5 Big Twitter Trends to Follow Right Now

As Twitter celebrates its fourth birthday, we thought it appropriate to take another step back from the day-to-day happenings of the Twitterverse and analyze some of the bigger trends. There are many indicators that can clue us in to what’s in store for the social network.

This time we’re… read more

Twitepad Brings Twitter to the iPad [VIDEO]

InfoXenter has released the first screenshots for its upcoming Twitter application for the iPad, Twitepad.

Twitter apps are one of the hottest categories in the App Store, so it’s no surprise that we’re seeing some iPad-specific apps as we approach the Saturday release date.

Apple started accepting submissions to the… read more

Buy Wi-Fi Access Through iTunes [Apps]

There’s a new iPhone, iPod touch and iPad app in the Apple App Store that you can use to buy access to Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots: Boingo Wi-Fi Credits [iTunes link].

The app is free and comes with one credit for one hour of service. Further service costs $1.99 per hour,… read more

The iTunes App Store Comes to Facebook

Interacting with the iTunes App Store just got easier, thanks to the new App Store Facebook page.

Developed and powered by Vitrue, the new page puts the App Store inside Facebook — making it easy to search for apps, share them with friends, find out which apps are… read more

How Startups are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

For startups, the amount of money you have to burn before you… read more

YouTube Highlights Your Facebook Friends’ Activity

YouTube recently started promoting a lesser-known feature that allows users to connect their Facebook accounts to the video-sharing site and view their friends’ recently favorited videos.

The underground feature is finally ready for primetime usage, which means members will now notice a new Facebook Connect call to action under… read more

Growing Your Business: 5 Tips From the Founder of Foursquare

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

As founder of the Internet’s hottest startup, Foursquare, Dennis Crowley knows a thing or two about growing a small business.

Foursquare is a location-sharing mobile app that… read more

Cast Official Votes for “American Idol” via Facebook

Idol Fanatic promises to do what FOX’s television enterprise American Idol never has: It lets fans vote for their favorite contestants via a Facebook application — at any time.

The application uses Ribbit — a web-based phone service à la Google Voice — to dial in user votes during American Idol’s… read more

Lady Gaga + Sesame Street = Out of this World Mashup [VIDEO]

The latest in a long string of Lady Gaga viral videos is a Sesame Street mashup starring the Yip Yip aliens as backup singers.

Gaga is the most popular brand in viral video history, thanks mostly to her hugely successful Vevo music videos. Mashups, covers and spoofs from both professionals… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Calendar of Social Media Events

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s… read more

Digg’s Empty Search Results Promote Burger King’s Double Cheeseburgers

Burger King –- no stranger to clever social media marketing campaigns –- is taking over Digg’s empty search results pages. Specifically, the fast food chain is placing ads promoting its $1 double cheeseburgers when you conduct a search on Digg that yields no results.

The “error” message reads, “Looks… read more

Warner Bros. Looks for Anti-Piracy Interns

The UK arm of Warner Bros Entertainment is looking for students to spy on digital pirates.

At first, it seems only logical: students know about piracy, many of them have commited acts that would be considered digital piracy, so why not hire them as counterintelligence? The actual description of the… read more

Suppliers Expect to Ship 8-10 Million iPads in 2010 [REPORT]

The first batch of iPads is in the mail, and everyone is wondering how many of them Apple will manage to sell in the upcoming months. There is reason to believe that Apple has sold out all the iPads it had in stock – some estimate the number… read more

Was Twitter’s Success Hard to Predict in 2006? Apparently, No [VIDEO]

In September 2006, when Twitter was still in its infancy (and MySpace reigned the social networking space), 747 Media conducted a feasibility study for Twitter, describing what the service is about to 20-somethings and asking them what they thought.

You can see the answers in the video below, and they’re… read more

Top 10 Funny Dog Videos on YouTube

There are plenty of funny videos on YouTube but the ones that get us spitting our tea all over our monitors and give us the best giggles are animal-themed affairs.

Man’s best friend doubles as a clown on notable occasions, many of which this selection of YouTube favorites captures to… read more

Browsing the iPad App Store [VIDEO]

Feverishly awaiting the release of the Apple iPad and all the goodies that go along with it? Well, now you can take a virtual tour of the iPad App Store, via a video that purports to depict the storied place.

