Articles by Mashable from March 2012

Is this the real life — or is this just fantasy? People often hope to achieve internet fame by uploading a cover song onto YouTube. But most o…...

Is Facebook building a Google rival — one that would use your location and your friends’ tastes? A team of more than 20 Facebook en…...

In response to Research in Motion’s ugly quarterly earnings report, newly minted CEO Thorsten Heins is shaking up the executive team. No…...

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, an animated GIF has to be worth at least a billion, right? There’s something unusually satisfying…...

Joe Trippi, author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet and the Overthrow of Everything, served as Howard Dean’…...

The Angry Birds franchise owes a lot to Isaac Newton. The legendary 17th-century scientist defined the classical laws of gravity, after all, and…...

Streaming music-service Spotify unveiled on Friday its Facebook Timeline fan page which boasts an ongoing history of music dating back more than 1,000…...

Our weekly Mashable Photo Challenge is back.Last week we asked you to show us What’s in Your Laptop Bag. We were impressed with the entries we…...

YouTube Slam, a 3-month-old interactive video-discovery tool that randomly spits out two videos at a time for one-on-one battles, now allows u…...

It’s a great time to be a PC gamer. The most anticipated studio titles can be downloaded the moment they’re released, the classics you gre…...

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 rapid growth of smartphone adoption is changing every facet of our lives. From Siri, Apples virtual personal assistant, to the thousands…...

The World at Work is powered by GE. This new series highlights the people, projects and startups that are driving innovation and making the worl…...

Twitter handles associated with Anonymous are suggesting that “Operation Blackout,” a rumored attempt to shut down the Internet sche…...

Harvard University is at the head of the class when it comes to using social media to connect with students, potential applicants and the community, b…...

What would it mean to document instances of sexual violence in real time, as these assaults are unfolding? And what would it mean to do this for…...

With April Fools’ Day on the horizon, it’s the perfect time to play some epic pranks on your PC-using co-workers, friends, family and fren…...

Even if you never connect your Facebook account to a single app, dozens of them may still have access to your profile information via your Faceb…...

The Gregory Brothers — the trio best known for Auto-Tuning the News and the Bed Intruder song — paid tribute to the web’s latest vi…...

Not everyone is cheering over the recent switch to Facebook Timeline for businesses. But the reality is, the new layout will present many great…...

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

Ruby on Rails. PHP. HTML. Bacon? Yup, pork belly just became an honorary member of the list of things you can use to make a website.Bleacher Re…...

Our biggest conference of the year, Mashable Connect, is returning to Orlando, FL from May 3-5, and this year we will explore the future of dig…...

Mark Zuckerberg is huge in Asia. The Facebook founder was besieged by flash bulbs and greeted by a somewhat “star-struck” Japanese…...

You might not be willing to fork over a monthly subscription fee to read some of your favorite news sites, but would you answer a survey questio…...

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…...

A new Big Bang occurred last Friday — albeit not the same magnitude as the original. That’s what project crews in the Chilean Ande…...

A new Big Bang occurred last Friday — albeit not the same magnitude as the original. That’s what project crews in the Chilean Ande…...

Google plans to sell co-branded Android tablets directly to consumers through its own online store, the Wall Street Journal reports. This move…...

Your iPhone 4S has a beautiful touchscreen retina display. But who cares about that when Siri can do everything for you by voice command? This…...

Minutes after the historic Apollo 11 mission launched in July 1969, its five F-1 engines were discharged and dropped safely into the Atlantic Oc…...

Mashable’s first weekly photo challenge is complete, and the photos are in. We asked youto show usWhat’s in Your Laptop Bag?Pho…...

If you thought Katniss Everdeen was hardcore, meet explorer Aleksander Gamme, who spent 100 days crossing the South Pole by himself. By day 86, howev…...

Five different candidates for president means five very different economic plans. But whose would really benefit you? You can find out with Politify…...

Five different candidates for president means five very different economic plans. But whose would really benefit you? You can find out with Politify…...

If you’ve lost interest in March Madness — or you’re just ignoring your bracket due to numerous upsets — you can throw…...

HarperCollins released a new iPad app Thursday that will set you off on a 3D exploration through space using high-resolution visuals specificall…...

Outside the Village Voice‘s New York headquarters Thursday, hundreds of protesters demanded the online publication end its adult section c…...

Now if you’re trying to figure out how to get to your job interview or dinner with friends you can also account for what route might be t…...

The late Steve Jobs may be as venerated within the company he founded as he is outside it. But that doesn’t mean his successor is sufferin…...

A new scam has surfaced on Twitter that targets Draw Something players. Setting its sites on people who have tweeted about the game, the scam se…...

American Idol‘s attempt to mix things up — by having the final 9 singers sing as trios in addition to their individual performance…...

Corporate public relations rule numero uno: When a scandal occurs, admit you were wrong and say you’re sorry. Apple is doing just that wit…...

The Tumblr One Tiny Hand has made the Internet do a collective double-take over the last two weeks. The site posts photos of celebrities and no…...

It’s tough times for Research in Motion. That was the clear message from RIM’s newbie CEO, Thorsten Heins, during a call about quart…...

The chatter online and in offices across New York focused heavily on Friday’s mind-boggling Mega Millions lottery jackpot, which soared above ha…...

Marketers are suckers for a catch phrase, from join the conversation to think like a publisher. Now, thanks largely to Facebook Tim…...

Apple isn’t one to elaborate on sales of its new products, but a startup called Slice that handles online shopping data has captured an…...

Google’s politics team has been working with presidential campaigns for years. Now they’re ready to share the lessons they’ve…...

The organization hired to audit Apple’s factories in China released its report on Thursday stating it found “significant issues with…...

The organization hired to audit Apple’s factories in China released its report on Thursday stating it found “significant issues with…...

Radio and TV host Ryan Seacrest is a man of many talents. Now he apparently can add Draw Something illustrator to his impressive rsum afte…...

Facebook updated its $5 billion initial public offering (IPO) filing this week to include the details about its patent battle with Yahoo. This…...

Lynnae Williams was on track to become a CIA agent. Today, the 35-year-old aspiring journalist and would-be CIA spy uses Twitter to expose what…...

Mashables largest conference, Mashable Connect, is returning to Orlando, FL from May 3-5, and this year we’ll bring together the brigh…...

China notoriously blocks access to social networking sites Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Now a startup, FamilyLeaf, has found a break in the G…...

If you’re an iPhone 4 owner who didn’t receive a free bumper case from Apple during Antennagate, you can now get $15 from the…...

The Customer Experience Series is supported by Webtrends. Get insider tips and a step-by-step guide to acquiring, engaging and nurturing fans. …...

Everybody loves the smell of bacon, right? And everyone hates the odor of kitty litter. So, Clorox put two and two together — and got bacon-sc…...

Google put a blind man in the driver’s seat — and he lived to tell the tale. It sounds crazy, but, it’s true. Steve Mahan got…...

Long-time Microsoft watchers like me are marveling at the companys transformation. Slowly but surely, the siloed behemoth that once couldn…...

A two-and-a-half-ton elephant was on the run briefly in Ireland Tuesday, stopping by a coffee shop in Blackpool, Cork, before eventually being broug…...

There’s no denying that the Internet is already a very social place, but it’s positioning itself to speak up even more in the next…...

An amendment that would have prevented employers from demanding your social media passwords was defeated by House Republicans on Wednesday.The…...

An amendment that would have prevented employers from demanding your social media passwords was defeated by House Republicans on Wednesday.The…...

Amazon has issued its latest software update for the Kindle Fire with a change that makes reading ebooks a lot more social.The 6.3 Kindle Fire…...

Move over, iPhone — there’s a new king in town. In the town of Flickr, at least. Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II DSLR camera has just…...

Move over, iPhone — there’s a new king in town. In the town of Flickr, at least. Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II DSLR camera has just…...

Doctors at Houston’s Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital made medical and social media history last month by live-tweeting an open heart s…...

Americans can continue to listen to Spotify‘s full catalog of streaming music for free a little while longer. The European company announc…...

The Republican candidates still in the race for the White House are getting blasted with social media spam, according to the social spam-fighting firm…...

If you can’t watch the primaries without sending quick witty lines again and again to your social media followers, Comedy Central has the…...

At virtually the same time an entrepreneur came up with the idea of toilet paper featuring your tweets, another has found another new way to display…...

Scanning service 1DollarScan takes your dusty old books, scans them and then converts them into PDFs that you can access on your mobile device.…...

Channel 4 News’s favorite anchorman Ron Burgundy made a surprise visit Wednesday night on Conan. The character, played by Will Ferrell, dropped…...

In the hard and fast world of startups, it's not easy to get your name heard and money in your pocket. Boston-based company Wefunder aims to change that through another buzzword: crowdfunding....

Instead of just tracking your workouts, a new iPhone app called Fitocracy lets you compete against other users and friends.The startup has been…...

Instead of just tracking your workouts, a new iPhone app called Fitocracy lets you compete against other users and friends.The startup has been…...

Apple CEO Tim Cook visited the Foxconn iPhone plant during his visit to China, according to Bloomberg. Cook was also said to have talked with B…...

There was another turn in the Trayvon Martin case Thursday morning as this video began circulating showing the teen’s shooter, George Zimmerma…...

If you’re a fan of standup, consider podcasts the more intimate version of live comedy performance. That’s what makes comedy podcasts so f…...

ShoeDazzle, a two-year-old retail startup that offers users a monthly selection of shoes, handbags and accessories by subscription, is revamping…...

When PayPal updated its mobile app March 15 it removed one way you were able to send payments: Bump, a feature that was available in the app sin…...

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…...

LG has announced it has started mass production of its electronic paper display (EPD) product, with a planned launch in Europe next month. LG&#…...

Activist group SumOfUs is preemptively contesting the validity of an audit by the Fair Labor Association (FLA), saying Apple’s hiring of t…...

Lance Parker is building something he says will bring a new level of convenience and security to on-the-go computing — and he’s fund…...

Is that stack of floppy disks behind your computer collecting dust? Take a tip from these artists and turn old tech into new-school.We’ve colle…...

Mohamed Nasheed, the recently ousted president of the Maldives, has witnessed first-hand how technology and social media can organize civil soci…...

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…...

Ten days after posting racially offensive comments on Twitter during a soccer match, British student Liam Stacey has been sentenced to 56 days i…...

Hacktivism has hit its tipping point. The year 2011 had the most hacktivism-related crimes in history. Hacktivists use digital tools to breach securi…...

Ever wondered what the wind would look like if you could see it in action from above? You’re about to find out.A new project posted onli…...

Edge Shave Gel has handed its Twitter account over to Daily Show Correspondent Jason Jones as part of its latest social media marketing campaign…...

Rusel DeMaria is the author of more than 60 books, and currently runs the High Score 3 Kickstarter project. Follow him on Twitter @DeMaria.Doub…...

While the United States Supreme Court forbids tweeting from its courtroom, thousands of people elsewhere have taken to Twitter to talk about the…...

Measuring marketing spending used to be pretty easy, at least in theory: You’d run a big ad campaign and then see if your sales rose. If t…...

Last year Bill Gates announced plans to revolutionize the toilet. Now one startup is attempting to revolutionize toilet paper - by putting t…...

Last year Bill Gates announced plans to revolutionize the toilet. Now one startup is attempting to revolutionize toilet paper - by putting tw…...

A 24-year-old man who calls himself “Steve” makes more than $1,000 per day pinning Amazon product links on Pinterest, one of 2012…...

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with new details from The Daily Dot. A 24-year-old man who calls himself “Steve”…...

Facebook will halt trading of its shares in secondary markets by the beginning of April, according to a report.Citing unnamed sources, Bloomber…...

Comedy has undergone a transformation over the past few years thanks to digital and social media. From standup comedians breaking out on Twitter to te…...

Don’t panic if your checkins on Facebook plummet in a few weeks. Facebook is changing the way it counts checkins, photo posts and multiple…...

The Change.org petition created by Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton calling for the prosecution of their son Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimm…...

So you get home from the gym to find a Facebook friend request from that cute guy you were flirting with by the elliptical machines. He’s…...

Last week, Elgar Hadar of Hope for Paws posted to YouTube this amazing story of Fiona, a rescued puppy.We won’t tell you the whole story becau…...

KONY 2012 director Jason Russell isn’t the only Invisible Children co-founder using web video to direct attention toward the conflict in centr…...

Justin Bieber is the latest celebrity to have his Twitter account hijacked, joining a long list of previous hacked victims from Miley Cyrus and…...

Having some trouble with Twitter lately? The company has recently confirmed a “follow bug” that causes some users to automatically s…...

Apple has taken firm root in America. Just over half of all households in the country own at least one Apple product, a new survey says, showing…...

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

Aziz Ansari’s doomed exploits to impress a date fuel American Express’s first TV ad for its Sync program.In the ad, which is set to bre…...

Martha Stewart is setting up house on Facebook.From now until mid-April, players of Facebook game CastleVille will be able to interact with a v…...

Samsung announced on Wednesday that it has shipped more than 5 million units of its part-phone, part-tablet device, the Galaxy Note.Samsung re…...

Sure you sleep at night, but are you really getting a good night’s sleep? A new app launching today, SleepTime, works as both an intellig…...

FuzeMeeting has updated its video conferencing software, now optimizing the experience for the new iPad’s retina display, A5X chipset, 108…...

The Trayvon Martin case picked up steam Wednesday after Rep. Bobby Rush, a Democrat from Illinois, got kicked off the House floor for wearing a hood…...

Pencils of Promise (PoP) is a global project that aims to build schools and establish learning initiatives for millions of children around the globe who lack access to education....

The Financial Times took the wraps off it’s latest U.S. marketing campaign in New York’s Grand Central Terminal Tuesday. The exhib…...

We recently brought you an awesome roundup of accessories to organize your office. Now we’re geeking out with paper goods.From “social…...

Popular restaurant review service Urbanspoon integrated editorially curated lists with its iPhone app on Wednesday.Users of the app, which the…...

What happens in the sky no longer stays in the sky. Tuesday’s bizarre incident, in which a Las Vegas-bound JetBlue flight made an unexpected l…...

Tumblr has hit a major milestone — 20 billion posts — a huge increase from the 12 billion posts figure it reached in November. R…...

Retailer Best Buy‘s website was down Wednesday morning and won’t be back up until 3 p.m. ET, according to a message on the site.&…...

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

By now, we’re used to seeing back-to-school campaigns hit in early July, but late March? Research by Gen Y-focused marketing agency Mr. Youth c…...

Already among the most socially adept sports entertainment brands around, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is pumping up its digital emphasis…...

Microsoft is serious about gesture-based interface control. Just a few months after releasing the first Kinect for Windows, the company is prepa…...

“And here, at City Hall, you can see we’ve got a little Occupy movement going on.”Kip Katsarelis gestures at the giant flats…...

“And here, at City Hall, you can see we’ve got a little Occupy movement going on.”Kip Katsarelis gestures at the giant flats…...

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…...

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to sit in a space station orbiting Earth, just chilling and looking at the stars? Thanks to NASA astro…...

Google has officially opened registration for this year’s Summer of Code. Started in 2005, the program offers paid internships for student…...

Call it superhero plastic. Researchers at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society introduced plastic that…...

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…...

Extreme sports fans and Shazam app users planning to watch the Red Bull Supernatural snowboarding competition this month are in for a second-screen vi…...

If you want your brand’s social media efforts to come across as authentic, you need to know what you stand for and what’s meaningfu…...

Ever wanted to quickly check out a video from your phone on your TV? If you have a Panasonic set, that just got a lot easier.Panasonic recently…...

Just because HBO Go is now available on the Xbox 360 doesn’t mean every HBO customer will have the ability to use it.While testing the br…...

Ghana’s general elections are coming up this December, and to help streamline the voter registration process, the country is now implement…...

Your phone’s lock-screen may become a billboard in your pocket. Conduit, a company offering web and mobile services, is aiming to make so…...

Your phone’s lock-screen may become a billboard in your pocket. Conduit, a company offering web and mobile services, is aiming to make so…...

You know those people who insist on whipping out their smartphones to take photos of everything they eat then immediately share the pictures across…...

What’s Going Down?, an iPhone and iPad app for sharing photos, released Trayvon Martin solidarity photo frames on Monday.A picture may sa…...

A YouTube recap of a stunning opera performance by teenage singers Jonathan Antoine and Charlotte Jaconelli on the Britain’s Got Talent TV show…...

Picture a combination of Google+ Hangouts, Skype and YouTube. That’s OnTheAir, which wants to create communities of like-minded individual…...

When you think of Pinterest, what kind of user comes to mind? If you answered “a woman who likes crafts and chocolate,” you’re not a…...

LinkedIn has tweaked its People You May Know feature with a streamlined look and more accurate recommendations, the company announced Tuesday.T…...

Research shows that nearly half of kids with autism can make big improvements toward recovery by undergoing therapy in the early stages of thei…...

The Startup Spaces Series is supported by Turnstone, a Steelcase brand. Running a small business is hard enough, having a great space to work in…...

Google is working on third-party commenting platform to rival Facebook’s, according to multiple reports. The system will be deeply integr…...

Wondering why your new iPad is lying to you about how much charge it has? Don’t worry, says Apple. It’s all for your benefit. In a…...

If you woke up tomorrow with a million new Twitter followers — and had them for one day only — what would you tell them? That’…...

The House of Representatives voted to pass the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS Act) Tuesday, a bill that aims to make it easier for startu…...

Sure, GM used a hokey fake family to illustrate how OnStar‘s new car finder and email and text notification service, Family Link, would work for…...

Google is making it easier for U.S. artists to sell their music on the Google Play artist hub by offering free sign-up for a limited time.The Googl…...

Facebook is hoping to stamp out what it considers an “opportunistic and fraudulent” lawsuit filed by Paul Ceglia, who claims that he…...

