Mobile Shopping Startup CheckPoints Partners With Kmart
Attention Kmart shoppers, CheckPoints is announcing today a partnership with the retailer, making Kmart a featured location where CheckPoints users can scan product barcodes to accrue points for...
View Article4 Frighteningly Fun Zombie iPhone Games
Here at Mashable we love a good zombie. The grosser, the better. We imagine a few of you out there feel the same way, so we’ve scoured the App Store to find the best zombie-themed casual games...
View ArticleTop 3 Stories in Social Media, Tech and Business
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest...
View ArticleApple Is Now the World’s Fourth Biggest Mobile Vendor [REPORT]
The changes brought forth by the explosive growth of the smartphone market are now very visible in the overall mobile phone market, as Apple surpassed RIM as the fourth largest mobile phone supplier,...
View Article8 Ways to Reduce Your Site’s Bounce Rate
The Small Business Tips Series is supported by Bantam Live, a web-based collaboration workspace with “Social CRM” for small business teams. For more information visit BantamLive.com.With the explosion...
View Article“Oregon Trail”-Inspired Zombie Game Is Apocalyptically Awesome
Not satiated by “4 Frighteningly Fun Zombie iPhone Games?” Well, here’s another taste of the zombie oeuvre for ya: Organ Trail.If you were a fan of the classic computer game, Oregon Trail (and let’s...
View ArticleMashable’s Social Media Halloween Costume Contest Winners
Last week we asked you to submit photos of your technology and social media Halloween costumes for a chance to win a $400 Griffin Technology shopping spree.After enjoying a number of fabulous...
View ArticlePayPal Experiencing Outages
Note: PayPal’s APIs are now in the process of recovering.For the past hour and 45 minutes, PayPal has been experiencing some downtime.The company has posted on its blog and verified the outage over...
View Article4 Ways to Visualize Voter Sentiment for the Midterm Elections
Elections ignite emotions. From inspirational campaign speeches to divisive community issues, political action compels citizens to share their feelings about candidates and issues from coast to...
View ArticleNominate Your Favorites for a Mashable Award and Win a Laptop [COMMENT CONTEST]
The Mashable Awards, our annual contest highlighting the very best the web has to offer, has received more than 225,000+ nominations already. If you haven’t nominated yet, now’s the time to nominate...
View ArticleYouTube Hits 1 Billion Subscriptions, Launches Widget to Celebrate
It’s been a week of milestones for YouTube — first, Lady Gaga’s videos hit 1 billion views, then the Promoted Videos program hit half a billion views. Now, YouTube is reporting that it has seen 1...
View ArticleFoursquare Introduces Super Duper Swarm and Epic Swarm Badges
Foursquare “Super Swarms” of 250 people or more are now so frequent that the location-based startup is rolling out new badges to award users who convene in more massive quantities.Beginning today, when...
View Article3 Steps for Creating and Protecting Your Business Name
Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet, her second incorporation filing service company. To learn more about Nellie, view free guides on starting and running a business, and receive a...
View ArticleThe Mac App Store: The Good, the Bad & the Unknown
Last week, Apple officially announced the Mac App Store as a major new addition to the Mac software ecosystem. Although the Mac App Store will be an integral part of Mac OS X Lion, it will make its...
View Article5 Free Halloween Music Playlists for Your Monster Bash
Ah, the Halloween party playlist, the most perplexing of all celebratory preparations. Do you appease the masses and add some Gaga? Do you bust out the “”Spooky Soundz” tape you bought back in ‘95? Or...
View ArticleNew Clip From “TRON: Legacy” Hits the Web [VIDEO]
During TRON Night last night, Disney showcased 23 minutes of new footage from the upcoming film TRON: Legacy. Disney has posted one of those clips, “Quorra Saves Sam” to its YouTube page.This is one of...
View ArticleA Bluetooth Headset for Pros and Skeptics
It takes a leap of faith to go from the old-fashioned world of handsets to the seemingly high-powered, deal-making world of bluetooth headsets. But the tiny devices have become a staple for big suits...
View ArticleJustin Bieber Movie Parody Featuring Star Wars Kid Hits the Web [VIDEO]
We knew that it would happen, we were just waiting for the axe to fall… Here come the “Justin Bieber Movie” parodies! The first to hit the web? An adaptation of Never Say Never featuring The Star Wars...
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...
View ArticleWPP Partners With Buddy Media to Take Social Media Management Global
WPP, which bills itself as the world’s largest communications services group, has just announced that it is making a $5 million cash investment in Facebook management platform Buddy Media. This comes...
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