How Businesses Are Unleashing Their Employees’ Social Media Potential
Josh Bernoff is Senior Vice President, Idea Development at Forrester Research and the co-author of Empowered: Unleash Your Employees, Energize Your Customers, and Transform Your Business (Harvard...
View ArticleNGO Leaders From Around the World Share How Tech Has Helped Their Causes [VIDEO]
Watch live streaming video from mashable at livestream.comFrom bringing the World Cup to countries sans technology to preventing rape in embattled lands, technology and social media can and has had a...
View ArticleSix Apart Is No More; What Will Happen to Typepad?
Video ad network VideoEgg has announced that it has agreed to acquire blogging pioneer Six Apart, the company behind TypePad and Moveable Type. As part of the acquisition, both companies will drop...
View ArticleAdobe’s Revenue Is Strong (For Now)
Adobe released its third-quarter revenue report today, and there are some impressive numbers in there. Adobe said that thanks to “strong performance in each of our major businesses,” it achieved $990...
View ArticleGoogle Sues Illegal Prescription Drug Pushers
Google is doing its part to help rid the web of scammy ads for illegitimate pharmacies.On its official blog, Google says that it has filed a civil lawsuit against advertisers it believes has...
View Article2010 Holiday Shopping Predictions: Gadgets, Games and Software [STATS]
What’s on your holiday shopping list this year?If you’re anything like the millions and millions of web users around the world, you might be thinking of purchasing a smartphone, a tablet, a gaming...
View ArticleTecca Is a Virtual Assistant for Buying Gadgets [APPS]
A new startup launching today is seeking to demystify the process of buying gadgets, starting with a pair of iPhone and Android apps.Tecca describes itself as a “virtual concierge” for personal gadgets...
View ArticleRIM Tablet May Be Announced Next Week [REPORT]
Citing sources familiar with RIM’s plans, the WSJ claims the BlackBerry maker could show the world its tablet as early as next week, at a developers’ conference in San Francisco.The internal name for...
View Article17-year-old Australian Boy, Japanese Developer Take Blame for Twitter Meltdown
A 17-year-old boy from Australia claims he inadvertently triggered a chain of events that led to thousands of people being affected by a Twitter security flaw yesterday. But it all may have been...
View ArticleTop 3 Stories in Social Media and Tech This Morning
This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of social media and...
View ArticleFacebook to Make Games Less Annoying, More Engaging
John wants to share some level seven Energizing Lotion in FarmVille! How many times have you seen a similar sentence in your Facebook News Feed and either wondered what it means, or (if you’re familiar...
View Article5 Easy Ways to Support a Cause Through Your Social Network
Collecting money for posting advertisements on your Twitter feed, Facebook wall, and other social media profiles might not be the best way to win friends (or followers) and influence people.But your...
View ArticleLIVE: Watch the UN Digital Media Lounge [VIDEO]
Mashable is proud to be working with the United Nations Foundation and 92nd Street Y to host the first ever UN Week Digital Media Lounge this week. Today’s speakers include recording artist Lupe...
View ArticleHOW TO: Gracefully Promote Yourself Online
Recently, my Stuff Hipsters Hate co-blogger and I received the following netiquette question from a relatively self-aware reader: “how do I get my music blog out there (as it is fairly new) and make it...
View ArticleStephen Colbert Interviews Google CEO Eric Schmidt [VIDEO]
Google CEO Eric Schmidt appeared last night on The Colbert Report. The two discussed everything from user privacy to why Google exited China: “Because we didn’t like their laws,” Schmidt said. Still,...
View ArticleMashlanta 2.0 Next Week: Tickets Going Quickly
Next week, we’re coming to Atlanta to host Mashlanta 2.0 in partnership with Regator and you’re invited! After an amazing event last year, we’ve gone bigger and tickets are going quickly.This year,...
View ArticleMashable & 92Y Social Good Summit Recap & Complete Videos
Mashable and 92Y Social Good Summit in partnership with the UN Foundation brought together leaders in social good on Monday to explore the most inspirational, promising and effective ways in which new...
View ArticleHow Independent Media Can Aid World Development [VIDEO]
An independent and well-supported media is an essential tool for developing nations, said the World Bank’s David Nelson and The Brookings Institution’s Tara Susman-Peña on stage at Mashable and 92Y’s...
View ArticleHOW TO: Communicate Needs & Expectations to Web Designers
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.You need something...
View Article100,000 Fans Vote to Air Indie Horror Film on MTV 2
Do you want to be the Master of Your Own Destiny? Well, too bad, but — judging by a recent campaign by MTV — you can increasingly have more control over what you watch, thanks to social media.Savage...
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