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HOW TO: Send a Real Gift on Facebook
Sometimes flinging a virtual cupcake at a Facebook friend just isn’t enough. As you may know, Facebook has offered the option of purchasing real gifts since last summer.A big pro here is that you...
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Dell Streak Tablet Arrives This Summer
The Dell Streak, a miniature tablet computer that runs a version of the Google Android smartphone operating system, launches in the UK early next month, followed by releases in the U.S. and the rest...
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Towel Day Celebrations Hit YouTube and Flickr
Happy Towel Day!This universal holiday, which honors the life and work of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams, is being celebrated by his fans the world over today.To show reverence...
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6 Tips for Effective Recruiting on Social Media Sites
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 goal of recruiting is...
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Google Chrome for Mac Leaves Beta
Google has just dispatched a new stable release for its Chrome web browser, this time for Mac and Linux as well as Windows.Some of the new features in the newest version of Google Chrome for Mac...
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Google’s Pac-Man Logo Costs Society $120,483,800 in Productivity
We joked last week when Google changed its logo to a playable game of Pac-Man that the world’s collective productivity would take a sharp plunge, but it turns out that’s exactly what happened.The blog...
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Brains Behind Xbox and Zune Leave Microsoft
The two men primarily responsible for Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division are leaving the company.J Allard, a senior VP of design and development who worked on the Xbox and Zune, and...
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Why Facebook Users Are Considering Leaving [CHART]
Last week we asked you, our readers, to tell us why you’re planning on leaving Facebook (if you actually are, that is). Well, more than 5,000 votes later, and the results are in: 31% of respondents...
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5 Ways to Monetize the Future of News Media
This series is supported by The Poynter Institute’s Mobile Media blog – your guide to the intersection of mobile and media. Sign up to receive the blog in newsletter format and be entered into a...
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Facebook Heads to D.C. for Congressional Briefing on Privacy
Most Facebook users have no idea that the social network giant has a D.C. office full of lobbyists and policy wonks. But that office will be staging a Congress staffers-only briefing this week to...
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Hugo Chavez Has a New Title: Blogger
For someone who has been famously wary of the web — to the point where he called Twitter a “tool of terror” — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is becoming quite the social media maven. That’s right,...
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New Type of Phishing Attack Goes After Your Browser Tabs
Aza Raskin, the creative lead for Firefox, has just posted about a new type of potential phishing attack, dubbed “tabnabbing.” Raskin has a proof-of-concept and an explanation for how this type of...
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10 Best “Get a Mac” Parodies [VIDEOS]
As Apple’s “Get a Mac” ad campaign comes to a close, it’s the end of an era for a series that not only became Adweek’s “Ad Campaign of the Decade,” but also became part of the public...
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OkCupid Uses Click Data to Match Most Attractive Users
Dating site OkCupid sent an e-mail to some of its users late last week informing them that they’ve been placed in the top half of users in terms of attractiveness by its algorithms.As a result of the...
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The iPad-Compatible Little Black Dress Has Arrived
Not everyone can pull off an iPad vest, which is why we’re relieved that someone finally came out with a line of fashion staples that will look good on anyone — well, anyone who wants to carry around...
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LinkedIn Beefs Up Its Twitter Integration [PICS]
LinkedIn already syncs status updates with Twitter, but now the business social network is taking its Twitter integration to the next level to help users better track and follow their...
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Twitter Emerging as Online Video Power Broker [STATS]
New stats we’ve just been shown by video measurement company TubeMogul show that Twitter is quickly growing as a top referrer for web video traffic, far outpacing Facebook, Yahoo, Google and...
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MTV Launches Casual Game to Promote Upcoming TV Series
MTV is using a novel approach to generate buzz for their upcoming new television series The Hard Times of RJ Berger: the company is launching a casual game that will tie into the show via episodic...
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Is the iPad Killing Netbooks? [STATS]
According to new data from consumer electronics company Retrevo, iPads might be putting a significant dent in netbook sales.Tablets in general are newer, sexier and sleeker than netbooks, their...
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AT&T’s Plan for NYC Data Congestion: Free Wi-Fi
AT&T is rolling out a stopgap solution to its ongoing service woes in at least one major market: they hope to alleviate data congestion issues by blanketing New York City’s Times Square with free...
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