Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
While the World Cup remains at the top of the Twitter charts again this week, entertainment (especially of the American variety) has muscled its way back into the running with two big movie releases...
View ArticleTop 10 Geekiest Marriage Proposals
Will everyone please rise for the bride and geek! Here at Mashable, we enjoy a good wedding, but we also enjoy a good proposal too — especially if the happy couple show their love in the geekiest of...
View ArticleI’ll Have to Google That [COMIC]
Friend Me is a social media comic published every week by Natasha Wescoat.Before Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said that privacy was dead, Mashable founder Pete Cashmore was already sounding that...
View ArticleFollow the 2010 Tour de France With Bing Maps
Looking for tools to help you follow the 2010 Tour de France? Microsoft has built an app for Bing Maps that visualizes the various stages of the race and provides information like weather and...
View Article161 of the Best Videos on YouTube
We spend a lot of time here at Mashable finding the very best videos that the Internet has to offer. It’s a tough job wading though hundreds of thousands of videos, but we’re committed to finding the...
View ArticleLady Gaga Beats Obama to 10 Million Facebook Fans
Lady Gaga is the first living music artist to acquire 10 million fans or “Likes” on Facebook, beating U.S. President Barack Obama by around 700,000. She reached the milestone earlier this weekend.Gaga...
View ArticleThe 10 Founding Fathers of the Web
While the phrase “founding fathers” is often used in conjunction with men like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, we wanted the think about the phrase on the global level. And...
View ArticleiTunes Accounts Hacked [WARNING]
An unknown number of Apple IDs have apparently been hacked this week, and are being used to buy hundreds of dollars worth of apps in the App Store. It’s not yet clear whether the problem is...
View ArticleYouTube Hacked, Justin Bieber Gets the Worst of It
Today, members of the Internet communities 4chan and and other enterprising computer whizzes hacked YouTube using a vulnerability in the site’s comment system. While the hack was used on a variety of...
View Article20 Spectacular 4th of July Fireworks Displays on Flickr [PHOTOS]
For people in the United States, the 4th of July is about family, friends and time-honored traditions. Nothing says “Independence Day” quite like the night sky set ablaze with fireworks. This weekend...
View ArticleGoogle’s Rube Goldberg Logo Celebrates the 4th of July
Google has done it again with yet another cleverly executed logo on its home page. This time, it’s in honor of the 4th of July, 2010: a Rube Goldberg machine animation that culminates in fireworks.Rube...
View ArticleHOW TO: Create a Pixel Fireworks Animation Using JavaScript
Kelli Shaver is freelance developer and UI designer. You can follow her on Twitter @KelliShaver and on GitHub here.It’s 4th of July, and for those of you in the U.S., you know what that means — it’s...
View ArticleWikipedia Is Down [Updated]
Twitter is pumping out reports that Wikipedia has been down worldwide for nearly an hour, and if you travel to wikipedia.org or another Wikimedia property, you’ll get confirmation in the form of a...
View Article22 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
Before you throw another firework on the grill — or whatever July 4th tradition you abide — take a few minutes to peruse this week’s batch of social, tech, and business resources that may have gone...
View ArticleLenovo: Apple is Missing a Huge Opportunity in China
Is Apple doing enough to reach Chinese customers? Not even close – if you ask Lenovo. According to Financial Times, Lenovo’s founder Liu Chuanzhi said Lenovo is “lucky that Steve Jobs has such a bad...
View ArticleGoogle Employees Explain What It’s Like Working at Google
There’s an interesting thread today over at Reddit, where Google employees are asked to describe their experiences working for the Internet giant.The replies are anonymous, and should thus be taken...
View ArticleThe Apple Effect: Ads That Have Launched Music Careers [VIDEOS]
Apple has propelled many bands and artists up the charts simply by featuring their tunes in its commercials.Summed up nicely in the witty words of BuzzFeed writer Taylor Magenheim: “Apple has proven...
View ArticleDavid Beckham Jumps onto Yahoo Answers
Football star David Beckham is set to answer questions from fans using Yahoo Answers, part of his new role as the company’s “Global Sports Ambassador” -– a deal that also requires Beckham to contribute...
View Article10 Fun Facebook Accessories
The Internet’s love affair with Facebook might hit a rough patch from time to time, but there’s no denying that it’s the social networking giant that keeps us connected to everyone and everything we...
View ArticleLG to Launch Android-Powered Tablet
Yet another electronics manufacturer has announced plans to launch a tablet computer powered by Google’s Android operating system: LG. According to The Wall Street Journal, the device will launch in...
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