Today, Mac Stories posted a video that an… read more

5 Essential Apps for Your Business’ Facebook Fan Page

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

If you’ve already searched for some Fan Page inspiration and undertaken the task of building a custom landing page for your business’s Facebook presence, you may… read more

5 Essential Apps for Your Business’s Facebook Fan Page

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

If you’ve already searched for some Fan Page inspiration and undertaken the task of building a custom landing page for your business’s Facebook presence, you may… read more

Who Will Buy the iPad? [STATS]

Wondering just who put in a pre-order for the coveted iPad? The NPD Group just released a new market research report assessing consumer awareness and interest in Apple’s iPad.

Unsurprisingly, current Apple owners are most excited about the product — 24% of Apple owners said they were very interested… read more

See Yahoo’s Sketch-a-Search in Action [VIDEO]

Earlier this week, Yahoo launched a new iPhone app called Sketch-a-Search that allows you to trace an area with your finger to get restaurant results in a specifically defined region.

We had a chance to sit down with Director of Product Management Ariel Seidman for a demo of Sketch-a-Search,… read more

Why Chatroulette Is More Than Just Penises

Five months ago, right around the time that Andrey Ternovskiy was building Chatroulette, no one could have predicted that being “nexted” would become the modern day equivalent to a rite of passage.

But after three days of coding, Ternovskiy introduced his pet project for random video chat to friends, then… read more

Violent Flash Mobs Becoming a Problem in Philly

Flash mobs are usually associated with randomized fun (or pantlessness), but in Philly, they’re basically akin to randomized violence. Last night, Mayor Michael Nutter and District Attorney Seth Williams took to the streets to spread a message to the city’s young, social media-savvy inhabitants: Flash mobs will not be… read more

Turtles: So Hot Right Now [Randomly Viral]

Watch out cats and kittehs everywhere — your spot atop the heap of most viral animals is about to be usurped by a whole legion of heroes on a half-shell. That’s right — for some reason that I have yet to ascertain (aside from the obvious, “I like turtles”… read more

Chatroulette Piano Improv #2: Merton Returns [VIDEO]

The Chatroulette piano improv guy is back — and his lyrics are as good as ever. Merton, the pianist who wrote on-the-fly songs about people he saw on Chatroulette, has posted a second video today with even more great improv pieces.

Will the Chatroulette fad never fade?

See also: Exclusive:… read more

10 Must-See Google Street View Sightings

While we brought you 15 amusing Google Street View sightings when the service launched back in 2007, in the last few years Google has expanded its coverage around the globe, which also means expanding the chances of humorous photo captures.

Here we bring you ten more funnies from around the… read more

iPad to be Sold at Best Buy on Day One? [PIC]

Apple appears to have run out of iPads for shipping on launch day, but iPad buyers might have another option: a leaked image (above) from Best Buy appears to show that the retailer will stock iPads at 675 of its stores on Saturday, April 3.

Apple had already announced that… read more

iPad Sold Out

If you’re looking to pre-order an iPad today, you’ll notice that shipping dates have been pushed back to April 12th. What’s more, Apple has removed the option to pick up your iPad in-store. It appears Apple simply can’t supply the demand for the first week of… read more

15 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed

It’s happened again. Another week, jam-packed with expert insights, has flown by. You’ve probably caught a few of the week’s essential resources, but there’s always that chance you missed something that could transform your social media or business strategy.

Here at Mashable, we don’t like to take those chances,… read more

HOW TO: Support Earth Hour With Social Media

The World Wildlife Fund’s now annual Earth Hour campaign is great way for individuals to take a stand against climate change. Something as simple as switching your lights off for one hour can make a visual statement of your support for the global sustainability movement.

Begun back in Australia in… read more

iAd: Apple to Launch New Mobile Ad Platform? [RUMOR]

A new report suggests that Apple is poised to launch its own mobile ad platform — dubbed “iAd” — on April 7th.

According to a new report from Mediapost, Apple is close to unveiling a personalized advertising experience based on technology from Quattro Wireless, which Apple acquired two months ago…. read more

Exclusive: Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher Launch Campaign to Ban Child Slavery

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have just launched a social and global campaign to raise awareness about child slavery in Haiti with the goal to completely ban the “restavec” system that is promoting it.

