Happy Birthday, Firefox
Today marks the sixth birthday of the popular web browser Firefox. It was launched on November 9, 2004 as a lightweight and more secure alternative to Internet Explorer 6, which was the dominant...
View ArticleOpera Mobile 10.1 Beta Now Available for Android
Opera Mobile 10.1 beta, the new version of Opera’s web browser for smartphones, is now available for Android devices.Announced last month, the new version brings several important improvements, most...
View ArticleGoogle Now Lets You Preview Search Results Before You Click Them
Google, in its insatiable quest to create a speedier and more useful user experience, is launching a new “instant” feature to help users choose between search results.Google Instant Previews, which...
View ArticleThe 3 Biggest Stories in Tech and Mobile This Morning
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 ArticleAmazon More Than Doubles Revenue Share for Newspaper and Magazine Publishers
Effective December 1, magazine and newspaper publishers will be eligible to earn a larger cut — 70% of the retail price, minus delivery costs — of the proceeds from sales of their titles in the Kindle...
View ArticleSocial Media’s Impact on the Midterm Elections [INFOGRAPHICS]
Anthony Calabrese is a journalist based in Washington, D.C., who specializes in digital storytelling. He is a contributor to MediaShift where he writes about data visualization and online journalism....
View ArticleOK Go Gets Animated in Its Newest Video
Indie band and YouTube darlings OK Go have a new video out today, and it’s a bit more animated than usual — in that it’s actually animated.“Last Leaf,” which premiered today on the band’s MySpace page,...
View ArticleAdobe Audition Comes to the Mac
Adobe has announced that the public beta of Adobe Audition, its professional audio editing suite, is now available for Mac OS X. Adobe Audition has been available for Windows since 2003 (when Adobe...
View ArticleHOW TO: Tastefully Use Social Media at Your Wedding
The Wedding Tech Series is supported by Blue Nile’s “Ring It. Sing It. Contest.” One lucky couple will win a perfect proposal in New York City. Enter by November 16 at Facebook.com/BlueNile.As social...
View Article“The Washington Post” Comes to the iPad for Free
The Washington Post’s iPad edition has arrived in the App Store, serving up its entire library of daily content for free — at least for now.The iPad edition [iTunes link] includes all of the news,...
View ArticleLive Video Chat With Rainn Wilson [CONTEST]
Rainn Wilson has been feeding us laughs for years as loveable weirdo Dwight Schrute on The Office.Now he’s hoping to feed our souls — with pancakes?Turns out the actor is a pretty spiritual guy and is...
View ArticleJoin Mashable’s Support Community on GetSatisfaction
To better support our readers and fans, we’ve created a Mashable support community on GetSatisfaction. This is a community you can join to have your questions about Mashable content, products and...
View ArticleMovieclips.com Raises $3 Million to Help Bring Movie Clips to the Masses
Movieclips.com, a site that lets you legally watch, share and embed movie clips all over the world, just announced its first round of institutional funding, a Series A for $3 million.Tod Francis of...
View Article“Angry Birds” For Android Gets a Massive Update
Rovio, the team behind the insanely popular Angry Birds mobile games, has just released its first big update for Angry Birds for Android.Since its release last month, Angry Birds has been downloaded...
View ArticleHOW TO: Become a YouTube Sensation
The Digital Influencers Series is supported by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide (WE). To learn how to measure influence, visit http://waggeneredstrom.com/driveinfluence.Becoming a hit on YouTube is no easy...
View ArticleZagat Launches Interactive Food Truck Finder
This year, influential foodie guide Zagat added food carts to its list of must-go eateries. Today the guide made finding said trucks easier with the launch of Zagat Food Trucks, a web app that lets you...
View ArticleKanye West Performs “Gold Digger” on Delta Flight [VIDEO]
And so continues Kanye West’s “Tour of Random Places.” Last Friday, passengers on a Delta flight from Minneapolis to New York were privy to an impromptu performance by the famous rapper, who took to...
View ArticleNew Android App Controls YouTube on Your TV
YouTube’s made-for-TV product, YouTube Leanback, now has a complementary remote control in the form of a mobile application: YouTube Remote for Android.The Android application is designed to...
View ArticleMobile Music: Top 4 Streaming Services Compared
The Digital Entertainment Series is supported by the Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X10, the seriously entertaining smartphone that knows how to have fun. Check it out here.One of the best trends of 2010 was...
View ArticleYouTube Topics: A Better Way to Explore Web Video?
YouTube will begin testing a new feature Wednesday evening that gives users the ability to explore broad topics and search terms through suggested searches.YouTube Topics, which will be available in...
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