Twitter’s Take on the 2012 Golden Globes [INFOGRAPHIC]

The 69th Golden Globe Awards were a relatively mild affair — even with Ricky Gervais as host — but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t still a ton of activity surrounding the awards on social media.

Twitter was the most dominant social network for the Golden Globes with a peak of 6,162… read more

Charting the CES Chatter, Week-in-Review [STATS]

What topics, trends and websites dominated the conversation last week at CES 2012?

Tablet devices and ultrabook laptops were the hottest technologies in Las Vegas. Microsoft rode an early high as Twitter‘s most-mentioned brand but tailed off later in the week. Motorola, meanwhile, started slow but finished strong. And tech… read more

Finished Angry Birds? 8 More Games to Keep You Busy

1. Stupid Zombies

Most similar to Angry Birds, this game features the aim-and-shoot method in order to pass each… read more

This Headgear Puts Your Moves On-Screen [VIDEO]

LAS VEGAS — Motion control was a pretty hot topic at this year’s CES, and though the buzz centered around Microsoft, Samsung and Tobii, they aren’t the only companies with ideas for how you can use your body to guide on-screen… read more

Sonora: For When iTunes Is Overkill

I love iTunes. As Apple’s native music player and iOS powerhouse command station, it is unlikely that anything will ever wholly replace iTunes for me. It’s an integrated hub for surfing the iTunes music store, buying iOS apps, making playlists, the Ping network (even though it’s somewhat barren), managing the… read more

Tweet to Win an iPad 2!

To celebrate the New Year at iPad.AppStorm, we’re going to be giving one lucky reader a brand new iPad 2! It’s been vastly successful over the past year, and today you have the chance to get your hands on one completely free!

This iPad 2 Needs a Loving Home

We’re going… read more

Sanyo Protest in Shenzhen: Sign of Things to Come for Workers in China?

Media outlets in China reported on Monday that between 3,000 to 4,000 people staged a protest over the weekend at a Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. plant in Shenzhen, China. The protest was spurred by the joint business venture between Sanyo and Panasonic as well as growing concerns among workers about… read more

Steve Wozniak: Android Is Better Than the iPhone in Some Ways [VIDEO]

One of the co-founders of Apple has some love for Android, it turns out. “My primary phone is the iPhone,” Steve Wozniak says. “I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I… read more

CES 2012 Recap: Everything You May Have Missed [PICS]

1. Sony Crystal LED TVs

Sony announced its new Crystal LED TVs, which boast some of the brightest, crispest… read more

Martin Luther King Jr Quotes: 12 Inspirational Excerpts on Tumblr

Many in the United States got the day off work Monday in celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader and minister credited with bringing equal rights to African Americans, and tangentially, many other minority groups. Even after his assassination in 1968, his legacy… read more

Birds and Mice Come to Life on Your Plate With Augmented Reality App [VIDEO]

Ever imagine a bird hopping around your plate or a mouse walking across it? A new augmented reality iOS app makes wall plates painted with flora and fauna appear to come alive. AR apps are becoming more and more popular among brands… read more

Rupert Murdoch Goes on Twitter Rampage Targeting Obama, Google

Well, Rupert Murdoch, you’re officially a Twitter celebrity now.

Going down the road well trod by the likes of Charlie Sheen and Kevin Smith, the News Corp. CEO let loose a multiple-message Twitter rant over the weekend, targeting President Obama and Google over antipiracy legislation that the White House said… read more

Tablets Will Transform the Classroom [OPINION]

Neil Johnston is managing director at Store Van Music. Neil is an award winning young entrepreneur and composer who specializes in a breakthrough link between the music industry and education. You can find out more about his pioneering work by following him on Facebook and Twitter.

Apple released the original iPad… read more

Beepl Adds a Personalized Twist to Q&A

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:Beepl

Quick Pitch: Beepl is a Q&A site that automatically surfaces relevant questions for each user.

Genius Idea: Applying… read more

9 Tech Millionaires Under Age 30 [INFOGRAPHIC]

For those of us who weren’t born with prerequisites for professional sports or rockstardom, entrepreneurship is probably the best bet for becoming fabulously wealthy before hitting our mid-life crises.