In an exclusive interview with Mashable, the couple explained to us exactly what is happening in… read more

Apple Acquires the iPad Trademark

Remember the whole legal dust-up over the trademark for the name iPad? Well, now that’s been resolved.

The iPad launch is only a week away and as such, Apple is getting its ducks in a row: accepting submissions for iPad apps to the App Store, making developers use pre-release models… read more

CTIA 2010 in Review: Top Trends in Mobile

The CTIA Wireless Association’s annual Las Vegas mobile-centric show has wrapped up for this year, and a few key trends emerged. We wanted to bring you some of the high points from the show that shed light on what’s hot now as well as what’s on the horizon in… read more

“Apple vs. Predator” Parody Highlights Apple’s Legal Woes [VIDEO]

Hey! You know what’s a new and different observation? The iPad is, like, totally just like that thing in Minority Report… and Harry Potter… and Star Trek… Yeah, I think we’re all getting sick of the comparisons/lawsuits at this point, which is what makes this new parody video,… read more

10 Essential Money-Saving iPhone Apps

Luke Knowles is the founder of numerous money-saving websites including Coupon Sherpa, Gift Card Granny and Mr. Free Stuff. In 2008 Luke founded Free Shipping Day, now a red-letter discount date for online holiday shopping.

Despite a recession allegedly in our rear view mirror, frugality remains a hot, dare I… read more

Facebook Proposes Revisions to Privacy Policy, Hints at More Location Features

In keeping with a new tradition, Facebook is ready to alter its Privacy Policy and Statement of Rights yet again, but it’s asking for user feedback before making the changes permanent.

The proposed changes encompass an array of things, including location (another sign of things to come), new language related… read more

FRIDAY POLL: How Did You Celebrate Twestival?

Yes, it’s that time once again, folks — time for the Weekly Poll!

Yesterday, thousands of people in more than 175 cities got together to celebrate the second annual Twestival, an event that has (at the time of this posting) raised $311,696 for Concern Worldwide, an organization that works to… read more

Nokia Focuses on the Mobile Web with New Acquisition

Mobile phone/telecom corporation Nokia has acquired Chicago-based Novarra, a mobile web browser provider that is the creator of the Vision Mobile Browser, which has been used in everything from old Palm Tungsten PDAs to Alltel and U.S. Cellular phones.

According to Nokia’s announcement, Novarra’s mobile browser platform will become part… read more

5 Ways Non-Profits Can Increase Engagement With YouTube

Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.

According to ForeSee Results’ 2010 Social Media Study, YouTube is the second most powerful social network for consumer engagement. This critical component of the social web remains vital… read more

RadioShack on the Auction Block? [RUMOR]

It’s been tough times for consumer electronics retailers of late, with both Circuit City and CompUSA closing their doors and being absorbed into online merchants. Now the New York Post reports RadioShack could potentially be facing the same fate.

The company is reportedly “exploring strategic alternatives,” according to inside sources…. read more

The Dire State of the Newspaper Industry [STATS]

We’ve known for a long time that the newspaper industry as we know it is dying. The shift from print to online has been a painful process — but just how painful has it been?

On Wednesday, the Newspaper Association of America released its estimates for advertising revenue across… read more

Check.in Aims to Support Universal Location Checkins [INVITES]

Location-sharing is all the rage, but those of us who spread our checkins across a handful of sites are already starting to find the process daunting. Check.in, a mobile app for any phone that supports HTML5 (it looks great on the iPhone), solves that problem: It’s the first app… read more

600+ Communities Are Fighting for Google Fiber Internet

Ever since Google announced last month that it would build its own high-speed fiber optic Internet network, there has been a fierce competition between countless cities and communities to become ground zero for the Google Fiber experiment.

Earlier today, the technology titan posted an update on the status of the… read more

WARNING: Tweeticlub Spam Invades Twitter Trending Topics

While Twitter’s efforts to reduce spam may be working, the scammers are resilient. Their newest attack surrounds spamming Twitter with TWEETICLUB links that lead to products that are most likely scams to take your money.

