While the race to the GOP primary has been a long one, the candidates are in the home stretch and frequently taking the debate stage. And as we’…...

The latest Apple iPad rumor making the rounds: a 7.85-inch iPad Mini will be available in late 2012. Could this be Apple’s response…...

Every now and again, the Internet gets all flustered about the latest hack attack by the mysterious group known as Anonymous.The media…...

Everyone loves watching fireworks illuminate dark skies, but did you ever wonder what they would look like during the day? Chinese artist Cai…...

Social media has opened countless new avenues for promotion of all kinds. As a result of blogs, Twitter, Facebook and more, its as if we all…...

Retailers arent the only ones pulling out the stops this year to lure more foot traffic into stores shopping centers nationwide are doin…...

When was the last time you downloaded a ringtone? 2008? For many of us, downloading our favorite pop song du jour feels as dated as choosing a buddy i…...

NASA and ESA’s Hubble Telescope has sent home stunning pictures from the region S106 where a young star is forming. Astronomers say…...

The world’s busiest museum is getting an upgrade. Starting in March, the Louvre will offer visitors Nintendo 3DS hand-held game cons…...

Zynga started trading under the symbol ZNGA this morning. Although early results show a slight dip in the $10 share asking price, Zynga remains…...

Zynga‘s long-awaited IPO finally occurred Friday morning, but the stock looked a bit wobbly out of the gate, dipping below its $10 asking…...

Microsoft’s Bing is slowly eclipsing Yahoo as the number two search engine in the U.S., according to the most recent statistics from comSc…...

The Digital Marketing Series is supported by HubSpot, an inbound marketing software company based in Cambridge, MA, that makes a full platform o…...

Today marks the last day of the voting period for the 2011 Mashable Awards.Both Mashable and the Mashable community have come a long way since…...

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A federal judge dismissed a case of cyberstalking on Twitter ruling that even though some tweets caused emotional stress, they are still conside…...

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The House Judiciary Committee met to debate changes to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) on Thursday as the public debate between players with d…...

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The Associated Press unleashed software Thursday that proofreads content using AP Stylebooks guidelines on spelling, language, punctuation,…...

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Language apps on the iPhone have come a long way over the past year. Some offer shiny new takes on the traditional language study process; others are…...

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Google has received a patent for its driverless car technology. First revealed a year ago, the patent includes a plan for mixed-mode auton…...

Mozilla is hoping people see the socially-minded side of its popular Firefox web browser with a new celebrity-fueled charity campaign called t…...

The next generation of BlackBerry phones will be late. RIM said today in a quarterly earnings call that phones running BlackBerry 10 — bas…...

When Facebook first started experimenting with its radical new (and I think, sensational) Timeline interface back in late September, we showed y…...

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Zynga is offering 100 million shares to the public at $10 each for a potential $1 billion IPO, according to a report. Bloomberg is currently re…...

As heat continues to build around the controversial and contentious Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), one site is taking matters into its own hands…...

The House Judiciary Committee spent almost four hours on Thursday debating Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the bill that some call “piracy…...

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It’s no secret that more and more people are moving to the digital world when it comes to shopping. Checking off your holiday list from the comf…...

Can you teach entrepreneurship? Bestselling author Eric Ries thinks so. He also thinks that entrepreneurship must be taught to more peopl…...

We already knew that teens out-text the rest of us, but this year their mobile data consumption accelerated at an unprecedented rate as well. T…...

Online payment startup Dwolla has attracted more than 70,000 users with money transfers that are both less expensive and, it says, safer than tr…...

Last weekwe asked you, the Mashable community, what is your ultimate business travel story? We received a number of unique responses.......

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These days, it seems we can’t go a week without encountering a viral video, a meme sensation or a new digital movement. The year 2011 forg…...

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Following the release of Yahoo’s most-searched list, Google has released its annual Zeitgeist report, revealing the most popular search terms…...

A study conducted by the City of New York found that — despite Craigslist‘s ban on gun listings — it’s quite easy…...

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The average British person is under the influence of alcohol in three-quarters of of his or her tagged Facebook photos, according to a new study…...

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How in the world did Rockstar manage to fit an entire PlayStation 2 video game onto a mobile phone? That’s the question we kept asking ourselves…...

It only makes sense that the new short film by two-time Academy Award winner Ron Howard and his daughter Bryce Dallas Howard would make its world pre…...

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Occupy Wall Street broadcaster Tim Pool’s protest coverage, shot entirely on smartphones, has received more attention than most main…...

Another score for Google Chrome. The latest version of the search giant’s web browser just passed Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to become the…...

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It looks like Santa’s headquarters outside Google HQ in Mountain View, Calif., only the elves and reindeer have been replaced with i…...

In the near future, Windows users’ Internet Explorer will automatically upgrade to the latest version whenever one is available, Microsoft…...

Marketers eager to take advantage of Facebook’s Timeline update will have to wait on Facebook’s own internal timeline.The social ne…...

Mutli-hyphenate writer, actor and director Edward Burns just added another hyphen to his list: social media maven. The digital domain played a c…...