Just take a free idea, mix in some free time and possibly free Internet (depending on whether you like coffee), and poof!… read more

New Tech Could Protect Your Phone From Death by Toilet Bowl [VIDEO]

No more rice to the rescue for these gadgets. We’ve seen a tablet that can be immersed in water and one kind of tech that can protect smartphones from a watery grave, too. Here’s another: HZO, which was demoed at this… read more

Meme Machine: ‘Hitler’ Skewers Google’s Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics

The Mashable Meme Machine is a daily look at five hilarious viral topics spreading across the web right now.

Monday’s medley of memes latches onto several of January’s hottest topics: Google’s Search Plus Your World, Beyonce and Jay-Z’s newborn, Blue Ivy, and the Golden Globes.

Stumble upon any funny memes lately? Let… read more

How to Pick the Right Name for Your Business

Abstract or dead simple? Clever irony? Cute and playful? There are endless paths to take when brainstorming your new business name. But for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, the naming process is fraught with uncertainty and doubt.

Yet, the stakes couldn’t be higher. A business begins with a name… read more

Ashton Kutcher Swears Revenge On His Twitter Hacker

There’s more trouble in Kutcher-ville. Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter account was allegedly hacked and Kutcher has sworn digital revenge on the culprit, he said late Sunday night.

Kutcher’s account was hacked over the weekend by someone looking to get the new Two and a Half Men star into romantic hot water. The… read more

5 Useful iPad Apps for Doctors, Patients and Med Students

The days are gone when a doctor walked into a patient’s room and grabbed the paper chart at the end of his bed to check his medical history. iPads and tablet computing have revolutionized the way many companies do business, and the medical field is no different. The sharp, intuitive… read more

‘Smash’ Pilot Lands on iTunes and Amazon 2 Weeks Before TV Premiere

NBC is offering the pilot of its upcoming television series Smash for free download from iTunes, Amazon Instant Video and other online video services.

The network is betting big on Smash, giving the Broadway-style musical show prime placement in its spring TV schedule. The pilot will debut Monday, Feb. 6 at… read more

Ricky Gervais Pokes Fun at Bieber, Kardashian During Golden Globes Monologue [VIDEO]

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

The 69th Annual Golden Globes were live Sunday, and the biggest story was whether Ricky Gervais was going to be a hilarious jerk or a not-so-hilarious jerk.

The Internet’s consensus is that Gervais lost a little of… read more

4 Steps to Becoming a Freelance Copywriter

If you are reading this, chances are, you’ve already made up your mind that you want to be a copywriter.

However I do have to warn you, it isn’t easy!

Most potential copywriters wish to take up the vocation because they love writing. When you have to write… read more

Apple Sheds (Some) Light On Suppliers and Their Working Conditions

In a surprise turn of events, Apple has revealed its list of 156 suppliers along with its annual 2012 Supplier Responsibility report, an annual report compiled from internal audits of all of Apple’s suppliers. Alongside Foxconn, which manufacturers products such as the iPhone, iPad and Mac-range of computers under contract,… read more

Thanks to Our Weekly Sponsor: Artboard

Our featured sponsor this week is Artboard, a truly impressive vector drawing application that’s simple enough for everyone to use.

Artboard has all the features you need in an advanced vector editing app: over 20 tools for drawing and navigation, custom shapes, clip art, boolean operations, layers, advanced style creation… read more

Ecoute 3: iTunes Without the Fluff

Ecoute, created by PixiApps, has been a moderately popular alternative to iTunes for over a year now. With version 3, developer Louka Desroziers and interface designer Julien Sagot hope to catapult their audio player’s status from semi-popular indie app to major-league success. So is the latest version of Ecoute ready… read more

Tina Fey Photobombs the Golden Globes

Even with Ricky Gervais hosting, the 69th Golden Globe Awards have remained a relatively mild affair. Fortunately for all of us, Tina Fey is a lover of memes.

During the presentation for “Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical,” the 30 Rock star photobombed the nominee shot of… read more

33 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

Did you keep yourself busy this week reading about all things CES? Well, just in case you missed anything outside of Vegas, it’s time for the weekly features roundup.

We have tips for navigating the dating scene with digital media, tricks for making your Pinterest cutting edge and pointers for getting… read more

How Klout Found Success by Focusing on Users

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

There’s no set formula for startup success. Some companies focus on design, mastering industry research or one-upping competitors to make it to the top. In the case… read more

Meme Machine: Top 5 Viral Topics This Week

The Mashable Meme Machine is a daily look at five hilarious viral topics spreading across the web right now.