Tweeticlub has been trending for over an hour now (Update: It’s been removed from… read more

Awesome: iPhone App Created to Control Mars Rover [VIDEO]

We already have a game for the iPhone that lets you play pretend at controlling the Lunar rover, but how would you like to mess about with the real deal? A creation by attendees of this year’s EclipseCon2010 indicates that an iPhone-controlled rover might not just be a flight… read more

10 Fantastic Websites for Spotify Fans

With Spotify bound for the U.S. later this year, now is the time to start getting ready for all that music goodness. Which is why, in addition to our getting started guide to Spotify, and our hints, tips and tricks for getting the most out of the music streaming… read more

More Google TV Details Emerge

It’s still too early to comment on the new Google TV offering that the big G is prepping in partnership with Intel and Sony, but we’re finally finding out more details about how the system might work.

VideoNuze has done some digging and it looks like, for now, the Android-… read more

Spotify Aims to Launch in U.S. in 3 to 6 Month

Even though Daniel Ek gave a keynote address at SXSW Interactive, he didn’t reveal any details about the migration of Spotify’s popular European online music service to the U.S. New information suggests, however, that we could see the service launch stateside in roughly three to six months.

Spotify “aims to… read more

Spotify Aims to Launch in U.S. in 3 to 6 Months

Even though Daniel Ek gave a keynote address at SXSW Interactive, he didn’t reveal any details about the migration of Spotify’s popular European online music service to the U.S. New information suggests, however, that we could see the service launch stateside in roughly three to six months.

Spotify “aims to… read more

Wikipedia’s Redesign Is Coming Soon

Wikipedia is edging closer to a redesign. Nako Komura, head of the user experience team for the Wikimedia Foundation, detailed some of these changes on the foundation’s blog and in the Wikimedia Technical Blog.

The new default design will start to roll out the week of April 5 on the… read more

4 Tips for Reducing Social Media Stress

Soren Gordhamer is the organizer of the Wisdom 2.0 Conference, April 30th-May 2nd in Silicon Valley, which brings together staff from Google, Facebook, and Twitter, along with Tony Hsieh from Zappos and many others, to explore living wisely in our modern age. Mashable readers can use code Mashable for… read more

Lady Gaga, Meet Chatroulette [VIDEO]

There’s no denying that Chatroulette is currently a huge internet hit, brewing a new meme almost each day. Lady Gaga, on the other hand, recently became the biggest name on YouTube. Now, the inevitable clash of these two phenomena has finally happened, in the form of a Chatroulette version… read more

Cameron: Don’t Watch Avatar on Your iPhone. Or Laptop.

We agree: the Avatar is an amazing cinematic experience, best seen in the cinema or a huge TV (preferrably 3D, if you can afford it). Today, however, people are used to consume multimedia on a variety of screen sizes, and watching a full-length movie on a cell phone, laptop,… read more

Fan Made Pre Ad is Better Than Most Official Pre Ads

When fans are taking the time to create ads for your products, and the end result conveys a clearer message than the actual official ads for the product, you know you’re in trouble.

Yet, this Palm Pre “ad”, created by a user named ThiesFX, is really great: in exactly 30… read more

Here Are Some Games You’ll Be Playing on the iPad

We already know that we’ll be able to use iPhone applications on the iPad, scaled to iPad’s bigger screen size. But what native iPad apps has Apple approved so far? PadGadget has done some digging through iTunes’ web interface and found out several titles with “HD” in their title,… read more

15 Insanely Popular Lady Gaga YouTube Videos

You may have heard that Lady Gaga is the first music artist to reach one billion online video views. Some of us here at Mashable say that’s downright ridiculous — a tragedy, even — but other staffers are cheering her on.

And while we may not be able to agree… read more

Netflix via Wii Is Almost Here

Netflix has announced that it’s entered the final stages for the rollout of Netflix for the Wii. Starting in the next few days, several lucky customers are going to get the new Netflix via Wii to so that Netflix can gather final feedback.

The announcement, from Netflix Vice President… read more

China Hands Down New Rules on Media Coverage of Google

A new set of rules and instructions from the Chinese government itself suppresses China media outlets from reporting almost anything about Google’s recent pull out from China.

The instructions, nabbed by China Digital Times, outline a series of rather disturbing edicts to media outlets that are covering the Google story…. read more

“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” Trailer Hits the Web [VIDEO]

The trailer for the most recent Michael Cera vehicle — Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – has hit the Internets hard, and apparently people are excited.

