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U.S. to Allow Export of Web Services to Iran and Cuba
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HootSuite Rolls Out Android Apps and iPhone App Upgrade
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HootSuite Rolls Out Android Apps and iPhone App Upgrade
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Twitter Location API to Support Places
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Facebook to Say Goodbye to App Notifications on March 1st
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Facebook to Take 30% Cut of Developers’ Facebook Credits Revenues
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Facebook Secures Patent for News Feed
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Erykah Badu and Paul McCartney: First Twitter Sample Clearance?
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Facebook Friending Made Simple: Just Shake Your iPhone
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Texas Offers Facebook $1.4 Million Incentive to Open Austin Office
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Nintendo DSi XL Set for March Launch in U.S.
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Calling All Romantics: Chatroulette Now Has Its Own Missed Connections
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Scribd Makes Online Documents E-Reader and Smartphone-Friendly
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Microsoft and Amazon Sign Patent-Sharing Deal
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Microsoft and Amazon Sign Patent-Sharing Deal
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Twitter Perceptions of Google Buzz Over Time [INFOGRAPHIC]
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HOW TO: Build a Facebook Landing Page for Your Business
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HOW TO: Build a Facebook Landing Page for Your Business
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The Dalai Lama Officially Joins Twitter
More and more celebrity holdouts are joining the Twitter bandwagon. First Bill Gates started tweeting, then......
The Dalai Lama Officially Joins Twitter
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Tufts Now Accepts YouTube Videos as Part of College Application
First the SATs, then those godawful essay topics (“Who is your personal beacon?”), now this: You......
Tufts Now Accepts YouTube Videos as Part of College Application
First the SATs, then those godawful essay topics (“Who is your personal beacon?”), now this: You......
Could the Toyota Recall Crisis be Helping the Brand?
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Could the Toyota Recall Crisis be Helping the Brand?
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Apple Looking to Bring iPhone OS to More Devices
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Apple Looking to Bring iPhone OS to More Devices
A recent Apple Inc. job posting has revealed that the company intends to focus on bringing the iPhone OS ont......
Twitter Hits 50 Million Tweets Per Day
New stats released today by Twitter reveal that users now send out more than 50 million tweets per day. Tha......
Twitter Hits 50 Million Tweets Per Day
New stats released today by Twitter reveal that users now send out more than 50 million tweets per day. Tha......
Google Earth Comes to the Nexus One
The Google Earth app for the Nexus One Android smartphone is now available for download. The app won’t......
Google Earth Comes to the Nexus One
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Google Energy: Google Can Now Buy and Sell Electricity
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Google Buzz Makes Popular Users Less Overwhelming
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Facebook Acquires a Third Startup, Shuts it Down
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Nexus One Sales: Will They Be More Like Avatar or Gigli?
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TV Guide Adds a 3D Twist to Golden Globe Coverage
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“The Simpsons” Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Social Media Tie-Ins
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Palm CEO: “I’ve Never Used an iPhone”
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Former NBC President Signs Online Video Deal With Yahoo
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Near Me Now: Google’s Mobile Homepage is Location Aware
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The Connected Car: Ford Introduces MyFord Touch
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CES: Microsoft Reveals HP Tablet Prototype
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HootSuite Now Lets You Update Your WordPress Blog
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Vimeo to Launch Support for 1080p
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Drunk Drivers Evade the Cops With Twitter
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Palm Pre and Palm Pixi Headed to Verizon?
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Mashable’s Social Media Guide for Journalists
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10 WordPress dashboard hacks
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Apple’s MobileMe is Down
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Second Security Alert on Amsterdam-Detroit Flight 253
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There are 15,740 Social Media Experts on Twitter
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10 Best iPhone Apps for Dog Lovers
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5 Big Real-Time Web Trends of 2009
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2009 As Seen Through Twitter Hashtags
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Digital Revolution? Kindle Ebooks Outsell Real Books on Christmas
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64% Prefer Old Twitter Retweets to New Style
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Drunk Drivers in Texas to Be Named on Twitter
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Christmas Logos Around the Web
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Yet Another Tablet Cometh: And This One’s Real
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Mozilla Design Challenge: Put Your Mark on Firefox 4
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Twitter Presents: “Home Alone” Told Entirely Via Lists
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8 Spectacular Christmas Light Shows on YouTube [VIDEOS]
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Christmas contest: Win 3 copies of the new Sunset Farm theme
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Top 10 Mobile Social Apps Judged by Mashable Readers
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NPR News App Comes to Android
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Twitter Goes Down Under With SMS Support for Australia
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Facebook Is Destroying the Sanctity of Marriage [REPORT]
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Warner Music Videos Coming to Hulu
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HOW TO: Boost Your Resume Over the Winter Break
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Top WordPress hacks of 2009
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Christmas contest: Win 3 copies of the new “Sunset Farm” theme
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Youtu.be: Because YouTube Needs Its Own URL Shortener Too
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Youtu.be: Because YouTube Needs Its Own URL Shortener Too
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Youtu.be: Because YouTube Needs Its Own URL Shortener Too
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Seesmic for Android Adds Twitter Search, Lists and Trending Topics
Last month when popular Twitter client Seesmic launched an Android version, one of the few omissions we noted......
