Update: According to other sources, Drew Barrymore is not engaged. The Facebook status update still seems to be real, but as we've said, it doesn't always reflect the true state of affairs. -- Well, why not? Social networks such as Facebook and Twitt...
What a time we're living in. You can't even make fun of your competitors at your own company meeting without your words leaking out to the Internet. Apparently, this has happened to Steve Jobs, who lashed out at Google and Adobe at Apple's Town Hall ...
According to a report by Sophos, malware and spam are on the rise on social networks such as Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn. In the last year, 57% of users report they have been spammed via social networking sites, an increase of 70.6% compa...
Paper publications have a problem: they want to link to the Internet, but in order to reach the destination, the reader must type the link into his browser manually, which is slow and awkward. Microsoft now offers a solution, called Tag. It's essenti...
TurboTax is launching a major Twitter initiative today that looks to help customers of its popular online tax software get through the process of paying taxes. The company has enlisted 14 people to answer both tax and software questions through the @...
Netflix just formally announced that it has signed non-exclusive deals to stream online content from independent and foreign film companies like the Criterion Collection, Gravitas Ventures, Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, Oscilloscope Laboratories and ...
Musician and producer Butch Walker scored the awesome opportunity to perform live at The Grammys with Taylor Swift last night -- all because of a viral video that he posted to YouTube months ago. Back in November, Walker -- formerly of rock band Marv...
It's the first day of February and that means two things: Valentine's Day is just two weeks away and the Super Bowl is NEXT Sunday! Retail store Target has decided to embrace both of these upcoming events, while also giving money to charity, with its...
United States President Barack Obama will answer user-submitted questions on YouTube's CitizenTube channel this afternoon at 1:45 p.m. EST. YouTube is so excited about this webcast that it's advertising it with a strip at the top of the site regardle...
The multi-function playground that is the smartphone has shrunk the capabilities of a van-sized 1970’s news team into the pocket of a single reporter. Today, front-page news can stream from any individual with a cell phone camera and a Twitter accoun...
It's a brand new week, which means it's time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section. Is your event not on this list? Contact us at ...
While the Saints and the Colts get ready to flex their football muscle on the field, big brands are already battling for primetime social media attention. As it stands now, Pepsi and Focus on the Family are the most buzzed-about Super Bowl advertiser...
We wrote recently about how Dan Woolley used a medical app on his iPhone to help save his life after being trapped in the rubble after the Haiti earthquake. That program, the American Heart Association's Pocket First Aid & CPR app , saw its sales sky...
Steve Jobs's stage presence and speech delivery are second to none. So what's his secret? Adjectives! The folks at NeilCurtis.com decided to condense the iPad keynote into a much more digestible format while keeping the most important sound bites int...
Though publishing videos on the web has been child's play for years now, the process of getting them to rank high in search remains enigmatic at best, frustrating at worst. The pace of video publication is accelerating faster than ever, and though vi...
In this week's Free Music Monday we'll be offering you 10 free downloadable tracks or albums for your eclectic listening pleasure. If you haven't been with us for Free Music Monday before, we're giving you some auditory enjoyment in honor of the #mus...
The Social Analyst is a weekly column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space. It's been five days since Apple introduced the iPad to the world, and everybody is still r...
Oh, man, we haven't seen a video of a poorly thought-out tattoo since this guy was shilling for Ray-Ban (although there's talk that the ink was fake). Thank heavens for this lady, who got a tat of a DJ's face on her lower back so that her daughter co...
Mashable and Social Media Club are proud to present the Social Media Week San Francisco Closing Party! Join us on February 5th as we support Social Media for Social Good and raise money (and our glasses) for NetSquared to expand its support of non-pr...
Interested in joining Mashable's editorial team? Mashable is expanding and we have a number of full- and part-time opportunities for professional journalists. Read on to learn more about the positions and how to apply. Senior Editor Location: West Co...
Update: We've added some social media statistics related to the Grammys at the end of this post. The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards aired last night and the ratings were up. Big time. Maybe it was Stephen Colbert's iPad presentation, maybe it was Taylor S...
An analytics company called Net Applications has determined that Google's Chrome web browser is stealing market share from both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. In January, Chrome grew by 0.57% to 5.20% of the browser market. Meanwhil...
Yahoo and the Associated Press have announced that they have inked a deal to keep the AP's content appearing on Yahoo's properties. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. We've known for a while that the non-profit Associated Press has b...
It's still officially rumor at this point, but Spanish-language blog MuyComputer reports that it's confirmed with NVIDIA that the company will be on hand at this months' Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with Microsoft to announce the new Zune Phone...
Since debuting in December, more than 2,000 extensions have been created for Google Chrome. Now, Chrome users have access to about 40,000 more, thanks to support for Greasemonkey scripts in Chrome 4.0 for Windows and the Chrome Developer builds for M...
Sony Computer Entertainment America is making good on its promise to expand original content offerings on its PlayStation Network distribution service. It will be bringing an original reality television series, The Tester, to PlayStation 3 and PlaySt...
As awards season nears its climatic finale with The Oscars in March, the Academy is doing something it's never done before: broadcasting the Oscar nominee announcements live to the web. It may not seem like a big deal, but this is Oscar we're talking...
App stores are all the rage these days, it seems. Now The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google's about to launch a new one for businesses, focused around creating software for Google Apps. According to the report, Google's plan is to sell sof...
Last week, we asked you to vote on which instant messaging (IM) tool was best: AIM, GTalk or FbChat. AOL Instant Messenger has been around since 1997, giving it the edge in users and brand recognition. However, while Google Talk and Facebook Chat mad...
Perhaps we haven't learned everything about the iPad just yet. Could an iPad with a camera be in the near future? Mission Repair, a company that fixes broken Apple products, apparently got their hands on some iPad parts. Their pictures showed off the...
