February 2012
3 posts
The Evolution of Mac OS, From 1984 to Mountain... →
Since the release of System 1 in January 1984, Apple has played an integral role in designing and implementing the graphical user interface (GUI) as we know it. With the announcement of OS X Mountain Lion this week, Apple is continuing the process it started with Lion by streamlining the conn…
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Facebook Files for $5 Billion IPO →
Facebook just filed the preliminary prospectus for its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO). As rumored, the company is seeking to raise $5 billion. If Facebook manages to raise this capital, it will be on a shortlist of biggest tech IPOs of all time. Investment bank Morgan Stanley wi…
January 2012
2 posts
Want to Print Facebook? Better Get 11.5 Billion... →
Printing a year’s worth of Facebook statuses would be equivalent to printing more than 500 million Oxford English Dictionaries, a new survey found. Sure, it would be a waste of paper, but a UK online cartridge retailer thought it would be interesting to find out how much paper would be needed…
30 Best Google Doodles of 2011 →
This year, more than ever, visiting Google’s homepage became a bit of a surprise. Google Doodles have come a long way from the first one, which showed Burning Man’s iconic logo. It’s now become customary to the search engine’s homepage, and last year, we saw many that were colorful, interactive a…
December 2011
3 posts
Intel and IBM Reveal the Future of Computer Chips →
The past 24 hours have seen two of the biggest names in technology reveal the future of computer chips — intentionally or otherwise. A leaked document from Intel shows the company setting the bar for the next generation of processors, which should start to roll out early next year. Meanwhile…
Most Adults Go Online for No Particular Reason... →
Americans are going online to pass the time more than they were just a few years ago, according to a new study. A report from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that about 53% of young adults ages 18 to 29 go online on any given day for no particular reason exce…
Secret Hack Reveals New Google Bar [PICS] →
Using Google+? Add Mashable to your circles. You’ll get the latest about new Google+ features and tips and tricks for using the platform as well as top social media and technology news. You might have heard Google is in the process of changing the design of its controversial black Google Bar…
November 2011
4 posts
Computer System Can Recognize Human Emotion... →
[brightcove video=”1298170516001” /] Scientists have created a computer system that attempts to recognize human emotions such as anger and impatience by analyzing the acoustics of one’s voice. Such a system would have obvious implications for perennially frustrating interactive voice response…
How AT&T Could Expand Its LTE Network if the... →
It’s not looking good for AT&T/T-Mobile. After the FCC began moving toward giving the deal an official thumbs-down, AT&T formally withdrew its application for approval. While the case is still due to be heard by the Department of Justice, that agency has already sued to block the deal, so the s…
How to Use Google Search More Effectively... →
Among certain circles (my family, some of my coworkers, etc.) I’m known for my Googling skills. I can find anything, anywhere, in no time flat. My Google-fu is a helpful skill, but not one that’s shrouded in too much mystery — I’ve just mastered some very helpful search tricks and shortcuts an…
Police Pepper Spray Occupy Wall Street Protesters... →
A disturbing video of passive Occupy Wall Street protesters at University of California, Davis, getting pepper sprayed by police made the rounds Saturday afternoon on YouTube. By mid-afternoon, several versions of the video, shot on Friday, were being circulated. In the video above, an off…
September 2011
15 posts
Microsoft Launches Windows 8 [LIVE] →
Say hello to Windows 8, Microsoft’s next-generation operating system. Microsoft is unveiling the new OS at its Build Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The OS, a complete rebuild of Microsoft’s flagship product, is designed to work with both tablets and PCs. SEE ALSO: Microsoft Has Sol…
How Consumers Interact With Brands on Facebook... →
People interact with their favorite brands on Facebook far more than on any other social network, according to a recent study of online consumer behavior. The study, conducted by Constant Contact and research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey, analyzed the behavior of 1,491 consumers ages 18 and old…
What the Front Pages of the Web Looked Like on... →
Everyone has a 9/11 story, so here’s mine: I was riding the NJ Transit train across the Meadowlands on the way to my job in Manhattan when a woman stood up and broke the morning silence. “A plane just hit the World Trade Center,” she said. Someone had called and told her that over her cellphone. …
What's the Deal With Daily Deals? [INFOGRAPHIC] →
Daily Deals sites are attracting millions of customers. It’s a lively marketplace with hundreds of companies competing for a limited number of users and businesses willing to give them a try. How lively? It’s hot. According to researchers at Lab42, there are more than 660 deals sites online…
Facebook Begins Testing Friend Filters in News... →