In case you missed our latest series, here are our picks for the funniest of the funniest in the meme machine. It was a hard decision, but some just shine a little… read more

Rent the Runway Partners With Iconic Dressmaker for Capsule Collection

Rent the Runway, a two-year-old startup that leases designer dresses and accessories for up to 85% off retail, has partnered with American fashion designer Narcisco Rodriguez to develop a dress line available exclusively to its customers.

The four dresses — one ankle-skimming and two floor-length gowns, along with an ivory frock… read more

6 Mind-Blowing Dance Videos on YouTube

1. Evolution of Dance

… read more

Inside the Recruiter’s Head: What He’s Really Asking You During the Interview

Jayne Mattson is Senior Vice President at Keystone Associates, a leading career management and transition services consulting firm in Boston, Massachusetts. Mattson specializes in helping mid-to-senior level individuals in new career exploration, networking strategies and career decisions based on corporate culture fit.

You applied for a new job, and you’ve been… read more

4 Tips to Keep Your Website Ahead of the Curve in 2012

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

Sure, having a website for your business serves a practical need: to draw net-surfing users to your product or service. However, it’s also much more than slapping… read more

Tim Tebow: The Meme that Won’t Die

By now, you’re probably familiar with Saturday Night Live’s skit in which Jesus visits the Denver Broncos locker room after their win against the Chicago Bears. It’s one among many, many spoofs, satires and weird mashups to have hit the Internet since the Broncos’s winning season began — thanks to… read more

Mentos Game Lets You Punch Spider from a Recent Ad

The Mentos candy brand continues to forge its own odd path through social media marketing with its latest launch, an iOS game called Spider Swiper.

The free game, which went live on Saturday, is based on a year-old ad from BBH London that featured a guy who tries to kill a… read more

The Job Search and Confidentiality [INFOGRAPHIC]

We know that social media is a huge part of the modern job search. But being active on social media also can prevent you from searching stealthily. Coworkers and bosses can see who you’ve recently followed on Twitter (handles of job boards could tip them off), Facebook friends can see… read more

Visual Stories ~ Behind The Lens with Vincent Laforet – Book Review

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vincent Laforet may not need an introduction, but his first book does.

In case you’ve never heard of Vince Laforet, he is considered to be one of the most accomplished story telling photographers of his generation. Laforet was commissioned by international publications such as the New York Times… read more

The 10 Most Noteworthy Photos on Twitter This Week [PICS]

In an effort to find the most interesting photos from Twitter over the past week, rather than merely the most retweeted, Mashable worked with our partner, social media search engine Skylines, to tweak our method of choosing such pictures.

Why? Often the top 10 was full of pics from boy bands,… read more

6 Apps Worth Downloading This Week

Hipmunk

Flight and hotel booking service Hipmunk launched updated Android and iOS apps on Monday. The apps focus on… read more

Take Songwriting to the Next Level with Songwriter’s Pad

One area that hasn’t really been exploited in the app market is that of apps for musicians. And by that, I don’t mean apps for recording and producing, I’m referring to apps for songwriters.

Maybe there’s a reason for that? You could use a simple text editor to write songs, but… read more

Paul McCartney Fans: Meet Your Nirvana

Get ready Paul McCartney fans: HP and McCartney’s company have launched a cloud-based music sharing site for anyone wanting to immerse themselves in his digital library.

“The digital library can store the estimated million (plus) items from McCartney’s expansive personal collection, which spans more than five decades,” says Scott Anderson,… read more

Best of the Week #205

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Charting the CES Chatter, Friday Edition [INFOGRAPHIC]

What were the hottest brands, trends and topics on Thursday’s penultimate day of CES 2012?

People couldn’t stop buzzing about Motorola for the second consecutive day. OLED display technology and tablet devices are still popular, but ultrabook laptops faded in the conversation as audio and gaming technology surged. And people… read more

Apple Mini-Stores Coming to Target

Target has confirmed that it will be introducing 25 Apple mini-shops within its stores this year.

