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Saturday, Jan 30
Haiti, iPad, and Obama: The Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week
Tags: Top Twitter Topics, trending topics, twitter, What The Trend 10 Most Popular Topics on Twitter, 1/23 to 1/29 Rank Topic Change 1 Haiti 1 2 1 3 1 NEW 4 1 NEW 5 1 6 5 4 7 3 4 8 2 3 9 2 NEW 10 2 NEW Tags: Top Twitter Topics, trending topics, twitter, What The Trend
Firefox for Mobile Makes Its Debut
Mozilla has officially introduced Firefox for Maemo, the first officially launched version of Firefox for Mobile. It’s been in testing for some time, but now it’s available for download for those of you who own an N900 smartphone. Reviews: Adblock Plus, Android, Firefox
4 New Mac Twitter Apps You May Have Missed
Yoono Desktop is a desktop version of the popular Firefox add-on and it actually controls more than just Twitter. It also supports Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger and MySpace IM. The nice thing about Yoono is that you can update your status acr...
Friday, Jan 29
Steve Jobs vs. Obama: Who Got the Bigger Buzz? [INFOGRAPHIC]
In an analysis of social media chatter (Twitter, blogs, YouTube, Facebook, etc.), Viralheat found over 550,000 mentions of either the Apple event or the State of the Union during the 24 hours before and after each event. Total mentions in social media : 68,201
Google Agrees: IE6 Must Die
Google writes: The war against IE6 continues. Effective March 1, 2010, Google will begin phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6 in Google Docs and Google Sites. Google writes: Reviews: Google, Google Docs, Internet Explorer
National Lady Gaga Day Draws 100,000+ on Facebook
More than 100,000 people on Facebook have declared today National Lady Gaga Day. It’s difficult to be sure what this day entails exactly, but presumably elaborate costumes will be part of it. Point is, it’s gone sort of viral. Gaga is everywhere now. Reviews: Facebook
Why New App Stores are Embracing Open Development
More social media resources from Mashable: How Social Media Has Changed Us Top 5 Must-Read Social Media Books 5 Ways Social Media Changed Fashion in 2009 How Social Media is Taking the News Local Reviews: App Store, Google, Twitter, iStockphoto
Google Building Touch into Chrome OS?
Reviews: Android, Google, iPhoneTags: android, Chrome OS, Google, multitouch, software, tablets What do you think: Should Google build touch capability into Chrome OS? Reviews: Android, Google, iPhone Tags: android, Chrome OS, Google, multitouch, software, tablets
The Trouble With Check-Ins [COMIC]
He says that StatusThis will “convey a sort of irreverence for [social media]. Let’s face it, sometimes even for us die-hard adopters, you just have to laugh at it all sometimes.” We have to agree with that one, and hope to see some more of Andrew’s spin on social media as the project progresse...
How Facebook Can Become a Money Making Machine
If Anyone Can Do It, Facebook Can Social Media Marketing: How Pepsi Got It Right HOW TO: Implement a Social Media Business Strategy Tags: advertising, business, e-commerce, facebook, MARKETING, monetization, monetizing, money, social media, social networks
Dating Site For Gay Men Enters Super Bowl Ad Fray [VIDEO]
Still, unlike the Tebow spot, the ad is currently all over the Internet, and is likely to become more and more visible as the days go by. In fact, the ManCrunch rep said that he believes that it is sure to go viral. So perhaps the controversy will make the commercial more ubiquitous than a Super B...
Next Week: Mashable NextUp NYC, The Future Journalist [Social Media Week]
Socialize: Facebook Event Page Less than 100 tickets remain for Mashable’s Social Media Week event, NextUp NYC – The Future Journalist on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 92YTribeca. Details Socialize: Facebook Event Page Schedule Tags: Events, nextup-nyc, social media week
Upload Your Old E-mails to Google Apps
Google has a cool little surprise in store for heavy e-mail users (and Mac owners): Google E-mail Uploader for Mac. It’s a free app that can archive your old e-mails from Apple Mail, Eudora and Thunderbird on your Google Apps e-mail account. Tags: email, gmail, google apps
Thursday, Jan 28
Adobe Calls Out Apple for Lack of Flash on iPad
While the iPad sports a lot of features, one of them isn’t Flash. The Adobe plug-in is nowhere to be found on Apple’s device, meaning that many online games and video sites (such as Hulu) aren’t usable on Apple’s tablet device. Tags: adobe, apple, Apple Tablet, Flash, ipad, Tablet
Current TV Tires of Twitter, Kills Off MySpace Instead [VIDEO]
Easy: MySpace. Or rather the death of MySpace. Reviews: MySpace, TwitterTags: Current, humor, myspace, viral video Easy: MySpace. Or rather the death of MySpace. Reviews: MySpace, Twitter Tags: Current, humor, myspace, viral video
Travel Site Kayak Sells Seats On Lost’s Oceanic Flight 815
This little easter egg is no doubt a grab for press with next week’s season premiere of Lost coming up. It’ll be the final season, so hype is at a maximum. This kind of web and social media viral marketing actually fits well with the spirit of the show, which was promoted in its early days with sim...
Tim Tebow’s Controversial Super Bowl Ad Finds Big Support on Facebook
“AUL Action encourages you to make a short video about your own personal experience to share here on the Support Tebow’s Super Bowl Ad page. Just make your short video and upload it to this page. There’s a chance your video could be featured on the AUL Action blog and website.”
Announcing MashBash SXSWi 2010: Win a Free SXSWi Pass!
To kick off the celebration, we are giving away two full SXSWi conference badges and access to the MashBash VIP List via a sweepstakes on Facebook! Check out the contest here and enter to win before February 5, 2010 at 11:59pm ET. Socialize: Facebook Reviews: Facebook, Mashable
Religion and Objectivity Collide in Google Suggested Searches
It seemed reasonable to speculate that Google was censoring the suggestions to avoid offending anyone with extremely harsh popular searches. Still, Google told Search Engine Land that Islam wasn’t an intentional exception — that it was a bug engineers were working on fixing. It seems an...
