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The Last Exorcism Viral Campaign Spooks Chatroulette
Amongst all of the weird characters you can encounter on popular random video chat service Chatroulette, pretty girls are a breath of fresh air, right? Well, it depends: for users who’ve stumbled upon...
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Twitter Lists and Tweet Counts Currently Disabled [UPDATE: Fixed]
Update: both issues seem to have been resolved, and Twitter lists and Tweet counts are now back to normal. Reports are pouring in that Twitter lists as well as Tweet counts currently don’t work for...
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Intel Acquires McAfee For $7.68 Billion
Intel has agreed to acquire McAfee Inc. for approximately $7.68 billion ($48 per share in cash), the company announced today. The boards of directors of both companies have approved the deal, which is...
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Morning Brief: RIM Seeks Ad Network, Nokia Prototype Leaked, Groupon Partners...
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...
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10 Useful iPhone Keyboard Shortcuts, Tips and Tricks
Whether you’ve taken to the iPhone’s touchscreen keyboard like a duck to water, or are more of a one-finger-at-a-time typist, there are plenty of shortcuts, tips and tricks that can improve your...
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Facebook Steals Foursquare’s Location Crown
Facebook this week launched Facebook Places, a service that allows any user to “check in” to restaurants, stores and other local businesses — thereby sharing their location with friends.The new feature...
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How Foursquare Feels About Facebook Places [VIDEO]
Conventional wisdom dictates that when an industry Goliath repackages and rolls out your core product, your business is in a bit of trouble.For many location-based startups, including Foursquare, users...
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Top 5 Mobile Advertising Trends To Watch
The mobile trends series is supported by Samsung. Read more about the Samsung Galaxy here.Mobile advertising is increasingly important, as cell phone adoption rates, especially smartphone adoption...
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Google Maps for Mobile Hits 100 Million Users
Considering it comes as a default app on many phones (including ever increasingly popular Android devices), today’s milestone for Google Maps for Mobile might not be too surprising, but is still...
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12 Beginner Tutorials for Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator
This series is supported by Ben & Jerry’s Joe, Ben & Jerry’s new line-up of Fair Trade and frozen iced coffee drinks. Learn more about it here.Adobe Illustrator, the industry-standard vector...
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Facebook Places: What’s Foursquare’s Next Move? [INTERVIEW]
With the launch of Facebook Places, many are questioning the survival of the location services who pioneered the place checkin. As the head of the startup class, Foursquare is taking a majority of the...
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New Android OS Honeycomb May Be for Tablets Only
We’re hearing multiple reports that the next iteration of the increasingly popular Android mobile operating system will be called Honeycomb.The latest report comes from industry publication TechRadar...
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A Closer Look at the Privacy Features of Facebook Places [PICS]
In addition to talk of what the arrival of Facebook Places means for startups like Foursquare, the aftermath of last night’s launch has given rise to a number of questions about privacy.Notably, the...
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“Auto-Tune the News” Makes It into the Billboard Hot 100
There’s a new viral music act climbing the charts lately — and it ain’t Gaga. The Gregory Brothers — of “Auto-Tune the News” fame — have scored a spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with their remix, “Bed...
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Facebook Places API Released
As of 2 p.m. PT today, Facebook has opened its Places Read API for all developers.The Read API will scrape Facebook’s data so your app can access a user’s checkins and his or her friends’ checkins, as...
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Google Movie in the Works
Geeks are the new “it” guys, or so Hollywood would have us believe. With the tale of Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network slated to hit theaters in October, it now appears the...
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New Facebook Scam Targets Justin Bieber Fans [ALERT]
A new scam offering free Justin Bieber concert tickets is spreading virally through the status updates of Facebook users.The status message, which reads: “WOW! Justin Bieber Is Giving Away Free Concert...
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North Korea’s Newly Launched Twitter Account Banned by South Korea
North Korea’s Twitter account, which started just last week, has been banned by South Korea’s state-run Communications Standards Commission because its tweets contain “illegal information,” according...
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StumbleUpon Comes to the iPhone and Android
Content discovery and recommendation engine StumbleUpon is bringing its “best of the web” finds to mobile devices with new iPhone and Android applications.The web version, which enables its userbase of...
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Groupon Smashes Sales Records with Nationwide Gap Deal
Groupon launched its first national deal today, partnering with Gap to offer $50 worth of apparel and accessories at the low price of $25.The site is known for its local daily deals, often offered by...
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