Social Networking Dominates Our Time Spent Online [STATS]
Social networking now eats up twice as much of our online time as any other activity. According to new stats from Nielsen, sites like Facebook and Twitter now account for 22.7% of time spent on the...
View ArticleWireless Carriers Developing Pay via Smartphone Swipe System [REPORT]
Soon your smartphone could double as a credit card substitute. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are said to be partnering with Discover Financial Services, makers of Discover Card, and Barclays PLC, a...
View ArticleYouTube Star to Put His Life in Your Hands for a Year [VIDEO]
Heyo all you megalomaniacs out there — may we introduce yet another way to get your jollies this year: Dan 3.0. Starting today, 20-year-old YouTube sensation Dan Brown is launching a new web...
View ArticleHow Small Businesses Will Use Social Media in the Future
This series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and...
View ArticlePut All Your Club Cards on a Digital Key Ring
Mashable’s Spark of Genius series highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, see details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft...
View ArticleMashable Android App Now Available for Download
With a growing number of Mashable readers using the Android OS, we’re excited to announce the Mashable Android App – live in the marketplace [mobile Marketplace link].The application makes it easy to...
View ArticleAT&T Launches QR Code Scanning App for BlackBerry and Android
We’ve talked a lot about how QR codes are poised to take off in the mainstream and now AT&T is jumping on the bandwagon with a new set of tools for Android and BlackBerry phones.The company has...
View Article11 Free Services for Scheduling Social Media Updates
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.Maintaining a constant...
View ArticleTwitter & Facebook Dominate #WinWeekend for Favorite Mobile App
This weekend, we asked readers to finish the statement, “My favorite mobile application is…” for a chance to win this week’s #WinWeekend Sweepstakes (in partnership with Live Nation): an awesome Lady...
View ArticleThe A-Team Has an iPhone App
NBC Universal has just released The A-Team Action Pack [iTunes link] for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app was created to coincide with the availability of the first season of The A-Team on iTunes.In...
View ArticleAndroid Smartphones Outsell iPhone in First Half of 2010
According to new data from Nielsen, smartphones running Google’s Android operating system outsold those running Apple’s iOS in the first half of 2010 by a margin of 27% to 23% of the US market. The...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office for Mac 2011 Arrives in October, Gets a Price
Microsoft has announced that the long-awaited Office for Mac 2011 will hit U.S. store shelves at the end of October with three versions in 13 languages.The Mac version of the popular productivity...
View ArticleFaux “Oregon Trail: The Movie” Trailer Hits the Web [VIDEO]
Remember those glorious days of indoor recess, during which you would while away the half hour playing that most iconic of computer games: Oregon Trail? Well, now you can reclaim them, because new...
View ArticleFacebook Used by Police to Catch Lawless Drivers
The traffic police of Delhi, India, are using citizen submissions on a Facebook page to catch and ticket misbehaving drivers. The New York Times says officials have issued 665 tickets based on...
View ArticleGoogle Releases the Ultimate Experimental Version of Chrome
Not content with the feedback speed and weekly release cycle of the Dev version of Google Chrome, the search giant has launched the Google Chrome Canary Build, the most experimental and risky version...
View ArticleHOW TO: Legally Structure your Startup
Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet, her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business...
View ArticleFacebook Questions Get a Multi-Meme Easter Egg [VIDEO]
MySpace VP Sean Percival just got Rickroll’d by a Facebook easter egg after he asked a question referencing another popular Internet meme. The easter egg, which presumably was added when Facebook...
View ArticleDigg Halts New User Registrations As It Prepares to Launch New Version
In a sign that the launch of the new version of Digg is imminent, the social media company has turned off new user registrations for Digg.com.Visit Digg.com/register and you’ll be greeted with a...
View ArticleCalculate Taxi Cab Fares With Bing Maps
Thanks to a new app, Bing Maps now calculates the cab fare on a route between two points.The Taxi Fare Calculator was developed by Ricky Brundritt as a submission to the King of Bing Maps competition....
View ArticleFeds Resurrect “Do Not Track” Concept for Online Ads
According to various reports, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering instituting a “do not track” list, similar in concept to the Do Not Call registry, for Internet users who want their...
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