Motorola Developing a Google Phone
Reviews: Android, GoogleTags: android, Google, Motorola Motorola plans to launch a device with Google later this year that will be sold directly to consumers, the same strategy we saw with the Nexus One. Reviews: Android, Google Tags: android, Google, Motorola
Baby Boomers and Seniors Are Flocking to Facebook [STATS]
In its Boomers and Social Media report, eMarketer takes a look at social media adoption among different generations. Results showed that while the percentage of Millennials maintaining a social networking site profile was fairly consistent from 2007 through 2009, the same cannot be s...
eHarmony Settles Lawsuit, Will Merge Gay and Straight Dating Sites
Dating site eHarmony has settled a lawsuit in California by agreeing to end the separation of its homosexual and heterosexual matchmaking services. Dating site eHarmony has settled a lawsuit in California by agreeing to end the separation of its homosexual and heterosexual matchmaki...
Get a Sneak Peek at Coca-Cola’s Super Bowl Ad While Doing Good on Facebook
In an effort to stay true to its “open happiness” catch phrase, Coca-Cola has decided to do something unprecedented this year and release a sneak peak of one of its Super Bowl spots by way of Facebook. In an effort to stay true to its “open happiness” catch phrase, Coca-Cola has decided to do s...
HOW TO: Build a More Beautiful Blog
Think about utility and user experience when choosing your layout. Think about utility and user experience when choosing your layout. HOW TO: Create Custom Backgrounds for Twitter, YouTube, & MySpace 5 Ways Social Media Changed Fashion in 2009
Chris Matthews Forgets Obama Was Black, Sets Internet Ablaze [VIDEO]
Oh man, just another reason to be hyper-aware of what you say while on TV in this Internet age: Last night, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews awkwardly tried to compliment President Obama and the country at large following the State of the Union by saying, “I forgot he was black tonight for an hour.” Na...
Kutcher-Backed Twitter Campaign Helps Bring 90,000 Malaria Nets to Senegal
We’ve been following the impact of social media and technology on the relief effort in Haiti, but it’s obviously not the first example of social media being used for good. When you see stuff like this happening, though, you can’t help but feel excited to be part of a positive movement in hist...
iPad Divides Twitter [STATS]
Of the 52% of tweets that lacked enthusiasm for the iPad, the majority — 21% of all tweets — had a bad reaction to the name itself. Nineteen percent just weren’t impressed (they probably align with this way of thinking), and 11% were critical of all the build-up and/or just sick of hearing abo...
What We Learned About Apple Yesterday
First of all, Flash. For years, we’ve been hearing that Adobe and Apple are in talks to bring full Flash support on the iPhone. It was almost always described as “nearly there.” Well, now that the iPad is out — a bigger device, perfect for browsing the web — and there’s still no Flash in sight, we c...
Wednesday, Jan 27
VoIP Calling Over 3G Arrives on the iPhone
Now that the restriction have been lifted, you can expect Skype to soon work over 3G networks. It’s server-side, rather than software-side, so there shouldn’t be a need to download a new version of Skype to get this functionality. The Google Voice for iPhone should also benefit from this ch...
What’s Missing from the Apple iPad?
Really, no camera? Like, not even at all? Yep, there is no camera on the iPad. It was mystifying enough on the iPod touch, but to omit the camera here is a curious thing. That means no video iChat, no Skype video conferencing, no quickly snapping a pic of whatever and uploading it to Flickr/Face...
The Anti-Hype: Why Apple’s iPad Disappoints
It’s Not the Best Way to Browse the Web Most importantly, the iPad’s browser does not support Adobe Flash, the foundation of rich media on the web today. Adobe is planning to make it possible for Flash developers to develop apps, but it won’t work on the web.
4 Reasons the Kindle is Dead, 4 Reasons It’s Not
The iPad also has a built in web browser powered by Safari, which means that it can access millions of pages of web content in addition to books. The Kindle is limited to only the books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs that you can download to the device. (The Kindle does have a very basic, tex...
Google Brings Social Search to the Masses
Google has kept Social Search pretty much hidden from the general public, choosing to make it an opt-in Google Labs feature. Today, however, Google is pushing the feature to beta status and turning it on for all signed-in English Googlers. Tags: Google, Search, social search
9 Upcoming Tablet Alternatives to the Apple iPad
The cited report says the Google Tablet has already been in development for the past 19 months. HTC is a plausible logical choice for the trusted partner as well, given its existing relationship with Google and the Android operating system. Still, with nothing yet official on the books, th...
Controversial Church’s Next Picketing Project: Twitter HQ
Presumably picketing Twitter will also get them some web and social media exposure. The old “all press is good press” idiom doesn’t apply in this case, though; the exposure they’re seeking will probably just draw more ire and lead to more marginalization.
BREAKING: Apple Introduces iPad Tablet Device
The music player looks like a new version of iTunes. The music player looks like a new version of iTunes. Take a look at this picture of the New York Times website: Calendar apps currently being demoed. This thing really looks useful. Seriously:
5 Apple Hits and 5 Misses: Which Will the Tablet Be?
The FlopsPower Mac G4 Cube Apple TV MacBook Air The Hits iMac iPod iTunes Intel MacBook iPhone The Flops Power Mac G4 Cube Apple would try the headless, compact Mac idea again with the Mac mini in 2005, this time keeping costs down. Five years later, the mini is still going strong.
War Protesters Storm Facebook Before the State of the Union Address
Regardless of your political stance, this is an interesting (but not surprising) use of social media. Do you think social media protests could have an impact on policy? Regardless of your political stance, this is an interesting (but not surprising) use of social media. Do you think socia...