As Facebook rolls out Timeline worldwide Thursday, at least one marketer, Mountain Dew, is attempting to get in on the action.The brand this we…...

Hewlett Packard‘s logo — the lowercase, slanted “HP” in a circle — is certainly recognizable, but is it as i…...

Facebook officially took the beta label off of Timeline, the updated version of a user’s profile page, on Dec. 6, but as of today, t…...

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After months of slow, gradual rollout, Facebook Timeline is now available to all users. The Timeline is a radical redesign of Facebook‘…...

LG and Intel have signed a strategic alliance to promote Intel’s Wireless Display (WiDi) technology, the companies have announced. In prac…...

As announced, a special Anniversary Edition of the massively popular Grand Theft Auto III game is now available on iOS and Android devices.The…...

Like cartoon rabbits rapidly multiplying, the number of Cheezburger Network websites continues to grow with the addition of new humor blog Meme …...

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Columbia University architecture students Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta got an assignment to create somet…...

Nokia is partnering with T-Mobile to bring its entry-level Lumia 710 Windows Phone to the United States this January.The Lumia 710, which shoul…...

Aiming to spur more conversation among its one million Groups, LinkedIn on Wednesday announced Polls, a new feature that’s designed to get…...

Google+ may be less than a year old, but New York Times bestselling author Chris Brogan is ready to crown it a game changer. His latest book, wh…...

“It’s hard to imagine there ever being anyone quite like him again,” said Barbara Walters as she named Steve Jobs the most fas…...

Twitter topped an annual list of most-buzzed about social networks, edging ahead of LinkedIn and 2010′s most-buzzed network YouTube. The…...

Ever since we reviewed the excellent Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone here at Mashable, everyone’s been wondering, when will it appear on…...

Outer space seems a lot closer this month. Have you noticed?December has seen a sudden flurry of starbound studies and new technology —…...

A pet owner recently discovered a way to let his lizard interact with a smartphone. Using an HTC Android device, his bearded dragon amusingly…...

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In a bid to lure in more users in the United States, multilingual social network Badoo has rolled out two “U.S.-friendly” features t…...

If the National Transportation Safety Board has its way, cellphone use of all kinds behind the wheel — from texting down to talking hands…...

With the release of the iPhone 4S, Apple is selling iPhones hand over fist, but are many of those buyers merely settling for something because t…...

Over the weekend, Lowe’s posted a note to its Facebook Page explaining why the company complied with the Florida Family Association’…...

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A recent study suggests mobile devices pose the biggest risk to media companies, especially those companies that allow employees to “…...

The customer reviews are in for Amazon’s Kindle Fire and more than a few users feel burned. According to a story in The New York Times t…...

Some of the brightest scientists in the world announced Tuesday that they’d come close to actually discovering a new particle: the Higgs b…...

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Major companies, websites and everyday protesters are continuing to fight the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) as the bill nears its day for debate…...

Self-hosted WordPress users, get your update engines running: WordPress 3.3 is now available.The culmination of five months of hard work, WordPress…...

We’re pleased to announce that San Francisco-based DJ duo A Plus D — a.k.a. Adrian and Mysterious D — will be spinning their world f…...

Mobile devices accounted for 14.3% of all online Black Friday traffic in 2011. It’s clear that smartphone and tablet holiday shopping is making…...

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Amazon on Tuesday announced a Christmas gift for procrastinators: An extension of free Super Saver Shipping through Dec. 19, two days later than…...

Is the Apple App Store just too impossible to navigate and impersonal for you? A new brick-and-mortar shop in Colorado wants to change up…...

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A new Facebook program aims to prevent suicides by connecting distressed users with counselors via chat. The program, which launched Tuesday, l…...

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The controversy over Carrier IQ, a diagnostic program installed on millions of mobile phones all over the world, continues to heat up, especiall…...

Since we’ve published this social TV series, it seems that GOP debates consistently generate serious social media chatter. This past Saturday…...

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Scientists from the Intelligent Autonomous Systems Group from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) showed off the capabilities of two robots cal…...

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Google has added a new feature for Blogger users who have connected their blog with their Google+ account, making it easier to share a post with…...

Is reading your social feeds starting to feel like a full-time job without benefits? Bottlenose is launching a new service on Tuesday that aims…...

Is reading your social feeds starting to feel like a full-time job without benefits? Bottlenose is launching a new service on Tuesday that aims…...

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Tomorrow the European Organization for Nuclear Research, more commonly known as CERN, will reveal something about the Higgs boson. Back-to-back…...

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Microsoft just updated its OneNote iOS app to support the iPad. The new version, OneNote 1.3, works on any device running iOS 4.3 or later, incl…...

Rich Warren, a software engineer from Houston, Texas, never imagined his daughter would be brought to tears by Google. Sadly, that’s exact…...

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This real-life Wall-E, formally the Nao Next Gen from the French Alderbaran Robotics, is expected to be able to help children with autism…...

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Here’s a rather uncomfortable use of the Google Maps API. Advertising agency Pool Worldwide blended Google Street View and a fake as…...

Exchanging package tracking information is the gift equivalent of a buzz kill. But Slice, an online purchase manager startup, launched a new fea…...

