Yesterday, we brought you an exclusive interview with Aaron Filner, group product manager of Flash, in which we discussed the fuss around Apple, HTML5 and Adobe’s multimedia platform. We learned that Adobe’s belief that HTML5 is at odds with Flash is a misperception, and we learned what to expect from Flash in the [...]
Welcome to Google, Kansas – the capital city of fiber optics, population 122,642. The small city with a big dream recently changed its name from Topeka to Google in order to show its enthusiasm for Google’s experimental Fiber for Communities program.
Mayor William W. Bunten issued a proclamation on Monday declaring the name change and [...]
Digital measurement firm comScore released a study today highlighting the rise in social media access via mobile phones and offering some comparison metrics for some of the biggest social networks and their usage on mobile devices. comScore measured the changes in both mobile browser access to social networks and the access numbers to [...]
We don’t usually report on sex tapes over here at Mashable — standards, people — but when we heard that “Weird Al” Yankovic launched his own on his YouTube channel this past Monday, we took notice. Luckily, the vid is completely safe for work — unless you work in a bubble wrap factory. [...]
Two betrothed German geeks/gamers just upped the ante when it comes to wedding invitations.
The pair, who shared their story with Offbeat Bride, programed two versions of a Mario-inspired 8-bit video game as their wedding invitations and sent them out to friends and family. Guests are also challenged to beat the game should they wish [...]
In an attempt to personalize the search experience, Google has announced that it is rolling out a new feature for search: Google stars. At the same time, Google search will drop the SearchWiki feature that launched at the end of 2008.
If you’re a Gmail, Google News or Google Reader user, then Google’s new [...]
You may have had some instructors during your school years that seemed like they were simply carrying out pre-programmed, robotic orders, but not quite as literally as these profs. Singularity Hub reports that robot teachers have successfully passed a first round of testing in Korean and Japanese classrooms.
Thanks to trial work by the Korean [...]
Companies are mining the social web to build dossiers on you. Information posted publicly on blogs, Facebook, Twitter, forums and other sites is fair game. It is yet another reminder that people need to be aware of what they are posting on social networking sites and to whom they’re connected.
Jules Polonetsky, director [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather round for the latest round of: Patent Lawsuit Theater! The players in this round are Apple and HTC. Apple is alleging that HTC infringes on 20 of its patents related to the iPhone user interface. As in the Nokia/Apple skirmish, Apple filed its lawsuit concurrently in [...]
CoTweet, the Twitter CRM tool used by several massive brands including JetBlue and Ford, has been acquired by ExactTarget, an email marketing firm.
In a statement, ExactTarget CEO Scott Dorsey said, ”By combining the power of ExactTarget and CoTweet, we can provide businesses a complete solution to tie together all forms of interactive communications and [...]
