Morning Brief: Apple Releases Products, Facebook & Twitter Test New Options
This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of social media and...
View ArticleVitrue Publisher 2.0 Makes Posting and Managing the Open Graph a Snap
Social media management company Vitrue has announced the latest update to its enhanced and revamped Vitrue SRM (social relationship management) platform, Vitrue Publisher 2.0.What makes Vitrue...
View ArticleA Look Back at the Last 5 Years in Mobile
In honor of Mashable’s five-year anniversary, this series is supported by IDG. Join social conversations to market your brand with IDG’s social advertising platform, IDG Amplify. Learn more about how...
View ArticleMashable Celebrates Its 5th Birthday
Pete Cashmore wrote his first post for Mashable.com five years ago in the bedroom of his home in Scotland. Hoping to get immersed in the social media and technology space, the 19-year-old web...
View ArticleChat with Co-Workers On-the-Go with Free iPhone App
37signals has just released Campfire for iPhone [iTunes link], a free native iOS app that lets you connect to your Campfire network on the go.If the app looks familiar, it’s because 37signals purchased...
View ArticleThe Internet Loves Walmart Moonwalker [Randomly Viral]
Yesterday, a little vid started spreading around that web that is glorious in its simplicity: a man moonwalking through the corridors of that most meme-producing of establishments: Walmart.We’re not...
View ArticleHOW TO: Use Annotations to Promote Your Brand on YouTube
Whether you’ve been posting videos for a while, or you’re just starting out, YouTube Annotations are another tool that you can use to help your videos stand out from the crowd. And even better, with a...
View Article“The Guild” Is Back, Debuts New Bollywood-Style Music Video
Felicia Day and her lovely cast members are back in action for Season 4 of The Guild, the web-based comedy series that revolves around a World of Warcraft-like game and the lovable nerds who play...
View Article“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Author First to Sell 1 Million E-books via...
Stieg Larsson, a Swedish journalist and detective novelist best known for his Millenium trilogy, has become the first author to sell more than 1 million e-books in the Kindle Store.The three books in...
View ArticleSeesmic Web Now Supports Facebook and LinkedIn
Seesmic has just updated its Seesmic Web app to include support for Facebook and LinkedIn.The new version also includes a refined interface and a faster backend. Like HootSuite and Brizzly, Seesmic Web...
View ArticleMashable Site Design From 2005 to 2010 [GRAPHIC]
Today we are celebrating Mashable’s fifth birthday. Thanks to our readers and advertisers, Mashable has come a long way since Pete Cashmore first launched the site on July 27, 2005. Some of this change...
View ArticleHighly Anticipated “StarCraft II” Strategy Game Launches Today
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first chapter in the sequel to one of the most wildly successful computer games of all time, went on sale today. It’s available in retail stores and as a digital...
View ArticleGoogle Docs Adds Translation Feature
Google Docs has just added a couple of cool new features: translation and the ability to remove smartquotes in documents (coming soon). This tweak comes on the heels of a major overhaul to the program,...
View ArticleWho Should Speak at the Mashable & 92Y Social Good Summit?
Shortly after our Mashable Media Summit, we announced the Mashable & 92Y Social Good Summit in Partnership with the United Nations Foundation. At the start of UN Week on Monday, September 20,...
View ArticleiPhone Game Company Takes a Holiday to Play “StarCraft II”
Rather than fight the urge to spend the day playing StarCraft II, the guys at iPhone developer shop Smule are giving into temptation and declaring today, July 27, 2010, StarCraft II Day.Work will be...
View ArticleDisney Acquires Social Gaming Company Playdom for up to $763.2 Million
Disney has officially acquired Playdom, the makers of popular social games like Social City and Sorority Life, for $563.2 million, with an additional $200 million that could be paid out based on...
View ArticleDell Streak Tablet Says Yes to Android Froyo, No to T-Mobile
Dell has confirmed that its Streak tablet will get the Android 2.2 operating system (Froyo) later this year, but it will not run on T-Mobile’s 3G network.The device, which features a 5-inch screen,...
View ArticleHOW TO: Celebrate Mashable’s Birthday with a Rhino and a Watermelon [VIDEO]
What do you get when you put a black rhino, a watermelon and Mashable in the same room? We didn’t know the answer either — at least until today.As you may have heard, we’re celebrating our fifth...
View ArticleIs Google Watching You? New Plugin Will Let You Know [APPS]
Another rad browser plugin called Google Alarm hit the Internets this week, which alerts you every time your personal info is sent to Google’s servers. How? Via notifications, a running tally of...
View ArticleFirefox 4 Beta 2 Adds More Languages and App Tabs
Firefox 4 beta 1 was released earlier this month, and today the next version has become available — this time with support for 23 more languages.The latest Firefox 4 beta also features tabs on top for...
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