Earlier today, MTV reported that director Edgar Wright (of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead fame) heralded the coming of the… read more

Friendgiftr Lets You Buy and Send Gift Cards on Facebook

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.

Name: Friendgiftr

Quick Pitch: This app allows you to… read more

13 Essential Social Media Lessons for B2B Marketers from the Masters

This series is supported by the MarketingProfs B2B Forum, where you’ll learn the ins-and-outs of social media as part of your overall B2B marketing mix. Register today!

Social media marketing might feel simple for the B2C crowd, but with B2B, it’s an entirely different beast. Businesses are entities that are… read more

CTIA Roundtable: Biz Stone, Aneesh Chopra and James Cameron

Wrapping up this year’s CTIA mobile show here in Las Vegas is a special round table of thought leaders: Twitter’s Biz Stone, U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra and filmmaker James Cameron came together with host and CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera to discuss the impact of mobile technology on business, media… read more

Bush Wipes Hand on Clinton’s Shirt, Internet Goes Wild [VIDEO]

Oh, man — it’s time for another viral video depicting a politician doing something potentially unseemly: On a recent trip to Haiti, BBC news cameras caught George W. Bush wiping his hand on Bill Clinton’s shirt after shaking hands with a Haitian man. Let the video-sharing and inevitable outcry… read more

Why #Twestival Matters

Twestival, a global fundraising event organized via Twitter, takes place in more than 175 cities tonight. At the time of writing, the campaign has raised $262,000 for Concern Worldwide, helping to build schools for children without access to education.

Why does Twestival matter? And what’s Twitter’s role in… read more

Digg for iPhone Vaults to #1 News App Worldwide

On Wednesday, Digg finally launched its iPhone app, and within about 24 hours, it’s shot to the top of the app store’s “news” category in many countries around the world, including the US (where Mashable’s app [iTunes link] currently sits at #16).

Now that the app’s live [iTunes link],… read more

Internet Hearts Pi-Reciting, Book-Balancing Rubik’s Cube-Solving Girl [Randomly Viral]

This just goes to show: There’s a viral video crush for everyone. First there was the Fully Sick Rapper, then Merton, and now there’s this chick, whose mad multitasking skills are winning the hearts of nerds everywhere.

Although “booksonmyhead,” who appears to be an 18-year-old named Lauren (if… read more

3 Useful iPhone Apps to Help File Your Taxes

Tax season is upon us, and the iPhone is here to take the sting out of Uncle Sam’s April chore. The current arsenal of App Store software is useful for both simple and complex tax processes, and is generally cheaper than desktop equivalents.

While there are a variety of… read more

YouTube Star “Fred” to Get TV Movie on Nickelodeon

Fred, the squeeky six-year old played by 16-year old web video star Lucas Cruikshank, has found a home for his feature film debut. Variety reports that Fred: The Movie will air as a TV movie on Nickelodeon, but not in theaters.

A theatrical release was hard to picture, given the… read more

37signals Makes iPhone Debut with Highrise App

In the past, 37signals — purveyor of popular business-friendly web applications — has stayed out of the mobile application business, leaving that task to enterprising third parties. That all changes today as the company’s first official iPhone app — Highrise for iPhone — has landed in Apple’s App Store.

Opting… read more

6 Easy Ways to Score the Best Deals with Social Media

Sara Dunham is the community manager at online coupon site and community Savings.com.  You can read more of Sara’s posts on the Savings.com coupon blog or fan Savings.com on Facebook.

We all want to save some cash. Social media-savvy shoppers know that right now there are more opportunities than ever to… read more

I’ll Have a Big Bite, a Slurpee and… a FarmVille Card!

Zynga’s legion of social gamers have a new way to buy virtual goods – pre-paid game cards that will be available for purchase at a combined more than 12,800 7-Eleven, Best Buy, Target, and Gamestore stores.

The deal sees $10 and $25 cards for FarmVille, Mafia Wars, and YoVille go… read more

No Plans Tonight? Play Chatroulette Bingo! [PICS]

Have Chatroulette dating, pranks and random musical interpretations all lost their luster for you? Have no fear, now you can turn the random video chat site into a super fun game — like Bingo! Or Bingo Black (i.e. Bingo that involves liquor). Check out three Chatoulette Bingo boards after… read more

Bing Adds Foursquare Data to Maps

Another day, another big Foursquare development, with Bing announcing that it’s integrating data from the location-based network into its Maps product, with a set of features that will debut later this year.