Seesmic for Android Adds Twitter Search, Lists and Trending Topics
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Seesmic for Android Adds Twitter Search, Lists and Trending Topics
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Keep Up With Your Fave Random House Author on Your iPhone
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Keep Up With Your Fave Random House Author on Your iPhone
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The Year in Review Captured On a Google Wave [VIDEO]
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Keep Up With Your Fave Random House Author on Your iPhone
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The Year in Review Captured On a Google Wave [VIDEO]
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5 Ways Social Media Changed Fashion in 2009
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5 Ways Social Media Changed Fashion in 2009
Macala Wright Lee is the CEO of FashionablyMarketing.Me a digital marketing and merchandising firm that speci......
5 Ways Social Media Changed Fashion in 2009
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Teens Banding Together to Cut Down on Facebook
There’s no doubt that for many of us, Facebook consumes a goodly proportion of our time; on average, we......
Teens Banding Together to Cut Down on Facebook
There’s no doubt that for many of us, Facebook consumes a goodly proportion of our time; on average, we......
Teens Banding Together to Cut Down on Facebook
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Free Job Postings for Non-Profits This Week [HAPPY HOLIDAYS]
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Free Job Postings for Non-Profits This Week [HAPPY HOLIDAYS]
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Free Job Postings for Non-Profits This Week [HAPPY HOLIDAYS]
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Add Chat and Drag & Drop Sharing to Your Site With Meebo Bar
We know that some of you have been eyeing the special Meebo features we launched earlier this year on Mashabl......
Add Chat and Drag & Drop Sharing to Your Site With Meebo Bar
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Facebook Unveils Most-Mentioned Topics of 2009
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CONTEST: Win 2 Tickets, Airfare, and Hotel to the NHL Winter Classic in Boston
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HOW TO: Use Facebook Privacy Controls on Your Fan Page
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Don’t Like Your Facebook Friends? Blow Them Up with the Star Wars Death Star
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Man Proposes Marriage via Foursquare Check-In
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NBA Player Fined $7,500 for a Tweet
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Digg Buries Reddit and StumbleUpon in Reader Vote [POLL]
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YouTube Video Lands $30 Million Movie Deal [VIDEO]
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“Porn” Among Top Search Terms for Kids
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Your YouTube Homepage: Now with Facebook Feeds
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Mashable Holiday Party NYC Wrap-Up [PICS]
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WordPress 2.9 Now Available for Download
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HOW TO: Outsmart Phishers [HUMOR]
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Plan an Eco-Friendly Trip With routeRANK
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Rackspace Outage Takes Down Big Portions of the Web
It appears that a networking issue at RackSpace took many websites offline this afternoon (including Mashable......
Foursquare’s Facebook Integration Now Live for iPhone Users
Earlier in the week, we broke the news that Foursquare had turned on the ability to automatically share check......
Google Wave’s Massive Potential for Business Users
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New Twitter Client for Mac Packs a Powerful Punch
Although there is hardly a shortage of desktop Twitter clients, the native client options for Mac users remai......
Thanks to Mashable’s Socially Savvy Supporters
Thanks to this week’s advertisers and partners for enabling us to bring you the latest social media news an......
iPhone App Offers Accurate Voice Search for Google, Twitter, iTunes and More
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Little Girl Types Really Fast, Makes Everyone Feel Inadequate [VIDEO]
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How to define your own dashboard logo
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The Most Influential Twitter User in the World Is…
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BlackBerry E-mail Not Working For Some Users
I woke up this morning thinking I’d either become a lot less popular overnight or that something was once a......