Craigslist has been a fertile source of comic inspiration for some time, but few have mined it as compellingly as startup Replyboard.The Seattle-ba…...

Nyan Cat will shortly turn one year old — and to celebrate, he’s speeding through another video game. The 8-bit animated feline stars in…...

New York’s largest art museum — its transit system — can now be carried around in your pocket. The MTA is now part of the Mer…...

A high school senior in Indiana has been expelled for the content of his tweets. Austin Carroll, a student at Garrett High School in Indiana u…...

A Parks Associates survey set out to find out just how well-liked Siri is. The verdict more than 70% of iPhone 4S users said they are very s…...

We’ve had a little flip-flop this week. March Madness didn’t stack up in the social realm as successfully as last week. No matter, three o…...

Just one month after Tumblr banned content that “actively promotes or glorifies self-injury or self-harm,” Pinterest has updated i…...

If you opted for a white iPhone, chances are you have an eye for design. Therefore, you don’t want just any old case messing up your handsetR…...

YouTube user TheFineBros‘s latest children react to things in the news video highlights documentary KONY 2012. He asks the kids about Joseph K…...

Recyclebank figured out gamification before gamification was gamification.When Recyclebank was founded six years ago, no one had heard of gamification, the concept of rewarding non-game actions with p...

Social media may be getting all the buzz, but email is still a more popular mode of Internet communication, according to a new survey. Private…...

NASA launched five rockets, each 80 seconds apart, into the skies over Virginia early on Tuesday. The rockets were on a mission to study the upper jet…...

We have seen some amazing animals-plus-iPads footage in the past, but this fresh clip offers the biggest thrill yet. “Biggest” not just…...

Xbox 360 has added several new apps to its gaming console’s Xbox Live package as part of an effort to make it an all-in-one entertainment…...

If you’re a marketer wondering if migrating your brand to Facebook Timeline was worth the effort, here’s some encouraging data: A re…...

Much of today’s home video is now shot on smartphones, a movement which has proliferated mobile microvideo applications. As the number of apps c…...

With NationBuilder, the local candidate for president of the school board can take advantage of the same digital organizing technology used by P…...

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

The duo claimed to be “more talented than the Beatles, Stones and Zeppelin combined,” Tenacious D has risen from its hiatus to bring you…...

Rovio, fresh off the latest success of Angry Birds Space, announced Tuesday morning that is has bought Futuremark Games Studio, the gaming arm o…...

Fifteen years after the first Harry Potter paper novel was published, all seven of J.K.Rowling’s megapopular fantasy novels are now availa…...

BlueStacks, a company bringing Android apps to your desktop PC, released the beta-1 version of its App Player Tuesday.If you’re an Andro…...

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…...

Today’s Google Doodle honors Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, one of the most important figures of modern architecture. Mies van der Rohe was bo…...

Once a service for simply sharing purchases, Swipely is contining its evolution into a credit-card based loyalty program for small businesses wi…...

If you’re in the market for Opening Day baseball tickets, you might want to avoid some of the biggest names in online ticket selling, acco…...

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…...

A worldwide network of hackers has managed to gain access to the most secure networks on the Internet. The leaderless and faceless group, known…...

In what’s believed to be a pro sports first, the NHL’s Boston Bruins announced on Monday the launch of a media property uniting all…...

Following in the footsteps of Storify, a new free, open-source online timeline tool is innovating storytelling on the web. Timeline, created by…...

Let’s say you’re a young woman who has just moved to New York City from Nepal. You want to find a friend nearby who speaks your lang…...

Bully, a new documentary premiering Friday, will be released with no rating, following a failed effort to have the MPAA rating changed from R to…...

Forget friending. A new Facebook app allows users of the social network to identify and share people, places and things as “enemies”…...

Bored with friends’ Facebook albums that are filled with landscapes and sunsets from their vacation? This video is the answer to all of your pr…...

The shooting of Trayvon Martin has ignited passionate responses everywhere, but the only person who knows what really happened the night of the…...

A new iPhone app, Black SMS, attempts to keep your private SMS conversations undercover, by literally covering them in a black shroud until you…...

With national attention on the Trayvon Martin case, another racially-charged case is moving into the spotlight. Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old Ir…...

Do you want your Pinterest images to stand out and get repinned? With more than 12 million users posting pictures to the image-based social netw…...

Every year developers from all around the world gather for the Google IO conference. Google has announced it’s celebrating by releasing a…...

Feast your eyes on the future of the Internet — beautiful websites built with HTML5. The newest version of HTML effectively catapults word…...

Feast your eyes on the future of the Internet — beautiful websites built with HTML5. The newest version of HTML effectively catapults word…...

The internet is a pretty interesting place, but as we become more and more absorbed in it, it’s also a place that can change how we intera…...

There are so many content curation sites available these days, it can be difficult to maintain a strong presence across each platform. You may have a…...

The new iPad is a huge hit for Apple, to the tune of 3 million devices sold in the first weekend alone. And it’s no wonder — the de…...

Madonna’s web-only promotional push for her 12th studio album, MDNA, isn’t confined only to the social media big guns Facebook and…...

The Samsung Galaxy Note is one of the most polarizing smartphones on the market today. Some say the big 5.3-inch screen is too bulky, while others lik…...

Did two weekends of upsets, injuries and overall madness blow your NCAA Tournament picks to smithereens? It’s OK; you’re not alone i…...

You’ve probably played a game on an iPhone and you’ve probably built something using Legos. But have you done both simultaneously?…...

Mashables largest conference is returning to Orlando, FL from May 3-5, and this year we will explore the future of digital with some of the…...

An open Wi-Fi network is a gold mine for criminals. They can steal your identity by accessing personal data or commit crimes using open Internet…...

The tussle for U.S. search dominance over the last few years has been interesting. Google has eaten Yahoo’s lunch for the better part of a decad…...

Up to date on politics and national and world events? Mashable is seeking a full-time, hard-charging editor to lead our US and World coverage.…...

The first LTE Windows Phones will officially be available April 8 in the form of the Nokia Lumia 900 and HTC Titan II. Booth handsets were anno…...

In its long-awaited report on consumer privacy, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called for designers of Internet browsers to stop allowi…...

Twitter announced on Tuesday that a select group of small business can begin using its self-serve advertising platform to create promoted tweets…...

The connections between digital and policy, politics and culture have become an indispensible part of Mashables coverage. Last fall, we lau…...

Ever wish pizza could magically appear at the press of a button? A pizzeria in Dubai has unveiled a new refrigerator magnet that actually orders…...

Are you wondering what the deal is with that French song that was the centerpiece of Sunday night’s Mad Men episode? Well, you’re not a…...

Startup founders are fascinating creatures. They have to be multifaceted and dynamic, yet laser sharp and narrowly focused. During the early da…...

To kick off the release of her new album, Madonna is joining Twitter for one day to answer questions from fans.The pop legend will be turning…...

As President Obama’s health care reform package heads to the Supreme Court this week, at least one group is trying to get its views on the…...

Microsoft‘s product evangelist has stepped in after a blogger went public this weekend claiming the company didn’t honor his victory…...

Mad Men‘s long-awaited season five premiere sparked more discussion in the social sphere than any other premiere in 2012, with 106,000 com…...

Facebook took a strong stance against employers who request account passwords from potential employees on Friday, saying it would “take ac…...

The World at Work is powered by GE. This new series highlights the people, projects and startups that are driving innovation and making the world a better place....

Move over, Jennifer Lawrence. There is a new adaptation of The Hunger Games — only this version stars a cast of Beanie Babies. Even with a…...

Stuff that gets shared online is usually either fun to watch (nyancat) or significant to all our lives in some way (Kony 2012). Upworthy, a new…...

The mouse, having played its role in the transformation of the personal computer, is now almost outdated. If you think about it, when the mouse was fi…...

If you stop charging the new iPad as soon as its battery indicator shows “100%” you could be missing out on as much as 1.2 hours of…...

Rovio’s Angry Birds Space has had a solid takeoff with 10 million downloads since its release on Thursday, according to the company.The c…...

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…...

Apple CEO Tim Cook was spotted in an Apple Store in Beijing, according to reports, fueling speculation that he was there to work out deals with…...

Amidst the blooming blossoms of spring around our New York Headquarters, we kept our eyes on our trusty screens and news feeds this weekend, mak…...

As with any high-profile product release, Apple’s new iPad device has been peppered with complaints since reaching consumers’ hands…...

As with any high-profile product release, Apple’s new iPad device has been peppered with complaints since reaching consumers’ hands…...

Square announced a series of updates Monday morning, including a new name for its Card Case payment app — now called “Pay with Squar…...

You follow actors, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers and maybe even your mom on Twitter. But what about your toaster? Or maybe a famous painti…...

The new iPad’s retina screen is impressive. Apple has crammed an amazing 3.1-million pixels into the tablet’s 9.7-inch display, boasting 4…...

“Exciting. Confrontational. Visually interesting. Action-oriented. And capable of producing emotional moments.” These are the lines from a…...

“Exciting. Confrontational. Visually interesting. Action-oriented. And capable of producing emotional moments.” These are the lines from a…...

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Huffington Post alumni Rob Fishman and Jeff Revesz launched a matchmaking app for Facebook this week designed to help you meet your friends̵…...

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If you thought dogs were the most popular pets on Tumblr, then think again. Canines fall short compared to their feline cousins who have a ton of Tumb…...

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Do you want to own a unique piece of The Hunger Games? The popularity ofThe Hunger Gamesfilm has created a boom around mockingjay-related…...

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The day when Android users will first lay hands on the red hot photo-sharing app Instagram just got even closer. Late Saturday, a sign-up page a…...

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A little honesty goes a long way. For Jessica Alba, Golden Globe-nominated actress and founder of baby products e-retailer The Honest Company, t…...

We’re back with our weekly top comments from the Mashable community.In this column, we showcase the best comments we see from our readers…...

It’s spring break and summer is just around the corner, which means vacation season is upon us. From mobile apps to deal sites, people use tech…...

Are you thinking about snapping up a new iPad? The post-PC lifestyle is especially intriguing for business owners who travel on a regular basis…...

Sports and Twitter, sitting in a tree…The microblogging network and the sporting world have been a natural fit pretty much since Twitter was bo…...

If “blood soaked survival horror” isn’t your idea of a great vacation, stay away from an empty mall in Reading, U.K. where to…...

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The world’s 12 million pinning addicts have some changes headed their way. Pinterest users will be held to new terms of service and have…...

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More than one million people have downloaded Boomerang for Gmail, an inbox extension that helps schedule outgoing email messages and allows user…...

Season five of AMC’s Mad Men is back Sunday, March 25. But your favorite characters have been around this whole time — on Twitter.We̵…...

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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…...

Although the mobile web has become mainstream, not all websites have kept pace with the eager throngs of mobile shoppers. After all, mobile tra…...

A new study about digital influence says Klout and other social media measurement tools don’t really define how users influence their netw…...

If you’ve been seeing a strip of thumbnails along the bottom of YouTube videos lately, you’re not seeing things. The site has been…...

There’s no rest for the online entrepreneurs of comedy these days. Standups like Louis C.K. and Aziz Ansari are among the first to break o…...

Oleg Kostour moved from Canada to Mountain View to build a 3D software startup. Instead, he built an app to stay in touch with the girlfriend he…...

The Hunger Games grossed $19.7 million from its midnight showings across the U.S., making it the seventh highest grossing midnight showing ever…...

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Has Rick Santorum finally fixed his “Google problem”, as the candidate claims? Sort of.The campaign announced its triumph over a sa…...

Three barks for your favorite dogs. March 23 is National Puppy Day, a day to celebrate man’s best tail-wagging, four-legged friend.National Pup…...

Our largest conference, Mashable Connect, is returning to Orlando, Fla., from May 3-5, and this year we will explore the future of digital with…...

Take on look at the world of mobile devices — from multitouch smartphones and tablets to virtual assistants ready listen to your questions…...

The battery indicator on the iPad is a liar. Research from a display research company says Apple‘s new tablet continues to charge for a lo…...

Twitter has developed the reputation of being able to predict the future — from box office sales to presidential primary results and even…...

Trayvon Martin was just another face in the crowd until a month ago. But now the teen’s name is a household one. Fueled by a racially charged s…...

Multilingual social network Badoo is making a push into the U.S., signaling its official launch this week with entertainer Nick Cannon and a massive p…...

Two lawmakers are taking a stand against companies that have been demanding access to employee’s social media accounts.Sen. Richard Blume…...

No matter what line of work, there’s guaranteed to be many different processes involved. For example, we’re seeing the roles of S…...

Just like us, celebrities are caught up in the latest social networking phenomenon Pinterest. The two-year-old social bookmarking site which allo…...

The moment smartphone owners have been waiting for is nearly here Instagram is coming to Android. But while we’re all having filter fun on t…...

It looks like Angry Birds Space will be making it to Windows Phone 7 after all. The game officially debuted Thursday on Android and iOS, howeve…...

The White House has a message for those who say that it’s not paying attention to “We the People” online petitions: “We’…...

In what it’s dubbing “March multi-screen madness,” comScore is reporting that more than 20% of online viewings of the NCAA bas…...

Pinterest is so new that a lot of major brands still don’t know what to make of it. However, there are a few outliers who have found creat…...

Google employees are slightly more satisfied with their workplace lifestyle compared to Facebook for the first time in four years, a new study suggest…...

Google employees are slightly more satisfied with their workplace lifestyle compared to Facebook for the first time in four years, a new study suggest…...

Face-recognition technology is rapidly evolving as evidenced by this new surveillance camera system. It can not only recognize specific faces, but is…...

Google is in talks with film studios to begin selling movies through Google Play, the search giants recently redesigned hub for exploring and…...

Seattle residents were greeted with a surprise Thursday: a giant Angry Bird hanging from the Space Needle, the city’s most prominent landm…...

Zyngas Farmville, CityVille and Mafia Wars arent just the most successful digital games of all time; they also present an amazing economi…...

President Obama’s nominee for president of the World Bank, Dr. Jim Young Kim, has held two jobs in the past three years: president of Dartmouth…...

Highlight, the frictionless proximity-based auto-social network, was SXSWs belle of the ball. By Mashables own measure, nothing else had m…...

Imagine this scenario: your coffee has gone cold, and you’re simply too lazy to get up from your desk, go to the microwave and reheat it.…...

Facebook will fight to stop employers from requesting access to their potential employees’ otherwise private accounts, the company’s…...

James Cameron’s historic blockbuster Titanic will be re-released next month, but its 3D big-screen presentation isn’t the only moder…...

Google‘s logo on Friday is an unreadable agglomeration of cubist images designed to salute Spanish surrealist painter Juan Gris.Born on M…...

Apple has filed a patent application that describes a handheld device with a case made entirely out of glass. Such a case could be formed fro…...

Here is a list of some of the geekiest things in the world: Flight sims. Kickstarter projects. Maker Faire projects. Battlestar Galactica fans w…...

Most guys aren’t grinding away at their Level 45 Battle Mage in order to meet the ladies. But online gaming across the board is becoming more ma…...

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…...

Angry Birds might be coming for the little green pigs near you. Rovio Mobile, makers of the worldwide mobile game phenomenon, are in talks to op…...

Pinterest has quickly become a hot social site for curating themed boards for things like wedding planning, recipes and fashion. Among the prett…...

Apple is rumored to be working on its own Apple-branded HDTV, and a new patent filed by the company suggests it may also be working to turn you…...

You can already buy a special kind of loudspeaker that directs sound with the precision a flashlight beam. These gadgets can send messages to pe…...

Hunger Games fans will get a surprise on Friday when they load up Draw Something, with the addition of seven words related to the novel and movi…...

As the post-PC era moves from interesting theory to cold, hard reality, one of the most pressing questions is: How can we use tablets, and espe…...

A crowd-funded campaign is placing a giant billboard in Times Square Friday, urging tourists to visit Greece.The billboard, which is designed…...

The premise behind the new film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: a bold attempt to bring the sport of fly-fishing to the deserts of Yemen.The fil…...

The funnyman on this season’s American Idol took his antics to another level Wednesday night, boosting his appeal among users of PeelR…...

Netflix is bringing an original horror series to subscribers early next year as the company builds out its catalog of original content. The str…...

Feel like rocking out? Now you can carry around your favorite concerts in your pocket with a new iOS app, Moshcam. The free app, launched Thurs…...

The social web is becoming an increasingly visual place. Facebook users alone upload 250 million photos every day.One of the things we love mo…...

Just what information is software sold in Apple‘s App Store collecting about its users? Two members of Congress are trying to find out.Re…...

What is the purpose of a poke you can’t feel? That’s what occcured to the creators of a device called, appropriately enough, the pok…...

In TV news lingo, the cover photo is the lead story. And in the competitive world of journalism, newsrooms are all vying for the best lead. I tell my…...

Canada’s hometown smartphone manufacturer is no longer its favorite. California-based Apple shipped more smartphones in Canada than Water…...

A controversial app debuting Thursday, called Kick Konys Ass, allows you to punch and generally beat down a picture of the Ugandan warl…...

Spotify has experienced meteoric growth since integrating with the new Facebook Open Graph in September. It is quickly becoming the leader in s…...

Rovio released its highly-anticipated Angry Birds Space on Thursday — and its easily the most inventive game in the franchise yet.I shoul…...

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World Water Day, celebrated annually on March 22, draws attention to the global water crisis and the importance of water to public health. Orga…...

While the SEO game has changed drastically over the past months, one thing has remained fairly consistent: Its been driven by keywords ̵…...

The patent war between Facebook and Yahoo may be only just starting. A new report says Facebook has acquired 750 patents from computer-systems…...

Rick Santorum, one of the four remaining Republican candidates for president, is the latest victim of a “Klout Bomb.” Klout is desi…...