Charlie Sheen accidentally tweeted his phone number to his more than 5 million Twitter followers while attempting to send a direct message to J…...

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Apple just pulled an iPhone app that’s been in the App Store for more than two years — and did so at the prompting of a U.S. s…...

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Bing is getting into the holiday spirit with a digital Advent calendar that reveals free prizes, contests and videos such as celebrity intervi…...

Instant Santa (Free) by Fueled, Inc. is a very funny holiday app for iDevices. The app allows users to create a modified image that shows Santa…...

The Kremlin is using Facebook in a bid to quell anti-government sentiment, following the country’s largest protests since the fall of the…...

Some fonts get no respect. This is true of Comic Sans, the ’90s-era Microsoft typeface that sought to emulate comic book text and failed miserab…...

Amazons Kindle Fire isnt the only device gearing up for a major software update. Barnes & Noble announced plans on Monday to roll ou…...

A Nielsen survey released Monday reveals that the six most popular Android apps are the same across all age groups, although their exact r…...

A Nielsen survey released Monday reveals that the six most popular Android apps are the same across all age groups, although their exact r…...

If a viral video hits the Internet and millions of people have not yet watched it, is it still a viral video? How can these cute karate-kicki…...

One of the best parts of the holiday season is decorating our homes andoffices with festive trimmings. Whether it’s a simple wreath on t…...

For most of us, football season means its time to grab our jerseys and clear our Sunday afternoons. Were the weekend warriors. But super…...

Last week was a busy one for social media. In fact, Christmas might have come early for you with the reveal of Twitter’s new design and th…...

Amid criticism that the performance of Amazons new Kindle Fire tablet is less than stellar, the company is gearing up for a major update.Ama…...

Samsung may be still be trying to crack the tablet market, but in mobile devices it is continuing to pick up steam: It sold 300 million devices…...

YouTube is launching a brand new tool to help teachers and students get their learn on. “YouTube for Schools” is a portal that helps cur…...

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The day when your washer emails to say your clothes are clean and your basement tweets when its flooding is closer than we thought, and it do…...

Mitsubishi showed off its futuristic concept car called Emirai at the 2011 Tokyo Car Show. The car has a curved, rear-projection display…...

The galaxy defenders are back for Men in Black 3, and as the new trailer discloses, time travel will play a major role. Will Smith’s character…...

Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, has released its 2011 combined bestseller rankings for print and ebook sales.As already repo…...

San Francisco-based startup Favo.rs launched last week, offering an online marketplace where people can connect with and build relationships wit…...

Users have downloaded 100 million applications from Apple’s Mac App Store less than one year from its inception, the company announced. L…...

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Today’s Google Doodle honors the birthday of Robert Noyce, the co-founder of Intel and the co-inventor of the integrated circuit or microc…...

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Samsung has launched Series 5 Ultra, a new series of ultrabooks that has a 14-inch screen and an optical disc drive – a first for the ex…...

The weekend is all wrapped up for you here, and what a couple of days and three nights it was! Too bad you missed it, because there was a lot go…...

The web version of Google’s Android Market now has a couple of very useful new filtering options, including the ability to filter the revi…...

Another week has come to a close, which means it’s time for a look at the top Mashable comments of the week.In this weekly roundup post,…...

If you’re still taking flak for your antennae-clad flip-phone, the joke’s on your smartphone friends. Maybe you don’t need a…...

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The controversial Internet hacking group known as “Anonymous” created this retrospective video commemorating a tumultuous year i…...

Since the rise of the Internet in the ’90s, the web has shown no signs of slowing down. We’ve watched the birth and evolution of social me…...

The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge to postpone or withdraw its petition to stop AT&T from acquiring T-Mobile. It cited a…...

In answer to the question above, approximately 18,400,000 Americans say yes, they got their current job through Facebook. Though Zuck’s platform…...

Any foodie knows you can never have too much of a good thing, which must explain the hundreds upon hundreds of food-related iPhone apps available thes…...

What’s there to say about Polaroid’s new Z340 Digital Instant Camera? Sure, I could go on about the 14-megapixel image sensor, the c…...

Alec Baldwin, kicked off an American Airlines plane for playing Words with Friends on an Amazon Kindle and generally making a nuisance of himself, r…...

It’s a big day for Angry Birds lovers, with Rovio busting out a free upgrade today for iOS with 15 special levels to honor the gameR…...

We have long been advocates of moving business operations into the cloud. The remote access, cost-savings and organizational benefits alone make it a…...

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

With about 500,000 apps in the Apple App Store and an estimated 300,000 apps in the Android Market, finding the gems among the virtual haystack can be…...

It seems that Verizon is preparing its DroidDoes minisite for the arrival of the RAZR-esque Motorola DROID4, although as far as we can tell, the…...

Whenever CiccaresDesign dreams up a mockup of an upcoming Apple product (as it did with the no-show iPhone 5), the results are invariably interesting.…...

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This week’s most popular photos re-tweeted in the English language were a mixed bunch, peppered with both tragedy and comedy. Unfortunately, the…...