Twitter: Already on Holiday?
Twitter is once again “frozen in time” this morning as users’ timelines fail to display the most re......
Microsoft: Blood, Sweat and Bing [2009 in Review]
For decades, Microsoft has been a technological giant that nobody can ignore. This year has been a unique on......
Russian Investment Firm DST Now Owns 5% of Facebook
A couple of days ago, we wrote that Russian venture capital firm Digital Sky Technologies (DST) had invested ......
Google Earth Comes to Audi A8
Yes, plenty of cars have built-in GPS navigation. But up until now, no car had Google Earth integrated, but n......
Zune Twitter App Hates Naughty Words
As we announced yesterday, the Twitter application for Zune is now available in the Marketplace, but it has a......
How Much of Your Website Do People See? Google’s Got a Tool to Tell You
We already know that Google is obsessed with their own speed and efficiency, but the search giant is also try......
Hulu Turns to American Idol Creator to Produce New Online Show
Hulu may be well-known for being the place to find your favorite TV shows online, but you could soon be visit......
Anniversaries Are the New Birthdays on Facebook
Since the beginning, Facebook has incorporated birthdays into its social DNA. Part of the fun and utility of......
SANWA MM-SPP4 Series Portable Speakers
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WordPress tip : Better page navigation
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Web Faceoff: Digg vs. StumbleUpon vs. Reddit
One of the most useful aspects of social media has been its power to help people discover people, content, an......
1 in 6 Cell Phone-Toting Teens Have Participated in Sexting [STUDY]
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McDonald’s Adds Free Wi-Fi to the Menu
In an effort to become more of a “destination” than a grab-n-go eatery, that most iconic of fast ......
SWEET: Merge All of Your Duplicate Gmail Contacts With One Click
Gmail has an array of useful and unique features that have really made e-mail a slightly more pleasurable exp......
YouTube Looking to Replace Your Cable Company?
While Comcast is looking to provide more value to its subscribers by offering its content on the web, YouTube......
Twitter Reveals Most Discussed Topics of 2009
One of the best aspects of Twitter is that it has become a central nexus for discussion of the topics of the ......
4 Surprising Google Wave Uses
Now that Google Wave has opened up to one million users and there are countless unused invites floating aroun......
Facebook Credits Take Another Step Toward Becoming the Web’s Currency
All the way back in March, I wrote about how Facebook could rival PayPal by creating a virtual currency and m......
WTF Comcast: On-Demand Movies Get Hilarious Descriptions [PICS]
Someone at Comcast either has a sense of humor or has gone rogue, because some of the descriptions that can b......
Foursquare Launches Location Check-ins for Facebook
Now that Foursquare has money in the bank, the New York-based startup is starting to quickly launch updates t......
iPhone Users Urged to Take Down AT&T
Apparently, AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega’s recent remarks concerning the carrier’s plans to R......
How The White House Keeps Track of Cabinet Members’ Smartphones [PIC]
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8 Ways to Share Happiness on the Web [Contest]
Mashable is proud to present the Zappos.com Sharing Happiness Giveaway Contest!
We’ve received so many......
Qik Launches Desktop App for Live Video Sharing
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Qik. Last week, the company launched its first official app for th......
Get a Mac Named Ad Campaign of the Decade
In the past few years, clever commercials have become content in and of themselves, thanks in no small part t......
Mashable’s Guide to Digital Marketing & Social Media Conferences
It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and ......
10 Great Digital Gifts for Social Media Lovers
Maybe you just hate leaving the house to shop, or you find yourself last-minute gift-hunting, or you simply l......
Facebook Movie Hotly Anticipated by Hollywood Insiders
Let’s be honest, when the news first surfaced that acclaimed writer Aaron Sorkin was writing the script......
Kindle iPhone App Goes International
Good news ebook fans: Amazon’s Kindle app for the iPhone is now available in more than 60 countries.
A......
TwitVid Launches Analytics and Real-time Search for Videos on Twitter
If you share your own video clips on Twitter, chances are you use or have used TwitVid, a service that easily......
Samsung Digital Photoframe 800P
Samsung has introduced a new 8-inch digital photo frame, 800P in Korea. It comes with LED panel and supports ......
Lamborghini Ankonian Concept Car
Lamborghini Ankonian Concept car by designer Slavche Tanevsky. It looks Awesome.
It has a a narrow and rathe......