Still struggling in the wake of its acquisition by Twitter, TweetDeck has just issued an update to its desktop, Chrome and web apps that adds suppor…...

Draw Something has taken over the social streams of thousands with stick figures and crazy sketches. The game rocketed to more than 1 million download…...

The U.S. Senate has sent an amended version of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act back to the House on a vote of 73-26.The bill, in…...

On the heels of a viral Etch A Sketch comment from one of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s senior advisers, Amazon sales f…...

On the heels of a viral Etch A Sketch comment from one of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s senior advisers, the Amazon sal…...

Want your own copy of that beautiful statue in the park? If you have an iPad, you can start making your own right then and there with a little help f…...

Facebook has frequently changed the way it displays photos. Now Facebook is rolling out its greatest photo update yet. Facebook will display ph…...

Travel writing is often more useful to travelers of the armchair variety than those actually planning a trip. A new app called Dcovery, however,…...

Many people believe that Democrats are the more tech-savvy party in the U.S., but Twitter-happy Republicans in Congress are turning that theory…...

Anthony Zuiker, creator and executive producer of the CBS television series CSI, is planning to premiere his next feature-length film on Yahoo.…...

Let me tell you a secret: I published a story on Amazon. You can buy it and read it on your Kindle today. That makes me, I guess, a published au…...

A clever packaging ploy for Sony Pictures’ Girl With the Dragon Tattoo DVD release has sowed enough confusion among consumers to prompt Am…...

Could you survive 24 hours without checking your phone, email or social networks? A movement has been making the rounds online that encourages…...

In anticipation of Mad Men‘s March 25 season five premiere (it’s about time), we’ve taken a look back at the show’s 1960s tech…...

Intel, which has catered to Facebook and Twitter users’ inherent narcissism before, is giving you a new tool for digital navel-gazing: an…...

Social media users are more positive about the upcoming Hunger Games movie than they were about the final installment of Harry Potter, but not quite a…...

Social media users are more positive about the upcoming Hunger Games movie than they were about the final installment of Harry Potter, but not quite a…...

Ever wanted to get into Albert Einstein’s head? Well, now you can, sort of. The science legend’s complete archives — more than…...

President Obama’s online efforts during his 2008 bid for the White House revolutionized digital campaigns — and if Nielsen’s l…...

Sony‘s Wes Anderson-directed TV spot is here and, well, it’s pretty much what you might expect if you got Wes Anderson to direct a comme…...

A new study that looked data from millions of cellphone users has identified the most likely places people lose their phones. In the U.S., the t…...

The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is still some 27 months away, but the event is already taking steps into the mobile and social arenas. FIFA —…...

As more employers embrace telecommuting, marketplaces that connect them with remote freelance workers are taking off. These sites allow busines…...

Fans of the Angry Birds franchise, take notice: the disgruntled feathery creatures have conquered space, and they’re out to show those das…...

If you watched the viral KONY 2012 documentary, it should come as no surprise that there are more people suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Di…...

In the last eight years, high school English teacher Jeff Scheur has graded 15,000 papers. He estimates that each time he collects a new round o…...

On April 5, M+R Strategic Services, a public relations and communications firm working with leading non-profits, and the Nonprofit Technology Network…...

Nothing seems out of reach for Google Maps. More than 50,000 images of the world’s largest tropical rainforest — more than a billion acre…...

Now when you’re looking for a great place to grab dinner, get your haircut, or find an awesome dog walker for your K9 companion, Siri can…...

Scientists at MIT have created a camera that can capture images of objects hidden around corners. The camera’s titanium sapphire laser bo…...

After a pair of thrilling second-round games, Marquette and Virginia Commonwealth University top Sunday’s mRank, Mashable‘s social m…...

Online entertainment studio My Damn Channel is planning to launch the first live, daily comedy channel in partnership with YouTube next week. ItR…...

Google Docs updated its spell-checker today and it didn’t use a old-fashioned dictionary to do it. Instead, Google Docs will use the web.…...

The upcoming iOS title God of Blades asks players to venture to their local libraries to unlock better items in the game. God of Blades, which…...

The Senate is moving forward on the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, a bill first introduced by House Republicans to spark investment…...

For the better part of a decade, law firms have successfully used blogs to bring in high-quality work. Now, there is new industry research tha…...

French police have tracked down the “scooter shooter,” who allegedly murdered seven people in a two-week killing spree in the name o…...

Could you disconnect from social media for two weeks? We asked Mashable readers to tell us why they would want to do just that, and after revie…...

Social game giant Zynga purchased mobile drawing game sensation Draw Something creator OMGPOP Wednesday for a rumored $210 million in cash and e…...

New iPad owners who are also Netflix subscribers — and we’re guessing there’s a lot of overlap there — may have been exc…...

Calling all Facebook stock owners: This luxurious mansion in Los Gatos, Calif. could be yours. All you have to do is hand over $29 million in F…...

Six-year-old Twitter is a remarkably different animal than it was when co-founder Jack Dorsey sent the service’s first tweet in March 2006…...

Music subscription service Spotify is preparing to roll out a brand new batch of music apps for its desktop player. While the first batch of ap…...

Tired of seeing posts from certain Facebook friends, but don’t have the time or heart to add them to your Acquaintance list? Facebook unv…...

An “Etch A Sketch” Romney campaign gaffe is spreading around the political web like wildfire.Eric Fehrnstrom, one of Mitt Romney’s…...

Former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow will be traded to the New York Jets according to reports, after the Broncos signed quarterbacking legend P…...

Former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow will be traded to the New York Jets according to reports, after the Broncos signed quarterbacking legend P…...

As the dust settles from the weeklong madness that is SXSW, we’re slowly acclimating back to life without free food and drink, around-the-clock…...

Whole Foods Market is giving its annual Do Something Reel Film Festival the digital treatment and taking it online.Now in its third year, the festi…...

Zynga acquired Draw Something creator OMGPOP Wednesday. The company has not disclosed the cost of the sale, but AllThingsD reports the acquisit…...

“Email is an overburdened communication channel,” says Ash Rust, cofounder of startup SendHub. SendHub solves the problem of sendin…...

So you just put down hundreds of hard-earned dollars for your new iPad. You’ve marveled over its multimillion-pixel HD retina display. You’…...

Editing YouTube videos just got a whole lot easier. YouTube is rolling out a new feature that lets users edit the visual quality of videos with a cli…...

Twitter celebrated its sixth birthday on Wednesday by dropping an impressive stat: The network now claims 140 million active users.In a blog po…...

Do you dream of the day you can start your own business? Take control of the reins, set your own schedule and make your own decisions? In thes…...

Ashton Kutcher may be heading into space, but NASA is already planning future missions that’ll make the celebrity’s journey to low earth…...

A musician addicted to Draw Something — a Pictionary-like game that is currently the top paid and free app in both Apple’s App Store and…...

A musician addicted to Draw Something — a Pictionary-like game that is currently the top paid and free app in both Apple’s App Store and…...

Google is preparing to launch a French edition of its ebookstore and app ecosystem, according to a report.As first revealed by French trade pub…...

Pretty Little Liars‘ season 2 finale “Unmasked” generated the most social media buzz of any regularly scheduled series in TV h…...

Warmgate, Hotroversy, Heatgate: take your pick, there may be others to describe the latest Apple product controversy. This time critics and som…...

“Citizen Cosponsor,” a new platform from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), lets Facebook users show their support of a particula…...

Grandma’s back for story time, and in this reading she’s rehashing the tale of Snoop Dogg‘s smokey Twitter stream. In the latest in…...

When it comes to smartphone activations, the U.S. is no longer the biggest player out there.Researcher Flurry is reporting that sometime in Feb…...

When you book a hotel online, there’s always a chance that the price will drop later and you’ll be stuck paying more than you have…...

Google’s Chrome browser became the most-used browser in the world for one day last weekend, according to web analytics company StatCounter…...

The new iPad’s “resolutionary” retina display consumes a lot more power than the screens in previous models, research shows. H…...

How often do you get the chance to spend three days away from everyday life, surrounded by leaders in digital, tech and social media? It’s…...

When Naveen Thattil found a $40 round-trip flight between New York City and Austin on Twitter, he felt as though all of the stars had aligned in…...

Although Pinterest launched just two years ago, the site already boasts about 12 million users and a staggering number of daily pageviews. Both…...

Hewlett-Packard will merge Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) and its Personal Systems Group (PSG) – its PC and printer businesses – i…...

Instagram is expected to announce a partnership with Hipstamatic on Wednesday, according to a report. This will mark the first time Instagram ha…...

Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, is giving fans a reason to flock to Walmart: special merchandise with clues that unlock bonus levels of Angry B…...

On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey tweeted the first ever tweet on Twitter.The sheer fact that you can understand that sentence shows you how far T…...

Facebook may have been a hunting ground last year for developers expanding their social mobile programs, but their sights are set on growing wi…...

Cheating at chess? A computer program that can call you out may be here soon. A computer science professor and chess master has spent the past f…...

Online dating may be complicated, but California and three industry leaders are aiming to make it safer. The state attorney general’s off…...

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…...

Where day-to-day communications used to take place in the form of handwritten notes and meetings scribbled in a DayPlanner, today businesses com…...

I ask myself this question every day (and every night at 2 a.m. when I’m still pinning). But seriously, what is so great about spending hours br…...

It seems nearly everyone has a terrible roommate story. Maybe it was in college, or your first place after moving out of your parents’ ho…...

It seems nearly everyone has a terrible roommate story. Maybe it was in college, or your first place after moving out of your parents’ ho…...

Have you come across the Twitter account @tweenhobo? If not, get ready to laugh — and learn. As the littlest hobo’s Twitter bio sugg…...

You’re among a group of people who are talking about ScarJo or Blake Lively or Beliebers. You nod along with them in agreement, but deep down ha…...

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney held his second Google+ Hangout on Tuesday, taking questions from supporters on a wide range of i…...

Room-renting startup Airbnb is having a blowout year. If you needed any more proof, the company announced Tuesday it is buying one of its main…...

Madonna‘s 12th studio album, MDNA, comes out March 26 but not before the queen of this year’s Super Bowl delivers her ever-enthralli…...

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If there were swarms of palm-sized robots to witness the a…...

It’s primary day in Illinois, and the fight for delegates in the Land of Lincoln is shaping up to be an important moment in the race for t…...

Taking a hint from mobile payment companies like Square — and regretting that it couldn’t just use Square’s protocols —…...

Taking a hint from mobile payment companies like Square, Eventbrite has created its own branded credit card reader for the iPad. The card reade…...

It’s time to sweep the floors, clean the closets and throw open all the windows. With spring cleaning on many people’s minds, your gadgets…...

Eight months after posting his first Instagram snap, Justin Bieber became the photo-sharing app’s first user to reach a million followers…...

Diplomatic tensions continue to escalate between Israel and Iran. But prospects for peaceful reconciliation are looking up if you turn to Facebook.A…...

Headphone maker Beats (co-founded by Dr. Dre) is set to acquire music subscription service MOG, according to multiple reports. Beats is majorit…...

A 51-year-old Colorado woman told Mashable her iPhone 4 burst into smoke just inches from her head last week — and she has the photos to prove i…...

Cutting edge apps, software, websites and gadgets are sparking big changes in the workplace. Consequently, traditional performance reviews are…...

Aziz Ansari has joined the ranks of stand-up comedians becoming online entrepreneurs. Ansari, known best for his role on Parks and Recreation, i…...

The Navy will soon have fire-fighting humanoid robots aboard its military vessels. Navy ship fires are all too common, with or without military…...

If you’re ditching cable, there are many alternative content destinations online. If you’re a gamer, one of those is probably Twitch…...

You’ve heard of setting your phone on vibrate, but how about your arm? A new patent filed by Nokia describes a piece of fabric that can be…...

Earthquakes hit both sides of the Pacific midday Tuesday, as Mexico and Indonesia were rocked by major earthquakes — and locals turned to…...

In case you hadn’t noticed, the new iPad is here, with a gorgeous retina display. Although virtually every app will look better on the new scree…...

Filmmaker and producer Adam McKay (Talladega Nights, Anchorman) is partnering with director Jason Pollock to develop what they are calling a …...

Twitter on Tuesday announced it was bringing Promoted Tweets to mobile devices.The move, which Twitter had announced was coming last month, mea…...

A new app called Karma lets you instantly send gifts to friends, even if you don’t know their physical address. A service for in-the-…...

Channeling Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech, President Obama has said that an “Electronic Curtain” is des…...

When Facebook introduced Timeline for Pages, it gave brands a greater opportunity to connect with their audiences. One of Facebooks most hel…...

The Department of Justice and the FBI opened an investigation into the murder of Florida teen Trayvon Martin on Monday, after a month of fierce…...

What happens when you combine Mitt Romney and an Eminem classic? YouTube viral gold, apparently. This video takes carefully cut edits of Romney and o…...

Fresh off performing at South by Southwest, singer-songwriter Norah Jones will unleash “Travelin’ On,” a song from her forthco…...

Few social services have enjoyed as much success as sites like Foursquare and Pinterest. However, companies are achieving recognition by applying simi…...

Want an up close view of the Eiffel Tower but can’t make it to Paris anytime soon? Google Maps is optimal for virtual sightseeing. But not every…...

Apple on Tuesday acknowledged complaints that the new iPad runs hotter than the iPad 2, noting that the new model “operates within our hea…...

The Internet accounts for 4.7% of the U.S. economy and is projected to grow about 8% a year through 2016, according to a new report.The Boston…...

The New York Times paywall is about to get stronger.In an effort to nudge its readers toward the digital subscription plan it introduced last …...

Why does your phone’s battery seem to last forever on some days, but gets sucked dry by noon on others? If it’s an Android phone, it…...

Facebook’s Sponsored Stories link social actions with advertising. So, if you Like a brand that has paid for advertising on Facebook, your frien…...

Facebook’s social ads link social actions with advertising. So, if you Like a brand that has paid for advertising on Facebook, your friends may…...

It’s inevitable. A few days after Apple releases a new product, reports and complaints surface that something’s amiss. Sometimes th…...

As you watch via social media as your friends travel the world, a new site called Tripbirds turns their Instagram, Foursquare and Facebook posts…...

Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the equinox and the coming of spring in Earth’s northern hemisphere, both of which occur today, Mar…...

Microsoft could finish Windows 8 this summer, with a possible release date in October, Bloomberg reports citing sources familiar with the matter…...

Human’s aren’t meant to remember passwords with a bunch of pound signs or other nonsensical symbols. Although, cryptic passwords ar…...

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…...

File-sharing site The Pirate Bay is planning to build robot drone planes to host its servers in the sky. That way, the thinking goes, law enforc…...

Tired of not being able to pick up an overstuffed shopping bag? Want to change a tire without jacking up your car? Or maybe you just want to loo…...

Leaping from whimsical Redditor to professional Hollywood screenwriter is the stuff of many Internet denizens’ dreams. But for James Erwin…...

Since the March Madness college basketball tournament began last week, social media has dribbled and rebounded right along with it. Four NCAA games sl…...

Buzz surrounding the upcoming film, The Hunger Games) is at a fever pitch — with social networks, movie ticket sites and the greater web i…...

With the Denver Broncos reportedly negotiating a contract for NFL legend Peyton Manning, quarterback Tim Tebow appears on his way out of town. B…...

By now, we know that social media behavior differs, based on factors like gender, age and nationality. It turns out, how you manage your social media…...

Technology and art came together in San Francisco this past weekend at The Creators Project, an event designed to showcase the talents of emergi…...

Amazon will acquire robotics firm Kiva Systems for $755 million in cash, the Internet retailer announced Monday.The firm makes robots that can navig…...

Who is ultimately responsible for the behavior of autonomous robots? That’s the central question that a new conference on robots aims to t…...

VeriFone claimed on Monday that its PAYware Connect payment solution is being used in $10 billion of annual transactions, more than double the $…...

By now, you have a robust profile on LinkedIn, you tweet several times a day with hashtags, you have a Facebook Page, several videos on YouTube…...

Magnets: How do they work? Differently on the new iPad than on the iPad 2, it has emerged — and that’s bad news for anyone with an…...

Apple announced on Monday that it has sold 3 million new iPads since the device launch on March 16.The company, which had cited “record&#…...

British student Liam Stacey, who admitted to posting racially offensive comments on Twitter during a soccer match, now faces criminal charges an…...

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America Underwater, a new Tumblr blog, is creating a community of Americans living in debt due to underwater mortgages. The blog, launched by e…...

James Cameron, the Academy Award winning director of the ‘Titanic’, will be the first director to film a venture to the deepest poin…...

Facebook recently revealed big plans for the mobile platform, for instance, that the new Timeline format for brands will be available on mobile…...

Do you have tons of Facebook friends and often update your status? If so, you may be a narcissist, a new study suggests.Research from Western I…...

Teens are texting more than ever — and their thumb-crunching habits are showing no signs of slowing, according to a new study.A new repo…...

Teens are texting more than ever — and their thumb-crunching habits are showing no signs of slowing, according to a new study.A new repo…...

Armed with an iPad 2, Dallas-based musician Tanner Patrick turned the tablet into a drum machine to put his spin on pop star Katy Perry’s newest…...

Article recommendations from your friends on Facebook and Twitter aren’t a major source of traffic for news websites, according to PewR…...

Virgin Galactic may not have yet flown its first passenger aboard SpaceShipTwo, the Burt Rutan-designed low-orbit craft that is still undergoing…...

Now that Kevin Rose (and a handful of his Milk team) have joined Google, the future for Google+ may be a bit rosier. The move to bring Rose in…...

Gamers will be disappointed to learn that there is no plan to release a new console to replace the six-year-old Xbox 360 anytime soon, according…...