Last week, rumors that the discount retailer might be partnering with Apple started to circulate, but the company revealed to the New York Times on Thursday that it will officially test the store-within-a-store concept… read more

Why Companies Need to Iterate Based on User Feedback

Ryan Martens is the founder and CTO of Rally Software, which provides agile application lifecycle management solutions and services to software developers. Rally is Ryan’s fourth software startup. Follow him on Twitter @RallyOn.

Unfortunately, Twitter and Facebook have become real-time streams of rotten tomato throwing.

Just ask Bank of America, which encountered wrath… read more

Career of the Future: Data Scientist [INFOGRAPHIC]

Want a job where the talent is scarce — and likely to remain that way for at least the next five years? Become a data scientist. That, at least, is the conclusion of a global survey of the number-crunching professionals by IT service company EMC.

Some 63% of data scientists say… read more

Intel’s Social Cockpit: A Command Center for CES Buzz

LAS VEGAS — CES 2012 is likely to be remembered as the most social trade show yet. The products themselves have had a huge focus on connectedness while social chatter around the event has increased significantly since last year.

For Intel, a social conversation tracker was a natural fit for the… read more

After Labor Criticism, Apple Releases List of Suppliers for First Time

Apple released an extensive list of its suppliers for the first time ever on Friday along with its annual report on labor conditions at contract manufacturers around the world. The move reflects an apparent sensitivity to increased public criticism of the company’s level of accountability and transparency regarding where and… read more

Finding Nemo Leads Charge of Classic Pixar Films Turned 3D

Turns out that Disney loves the fishes because they’re going to be in 3D. Disney has announced that Pixar’s animated classic Finding Nemo will hit theaters this Fall for a limited, three-dimensional run. This isn’t the first time Disney has re-released 2D Pixar films in 3D. In the lead-up to… read more

iPad 3 to Have High-Def Screen, LTE Compatibility [REPORT]

Another day, another rumor about the iPad 3.

On Friday, Bloomberg reported that the next-generation iPad will feature a high-definition screen and be compatible with long-term evolution (LTE), a wireless network that gives users access to data more quickly. It will also allow users to move from app to app more… read more

This Web-Connected Robot Gives Your Tweets and Facebook Comments a Smell

A company has found a way to incorporate smells into the Internet. Imagine, your significant other mentions you on Twitter and magically you smell his/her perfume. If someone tags you in a Facebook video, the scent of buttered popcorn or fruit… read more

5 Digital Publishing App Trends to Watch in 2012

Erik Loehfelm is the executive director of user experience at Universal Mind, where he leads the design team in developing new, immersive app experiences for a variety of devices. He is also a leading voice in the digital publishing industry. Follow Erik @eloehfelm and read his blog.

Digital publishing grew tremendously… read more

1 in 10 Americans Make ‘Impulse’ Donations Via Text [STUDY]

“Impulse decision” usually has a negative connotation — except when it comes to making charitable donations via text message.

A recent study shows that almost one in 10 Americans has donated via text— and that it was an impulse donation.

The Pew Research Center surveyed the response time for donations… read more

A Street View for Mars: App Showcases Rover Snaps from Red Planet [PICS]

A new app that provides stunning images of the Martian surface taken by a NASA rover currently exploring the planet has been released for iPhone and Android devices.

The free Mars Images app – created by computer scientist Mark Powell of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory – allows users to browse archived… read more

Apple Is the World’s Top PC Vendor — If You Consider an iPad a PC

A Deutsche Bank analyst has circulated a research note claiming that — if you lump iPad sales in with PCs — Apple is now the world’s top vendor.

What’s more, Apple’s ascendance occurred not too long after the iPad’s release in 2010. As the company’s market share rose, all… read more

Rdio Invades Europe, Brings Unlimited Ad-Free Digital Music to Germany

Rdio is inching its way up to join the digital music mammoths that dominate the online and mobile streaming world — Grooveshark, Pandora, Spotify and Sony’s Music Service — not only in the U.S., but internationally.

Music lovers in Germany can now listen to ad-free, unlimited streaming music provided by… read more

Beautiful Time-Lapse Video Takes You Around the World in 6,237 Photos

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

This stunning time-lapse video puts you in the passenger seat of one man’s almost year-long adventure across 17 countries. In it, you’ll see 6,237 pictures spliced together to create several beautiful, fast-paced montages that surely will… read more

How to Plan Your Social Integration Strategy

Brian Sullivan is vice president of client services at Gigya, where he advises clients on implementing social technology. Gigya offers websites a suite of social technology like social login, comments, game mechanics and a social identity management platform.

