Leslie Poston is a writer, social media guide and tech junkie, as well as the founder of Uptown Uncorked. This is part of her Real World Change 2.0 series. If you've been watching the web the last few weeks, especially Twitter, you've seen a rapid ri...
If iPhone apps like iFart and iBeer strike your fancy, then you might want to check out iSteam, the app that makes your photos all steamy - literally. With iSteam just select a photo from your library and blow into the microphone to create steamy pho...
Ryan Deal is a social media and creative advertising lover who's got an eye for good design and a passion that won't quit. He authors a blog at ryanyeah.com. Twitter is undoubtedly becoming one of the fastest growing social media tools in existence. ...
Just Tweet It is like an online phone book for Twitter users. With Just Tweet It, you can either view Twitter users by directory, or add yourself to a category that you see fit. The site, which is just a custom tweak of Wordpress and similar in funct...
Twply, the Twitter site that promised to email your replies to your inbox while protecting your password, appears to have tweeted a promotional message for the service on your account even if you opted out of this option. To add insult to injury, the...
Sometimes life can get even the best of us down, but the Gratitude Journal iPhone app , from HappyTapper is designed to keep you inspired and motivated even when things seem bleak. The app aims to help you capture the five things that you are gratefu...
Feed Chronicle is a new site that lets you transform those RSS feeds into your very own online newspaper. It's simple to use and setup. Just create an account, select the feeds (from drop-down menus) you want for each newspaper-like section, and the ...
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Eric Ries serves as a venture advisor for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and is the author of the blog Lessons Learned. These views are his own. Raising money is never easy, but in a recession it gets even harder. With so many bargains out there, a...
WhosTalkin, a new entrant into the social search space, is another free web-based tool, much like Social Mention, designed to help users track and monitor buzz around the Web. Ironically, the WhosTalkin.com URL could easily be mistaken for "who stalk...
One trend that I highlighted in my 2009 predictions was the continued rise of startup incubators of the YCombinator and TechStars variety. Sure enough, today sees the launch of a new fund focused on apps for iPhone, Twitter, and several other platfor...
This post is part of Mashable's Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The series is made possible by Sun Startup Essentials. Company Name PrintingChoice 20-Word Description PrintingChoice is a price search tool, similar to Tr...
I don't know about you, but I absolutely hate getting an automatic direct message right after following someone on Twitter. It just seems tacky and a little disrespectful of my time (I received three such messages in the brief writing of this post al...
Friendfeed already has its own optimized interface for iPhone and iPod Touch, but so far hasn’t released its own native application. A third-party developer has beaten them to the punch, launching Webfeedr, available for 99c in the app store. Webfeed...
What's the best selling office product on Amazon.com this New Year? Perhaps printer ink and paper for all those holiday pics? Cases for all the new laptops received this Christmas? Try: none of the above. While Obama may credit the web for his succes...
Even if you didn't make a resolution to lose weight this year, you probably have some fitness goals you would like to achieve in the new year. To help, we've put together a list of the top 10 free iPhone apps to help you lose weight and get into shap...
Is Apple getting into the glove making business? A patent filed by the tech company proposes special gloves for iPhone users that have an extra inner layer which would enable the screen to recognize the touch of a gloved finger. Finally, our frost bi...
We could have never predicted that our coverage of the iSteam iPhone app would result in a battle between apps that let you blow air on the mic to add steam, or fog-like effects to photos and backgrounds. But Tomy Schoenfeld, the guy behind the iFog ...
Twitter's ability to virally spread ideas has given rise to many fads. The latest to set Twitter abuzz: gauging your "Twitemperature", a mysterious measure of your engagement in the community. Who then, is the world's hottest Twitter user? Not Mashab...
If you get a Twitter direct message today reading: "check out this funny blog about you", we advise you don't. The link leads to a fake Twitter login page that attempts to steal your Twitter login. Particularly susceptible to this attack are Twitter ...
Rachel Cunliffe runs blog design company cre8d design and is co-founder of TV community network Throng. In 2008, Twitter really started to hit the mainstream and bloggers began adding widgets to their sidebars to display their latest tweets. In 2009,...
As the conflict continues in Gaza, where do you turn for up to the minute information? If you're like us, you want a mix of information from traditional media outlets and social media sites alike. You probably already know about Twitter Search, but a...
It seems like every day there's at least five new Twitter apps popping up. The news of a shiny new Twitter toy gets dispersed through Twitter streams everywhere, hits critical mass, news dries up a bit, and then, if you're like me, you forget about i...
A recent launch suggests that the web's love affair with paid dating sites may be coming to an end. DowntoEarth is a new, completely free dating site with an interesting pedigree. According to DowntoEarth's Privacy Policy, this new, free entrant is "...
BlogTalkRadio, which lets anyone setup their own online radio show, is getting a laundry list of new features today. Poking around the redesign, the focus is clearly to get visitors listening to more shows. Take for example the new search results lay...
Twitter is being blindsided today by a new wave of attacks, this time involving the takeover of the accounts of prominent users. Barack Obama, Britney Spears, CNN's Rick Sanchez, Fox News, and Facebook’s official accounts are amongst those that have ...
Here’s Mashable’s latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section. Not on this list? Contact us and let’s establish a media partnership. :) January 11-13, 200...
Music-based games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have become wildly popular, so it only makes sense that similar games are being created for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Both devices have a plethora of gaming apps, but only a handful of those are free ...
So how did the Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Britney Spears, Facebook, and others get broken into and littered with inappropriate messages earlier today? It wasn’t residue from this weekend’s phishing problems, but rather, a breach of Twitter’s c...
Mashable's New Year Networking event takes place on January 15th: come join, mingle and possibly find a job! As part of the event, we are offering two free tickets and a free Mashable Job Board posting to any company hiring in January. For more infor...
