HootSuite Mobile Apps Go Free on October 13
iPhone and Android owners, rejoice: the HootSuite mobile applications for these two platforms will be completely free as of noon PST on October 13.Furthermore, the iPad and BlackBerry apps, which are...
View Article5 Free Ways to Improve Your Typing Skills Online
If you didn’t pay attention in your high school typing class, you might be regretting it now. Hovering hesitantly over the keys with two fingers and poking away is a waste of time — not to mention it...
View Article7 Questions With AOL Co-Founder Steve Case
As the chairman and CEO of America Online, Steve Case helped connect mainstream America to the Internet for the first time. He orchestrated AOL’s $165 billion acquisition of Time Warner in 2001, which...
View Article92% of U.S. Toddlers Have Online Presence [STUDY]
According to a recent international survey of 2,200 mothers, 81% of children under the age of two currently have some form of online presence — ranging from a single photo uploaded and shared by their...
View ArticleFoursquare and Pee-Wee Herman Team Up for Badge, Parade
Remember watching Pee-Wee’s Playhouse as a child? I sure do — that talking chair will forever haunt my dreams. Well, now you can reclaim those bygone days by scoring the newly launched “Pee-wee Herman...
View ArticleGorillatorch Blade Cuts the Darkness With Tripod LED Flashlight
If you’ve ever needed to fix something in the dark and not had a friend to hold a light, Joby wants to be there for you with the Gorillatorch Blade. Featuring a tripod mount similar to its Gorillapod...
View ArticleFacebook Groups: Ingenious or Annoying? [POLL]
Facebook launched Wednesday its revamped version of “Groups,” a much more social, exclusive version of the old iteration. And, as always, the Facebook community met the new addition with a mixed bag...
View ArticleHow 7 Startups Are Building Their Online Communities
This post originally appeared on Dyn.com, a world leader in managed DNS, powering the best brands on the web including Gowalla, Mashable, Twitter, Wikia and more. Follow @DynInc on Twitter.Community...
View ArticleGrow a Mustache, Make a Viral Video, Fight Cancer
Hey dudes — ever wanted to grow a ’stache to rival the long, flowing follicles of such luminaries as Salvador Dali, Hulk Hogan and the Biker from the Village People? Well, this Movember — a month-long...
View Article8 Quick Tips for Developing a Facebook Marketing Strategy
Antony Mayfield is iCrossing’s Senior Vice President, Social Media, leading the company’s services and innovation efforts related to the social web. You can find him on iCrossing’s blog or on Twitter....
View ArticleGap Asks Facebook Fans for Alternative Designs to Derided New Logo
Gap unveiled yesterday a new logo Vice President of Corporate Communications Bill Chandler describes as, “a more contemporary, modern expression.” Unfortunately, fans, designers and webizens...
View ArticleMerton and Ben Folds Are Different People, Here’s Proof [VIDEO]
About six months ago a mystery man known only as Merton burst onto the scene, garnering acclaim and attention for creating improvised songs on his piano by surfing Chatroulette.In addition to the viral...
View Article“New Twitter” Is Finally Here for (Almost) Everyone
After weeks of waiting, it seems that most Twitter users now have access to “,” the shiny and altogether different interface the company announced back in September.We’re trying to confirm with Twitter...
View Article“The Social Network” Gets a Rap Anthem [VIDEO]
You saw the movie. You watched every single parody. You even tuned in to the live stream of Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook announcements yesterday just to see his face.If you can’t get enough of The Social...
View ArticleFirefox 4 Beta for Mobile Is Here
Mozilla has just unleashed Firefox Beta for mobile on the waiting world.Formerly codenamed “Fennec,” Mozilla’s mobile project is now simply called Firefox.The initial rollout is available for owners of...
View ArticleSocial Networks Dominate Online News Distribution [STATS]
In a new study about the news consumption and sharing habits of its international readership, CNN found that 43% of online news sharing occurs via social media networks and tools, such as Facebook,...
View ArticleBit.ly Raises $10M, Records 40B Clicks in 2010
Bit.ly has just announced a $10 million Series B round led by RRE Ventures (which has invested in Drop.io, Xobni and BuzzFeed, among others) and joined by AOL Ventures, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures,...
View ArticleHOW TO: Nail Your Elevator Pitch
Nailing down a short pitch for why someone should invest in your business will come in handy at some point, even if you never actually end up in an elevator with the venture capitalist of your...
View ArticleAcquiring Adobe Wouldn’t Help Microsoft Fight Apple [OP-ED]
The rumors are swirling today about a secret meeting between Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen. While a meeting between the heads of two tech giants isn’t uncommon, reports say...
View ArticleGoogle News Experiments with Twitter Integration
Google News is currently testing a new feature that allows users to integrate their Twitter accounts with the news aggregator.Search Engine Land reports that the experiment appears in a “Friends”...
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