Will Twitter Crumble Under the Apple Tablet’s Weight?
Of course, such issues are far from undocumented in the brief history of Twitter. It was a little more than two years ago that a Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld brought down Twitter, then in its infancy. Oh, how times have not really changed that much. Reviews: Twitter
AT&T Takes On Location With Buzz.com
Forbes has a detailed preview of the site, which seems to be in equal parts Yelp and Twitter. The idea, apparently, is to use existing social networks like Facebook and Twitter, and focus on each user’s social graph to give him/her the best recommendations for whatever he/she is looking fo...
Tuesday, Jan 26
Google Xistence Offers to Live Your Life For You [PARODY]
The individual responsible for the Xistence parody, Australian web designer Philipp Drössler, says the site was “neither a scan nor a phishing attempt.” The box displayed on the site portending to solicit a Google username and password wasn’t an actual web form, meaning visitors could...
Why the Idea of the Apple Tablet May Be Better Than the Reality
A Symbol of Hope Reviews: iPhone, iStockphotoTags: apple, Apple Tablet, publishing, social media For now the Apple tablet in rumor form is still all of the following: A Symbol of Hope Tags: apple, Apple Tablet, publishing, social media
Twitter Local Trends Now Live For All
Twitter began a rollout of a new Local Trends feature last week, and now the company reports Local Trends is live to all. Twitter began a rollout of a new Local Trends feature last week, and now the company reports Local Trends is live to all. Reviews: Twitter
Obama’s State of the Union Address: Where to Watch Online
Reviews: Facebook, YouTube, ustreamTags: C-Span, cnn, facebook, live video, mobitv, obama, state of the union, ustream, whitehouse.gov, youtube White House Live and Facebook YouTube Hulu CNN C-SPAN Reviews: Facebook, YouTube, ustream
Bill Gates Talks Twitter on the Daily Show [VIDEO]
Host Jon Stewart amusedly asks Mr. Gates about his Twitter habits and followers while off-handedly remarking that, “I don’t Twitter, I’m busy!” Host Jon Stewart amusedly asks Mr. Gates about his Twitter habits and followers while off-handedly remarking that, “I don’t Twitter, I’m busy...
The Maturation of Social Media ROI
Monetizing Social Media The Business of Social Media Monetizing Social Media The 10 Stages of Social Media Business Integration HOW TO: Implement a Social Media Business Strategy Reviews: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, iStockphoto
LinkedIn Adds New Ways to Browse Connections
We’d love to see these sorts of features in more sites, especially Facebook, which has some big flaws in both its search interface and results. This is one area where Facebook could learn a lot from LinkedIn. Tags: business-apps, linkedin, News, social networking
U.S. Bans Texting Among Bus and Truck Drivers
Although text messaging has been discussed more and more in conjunction with driving as of late — what with drunken drivers evading checkpoints via text and Twitter around News Years and the like — texting while driving is still not against the law everywhere in America. Currently, only 1...
Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad Already Creating Online Buzz
Of course, that was before the days of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and millions of blogs, where the Tebow story is quickly gaining momentum on both sides of the issue. A Facebook Group calling for CBS not to air the ad — in part because it rejected the 2004 United Church of Christ commercial — h...
4 Myths About Social Media and Business
Reviews: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, iStockphotoTags: business, entrepreneurship, facebook, linkedin, List, Lists, MARKETING, small business, social media, social networking, social networks, twitter HOW TO: Implement a Social Media Business Strategy
Social Is the Top Priority for Marketers in 2010 [STATS]
What does it all mean? For both the marketer and the publisher, that engagement is here to stay as the preferred way of doing business. That means both more engaging ads that leverage social media, and more engaging web sites that keep users around beyond a simple page view.
6 Ways to Be Part of ExecTweets IT [Sponsored Post]
6. Join almost 1.3 million folks who follow the ExecTweets Twitter feed, which we use to point out worthwhile content at our site and all over the Web, and to share inspiring quotes about business, IT, and life in general. Reviews: Twitter
Google Voice Arrives on iPhone With HTML5-Powered Web App
Reviews: Google, Google Voice, iPhoneTags: Google Voice, HTML5, iphone, Mobile 2.0, Palm webOS, trending Watch the video below for a demonstration of the new Google Voice mobile web app on the iPhone. Reviews: Google, Google Voice, iPhone
Google’s Nexus One to Be Sold at Walmart?
A “coming soon” page has been discovered on the Walmart wireless website indicating that the retail giant will carry the Google phone. What’s not clear at this point is whether or not it will be online-only or also available in brick-and-mortar stores — or whether this was just some huge bl...
Evernote Inks Deal to Come Bundled on Sony Vaio PCs
Multi-platform note-taking app Evernote is getting a significant distribution deal with Sony. A special customized version of the software will come pre-installed on the extensive Vaio series of desktops and laptops starting this spring.
Google Toolbar Keeps Tracking Your Browsing Even After You Choose Disable?
Security expert Ben Edelman has done some digging, and he’s discovered that Google toolbar keeps tracking your browsing even after you disable that option. He’s also noticed that Google makes it easier to enable than disable certain tracking features, all of which make the Google toolb...
Monday, Jan 25
IM Faceoff: AIM vs. GTalk vs. FbChat
Reviews: Facebook, Gtalk, aimTags: aim, aol, facebook, Google, google talk, gtalk, im, instant message, web faceoff Reviews: Facebook, Gtalk, aim Tags: aim, aol, facebook, Google, google talk, gtalk, im, instant message, web faceoff
Hope For Haiti Now Livestreams Viewed by 20 Million
20 million people watched Friday’s live broadcasts of Hope For Haiti Now on the Internet, while only around 16 million watched on broadcast television in the United States. Tags: haiti, hope for haiti now, live video, ONLINE VIDEO, teleivision, video
More Security Flaws Found in Internet Explorer
Microsoft gave Ars Technica their standard response: “Microsoft is investigating a responsibly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. We’re currently unaware of any attacks trying to use the vulnerability or of customer impact, and believe customers are at reduced risk due...
