Involver Simplifies Social Media Management for Brands with AMP
Social marketing platform Involver has just launched its Audience Management Platform (AMP), a social media dashboard for users, brands and agencies to manage, monitor and schedule their appearances on...
View ArticleCreators of LOL Cats and FAIL Blog Launch Reality Humor Video Site
Hey there, cubicle commandos, if you’re itching for yet another diversion to break up the doldrums of your summer workday, you’re in luck. The Cheezburger Network (you know, the guys who brought you...
View ArticleHOW TO: Use Game Mechanics to Power Your Business
Shane Snow is a regular contributor to Mashable and tweets at @shanesnow. This post was co-authored by Phin Barnes, a principal at First Round Capital, SneakerheadVC and creator of the Xbox game,...
View ArticleFoursquare Mayors Get 25% Off at Ann Taylor [Exclusive]
Women’s clothing retailer Ann Taylor has just launched its first Foursquare promotion.Shoppers who check in to one of the company’s eight New York City stores will receive 15% off their full-price...
View ArticleWoman Gives USB Wedding Ring to Her Geeky Fiancé [PIC]
The wife-to-be of a Microsoft game developer bought the love of her life a custom-made USB wedding ring to celebrate his geeky tendencies, even though she doesn’t share them.The gold ring isn’t...
View ArticleHOW TO: Optimize Your Mobile Site Across Multiple Platforms
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View ArticleConsolidate Comments from Twitter, Facebook, Digg and More
Real-time comment and reaction platform Echo has just released a new feature for its Echo Pro customers: A real-time recent comments widget.The widget, which can be integrated into practically any...
View ArticleCreative Commons Licensing Now Available for Vimeo Videos
You can now opt in to a Creative Commons license for videos you upload to hosting service Vimeo, giving you more precise control over where and how others can use your work. Vimeo announced its support...
View ArticleThe Old Spice Guy Now Making Custom Videos for Fans via Social Media
How do you get bloggers, fans and random Internet folks to make your campaign go viral? Namecheck them in a personalized monologue delivered by a shirtless man, of course! That’s right, everyone’s...
View ArticleFacebook Shares Equal Free Software Licenses in New iPad App Promotion
Today Tapbots, makers of iPhone utility apps Pastebot and Convertbot, have released their latest application, Calcbot for the iPhone and iPad.The $0.99 app [iTunes link] is great looking, highly...
View ArticleThe World Cup Was Huge on Twitter [CHART]
For continuous World Cup coverage, check out Mashable’s 2010 World Cup Hub.Only now that the World Cup has ended can we truly look back and appreciate how massive the event was.The World Cup created a...
View ArticleFacebook Hits New Traffic Record
With its most recent privacy backlash seemingly behind it, Facebook surged ahead to a new traffic record in the U.S. during the month of June. According to comScore, the social network pulled in more...
View Article5 Ways Social Media Helps Promote Good Health
Alexander B. Howard (@digiphile) is the Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O’Reilly Media, where he reports on technology, open government and online civics. He will share open source...
View ArticleCalvin Klein Jeans Replaces Racy Billboards with QR Codes
This past weekend, Calvin Klein Jeans replaced three of its billboards — two in downtown New York and one on Sunset Boulevard in LA — not with another racy montage of scantily clad models, but with a...
View ArticleKmart Posts Online Customers’ Video Game Reviews in Retail Stores
The real world is imitating the virtual world: Kmart is printing off video game reviews written by users from MyKmart.com and posting them in its brick-and-mortar retail stores around the...
View ArticleTwitter Search Results Now Show People Too
Twitter has just made it a lot easier to find other users with the integration of people within search results.Twitter has had people search for years now — it’s a useful tool to find friend or brands...
View ArticleWeber On The Grill Makes the iPad Sizzle
Weber has just released an iPad version of its popular On the Grill [iTunes link] app, a useful collection of recipes, rubs, sauces and grilling tips.The iPhone app was one of my surprise favorites...
View ArticleGoogle Adds Picnik Magic to Picasa Web Albums
For some time now, Flickr users have been able to use Picnik to edit photos in-stream without leaving the app. Now that Picnik is a Google property, Picasa users will have roughly the same advantage.As...
View ArticleeBay Hit With $3.8 Billion Lawsuit
An east-coast company called XPRT Ventures has filled a lawsuit against eBay for a hefty $3.8 billion dollars, claiming that the online auction site stole its inventions when filing for patents related...
View ArticleIntel Gains Almost $11B in “Best Quarter Ever”
Intel’s earnings this quarter — with revenues of $10.8 billion and net income of $2.9 billion — are the best the company has ever reported in its 42-year history, according to a release posted today on...
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