April 2012
1 post
Tablets Are a Dream Come True for Retailers... →
Since tablets have burst into the ecommerce space in the last few years, they’ve drastically altered the online shopping experience. That’s a good thing for retailers. Tablet users prefer to use tablets at home, an environment where they’re more likely to buy. This Milo infographic breaks down…
February 2012
9 posts
iPad 3: Who Will Buy One, and Why? [INFOGRAPHIC] →
How well will the iPad 3 sell when it’s introduced next month? Who’s going to upgrade, and who will sit on the sidelines, enjoying their current version of the iPad, or no iPad at all? We have answers to those questions and more in this exclusive infographic created by the experts at AYTM Researc…
9 Hot Tips for Small Business Marketing 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. With 845 million users, Facebook has become an increasingly useful tool for brands, and it’s important to have a stron…
Does Your Branded Franchise Need Its Own Social... →
Taylor Hulyk is the social media director at re:group, a marketing agency in downtown Ann Arbor, Mich. You can follow her on Twitter @taylorhulyk. While social media can perplex a single business unit, imagine the challenges and multidimensional complications that can arise when a franchis…
Google+ Most Popular With Male Users, Students... →
The stereotypical Google+ user is a male engineer, but that’s only half right. According to new research, Google+ is still definitely male-skewing, but students outnumber software engineers by a wide margin. That’s one of the most compelling bits of data compiled by Website-Monitoring. A littl…
Facebook Timeline for Brands Coming Later This... →
Facebook is planning to make its new Timeline format available for brands later this month, according to a report. Citing “executives briefed on Facebook’s plans,” Ad Age is reporting that Facebook will use its Feb. 29 conference for marketers in New York to announce the initiative. Facebook w…
Why QR Codes Won't Last →
Jon Barocas is the founder and CEO of bieMEDIA, a Denver-based online marketing and media solutions company that specializes in video content production and distribution, mobile visual search, technology platforms, SEO, VSEO and more. Like most technology junkies, I am always ready and wil…
The Future of Sharing on Facebook, Twitter and... →
Users of social networks are getting tired of sharing — but that doesn’t mean sharing is on the decline. A new study analyzes sharing behaviors on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ and makes predictions for the future of sharing. Digital agency Beyond released the study for Social Media Week, al…
How to Get Old Facebook Back →
Much to the annoyance of many of its users, Facebook is always changing. The recent Timeline revamp is the last in a series of tweaks to the social networking service, some good, some bad, and some just plain ugly. Do you like the news “ticker?” How about the revamped chat? Does the highlight…
8 Things You Should Know Before Building a Mobile... →
Seth Porges is a magazine editor and the creator of Cloth, an iOS fashion app for iPhone and iPod Touch. His Twitter handle is @sethporges. App appeal is obvious. The barrier to entry? So low! The upshot of producing the next Angry Birds or beer-chug simulator? So high! Heck, with just a small…
January 2012
1 post
10 Tips for Building a Strong Online Community... →
Megan Berry is Senior Marketing Manager for Klout, the standard for online influence. She also blogs at The Huffington Post and Brazen Careerist. You can follow her on Twitter as @meganberry. Building a community around your startup can be one of the cheapest ways to create momentum for your p…
December 2011
12 posts
User Reviews on Android Market Get Advanced... →
The web version of Google’s Android Market now has a couple of very useful new filtering options, including the ability to filter the reviews by…
December Job Hunt Tips →
Cesar Ulloa is a Senior Staffing Manager in the Accounting & Finance Contracts division at Winter, Wyman, the largest and one of the most…
Motorola DROID4 Spotted on DroidDoes Site [PICS] →
It seems that Verizon is preparing its DroidDoes minisite for the arrival of the RAZR-esque Motorola DROID4, although as far as we can tell, the…
Meet the 80-Year-Old Woman Who Is a Criminal Duck... →
Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.
Duck feeding is hardly considered a…
PlayStation Finds Its Groove with 2 Innovative... →
Two new PlayStation games are blurring the line between music software and video games. Sound Shapes, for the soon-to-be-released PlayStation Vita…
SETI Resumes Search for Alien Life →
After hibernating its Allen Telescope Array back in April 2011 due to lack of funding, the SETI institute has announced it has now secured the…
Alec Baldwin’s Words With Friends Addiction Gets... →
Alec Baldwin likes Words With Friends, the scrabble game available on multiple platforms including the iPhone, so much that he missed a flight…
What’s Your Ultimate Business Travel Story?... →
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7 New Apps Worth Downloading This Week →
Infinity Blade II
Infinity Blade II for iOS launched on Thursday and immediately soared to the top of the App Store’s best sellers…
JolieBox Brings Beauty Samples by Subscription... →
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…
Want to Find If Your Phone Has Carrier IQ? There’s... →
The Carrier IQ controversy is raging on, with many users flabbergasted by the fact that an app they cannot control or uninstall may be recording…
November 2011
34 posts
Hearst: We’ll Have More Than 1 Million Digital... →
David Carey, president of magazine publisher Hearst Corp, expects the company will have more than 1 million paid digital subscribers by the end of…
Verizon’s FiOS TV Coming to an Xbox Near You →
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has been having one heck of a week. Rumors about the next-generation console and Kinect peripheral are building serious buzz, and…
Apple Records Best-Ever Sales on Black Friday... →
Apple sales broke all records this Black Friday, 9to5Mac reports citing inside sources.