Google Reader Lets You Subscribe to Any Page on the Web
RSS technology makes it possible for anyone to keep up with fresh content without having to visit the site in question. Now the same holds for webpages without RSS thanks to a new Google Reader feature. Reviews: Google, Google Reader, iPhone
Oprah’s Designer Nate Berkus Tackles Twitter Backgrounds
Design and Social Media Cross Promotion More social media resources from Mashable: 5 Ways Social Media Changed Fashion in 2009 HOW TO: Create Custom Backgrounds for Twitter, YouTube, & MySpace Top 5 Must-Read Social Media Books Reviews: Facebook, Firefox, Mashable, Twitter
Chirp! Twitter Reveals Its First Official Conference
Twitter has just announced Chirp, the first official Twitter developer conference. It will take place at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco, CA, on April 14 and 15. Twitter has just announced Chirp, the first official Twitter developer conference. It will take place at the Pal...
How Social Media is Changing the 2010 Grammys
Reviews: Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, awards, beyonceTags: awards show, grammys, MARKETING, music, social media Why Social Media, Why Now Reviews: Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, awards, beyonce
5 Must-Have Free Social Apps for BlackBerry
2. Facebook 2. Facebook BlackBerry’s own Facebook client comes already installed on most phones, and the newest version is even nicer and cleaner than before, getting closer to the user experience you’d expect on the web. Reviews: Evernote, Facebook, Pandora, TweetPhoto, Twitter
Kodak Takes a Stake in TweetPhoto
On Saturday, Eastman Kodak Company CMO Jeffrey Hayzlett told Midem music conference attendees that the company now owns a stake of Twitter photo-sharing site TweetPhoto. Reviews: Google, TweetPhoto, Twitpic, Twitter Tags: Kodak, social media, tweetphoto, twitter
Google Chrome 4.0 For Windows Adds Extensions and Bookmark Sync
Reviews: Chrome, Firefox, Google, Google Voice, Skype, Windows, Xmarks, linuxTags: extensions, Google, google chrome, microsoft windows, software, web browser Reviews: Chrome, Firefox, Google, Google Voice, Skype, Windows, Xmarks, linux
FarmVille Parody Guy Takes on Mafia Wars [VIDEO]
Are you still “tired of games that are fun?” YouTube video director Tobuscus is, too; that’s why he’s followed up his crazy-popular FarmVille ad parody with a video that skewers that other spammy but addictive Facebook game: Mafia Wars. via All Facebook] Reviews: Facebook
Bill Gates Explains Why He Joined Twitter, Publishes Annual Letter
Reviews: Google, TwitterTags: bill gates, gates foundation, twitter It’s been less than a week since Bill Gates joined Twitter, but the Microsoft founder has already accumulated more than 300,000 followers and used the platform to launch a new site – Gates Notes.
Your Brain Can’t Handle Your Facebook Friends
Personally, I keep the number of my Facebook friends very small, around 100 — I friend only the people I know IRL — but I don’t feel that having several hundred friends would be meaningless. After all, when you count in the relatives, business contacts and other acquaintances, I’m sure your...
Sunday, Jan 24
What the Web of Tomorrow Will Look Like: 4 Big Trends to Watch
Reviews: Facebook, Google, Hulu, Skype, Twitter, YouTubeTags: apple, Apple Tablet, Column, facebook, future, internet, Internet of Tomorrow, ONLINE VIDEO, Opinion, The Social Analyst, trending, twitter, video, web, World Wide Web, youtube
Pope’s Message to Priests: We Must Blog
via: Yahoo News and The Next Web] Reviews: TwitterTags: blog, Catholic, catholic church, new media, pope, religion, social media, trending via: Yahoo News and The Next Web] Reviews: Twitter Tags: blog, Catholic, catholic church, new media, pope, religion, social media, trending
HOW TO: Get the Most Out of the Boxee Beta
Get a Remote In the Boxee Forums, NomadDNA has a great how-to post that shows you an easy trick to use your Firefox cookie settings (just be sure to login to Hulu in Firefox first) in Boxee to trick Hulu into seeing you as a logged in user!
Saturday, Jan 23
TwitPic of Napping Transit Worker Sparks Media Controversy
On Friday, January 21st, Twitter user @OGLE_Toronto snapped a photo of a sleeping TTC ticket collector and posted it on TwitPic and his Twitter account. The result has been a media firestorm, bringing the TTC back into the line of fire. The comments under the TwitPic, which now has over 18,0...
Why Twitter Wants to Know Where You Are
Local Ads: We don’t know what Twitter advertising will look like, but we can safely assume that location data will help Twitter connect advertisers to Twitter users by their location. Tags: -local, hyperlocal, local trends, location, Mobile 2.0, social media, twitter
Top 10 Most Popular Topics on Twitter This Week
Top 10 Twitter Trending Topics, 1/16 to 1/22 Rank Topic Time Trending Change Max Index Description 1 Haiti 4 Days, 18 Hours 1 2 Shorty Award 3 Days, 20 Hours 2 3 Justin Bieber 1 Day, 13 Hours 3 4 Follow Friday 17 Hours 2 5 Scott Brown 1 Day, 3 Hours NEW 1 6 1 Day, 2 Hours NEW 1 7 MLK 16 Hours NEW 2 8
Friday, Jan 22
Google Founders to Sell 10 Million of Their Google Shares
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the two billionaire co-founders of Google, will each sell 5 million of their Google shares over the next five years, according to an SEC filing. Tags: finance, Google, investing, larry page, Sergey Brin
YouTube Working to Bring Major Studios to its Movie Rental Service
The Google-owned video sharing site is once again talking to the major movie studios about offering up their content for rental, following reports last Fall that deals were in the works with Lionsgate, Sony, and Warner Brothers — deals that still haven’t officially materialized.