Mike Daisey, the outspoken critic of Apple and its manufacturing partners in China, has responded on his website to the firestorm of criticism t…...

Julian Assange is still under house arrest in Britain while he appeals extradition to Sweden, but that’s not stopping the audacious secret…...

Sony has enlisted cerebral, quirky director Wes Anderson for a TV spot reintroducing the Xperia smartphone. The 60-second spot, sporting a soundtra…...

Apple wasn’t the only company to benefit from last Friday’s iPad launch. Telecoms also basked in the glory of new device purchases…...

We’ve seen how the new iPad‘s ultra-high-resolution retina display can improve the visibility of type and images, making the whole e…...

While Facebook marketing strategies shift with every new iteration and development from the network, one thing remains the same: The stories th…...

Apple’s announcement that it will spend $45 billion in the next three years on a dividend and share buyback has already sent the company&…...

Apple on Monday announced a solution to an enviable problem: Too much cash. But does giving money back to shareholders in the form of dividends…...

After spending 26 years at Electronic Arts, Bing Gordon moved over to Kleiner Perkins, where in 2008, he led the venture capital firm…...

Designers and developers who create content for mobile devices with high-resolution screens often see the retina display as both a blessing…...

Ahead of the today’s call, Apple has announced it plans to initiate a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share sometime in the fourth quarte…...

Apple will today host a conference call to announce what it will do with its $97 billion cash balance, the company has announced. The call is s…...

Social media has become a hot new job opportunity in the past few years and companies are snatching up the social media pros left and right. Br…...

Facebook’s photography features and photo-tagging functionality are an awesome way to share your images with friends and family. Sometimes, howe…...

Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, describes himself as an “Int…...

We know that the new iPad screen has a 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution, making it the most pixel-dense tablet screen available, but seeing the sc…...

When you’re on the job hunt, it’s easy to take an “anything will work” approach to the scope of your search. Everyone re…...

New Zealand authorities announced they made a procedural mistake before taking the property of Kim Dotcom, the founder of MegaUpload. He may now…...

It was a riveting week of “what if” here at Top 10 Tech, with one all-pervasive fact: Technology that once seemed like science fiction has…...

Are you a fan of mind-blowing science fiction movies directed by the legendary Ridley Scott? Then you’re in for a treat: The latest trailer has…...

If your brand isn’t on Pinterest, you could be missing out on a growing stream of potential customers.While shaping your brand’s im…...

The popular Tumblr blog Awkward Stock Photos hilariously highlights the dismal detritus that litters the little-opened bottom drawers of online stock…...

President Obama may be trying to strike a name for himself as the “singing president,” but Republican White House hopeful Rick Santorum h…...

The wife of a solider accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians kept a blog, wherein she shared the sadness of living millions of miles from her hu…...

Ever feel like you tweet something important, but no one believes you? A recent study shows you how to boost the credibility of your tweets, ma…...

The old saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” is sometimes hard to overcome in the business world. How you present yoursel…...

We’re back with our weekly top comments from the Mashable community.In this column, we showcase the week’s best comments from our r…...

Twitter continues its explosive growth, and this week was certainly no exception. Boosted by SXSW, there was a multitude of pictures placed on the mic…...

Saint Patrick’s Day is known for heavy boozing, and major Irish brands like like Guinness, Jameson and Baileys are taking the annual oppor…...

AT&T decided to pay up after a California small claims court judge ruled it was unfair to throttle a cellphone data plan advertised as unl…...

SpaceX is preparing a spacecraft to accommodate seven astronauts on its first flight. With the goal of sending a manned Dragon spacecraft first…...

“Wait, are you going to write my answers in human talk?” a man wearing a grey cardboard dinosaur head asks me. His hands are covered…...

It’s been a tough week for some of us to get back into the work groove after a week of networking parties at SXSW (First-World problems?)…...

As social media usage continues to rise, its only natural that statistic correlations will be made about the individuals who use the medium.…...

Top of the morning to you! Today is Saint Patrick’s Day and here at Mashable we’re celebrating with a gallery of all the Doodles Google ha…...

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 Encyclopedia Britannica officially announced it would scrap its print edition on Tuesday in the face of plummeting sales. For many, this was a for…...

The third generation iPad is officially here, and fans all over the world braved the early morning today to wait in line and get their hands on…...

There’s one thing you should know before we open up this can of worms: I have 795 pins on Pinterest. Probably by the end of writing this…...

Twitter is awesome. But is a little too awesome? Celebrities have tried to kick the habit, yet failed. College students have copped to social m…...

Who wouldn’t want to be the CEO of Apple right now? If there was ever a moment where it seemed like the Cupertino company could do no wro…...

Pregnant women beware: you might want to add cellphones to the list of things to stay away from during pregnancy. Researchers at Yale studied t…...

Have you heard of Shamrocking? It’s like Tebowing except without the popularity. Shamrocking involves taking a photo of yourself doing an…...

On the day when the world is busy staring at the hyper-realistic retina screen on the new Apple iPad, some people are now taking a fresh look at…...

On the day when the world is busy staring at the hyper-realistic retina screen on the new Apple iPad, some people are now taking a fresh look at…...

Sheldon Cooper, meet your idol. Real-life renowned cosmologist and physicist Stephen Hawking will guest star on the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theo…...

There’s a new iPad in town, and by far the most obvious upgrade is the tablet’s screen. Apple upped the resolution to a retina display wit…...

Whenever you follow someone on Twitter, you hope that theyll follow you back. Its a strategy many of us use in the attempt to gain followe…...

March 15 marked the one-year anniversary since anti-government protests erupted in Syria. Now the campaign #UniteForSyria has taken off on Twit…...

The new iPad is undoubtedly Apple’s best tablet yet. Still, many users want to know: Are the new features — including the eye-poppin…...

The Hunger Gamesfilm won’t be released until March 23, 2012, but that hasn’t stopped the Internet from creating a trove of awesomememe…...

Amid the NFL’s free agency frenzy, NFL players have taken to social media this week to break news of their fresh contracts and switches to…...

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…...

KONY 2012 director and co-founder of Invisible Children Jason Russell was arrested by police in San Diego Thursday evening. Russell was detaine…...

Apples new iPad looks and feels almost exactly like the iPad 2, until your turn it on and start using it. The retina display, which has more…...

Parents had enough to worry about before their children could bully each other online, meet dangerous strangers without leaving the house, and s…...

Twitter followers, Justin Bieber needs your help. The pop superstar launched an initiative on Friday that encourages his Twitter followers to…...

Uganda’s Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has learned something key from the viral spread of the 30-minute KONY 2012 documentary: If you want to spr…...

We’re pleased to announce that Roger McNamee, co-founder of Elevation Partners will be speaking at Mashable Connect, our signature confere…...

Purchasing a Verizon iPad doesn’t mean you can’t also surf the web on AT&T’s network–for now, at least.One enterpr…...

Are you buying lots of cool new apps for your iPad? If so, you have proved a study about tablet owners right.A Nielsen study shows individuals…...

Time to dust off your green top hats and practice drawing shamrocks — Saturday is St. Patrick’s Day! In honor of this celebration of all t…...

A scathing report by performance artist Mike Daisey looking at working conditions in the Chinese Foxconn facilities where iPhones and other popu…...

Pinterest updated the design of its profile pages Friday morning and so far, the reviews are mixed. Based on the comments to Mashable‘s s…...

A security and privacy researcher at Indian University, Christopher Soghoian, found an affidavit filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigations…...

Kevin Rose is officially a Googler. In an announcement made on his Google+ page, Rose said Friday morning he is Google-bound. He’s also br…...

Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi was convicted on Friday of committing a hate crime and invasion of privacy for using a webcam to spy on his f…...

The 1990s comprised a fascinating, transitional time in technology — more people were buying home computers, Windows 3.1 was released, and…...

Twitter users were quick to react to the news that actor George Clooney was arrested on Friday for protesting outside the Sudanese embassy in Washingt…...

After all the hype surrounding the long-awaited new iPad, many finally found the device in their hands Friday morning — and it’s likely mo…...

A debate between CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien and Breitbart.com editor Joel Pollak about critical race theory caused a kerfuffle on Wikiped…...

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the wee bend. If you’re preparing your belly for beer, check out our mobile app picks for all things hop-…...

Pinterest has made good on CEO Ben Silbermann’s promise earlier this week to redesign profiles on the site.New Pinterest profile pages rolled o…...

Mashable’s presence at South by Southwest this year was one to remember. From our Mashable SXSWi House to our food truck and our special…...

In its first policy explicitly addressing social media, Major League Baseball (MLB) endorsed the use of Facebook, Twitter and other networks by…...

Whether you’ve been waiting in line all morning at the Apple Store, or in your office for the FedEx guy to deliver your new iPad, the device is…...

The new iPad has arrived. The third-generation tablet, which boasts a dazzling retina display and the ability to connect via 4G LTE, is on sale…...

As the new iPad hits shop shelves across the world, we thought we’d take a look at cases to match everyone’s shiny new tablet.We have fou…...

Bradley Manning aided al Qaeda by sharing classified government documents with Wikileaks, the U.S. Army argued Thursday.Manning was arrested la…...

Google, which is already undergoing a Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation, is facing a new probe by U.S. and federal authorities pl…...

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PayPal on Thursday introduced PayPal Here, a mobile payment solution that attaches to your smartphone. If the idea sounds familiar, that’s…...

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is once again first in line for the new iPad, but this time at a different location than usual, Shira Lazar repor…...

After receiving a flood of sarcastic Facebook messages — a seemingly coordinated action that one site described as a “sarcasm bombi…...

Do you really know what “The Cloud” means? What about “Big Data”?The Global Language Monitor has released a list of the…...

KONY 2012 took the social web by storm last week, as a 30-minute documentary seeking to arrest LRA leader Joseph Kony was viewed online nearly…...

Amazon has released a Kindle app update that’s optimized for the high-resolution Retina display of the next-generation iPad.The app aims…...

If you want to talk the talk when it comes to March Madness, but don’t have the slightest interest in or knowledge of college basketball, the In…...

You may be busy preparing your line-waiting strategy for a new iPad on Friday morning, or plotting the fastest route to your local Wal-Mart to p…...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — While visiting Iceland for an online marketing conference last week, I found myself in the president of Iceland’…...

Amazon will use a two-for-one gift card offer next week to get consumers to check out AmazonLocal, its daily deals service.On Tuesday, March 20…...

In crafting Max Payne 3, Rockstar Games says it wanted to put the art of shooting back in the shooter.This follows the spirit of the firs…...

PayPal unveiled its new PayPal Here, a small business mobile payment system. First shown on Thursday, it’s a combination of a free mobile…...

Advances in digital media have dramatically changed not only in the way we consume music, but also the way we create it. First came Napster, which ope…...

The popularity of picture-based service Pinterest also makes it an increased target for scams, according to one online security expert who spoke to M…...

Picture the scene: You stroll into the office Friday morning toting a new iPad, casually showing off its Retina display and 4G capabilities, whi…...

Radio host Rush Limbaugh announced on his Thursday show that he’s opened a Twitter account. His handle @limbaugh is not to be confused w…...

TV discovery app Peel on Wednesday launched Idol Interactive Experience, a second-screen engagement platform that lets viewers “cheerR…...

Instagram‘s latest developments have been turned into an amusing animation that pokes fun at impatient Android users, Millennials’ fascin…...

Windows 8 won’t be ready for consumers until fall, but that’s not stopping hardware makers from fighting to be first in line to buil…...

As Facebooks first PR director, Brandee Barker dealt with everything from the launch of News Feed to the Beacon controversy to huge r…...

The first wave of reviews of the new iPad are in, and they’ve discovered something borderline scandalous. It’s impossible to perform…...

Australian indie band The Temper Trap is releasing the follow up to its 2009 album Conditions in May, but fans on social music player Spotify in…...

These days, more professionals are shifting from the role of full-time employee to freelancer, a movement that some refer to as a gig economy. I…...

Apple’s new iPad hits stores on Friday, March 16 at 8 a.m. local time in ten countries, and as usual, people are already starting to line…...

If you’ve been following the battle for the Republican presidential nomination, you know one thing: delegates mean everything. But some s…...

Smartphones. Tablets. Computers. Streaming video to devices of all sorts is gaining momentum quickly, and college basketball fans are among the…...

Everyone jokes about the flying cars and robot maids we’ve seen in movies and television, but it turns out the “future” we’ve…...

Men’s apparel retail site Mr Porter, which we dubbed one of the three best personifications of the content and commerce model, is staging…...

HootSuites energetic CEO Ryan Holmes founded Invoke Media, the agency that created the highly successful social media dashboard. He has been act…...

Your favorite food truck owner, small business owner, and enterprising girl scout now have a new option when it comes to taking your credit card…...

A day after his Oink app folded — and only five months after it was founded — Kevin Rose is going to Google, according to a report.…...

There are more than 17 million Facebook users in Iran, but the site is banned throughout the country. Iran also bans its citizens from accessin…...

How many times have you hit on the perfect name for your blog or business, only to find the .com domain is already taken?Too bad you didn’t thi…...

Google is the midst of overhauling its search to make it more intuitive and provide more relevant answers to queries, but if you’ve been r…...

The BBC confirmed last night that it was planning a TV-downloading service similar to iTunes. Code-named “Project Barcelona,” the se…...

If the NCAA championship was determined by which school’s fans are most tuned in to social media, Kansas would take out Duke in the nation…...

Conde Nast — publisher of The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and GQ, among other titles — will for the first time give advertisers informat…...

The non-profit organization Invisible Children and its viral video Kony 2012, which has become an international sensation in the past couple of…...

The non-profit organization Invisible Children and its viral video Kony 2012, which has become an international sensation in the past couple of…...

Indicating huge expectations for Friday’s iPad launch, Apple‘s stock price hit a new high on Thursday morning: $600.Apple’s s…...

The PlayBook tablet, which Research In Motion launched last spring, runs an operating system different from BlackBerry’s current phones. I…...

Nonprofit micro-loan site Kiva.org is hoping a $1 million loan from LinkedIn’s Co-Founder Reid Hoffman will allow 400,000 people to give a…...

Foursquare has launched a new Facebook integration that puts a checkin scorecard on Timelines.The new integration rolled out this week and was…...

Whether or not the third-generation Apple iPad is “resolutionary”…er… revolutionary or not, it’s likely you want i…...

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, has a message for Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, author of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA): “Don’t…...

The launch date for the next iteration of one of the biggest gaming franchises of all time, Diablo III, is May 15, Blizzard has announced. Ther…...

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…...

YouTube has altered its suggested videos algorithm to favor videos that are watched for the longest periods of time.Previously, suggested video…...

After releasing a new version of its browser, Firefox 11, the Mozilla foundation has laid out its plans for 2012, and there are definitely some…...

The Roomba robot vacuum is world-famous, but it’s cousin, the Scooba floor washer, not as much. Will the new Scooba 390 change that? iRobo…...

A U.K. judge has ordered the extradition of British computer studies student Richard O’Dwyer to the United States. O’Dwyer founded T…...

When Yahoo threatened to sue Facebook over patent infringement, it didn’t win many friends. Then, when it actually went ahead with its law…...

Get ready to turn your top tunes into physical art. Shapeways, a 3D printing company, introduced its latest project, Vibe, at SXSW last weeke…...

South by Southwest Interactive officially drew to a close Tuesday with the 15th Annual Interactive Awards. The awards honored not only well-known site…...

The Federal Reserve, notorious for its orotund, deliberately vague pronouncements, is now limiting itself to 140-character bursts on Twitter.Th…...

YouTube is getting better integrated with Google+.Starting today, Google+ users can create a new YouTube channel with their existing Google+ pr…...

In the red corner, appearing at the CNN Grill, it’s Texas Governor and former presidential candidate Rick Perry. In the blue corner, liv…...

Remember how your mother used to always tell you “patience is a virtue?” It turns out none of us took her advice.Today, with lightning-sp…...

Yesterday, we asked what you’d do as Apple CEO for just one day. That’s right, at the end of the 24 hours, you go back to your day j…...

The heart-wrenching photo of a sick baby on your Facebook feed could be a scam, according to a group of five fraud-detecting websites. They post…...

The reviews for the 2012 Apple TV have started hitting the web, and according to its reviewers, the device looks like a win for Apple. While…...

The third-generation iPad doesn’t hit Apple Store shelves until Friday at 8 a.m. local time — but a number of early reviews are al…...

AOL Instant Messenger, better known as AIM, is alive and well — for now, at least.Despite laying off nearly all its AIM developers Tuesda…...

WebThriftStore is bringing the $13 billion thrift industry online with a spin for good. The online thrift store gives you an opportunity to giv…...

Fear not, slowpoke gamblers: There’s still time to fill out that NCAA Tournament bracket. The games don’t begin in earnest until Thu…...

Pinterest is now one of the most efficient traffic sources, in some cases even surpassing networks like Twitter. Naturally, a lot of social med…...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against online trading platforms and private funds that were selling private shares i…...

VitaminWater is paying homage to the meme world in its latest commercial, with nods to several delightful viral references, from the Nyan cat and sex…...

Atlantic Records has taken an uncommon approach to using Apple’s iBooks Author — touted as a creation platform that will “reinvent t…...

Microsoft researchers have created a new augmented reality concept by improving how virtual simulations react in the physical world. The Kinect…...

A “startup renaissance” could finally shrink America’s record-high youth unemployment rate. At least that’s how Josh Har…...

At every moment, at least one person writes a Tweet that includes the exact time. By tapping into this stream of morning wakeup times, bus sche…...

Cadbury loves Google+. Not only has the UK-based chocolatier launched a product through Google’s social network, has also now created a c…...

For those trying to get a social media campaign going in their company, they’ll often have to deal with naysayers that question the value.…...

