Location-based social service Loopt is launching a new mobile rewards game called Loopt Star. Loopt Star will let users check in to different locales to not only compete with friends (a la Foursquare and Gowalla), but to also earn rewards from retail...
Which country has the most powerful supercomputers? If you trust the annual top 500 list, recently published at the International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany, it's the U.S., followed by China, Germany, United Kingdom and France. The...
Although officially still unannounced, the next generation iPhone just can't stop showing up in public. This time, metal frames that seem to be a perfect fit for the earlier iPhone 4 leak have appeared in two videos posted on the blog iPhone Portugal...
According to web analytics company StatCounter, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 is now truly a relic of the past with less than 5% of market share in the U.S. and Europe. For years, IE6 caused headaches for developers and prompted many users to switc...
New Windows-based tablets just keep on showing up at Computex. Today, LG unveiled the UX10, a 10.1-inch tablet powered by an Intel Atom CPU and Windows 7 Home Premium operating system. According to the folks at Engadget, who managed to spend some tim...
Congratulations, it's a Mac! If you want to ensure your offspring stay on the Apple side of the technology tracks, then start 'em young while they are still highly impressionable. We've scoured the web for Apple-themed baby bits and bobs that will ke...
Yesterday was Quit Facebook Day, and for all intents and purposes, it was a bust. According to the group's homepage, only 34,000 users vowed to "quit Facebook" and remember, committing to quit and actually quitting aren't the same thing. While the de...
Last month, brick and mortar book retailer Borders announced its belated entry into the e-reading space, promising both an e-bookstore and a selection of e-readers. Today the company announced that it is taking pre-orders for its second e-reader, the...
Zipcar, Inc. has just filed the necessary SEC paperwork to prepare an initial public offering (IPO) of shares of its common stock. Zipcar, founded in 2000, is a company that operates in urban areas and college campuses around the U.S., UK and Canada....
Twitpic is now letting users organize their images by event, including description information and tags for each photo in the group. Similar to a Flickr set, Twitpic's Events feature lets users organize, define and showcase their snaps quickly and ea...
WordPress.com's millions of blogs are getting social with two new features: quick reblogging and the ability to "like" posts. The newly launched features are now accessible via a like menu item in the admin bar at the top of the page, although you ha...
If you love your cat so much that you can't stand to be away from it -- even for a hot second -- you're in luck: Sony Computer Science Laboratories (CSL) Inc has developed a liveblogging device for Mr. Mistoffelees and friends. This revolutionary new...
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So yesterday was Quit Facebook Day, and it was, apparently, a big fat bust -- 34,000 people hit the proverbial road. And, according to our own survey, only 2,645 readers packed up their profile pics and galloped off into the digital sunset -- includi...
Creative agency Jess3 has developed a Firefox plugin that aims to black out all mentions of BP (British Petroleum) across the web. As one popular tweet espouses, "Want BP to up your browser like they've up the Gulf? Install the Oil Spill Firefox plug...
Is your website experiencing problems with Facebook's Like buttons? Don't worry, it's not just you and Facebook is working on a solution. The problem that seems to be impacting potentially thousands of sites is that clicking on a Like button results ...
Dan Klamm is the Outreach & Marketing Coordinator at Syracuse University Career Services, where he advises students on using social media for career success. Connect with him on Twitter @DanKlamm. Succeeding at a job interview is all about coming pre...
The ongoing battle between Adobe and Apple over Flash has spread across blogs, advertising campaigns and even "hidden" messages; now it's also on T-shirts. Today's Woot.com T-shirt shows the Scarlett Speedster himself as a fallen victim of a poisonou...
Online T-shirt vendor Threadless has partnered with an artists' community called Society6 to offer visual artists a new opportunity to make some cash. Threadless will select a limited number of Society6 artworks and put them on prints and T-shirts th...
App developer MEDL Mobile has just released an iPhone app to help men and women evaluate prospective sexual partners. The app , which will remain free for the first two weeks following its launch, lets users draft profiles based on six categories of ...
Joshua Schachter, the creator of the social bookmarking web service Delicious, has announced via Twitter that he is leaving Google after a year and a half on the job. Schachter's tweet is short but sweet: "today is my last day at google. sad about le...
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Na...
Last night, Apple shut down the Lala music streaming service that it acquired five months ago, just like the company said it would. Visitors to Lala.com now see a message that says, "The Lala service has been discontinued as of May 31st, 2010." If yo...
Nielsen has released a new mobile application report and its findings showcase not only the increase in smartphone usage, but also what applications are most popular. For its report, Nielsen surveyed more than 4,200 people who had downloaded a mobile...
Disney has created a new Facebook app that will let users buy tickets to see Toy Story 3 right on the site, while also inviting their friends along. The application is called Disney Tickets Together and is a brilliant example of social media synergy....
According to a report just relased by comScore, online video viewership has seen a bit of a shakeup due to relative newcomer Vevo. Launched in December 2009, the music/online video service is fed content from Sony, Universal and Abu Dhabi Media Compa...
Events have just kicked off at the D8 Conference with Apple CEO Steve Jobs taking the stage for a conversation with All Things Digital producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. After an introduction from Rupert Murdoch commenting on how content creat...
Microsoft reportedly has a juicy reveal up its sleeve for the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo mid-June: Inside sources say Hulu is coming to the Xbox Live service on the Xbox 360 console. Gear Live reports that in addition to Project Natal det...
For continuous World Cup coverage, check out Mashable's 2010 World Cup Hub, which will be updated throughout the games. The World Cup doesn't start for another 10 days, but it's already blowing up the web, particularly in the UK. According to the tre...
Part of Foursquare's appeal is the mystery, the sense of flying blind when you're trying to earn a badge or mayorship. No one really knows how many times you must check into a location to become mayor. Well, wonder no more, Foursquare users. WhenWill...
