Giant Bird Takes Over Twitter Following List [PIC]
This is pretty much the coolest thing we’ve seen all morning: Co-Founder of Mizbala.com Guy Dayan and graphic designer Shelly Peleg have gone ahead and manipulated a Twitter “Following” list so that it...
View ArticleMorning Brief: Foursquare Numbers, Bieber Scam, HTC Mystery Event
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 ArticleThe Battle of the Cheetos Carries On [SPONSORED]
This post is brought to you by Cheetos. For more information on sponsored posts read here.As the Battle of the Cheetos moves into its sixth week, there is no end in site. Every day, more armies are...
View Article15 Excellent Corporate Blogs to Learn From
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.Creating and maintaining a...
View ArticleHOW TO: Make a Graceful Online Exit From Your Job
So, you’re leaving your job. Maybe you’re finally going to start that Kafka-themed coffee shop/art space/bowling alley you keep talking about. Or maybe this is the year your indie Latin jazz rock band...
View Article5 Open Data Apps That Are Improving Our Cities
Chris Vein is the Chief Information Officer for the City and County of San Francisco, and is responsible for setting the city’s technology vision and direction, ensuring the development and...
View ArticleFacebook Launches a Live Video Channel
Facebook, which is already widely used as a platform for distributing live video, is making a play of its own with a new app called Facebook Live.However, unlike services like Ustream and Livestream...
View ArticleGmail Gets an Unofficial Snooze Button
E-mail inbox utility Taskforce has updated its service to convert e-mails into tasks and create reminders for them; the functionality is akin to a snooze button for e-mail.Taskforce, a beta service...
View ArticleGiant Shout-Out to Ayn Rand Scrawled on Google Earth via GPS [PIC]
Ayn Rand is getting some pretty heavy endorsement via GPS of late, as one man — Nick Newcomen — recently drove 12,328 miles across 30 American states to scrawl “Read Ayn Rand” via GPS data inputted...
View ArticleTranslate Business Jargon into Real Speech [APPS]
“Ninja,” “Guru,” “Team Player,” “Personal Brand” — if this litany of terms gets your skin crawling, you might want to check out this novelty app: Unsuck It.Brought to you by Mule Design, Unsuck It...
View ArticleNew Tweet Button Temporarily Hoses the Internet
Apologies if our homepage looked like the above momentarily, but it wasn’t our fault, we swear! The new official “tweet button,” which was rolled out yesterday, had a malfunction that rendered an error...
View ArticleFacebook Refreshes Notes Application
Until now, Facebook Notes has only supported text formatting through HTML, making formatting a challenging task for the majority of the site’s 500 million members. Today the social network has rolled...
View ArticleBlackBerry Torch: Hands-on with “The Best BlackBerry Ever” [VIDEO]
The new BlackBerry Torch hit stores yesterday, and as we’ve previously noted, it’s an immensely important launch for RIM. It marks the first device to ship with version 6 of BlackBerry’s OS, and it...
View ArticleAndroid Froyo Coming to Droid Incredible on August 18
The Android 2.2 OS — Android Froyo — will begin rolling out over the air on the Droid Incredible starting next Wednesday, August 18.We’ve heard from our sources that the Verizon team members already...
View ArticleMashable Hosts #SummerMash in Chicago [PHOTOS]
The 2010 Mashable U.S. Summer Tour came to a triumphant close Wednesday at the Crystal Ballroom of Chicago’s Hyatt Regency hotel. Hundreds of guests from all over the Midwest joined us in the Windy...
View ArticleCreators of “Auto-Tune the News” Score Comedy Central Pilot
If you’re a fan of “Auto-Tune the News,” you’re in luck, because The Gregory Brothers are headed to Comedy Central next year with a show that will feature a behind-the-scenes look at the viral magic...
View ArticleThanks to Mashable’s Socially Savvy Supporters
Thanks to this week’s advertisers and partners for enabling us to bring you the latest social media news and resources. Mashable’s sponsors are as social media savvy as our readers!Advertise with us...
View ArticleTwitter Rolling Out “You Both Follow” Feature
It appears the “You Both Follow” feature that Twitter started testing back in June is now being rolled out to more (if not all) users.As the name implies, “You Both Follow” shows you the people that...
View ArticleOur Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: The Commercialism Edition
We are currently barreling toward the weekend like a legion of children invading a toy store, their sticky fingers grasping for shining baubles. Or maybe that’s just me… Either way, because for many...
View ArticleGoogle Officially Acquires Social Currency Company Jambool
The rumors have been confirmed: Google has acquired Jambool, the company behind virtual currency Social Gold.Jambool made the announcement in an open letter from its founders, Vikas Gupta and Reza...
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