Serendipity: That was the buzz word at this years South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. It was probably the same word…...

An advocacy group called Rebuild the Dream is attempting to inundate Freddie Mac and JPMorgan Chase employees with targeted Facebook ads. The or…...

Bruce Springsteen fans will be able to watch and listen to his keynote speech from the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference and Festiv…...

Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, has pulled the plug on Oink, the first app from his new company, Milk.“Oink was our first test and, in p…...

NFL star Drew Brees and Olympic softball gold medalist Jennie Finch know hard work and great gear can add up to being a star on the field. Now t…...

SXSW Interactive wrapped up Tuesday evening, and although many will remain in Austin while the music portion of the festival gets underway, for many i…...

Dr. Dre never had it this easy. Music-creation social site, Songster, launched at SXSW on Wednesday for the music portion of the conference. Son…...

Last Call at the Oasis, a new documentary exposing the world’s growing water crisis, is using digital means to take the film’s message be…...

It looks like were both in our kitchens this evening.Its 9:30 p.m. EST on a Monday evening as Denison Witmer and I connect on Sk…...

If you haven’t noticed, Wednesday’s Google Doodle pays tribute to Akira Yoshizawa, the grandmaster of origami. And to highlight the…...

eBay’s personalized shopping service My Vehicles now has more than 1 million registered vehicles. The service originally rolled out to use…...

At 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) tomorrow, March 15, streaming live exclusively on Mashable, Hootsuite Founder Ryan Holmes will be answering questions…...

March Madness has begun, and the online buzz is ramping up along with it. For the next few weeks, until April 2, NCAA Division I Men’s Basketbal…...

Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs, will help judge the Shorty Awards in 2013.The Shorty Awards — an annual cro…...

In case you hadn’t heard, Microsoft is launching a new version of Windows this year. Windows 8 is a radical departure from previous versio…...

A blistering op-ed about Goldman Sachs in The New York Times has prompted the typical Internet reaction to a cri de coeur: Twitter chatter, link…...

Fans of Steve Jobs can now own a stuffed toy of the late tech visionary.Called the iCEO, the plush doll launched on Wednesday by pillow company Throw…...

Amazon continues to expand its online streaming service with a freshly inked licensing agreement with Discovery Communications. The deal appears…...

Although Apple experienced another phenomenal quarter as far as iPad sales go, its overall market share fell from 61.5% in Q3 2011 to 54.7% in Q…...

Likely in the not-too-distant future, many of our appliances, lights, medical equipment and much more will all be connected to the Internet, mak…...

Rovio has teamed up with MTV in the social game maker’s first effort to drive social change. Angry Birds Space players will unlock a secre…...

Defying the most dire predictions by critics, Apple has not fallen apart without Steve Jobs. In fact, the company has won over Wall Street with…...

Pi Day is upon us once again! Obviously, March 14 (3.14) is an appropriate day to celebrate the irrational number — and it also happens to be Al…...

The latest version of Apple’s iPad is coming to the U.S. and nine additional countries on Friday, Apple has revealed. The device will arr…...

Google continued its practice of spotlighting innovators who are obscure to the general public on Wednesday with a tribute to Akira Yoshizawa, t…...

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Encyclopaedia Britannica will stop publishing print editions and go digital-only — a huge step for the encyclopedia which has been in prin…...

What’s better than watching a sweet elderly couple use a webcam for the first time? Seeing an army of grandparents each trying out Apple…...

It’s been well documented that attending every SXSW panel, happy hour and party is out of the range of human possibility, unless you possess the…...

In the wake of its $100 billion IPO filing, Facebook is busy bolstering its advertising options. For one, Facebook is hanging its future hopes…...

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…...

In light of the worldwide spotlight on the non-profit organization Invisible Children and its viral YouTube video Kony 2012, Al Jazeera English…...

Music subscription service Rdio rolled out a brand new redesign of its website and desktop apps at SXSW 2012 on Tuesday.The service — whi…...

Although it is required by law for Facebook users to be at least 13 to join the network, many believe the age limit should be higher, a new study says…...

Think you could have done a better job making the Big Dance bracket? A mock NCAA Tournament selection committee comprised of social media-savvy…...

Austrian researchers broke the world record for quickest printout of a three-dimensional object in the fast-evolving field of 3D printing. Smal…...

It’s hard to ignore Pinterest‘s explosive growth over the past year. In a very short period of time, the social network has gone fr…...

The wait for Internet TV could finally be over.Intel Corp. is preparing to dive into web-based cable TV, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tu…...

The non-profit network Tibettruth has launched an online campaign to make Facebook specify Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, as a part of Tibet ̵…...

The non-profit network Tibettruth has launched an online campaign to make Facebook specify Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, as a part of Tibet ̵…...

In just one month, 87,000 backers have pledged $3.3 million on Kickstarter to help fund a a project that has broken fundraising records —…...

Since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007, the production and mainstream usage of smartphones has exploded. The device opened a world of innovation…...

Turntable.fm now has the approval of the four major record labels, allowing tunes to be legally streamed by virtual DJs to music enthusiasts usi…...

Are you planning to buy the new iPad when it launches on Friday, or pick up an iPad 2 now that it’s cheaper? If so, you might want to think har…...

A new iOS app called SpinCam attempts to blur the line between video and panoramic photos, claiming to create a new type of photographic media…...

The Bachelor‘s Ben Flajnik turned to Twitter during the season finale of the series on Monday night, retweeting reactions from fans that disappr…...

The parties may be coming to an end, but the chatter surrounding SXSW is still percolating on social media — the event is definitely ending with…...

Republican voters in Alabama and Mississippi are headed to the polls Tuesday to pick their preferred candidate to go up against President Obama…...

Social media has become ingrained in our daily lives, so much so that it can become overwhelming. Therefore, we decided to ask our readers: Why do you…...

Walmart is partnering with five major film studios to make it easier for customers to gain cloud access to their existing physical library of DV…...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed Apple to gather more information for its investigation into Google’s business practices,…...

Pinterest is planning to release redesigned profiles this week, according to CEO and cofounder Ben Silbermann.“I’m so excited about…...

If you signed up for the $25-a-year Apple service iTunes Match, which lets you access your entire iTunes library on the fly from your iPhone or…...

Be prepared to see some sobering tweets about rape and sexual assault this week on Twitter. The hashtag #ididnotreport began popping up in peopl…...

A couple of days into my first-ever SXSW experience, I remarked on Twitter how awesome the Wi-Fi connectivity was at the convention center. Per…...

A University of Maryland student was arrested this week after posting threats to Internet news forum Reddit as well as anonymous voice and video…...

Congratulations — you’ve been made CEO of Apple. What are you going to do on your first day?But there’s a catch: you’re…...

We’re very happy to announce the launch of the Mashable for Kindle Fire app today!With the Kindle Fire, simplicity is the name of the game, and…...

Did you buy an iPhone 4S on the promise that Siri, Apple’s world-famous “intelligent assistant,” would let you command your ph…...

The U.S. will argue before the World Trade Organization (WTO) that China’s limitations on its rare earth mineral exports are unfair, Presi…...

A sea of camera phones lit up Jay-Z‘s free concert Monday night at South by Southwest during an event to promote American Express’s new Tw…...

A censorship lawsuit against Google and Facebook is off to a slow start in India. When the two companies, which are among 20 that face charges…...

How is Yahoo like Dancing With the Stars? Randi Zuckerberg, former Facebook director of marketing and sister of Mark Zuckerberg, attempted to an…...

If you work with mobile apps, you may already know that privacy is a hot issue. Regulators are pushing companies to improve their privacy pract…...

To draw customers in to shop its painterly spring collection, UK fashion label Ted Baker is launching a digital portrait service at its stores…...

Every other week, it seems a new stat pops up, released to prove that social network X is more popular than social network Y. Whether its F…...

The U.S. was all ears and eyes last week, tuning in as more election results streamed in on Tuesday, March 6. Each presidential election cycle has a S…...

In the world of digital SLR cameras, Sony is typically a distant third place in market share behind Canon and Nikon. If it keeps making products…...

YouTube has given all members of its non-profit program the ability to live-stream from their channels.YouTube wrote in a blog post Monday that…...

PayPal will take on Square with a mobile payment dongle that will let business owners process credit card payments via their smartphones, accord…...

Digital printing company CanvasPop is at it again. The web-based print shop has been printing Instagram snapshots for mobile photographers since…...

In May 2011, Friskies launched several iPad games with cats as the intended audience. However, those games were for cats only; the company is no…...

A Vietnamese site called Tinhte.vn has managed to get the new iPad ahead of schedule, treating us with a video of the device’s unboxing and re…...

An eBay executive was struck and killed by a commuter train in California Friday.Eric Salvatierra, 39, who served as vice president of customer…...

The fearsome rain at this year’s South By Southwest Interactive conference couldn’t dampen our spirits; it just made downtown Aust…...

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The latest Android smartphone from Sony, the Xperia sola, takes the touch out of the touch screen – although we’re not yet sure how.…...

When I began planning one of the happiest days of my life, I felt like a failure. I’m just not one of those people who had dreamt of gett…...

Here’s one instance when man triumphs over the visually-impaired machine. The online game Phylo lets gamers solve the multiple sequence al…...

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The KONY 2012 campaign, launched by the non-profit Invisible Children to stop Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, became an international sensation las…...

Information hits the Web and just like that the news spreads like fire. Stories are frantically re-reported and some are missing an important de…...

As a fully-licensed and accredited man, I am wholly unqualified to discuss what women want or care about. That’s what social data is for.Social…...

March 11 was the anniversary of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, and citizens worldwide commemorated the event. Not only did ne…...

With Sunday’s announcement of the NCAA Tournament field, March Madness is officially upon us. As has been the case since before the Internet rul…...

If you’ve taken part in Occupy Wall Street, then the New York County District Attorney’s Office might want to take a peek at your Tw…...

In what has become a highly controversial move, advertising agency BBH transformed some of Austin’s homeless people into mobile hotspots d…...

Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz gave a verbal thumbs-up to Instagram and printing services that bring the app’s images to life during a recent New…...

The weekend may be over, but SXSW‘s social media conversations are still happening. According to findings from the Meltwater Group, there were…...

Google says it’s working on a version of Chrome that will run in the Metro environment. The news follows the revelation that Mozilla is bu…...

The new iPad isn’t even out yet, but that’s not stopping people from trying to guess how big a hit it will be. One industry analyst…...

Shoppers would rather visit a retailer’s mobile website over using a branded app, according to a new study.A report released by Nielsen …...

A new iPhone app called Hudld is looking to replace TweetDeck on your iPhone. Much like TweetDeck, which was acquired last year by Twitter, Hud…...

Since Facebook‘s Open Graph became available just two months ago to Timeline apps, the social network has added nearly 3,000 of such apps,…...

Posterous is now part of Twitter. The company officially announced the acquisition Monday afternoon on its company blog, noting that the op…...

Yahoo on Monday made good on its promise to sue Facebook, alleging in a complaint that Facebook violated 10 patents.The complaint, filed in the…...

If you want a half-price 2013 Infiniti JX crossover, get in line behind 4,600 people on the wait list. Though, getting in line won’t do mu…...

Pinterest is actively working to bring an iPad application to market, said one of the white-hot startup’s co-founders.In an interview wit…...

When AT&T turned on its 4G LTE network in New York City in January, it finally gave Verizon some needed competition in the market for high-s…...

Forget following a SXSW panel’s hashtag to see what happened. Why not look at some cool visual notes?Ad agency Ogilvy created Ogilvy Notes to c…...

Many doctors believe that using apps that keep track of your health will help cut down on doctor visits, a new infographic suggests.According t…...

Global media watchdog organization Reporters Without Borders has released its annual list of “Enemies of the Internet,” highlightin…...

Last week we asked you to predict Apple’s next game-changing innovation. We wanted you to think big, but also to be realistic. It’s…...

When we live in a world of technology, what is the value of being a living, breathing thing? That’s one of the questions filmmaker Avi Zev…...

If you’re reading this on a PC, it’s probably on Google Chrome or Firefox — the two most popular browsers on Windows that Mash…...

The NCAA Tournament’s official selection committee thinks its four best teams are number one seeds Kentucky, Syracuse, Michigan State and…...

Pinterest has become the fastest growing website ever, now with nearly 12 million monthly users. The site illustrates the evolution from the …...

Android has a new information hub and its name is Kinoma Play. Unveiled here at SXSW in Austin, TX, Kinoma Play is Marvells new dashboard-sty…...

Startup design community Visual.ly launched a new tool on Monday that aims to generate custom infographics on anything from sports to the econom…...

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

Home, Arts and Crafts, and Style/Fashion are the most popular categories on Pinterest, a third-party study released Monday indicates.According…...

With more than 100 million views in six days, Kony 2012, a 30-minute documentary about Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, has become the most vir…...

Friends on social media don’t always agree when it comes to politics, a study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found…...

Big online retailers are still reaching far more users with their mobile websites than their mobile apps, Nielsen’s latest report shows.…...

KABUL, Afghanistan — A new women-only Internet cafe in Afghanistan’s capital is the first of its kind in this country. Staffed enti…...

Want to share a post from your blog on Facebook? If it’s a Blogger site, that just got harder.Facebook just added a Captcha check —…...

Some scientists involved with a new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology are predicting that every home will have a Jetsons-style R…...

Facebook‘s “People You May Know” feature is getting a strong thumbs down from a Washington state man who is now being charged…...

Netflix on Monday announced it’s bringing its “Just for Kids” programming to the PlayStation 3, giving parents viewing options…...

A new lifestyle-inspired iOS wallpaper app, Paper’d, is available Monday, offering free, professionally designed wallpapers based on every…...

There’s a big festival going on deep in the heart of Texas, and Mashable was there in force this weekend, bringing you the goings-on and b…...

The Peel app is unveiling the next step for social TV this week with the debut of a second-screen engagement platform for the upcoming episodes…...

The latest generation of Apple’s iPad is slated to hit the US stores on March 16, but that date is no longer mentioned on Apple’s si…...

The latest generation of Apple’s iPad is slated to hit U.S. stores on March 16, but that date is no longer mentioned on Apple’s site…...

With the unemployment rates still hovering at 8.3%, there’s a lot of competition for jobs. You know you’ve got the right attitude, t…...

Spring has nearly sprung. If you plan to take advantage of the fresh start to get your workspace sorted, we have found 10 terrific accessories to help…...

This has been quite a week in digital culture. Between Apple‘s revealing of the new iPad and the beginning of the 2012 SXSW Interactive F…...

Working from home is on the rise, and more companies are trusting their employees to be more productive in their own home offices than they might be a…...

Android users, the time has almost come. Instagram, the popular photo-filtering and sharing app, is on its way to Google’s mobile operatin…...

April 15, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. To recognize this event, The History Pressopened a Twitter account th…...

Rainn Wilson is best known for playing the foolish villain Dwight Shrute on The Office. Dwight is constantly jockeying for position at Dunder Mi…...

I was Pinterests first investor. Thats a sentence I bet you wish you could say. Here at SXSW, I find myself sitting opposite angel i…...

You probably see a lot of pictures on Twitter during the week, but rarely do you encounter the 10 most popular Twitter pics all concentrated together…...

Cut the Rope is one of those $0.99, ridiculously entertaining and addictive games/physics lessons on the iPad and iPhone. The app, which involv…...

Nike will unleash the application programming interface (API) for NikeFuel — the company’s metric for tracking physical activity …...

iTether is back for the iPhone and iPad. But this time it comes with a new name — Tether for iPhone — and in the form of an HTML5 ap…...

If there’s one thing SXSW attendees love, it’s talking about SXSW on their favorite social networks.There were more than 300,000 social s…...

Three months after its acquisition by Facebook, Gowalla has officially shut down. Gowalla was a location-basedcheck-in service that directly rival…...

Whether they’re teaching classes about authentic Moroccan tagine cooking or how to live rent-free in New York City, peer-to-peer learning…...

If a picture tells a thousand words, then an animated GIF must be good for a few more. Whether you want to animate your avatar, get involved in a meme…...

Marketers know that Twitter is a valuable tool used to reach out to thousands of customers. But it’s not just the output of content that&…...

What do you get the manliest man in the world for his birthday? A roundhouse kick roundup of Chuck Norris facts, that’s what.Today, meme king…...

Richard Garriott, age 50, was the 483rd person to leave planet Earth — and he’d like you to be one of the first thousand.Garriott…...

Daylight Saving Time can make waking up the morning after “spinging forward” or “falling back” the most confusing days…...

Looking for happiness? Now there’s a map for that.Mobile web app Happstr lets users mark the locations at which they’re happy on a…...

As thousands flocked to Austin for the first day of SXSW, they experienced something nobody expects to find in Texas: rain. The weather was one of the…...

Scams, much like viral cat videos, are a staple of the Internet. Even the savviest of Internet users can still get tangled in the web’s latest h…...

In a week dominated by Apple’s iPad event, there were a surprising number of fascinating tech products introduced at the same time. We dug deep,…...

Brent Daily is finally contributing to the GDP again as a founder of RoundPegg, a company culture intelligence platform that quantifies culture …...

SXSW in Austin, Texas, is one wild experience. The panels are interesting — if you can get into them — and the booths — at lea…...

Who needs an expensive social media consultant when you can train your employees in Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn best practices yourself?This Mindf…...

This Sunday, March 11, marks the one-year anniversary of northern Japan’s threefold devastating disaster — a 9.0 magnitude earthquak…...

Man’s best friend is well represented on the Tumblr blogging platform. A wealth of blogs cover all kinds of canine capers you can follow for som…...

The big stories of the week included the unveiling of Apple’s new iPad and the viral spread of the KONY 2012 video. Mashable readers were…...

Even at SXSW in Austin, Texas, KONY 2012 is the topic of conversation. It was the elephant in the room during a panel on social documentary film…...