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Duck feeding is hardly considered a dangerous hobby, but can it be cause for arrest? In the case of one elderly Massachusetts woman, it was.…...

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Your days of phony hustling on the soccer pitch — appearing to exert maximum effort while actually conserving energy — are over, tha…...

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When Philadelphia 76ers fans Jerry Rizzo and Hunter Coleman took it upon themselves to help out their favorite NBA team on Twitter this week, th…...

There is a tab under Facebook Messages you may have never noticed. It filters out what’s supposed to be less-than-important message…...

Freemium apps are here to stay, but that doesnt mean all of us like them. Now, The Daily Show has done a hilarious report on parents that le…...

You won’t see Jeff Weiner prowling NFL sidelines while barking orders into a headset, and he’s never won a Super Bowl or coach of th…...

Google just acquired RightsFlow, a company that specializes in helping artists and labels licence and get paid for copyrighted music. Google pla…...

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This year’s record-breaking Cyber Monday and Black Friday sales are a good indication that a successful holiday shopping season is well u…...

For the first time in Sports Illustrated‘s 60-year publication history, it is letting fans choose its cover. Beginning at 3 p.m. ET on Fr…...

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New York City just got a stunning new tourist attraction. Apples largest-ever retail venue opened on Friday at the historic Grand Central Te…...

New York City just got a stunning new tourist attraction. Apples largest-ever retail venue opened on Friday at the historic Grand Central Te…...

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The iPhone 4S went on sale eight weeks ago Friday. So now that the hoopla has died down, the Apple store lines are a distant memory, an early bu…...

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Hot on the heels of Flipboard for iPhone and Google Currents, social news reader Zite released an iPhone version of its app Friday.Zite, whic…...

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Today may be the day we finally learn the fate of HP’s webOS, the operating system that powers Palm mobile phones and HP’s ill…...

The online project Cowbird is a place where storytellers can keep audio-visual diaries, write stories and collaborate with others in documenti…...

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Spotify has completely overhauled Spotify Radio, adding unlimited stations, unlimited skips and a completely new recommendation engine. You can…...

Soda — yes, soda — is about to get a platform dedicated to user-created content. Indianapolis-based startup uFlavor is launching a w…...

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Google is on fire today: besides introducing the new activities recommendation engine Schemer, and the news aggregator Currents, the company als…...

Two new PlayStation games are blurring the line between music software and video games. Sound Shapes, for the soon-to-be-released PlayStation Vi…...

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Facebook on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Timelines.com, a Chicago company that alleges that the social networking giant infringed on…...

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Android posted a series of infographics on Thursday with impressive app stats to celebrate its 10 billionth download from the Android Market.An…...

To celebrate the Android Market surpassing its 10 billionth download, Google is running a promo that includes 10 premium apps for 10 days at only $0.1…...

Senators asked the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to slow down the process of releasing new top-level domains Thurs…...

Describing a vulnerability in some of its reader software as “critical,” Adobe identified a flaw that could “potentially allo…...

Twitter’s native video- and photo-sharing features may have hinted at its desire to go after Facebook, but the redesign it launched on Thu…...

It’s been an interesting week for Words With Friends. On Monday, Alec Baldwin made news for getting kicked off a flight prior to take-off…...

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Have you got the new Twitter.com yet? That was the question of the day at Mashable HQ Thursday, as the rollout of the service’s redesigne…...

Recently, Swedish fashion chain H&M admitted to using computer-generated models to showcase a range of collections on its website. The vi…...

Apple has updated its plans for a cutting-edge “spaceship”-like campus that resembles something you might find in an episode of The…...

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The Virginia Tech campus, scene of a horrific shooting back in 2007, reported that shots were fired on campus again Thursday at 1 p.m. ET. USA…...

Pope Benedict XVI used a Samsung tablet to illuminate a Christmas tree in central Italy during a lighting ceremony Wednesday. His Holines…...

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Food journalists, Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, met while working together on the New York Times Cookbook. As they wrote the book, th…...

Facebook rolled out its Subscribe button for websites today, and Mashable is proud to be a launch partner.By clicking the Subscribe button from…...

Google has launched an activity recommendation engine called Schemer into invite-only private beta.In a post on Google+, Schemer introduced…...

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The New York Times released its 2012 Election App for iPhone and iPod touch Thursday, which it calls a one-stop resource for political coverage…...

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Seth Godin wants you to fail, but in a good way. In this interview with Behind the Brand, Godin explains why companies like Facebook and…...

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Ouch. Reed Hastings addressed a room of investors and media experts this week in a bid to reignite confidence in his company. After his curious…...

BlackBerry 10 – not BBX – will be the official name of the next generation of RIM’s mobile platform, the company announced in…...

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A new project promises to bring your Xbox Live avatar to life. CafePress and Microsoft Xbox have teamed up to turn gamers’ avatars i…...

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For some, today’s official grand opening of the .xxx domain is the best thing to happen to Internet pornography since it was injected with…...

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When Shane Snow co-founded Contently a year ago he had just 48 cents in his bank account. Fast forward to the end of 2011 and the startup…...

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PayPal is taking an online beating after allegedly shutting down an account for a charitable gift buying program run by the popular “craft…...