Hot Tub Time Machine: The Anatomy of a Social Media Campaign
We believe that the movie industry has embraced social media in a big way. Not only do social networks and the Internet offer a direct connection to fans and potential consumers, but campaigns can be better targeted and better measured. Avatar, District 9, and Paranormal Activity are all g...
TalentTrove Helps Creatives Build Online Portfolios For Free
Genius Idea: TalentTrove is a social networking site built around user-generated content. Whereas users of YouTube might upload any video they find interesting, the focus of TalentTrove is each person’s individual talent, regardless of what kind of content he or she creates. That mean...
What’s Up With Virtual Worlds? [ANALYSIS]
Reviews: Facebook, Foursquare, Gowalla, TwitterTags: games, gaming, metaplace, Second Life, social gaming, social media, video games, virtual worlds, world of warcraft Top 10 Games You Can Play on Facebook Reviews: Facebook, Foursquare, Gowalla, Twitter
The Sims 3 Tops PC Sales Charts and Is Booming Online
Game publishers and developers have speculated in recent years that microtransactions like those are the future of the industry — that one-off $60 charges are going to be phased out for all but the most traditional hardcore games. There have been many experiments with the downloadable c...
BREAKING: Twitter Launches Location-Based Trending Topics
Twitter has begun rolling out location-based trending topics. Twitter has begun rolling out location-based trending topics. More Info Currently, only a few users have access to the feature (I don’t have it yet), but it should be rolling out to everybody soon.
Google Search Now Answers Your Questions
The first new feature, answer highlighting, attempts to complete your search query by bolding the answer in the result. So now when you search, results will include bold words that Google deems to be the answer. This is a nifty little development — powered by Google Squared research — that’...
Facebook and Twitter Lead the Pack as Social Media Usage Skyrockets [STATS]
In December, Facebook was the most popular social networking site globally, with 67% of social media fans logging in. In addition, time spent on Facebook has been on the rise; globally, people spend close to six hours per month on the network. Tags: facebook, social media, twitter
Thanks to Mashable’s Socially Savvy Supporters
Which leading social networking companies have chosen Clickatell as a mobile messaging partner? Read our success stories here. Which leading social networking companies have chosen Clickatell as a mobile messaging partner? Read our success stories here.
Sleep Talkin’ Man Is a Viral Sensation
It’s official, one of the funniest blogs out there, Sleep Talkin’ Man, has become a bonafide viral sensation, with more than a half a million visitors, nearly 20,000 Facebook fans and more than 10,000 Twitter followers to its name. It’s official: We all know the secrets that you keep when y...
5 Ways Small Businesses Can Avoid Social Media Panic
Tags: business, entrepreneurship, List, Lists, small business, social media, social networks, tips HOW TO: Implement a Social Media Business Strategy Tags: business, entrepreneurship, List, Lists, small business, social media, social networks, tips
Nokia Brings Location-Sharing to Facebook
As predicted, 2010 is shaping up to be the year of location. An unlikely entrant has just thrown its hat into the location-based social networking ring. Nokia, by way of Ovi Maps, has just introduced location-sharing to their smartphone users. Reviews: Facebook, Foursquare, Google, Yelp
New NBC Logo Combines Fail Whale and Peacock [PIC]
Twitter user Mitch Canter (@studionashvegas) posted a TwitPic of his vision for a redesigned NBC logo that combines the Twitter Fail Whale and the NBC peacock to reflect the Internet’s disgust with NBC’s late night fiasco as well as its support of Conan O’Brien.
Astronaut Posts First Real-Time Tweet from Space
Astro_TJ, as Creamer is known on Twitter, posted the first live update about eight hours ago while in orbit, saying: “Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! More soon, send your ?s” Reviews: Twitter
Why Open Source is the New Software Policy in San Francisco
Join Mayor Newsom on Facebook or follow him on Twitter. Tags: datasf, gavin newsom, government, open source, San Francisco-San Jose Join Mayor Newsom on Facebook or follow him on Twitter. Tags: datasf, gavin newsom, government, open source, San Francisco-San Jose
Can You Write News Based Only on Facebook and Twitter?
The rules are: no smartphones, no web surfing. They will be given cellphones that cannot connect to the internet, but from the story it’s unclear whether they’ll be able to verify the news they see on Facebook and Twitter (probably not, as the experiment would make little sense then).
Microsoft Fixes “Aurora” Security Hole in Internet Explorer
The patch updates all supported versions of Internet Explorer, from IE 5.01 (if you’re still using that version, though, you’re probably asking for trouble) to IE 8. If your browser wasn’t automatically updated, you can download the patch over at www.microsoft.com/security
Thursday, Jan 21
Yelp Brings Location Check-in Data to Its Web Reviews
Yelp also sees check-ins as being a “lightweight” way for people to participate in the site, according to mobile product manager Eric Singley. In other words, you no longer have to write reviews to participate in what’s become a fairly big social network in its own right, you can simply che...
Vimeo Joins the HTML5 Party With New Player
Reviews: Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, VimeoTags: chrome, chrome frame, HTML5, safari, video, Vimeo via CNet] Reviews: Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Vimeo Tags: chrome, chrome frame, HTML5, safari, video, Vimeo
Facebook to Launch Dashboard for Your Games and Apps [PIC]
Facebook has announced that it is going to be launching two new features for organizing and interacting with Facebook apps, the Games Dashboard and the Applications Dashboard. Developers will have access to a sandbox for the dashboards starting today. Reviews: Facebook
Help Haiti Now Webcast Featuring Major Celebs Airs Friday Night
The telethon was organized by MTV Networks and George Clooney, and other networks taking part will include the websites of MySpace, YouTube, Hulu, AOL, Fancast, VH1, CBS, MSN, Bing, Yahoo, Rhapsody, TV.com, BET and CNN. The event will be streamed by mobile providers AT&T, Verizon an...