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…...

Chris Hughes, 28-year-old new media mogul and Facebook co-founder, is now the publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic after buying a m…...

It’s a nightmare scenario — you lose your smartphone. Wallets are no longer the only item in our purses, bags or back pockets that…...

A new patent awarded to Apple this week hints that the company may be adding mobile payments to the next version of the iPhone. The patent is c…...

Pink slime, a beef filler sprayed with ammonia, isn’t in a McDonald’s hamburger patty, but it is likely in pre-package ground beef a…...

Have you ever wondered to yourself, “What kind of tablet would @horse_ebooks use?” Could there possibly be a device that’s e…...

The overflow of quick and witty reaction tweets to the new iPad name proves a name is never just a name. This applies for domain names, too. Here are…...

March Madness: so many games, so little time. The tournament begs an obvious question — how do you separate the “meh” from the…...

Virtual business card company CardFlick is giving its products a new look with the introduction of InstaCards, a web-based feature that now allo…...

Now that brands have had a bit of time to familiarize themselves with Facebook Timeline, they’ve stepped up their game and gotten creative.Seve…...

Now that the new iPad has been revealed, everyone’s chiming in on whether it’s a disappointing incremental upgrade or a fantastic b…...

An avid theater goer and critic at Canada’s Globe and Mail is proposing making the theater a more social place with Facebook and Linkedin…...

Time to iron your favorite jersey, slap some war paint on and dust off that foam finger: March Madness is about to begin! Whether you’re a…...

A Twitter employee has created a tool that makes the microblogging platform a better backchannel for events and panels. Bill Couch, a software…...

A new tool makes Twitter a better backchannel for events and panels. Bill Couch, a software engineer at Twitter, demoed the new tool at SXSW on…...

Google+ has more than 100 million active users, as long as you count them correctly. In a fireside chat at SXSW, Google+ Lead Vic Gundotra said…...

As brands look for ways to more actively engage with consumers, many companies both large and small have turned to crowdsourced philanthropy …...

Puffed quinoa? Mini cookies? Maybe throw in some blueberries, cinnamon or chia seeds? Whatever you want in your breakfast bowl, a newly hatched…...

The so-called “retina” display for the new iPad is by far its most obvious — and technologically remarkable — feature. A…...

Paula Deen, the sassy, southern sweetheart of the Food Network, was one of the first “celebs” on Pinterest. I put “celebR…...

Fashism, a website and mobile app that lets users solicit community feedback on style, is diving into ecommerce with the launch of an accessori…...

Unless you’ve spent the past week unplugged from the social web, you’ve probably made note of an exceptionally viral 30-minute docu…...

British runners: on your mark, get set — shop! Nike fans in London can re-fuel at a new interactive pop-up shop designed to sync with the…...

President Obama has appointed Todd Park as the new U.S. Chief Technology Officer (CTO) on Friday. Park previously served a three-year tenure as…...

Here at South by South West (SXSW), it takes a lot to stand out from the crowd. Some companies use free bikes and coffee, others crazy in-booth…...

IPad launch day has come and gone. The flurry of excitement surrounding the big Apple product announcement has died down, at least until the new…...

IPad launch day has come and gone. The flurry of excitement surrounding the big Apple product announcement has died down, at least until the new…...

As entrepreneurs, we typically face more questions than answers. Then, we reach that first moment of glory: We confirm that a) our product doe…...

The FBI is asking for Facebook and Twitter users to help find a 22-year-old man who is wanted for stealing $2.3 million out of his employer̵…...

Online dating site HowAboutWe faces the same paradox as any matchmaker: “The better you do at your job,” explains co-founder Brian S…...

The BBC has plans to create an online hub where customers can download both new and old TV shows, a report is claiming. Such a service would be…...

Women’s health and fitness magazine Self is upping its investment in Facebook. The publication is launching a social game and diet program…...

The Pirate Bay’s owners think the Swedish police could be planning a second raid against the popular website, which until recently hosted…...

More than 66% of adults are connected to one or more social media platforms, but who exactly are these people? The infographic below, created by Onli…...

A Facebook developer said Friday that the company’s journey is only “1% finished” and is on the path to put a greater emphasis…...

U.S. carriers should scrap the devices subsidies that they use to make cellphones artificially cheap, a T-Mobile executive said, explaining that…...

Loopt, one of the last of the pure play location-based-services companies, has been acquired by banking and payment services firm Green Dot Corp…...

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The next generation of Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console might not have a disc drive, MCV reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.…...

What if Don Draper got in a time machine and had access to 2012′s array of digital tools? That’s the question that inspired Google&…...

Online marketers might think they have mastered the art and science of reaching out to their home audience, but many still struggle with connect…...

The new Apple TV software update didn’t just bring better iCloud and iTunes Match support to Apple’s set-top box; it introduced a wa…...

What would happen to New York City if its power grid was hit by an all-out cyberattack during a summer heat wave? A group of senators found out…...

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Post-It notes long ago made the transition from the real world to your computer screen, but thanks to a new app, they’re going virtual as well…...

Dropbox has launched a major redesign, simplifying many file management tasks and bringing a new video and photo viewer. The first thing you…...

Coca-Cola has figured out a new way to engage its 40 million or so Facebook fans: URL riddles.The brand recently began running fill-in-the-blan…...

Apple has a lot riding on the success of the new iPad. It’s the company’s only big launch this year until the iPhone 5 is expected t…...

Volvo has introduced the world’s first-ever pedestrian airbag on a car. Here’s how it works: When the Volvo V40‘s front bump…...

Much of Apple’s market value hinges on the reception of its products. Will people love the new iPad? Will the next iteration of the iPhone chang…...

Path released version 2.1 of its iPhone app Thursday, allowing you to sync your Nike+ account with the app for the first time.Now, you can conn…...

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…...

Buying someone a drink in person is a nice gesture, but buying someone a drink via Twitter is, well, not something you do often.Online networki…...

Despite criticism, the QR code continues to be a major player in the evolution of mobile commerce. But while many Fortune 500 advertisers may…...

When Apple unveiled iPhoto for iPad, it demonstrated the many departures from the desktop version, including the the multi-touch editing, visual…...

Countries worldwide are honoring International Women’s Day, and the nations of the Middle East and North Africa are no exception. On Thur…...

This year, about 2,000 bands will arrive in Austin to play SXSW, hoping to grab the attention of label execs, A&R reps, and most importantly, new…...

Can a school district punish a student for making derogatory comments about staff members online? Not according to the American Civil Liberties…...

One of the NFL’s star quarterbacks, Peyton Manning, was cut loose by the Indianapolis Colts after 14 seasons of signal-calling brilliance…...

Warren Sapp spent 13 years as one of the NFL’s most talented, verbose and entertaining players. The intimidating mountain of a defensive t…...

International Women’s Day, celebrated annually March 8, focuses on empowering women around the globe. It has has evolved into a massive da…...

American Idol veteran judge Randy Jackson fittingly used Pinterest to react to the heavy online buzz surrounding the sparkly beaded pin he wore…...

When fans communicate with their favorite musicians on Twitter or Facebook, they rarely ask, “Who owns the social relationship?” Bu…...

Warren Sapp spent 13 years as one of the NFL’s most talented, verbose and entertaining players. The intimidating mountain of a defensive t…...

American Idol veteran judge Randy Jackson fittingly used Pinterest to react to the heavy online buzz surrounding the sparkly beaded pin he wore…...

Its time to take tablet design seriously and evaluate how your brands web presence caters to tablet consumers. As usual, Apple is the pr…...

The Twiterverse has spoken, and it’s really excited about International Women’s Day. Search for “International Women’s…...

Ever used a laser cutter? How about a cold saw, ironworker, injection molder or 3D printer? If not, do you want to?No matter your power-tool qu…...

On Friday, the ultimate crossroads of music, film, technology and entrepreneurship kicks off in Austin, TX. But if you’re an entrepreneur…...

Last week I insisted I wouldn’t drop $500 on the new iPad even if it shot laser beams and turned into a flying car.Now we know the new i…...

Thursday is International Women’s Day, and LinkedIn is celebrating by announcing the DevelopHer Hackday, a competition encouraging female…...

Chock full of people, panels and parties, SXSWi is an event to document. There’s no doubt attendees — some of the most digitally connected…...

California’s Rep. Darrell Issa, self-proclaimed “Internet defender,” held a live interview with Reddit users on Thursday known…...

Apple threw its annual iPad-unveiling bash Wednesday, and it included a major milestone for the company. The new iPad is Apple’s very firs…...

Potential employers, clients and dates are all Googling your name. BrandYourself, a new website launching Thursday, helps make sure they find wh…...

At the game, in the car, at home and even in the bathroom, sports junkies need their fix. And mobile devices are always there to deliver. Nearly…...

If you need a little extra cash to buy that new iPad, eBay wants to take your old one off your hands. The site is offering competitive Instant…...

Apple revealed the new iPad Wednesday, as an upgrade to its tablet line. While the new device boasts some anticipated new features, like the HD…...

YouTube has chosen the first class of 20 non-profits to participate in its Next Cause program, a day-long summit in San Francisco that will teach non-…...

Instagram and the iPhone are changing the way professional photograhers are doing their jobs — and top editorial stock photo sites are tak…...

From electronic information kiosks to full-service menus, the iPad is increasingly ingratiating itself with in-store retail experiences. The lat…...

With the help of social media, the private sector can be “the third pillar of social change to help out government and philanthropy,”…...

If you’re an Angry Birds fan and a space geek, this may be the best video you’ve seen all year. Angry Birds creators Rovio announced the…...

Facebook introduced a new tool Thursday that allows you to organize your newsfeed into a personalized newspaper.The feature, which will be roll…...

As expected, Apple launched an upgrade to its iPad franchise Wednesday. For months we debated and discussed what features would be upgraded and…...

Every year around this time, I get asked by startups old and new, “How can I stand out to the press at SXSW? How can I make the press pay…...

It’s no secret Americans are on the hunt for jobs. Social recruitment site TweetMyJobs would like to help — by connecting potential…...

Need to transfer a file quickly? How about 10 billion files? IBM has a new technology that’s capable of moving data at 1 trillion bits per…...

Twitter‘s brand pages will be enhanced this year to let marketers offer “e-commerce contests and sweepstakes,” according to a…...

Stamped released an update to its iPhone app Thursday that enables users tap into a wider range of product and service recommendations.The iPh…...

Pinterest drove more traffic to online publishers in February than Twitter, according to third-party measurement data.That’s an impressiv…...

Mashable is hosting a private screening of Ctrl+Alt+Compete, the brand new Microsoft documentary at The Mashable SXSWi House on Sunday, March 11 fro…...

Well, was it good for you? Apple has just unleashed a new iPad on the world, with many upgrades over the previous model. Some are obvious (retina disp…...

Instead of building your social information network friend-by-friend on Facebook, what if you could learn more about people as you passed them i…...

Online purchase manager Slice released an Android app on Thursday that will keep track of your purchases and packages — automatically.The…...

Syria’s deputy oil minister announced his defection to opposition forces through a YouTube video posted late Wednesday evening. In the four-min…...

The U.S. Justice Department has accused Apple and five publishers of colluding to keep ebook prices high, according to a report.Some of the par…...

The best thing about the new iPad 4G (or “iPad New,” as I like to call it) is the retina screen. This 2048 x 1536-pixel screen makes…...

KONY 2012, a documentary produced by non-profit Invisible Children, has gone viral in the past couple days, receiving millions of views on YouTu…...

Ask.com is launching an iPhone app on Tuesday that experiments with a new question-and-answer format for the company: quick polls.The app, Poll…...

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of Japan’s record-breaking 9.0 magnitude earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, the Japan-based Weath…...

Public broadcasting is the latest sector to tap startups for innovative ideas.Code for America announced a startup accelerator earlier this yea…...

Google is celebrating International Women’s Day today by giving all the ladies out there a flower – the virtual kind, of course, pl…...

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Ford, always looking for a new way to promote its launches, is trying a unique approach to hyping its 2013 Escape: An interactive prime time rea…...

Fact: Hotel remote controls are gross. A new app, however, turns your smartphone or tablet into a TV remote so you don’t have to share ger…...

You’ve seen the photos of the new iPad, you’ve heard about its specs, you know everything you need to know about it, and now it’s…...

Whether you’re waiting to snag a new iPad or purchasing a discounted iPad 2, you’ll need some apps to really make it useful. Alongside its…...

Apple put all of the rumors to rest at its event Wednesday, revealing the long-awaited new iPad, or as CEO Tim Cook calls it, “the poster…...

When Molly first launched her catering business, she offered deep discounts to family, friends, referrals and pretty much anyone else. Tom took…...

It’s likely your Twitter feed has been buzzing with talk about the new iPad all week, but what does that mean? Data on Twitter can tell you who…...

By making the audacious claim that “our blades are f**king great,” startup Dollar Shave Club’s video has been a hit with consumer…...

Jamie Becklandis a digital and social media strategist at Janrain,where he helps Fortune 1000 companies integrate social media technologies …...

Alongside the new iPad and updated Apple TV, Apple released iPhoto for iOS, thus completing the process of bringing the iLife trifecta to the i…...

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 most powerful solar storm in half a decade is about to hit our planet Earth, putting electrical systems, satellite navigation and other tech…...

Wednesday Apple announced a new iPad, sending a flurry of enthusiastic iPad owners to the interwebs to ditch their old tablets to make way for t…...

Two Star Wars fans invested more than $800 into buying LEGO models of the most powerful spacecraft in the Star Wars Galaxy to crash them. See w…...

We’re past the Betty Drapers and the Jane Jetsons (although, it would be pretty sweet to have a robot maid on reserve), but forging new frontier…...

If you download iOS 5.1 onto your AT&T iPhone 4S, you’ll notice something new — your phone now has 4G. Or at least, that’s…...

Super Tuesday, one of the most crucial delegate-gaining days during the race for the Republican presidential nomination, inspired more than 530,000 co…...

Travel recommendation engine Wanderfly’s new site works like a Pinterest built for personalized travel.The startup unveiled the update at…...

GIFs have become a bit of an enigma — they are one of the oldest image formats used on the Web, yet if you ask anyone familiar with the old form…...

This was supposed to be a bigger deal. Dont get me wrong, the iPad New (you have a better name?) looks just as good as the Apple iPad 2. Th…...

After weeks of speculation, the new iPad has landed. Apple announced the product along with an update to Apple TV today at an event in San Franc…...

Facebook‘s Subscribe option allows you to share certain content with the wider public — without having to compromise your privacy. Throug…...

So this is what Facebook has been doing with its Gowalla acquisition.Josh Williams, the former CEO of Gowalla, has been working on a project si…...

So here’s what it looks like: an iPad 2 with a facelift.Lest that sound like a small deal, let me clarify — a major facelift. Imagi…...

Remember that game we tried out a couple of months ago where you shoot asteroids with your eyes? The company behind the eye-tracking technology…...

Apple mania took over the interwebs on Wednesday morning as the company unveiled its latest iPad.In addition to the roar of excitement, the act…...

What are you doing at SXSW Interactive to help your business? Most of the impact you can get from SXSW comes from rigorous preparation.…...

Film giant Warner Bros. introduced an in-store option to turn physical copies of movies into cloud-based digital files rather than have people d…...

Fear not Apple TV fans, the second generation device is getting a big software update later today.Apple announced its third-generation Apple TV…...

Apple clarified a lot of rumors about the new iPad at its event today, except what to call it. When CEO Tim Cook finally left the stage, having…...

Pinterest’s traffic and engagement are spiking, and marketers want a piece of the action.After launching branded profiles, many businesse…...

After Apple announced the new iPad Wednesday, the company dropped the price of its predecessor, the iPad 2, to start at $399. Previously the dev…...

Apple announced updates to its extremely popular line of iWork productivity apps Wednesday at the company’s feverishly anticipated event i…...

The Red Cross and Dell have jointly launched a Digital Operations Center, the first social media-monitoring platform dedicated to humanitarian r…...

The big news today is that Apple has unveiled the new iPad — complete with retina display, 5-megapixel camera (with the same optics sensor…...

SXSWi is one of Mashable’s favorite times of the year. We get to spend five days with members of our community connecting on the latest i…...

Apple didn’t just unleash a new iPad on the world Wednesday. As usual, the company dropped some stats as well. The new data was designed t…...

Apple is bringing iPhoto to the iPad.The company introduced iPhoto in 2002 as part of the iLife suite of Mac apps. iPhoto allows users to easil…...

The new iPad will be available in 10 countries on March 16 beginning at $499, Phil Schiller, Apple’s SVP of worldwide marketing, announced…...

Following months of speculation surrounding Apple’s next big product launch, the company announced on Wednesday that it will be releasing…...

Apple announced a new 4G LTE iPad featuring a 9.7-inch retina display Wednesday, following months of speculation about the company’s next…...

At its event in San Francisco Wednesday, Apple announced it would release iOS 5.1 and that it would bring Japanese-language support for Siri, th…...

As rumored, Apple has announced a new Apple TV at its special event in San Francisco.The new Apple TV features support for 1080p video. Additio…...

SXSWi is one of Mashable’s favorite times of the year. We get to spend five days with members of our community connecting on the latest i…...

About 30% of mobile phone users spend an average of about 27 minutes each day text messaging, using the telephone and video chatting, according to onl…...

Remember the Facebook Timeline time travel problem Mashable reported on last week? Brand pages can only go back to the year 1800. As of Wednesd…...

For sports fans, it’s a truly existential question: The first two days of March Madness are among the sporting year’s best, but how…...

Apple is set to reveal its new iPad — and maybe more. The end of all those rumors and guess work is a good thing. Even better: Team Mashab…...

Apple raised the curtains on its latest star products — a new iPad and a new Apple TV — in San Francisco on Wednesday morning after…...

