A New Meme is Brewing: YouTube Caption Fail

Don’t get us wrong, we love YouTube’s new automatic captioning feature. A couple of years ago it was almost unimaginable that someone (or something) could take videos, convert speech to text, then translate that text into 20 or 30 languages, and do it all automatically, in a blink of an eye.
But we also know [...]

Suite Arrival Delivers Toothpaste (And Other Essentials) to Your Hotel

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.
Name: Suite Arrival
Quick Pitch: Travelers customize Suite Arrival kits with their [...]

Twitter Hits 10 Billion Tweets

It’s official: Twitter has surpassed 10 billion tweets. While Gigatweet’s counter is down due to over-traffic, you can tell by the actual tweet ID numbers that we have crossed the magical threshold.
The milestone shows that Twitter’s still growing at a rapid pace: It broke one billion tweets in November 2008 and five billion [...]

Suite Arrival Delivers Toothpaste (And Other Essentials) to Your Hotel

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.
Name: Suite Arrival
Quick Pitch: Travelers customize Suite Arrival kits with their [...]

Tumblr Lets You Add Pages to Your Blog

Simple blogging platform Tumblr has finally added the ability to add static pages to your Tumblelog.
Tumblr has grown a great deal without this feature — its simplicity has always been its selling point. However, many companies need static pages — it’s often the best way to provide contact info, company data and more [...]

Twitter Hits 10 Billion Tweets

It’s official: Twitter has surpassed 10 billion tweets. While Gigatweet’s counter is down due to over-traffic, you can tell by the actual tweet ID numbers that we have crossed the magical threshold.
The milestone shows that Twitter’s still growing at a rapid pace: It broke one billion tweets in November 2008 and five billion [...]

Sony Working on a PSP Phone and iPad Competitor

Consumer electronics juggernaut Sony is apparently stepping up to the plate to tackle Apple’s iPhone (and soon iPad) pantheon with a PlayStation Portable Phone, sources tell The Wall Street Journal.
If you haven’t been following the vicissitudes of the mobile rumor mill for as long as we have, you might want to know that a [...]

Tumblr Lets You Add Pages to Your Blog

Simple blogging platform Tumblr has finally added the ability to add static pages to your Tumblelog.
Tumblr has grown a great deal without this feature — its simplicity has always been its selling point. However, many companies need static pages — it’s often the best way to provide contact info, company data and more [...]

Google Wave Gets Email Notifications

Google Wave has finally turned on email notifications as a feature for users who want to see immediate, hourly, or daily email notifications for new and updated waves.
Email updates can be turned on via the Inbox dropdown menu. Once on, Google Wave will notify you with a summary of updates to your waves [...]

Sony Working on a PSP Phone and iPad Competitor

Consumer electronics juggernaut Sony is apparently stepping up to the plate to tackle Apple’s iPhone (and soon iPad) pantheon with a PlayStation Portable Phone, sources tell The Wall Street Journal.
If you haven’t been following the vicissitudes of the mobile rumor mill for as long as we have, you might want to know that a [...]