September 2009
141 posts
Online Retailer Newegg to Raise $175 Million in... →
Despite hordes of competition, Newegg has emerged as a major player in online electronics retailing. Founded in 2001, the company is now doing more than $2 billion per year in sales,…
Hey, Mathletes: Google Docs Adds Support for... →
Google announced some nifty updates to Google Docs today, focused on students as they get back to their books and into the classroom. The document collaboration tool now supports…
STUDY: Social Media Leads to More Time Spent on... →
Nielsen, which previously concluded that social networking is more popular than email, recently set out to prove that social media decreases email use.
After analyzing four…
Obama Assassination Poll Rocks Facebook →
Politics and social media can sometimes be an explosive combination. But now, a poll posted to Facebook through a third-party application has gone so far as to draw the attention of the…
Twitter Banned from Texas Tech Football Team →
The NFL may be the No Fun League when it comes to tweeting before, during, and after games, but the Texas Tech college football program just took Twitter restrictions up a notch.
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Introducing Sociability: Usability for the Social... →
Adrian Chan is a Sr Fellow with SNCR.org and is a social interaction design consultant and strategist. You can follow him on Twitter @gravity7 and at his blog: …
Showtime’s Dexter and Californication Now Playing... →
Sure, we’ve already seen the Hulufication of YouTube, but until today the most exciting content came from deals with CNN, Cartoon Network, and the WB. Compare that against…
Google Search Results Now Show Hot Trends →
With millions of Google searches performed every day, it makes sense that what people are searching for can be a good indicator of what has captured the interest of the U.S. and the world.
PREVIEW: Tweetie 2.0 for iPhone [Pics] →
One of the most popular Twitter clients for the iPhone is Tweetie. Winner of an Apple Design Award, the iPhone app (and the Mac OS X app) has defined the Twitter experience for…
Google and YouTube Now Serving 10 Billion Videos... →
comScore has just released their August video measurement data, and it’s been another enormous month for video viewing across Google sites.
With YouTube accounting for 99% of its…
Breaking News: CNN’s iPhone App Does That (And... →
Update: The CNN iPhone App is now in the app store. Download it here [iTunes link]. - A little over a month ago, we reviewed the NPR News iPhone App. We raved about its radio…
Apple Brings Back Tablet Guru →
We’ve been following the persistent rumors of an Apple Tablet for some time now and have written on why we think it’s most certainly coming at some point in the not-too-distant…
Bank and Google Settle, Gmail User Still Waiting →
We’ve been covering the story of a bank’s email screw-up and the highly controversial judge’s ruling that ordered Google to suspend the Gmail account of the innocent recipient of…
Nightmare on Elm Street Remake Trailer Goes Viral... →
Is MySpace becoming the hot new way to release entertainment exclusives? If the past few weeks are any indication, the answer might just be yes.
Earlier this month, the site debuted…
Free Music Monday: Lita Ford, Skratch Bastid, and... →
Howdy, music fans! It’s yet another Free Music Monday for you. Previous listeners know that we’re celebrating the #musicmonday tradition on Twitter by giving you some free tunes…
iPhone Coming to Vodafone UK →
Yesterday, news broke that O2’s exclusivity contract for the iPhone in the UK has ended, and Orange UK was the first to capitalize on it, promising to bring the iPhone 3G and the…
Palm webOS 1.2.0 Now Available, App Purchases are... →
Palm Pre users rejoice: a new version of webOS, 1.2.0, is now available. It’s about 79 megabytes heavy, and it brings several new important features, one of them being support for…
Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous →
Last week, we decided that it wasn’t enough to just wonder which web browser was better; we had to settle the matter in a battle for the ages. So we pitted Mozilla Firefox against Google…
Official BlackBerry Twitter App Coming? →
From UberTwitter to TwitterBerry to SocialScope and Tweetcaster, we’ve covered numerous Twitter apps on the Blackberry. But according to BlackBerry blog CrackBerry, there…
The 10 Most Romantic Social Media Finds →
In the spirit of romantic moments shared on the social web, we’ve teamed up with Blue Nile for a comment contest to give away 50 pairs of sterling hoop earrings, and a 1/2 carat…
EXPLOIT ALERT: Reddit Attacked By Javascript... →
Reddit fans beware: a very effective XSS (cross site scripting) attack is currently live on the site: even hovering over a comment will cause your account to post scores of rogue…
Confucius Says…We Have A New Google Logo →
Google’s everchanging logos, or doodles, as they call them, are stuff of legend. Recently, however, Google has started changing logos more often, pointing out to various events,…
2 Billion Apps Downloaded From the Apple App Store →
When it comes to big numbers, Apple is never shy. And they’ve got every reason to be proud about their App Store figures; before the iPhone, smartphone manufacturers cared little about…
Travel Social Network Dopplr Acquired by Nokia →
Dopplr has just published on their official blog that they’ve been acquired by Nokia for an undisclosed amount. We’ve covered Dopplr back when they’ve received early stage…
Working Moms Are the Mobile Power Users in the... →
Perhaps upsetting stereotypes about the male early adopter and big spender in the realm of technology, a new study shows working moms are some of the U.S.’s highest spenders on cell…
10 Hilarious Twitter Parody Videos →
Whether or not Twitter has hit a traffic growth ceiling, the 140 character status update platform has already proved it can permeate past its early adopter audience and attract a…
Connosr: A Social Network for Whisky →
Whisky drinkers rejoice: there’s now a social network just for you. Connosr is a place to review whiskies (spelled the Scottish way), connect with other whisky connoisseurs and find…
Jenny Slate Drops The F-Bomb on SNL [YouTube... →
We’ve previously called these events “YouTube moments“. Perhaps in retrospect they might better be called “social media moments” – those rare events wherein Twitter, Facebook and…
6 Incredible Twitter Powered Art Projects →
Twitter has brought us many things. It lets us communicate in real-time about breaking news events, it lets us share content like photos, music, and videos, and it lets us do…
Should Facebook Remove Subject Lines from... →
Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur Trevor Blackwell has a proposal for Facebook: remove subject lines from Facebook mail.