No longer does a business wonder whether its site should contain social components… read more

ARM Shrugs Off Intel’s First Smartphone

LAS VEGAS — For the past several years, almost every smartphone, tablet or other mobile device has used a microprocessor based on the computer chip technology of U.K.’s ARM Holdings.

That has finally changed with the unveiling at CES of the first mass-market smartphone that packs Intel technology, and it… read more

8 Rumors About the iPad 3: What It Could Look Like, When It Could Arrive

1. Minor Upgrades

iLounge recently reported that it saw a prototype of the next-generation iPad at the 2012 Consumer… read more

5 Strategies for Creating Magnetic Online Content

Frank Marquardt is director of content strategy at The Barbarian Group, a digital services and creation company. Find him on Twitter @tralition.

Traditional advertising worked through distraction — an interruption to our sitcom, a page between magazine articles, a banner teasing our attention at the top of a webpage.

Then entertainment… read more

How Commercial Plugin Developers Are Using The WordPress Repository

A few weeks ago I wrote about how you can put together a great readme.txt for the WordPress plugin directory. In addition to using a WordPress readme as a tool to help out your users, you can use it to promote your commercial products and services. While commercial theme developers… read more

Creative Use of Typography in Print Ads

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When it comes to advertising, what’s being said can be a bit less important than how it’s said. In no case is this more true than in the case of typography based advertisements, which are common in print advertising and gaining popularity even in television… read more

iTunes Match: What It Is and Why You Need It

Since the dawn of portable Apple devices, the personal computer has always been the hub we’ve used to manage and sync our media. We are accustomed to our iPods, iPhones, and iPads being bound to our computers by white cables. But when Steve announced iCloud last summer, he declared, “We’re… read more

Find Your Match on Hitch.me, the Dating Site for LinkedIn Professionals

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: Hitch.me

Quick Pitch: Hitch.me is a dating site for LinkedIn professionals.

Genius Idea: Connects the dating world… read more

New York Times ‘Truth Vigilantes’ Comment Draws Backlash, Humor on Twitter [PICS]

A New York Times column titled, “Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante?” drew heavy criticism Thursday on Twitter and even spawned a fake account parodying Arthur Brisbane, NYT’s public editor who wrote the piece.

Brisbane asked if hard news reporters should push sources like politicians and companies if they provide… read more

How the Australian Open Is Acing Digital Media

The 2012 Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament may just be the most digitally connected major sporting event of all time.

A Slamtracker already provides real-time updates of qualifying play that began on Wednesday, and fans can relive and share their favorite moments via Facebook and Twitter through a database… read more

5 Proven Ways to Generate Revenue From Facebook

Brian Carter is author of The Like Economy: How Businesses Make Money With Facebook and co-author of Facebook Marketing: Leveraging Facebook’s Features For Your Marketing Campaigns. He is a keynote speaker, trainer and consultant.

Facebook, with its 800+ million users, presents a huge opportunity for business. But the first question people… read more

And the Golden Globe for Most Twitter Mentions Goes to … Ricky Gervais

The Golden Globes are right around the corner and the Twittersphere isn’t much interested in the movies and nominees that will be vying for top prize. No, Twitter users are more likely to talk about the controversial host and funnyman Ricky Gervais.

NM Incite, a social media tracking and analysis company,… read more

Charting the CES Chatter, Thursday Edition [INFOGRAPHIC]

Motorola, Twitter and OLED display technology ruled on Wednesday at CES 2012. Microsoft still has the largest share of overall tweets tagged #CES, but its grip on the conversation slipped again on the expo week’s third day. And Mashable became Wednesday’s most-tweeted news site for the CES scoop.

This is our… read more

Apple’s Offshore Accounts Could Double its Cash by 2014

Apple is on track to making an even more astronomical amount of dough with its offshore accounts.

The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has most of its money in overseas investments — $54 billion of its $85 billion in cash is kept out of the United States, according to a story on… read more

4 Short-Form Blogging Networks Perfect for Customer Engagement

Anne Buehner is the associate social media strategist at Red Door Interactive, a strategic partner dedicated to ensuring businesses acquire, convert, retain and engage their customers wherever they are. Email her at abuehner@reddoor.biz.

