Another beautiful summer week brings another beautiful social media round-up. In case you missed any of the resources published here on Mashable, we've got them all laid out in neat little sections for your perusal. This week we looked at some great ...
Citing national security concerns, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it will soon ban e-mail, web browsing and messaging for the BlackBerry smartphone. "In the public interest, we have today informed the providers of telecommunication...
Microsoft Internet Explorer continues to make a comeback, gaining market share for the third month in a row, mostly to the detriment of Mozilla Firefox. According to new statistics from Net Applications, Internet Explorer increased its share of the b...
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. For years now the world has been talking about "going green," "reducing ou...
Kids today have been born into a digital world and it's something that is reflected in their toys. While you may have played Hungry Hungry Hippos or had to pretend to burp your baby doll, today's toys are much more sophisticated and tech savvy, and e...
One of the most visible battles in all of technology is Mac vs. PC. Earlier in the week, we asked you, the Mashable readers, to weigh in. Our Web Faceoff this week focused around the device you're probably using right now: the computer. We wanted to ...
How long has it been since you watched a video that made you go "Whoa?" If the answer is more than a day, then fear not, as we've got five lined up, each chock-full of "whoa" potential. Using nothing more than our eyes' and brain's perceptive weaknes...
Here at Mashable, it's no secret we all love cake. In fact, the only things we love more than cakes are geeky cakes. So, to satisfy our sweet tooth (and geekiness) we've hunted down 10 particularly fine examples of Apple-themed pastry. Why not have a...
If you've been on Twitter in the past month, you've probably bumped into the Fail Whale once or twice. The popular social network has been crashing pretty consistently from an influx of tweets and traffic. Seeing the whale, you (like everyone else) m...
Maria Ogneva is the Director of Social Media at Attensity, a social media engagement and voice-of-customer platform that helps the social enterprise serve and collaborate with the social customer. You can follow her on Twitter at @themaria or @attens...
The first jailbreak for the iPhone 4 and iOS 4.0 has been released, and it's available now via mobile Safari. JailBreakMe 2.0 is a tool for jailbreaking not only the iPhone 4, but any iPhone running iOS 4.0.1 or below and any iPad running iOS 3.2.1 o...
James Citron is CEO and Co-Founder of Mogreet, the worldʼs first mobile video marketing platform. The digital entrepreneur has more than a decade of experience in the mobile industry with a proven track record for introducing successful, cutting-edge...
Starting today, airplane passengers who check in to Foursquare via Gogo's Inflight Internet service will be greeted with a nice surprise -- the "Mile High Badge." The "Mile High Badge" is nothing more than a digital token you can use to celebrate you...
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 web; the next closest activity is online games, whic...
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 global retail banking company, to test the concept in s...
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 show/social experiment in which he will turn control of hi...
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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 BizSpark. Name: Key Ring Quick Pitch: Never carry p...
With a growing number of Mashable readers using the Android OS, we're excited to announce the Mashable Android App - live in the marketplace . The application makes it easy to navigate, read, save and share Mashable stories. It also enables you to br...
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 just announced its AT&T Code Scanner application and it...
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 social media presence can be difficult, especially ...
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 Gaga prize package. The dominant winner was Twit...
NBC Universal has just released The A-Team Action Pack 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 1983, a television series hit the airwaves about a crack comma...
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 news builds on data from NPD that showed the same re...
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 software will make its debut in three flavors: Office...
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 media production group Half Day Today has come out wi...
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 photographs of license plates posted to the Delhi Traffic...
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 of the web browser yet. Google constantly tests ne...
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 owners and entrepreneurs in getting their business of...
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 Questions started rolling out a few days ago, responds...