10 jQuery snippets for efficient developers
Load jQuery from Google
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Insert Google Analytics without editing your theme
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Best Man’s Twitter Prank: Bed Tweets When Newlyweds Have Sex
We’ve seen all kinds of devices to Tweet when bread is baked, Tweet when a baby kicks and the rest, but......
Nexus One: Google Phone Shows Up in Visitor Logs [PIC]
As if we needed further evidence that a Google phone called the Nexus One is in testing, the phone is now sai......
Nexus One vs. iPhone: What Google Needs to Succeed
The Google Phone has graduated from rumor to a Twittered thing of beauty, with the likely name Nexus One. Th......
Nexus One: The Google Phone Has a Name
It’s just about confirmed now: Google will sell its own phone, built by HTC and named the Nexus One.
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YouTube Caroling: YouTube Launches $5,000 Singing Contest
Who doesn’t love carolers? They show up at your door, sing a holiday favorite, and leave, imparting you......
NEW: Post to WordPress from Tweetie and Other Twitter Apps
The popularity of services like Twitter, Tumblr, and Posterous is changing the way the world thinks about blo......
Google Phone: Google Confirms “Dogfooding” of New Phone
UPDATE: The Google phone is confirmed: it’s called the Nexus One.
A Google product manager has responde......
Apple Tablet Video is Deliciously Fake [VIDEO]
This Apple tablet video circulating today is droolworthy…if only it were real.
The device certainly l......
The Google Phone Isn’t…Unless Google Builds It
UPDATE 2: The Google phone is confirmed: it’s called the Nexus One.
UPDATE: Google has responded to the......
The Google Phone Cometh?
UPDATE 3: The Google phone is confirmed: it’s called the Nexus One.
UPDATE 2: Google has responded to t......
Man Loses Facebook Bet, Friends Shoot Up His Big Screen TV [VIDEO]
As the owner of more than one hundred inches worth of television, this video makes me cringe. But it’s als......
5 Most Memorable Sports Tweets of 2009
This post is part of Mashable’s Fab Five series with Jalen Rose, which highlights trends in the social ......
Google Adds New Features to Help You Search Faster
Google is officially obsessed with speed. If real-time search didn’t convince you of that fact, then ta......
When Videos Buffer, Viewers Leave … in Droves [STATS]
A new study shows online video viewers to be extremely fickle, with four out of five clicking away from a str......
Apple Countersues Nokia for Patent Violations
As you may recall, Nokia filed suit against Apple in October, claiming the iPhone maker was infringing on No......
Facebook CEO Takes One for the Team and Embraces New Privacy Settings
While privacy watchdogs, security firms and users digest the implications of Facebook’s new privacy setting......
Keep Tabs on Your Data Consumption with Consume for iPhone
It’s no secret that iPhone users are data whores. Whether it’s the access they have to data-conn......
“30 Rock” Takes a Crack at Facebook [VIDEO]
NBC’s hit show, 30 Rock, typically takes a social norm and parodies it to no end by dedicating an entir......
The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, November 2009
It’s the beginning of December, which means it’s time to take stock of the web series that captur......
Netbook Operating System Jolicloud Set to Take on Google Chrome OS
When it comes to lightweight operating systems for a netbook or smartbook (which is basically a netbook that......
Gaming Faceoff: Nintendo DS vs. Sony PSP vs. iPhone/iPod Touch
The convergence of social media and gaming is becoming harder to deny. The domination of the FarmVille Faceb......
Gaming Faceoff: Nintendo DS vs. Sony PSP vs. iPhone/iPod Touch
The convergence of social media and gaming is becoming harder to deny. The domination of the FarmVille Faceb......
Barnes and Noble Nook Meta-Review: “Not Fully Baked”
Brick and mortar book retailer Barnes & Noble pushed hard to make a splashy entry into the digital book r......
Barnes and Noble Nook Meta-Review: “Not Fully Baked”
Brick and mortar book retailer Barnes & Noble pushed hard to make a splashy entry into the digital book r......
Friendster’s Fate: Sold to Malaysian E-commerce Giant
Just a few days ago we heard rumours about the imminent sale of Friendster, one of the first-generation socia......
Friendster’s Fate: Sold to Malaysian E-commerce Giant
Just a few days ago we heard rumours about the imminent sale of Friendster, one of the first-generation socia......