Even though Apple hasn’t said anything about what it’s going to talk about today at its event in San Francisco, we are almost 100% certain…...

Cosmopolitan magazine has amassed more than 100,000 paid subscribers to its digital editions, parent company Hearst announced Wednesday.The wom…...

Invisible Children, a movement seeking to end the conflict in Uganda, has created a film it hopes will accelerate the arrest of Lord’s Resistan…...

SimCity is back, but the world has changed. Since the last video game in the Simsseries was released in 2003, graphics have greatly improved. Clima…...

Here’s something we haven’t seen done with Facebook Timeline before: political opposition research.Newt Gingrich launched a new Timeline…...

Hours before the expected launch of the iPad HD, the Apple Store is sporting a Post-It message reading, “We’ll be back soon.”…...

The power of Reddit saved one man’s life. Bear Silber developed a mystery ailment in adulthood that debilitated his body for years — his…...

As far as Microsoft is concerned, 2012 is the year everything changes. The software giant is on course to reinvent its core software, Windows, f…...

NASA will launch five rockets in five minutes sometime in the next month, and some East Coast residents are in for a treat. The space agency sa…...

American Express, which has already launched programs with Facebook and Foursquare, is tackling another social media channel with a new initiati…...

Meet the video game controller that fights back. Engineers at the University of Utah have designed a console controller with thumb-sticks that…...

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…...

The Internet is gaining users each day — mostly in non-English speaking regions. That’s because the web’s reach is spreading fast.…...

To celebrate its 25 billion App Store downloads milestone, Apple has released a list of the most popular iPhone and iPad apps of all time. Topp…...

The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in South-of-Market San Francisco is a warm, intimate, high-tech venue, which is probably why Apple…...

NASA‘s storied space shuttle program may be history but ships are still making bold voyages into space — at least, in Lego form. 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…...

A blogger has just posted a video that showcases what appears to be a major flaw in the Transportation Security Administration’s full-body air…...

Gas may finally be leveling off from its nearly month-long rise, but you’re probably not reaping the benefits just yet. While we wait for telep…...

If you’re a fan of Instagram and Pinterest, then get ready to fall in love with Pingram. Modeled after Pinterest, the site allows you to…...

Put aside the rumors of streaming TV service or an Apple HDTV set. The company’s real play for the living room might be right under your…...

Less than a month after the U.S. Army ordered 1,100 micro-robots for $13.9 million, the Department of Defense placed a $1 million order for lig…...

Privacy settings may not stop employers or colleges from gaining access to your social media accounts. Here’s a trend particular to the…...

The Internet is, by most scientific estimates, friggin’ huge.While only about one-third of the world’s population is connected, the amoun…...

As Facebook has proved, the social graph can be a valuable marketing tool. Google’s new social network, it seems, is no exception —…...

An app that takes the photos from your Facebook News Feed and puts them in a layout strikingly similar to Pinterest got the seal of approval fr…...

Thanks to the efforts of 13,000 volunteers worldwide, Twitteris now available in Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu, according to a company blog p…...

With ever-more sophisticated software, media photograph touchups are now commonplace and widely accepted. But should it be so extreme? Some would arg…...

In a talk show interview aired in Brazil Monday, Walter Isaacson said he purposely left out details about Apple’s forthcoming TV product in his…...

Despite its reputation, Google+ is anything but a ghost town — according to Google.To back up this claim, the company has disclosed some…...

iTV? Not in the cards yet, but to hold you over until Apple releases its TV, Samsung has a few ideas about how to re-invent the television. On S…...

With a small white device that attaches to mobile devices, payment company Square has changed the way many small businesses accept credit card…...

Say goodbye to the Android Market, and hello to Google Play. Starting Tuesday, the Android app store, along with Google Music and the Google eB…...

Today is Super Tuesday in the U.S., the day when the most delegates are up for grabs in a single 24-hour period during the entirety of the Repub…...

A dollar a month for razors, shipped to your door? Most thrifty guys and gals who wield a blade in the bathroom won’t need much convincing that…...

It’s starting to look like iPad 3 — or iPad HD — will be available sooner rather than later.Apple might be forgoing a pop-up …...

Google and Motorola were ordered by a judge on Monday to divulge data to Apple about their pending merger and the development of the Android mo…...

Chinese smugglers are attempting to bring cheaper iPhones into the mainland — and they’re doing so in increasingly elaborate ways.…...

Foursquare, Twitter and GroupMe all blew up at South by Southwest (SXSW), and every year, hordes of startups flock to the conference in hopes of…...

Apple will not repeat last year’s iPad pop-up store at the geek-centric South By Southwest festival this weekend.The company said it has…...

Angie Johnson, the 31-year-old U.S. Air Force staff sergeant whose cover of an Adele song went viral on YouTube in 2011, was eliminated from “T…...

A peculiar lunch-box sized device called Instaprint popped up at insider events from the Grammy Awards to South by Southwest last year — s…...

Today is Super Tuesday, the day when the most delegates are up for grabs in a single 24-hour period throughout the race to become the Republican presi…...

Do you have a few hours to kill? Then you might want to try your hand at Twitter Scrabble, an app that challenges you to come up with high-scoring tw…...

As the lone human tasked with saving Earth from an army of terrifying aliens, the players role in Mass Effect 3 as Commander Shepard comes t…...

Barack Obama says he has more Twitter swagger than actor and comedian Aziz Ansari. That’s right. Obama is using his more than 12.8 millio…...

We’re pleased to announce that Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and Director of the Edmond J. Safra…...

Acer just announced that its coming quad-core tablet, the Iconia Tab A510, will come in an Olympic Games Edition. It begs the question: What do…...

This week kicks off the 26th anniversary of SXSW, a two-week festival celebrating the best in film, music, technology, journalism and publishin…...

iPod watches we’ve heard of, and they’ve turned out to be quite popular, but iPad watches? That’s something new, and more than…...

The FBI may be having the “last lulz” today after arresting five top LulzSec members based on reports from one of the group’s…...

Facebook‘s growth in the U.S. will drop for the first time to the single digits this year, but Twitter‘s presence will expand by 20%…...

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…...

Facebook touts its “social graph,” Twitter has established something of an “interest graph” and now education startup Ed…...

My Social Strand, an interactive website launched which Tuesday, turns your Facebook profile into a personalized infographic. The project, created by…...

Samsung has filled the gap between the devices launched at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S …...

“People have wanted to leave their mark since the beginning of humanity,” says Veysel Berk, creator of the mobile app Wallit. “…...

We’ve seen many gadgets that turn an iPad or an iPhone into a musical instrument or accessory, but we haven’t seen one that takes both t…...

We know that social media users had a strong reaction to Snooki’s rumored pregnancy, and it looks like Jersey Shore fans did too. The bun-in-the…...

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…...

A police drone made to look like a mini-helicopter crashed into an armored SWAT vehicle after its test flight in Montgomery County, Texas, near…...

A police drone made to look like a mini-helicopter crashed into an armored SWAT vehicle after its test flight in Montgomery County, Texas, near…...

Just signed up for your first 5K? Feeling proud of that sprint you took around the block? For that matter, are you proud of your running ability at a…...

Until we hear otherwise, it’s assumed that Facebook is well on its way to the trading floor. The social networking behemoth filed paperwork to g…...

As an editor, I’m pretty much contractually obliged to be cautious. So many rumors are constantly swirling around the next hot Apple gadg…...

Explore.org’s social media community Dog Bless You is running a Facebook campaign that converts “Likes” into donated seeing ey…...

Google is used by millions of people every single day to resolve any query you could possibly imagine. That being said, it seems there’s a hidde…...

No service? Maybe you’ve been zapped by a cell phone jammer. A Philadelphia man has stirred up controversy after he frequently used a de…...

Digital marketing is a discipline in flux. We face an onslaught of shiny new technologies and platforms that promise to change everything.…...

Starting March 9, Austin, TX once again becomes the center of the media universe. South by Southwest invites tech, music, and film lovers to the…...

Pinterest continues to present opportunities for inspiration, engagement and organization. But who would have thought it could act as an event calenda…...

When Apple raises the curtain on its big show this Wednesday, it’ll unveil the iPad 3, which will almost certainly have a retina display t…...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won his country’s presidential elections this weekend amid accusations by some Russians and outside…...

Prepare to indulge in some Halo 4 hotness. Fans are getting a closer look at the game, thanks to leaked screenshots and a brand new developer’…...

Is the sideline TV sports reporter destined for extinction? Colorado State basketball coach Tim Miles recently took a big step toward eliminatin…...

Last week, Netflix streaming said goodbye to Starz content, a loss that has significantly pared down its online offerings.While Starz movies only mad…...

Fashion blogger Christine Martinez, the fourth most-followed Pinterest user in the world, has been busy packing for an island adventure and docu…...

AOL is the latest company to pull ads for the Rush Limbaugh Show following the shock-jock’s recent controversial comments, which referred…...

AOL is the latest company to pull ads for the Rush Limbaugh Show following the shock-jock’s recent controversial comments, which referred…...

With only a few days before SXSW, one of the most memorable festivals in tech, now’s the time to populate your calendar with every event,…...

Remember that time President Obama met Keyboard Cat during the first White House-hosted Google+ chat? That conversation may have been a spoof co…...

Heres something to chew over. Imagine if everything we all think we know about the next Apple iPad — even its name: iPad 3 ̵…...

It’s hard to imagine anything cooler for a 14-year-old hoops nut than a surprise visit and pizza party with an NBA star. But that’s exact…...

The next time the U.S. government issues a food safety alert, you might hear about it straight from the horse’s mouth — on Twitter.…...

Delta Airlines announced on Monday that it’s offering free in-flight Wi-Fi for passengers — so long as they’re using it to acc…...

After three months of testing, Facebook Messenger is coming to a Windows desktop near you.The social network on Monday announced that Messenger…...

Many brands are energizing their social media presences with Facebook Timeline, and the U.S. military has taken this opportunity to present its…...

If you’re using Photoshop on your PC and need to access it over the weekend while visiting family out of town, the last thing you’d…...

More than 50,000 Michael Jackson music files were hacked from Sony‘s servers in 2011, the company recently confirmed. Jackson’s bac…...

Can the sales figures of T-shirts, coffee mugs and bumper stickers accurately predict political elections? Yes they can, says online retailer of custo…...

Sonar — an app that uses Foursquare, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook data to tell you who is nearby and how you’re connected —…...

Kim Dotcom, the German-born enigmatic founder of file-sharing website Megaupload, is wanted by the U.S. for extradition from New Zealand.The U.…...

Do you pull a “photo face?” Do you have a tendency to mug for the camera? Have you carried out a photobomb — or even worse — t…...

Square, the mobile payment company, has introduced an iPad app that turns the tablet into a cash register.As the very Apple-like video above explai…...

New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson isn’t wasting any time with restructuring the company — it’s reportedly on the verge of laying of…...

Key Lime Pie will be the next sweet dessert in Google‘s sequence of Android OS names, according to a recent report.A “reliable Goog…...

Forget about those boring brake and tail lights you see on today’s cars – the future, at least according to German car maker Audi –…...

Foursquare co-founder Naveen Selvadurai announced on Sunday that he is leaving the company.“Ive done all I can do and Im moving on,…...

With youth unemployment at a 60-year high and student-loan debt nearing the $1 trillion mark, can anything be done by the technology sector to help y…...

Facebook has become a no-brainer for small business owners looking for an easy way to promote and interact with new and regular customers. But…...

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Apple and Google, charging that both steal users’ priv…...

After confirming an incompatibility between the iPhone 4S and China Mobile’s SIM cards last month, Apple has now fixed the issue, accordin…...

The self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports” launched the ESPN Developer Center on Monday, for the first time allowing software…...

Flash sales website Gilt Groupe this week will dish out discounts solely determined by its members’ Klout scores, with rollbacks as high a…...

Spring is just around the corner, and this weekend at Mashable, there was another big event around the corner that proved itself to be a subtext…...

Android‘s web browser Robot has overtaken Opera to become the top mobile browser, according to StatCounter’s data. In February 2012…...

Been away from Mashable for a few days? Maybe you were sorting through hundreds of Oscar memes. Perhaps you’ve been busy working on integ…...

As Instagram’s popularity continues to grow, millions of people around the world are sharing details from their daily lives via the iPhone app.…...

It’s become nearly impossible to leave your house without seeing QR codes scattered everywhere. They’re on billboards, in your newsp…...

Let’s get one thing straight: Freelancing is not easy. While it offers fantastic benefits — flexible hours, more control and creative inde…...

It’s March, and that means one thing for basketball fans — madness. March Madness officially starts with Selection Sunday on March 11. But…...

As the reign of the iPad 2 as the world’s top tablet comes to a close, it’s time for the iPad 3 to take its seat at the top. Now…...

Lindsay Lohan’s return to Saturday Night Live last night has turned viral, with many fans and detractors taking to social media sites to discus…...

Itching to see what the iPad 3 looks like and don’t want to wait until Wednesday?Tech blog MIC Gadget has reportedly obtained parts of the nex…...

We’re back with our weekly top comments from the Mashable community.In this column, we showcase the week’s best comments on our sit…...

We’re back with our weekly top comments from the Mashable community.In this column, we showcase the week’s best comments on our sit…...

Lady Gaga has become the first person to attract 20 million followers on Twitter, blasting through that landmark number on Saturday.Gaga topped…...

Since the days of Tetris on the original Game Boy, puzzle games and handheld devices have gone hand in hand. With the App Store encouraging creative d…...

A startup called SnappSchool is compiling a weekly rundown of the Kindergarten to 6th-grade math curriculum — for parents.The idea is tha…...

Photo-sharing service Instagram has 25 million users who have uploaded 500 million photos since its launch in October 2010. The app is a go-to for am…...

After Facebook launched Timeline for brand pages on Wednesday morning, a feature not mentioned in any of the company’s marketing materials…...

What happens when you take 45 million pictures posted on Twitter, rank them according to popularity and hash tags, and place them in a 10-picture gall…...

It was a livelier tech week than we’ve seen in a long time. On the heels of the big smartphone and mobile tech convention in Barcelona, the tech…...

Apple customers have collectively downloaded 25 billion apps from the App Store, the company has announced on its webpage. That’s more t…...

Smartphone users got a variety of new app options this week.In just the top seven of them we selected from the virtual haystack, there are new ways t…...

For those of you who have been working hard for your companies under tight financial constraints during the last few years, a silver lining might be c…...

When Mercedes wanted to promote its new fuel cell vehicle, instead of placing it squarely in front of everyone in the world, the company decided to…...

Often the most visible element of public relations, media relations is a tried-and-true tactic that can influence opinion, change behaviors, an…...

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…...

Youve been monitoring your Facebook wall and Twitter pages, responding to customer inquiries. But what are the next steps you should take to…...

Non-profits are utilizing Pinterest as an extension of their organizations, using photography, infographics and other visuals to show supporter…...

“Get your learn on at YouTube EDU,” says an erudite young student in a video promoting YouTube’s latest channels. With a bevy…...

Instagram has topped 25 million users, becoming the largest mobile-based social network in the world, according to a report.Dirk Singer, the he…...

The Lytro camera, which launched this past Wednesday, takes photos that the user can refocus after the fact. It’s a cool trick — and…...

Fortune released this year’s Top 50 World’s Most Admired Companies list from its upcoming March 19, 2012 issue, awarding Apple the t…...

Foursquare has started doling out a new “I Love Windows Phone” badge. The problem is that many of its recipients don’t seem to…...

The pre-coital check-in has officially arrived. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest (PPGNW) distributed more than 50,000 condoms in QR c…...

Showing-off 18 new human-hand-like maneuvers, DARPA’s Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) project reached the second milestone in its de…...

As tornadoes swept through the Midwest, folks in the storm’s path tweeted their reactions and fears on Thursday and Friday. High-wind sto…...

YouTube is streaming its first live play, a star-filled reading of a new work 8, Saturday evening. The subject: the 2010 trial of Proposition 8,…...

It seems not even the high-tech NASA is safe from digital intruders: The space agency’s computer systems were breached by hackers 13 times…...

Consistent with Etsy’s image, its iPhone app is user-made — and gaining steam. The handmade and vintage ecommerce site’s offi…...

Google is constantly experimenting with new ways to use Hangouts, the video-based chat feature built into its Google+ social network. President Obama…...

Judging by the success of the latest trailer, Marvel’s The Avengers is poised to be a huge hit at th…...

Apple appears to be testing the next version of its operating system for mobile devices, iOS 6. At least, that’s what device access logs t…...

Next time you write about an “infection,” cooking “pork,” sitting at the “airport” or “subway,”…...

Thomas Edison once said that “genius” is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. In the world of technology startups, that 99% involves a hec…...

Spontaneous networking at South by Southwest (SXSW) sounds like a great idea until you realize that 32,000 people register each year for the Fil…...

One of the highlights of this week’s Windows 8 Consumer Preview event was when Microsoft Windows lead Steve Sinofsky turned a giant HD dis…...

At first glance, a Benefit Corporation seems like a good thing. I mean it has the word benefit right in the title, so whats not to lov…...

Reduced availability of the Apple TV gives credence to rumors that a new product release may be imminent.On Tuesday, Apple officially sent out…...

A man in France has sued Google because a Street View photo shows him in his front yard taking a leak. The middle-aged man lives in a small vill…...

ESPN is streaming more than 200 college basketball games on Facebook over the next week. It’s the first time the self-proclaimed Worldwide…...

The productivity of the average worker has skyrocketed thanks to technology, but it comes at the price of a sedentary lifestyle. And mounting research…...

Texts gone awry have taken center stage in the viral humor arena as sites such as Damn You Auto Correct and When Parents Text take off.This time, we&…...

