The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Contently Quick Pitch: Contently is an ...
Kim Kardashian's short-lived marriage -- just 72 days with NBA player Kris Humphries before divorce papers emerged -- has landed her two worldwide trending topics on Twitter: #ThingsLongerThanKimsMarriage and #KimKMarriageWasShorter. Ryan Seacrest, p...
We all know consumers spend more during the holiday season than any other time during the year. But did you know 38% of people have already begun their yearly shopping extravaganzas? Online shopping now beats out shopping in stores (for the social me...
We've seen many expensive gadget makeovers, but this one probably takes the cake for being over the top: An iPad 2 dressed in gold, diamonds and bones of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex. Stuart Hughes's iPad 2 Gold History Edition, as this ul...
One of the largest textbook publishers in the world is making its digital course offerings more data-driven and individualized. Pearson announced Tuesday an extensive partnership with Knewton, a startup that specializes in adaptive learning technolog...
Welcome to this morning's edition of “First To Know,†a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on four particular stories of interest today. Barnes & Noble to Unveil Nook Color 2 Nov. ...
Google is working on a native Gmail application for the iPhone and may even have already submitted the app to Apple for approval, according to one report. Currently, Gmail is supported on the iPhone as a web app. It does its job fairly well, but a na...
The Modern Media Agency Series is supported by IDG. Ad agency JWT has used mobile marketing for two brand name clients. During a marketers’ panel discussion, John Baker explained the important role mobile played in a promotion for Zyrtec and for a ca...
An Apple iTV is coming. Or is it? I mean, isn’t Apple too smart to get into the TV business? With no new Apple iPhone on the near horizon and not enough iPad 3 non-information to chew over, the media has turned its attention to yet another non-existe...
Google is making changes to its ad system in an effort to provide consumers with "greater transparency and choice." Over the coming weeks, users will be able to click on links labeled "Why these ads?" next to advertisements served in Gmail and Google...
Stealth health startup Massive Health has launched The Eatery, an experimental iPhone App that takes a different approach to improving your health by tracking what you eat. Unlike other health apps, The Eatery doesn't watch how many calories you're e...
No, the woman in this video is not hallucinating. Thanks to augmented reality technology, a tiny version of Rihanna actually seems to emerge from the cap of a jar of Nivea Creme to sing her song "California King Bed." The app, which went live this we...
The Commerce With a Conscience Series is supported by Fedex. FedEx does more than shipping. They offer solutions like transporting heart valves to those in need and helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life. See how. We've all been there -- you...
Yahoo has purchased data-driven ad firm Interclick for $270 million. Interclick, a 4-year-old company that analyzes and identifies the most responsive audiences for marketing using digital media, will help Yahoo better value remnant ad space. Typical...
The Verge, a new technology site with former Engadget editor Joshua Topolsky at its helm, has officially launched. Topolsky left AOL-owned Engadget early this year, around the same time AOL announced 900 layoffs in restructuring related to its acquis...
Update: We've heard from the developer who tells us the app was pulled at the request of Amazon, not Apple. We're following up on this story and will update with additional information. An iPhone app that allows users to access Amazon Cloud Player ha...
Nellie Akalp is CEO of CorpNet.com. Since forming more than 100,000 corporations and LLCs across the U.S., she has built a strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs in starting and protecting their business the right way. To le...
Acknowledging that having a mobile presence is trickier than it appears, Google launched an initiative called "GoMo" Tuesday that aims to help businesses work out the kinks involved in going mobile. As Jesse Haines, group marketing manager for Google...
Twitter unveiled a collection of Twitter Stories Monday designed to remind users "of the humanity behind Tweets that make the world smaller." There are currently just under 20 short vignettes gathered at stories.twitter.com. And these vignettes are i...
Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox, a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory, Austin’s seed-stage incubator. He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2...
The new-look Gmail that Google accidentally told us about last week is now rolling out to all users. The changes, officially announced in a blog post Tuesday, allow Gmail users much more control over the look of the service. You can drag sidebars aro...
It turns out Apple wasn't responsible for the disappearance of the Amazon Cloud Player app aMusic from the App Store. The app was removed at Amazon's request. When the app, an unofficial iOS client for Amazon's Cloud Player service, disappeared from ...
Toyota unveiled four robots designed to accomplish ambitious objectives at a Tokyo event Tuesday: Help paralyzed patients walk or balance and help their caretakers gently transport them between locations. The company hopes to commercialize the produc...
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Miami Heat owner Micky Arison has been fined $500,000 for venting on Twitter about the NBA lockout. The fine -- believed to be the largest ever levied against an owner by the NBA -- came after Arison responded to a fan's tweet. That original message ...
It's no secret that Americans enjoy using social media while they watch TV. But which shows are accumulating the most social buzz this season? We thought it time to break down the stats in a new weekly chart. The best part? These charts dish the dirt...
Social networks are an information gateway that allow people to share and connect in ways that were never previously possible. They can also be a pretty clever way to rob your neighbors. Burglars are starting to realize the criminal possibilities of ...
Apple has announced that the iPhone 4S will make its debut in Hong Kong and 14 other countries on Nov. 11. In addition to Hong Kong, the new iPhone will make its debut on the same day in Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Mal...
Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. The gang at Twelve South, the company responsible for iPhone cases like the BookBook and stands for the iPad and MacBook Pro, has just unveiled their new...
Apple has updated its GarageBand for iOS app to support the iPhone and iPod touch. Apple released GarageBand for iPad back in March, coinciding with the launch of the iPad 2. GarageBand for iOS 1.1 adds support for smaller devices as well as a few ne...