Bing Maps is pulling in “quick tips” data from Foursquare, so as you’re browsing a locale you’ll see… read more

Line2 Adds a Second Line to Your iPhone [VIDEO]

Line2 is a mobile app from Toktumi that’s a refreshing option for iPhone users who need to maintain a separate personal and a business phone number.

It’s also useful — and potentially revolutionary — for iPhone owners who want to cut down on their monthly voice minutes by allowing them… read more

AdMob: Smartphone Usage Up, iPhone and Android on the Rise

AdMob’s Mobile Metrics report for February focuses primarily on smartphones, a category of mobile phones that has seen tremendous growth in the last year. In February 2010, smartphones accounted for 48% of AdMob’s worldwide traffic, up from 35% in February 2009.

The really big news, however, is the stellar rise… read more

We Interrupt Our Regular Programming: YouTube Is Down [UPDATE: It's Back]

At the moment, YouTube is not available, displaying only a “500 Internal Server Error” or an “Http/1.1 Service Unavailable” message. Users all over the world have noticed the error, and Twitter and Facebook are swarmed with messages related to the outage. At the time of writing, according to user… read more

iPhone, Firefox, Safari, IE8 Hacked at Pwn2Own Contest

The annual Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest security show in Vancouver gives hackers and security experts a chance to demonstrate their ability and try to breach the security of various devices and software, and boy, were they successful this year.

Nearly all major browsers – Firefox, Safari, IE8 – were… read more

Mysterious Monkey of Tampa Bay is a Facebook Phenomenon

A monkey has gone viral … on Facebook. The story dates back more than a year, when numerous sightings of a mysterious monkey were first reported around the state of Florida.

Since then, the local media has latched onto the case, with the St Petersburg Times devoting a microsite… read more

WordPress Founder: Open Source Is About People, Not Technology

We’ve discovered a lot of great ideas here at The Economist Innovation Conference in Berkeley, California. Pixar’s President spoke on how the company creates great films and Paola Antonelli of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) discussed the history of the @ symbol, among other presentations and workshops.

Now… read more

Naked Apartments Strips the Hassle out of Real Estate Hunting

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.

Name: Naked Apartments

Quick Pitch: The Match.com for NYC… read more

Android Tablet Prototypes Support Flash [VIDEO]

Drooling over tablets, but worried about lack of Flash support on the iPad? Sit tight, because a slew of tablets running Android will be emerging shortly with full Flash support, thanks to the NVIDIA Tegra platform team’s work with Adobe.

As we’ve said before, the age of the tablet is… read more

Online Dating Is Bigger Than Porn [Infographic]

Online daters should no longer be considered a desperate minority that trolls the web for love. In fact, a fascinating infographic from Online Schools reveals the truth about online dating — it’s booming and might even be bigger than porn.

Per the graphic — which pulls data from a number… read more

5 Ways to Get Involved With Twestival

On Thursday, March 25, the second annual Twestival Global charity event will kick off in over 175 cities across the world. Thousands of people will get together at events around the globe to help raise money for Concern Worldwide, and help the estimated 72 million children around the… read more

GoDaddy to Stop Offering Chinese Domain Names

As of today, popular domain registrar GoDaddy plans to stop registering .cn (China) domain names due to the country’s new restrictions that require more personally identifiable information from registrants.

Reports detail that GoDaddy is explaining its decision — announced today — before the Congressional Executive Commission on China, which is… read more

Biden “Big f*cking deal!” Gaffe Inspires Internet Entrepreneurs to Cash in

By now you’ve probably seen the video cycling through the Internet of Vice President Joe Biden saying, “This is a big f*cking deal” upon President Barack Obama signing health care reform into law. Did you, however, know that you can now buy a whole lot of ugly swag commemorating… read more

Google Bookmarks Adds Lists Feature for Social Bookmarking

Google Bookmarks now includes an experimental feature (for English users) called Lists for privately saving links in buckets, sharing them with friends, or publicly publishing them to the Web. Coupled with the recent addition of stars in search, Google Bookmarks — an oft-ignored product — is a lot… read more

Lady Gaga First Artist with One Billion Online Video Views

Video analytics company Visible Measures — the one we work with to put out our monthly top 10 webisodes chart — curates a list of video called the “100 Million Club.” It includes all the web videos that have exceeded 100 million views. Lady Gaga has long been a… read more

Wikipedia Goes Down

We don’t know how or why yet, but the world’s online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has gone down for the count.