You know that blue Twitter bird that’s always popping up these days? Well, the little guy’s got a name. It’s Larry. Larry the…...

Yelp’s stock was up 64% to $24.58 per share midday Friday during the consumer-review site’s first day on the New York Stock Exchange…...

Toshiba is bringing the world’s thinnest 10-inch tablet to stores on Tuesday.The company recently announced that its ultra-sleek and sexy…...

With over 845 million active users on Facebook alone, it’s safe to say that social media has become integrated into our daily lives.The…...

Could Anonymous be the next al-Qaeda?FBI Director Robert Mueller warned a group of cybersecurity experts on Thursday that online attacks will r…...

Reports indicate that Apple is struggling to get media companies to sign on to its rumored streaming TV service. Speculation surrounding the se…...

The iPad 3 will soon be rolled out into the international spotlight, but somehow, magician and performance artist Simon Pierro gets his hands on th…...

Three months after being subpoenaed by a Boston district attorney, Twitter has handed over user data from one account that tweeted data allegedl…...

Planning to be outdoors and far away from power outlets for a while? A travel-sized solar charging dock might be just what you need.The Solar…...

Canon just unveiled a new high-end digital SLR (single-lens reflex) camera for pros. The new camera called the EOS 5D Mark III has a brand-new…...

These days, non-profits are strategizing online content to help connect with the right web audiences. The concept of creating content to engage…...

We’re happy to announce the launch of a completely new Mashable for iPad app today! And, we’re proud to say that Mashable for iPad i…...

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…...

A social marketing platform is launching a new feature for alcohol brands on Twitter to help them make sure their tweets are reaching an age-ap…...

If you were hoping for the next version of Windows to come in only one flavor, you’re probably out of luck. Digging through registry entri…...

In a sea of free iPhone apps, a few paid options stand out from the crowd. With everyday conveniences based on where you are and what you’re doi…...

BARCELONA: Although most manufacturers were focused on smartphones at this year’s Mobile World Congress – and we’ve seen some amazin…...

An iPad app released Wednesday makes it easy to combine a drawing on the tablet with an audio memory — such as your child’s descript…...

It’s probably no surprise that the most shared You Tube ads in February are from Super Bowl XLVI. Many of the ads appeared in last month&#…...

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…...

In case you’ve been living in the analog world for the past few days, Apple sent out invitations Tuesday to an event to be held next week. And t…...

If youve skimmed the TODAY Shows website recently, you may have noticed something familiar. It looks a heck of a lot like Pinterest.In fa…...

AT&T on Thursday put limits on its Unlimited Data plans, slowing speeds for 3G and 4G customers who exceed 3 GB in a billing cycle and capp…...

LONG BEACH, Calif. Checking email during meetings. Shopping on your smartphone in the middle of class. Texting at funerals. These are a f…...

Draw Something, a Pictionary-like game for iOS and Android, had 1 million downloads before it had a single search result in Google News. “…...

Japanese inventors, presumably looking for some peace and quiet, have invented SpeechJammer — a device that can instantly shut down a pers…...

While Justin Bieber rallied fans Thursday to donate to charity: water for his 18th birthday, his fans were also busy trying to break the Guinne…...

Premium cable network Starz pulled its movies from Netflix streaming as of Thursday at midnight.For Netflix customers, this means no more Toy S…...

Aereo, the startup that aims to help New York City residents stream live broadcast television online, is being sued by Fox, Univision, Tribune C…...

Facebook Timeline has a time problem: Profiles using the new design can only go back as far as the year 1800.Facebook Timeline pages for brands…...

Rapper Wiz Khalifa proposed to his lady, musician Amber Rose, Thursday, and the web went wild when he tweeted an Instagram photo of the rock on…...

After 25 members of Anonymous were arrested on cybercrime charges in South America and Europe Wednesday, a vital question was left unanswered: H…...

Prepare yourselves, Simpsons fans: Electronic Arts is giving the social games treatment to America’s favorite cartoon family. The Simpson…...

This contest is presented by Babson, ranked #1 in entrepreneurship education for over 18 years. Babson is a living/learning laboratory focused o…...

Is this the biggest auto correct fail ever? Middle schools and high schools in Gainesville, Fla., were locked down Wednesday when a studentR…...

The third installment of the popular video game series BioShock will launch this fall, publisher 2K Games announced on Thursday. BioShock Infin…...

The iOS App Store was created so that users could download and operate apps in a secure space. Theoretically, an application would not be able…...

If we’ve learned anything from the record number of tweets sent surrounding Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement last September, it’s th…...

Now that Facebook Timeline has finally rolled out for brands, companies have endless opportunities to refresh their social media strategy. Sound…...

Should the U.S. government tell private companies how to defend themselves from cyberattacks? Not according to legislation being introduced on T…...

Social game distributor Viximo announced a platform called Social Zone that will allow mobile game developers to simply integrate social media f…...

Criminals might be taking to the web, but police are meeting them there. Facebook has proved to be a powerful tool for law enforcement to locate crim…...

Zynga is trying to diversify beyond its signature Facebook games. Zynga.com will no longer be just its corporate website — it will also be…...

Police in the U.S. can legally search mobile phones discovered at the scene of a crime, a federal appeals court has ruled.After police in India…...

Twitter came to the rescue for an engaged UK couple whose hired wedding event company folded just six weeks before their big day. Lauren Lane a…...

Justin Bieber, pop megastar and social media maven, turns 18 today. To celebrate his birthday, Bieber announced on Twitter Wednesday night that…...

We have previously highlighted some really striking animated Google+ profile pages. Now we’re showing you how you can make your own animated p…...

Facebook plans to roll out analytics that will for the first time give Page administrators visibility about real-time activity on the site.The…...

The BBC, The Huffington Post and The Guardian are the three most viral news sources on Facebook and Twitter, according to a new report.The rankings,…...

Only a few years ago, smartphone users were still considered early adopters. Now smartphone owners outnumber those with basic mobile devices, a…...

Foursquare and VH1 are teaming up to offer music lovers a way to help “save the music” when checking in to assorted music venues. S…...

Now the Lytro camera is here, you no longer have to worry about taking out-of-focus pictures — you can shoot first, and then pick what to…...

Microsoft has a cutting edge prototype that may soon bring the virtual and physical worlds together and shorten the distance felt between people…...

Facebook Timeline just got the presidential seal of approval: Barack Obama enabled the new profile design Thursday morning.Visitors to Obama&#…...

Instagram‘s latest update boasts a faster camera and support for China’s Sina Weibo and Japan’s Mixi. The new camera option i…...

Google’s new privacy policy went into effect Thursday, and after hacking through the document and comparing it to the old policies, two th…...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — You may not be shocked to learn the founder of LinkedIn thinks the key to career success is understanding the dynamic…...

Bridging the online and offline worlds, Zynga has inked a deal with Frito-Lay that rewards buyers of snacks such as Lay’s Classic potato c…...

Got some spare time today? How about putting aside that game of Bejeweled Blitz and instead lend a hand in what could be the most important disc…...

Instagram photos have evolved into an art form, and now they have an art dealer. A site launching Thursday called Hashpix sells prints of Insta…...

As promised, social newsreading magazine Flipboard is bringing Cover Stories to its iPad app [iTunes link] via an update released Thursday. The…...

Andrew Breitbart, a former editor of Drudge Report who also helped launch The Huffington Post, has died.Breitbart’s website, Big Governme…...

Of the three major devices we connect to our TVs — gaming consoles, DVRs and DVD players — DVRs get by far the most use. While we…...

Leaving your dog at a kennel can be heartbreaking, and asking a friend to dog-sit can feel intrusive. So what is a traveling dog owner to do?A…...

The recent major changes in Google’s privacy policy go into effect today, March 1. In January 2012, Google announced a new master privacy…...

Foursquare is parting ways with Google Maps in favor of crowdsourced maps created by the OpenStreetMap project.Foursquare announced the change…...

Social media is changing the way we eat. Many of us are giving up around-the-table dinners to dine with their computers or phones. A new study…...

China’s notorious firewall was down temporarily this week, allowing the Chinese to access Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other sites usual…...

Startups have become the darling children of the world, it seems. Aspiring Mark Zuckerbergs, Caterina Fakes and Jack Dorseys are eager to launc…...

Dolphin Browser for mobile devices received a voice-control feature on Wednesday for Android users, allowing them to search the Web with just t…...

Facebook gathered hundreds of people into the Museum of Natural History in New York on Wednesday for its first-ever Facebook Marketing Conferenc…...

Lionsgate announced a campaign Wednesday for fans of The Hunger Games to unlock free advanced screenings of the upcoming film by tweeting speci…...

Facebook rolled out Timeline for brand Pages today, and Mashable is proud to update ours on day one. We’ve closely chronicled reactions…...

Google’s new privacy policy takes effect Thursday. What’s new about it? Now, it allows Google to integrate information it collects…...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The machines have won at least when it comes to being able to play music better than a Mashable editor. While that…...

A team of Japanese scientists were able to draw important conclusions about our Solar System from looking at specks of dust retrieved from one a…...

What is it about small, repetitive moving images that everyone is so crazy about on Tumblr? Animated GIFs have been circling the web since 1987,…...

Even if the next iteration of Apple’s iPad shot laser beams and can turn into a flying car, I would still settle for an iPad 2.Why? One…...

Today Facebook announced to brand marketers the world over that, within the month, everything they knew about fan Pages on Facebook would be ov…...

Photography, here is your wake-up call. Lytro just released its light-field camera to the world, a device that looks and acts like no other came…...

NASCAR announced that it won’t punish driver Brad Keselowski, whose tweets from the racetrack during a hazard delay in Monday’s Dayt…...

BARCELONA — According to the official data, last year’s Mobile World Conference had 60,000 attendees from more than 200 countries. Put tha…...

Facebook users, whip out your history books — Timeline for brand Pages has finally rolled out. The feature became available Wednesday, and we…...

Pop megastar Lady Gaga will officially launch the Born This Way Foundation — an initiative aimed at boosting people’s confidence and addr…...

QR Codes can be handy things: Scan a funky black-and-white design in the real world to access electronic information. But a German sportswear c…...

You don’t have to look very far to notice that there are a lot of car companies trying to get in the social game — you can see plent…...

Does Google’s new privacy policy conflict with European law? France’s official data protection agency is launching an investigation…...

LONG BEACH, Calif — With kids spending an increasing amount of time with technology, one company is developing LEGO-like toys that help th…...

Ever noticed double chins or saggy skin get accentuated when video chatting on FaceTime or Skype? Is the angle of your smartphone making you loo…...

Ever noticed double chins or saggy skin get accentuated when video chatting on FaceTime or Skype? Is the angle of your smartphone making you loo…...

From the makers behind the viral iPhone 5 concept that envisioned the device with a stunning laser keyboard comes a breathtaking new vision for the i…...

Ads will start popping up on mobile News Feeds and as you log out of the site, Facebook announced Wednesday.Although mobile ads had been report…...

Two of Hollywood’s biggest production companies want to give Netflix and Hulu a run for their money. Consumers should soon to able to down…...

Now that the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available, we want to know what you think.Mashable’s Pete Pachal and Lance Ulanoff have alread…...

Now that the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available, we want to know what you think.Mashable’s Pete Pachal and Lance Ulanoff have alread…...

Memes are all the rage on college campuses right now, but those viral little gems have just sneaked into the land of love.Self-described web ge…...

Invoxia has unveiled a sleek speaker that transforms iOS devices into a desktop phone and handset that makes conference and video calls for businesse…...

The iPad 3 is imminent. Forget Mobile World Congress. Forget the patent wars. And definitely forget Oscar memes. There’s a new Apple gadget comi…...

In an ironic twist, many Silicon Valley executives choose to send their children to a school that bans technology, according to the New York Tim…...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — By definition, rare diseases are hard to diagnose, receive little research funding, and are challenging to treat. On…...

Microsoft just launched the consumer preview of Windows 8. That means anyone who wants to check out the latest version of Microsoft’s new…...

The 27th Annual International Tech and Persons With Disabilities Conference is underway in San Diego. At the convention, tech companies unveil gadgets…...

The BBC World Service broadcast its daily morning editorial meeting live for the first time Wednesday as part of a series of public events comme…...

Facebook unveiled its much-anticipated new Timeline Pages Wednesday, giving marketers a glimpse of what lies ahead as the feature rolls out ove…...

Students should think twice before logging into Facebook or sending text messages during study time, suggests a study to be published in the jou…...

Want to get your hands on the $35 Raspberry Pi PC? You may have to wait a while.The tiny Linux-based computer, created by the U.K.-based Raspbe…...

BARCELONA — Microsoft Windows Phone has, by some estimates, just 2% of the smartphone market. However, Microsoft execs talking to Mashable…...

Facebook has officially announced Timeline for brand pages after dangling the carrot in front of page admins for some time now. The pages will…...

In Apple‘s third major privacy flaw revelation this month, app developers have told The New York Times that they can easily access private…...

I’m writing this article on a Windows 8 tablet. Thankfully, I’ve got a wireless keyboard and mouse as well as a dock to help the Sam…...

Facebook Timeline has arrived for brand Pages. As expected, it’s a radical departure from what brands are used to on the network. The upda…...

BARCELONA: Get ready all you consumers for your first taste of the future of Windows. Microsoft today announced that it’s rolling out a f…...

BARCELONA — Get ready all you consumers for your first taste of the future of Windows. Microsoft announced Wednesday it’s rolling o…...

With Facebook Timeline‘s takeover of personal profiles complete, the social networking giant is unleashing its latest greatest invention u…...

Twenty years ago, if you were dissatisfied with a company’s product or business practices, you’d probably stop buying from them. You might…...

Apple swiftly popped the ever-expanding bubble of Apple iPad 3 speculation with a single email invitation. Next week, the Cupertino company wil…...

Unlike most Google products, Google Doodles aren’t executed through algorithms. A team of living, breathing artists regularly dress up its logo…...

BARCELONA: At this morning’s keynote at the Mobile World Congress, three people that are shaping the future of the mobile industry sat tog…...

TED, the non-profit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading,” announced the winners of its 2011-2012 “Ads Worth Spreading” challenge…...

You dont need to own app development software — you just think you do.Often a business encounters one of two scenarios: Either…...

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…...

What would you write on Facebook if you had endless space for creativity? Well, not endless, but it seems pretty close. Facebook greatly increas…...

BARCELONA: Like all large tech events, Mobile World Congress is very similar to the last mega mobile event in Spain, but as with those previous events…...

As the new kid in town, Pinterest is poised to make some major waves in the social media scene. Facebook, Twitter and Google+, watch your backs…...

A new helmet can monitor pilots’ brain waves to see if they are paying attention to flying — or if they’re daydreaming inst…...

Starting on March 14, 2012, New York City residents will have the option to stream live broadcast television to their PC, Mac and iOS devices. T…...

Boy wonder Justin Bieber reaches adult years on March 1 when he turns 18. As a gift, the pop star’s fans will try to break the Guinness …...

“Time on site” is one of the most valuable metrics for social networks, publishers and online marketers. More than mere follower counts or…...

Owners of first- and second-generation iPads moved quickly to dispose of their used devices after Apple sent out press invites for a March 7 eve…...

Police in Latin America and Europe have apprehended 25 people believed to be members of Anonymous, the international group of hackers and “…...

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan will use next week’s South By Southwest as a springboard to announce the band’s latest album…...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The crowd at TED got a glimpse into the upcoming Ridley Scott sci-fi film Prometheus on Tuesday, in the form…...

Leap Year and the 220th birthday of Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini both fall on Wednesday. This doesn’t pose a dilemma for m…...

YouTube wants to be more widely heard by those without the ability to hear. The video-sharing site announced Tuesday it is beefing up its abi…...

Recently, many people chimed in about the “Laptop Shooting Dad‘s reaction to his 15-year-old daughters Facebook posts. Not on…...

It’s primary day in America, folks: citizens in Michigan and Arizona are headed to the polls Tuesday to vote for their preferred Republican cand…...

Pinterest, the darling digital pin board that’s turned the social media world upside down, is now a top traffic driver for brands. That’s…...

Call it a coincidence: The same day Apple issued invites to a press event to reveal the next-gen iPad (and more?), the company was also awarde…...

Twitter is swiftly bringing more of its Promoted Products to its apps for iPhone, Android and the mobile web (m.twitter.com).The short-messagin…...

Twitter was abuzz Tuesday after Apple revealed the invite to a March 7 event in San Francisco. The invite — teasing what will likely be a new it…...

Twitter was abuzz Tuesday after Apple revealed the invite to a March 7 event in San Francisco. The invite — teasing what will likely be a new it…...

The New York Times has added a whimsical new tentacle to its digital and social reach with a Tumblr blog dedicated to photographs from the Gray…...

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…...

Nestled in Monday’s WikiLeaks cache of 5 million emails from security company Stratfor was a nugget of particular importance to the secret…...

We now officially have a date for Apple’s next major event — and an invite laden with hints.The invite, sent to Mashable along with…...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs took the TED stage Tuesday morning to introduce Collusion, a Firefox browser add-on that lets…...

Google wants you to help find security flaws in its browser, Chrome — and the search giant is paying a handsome reward. The company tol…...

Twitter has sold a bunch of old tweets to a firm called DataSift, which will analyze them for marketing purposes.The Mail Online reports that D…...

BARCELONA: Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt mentioned his company very few times Tuesday, as he shared his vision of the future of mobile…...

The iPad 3 may not be the only new product Apple is announcing next week. According to 9to5Mac.com, the company might also be launching a new…...

Yahoo wants Facebook to start paying for its right to use various Internet technologies that Yahoo says it holds patents for. If Yahoo aggressi…...

Fans of Conan have a new toy to play with while watching the late-night show: the Team Coco interactive tablet app.Conan O’Brien touts th…...