Digg to Undergo Drastic Overhaul
Fast forward to now, and it simply hasn’t happened. Digg is still a very cool site, but the next big thing it is not. Facebook and Twitter have assumed that role, while Digg had to settle for still being the biggest read-submit-vote-comment site, with competitors like Mixx and Reddit simply...
Saturday, Jan 16
AT&T Flaw Provided Access to Other People’s Facebook Accounts [REPORT]
Generally Web sites and computers are compromised from within… But in this case, it was a security gap between the phone and the Web site that exposed strangers’ Facebook pages to the Sawyers. Misconfigured equipment, poorly written network software or other technical errors could hav...
Friday, Jan 8
How Social Media and the Web Helped Avatar Make $1 Billion
Reviews: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, adobe AIR, twilight, ustream Tags: 3D, Adobe Air, avatar, facebook, films, james cameron, MARKETING, mtv, myspace, social media, trailer, twitter, ustream The Basics: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace
Friday, Jan 1
10 Easy Ways to Green Your Web Site
More Going Green resources from Mashable: - 5 Green Initiatives Using Social Media for Good This Summer #FindingTheGood Green Tweets: 75+ Environmentalists to Follow on Twitter 10 Ways to Change the World Through Social Media 15 Ways to Use Social Media for #FindingTheGood
Tuesday, Dec 29
Is YouTube About to Jump into Online Gaming?
image credit: Spencer E Holtaway / Flickr] Reviews: Flickr, Google, YouTube Tags: gaming, Google, tech, youtube image credit: Spencer E Holtaway / Flickr] Reviews: Flickr, Google, YouTube Tags: gaming, Google, tech, youtube
Mobile Advertising: 5 Things You Need to Know to Succeed in 2010
Top Mobile Productivity Tools for the Small Business HOW TO: Choose a Smartphone for Your Small Business The Best Free Twitter Apps for Android Tags: admob, android, apple, blackberry, business, Google, iphone, List, Lists, MARKETING, Mobile 2.0
Sunday, Dec 27
5 Big Real-Time Web Trends of 2009
Reviews: Bing, Facebook, Google, Google Wave, Twitter, iStockphoto Tags: Cuil, facebook, friendfeed, Google, Google Wave, real-time, real-time search, twitter Top 5 Must-Read Social Media Books Reviews: Bing, Facebook, Google, Google Wave, Twitter, iStockphoto
Wednesday, Dec 16
OPEN WEB AWARDS 2009: The Winners
Best Brand Use of YouTube: Internet Killed Television Social Media Ad Campaign: Sarah Ezekiel Social Media Agency: @mryouthagency Social Media Gadget: WiseStamp Facebook Specific Best Mobile Social Network App: Facebook Twitter Specific Best Twitter App: Hootsuite
Sunday, Dec 13
Opinion: 8 Companies That Are Reinventing TV Online
Reviews: Boxee, Digg, Hulu, Rapidshare, YouTube, iStockphoto, linux Tags: future, List, Lists, ONLINE VIDEO, tv, video 1. Hulu 2. Apple 3. Boxee 4. Clicker Reviews: Boxee, Digg, Hulu, Rapidshare, YouTube, iStockphoto, linux Tags: future, List, Lists, ONLINE VIDEO, tv, video
Friday, Dec 11
The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, November 2009
Reviews: Google, YouTube, iStockphoto, news Tags: monthly top webisodes, visible measures, Web TV Rank 1 3 Fred N/A 15% Play 2 1 15% Play 3 2 Smosh 34% Play 4 New Break New Play 5 4 33% Play 6 10 15% Play 7 New New Play 8 7 23% Play 9 Play 10 5 N/A 44% Play Reviews: Google, YouTube, iStockphoto, news
Netbook Operating System Jolicloud Set to Take on Google Chrome OS
Jolicloud has a slew of Web and native applications. It can also run Adobe Air apps and play back many types of video. Look and Feel Jolicloud has a slew of Web and native applications. It can also run Adobe Air apps and play back many types of video.
Thursday, Dec 10
Opinion: iPhone App Lets You IMDb on the Go
Furthermore, the app is only available in the U.S. right now. IMDb says it hopes to roll out an international version soon. Furthermore, the app is only available in the U.S. right now. IMDb says it hopes to roll out an international version soon.
Thursday, Dec 3
Opinion: 10 Adobe AIR Apps That Simplify Our Lives
How it simplifies life: All of your social media accounts in one place. How it simplifies life: All of your social media accounts in one place. Reviews: Facebook, Klok, LinkedIn, MySpace, Pandora, Seesmic, TweetDeck, Twitter, adobe AIR, iStockphoto, linux
Friday, Nov 20
50 Cent Symbolizes the Impending Live Video Explosion
Some of the recent numbers being put up by live video events on the Web are giving TV a run for its money. Take for example the New Moon Premiere, which attracted 3 million viewers in total, a U2 concert on YouTube that reached 10 million, and the red carpet event for This Is It, which saw 1.8 milli...
