Facebook Engineer Explains “Worst Outage in Over Four Years”
Facebook Software Engineering Director Robert Johnson was kind enough to explain to a curious public exactly why Facebook went down earlier today, calling the mishap “the worst outage we’ve had in over...
View ArticleTK-421 iPhone Case Has A Flip-Out Keyboard
If you’re an iPhone user who has ever looked on in envy at the physical keyboard attached to your friend’s Blackberry or Motorola Droid, then you’re in luck. ThinkGeek, purveyors of stuff for smart...
View ArticleUmovement: A Wikipedia for Social Good
Everyone’s heard of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the Red Cross or Oxfam, but fewer people are aware that the long tail of NGOs adds up to 1.5 million entities in the United State...
View ArticleJack Dorsey on Downtime, Errors and Trust [VIDEO]
At DEMO in Silicon Valley, Jack Dorsey took the stage to talk about Square, the incredibly hot mobile payments hardware that’s raising as much interest as money in the world of tech startups.Square’s...
View ArticleiPod nano Becomes a Dancing Robot [VIDEO]
Love your new iPod nano? How would you like to see it dance around like a little robot? As you can see in the video below, with a little technical wizardry, it can be done.A hacker called...
View ArticlePropeller Goes the Way of the Dodo
Remember Propeller? Back in the day when Digg was all the rage in the social media world, and Netscape.com – once a hugely popular online destination due to its connection to Netscape, the web browser...
View ArticleT-Mobile G2 Pre-orders Now Available for Existing Customers
The moment is near: If you want a phone that echoes the glory of the first Android smartphone ever, the T-Mobile G1, you can now pre-order the T-Mobile G2 and receive it by October 6.This offer is...
View ArticleTop 3 Stories in Social Media, Mobile and Entertainment 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 ArticleHOW TO: Find the Best Fall Travel Deals on the Social Web
Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to...
View ArticleLIVE: Watch the UN Week 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 lineup includes a panel lead by Matthew...
View ArticleOur Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: The Do-Gooder Edition
All tuckered out from a week of do-gooding? I know we are over at Mashable, having taken part in UN Week as well as our own Social Good Summit. Well, don’t slack off, friends — just ’cause the week is...
View ArticleTarget to Start Selling iPad Next Month
Target has announced that Apple’s highly popular iOS tablet, the iPad, will make its debut in retail stores across the U.S. on Sunday, October 3.Currently, you can buy Apple’s iPad from two retailers:...
View ArticleInterview: Facebook’s Role in Social Good [VIDEO]
Earlier this week at the Mashable & 92Y Social Good Summit, Facebook’s Associate Manager of Public Policy Adam Connor spoke about the role that the social network plays in enabling charitable work...
View ArticleIncase Signature Camera Bag Keeps Your DSLR Safe and Stylish
Incase has announced a new signature DSLR camera bag. Like Incase’s bags for MacBooks, the form factor more closely resembles a messenger bag, making it well-adjusted to tight situations like crowded...
View ArticleIt’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s “Super Wi-Fi”
In Washington D.C. yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted some new technical rules in the area of white spaces — the unused spectrum between broadcast television channels — that...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Announces $100 Million Foundation: “Startup: Education”
Punk, traitor, genius or philanthropic entrepreneur? Mark Zuckerberg can be described by many a colorful adjective, and on Friday, October 1, the world will watch Hollywood both celebrate and vilify...
View ArticleGoogle’s Extremely Bizarre Pizza Video
There’s only one word we can come up with that describes this new and utterly bizarre promotional video from Google: pizza.We ran across this little gem thanks to our friends at Reddit. It’s a...
View ArticleStars of “The Social Network” to Discuss the Film on… MySpace
With the release of “The Social Network” only a week away, the stars of the film are set to make a live video appearance on the social networking site that Facebook long ago unseated as top dog:...
View Article5 Ways HTML5 Is Changing Mobile Advertising
Xavier Facon is CTO at Crisp Wireless, a rich media advertising technology company based in New York City. He blogs regularly about ad technology and mobile best practices.Close to five years have...
View ArticleThanks to Mashable’s Socially Savvy Supporters
Thanks to this week’s advertisers and partners for enabling us to bring you the latest social media news and resources. Mashable’s sponsors are as social media savvy as our readers!Advertise with us...
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