PayPal is taking an online beating after allegedly shutting down an account for a charitable gift buying program run by the popular “craft…...

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Walter Isaacson’s bio of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs topped Amazon’s list of the top-selling books of 2011, though the title is…...

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NASA scientists announced Monday they’ve found the most Earth-like world ever discovered. Kepler 22-b, as it’s called, is located in…...

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Brewing your morning coffee is about to get easier with the help of an iPhone or iPad.Scanomat’s TopBrewer is a cutting-edge coffee…...

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Apple’s upcoming TV product might come in three sizes, including a 32” and a 55” screen size, Smarthouse reports citing source…...

StumbleUpon completely revamped its website Monday — adding a new logo, design and a channel feature that gives brands a non-intrusive rol…...

StumbleUpon completely revamped its website Monday — adding a new logo, design and a channel feature that gives brands a non-intrusive rol…...

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Microsoft will reveal more details about its Windows 8 app store at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday. Members of the media and invited devel…...

This ad campaign for Heineken is either genius or the most ridiculous thing we’ve seen on Facebook (this week, at least). The ad presumes you r…...

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Starbucks customers apparently are finding buying via mobile as addictive as the company’s coffee. Less than a year after Starbucks launc…...

Starbucks customers apparently are finding buying via mobile as addictive as the company’s coffee. Less than a year after Starbucks launc…...

Starbucks customers apparently are finding buying via mobile as addictive as the company’s coffee. Less than a year after Starbucks launc…...

Starbucks customers apparently are finding buying via mobile as addictive as the company’s coffee. Less than a year after Starbucks launc…...

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As earlier reports indicated last month, teen sexting may not be as prevalent as once believed. Data from two new studies suggests that the beh…...

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As the Carrier IQ scandal continues to heat up — now with even more lawsuits — the company has chosen to break its silence by speaki…...

The past 24 hours have seen two of the biggest names in technology reveal the future of computer chips — intentionally or otherwise. A le…...

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By now, we know that online greeting cards can be a way to spread brand awareness among networks of friends, but can they be used to drive sales…...

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Pulling out a brightly lit smartphone to compose a tweet during a symphony or ballet is generally considered a faux paus of the highest order. B…...

Foursquare now has 15 million users, tripling its base since this time last year. Half of the users are in the U.S., while the other 50 percent…...

The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that it will begin cutting first-class mail services in March 2012. By shutting down processing facilit…...

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Grammy winning recording artist, songwriter and activist Alicia Keys has expanded her digital footprint to include “her latest obses…...

Google has added graphing functionality to its seemingly ever-growing list of search bar capabilities, the company announced Monday in a blog po…...

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The auto-correct feature on mobile phones can be a blessing for catching text message typos but also a nightmare when a word is automatically replaced…...

Why sort through online dating profiles when a device could alert you when a potential good match is nearby? Instead of setting your gaze perman…...

Apple might be adamant that Siri remain exclusive to the iPhone 4S, but that doesn’t mean that developers aren’t still trying to get…...

The Oregon Trail — the game that made dysentery fun again — will be available for the Wii on Dec. 9. And we were as surprised as you…...

Is Carrier IQ simply a misunderstood diagnostic tool that helps your phone company debug the network? Quite possibly, yes. But that question ma…...

McDonald’s is crowdsourcing 10 mini movies that it will post online in January when it launches McBites.The fast food chain is offering a…...

Twitter just took the lid off its list of 2011′s most-popular keywords, many of which not only created enormous buzz among its 100 million activ…...

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Google Earth, a 3D, online global mapping service that offers stitched-together satellite and 3D views of, seemingly, every square inch o…...

Facebook on Monday confirmed its purchase of Gowalla, which had been reported on Friday, but says it isn’t buying the brand’s servic…...

Advances in communication technology have made it easier to do business across the globe without ever setting foot in an airport terminal. We can now…...

Japanese camera company Olympus hid up to $1.67 billion in losses from its investors amid a financial scandal that can be traced back 20 years,…...

Microsoft has unveiled an update to the Xbox 360 user interface that could give some hints to future Windows operating systems. The update for X…...

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National Public Radio has just brought on Gary Knell and its new CEO and it turns out that the former Sesame Workshop President and CEO believes…...

India’s government wants Internet companies and social networks like Facebook to screen content from users in India before posting it, acc…...

Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet introduced a handy iOS app Monday that allows you to access reviews and recommendations from a number of well-k…...

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You don’t have to be an Android user to know Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich are codenames for Google…...

Yahoo has shut down The Projector, The Set, The Amplifier and The Famous, four blogs covering television, movie, music and celebrity topics, res…...

If you’re a tech or gadget junkie, you should get to New York City’s Times Square for your holiday shopping.Now through Dec. 24, t…...

As the year winds down, one thing is clear: People sure love them some Danny MacAskill and Ken Block. Videos from the pair were regulars on this…...

Enflick, the maker of popular group messaging apps Pingchat and TextNow, is launching another instant chat app on Monday that can also function…...

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The Android platform moves quickly. While Google does its best to keep the OS fresh and secure, OEMs and carriers don’t always act quickly…...