Apple’s forecast for Black Friday sales is four times more…
Black Friday Shoppers Destroy WalMart Displays... →
Black Friday sales hit a record high Friday — online sales rose 24.3%, but many shoppers opted to go to brick-and-mortar locations to spend their hard-earned cash. Judging from the …
Ex-Googlers Launch iPhone App for Tapping Into... →
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…
Artist Illustrates Finely Detailed Comic Book... →
Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.
In this 11-minute timelapse video,…
Young Woody Allen Fights a Kangaroo [VIDEO] →
Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.
Anyone committed enough to sit…
Harvard Opens Startup Incubator →
Mark Zuckerberg’s alma mater is hedging its bets to find the next hot entrepreneur (and the next Facebook) with the opening of the Harvard…
YouTube Video Prompts Calls for UC Davis... →
The Faculty Association at the University of California, Davis, is calling for the resignation of chancellor Linda Katehi after a YouTube video…
How to Set Up a Google+ Brand Page →
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. It’s been a long time coming, but Google has finally given the official go-ahead for businesses to creat…
How Journalists Can Leverage Facebook’s New... →
No doubt you’re already familiar with Facebook‘s new design. However, you’ll soon see journalists taking advantage of the social network’s tools in fresh, strategic ways.
Facebook’s…
Bank of America Hoax Puts Spotlight on Google Plus... →
Google Plus finally added brand pages to its service last week — a much anticipated move Google hopes might put an end to prior controversy over the…
Porn Studio Vivid Wants HTC to Change the Name of... →
Adult movie studio Vivid Entertainment wants HTC to change the name of one of its smartphones, HTC Vivid, as it fears users might think the two…
Hulu, Livestream and Vevo Content Come to Chill,... →
Chill.com, known as the “Turntable.fm for video,” relaunched on Wednesday as a social platform for watching live events, TV shows and music…
Clorox’s Webisode Series Will Be a Product... →
It will be hard to overlook the sponsor when Clorox rolls out a webisode series in January called Supermoms that’s loaded with product…
3 Free Apps For Getting Things Done →
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…
Some iPod Nano Owners Could be in for a Pleasant... →
Do you have an old first-generation iPod Nano lying around? If so, Apple wants to replace it for you, 5 years after you bought it. Such a…
Create Your Own Online Clothing Boutique, Earn 10%... →
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…
NASA to Send a Car-Sized Rover to Mars This... →
NASA is undergoing final preparations to launch its most advanced rover to Mars on November 25. The rover named Curiosity will be carried to Mars…
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg on Why We Need More... →
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook‘s second-in-command, isn’t at a loss for words when it comes to the issue of getting more women in leadership roles in science, technology and business.
…
Could Steve Jobs Become Time’s Next Person of the... →
Could Apple co-founder Steve Jobs become the first person to be selected after his death as Time Magazine‘s Person of the Year? A panel of experts…
Adobe Stops Development of Mobile Browser Flash... →
Adobe has ceased the development of Flash Player for browsers on mobile devices, ZDNet reports citing an upcoming announcement from Adobe. “Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app sto…
Adobe Stops Development of Mobile Browser Flash... →
Adobe has ceased the development of Flash Player for browsers on mobile devices, ZDNet reports citing an upcoming announcement from Adobe. “Our…
How to Set Up a Google+ Brand Page →
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. It’s been a long time coming, but Google has finally given the official go-ahead for businesses to creat…
6 Best Practices for Modern SEO →
Erin Everhart is the director of web and social media marketing at the digital marketing and web design company, 352 Media Group. Connect with her on Twitter @erinever. Google’s search results aren’t what they used to be. Need proof? Just look at its results page. No longer solely comprise…
AT&T Ad Goes Viral By Telling It Like It Is →
Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.
Many smartphone ads tout all of the…
20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This... →
When we discovered last week that zombies account for $5.74 billion of the U.S. economy, we weren’t surprised to see The Walking Dead top the cable list for most social TV show. Now if only…
Ice Cream Sandwich Coming to a Host of HTC... →
HTC has published an update on its Facebook page, detailing the company’s plans for upgrading its smartphone portfolio to the latest version of…