YouTube has kicked off the April Fools' festivities with a celebration of its "100th birthday" -- a journey into what YouTube might have looked like in 1911, if YouTube or the Internet existed back then. The video platform is going all out; not only ...
The founder and CEO of iPad news aggregator Zite, Ali Davar, has received a cease-and-desist letter signed by several major U.S. publishers, including the Associated Press, Dow Jones, Gannett and Getty Images, for copyright and trademark violations. ...
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: Frenzapp Quick Pitch: Frenzapp is a fre...
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story, entitled "The Real Story Behind Bob Parson's Elephant-Killing "Safari" ," has been re-edited to reflect a more neutral stance. GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons sparked outrage yesterday by releasing a video of ...
In Gmail, you no longer have to use obsolete technology such as a mouse and a keyboard to write, compose, or reply to emails: you can do all of those simply by moving your body. Of course, even the smile of Google's Paul McDonald as he utters the ann...
Erica Domesek is the founder, creator and author of P.S.- I made this..., a distinguished DIY design and style blog. She's based in New York City where she encourages everyone to embrace her creative motto: "I see it. I like it. I make it." Everyone ...
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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 five particular stories of interest today. Tech Companies Take to April Fooling Google...
The Verizon iPhone hasn't even been available for two months, but it's already being challenged for the title of Verizon's most popular phone by the HTC Thunderbolt. The Android smartphone is a beast of a device; not only is it one of the world's fir...
This morning, online file storage service Livedrive announced that it's adding a new tier of protection to its offerings: Storing data on paper. Obviously, this is an April Fools' joke, but the video that the company created to accompany the faux new...
With the rapid rise of crowdsourcing over the last five years since the term was coined by Jeff Howe in Wired, there has been a lot of coverage on how individuals, organizations and businesses can implement the concept into their work. Last year ther...
Today, comedy site Funny Or Die is completely dedicated to this, the day of the week, Friday -- courtesy of Rebecca Black. Upon first visiting the site, you might think that Funny Or Die is taking a crack at Black, who rose to dubious Internet stardo...
Social media users, you're not alone in your April Fools' Day enthusiasm. That April Fools' prank you're about to pull puts you in good company, with a surprising percentage of your fellow social media mavens creating stunts today that would get them...
The media has evolved a lot in the 5+ years since Mashable started. More people now get their news from the Internet than from newspapers. News is now often broken through citizen journalists on social media sites. And bloggers, once paid in energy d...
Tamsin Hemingray is director of content for digital marketing agency iCrossing, where she oversees content strategies for brands including STA Travel and Sainsbury’s Finance. Tamsin is also a co-author of the ebook How to Plan a Content Strategy, rel...
The Bronx Zoo's Cobra, which famously went missing last Friday only to turn up on Twitter to the delight of the entire Twittersphere, has hijacked the Twitter account of American Idol host Ryan Seacrest. This is despite reports from Bronx Zoo officia...
Social web browser RockMelt started rolling out RockMelt Beta 2 on Friday. The new version is the "most significant update" yet to the Chromium-based web browser and it touts better chat, more robust Twitter integration and a new "view later" feature...
The New York Public Library, which became the first public library to launch a Foursquare badge this week, is going one step further in mobile innovation by inviting 500 people to compete in a smartphone-based challenge for a library game night. "Fin...
Of all the days to release a new iPad app, The Onion chose today, April Fools' Day. There's something profoundly appropriate about that. And it really is an actual app, not an April Fools' Day gag. It's free and it's packed with The Onion's hilarious...
Jason Weaver is the CEO of Shoutlet, an enterprise social management software company he founded. He has been involved in social media strategy development since its inception for brands that include Disney, SC Johnson, and eBay. In addition to its i...
Update: The tool is back up, proceed with caution! Facebook's Profile to Page migration tool has been disabled. The tool allowed users to convert Facebook Profiles into Facebook Pages, turning friends into fans, and was aimed primarily at brands and ...
Home Depot just launched a campaign on Facebook allowing users to decide where the company should spend its grant dollars and volunteer hours. The program, Aprons in Action, was launched by The Home Depot Foundation, the company's philanthropic arm. ...
Here's a convincing April Fools' gag if there ever was one. Enter someone's Twitter handle into the form at Tweetforger.com, create a crazy tweet, send your victim a link to the resulting page and watch the hilarity ensue. Even though the graphic the...
Thank you for submitting so many great entries to our Mashable Comics caption contest! As it turns out, most of you are hilarious (assuming you enjoy egregious puns and butt humor). We've selected our absolute favorites for publication below. Congrat...
Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and others have their eyes on the NFC mobile payment market, setting the stage for a potentially brutal battle over the future of payments. NFC, or near-field communication, allows for wireless transfer of data over s...
Alex Berg is the Chief Product Officer of Bonanza and Bags Bonanza. Bonanza is a marketplace focused on creating a browse-friendly experience that helps you discover unique items. Prior to Bonanza, Alex served in leadership positions with Wetpaint, E...
Weekends should be all about levity. And dancing. Which is why we asked audio-visual artists (and frequent Mashable party headliners) Eclectic Method to curate this week's YouTube Roundup. The theme? Rhythmic Silliness. It's been a big couple of week...
Google, Amazon and Apple might be fighting to replace consumers wallets with smartphones. But a new report from Forrester indicates true mass adoption of mobile payments is still a few years away. In the report "Mobile Payments Enter a Disruptive Pha...
Color, the geolocation social network and photo-sharing app that made major headlines last week, has updated its iPhone app with major speed and UI changes. The application, available for iPhone and Android, is a combination of social networking and ...
On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne established a small company to sell personal computer kits hand-built by Wozniak. That company, as you probably know, was Apple Computer. Thirty-five years later, Apple is now the most valu...