You’ve placed dozens of book orders on Amazon by now. You’ve typed in a credit card number and address for at least a decade’s worth…...

When members of the Australian indie pop group Hey Geronimo put together a music video of the title cut from their upcoming Why Don’t …...

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When Herman Cain’s hapless presidential campaign went down in flames on Saturday, Twitter lit up with a firestorm of hilarious quips.As Cain de…...

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We’re back with another roundup of the top Mashable comments of the week.In our weekly roundup post, we showcase the week’s greate…...

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When it was discovered that the new voice assistant on the iPhone 4S, Siri, didn’t identify nearby abortion clinics when asked, it created a fir…...

A book led this week’s most-retweeted pics, but it wasn’t from the Twilight or Harry Potter franchises. Even more impressively, the…...

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Facebook has purchased location-based service provider Gowalla, according to a report.CNN Money cites “a source close to Gowalla” w…...

For what may be the first time, a government transit agency in the United States has adopted a formal set of guidelines for when passengers̵…...

Looking for holiday greetings to send to the Star Wars geek in your life? Santa Yoda is here to help.In this adorable video — one part…...

Verizon is on the verge of adding two tablets to its Droid line, both with 4G LTE connectivity, CNET reports. The tablets, made by Motoro…...

An advertising campaign from Olla Condoms, which sends Facebook users unsolicited friend requests from their yet-to-be-born sons, has attracte…...

An image of an auto-industry employee resting an iPad on his steering wheel while driving has created a stir online as automakers ramp up…...

An image of an auto-industry employee resting an iPad on his steering wheel while driving has created a stir online as automakers ramp up…...

An image of a spokesperson affiliated with the auto industry resting an iPad on his steering wheel while driving has created a stir online…...

Facebook is testing out a negative sentiment analysis feature for its recently upgraded Page Insights product. When page administrators –…...

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Bacardi launched a holiday promotion Friday that uses your Facebook data to create an immersive, personalized video experience.The campaign, du…...

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion announced that it will take a $485 million write-down in relation to its PlayBook tablet.RIM describes the …...

Geeks nostalgic for the all-in-one look of vintage Apple products can now add a dash of retro to their gadget with the iStation, a docking devic…...

Gone are the days when you have to sift through every CD or continuously turn the dial on the radio to find the perfect song. Whether you are a music…...

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Facebook is opening an engineering office in New York City, the company announced Friday.The office will open early next year, according to a s…...

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Carrier IQ, the beleaguered wireless metrics provider, “vigorously disagrees” with anyone who says it violates wiretap laws —…...

Americans are going online to pass the time more than they were just a few years ago, according to a new study.A report from Pew Research Cent…...

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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint with the State of Connecticut to stop LeanSpa LLC, an Orange, Conn.-based weight loss company that has allegedly used......

In a $3.6 billion deal, Verizon Wireless just bought a large chunk of wireless spectrum from Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Network…...

In a $3.6 billion deal, Verizon Wireless just bought a large chunk of wireless spectrum from Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Network…...

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Online gaming company Zynga filed IPO documents with the Securities & Exchange Commission Friday, pricing its shares between $8.50 and $10.…...

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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 whats happening in the digital w…...

The Digital Marketing Series is supported by HubSpot, an inbound marketing software company based in Cambridge, Mass., that makes a full platfor…...

Facebook sent out invites Friday morning for a press event set to take place later this afternoon at the company’s New York headquarters.…...

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The “Casually Pepper Spray Everything Cop” meme takes center stage in Know Your Meme‘s latest episode. In the video, Internet scie…...

Infinity Blade II is shooting to the top of Apple’s app store best sellers list faster than you can chop a giant, medieval-themed dragon-beast…...

Think you’ve got bad gadget spending habits? If you’re a single male between the ages of 50 and 65 living in San Jose, Calif. your tech sp…...

As search engines such as Bing and Yahoo reveal their top-searched lists of 2011, Twitter is looking back on the most “remarkable” stories…...

Android 4.0 is significantly different from past versions of Android: Some settings have been moved, multitasking is changed, the launcher is overhau…...

Conscious Condoms wants to make sure that you — and someone in need in the developing world — are covered when it comes to safe sex.…...

There’s been no shortage of previews and teases of Lady Gaga’s much-anticipated epic music video, but now “Marry the Night…...

There’s a storm of controversy flaring up over Carrier IQ, cellphone software that logs user activity and relays at least some of that inf…...

The creators of South Park have teamed up with THQ to launch a new role playing game for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PCs. Called simply &…...

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Google is talking to major retailers about a new plan to undermine Amazon by giving consumers who shop on the web an option to receive their ord…...

NORAD’s Santa Tracker is back, allowing users to follow Santa’s journey on Christmas Eve across Google Maps, Google Earth and…...

Emerging from its post-IPO quiet period on Wednesday, Groupon trumpeted holiday sales success and expressed defiance at a flurry of recent negat…...

A simple Siri hack essentially allows users to control their vehicles with their voices. Using the Viper Control plugin and Siri Proxy, Brandon Fiqu…...