Toasting the new year is not what it used to be. Which comes first – a kiss from… read more

Facebook Sees Its First Live Theater Performance

If Facebook can host presidential debates and Twitter can host live concerts, why can’t theater appear on social media?

Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater proved Facebook can be home to a live theater experience Monday, in what it calls Facebook’s first performance. Twitter saw its first performance last year with the Royal… read more

I Can Has Cheezburger Turns 5, Plans to Go Black to Protest SOPA

Exactly 14,683 “lolz” after launching in 2007, I Can Has Cheezburger is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week, just before all Cheezburger sites will go black Jan. 18 to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

The humor website features the lolcat meme — photographs of cats with text placed on… read more

Can Siri Control Your Home? [VIDEO]

A small company in Arkansas is showing an unexpected side to Apple’s voice-based intelligent assistant Siri. This YouTube video shows various home appliances being controlled via voice command on the iPhone 4S, from adjusting the thermostat and light dimmers to turning on Blu-Ray DVD players.

Little Rock-based Carnes Audio, which custom… read more

Use an Alias, Leave Better Comments [STUDY]

Commenters who use pseudonyms tend to offer better comments, a study Disqus suggests.

The study, drawn from commenting platform Disqus’s 60 million-plus user base and nearly half a billion comments, finds that pseudonymous users — that is, those who use an alias on Disqus rather than identify themselves via Facebook, or… read more

3 Major Concerns for Brands Over ICANN’s New Domain Registry Options

Jeff Ernst is a principal analyst at Forrester Research, serving CMOs and marketing leaders.

One thing’s for sure: ICANN’s gTLD program is a game-changer. The introduction of new .brand and .category gTLDs represents the biggest change to the Internet naming system since, well, since we’ve had websites.

The Internet Corporation for… read more

Foxconn Resolves ‘Mass Suicide’ Dispute With Workers

After reports that some workers threatened to throw themselves off of a roof in protest of unfair treatment, the largest technology manufacturer in the world says it has solved the dispute.

Foxconn Technology said in a statement that the dispute involved about 150 workers and was resolved peacefully. Earlier reports had… read more

College Football Recruiting via Twitter? Check Out DirectSnap

The bubble of American college football recruiting has few parallels in the sports universe. Millionaire coaches fervently woo teenage boys. Jobs, reputations and big-money contracts are on the line. Rabid fans pay for exclusive information from scouting services as the young players struggle to chart their futures.

It has practically… read more

Google Science Fair 2012: Now More Global

The second annual online Google Science Fair competition is getting even more global this year, allowing teenagers between 13 and 18 to submit entries in 13 languages for projects that could make a practical difference in the lives of a group or community.

Touted as the world’s largest online science fair,… read more

Klout Founder Joe Fernandez Answers Your Questions [LIVE CHAT]

Joe Fernandez is the founder and CEO of Klout. While his jaw was wired shut for nearly three months after surgery, Joe began to develop a deep fascination with the evolution of influence within the social web. The way individuals could instantly broadcast questions, opinions, and ideas to their trusted… read more

Bing Overtakes Yahoo as the Number Two Search Engine [STUDY]

Microsoft’s Bing overtook Yahoo in market share in December for the first time, making Bing the number two search engine next to Google, according to comScore.

The researcher found that Bing’s rise that month, to 15.1%, was due mostly to a 0.6% drop in Yahoo’s market share. The rankings come after… read more

Girl Scout’s Call for Cookie Boycott Goes Viral. Is It Hate Speech? [VIDEO]

UPDATE: Shortly after this story was posted the video was made “private.” The number of views on YouTube jumped to 234,787 since we published this story.

In a recent video gaining traction on the web, a teenage Girl Scout calls for a boycott of their famous cookies after a 7-year-old… read more

Inclusive Design

We’ve come a long way since the days of the first Macintosh and the introduction of graphical user interfaces, going from monochrome colors to millions, from estranged mice to intuitive touchscreens, from scroll bars to pinch, zoom, flick and pan. But while hardware, software and the people who use technology… read more

We have $700 worth of services from PSD2HTML.com to giveaway

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If you’re a busy web designer or web developer, this week’s competition is the perfect solution for your PSD to HTML slicing needs. PSD2HTML.com are giving away $400 worth of services for the winner and $300 for the runner-up.
All you have to do… read more

10 Awesome Accessories Featuring the Vintage Apple Logo [RAINBOWS]

1. Apple Logo iPhone Sticker

This desirable decal also features the similarly classic “Think Different” slogan.

