Fox News is announcing Wednesday the release of its official iPad application, a visually-focused news experience with a big-name sponsor. The app, which is now available in the App Store , was built from the ground up. The focus was on creating a vi...
Zynga, the creators of FarmVille and CityVille, is about to unleash its newest social game upon the world: Empires & Allies, the company's first combat strategy game. The social gaming giant describes Empires & Allies as "CityVille meets Risk." Unlik...
Space shuttle Endeavour touched down safely at the Kennedy Space Center at 2:34 a.m. ET, ending its last mission. Endeavour's STS-134 mission was originally supposed to be the final mission of NASA's space shuttle program, but the STS-135 mission was...
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: King Camera Quick Pitch: King Camera is...
You can play Angry Birds on a variety of smartphones, on your desktop or -- if you're imaginative enough -- in real life. Now, Internet-connected TV platform Roku has partnered up with game maker Rovio to bring Angry Birds to the TV. Roku plans to of...
The HTC Sensation 4G will become available exclusively to T-Mobile customers no later than June 15, the company has announced. The Android 2.3 smartphone sports a 4.3-inch LCD touch screen, a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor and an 8-megapixel camera capa...
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. Google Offers Launches Wednesday Google Exe...
Oh, the power of the Internet. Remember Joshua Kaufman, who put up a Tumblr just the other day featuring pictures of the man who stole his laptop taken with security app, Hidden? Well, it seems the cops have finally nabbed the thief. The MacBook in q...
ONE.org, the anti-poverty advocacy group co-founded by Bono, just released its first app designed to raise the profile and efficacy of digital advocacy. ONE is interesting because it doesn't actually want your money. Instead, the organization asks it...
MTV has just added another social media tool to its roster in the form of a new Tumblr blog featuring original and reblogged content. In an ongoing effort to expand its platform into all areas of the digital sphere -- the most recent push being the i...
Have you ever wondered what people mean when they say, “My life flashed in front of my eyes?†Well, if all your life took place on Facebook, it might look like Intel’s new Museum of Me app. Museum of Me takes everything you’ve done on Facebook and tu...
The Gadget of the Day Series is supported by the Energizer® Inductive Charger, which brings you the next generation of charging with Qi technology. Qi is the new universal standard for wireless charging ... now that’s positivenergy™. Product: Logitec...
Thirteen percent of online Americans use Twitter, up a full 5% from November 2010, according to a Pew Research Center study released Wednesday. Much of that growth came from younger adults, Pew found. Nearly one in five U.S. Internet users ages 25 to...
Tiffany has launched a multimedia-rich microsite and iPhone app designed to be the "go-to resource" for romantics everywhere. After a short film entitled Will You Marry Me? by director Edward Burns, which features proposal stories from various couple...
Apple confirmed its plans to build a data center in Maiden, North Carolina in 2009. But despite images of the 500,000 square-foot facility from news organizations and a citizen helicopter videographer, evidence of its construction only appeared on Go...
Once-mysterious musical project iamamiwhoami has announced today that it will finally perform live, at Sweden's Way Out West Festival, via a phone number on the act's website. If you call the number, you'll hear beeping -- presumably from the end of ...
Soundcloud, one of the most popular music-sharing sites for musicians, has announced a partnership with Tumblr that will make it much easier for bands to disseminate music in a social way. Soundcloud users will now be able to record music while on th...
Google is taking its +1 feature beyond search results and launching a button that publishers can include on their own websites. The button, which debuted in March in Google search, will compete with the likes of the already ubiquitous sharing buttons...
The Global Innovation Series is supported by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment. It delivers more than purpose-built electric vehicles -- it delivers smart mobility services. Visit bmw-i.com or fo...
Reed Hastings has a message for anyone looking for a comprehensive catalog of streaming movies and TV shows: Don't go to Netflix. Speaking at the All Things D conference in California, the Netflix founder and CEO celebrated his company's success and ...
Groupon and LivingSocial plan to battle in the New York market with competing local daily deals services. Groupon's expansion, which started Wednesday, builds upon the May 20 debut of Groupon Now in Chicago, Groupon's hometown. Groupon Now also launc...
Google has announced the launch of its +1 button for websites. Mashable is a launch partner for +1, and we're excited by this opportunity for our community to share our content with friends in a new way. We've added Google +1 buttons to our site so t...
After years of leaving photos and videos to third-party services like Twitpic and Yfrog, Twitter has finally launched its own version. "A native photosharing experience will be rolled out to 100% of users over the next couple of weeks," Twitter CEO D...
LinkedIn will launch a button for employers' websites called "Apply With LinkedIn" that allows job candidates to submit their LinkedIn profiles as resumes, according to a report. Twitter and Google have both launched new buttons this week, and now it...
Remember Hipster, that Q&A startup that received so much buzz back in January -- before anyone even knew what it was -- based on its name alone? Well, now Hipster is hiring, and is offering scads of hipster-themed prizes for referrals and applicants....
Esquire has released an iPad app the publication is calling "the hardest puzzle ever." It is certainly very difficult. The game combines Rubik's Cube-style puzzles with riddles -- including those with and without Google-able answers -- of scaling dif...
“We're living through the social revolution, which is every bit as significant as the industrial revolution.†So began the remarks of David Jones, the global CEO of Havas and Euro RSCG, who keynoted the Mashable Connect conference at Walt Disney Worl...
Social payments startup Venmo is meant to be both a practical and enjoyable way for friends to electrically exchange money, split bills and make good on IOUs. A recent service update might also make it the fastest way to cash out on funds friends hav...
Does a new Audi ad use the backing track from Eminem’s "Lose Yourself" or is it just similar? Eight Mile Style, the publisher of Eminem’s copyrights, thinks it is the actual song and is seeking an injunction against the automaker in Germany's Hamburg...
Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal has announced his retirement from the NBA via Twitter and a short video he linked to from the microblogging site on Wednesday. In the video, which was posted to startup Tout, O’Neal says, “I want to thank you very muc...