Gaming Faceoff: Nintendo DS vs. Sony PSP vs. iPhone/iPod Touch
The convergence of social media and gaming is becoming harder to deny. The domination of the FarmVille Faceb......
Barnes and Noble Nook Meta-Review: “Not Fully Baked”
Brick and mortar book retailer Barnes & Noble pushed hard to make a splashy entry into the digital book r......
Friendster’s Fate: Sold to Malaysian E-commerce Giant
Just a few days ago we heard rumours about the imminent sale of Friendster, one of the first-generation socia......
SnapHaven Keeps Your Photos Safe For Life
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. ......
SnapHaven Keeps Your Photos Safe For Life
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. ......
SnapHaven Keeps Your Photos Safe For Life
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. ......
Facebook Connect: 365 Days, 60 Million Users, 80,000+ Web sites
On December 4, 2008, Facebook Connect opened for business. It was the first major extension of the Facebook ......
“Frosty the Inappropriate Snowman” Mashup Creates Controversey [VIDEO]
Avatar isn’t the only media property to spawn an awesome mashup — the classic Christmas TV specia......
Information Overload: Americans Consume 34 GB of Data Daily
They say the soul weighs 21 grams, and now we have a measurement of the American mind on any given day: 34 gi......
Qik to Live Stream Video from Your iPhone
Earlier this morning, iPhone owners woke to a wonderful surprise: live video streaming courtesy of Ustream......
5 Tips for Using Video to Grow Your Business in 2010
Patrick Moran is chief strategy officer at Fuze Box, the company behind Fuze Meeting. He was also chief marke......
Boxee Box Is the Size of a Coke Can
As the blogosphere waits with baited breath to get their hands on the physical hardware wonder that is Boxee ......
How to detect mobile visitors on your WordPress blog
To achieve this recipe, you first have to get the code from detectmobilebrowsers.mobi and upload it to your th......
HOW TO: Manage Successful Social Media Promotions
Ben Straley is the CEO of Meteor Solutions, provider of the leading word-of-mouth analytics and optimization ......
HOW TO: Manage Successful Social Media Promotions
Ben Straley is the CEO of Meteor Solutions, provider of the leading word-of-mouth analytics and optimization ......
HOW TO: Manage Successful Social Media Promotions
Ben Straley is the CEO of Meteor Solutions, provider of the leading word-of-mouth analytics and optimization ......
Google and Top Newspapers Experiment with a New Way to Deliver the News
As social media and the web have made the transmission and sharing of news and information faster and more ef......
Google and Top Newspapers Experiment with a New Way to Deliver the News
As social media and the web have made the transmission and sharing of news and information faster and more ef......
Google and Top Newspapers Experiment with a New Way to Deliver the News
As social media and the web have made the transmission and sharing of news and information faster and more ef......
Apple Unveils the Top Songs, Movies and Apps of 2009
On Tuesdays we’re typically greeted with new album releases on iTunes, and today is no different. But t......
iPhone App Offers Instant Speech-to-Text Transcription
Speech-to-text translation isn’t a new idea, but Dragon Dictation for the iPhone [iTunes Link] turns th......
HOW TO: Use Social Media to Retain Customers
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Your Next Car Radio Might Be Pandora
Here at Mashable, we’re big fans of Internet radio provider Pandora. Lots of us enjoy it on our laptops......
Google Chrome Extensions Go Live!
It’s only Tuesday, but it appears as if we’re in the midst of Google Week. Yesterday saw the laun......
Enter the Zappos Sharing Happiness $3,000 Shopping Spree Giveaway Contest
Mashable is proud to present the Zappos.com Sharing Happiness Giveaway Contest!
To get into the spirit of th......
Timberlake and Eisenberg’s Facebook Movie Gets a Release Date
The Social Network, the movie based on Aaron Sorkin’s narrative about Mark Zuckerberg and the creation ......
Google Launches Chrome for Mac
The day has finally come. As we were expecting, Google has just released Chrome for Mac, which can now be dow......
10 resources to get the most out of the CSS text-shadow property
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Tarantino Meets Plastic Dog in a Crazy Japanese Ad [Video]
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Twitter Extends Sign-Ups Off-Site As It Seeks New Users
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Stanford iPhone Orchestra Is Redefining Music’s Limits [VIDEOS]
The evolution of music is in essence a study of how human culture, tastes, and technology have evolved over t......
Facebook Creating Safety Advisory Board
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