Marie Claire Arrives on the iPad
Marie Claire launched its own iPad app Thursday, making its last six issues available to owners of the device.The July to November issues are mere PDF scans of the print version of the magazine. The...
View ArticleThe Mophie Juice Pack Plus Protects and Powers Your iPhone 4
The fact that Apple locks its batteries into its devices isn’t just a design decision; it’s a statement. Apple products are made with some of the best batteries on the market.Regardless of this fact,...
View ArticleHow Retrevo Plans to Triple Its Revenue in 2011
This post is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark as a new part of the Spark of Genius series that focuses on a new and innovative startup each day. Once a week, the program focuses on startups within...
View ArticleWikiLeaks Downed By Its DNS Service Provider
WikiLeaks has been struggling to fend off a DDoS attack ever since it started leaking secret embassy cables, and now it lost one more ally: its DNS services provider, EveryDNS.net.According to a...
View ArticleThis Morning’s Top 3 Stories in Tech, Business & Startups
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 ArticleGoogle Releases Stable Version of Chrome 8
Chrome 8 is now the stable version of Google’s lightweight web browser.Compared to Chrome 7, there are more than 800 bug fixes and stability improvements in Chrome 8, including support for Google’s...
View ArticleThe 5 Nominees for “Best Mobile App” Are… [MASHABLE AWARDS]
This post is brought to you by Mobile Future, sponsor of the Mashable Awards’ “Best Mobile App” Category. Their mission is to educate key decision makers on innovations in the wireless industry and to...
View ArticleSusan Kare: Interview With an Iconic Designer [GALLERY]
Susan Kare is the master of making icons iconic. From a mere handful of pixels she has created small-scale graphics that have become part of the visual language of computing.Widely recognized as a...
View ArticleGoogle Buying a Massive Building in Manhattan for $1.9 Billion [REPORT]
Google is buying a prestigious, 2.9-million-square-foot building at New York’s 111 Eighth Avenue, the Wall Street Journal reports.The building covers an entire city block, between 15th and 16th Streets...
View ArticleTop 10 Most Watched Web Series, October 2010
Each month, our partner Visible Measures compiles a list of the top 10 most popular web video series, and we share those results with you and provide analysis. Visible Measures tracks views, comments...
View ArticleHOW TO: Cheat at Foursquare [COMIC]
In response to fervent demands for justice in the badge-eat-badge world of Foursquare, the location network decreed last April that checkins without GPS verification would be precluded from points,...
View ArticleHow the World Is Using Cellphones [INFOGRAPHIC]
Wilson Electronics, Inc. sent us this interesting (rather large) infographic outlining the demographics of cellphone use (click for full version).The infographic illustrates, among other things, the...
View ArticleLast.fm Reports Loss, But Edges Closer to Profitability
Music recommendation service Last.fm just published its financial report for 2009, reporting a loss of £2.84 million (equivalent of $4.46 million USD). While still operating at a loss, these results...
View ArticleGoogle Wants Its Products to Talk Back to Users
Google has acquired speech synthesis company Phonetic Arts for an undisclosed sum in an effort to enhance its voice output (computer speech) services.Cambridge-based Phonetic Arts’ speciality is...
View ArticleCheck Out YouTube’s Picks For Most Memorable Videos of 2010
YouTube is celebrating the end of the year by hosting an online countdown of 2010’s most memorable videos.As the countdown page says, 31 videos — including the most memorable video of the year — will...
View ArticleGorillatorch Switchback: The All-Purpose Utility Light
Here’s an awesomely geeky LED light from Joby, makers of the popular Gorillapod bendable tripods. The Gorillatorch Switchback is a versatile lamp with a number of mounting options. It can hang, sit...
View ArticleThe 5 Nominees for “Best Internet Meme” Are… [MASHABLE AWARDS]
This post is brought to you by Dynadot, sponsor of the Mashable Awards’ “Best Internet Meme” Category. Dynadot is an ICANN accredited domain name registrar and web host. Join Dynadot on Facebook to...
View ArticleMozilla Adopts 2 Real Firefox Cubs [PIC]
Two red panda (a.k.a. firefox) cubs born at the Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee have officially become a part of the Mozilla community, the non-profit creator of one of the world’s largest browsers...
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 Article3 Ways to Empower Social Media Giving This Holiday Season
Frank Barry, professional services manager at Blackbaud and blogger at NetWits ThinkTank, helps non-profits use the Internet for digital communication, social media and fundraising so they can focus on...
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