Tuesday, Nov 10
Who’s Your Favorite Twitter User of 2009? #openwebawards
Reviews: Brizzly, Digsby, Echofon, Facebook, Firefox, Gmail, MySpace, Power Twitter, Seesmic, TweetDeck, Twitpic, Twitter, tweetie Tags: open web awards, owa, twitter, twitter apps, twitter users Twitter User of the Year Best Twitter App Power Twitter Twitter Karma
Monday, Nov 9
Docs Faceoff: Microsoft Office vs. Google Docs
Mozilla Firefox vs. Google Chrome Twitter vs. Facebook Reviews: Chrome, Facebook, Firefox, Google Chrome, Google Docs, Mashable, Mozilla Firefox, Pandora, Posterous, Seesmic Desktop, Tumblr, TweetDeck, Twitter, TypePad, WordPress
Wednesday, Sep 9
Opinion: The Top 10 Most Watched Web TV Shows
Reviews: Crackle, MySpace, YouTube, iStockphoto, video Tags: Lists, monthly top webisodes, online tv, tv, Web TV, webisode video{ 1 2 3 4 Play 5 Married on MySpace Play 6 Play 7 Play 8 Play 9 Play 10 EffinFunny, Atom Originals Play Reviews: Crackle, MySpace, YouTube, iStockphoto, video
Monday, Sep 7
Opinion: Back to School: 10 Terrific Web Apps for Teachers
Reviews: Google, SchoolRack, Twitter, YouTube, iStockphoto Tags: back to school, education, Lists, school, teachers, web apps 4. Edmodo 5. Shmoop 8. Bookgoo 9. DOC Cop 10 Ways Journalism Schools Are Teaching Social Media Reviews: Google, SchoolRack, Twitter, YouTube, iStockphoto
Sunday, Jul 26
Opinion: HOW TO: Use the Web for Socially Responsible Shopping
Reviews: Get Satisfaction, Google Maps, Wikipedia, iStockphoto Tags: citizens market, climatecounts, corporate critic, crocodyl, do the right thing, ethical consumerism, ethiscore, good guide, knowmore, shopping, sourcemap
Monday, Jul 20
Sharing on Facebook Now More Popular than Sharing by Email
According to AddToAny, Facebook now dominates sharing, with 24 percent of shares from the widget consisting of users posting items to the social network. That handily beats out email (11.1 percent) and Twitter (10.8 percent), making the world’s most popular social network also the most p...
Sunday, Jul 19
Opinion: moof: A Free iTunes for the Web?
On-demand, for free: Any song, anytime? How does moof accomplish this feat? The answer’s actually somewhat disappointing: YouTube. Moof gets the music you request by connecting to YouTube and taking music videos from the world’s most popular online video website. The bottom-left of th...
Thursday, Jul 16
Twitter’s 1,928 Percent Growth and Other Notable Social Media Stats
Reviews: Facebook, MySpace, Seesmic Desktop, TweetDeck, Twitter, YouTube, iStockphoto Tags: facebook, social media, twitter Reviews: Facebook, MySpace, Seesmic Desktop, TweetDeck, Twitter, YouTube, iStockphoto Tags: facebook, social media, twitter
Wednesday, Jul 15
Verizon FiOS TV Integrates Facebook and Twitter
In addition to this functionality, Verizon FiOS customers will be able access what are essentially big screen, simplified versions of Twitter and Facebook. For example, with Twitter, you can search and view currently hot topics, and with Facebook, you can view friend’s photos. There ar...
Friday, Jul 10
Opinion: Twitter Everywhere: Seesmic Launches Web App, Plans Mobile Version
Today, Seesmic is making things even more interesting. We’ve known for awhile that they’ve been working on an iPhone app, but now they’re also introducing a brand new Twitter product — Seesmic for the web. In a full rebranding effort, Twitter (not video) has become the core of Seesmic’s bus...
Wednesday, Jul 1
Bing Includes Tweets With Search Results (For Famous People)
This feature would seem to have fairly limited appeal – after all, most famous people simply use their own name as their Twitter handle, or you can quickly find it using Twitter’s existing search tools (or, Google). Nonetheless, it’s the first in what will likely be many big announcements...
Monday, Jun 22
Opinion: Dunkin’ Run Automates Your Coffee Breaks on the Web and iPhone
More from Mashable on Brands and Social Media - Presenting: 10 of the Smartest Big Brands in Social Media Why Big Brands Struggle With Social Media More from Mashable on Brands and Social Media Why Big Brands Struggle With Social Media Reviews: Facebook
Thursday, Jun 18
Google Books 2.0: Smarter Search and Easy Embeds
Overall, it’s a large collection of small feature upgrades that enhance the user experience. And user experience is one thing Google understands very well. With today’s update, books have become even more accessible. Reviews: Google, YouTube
Thursday, May 28
Opinion: HootSuite 2.0: Get More Twitter Tabs, Columns and Stats [100 FREE Invites]
1. Follow @hootsuite on Twitter Twitter to Facebook: 5 Ways to Post to Both 1. Follow @hootsuite on Twitter More Twitter Resources from Mashable 29 Twitter Apps for the iPhone Compared Twitter to Facebook: 5 Ways to Post to Both Reviews: Mashable, Twitter
Wednesday, May 27
Google Web Elements: Add YouTube News and Google Comments to Your Blog
While many of the widgets offered on the Web Elements page are old news, having them all in one place is helpful. Who knew, for example, that you could add a Google News widget from the AJAX Search API page on Google Code? Web Elements gathers together 8 Google widgets on a single page - Calenda...
Saturday, May 23
Podcast: Wolfram Alpha Approaches 100 Million Queries
Social media: Does social networking data have a place in Wolfram? Does social media have a role in Wolfram Alpha? In Dr. Wolfram’s mind, social media has several big roles to play. One of the biggest is using community feedback and tools to help improve the computational engine:
Friday, May 15
Opinion: 6 Superb Ways to Shop Using Social Media
Reviews: Facebook, Shopseen, Twitter Tags: online shopping, shopping, social media, social shopping Best for: Delivering physical gifts without an address via social media Best for: Using social media to understand and shop fashion
Wednesday, May 13
AudioBoo Makes Podcasting With iPhone Dead Simple
Entrepreneurs can take advantage of the Azure Services platform for their website hosting and storage needs. Microsoft recently announced the “new CloudApp()” contest - use the Azure Services Platform for hosting your .NET or PHP app, and you could be the lucky winner of a USD 5000* (plea...