Facebook has begun testing a slew of changes to News Feed, including friend list filters and smart lists that automatically categorizes your friends. The changes seem to be aimed at making the content within News Feed more relevant. These changes, as far as we can ascertain from screenshots se…
Klout Calculates Its 100 Millionth Score →
Klout, the startup tracking social media users’ influence across 10 different networks, has calculated scores for more than 100 million people, the company announced Wednesday. “One hundred million people with Klout Scores means that there are 100 million voices effectively leveraging the soci…
Google Voice Users Can Now Export Texts,... →
An update to Google Takeout, the search giant’s data export service, now allows Google Voice users to retrieve all of their account data. “We believe that our users should be able to export any data that they create in (or import into) one of our many products,” Google engineer Anthony Jawad …
Google+ Power Users Reject Suggested Users List →
You might expect social media superstars to be giving virtual high fives and tweeting with delight at the idea of a suggested users list on Google+. It’s a way to be surfaced for new users, meaning more followers, and that’s a good thing, right? Wrong — for some. Since Google relea…
The Songs Behind Your Favorite Commercials... →
The union of music and advertising dates back to radio’s infancy. Now, the world’s biggest companies are infusing their commercials with songs from popular musicians as well as emerging artists, to brand their latest products and services. But why? Studies dissecting music’s effect on consumer…
Google Engineer Proposes Using Google Maps [PICS] →
A woman — armed with a Nexus One and the Google Maps mobile app — recently completed a scavenger hunt in New York City that led to a very special prize: a marriage proposal. Google software engineer Ari Gilder orchestrated the “ultimate romantic scavenger hunt” for his girlfriend, Faigy, to …
"Twitter Terrorists" Could Get 30 Years in Prison →
What might the 2011 version of Orson Welles’s War of the World’s radio broadcast look like using today’s fastest method of information-sharing? Gerardo Buganza, the interior secretary for Veracruz state in Mexico, said it could very well be the “Twitter terrorism” caused by two people who all…
Social Media Avatars: 20 Examples of Personal... →
The Joy of Tech takes us on a grand tour of the various types of social media avatars you’ll encounter as you navigate this vast series of tubes. Are you one who doesn’t want to use a current picture of yourself as your social media avatar? Or maybe you’ve developed a certain style of presenti…
Happy Birthday Google: Making Sense of the Web for... →
What were you up to 13 years ago? Maybe you were perfecting the ideal AIM screen name. Or you might have been surfing the “WestHollywood” neighborhood of GeoCities. Chances are, you had been using Yahoo! or AOL as your primary search engines. But Google’s debut on this day in 1998 would change th…
Amazon Tablet to Sell for $250 [REPORT] →
Amazon’s rumored tablet will sport a 7-inch screen, run Android and sell for $250, according to a report. The device, called “Amazon Kindle,” also uses a back-lit, color screen that is “two-finger multi-touch,” according to TechCrunch, whose MG Siegler reports he got hold of the tablet. The re…
Dish Network is Bidding for Hulu [REPORT] →
Hulu is receiving bids from up to five potential buyers, including Dish Network, according to a report. The potential buyers’ bids all include programming rights, according to a report in Bloomberg Business Week, which cites “people with knowledge of the situation.” Hulu’s owners — Walt …
August 2011
63 posts
Facebook To Launch Music Platform With Spotify,... →
Facebook intends to launch its long-rumored music service next month with Spotify, MOG and Rdio as three of the company’s launch partners, Mashable has learned. The music and media platform will be announced at Facebook’s f8 developer conference on Sept. 22. It will allow users to listen to mu…
Tumblr Tops 13 Million U.S. Uniques in July →
Tumblr, the simple sharing service and blog alternative, continues to attract a record number of visitors each month. According to comScore, Tumblr scored 13.4 million unique visitors in the U.S. in July — up 218% from the same time last year. The blog-meets-social-network service has see…
Social TV by the Numbers: VMAs Edition... →
The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) broke records on both MTV and Twitter. At 10:35pm ET, Beyonce’s live performance and baby bump reveal generated 8,868 tweets per second. The guys at Trendrr put together this infographic that breaks down the social TV aspect of the award show. The 2011 VM…
Eric Schmidt: If You Don't Want To Use Your Real... →
Already using Google+? Follow Mashable’s Pete Cashmore for the latest about the platform’s new features, tips and tricks as well as social media and technology updates. Google+ was meant to be an identity service, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said this weekend, shedding some light on Google’s …
Hurricane Irene: Social Media Shows Calm Before... →
As Hurricane Irene churns through the North Carolina coast on its way to points north, New York City stands ready for the storm, and all is quiet. It’s like a ghost town. While power stays on and smartphones stay charged, we’re putting together a gallery of the calm before the storm. W…