Ebook sales are expected to generate $9.7 billion worldwide in 2016, more than three times the $3.2 billion the category is expected to generate…...

We already knew about YouTube’s redesign, which tech-savvy readers have been enabling for the past 10 days. As of now, however, the new Y…...

Google+ is rolling out a feature that allows its users to make free conference calls within Hangouts.Google staffer Jarkko Oikarinen also…...

When the iPhone 4S arrived last month, some Sprint customers began complaining about slow or inconsistent connection speeds with their new hands…...

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You know that counter top rotisserie infomercial, with the catchphrase Set it, and forget it? Well, its time to apply that kind of men…...

The Tech Innovators Series is supported by Lenovo. Lenovo does not just manufacture technology. They make Do machines — super-powered crea…...

AOL co-founder and former CEO Steve Case announced on Thursday that he and two former AOL colleagues, Ted Leonsis and Donn Davis, have raised a…...

Audi chose to explore how digital technology might radically alter and improve safety of future streets. “Urban Future” was a spec…...

If you’ve ever wondered what people really look like before being Photoshopped, a new software tool developed by researchers at Dartmouth Colle…...

The opening of the much-anticipated Apple Store at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, which will become the company’s largest retail…...

The oft-discussed dilemma of whether to share your Facebook profile with your mom often overlooks an important factor: Does she want to share he…...

The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet debuted last month with the promise of being the only tablet with a real shot of challenging the iPad, mainly beca…...

Call of Dutys popular zombie warfare mode has arrived as a separate iOS app. Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies is available now for the iPhone......

It’s finally time for file-sharing buffs to pour a little liquor on the ground for Napster, the original gangster of major peer-to-peer mu…...

Twitter‘s long-awaited self-serve ad platform was quietly introduced in November with a “handful” of advertisers, according to…...

When it was discovered that Siri, Apples much-hyped voice assistant in the iPhone 4S, would not reveal the location of abortion clinics…...

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ONE and (RED) have jointly launched (2015)QUILT, a digital crowd-sourced tapestry built in HTML5, to bring people together behind the cause of a…...

McDonald’s 43-year-old Big Mac is getting more social this month with a LivingSocial deal and a planned Facebook app, among other initiati…...

App stores arent just for selling games they have also become increasingly important distribution channels for online services. Many…...

Google’s Chrome surpassed Mozilla’s Firefox as the world’s number two browser behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer last…...

Google’s Chrome surpassed Mozilla’s Firefox as the world’s number two browser behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer last…...

What started as a local market for odd jobs is also becoming a way for small businesses to find leads — for free. Peer-to-peer mobile mar…...

We’re excited to host one of our best parties of the year, MashBash, which celebrates the best of digital from the Mashable Awards winner…...

Creating a font is no small undertaking. In fact, it is possibly one of the most complex design tasks out there. Careful attention must be paid......

In a month that brought us “Nerd New Year” on 11/11/11, your share-happy fingers found interest in stories about the year’s wo…...

Its not revelatory that the academic and the tech worlds move at vastly different paces. Education often lags behind when it comes tech adop…...

Yahoo‘s stock rose as much as 9% in pre-market trading Thursday and more than 3% after the market opened as rumors surfaced that Alibaba a…...

Ben Huh’s popular Cheezburger Network websites — Fail Blog, The Daily What and I Can Has Cheezburger? to name a few — have fil…...

The iPhone topped Yahoo‘s U.S. top searches list for 2011, edging out Casey Anthony, Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry. It’s the first t…...

The relationship between Wonderful Pistachios and Rovio’s Angry Birds entered a new level Thursday with the launch of The Hunt for the Gol…...

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Amazon has launched a Spanish and Italian Kindle Store with a large selection of Spanish-language Kindle books, as well the first Spanish-langua…...

WikiLeaks on Thursday released the first 287 documents from a database containing “hundreds” of documents from contractors in what W…...

Shaquille O’Neal — all 7-plus feet and 300-plus pounds of him — isn’t just known for casting a huge shadow on the basket…...

Let’s face it: The future of journalism is online and digital. And now, as if that trend needed any more confirmation, journalism’s…...

Carrier IQ, a diagnostic tool installed in millions of smartphones all over the world, is gathering a lot of info about your activity – po…...

David Carey, president of magazine publisher Hearst Corp, expects the company will have more than 1 million paid digital subscribers by the end…...

David Carey, president of magazine publisher Hearst Corp, expects the company will have more than 1 million paying digital subscribers by the en…...

You might have heard Google is in the process of changing the design of its controversial black Google Bar across the top of most of its produ…...

Men beware. The Wi-Fi from your laptop could be hurting the health of your sperm.A new study, published in the medical journal Fertili…...

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Google+ will allow multiple admins to manage a brand page “before 2012,” Kristoffer Sorensen, a Google marketing strategist, said o…...

Move over Sophia Petrillo, there’s a new Golden Girl in town sharing her timeless advice on how to act on various social networks and Internet h…...

Twitter, as everyone and their tweeting dog knows, limits your status updates to 140 characters. But Facebook? Facebook laughs in the face of s…...

