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2009 was a heck of a year for technology. In the age of sharing, mini-sharing, and micro-sharing, something unexpected happened: A lot of [...]

As 2009 comes to a close, it’s interesting to look back at what stories were the most popular, captivating and shared. Social widget AddThis has calculated the 15 most-shared articles from the sites that use its service.
Before looking at the list, we probably could have guessed many of the most popular stories. However, the ranking [...]

In the last two months alone, popular note-taking tool Evernote has raised $10 million, launched on the Android platform and upgraded their iPhone app.
All of that mobile goodness has just helped the service reach another major milestone: two million users. The company, in celebration of the achievement, released a bunch of interesting [...]

We already know that the Palm Pre is headed to Verizon sometime in early 2010, but now BGR is reporting that the Palm Pixi will be coming to Verizon, too.
BGR also says that the Verizon phones are going to carry the “Plus” moniker, i.e. the Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pixi Plus. The phones [...]

To most observers, 2009 marked the year Twitter conquered the world. Yet it wasn’t the only social media company that grew like wildfire. There’s another that grew even more rapidly, adding over 200 million new users and raising $200 million dollars — double that of Twitter’s most recent round.
2009 was a breakout year [...]

First Twitter, then Foursquare, now the Weather Channel? People are broadcasting their wedding proposals all over the place these days.
That’s right, the other night Weather Channel meteorologist Kim Perez’s beau, police Sgt. Marty Cunningham (best name EVER), asked her to marry him during a routine forecast. Good thing she said yes, otherwise Cunningham’s disposition [...]

Undoubtedly, social media is a powerful force. It can be used as a way to spread breaking news, organize political protests or energize campaigns, and, of course, to promote various brands and individuals. But can social media help a TV pilot ascend from reject bin to series pickup? Jessica Chaffin and Jamie Denbo — [...]

Navigating the journalistic seas this past year has been a particularly challenging/exciting task. As many a publication foundered in the economic benthos, others rode the wave of new technology into previously uncharted waters.
Mashable has been there through it all, stepping in to provide journalists with touchstones and compass directions to help them do everything [...]

After initial reports that iPhone sales in China are nothing short of abysmal, things are finally starting to look better for Apple’s handsome smartphone.
iPhonAsia reports that at this time, China Unicom has managed to sell approximately 300,000 iPhones, which — while still a very low number considering the size of the Chinese market — [...]

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