HOW TO: Protect Your Laptop In Case of Theft →
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Our laptops often contain a lot of sensitive data for work and personal use, and for most people, the thought of losi…
Hurricane Irene: Top 5 Online Sources for... →
Now that Hurricane Irene is attacking the East Coast in earnest, it’s time to keep a close eye on current hurricane conditions — that is, if you’re lucky enough to still have some sort of Internet connection. In addition to the 12 ways to track the storm we’ve already offered yo…
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Where Are Your Facebook Friends Sitting?... →
Ticketmaster, the event ticketing property of Live Nation, is enhancing its interactive seat maps Tuesday so that ticket buyers and event-goers can see where their Facebook friends are sitting, and tag themselves into their seats. With the upgrade, Facebook members can now connect their accoun…
Google Adds Friend Annotations to the +1 Button →
Google is making the +1 Button more social with the addition of friend annotations. “You may have already noticed faces and names when you hover over a +1 button,” Google Developer Advocate Timothy Jordan said in a post on the Google+ Platform preview. “This change rolled out late last…
Libya: Latest Tweets Say Rebels Are Moving Into... →
Tweets from news organizations and eyewitnesses have been arriving at an accelerating pace this afternoon, and the latest Twitter posts from inside Tripoli say that rebels are getting close to taking over the capital city of Libya. An unconfirmed rumor that Gaddafi was killed has been retracted. …
Sorry, This is Not the End of the PC Era [OPINION] →
This post reflects the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Mashable as a publication. After Hewlett-Packard’s announcement on Thursday that it planned to spin off its consumer PC unit, many were quick to pen obituaries for the PC epoch. The iPad, the thinking goes, has dealt th…
Unconfirmed: Tweets Say Gaddafi Has Left Libya... →
As rebels surround Libya’s capital city of Tripoli, widespread tweets are claiming Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi has left the country. So far, NBC correspondent Richard Engel reports via Twitter that “people are celebrating … still lots of gunfire … but reports from here in Lib…
How Social Media is Changing the NFL →
The National Football League was founded on August 20, 1920 — 91 years ago to the day. But the sport has undergone its most radical transformation at the hands of social media in the past two years. “Now social media is front and center for all 32 teams, and the league,” Joel Price says. “Ev…
Google+ Updates: Now Appearing in Your Email... →
Already using Google+? Follow Mashable’s Pete Cashmore for the latest about the platform’s new features, tips and tricks as well as social media and technology updates. Email signature startup WiseStamp has enhanced its Chrome and Firefox extensions Thursday with an email application for Googl…
Social Media Will Kill Your Relationship [VIDEO] →
Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. Ever dated a guy/girl who was more apt to stare into his/her iPhone than into your piercing eyes? Well, have we got a song for you. The above video, set to the tune of “I Just Called To …
The 10 Most Expensive Google Acquisitions →
Global search corporation Google, Inc. added to its already hefty empire when it announced its planned acquisition of Motorola Mobility the morning of August 15. The purchase marked Google’s most expensive acquisition to-date at a staggering $12.5 billion. Google has acquired more than 100 com…
Google Buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion →
Google announced Monday morning that it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Motorola is one of 39 manufacturers of handsets that use Google’s Android operating system. Buying a hardware company is an unusual move for Google. The acquisition, Google said in a statement, “will …
HOW TO: Protect Your Business's Identity On... →
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Small and medium business owners are increasingly turning to Twitter as a tool to engage with customers, offer support…
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Google+ Posts Now Appear in Google Search Results →
Google has begun integrating Google+ into search results with public Google+ posts now appearing in Social Search. Whenever a user publicly shares a link on Google+, an annotation will show up under that link when it appears in a friend’s search results. For example, if I share a Mashable arti…
Jonathan's Card: Starbucks Shuts Down Social... →
Jonathan Stark’s community-giving Starbucks Card is no more. At 7 p.m. PT Friday, Starbucks reluctantly pulled the plug on Stark’s pay-it-forward social experiment following allegations of fraud or misuse. Starbucks made the decision to shut down the communal Jonathan’s Card, already in violat…
Facebook, RIM To Meet With UK Government Over... →
Facebook and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) are set to meet with Home Secretary Theresa May and other UK officials as the government investigates what roles the platforms played in organizing recent riots in London. Twitter, a service used by rioters and victims alike, said in a sta…