Amazon has launched an app for iPad and Kindle Fire that lets kids create holiday gift wish lists that parents can then browse and share w…...

Spotify just announced its new app platform. Partnering with the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Billboard, Last.fm and The Guardian, the online mu…...

Do Angry Birds make Tasty Meals? Rovio Mobile sure as heck hopes so with the official release of its Angry Birds cookbook, titled Angry Birds: Bad Pig…...

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At its first-ever U.S. press conference, Spotify unveiled on Wednesday a new app platform that allows third-party developers to use the streamin…...

If Google was just starting to forget about the Android malware threats from earlier this year, now it has another security headache: Rese…...

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To help educate kids in need, celebrities such as Olivia Wilde, Coldplay, and Jonathan Adler are creating a series of pencil drawings made exclusively…...

To help educate kids in need, celebrities such as Olivia Wilde, Coldplay, and Jonathan Adler are creating a series of pencil drawings made exclusively…...

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Walmart has released an uncharacteristically odd attempt at a holiday meme: Frank the Fruitcake, an animated dessert that sounds like comedian Bobca…...

Former Victoria’s Secret model and America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks is hosting a Google+ Hangout Wednesday to promote her…...

China’s notorious Great Firewall — or as they call it, the Golden Shield — is known for blocking some high profile sites. Facebook,…...

Looks like Australia isn’t the only country to have seen an incident of a combustible iPhone 4 over the past week. A similar incident has…...

Foursquare is adding two new features that aim to integrate publishers’ and brands’ content into users’ mobile activities, a &…...

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Time Inc., the magazine division of Time Warner Inc., has a new CEO after 10 long months of searching. Laura Lang, who served as CEO of digital…...

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A group of students at Columbia University recently showed how they could hack, with relative ease, an HP LaserJet printer and convince it…...

A reversal of fortunes, of sorts, for Samsung in its ongoing case against Apple in Australia: an appeals court unanimously decided Wednesday tha…...

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A New Jersey mall abruptly transforms into a stage for a short musical about Santa. One man breaks into song about how “you’re ne…...

By now, you’ve probably seen the latest status update on Facebook’s IPO, and it’s a doosey: When the company goes public it wi…...

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Spotify is kicking off its first-ever U.S. press conference in New York City on Wednesday, promising a big announcement about a “new direc…...

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Now that the dust has settled and Facebooks agreement with the Federal Trade Commission is clear, its time to assess the damage. Whats…...

Redbook magazine is adding a “blog council” of five mom bloggers to its site Wednesday, the first of several blogger collectives par…...

YouTube has replaced Insight, a tool that let users see detailed stats about their videos, with Analytics, which offers even more in-depth repor…...

Adobe is taking the plunge into ad buying with the pending purchase of Efficient Frontier, a company best known for helping marketers negotiate…...

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On Tuesday the Federal Trade Commission officially rapped Facebooks knuckles in a broad-reaching settlement on privacy, alleging the social n…...

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Dishing out punishment to would-be tacklers nearly as much as he takes it, Adrian Peterson has become one of the NFL’s most feared running back…...

Supermodels won’t be the only ones spreading their wings Tuesday night during the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on CBS. The broadca…...

AT&T’s proposed merger with T-Mobile isn’t dead yet, but the removal of the application by AT&T, and the FCC’s decis…...

Facebook has released a list of the 40 most shared stories of 2011 (well, the first 11 months, at least). We’ve collected the top 20 into the ga…...

Elvis Costello really doesn’t want you to buy his reissued boxset of “The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook” due out…...

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has been having one heck of a week. Rumors about the next-generation console and Kinect peripheral are buildi…...

In what is fast becoming the most unusual acquisition attempt in recent years, AT&T is officially no longer asking the FCC for approval fo…...

Social media has revolutionized the way companies run sweepstakes, contests and promotions. Specifically, social tools have made it easy to ac…...

Navigating the outdoor world has been made extra easy over the years thanks to GPS and services such as Google Maps, but finding your way throughout…...

The new Mario Kart 7 ad looks like it’s probably CGI, right? It might look like it, but it’s not. The ad for the latest title to hit the…...

While recuperating after having his jaw wired shut, Joe Fernandez had to rely on Twitter and Facebook to communicate. Unable to speak to a…...

Apple pulled the iTether app from iTunes on Tuesday because it placed too great a burden on the wireless carriers’ networks, according to…...

The new Microsoft Kinect ad shows how the simple gaming device has expanded to something much more due to innovative thinking. The commercial…...

Facebook’s privacy settings have faced scrutiny from users for years, and the world’s largest social network has often reassured th…...

People are using Google Street View for more than checking travel routes. You can use the mapping tool to test hotel neighborhoods, to take vir…...

Your identity is worth almost $5,000 to a criminal. An estimated 9 million Americans’ identities are stolen each year. And a whopping 43% of the…...

Following a strong Black Friday, U.S. online sales for Cyber Monday were up 33% from 2010′s record highs, according to IBM. In a separate …...

Following a strong Black Friday, U.S. online sales for Cyber Monday amounted to $1.25 billion, up 22% from 2010′s record highs, according…...