Microsoft Co-Founder Loses Round One in Lawsuit Against Google, Apple & Facebook
A judge has dismissed Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s lawsuit against Google, Apple, Facebook and others for patent infringement.Back in August, Allen originally claimed that 11 different companies,...
View Article34 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
Mashable’s back with another round up of new social media tools and resources from the past week or so. With all the holiday madness, we understand if you somehow missed one or two of these great...
View ArticleTo Thwart Further Leaks, U.S. Military Bans USB Drives & Other Removable Disks
In an effort to prevent the kind of intelligence leaks that are making headlines lately, the U.S. military is banning the use of removable disks among its personnel.The servicemen and women in the Air...
View ArticleWho Will Win in Holiday Mobile Sales? [POLL]
Here at Mashable, we’ve got quite a few mobile devices of all stripes on our various holiday wishlists and shopping lists, too. And now, we want to know what’s on yours.Whether you’re hoping for — or...
View Article6 Great Gloves for Touchscreen Gadget Lovers
Well, the weather outside is frightful (in the Northern Hemisphere anyway), so you just might be regretting your choice of a touchscreen-equipped handset as your portable phone. Take your gloves off to...
View Article10 Customizable Holiday Gifts for Your Tech-Savvy Office
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.The holiday shopping...
View Article5 Classic Children’s Tales Reinvented for the iPad
As anyone who has seen this video of a 2-year-old using an iPad knows, Apple’s famed touchscreen device has proven an intuitive, interactive learning tool for children.Yet creating apps for children —...
View ArticleYouTube Tops 2010’s Most Buzzed-About Social Network List
YouTube has come out on top in a ranking of 2010’s most buzzed-about websites and social media services.This year was the year of video- and photo-sharing; 2010 saw the rise — in volume and positive...
View ArticleDr. Seuss Apps Come to Android
Whether you have a little one to entertain or whether the little one within you is still going strong, you’ll be pleased to know that two Dr. Seuss apps have arrived in the Android Market just in time...
View ArticleHOW TO: Use Twitter’s Advanced Search [VIDEO]
For the past few years, online search has been dominated by Google and Yahoo. Bing, Microsoft’s revamped search engine, is slowly gaining traction as well. But in a world of carefully-controlled...
View ArticleHOW TO: Make a Successful Marketing Video for the Web
Scott Gerber is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, public speaker and author of Never Get a “Real” Job: How to Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. The content for this post was...
View ArticleAmericans’ Online Holiday Shopping Spend Already at $22B
Recession? What recession? If Americans’ online shopping behaviors are any kind of barometer, the outlook is getting rosier all the time.Right now, U.S. shoppers have already spent $21.95 billion...
View ArticleWhy More Health Experts Are Embracing the Social Web
Unity Stoakes is the co-founder and president of OrganizedWisdom, an expert-driven digital media company focused on health and wellness. OrganizedWisdom is building the world’s first digital mapping of...
View ArticleInsurance Company Tracks Driver Responsibility With In-Car Device
Car insurance company Progressive has found a new way to give its customers deep discounts when appropriate: It’s giving drivers tiny devices that plug into their cars; if the devices show the driver...
View ArticleWARNING: Acai Berry Twitter Attack Spreading Like Wildfire [UPDATED]
A new Twitter attack advertising acai berries has hijacked thousands of Twitter accounts and turned them into spammers.The attack is spreading at a rapid pace — within a minute, more than 10,000 tweets...
View ArticleAnd the Top Twitter Trends of 2010 Are…
Twitter has analyzed the 25 billion tweets sent in 2010 and published the list of top overall trends in the year behind us, as well as the top 10 trending topics in eight categories: News Events,...
View Article“Best Mobile App” Finalists Discuss Inspiration and the Future [INTERVIEWS]
This post is brought to you by Mobile Future, sponsor of the Mashable Awards’ “Best Mobile App” Category. Its mission is to educate key decision makers on innovations in the wireless industry and to...
View Article“Bed Intruder” Was Most-Watched Independent YouTube Video of 2010
Now at more than 47.5 million views, Auto-Tune the News’s “Bed Intruder Song” is officially the year’s most-watched, non-major label video on YouTube.The video-sharing site just released the list of...
View ArticleGiveaway: Win a Holiday MashPack With 19 Tech Prizes & myTouch 4G
‘Tis the season and Mashable has been getting into the holiday spirit by talking about this year’s most gift-worthy gadgets and inviting readers to get together at Mashable Holiday Meetups.Now we’re...
View ArticleGilt to Offer $10,000 Discounts on Jettas
Beginning Wednesday, December 15, flash sales site Gilt Groupe will sell one new 2011 Jetta for $5,995 — a 63% discount off the regular price of $15,995 — for three consecutive days beginning at noon...
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