Google Maps and Images Get the (Unofficial) Instant Treatment
A tech guru named Michael Hart has made unofficial instant versions of Google Maps and Google Images, riffing off of Google’s official Google Instant app and Stanford student Feross Aboukhadijeh’s...
View Article5 Tips for Aspiring Digital Copywriters
So you’ve come to the conclusion that digital copywriting is the career for you, but where do you go from there?Write a sparkling resume, pull together a stunning portfolio and craft some superlative...
View ArticleBloglines Will Shut Down October 1
The popular web-based RSS reader and news aggregator Bloglines will discontinue service on Friday, October 1. The Ask.com team that operates the site has essentially said that social media sites like...
View ArticleDon’t Get Robbed: Burglars Use Facebook to Pick Targets
People said it would happen with Foursquare, it may have already happened with Twitter, and now the trend has continued on Facebook: Burglars in Nashua, New Hampshire looked at updates from Facebook to...
View ArticleFacebook Launches App to Help You Find New Pages to “Like”
Facebook just launched a new web app not-so-memorably dubbed “Discover Facebook’s Popular Pages.” It’s a visual interface intended to help you find more pages to “Like” based on your past selections,...
View Article29 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
With school finally starting in earnest, we understand if you missed one or two of our essential resources from the past week or so.The 29 lists and reviews below will get you fully caught up on all...
View ArticleFollow the 2010 VMAs with MTV’s Twitter Tracker [APP]
MTV has launched an app called the MTV VMA Twitter Tracker. It’s a web-based, visual app that displays trending topics and tweets related to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, which will air on MTV...
View Article5 Popular Startups and How They Got Funding
This post originally appeared on Forbes.com, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about social media, business and technology.Why do web startups raise money? And how? These are two questions...
View ArticleIf Google Maps Were Real: An Artist’s Vision [PICS]
The above image is one of several from Alejo Malia that depict a world in which all the elements of Google Maps — place markers, public transit symbols and even the yellow street view guy — are...
View ArticleMySpace Defeats Ping in Reader Vote
In the battle for supremacy over the music scene, it looks like MySpace is still king.Ping launched with much fanfare as the flagship feature of iTunes 10. The music social network gained over 1...
View Article10 iPad Apps for Twitter Power Users
Hillel Fuld authors a blog about technology and marketing at Technmarketing.com. You can follow him on Twitter.Since its debut into the tablet market, the iPad has sold well over three million devices....
View Article5 Indie Films that Couldn’t Be Made Without Social Media
Michael Bennett Cohn has a master’s degree in Cinema-Television from the University of Southern California. He also ran the online advertising campaign that launched the first-generation Amazon...
View ArticleArmy Commander Will Tweet From War-Torn Afghanistan
A British army commander will tweet updates about life in the military while serving a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. It’s an unlikely task considering the life-and-death security issues...
View ArticleYouTube Starts Testing New Live Streaming Platform
YouTube has announced it will start a two-day trial of their new streaming platform, which enables broadcasters to stream live video directly into YouTube channels.YouTube has been dabbling with the...
View ArticleMore Turmoil at Nokia: Head of Mobile Solutions Anssi Vanjoki Resigns
After recently hiring a new CEO, the former head of Microsoft’s Business division Stephen Elop, Nokia now needs to fill in another very important position, as the current head of Mobile Solutions Anssi...
View ArticleMashable Weekend Recap: 13 Stories You Might Have Missed
[sniplet name]It’s Monday! Welcome back to work (or school). We hope you had a fantastic weekend, but the world of tech, social media, entertainment, business and everything else didn’t stop spinning...
View ArticleAdobe Illustrator Gets an HTML5 Update
Adobe has made available an update to its vector graphics editor Illustrator that makes it simple to export designs into HTML5 and CSS3-compliant content.Adobe claims that this update only provides...
View ArticleiPad Comes to China on September 17
Apple announced today that the iPad’s Wi-Fi variant will come to its retail stores and select authorized resellers in China this Friday, September 17, at 10:00 a.m.The prices for the iPad Wi-Fi models...
View ArticleBoxee Box Now Available for Pre-order
Boxee has announced that its widely anticipated Boxee Box will be available today for pre-order for $199. The pre-order is being conducted exclusively through Amazon, but international consumers will...
View ArticleHOW TO: Choose the Best Workspace for Your Business
This series is supported by RingCentral, the leading business phone system designed for today’s mobile professionals. Visit RingCentral.com to learn more.Finding the right workspace is like dating —...
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