Wikipedia only went down a few minutes ago, according to the Twitter stream, which is already pumping out dozens of tweets per minute about the outage. There is only a… read more

Gmail Adds New Security Features

Today Google has introduced a new Gmail alerts system to further protect users from hackers and scammers.

Should Google detect any suspicious activity happening with your Gmail account, you’ll now see a bright red warning below the search bar alerting you to the issue. You can then click the “Show… read more

How Pixar Creates Great Films and Balances Art, Tech and Success

Here at The Economist Innovation Conference in Berkeley, California, hundreds of thought leaders have gathered to discuss the process, politics, and economics of innovation.

How do you create an innovative technology? How do you balance innovation and economics? What fosters great ideas? On stage earlier today was… read more

10 Beautiful Free Blogger Templates

This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

Let’s face it: The default themes that come with a Blogger account aren’t going to win any design awards. They’re plain, fussy, and lack that bit of the snazz you’re… read more

KoldCast Brings Its Web Shows to Boxee

Today Boxee (the media player software with a social twist that you can use on your Mac, PC, Apple TV and soon, Boxee Box) has announced its latest content partner: KoldCast TV. KoldCast TV bills itself as a premier destination for original web-based on-demand programming.

KoldCast TV has… read more

Facebook Blamed for Rise of Syphilis in UK

Health experts at NHS Hartlepool in Britain are claiming that Facebook played a role in the recent fourfold increase in cases of syphilis in Teesside, Durham and Sunderland.

Director of Public Health Peter Kelly told the Telegraph research points to sites like Facebook “making it easier for people to meet… read more

Vlingo Reads Texts Aloud While You Drive

Vlingo is offering BlackBerry-owning drivers a safer way of keeping up to date with texts and e-mails while on the go with its 4.5 release, complete with the “SafeReader” app.

If you get a message while driving, rather than fumbling around pressing fiddly buttons while you should be watching the… read more

New Dating Site Hooks Up Gamers with Girls… for a Price

A new website called GameCrush sets up video game dates between nerdy guys and enterprising gals — and some nerdy gals or enterprising guys, too.

The site just wrapped up its testing phase, and it’ll launch publicly at 6 p.m. PT tonight. Go there right now, though, and you’ll just… read more

Music Matters Tries to Make You Feel Guilty About Piracy

Got sticky fingers when it comes to illegal music downloads? Well a new site, Music Matters, launched yesterday in an attempt to alert you when you’re about to snag an artist’s well-earned cash whilst snagging their most recent disc pro bono.

The Music Matters concept is a rather… read more

Why Your Brand Needs to Be on Facebook Now

Dallas Lawrence is Chair of the Social and Digital Media Practice at Levick Strategic Communications, the nation’s top crisis communications firm. He blogs on emerging digital media trends and best practices for social media engagement on Bulletproof Blog. Connect with him on Twitter @dallaslawrence.

With 450 million users globally… read more

Microsoft Testing Enterprise Microblogging Product

Microsoft is opening up a new office software called OfficeTalk in a “limited private pilot” scheme. The service is basically akin to Yammer — and on a smaller scale — a Twitter rival.

The OfficeTalk project is described as “a concept test to explore the value of microblogging in the… read more

Hacked? Google Corporate Pages Temporarily Switch to Chinese

Google’s corporate bios suddenly switched to Chinese this morning, the Guardian reports. It only affected users connecting from some areas, and the change was live only for a short amount of time, but the screenshots prove that Google may have indeed been hacked – again.

The pages affected were http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html…. read more

Digg’s iPhone App is Now Available

As we’ve announced yesterday, Digg’s official iPhone app is now available for free in Apple’s App Store.

The app lists Top, Recent and Upcoming stories in various categories, giving Diggers the ability to vote and view comments on stories You can also share articles via Twitter, Facebook and Email. Navigation… read more