Blackwell, whose company Anybots builds humanoid robots,…
CNN Gives Tips on Trustworthy Tweeting with... →
CNN broadcast a segment this morning on building a more “trustworthy Twitter”: ways to use web tools to avoid untrustworthy links and spammy Twitter users.
Mashable’s Ben Parr joined…
Happy 11th Birthday, Google. Nice Logo! →
It’s Google’s 11th birthday on Sunday, September 27th: to celebrate, the company has changed its logo to a version that turns the letter “L” into the number 11. The logo is already…
YouTube Feud Ends: U2, Madonna and Green Day... →
YouTube and Warner Music may finally have settled their differences and come to a deal that puts music from major artists back on YouTube.
CNET reported last week that an agreement…
Dear Lily Allen: File Sharing Debate Now Has... →
British pop star Lily Allen has topped the blogosphere this week over posts made to her anti-piracy blog “It’s Not Alright“. The singer came out in favor of proposed UK legislation…
Project Playlist and Blip.fm Down →
Two major music sites: “Twitter-like” music service Blip.fm and streaming music player Project Playlist are having downtime woes today. (UPDATE at 1.30pm ET: Blip.fm appears to be…
The 10 Oddest Geek Products You’ll See Today →
Almost everything in life comes with a price tag, but some things, like geek street cred, are just priceless. Thankfully, showing off your online savvy, gaming skills, and web/tech…
POLL: Firefox Smacks Down Google Chrome in Reader... →
Earlier this week, we kicked off a new feature that asked you to answer a simple question: which web app is better? Who’d win if you took two web tools, strapped boxing gloves on each of…
4 Teens Sued for Obscene Fake Facebook Profile →
Imagine this: four teenagers take to Facebook to create a fake profile that continually misrepresents your son as a gay racist. Then consider that profile amasses 580 plus friends….
Google Tweaks Search Snippets, Fires Back at Bing →
Google just rolled out a small tweak to their “search snippet” format that appears beneath the title of each returned result. The few lines of text are intended to give you some…
NEW: Pandora Adds Music Videos →
Streaming music service Pandora added a new feature today: music videos. Every Saturday, Sunday, and Monday the site will feature new artist-produced music videos on the site.
If you…
STATS: Has Twitter’s Growth Peaked? →
The rise of Twitter has been the talk of the tech and media world. Last year, it grew 422%. That’s staggering, but nothing compared to the 1,382% growth it experienced earlier this…
Thanks 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. We’re particularly inspired by those brands that are engaging…
AT&T and Google Square Off Over Alleged FCC... →
Remember the dust up over Google Voice getting rejected from the Apple’s App Store? The “he said, she said” quarrel is officially being investigated by the Federal Communications…
China Blocks TwitPic After Explosion Images Go... →
Not long ago, we received several tips that the popular Twitter-based photo sharing site TwitPic was blocked in China. The trigger for this seems to be a gas explosion in central…
Judge Rules Against Gmail User After Bank Screws... →
In a highly troubling ruling from U.S. District Court Judge James Ware, Google was ordered to deactivate the Gmail account of an innocent user whose only crime was receiving the…
Verdict: AT&T Survives iPhone MMS Rollout →
At long-last, MMS support for AT&T iPhone customers has finally rolled out, more than three months after it was first promised.
After confirming that the carrier update would be…
Got Money? You Use Facebook Over MySpace →
Earlier today, we reported that Americans now spend 17% of all of their online time on social networks. This makes a lot of sense and many readers commented that Facebook or Twitter…
Dollhouse Star Will Tweet Through Season 2... →
Joss Whedon’s sci-fi series Dollhouse gets its second season premier tonight on Fox, and star Eliza Dushku is using the Twitter #FollowFriday trend to promote the show.
If she…
WARNING: Facebook Worm Spreading via News Feed →
Malware and spam are finding new ways to spread across social media. A few days ago, a nasty Twitter Worm spread through DMs. Today, we have received multiple reports that a new worm is…
Game Console Makers Feeling the Heat from Apple →
There’s a growing sense in the gaming industry that we may finally have reached “good enough” in the realm of hardware. And as the battle shifts from primarily hardware to software and…