Cost: $9.99

Click here to… read more

Fisker Karma Electric Supercar Struts Its Stuff at CES 2012 [PICS]

LAS VEGAS — The Fisker Karma is an electric car on a nationwide tour, and one of its stops was at CES 2012. We got a chance to sit in it and experience all its luxury appointments, both interior and exterior.

Easing our 6-foot+ frames down into the vehicle, we… read more

Sh*t Nobody Says: Will This Video Stop the Viral Madness?

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

Have you ever heard someone say “can I burn a copy of your Nickelback CD?” or “my Bazooka gum still has flavor!” We didn’t think so.

The latest installment of the “Sh*t [insert stereotype] People Say”… read more

Apple’s Textbook Venture: What’s the Big Idea?

The latest scuttlebutt on Apple’s big education announcement next week: the company is venturing into textbooks.

An industry insider confirmed to the New York Times that Apple will, in fact, be partnering with textbook publishers. No new devices will be shown, the source says, but Apple will discuss their new… read more

Charting the CES Chatter, Wednesday Edition [INFOGRAPHIC]

What were the hottest topics among techies on Twitter during the first official day of CES 2012 on Tuesday?

OLED display technology has had people buzzing about its potential for HDTVs, while ultrabook laptops and tablet devices are also hot. Microsoft has the largest share of tweets tagged #CES this… read more

Ericsson’s Future Vision: Better Broadband, Tweeting Trees

LAS VEGAS — Ericsson, the Swedish company that invented Bluetooth and whose technology provides 40% of the world’s network infrastructure, gave its first-ever CES keynote on Wednesday to share its vision of a connected world.

CEO Hans Vestberg was big on mobile broadband, and not just for its own sake… read more

8 Apple Accessories at CES [PICS]

Behringer Soundscape Dock

While this may look like your standard iPhone/iPod dock, Behringer built an audio system with speakers… read more

Meme Machine: 5 Hilarious Videos Trending Right Now

The Mashable Meme Machine is a daily look at five hilarious viral topics spreading across the web right now.

The cogs never stop on Mashable‘s Meme Machine so let’s relish in what’s lighting up the Internet today.

Catching our attention at the moment is a potpourri of laugh-inducing YouTube clips featuring U.S…. read more

High-End Brands Are Missing the Boat on Mobile, Study Finds

Prestige retailers are largely failing to keep pace with developments and consumer demand for mobile shopping capabilities, a new study from New York research firm L2 suggests.

In a ranking of 100 well-recognized fashion, beauty, hospitality, watch and jewelry, and retail brands, nearly half were deemed “feeble” in their efforts. Only… read more

SPIN to Review Most Albums Via Twitter

Long-winded music reviews are getting a tune up. SPIN announced on Wednesday that it will be squeezing the majority of its album reviews into 140-character tweets.

SPIN is pulling most of the reviews out of its print magazine and will be tweeting them instead under the handle @SPINreviews.

Senior editor Chris Weingarten… read more

10 Social Good Kickstarter Projects Seeking to Change the World

Everyone wants to change the world, but the money to do so is rarely available. That’s where Kickstarter comes in.

Although Kickstarter is primarily a funding platform for entrepreneurs of all kinds, activists, humanitarians and other pioneers of social justice can tap this fundraising community to share their projects —… read more

LL Cool J Drops Track at CES to Promote His Music Social Network [PICS]

Move over, Justin Timberlake. You’re not the only multi-talented musician with a social network to promote at this year’s CES.

LL Cool J demoed Boomdizzle, the social network he founded in 2008 that encourages musicians to collaborate across the web with each other. He said his goal is for up-and-coming artists… read more

Apple Announces ‘Education’ Event for Next Week

Apple has invited media outlets for a special event on Jan. 19 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

The invitation mentions an announcement about education. The event begins at 10 a.m. ET.

Mashable speculated earlier this month that the event would revolve around the publishing world. Perhaps… read more

‘Risk’ for Facebook Pits Cats Against Zombies Against Robots [REVIEW]

Risk: Factions

Risk makes its Facebook debut with Risk: Factions, a social update to the XBLA game of the… read more