Thursday, May 7
Opinion: Twitterrific 2.0 Makes Twitter Terrific on the iPhone
What do you think of Twitterrific? Submit your own micro-review on our sister-site Blippr, the “Twitter for reviews”. What do you think of Twitterrific? Submit your own micro-review on our sister-site Blippr, the “Twitter for reviews”. Reviews: TweetDeck, Twitter, Twitterrific
Monday, May 4
Opinion: 5 Ways Traditional Media is Going Social
Reviews: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Tags: journalism, legacy media, List, new media, newspaper industry, old media, publishing, social media 3. Newspapers on YouTube Finding Your Social Media Purple Cow Reviews: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
How To: Mashable's Weekly Social Media & Marketing Event Guide
May 11-14, 2009, Ottawa, Ontario: Attend the Advanced Learning Institute's “8th Forum on Social Media for Government: How To Engage Your Employees And Citizens By Using The Latest Web 2.0 Technologies To Drive Communication Results” to learn how to ...
Sunday, Apr 26
Opinion: The New Social Engagement: A Visit to Zappos
Reviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: brand, business, social media, Tony Hsieh, Zappos More social media brand resources from Mashable: Why Big Brands Struggle With Social Media Reviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: brand, business, social media, Tony Hsieh, Zappos
Friday, Apr 24
Podcast: Twitter on the Radio: Hugh Jackman Reveals $100K Charity Donation
The remaining $50K went to Charity:Water, a New York-based initiative that brings clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. It’s a cause that’s very familiar to those in the social media space: in September 2008, Mashable, our Twitter followers and Twitter users Paul...
Thursday, Apr 9
Google and Microsoft Battle for Twitter Advertising Deal
We’ve seen this before. Social network rapidly rises to prominence, media declares it the next huge thing, and the Web’ biggest companies – most notably Google and Microsoft - battle it out to secure the advertising rights. Microsoft scored such deals with Digg and Facebook, while Google...
Tuesday, Apr 7
Sneak Peek: PostRank’s New Topic-Based Discovery Engine for Web Content
The PostRank Discovery engine is an attempt at helping solve the nagging problem of what Web content a person should subscribe to or read. It does this by aggregating content by topic area, like a directory, but ranking them by using its PostRank algorithm and using its online community.
HOW TO: Leverage Social Media for Career Success
Now that you have all the tools in place and have filled out all your social networking profiles, it’s time to start building your online empire. This means you have to start generating a lot of content, either written, audio, video or all three. It also requires you to become a resource and a...
Monday, Apr 6
Opinion: Yahoo’s New Artist Pages Aggregate Online Music From Across the Web
The Web has transformed and spread around music content - people can find music at Last.fm, iTunes, and YouTube, among dozens of other services. MySpace has become the epicenter of the music scene and the preferred platform for artist web pages, but it doesn’t bring together all of the plat...
Friday, Apr 3
Opinion: A Guide to Better Web-Working From Your iPhone
Blog & server maintenance iPhone, or whatever phone 70+ Free iPhone Apps for Social Media Mavens Reviews: Evernote, Facebook, Google Reader, Safari, Skype, Toodledo, Tweetie, Tweetsville, Twitter, Twitterfon, WordPress, iTunes
Thursday, Apr 2
Glue Lets You Browse the Web With Your Facebook and Twitter Friends
When we first reviewed Glue, the browser plugin that connects people looking at similar Web content, I wrote that “even moreso than many other services, to be really useful, Glue is going to need to have a big-time user base.” Reviews: Facebook, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Twitter
Wednesday, Apr 1
Opinion: Zoho Chat 2.0 Brings Multi-Protocol Support
Zoho Chat 2.0 brings support for Yahoo!, Google, MSN, AIM, ICQ, and Jabber-based IM networks, but it’s just one in the long list of improvements in the new version. Other important features include integration accross the entire Zoho office suite, which means you can chat from any Zoho app...
Thursday, Mar 12
Opinion: Top 10 Social Networks for Entrepreneurs
6. Perfect Business If you want to meet thousands of serious entrepreneurs, experts and investors from a variety of industries, then Perfect Business might be the perfect social network for you. The type of people you’ll find are potential business partners, potential clients and adv...
Wednesday, Dec 3
Opinion: Mint vs. Rudder: Two Online Finance Managers Compared
Wendy Boswell stays on top of Web search and social media trends at About.com. You can catch up with her via Twitter. Pros: Cons: Pros: Cons: Wendy Boswell stays on top of Web search and social media trends at About.com. You can catch up with her via Twitter. Pros: • Free! Cons: Pros:
Tuesday, Dec 2
Opinion: HOW TO: Send Top Secret, Highly Classified Email Over the Web
Hushmail Offers Feds a Peek at Users’ Data Postful Sends Snail Mail from Email Wanna Send Emails Into The Future? Now You Can. Wallop Invites Wamily Invites Yappd is a Visual Twitter Clone Fav.or.it: 200 Invites for Mashable Readers Send Send is a free, easy-to-use email encryption service.
Wednesday, Nov 12
Opinion: OneRiot: Search What’s Hot
The company describes its purpose in the market quite well, saying, “Traditional search engines treat the Web like a library, often returning results from highly-referenced, dependable resources such as Wikipedia. While these results are undoubtedly authoritative, they do not nec...
Monday, Nov 10
Opinion: What’s Your Favorite Places and Events Site?
“PartnerUp brings small business and social networking together to create a community where entrepreneurs find the people, resources and information to grow their businesses.” Gold Sponsors “PartnerUp brings small business and social networking together to create a community whe...
Wednesday, Aug 6
Yoowalk the Virtual Web in 3D (The Startup Review)
CEO’s 100 word description: We are entering in an era of Web 3.0. Web 2.0 rested on social networking, user-generated content, and communication platforms. Our revolutionary service adds 3D to all this, which lets users interact live on the web, congregate with friends, walk around the web...
