I Want to Vote With My Smartphone

Smartphones could save democracy, but first we have to use them — to vote.

This morning, I made the mad dash to vote before heading into work. I’d almost forgotten it was Election Day and hadn’t left enough time to get to my local school, vote and then catch my regular… read more

12 Tips to Make Your Company More Creative

Ronald Brown is a successful startup CEO with an extensive background in technology and consumer marketing. His new book, Anticipate. The Architecture of Small Team Innovation and Product Success is available via iTunes, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.

Last year, reports said creativity was on the decline in the U.S…. read more

Apple App Store Hack Makes Good Apps Go Bad

Apple has a reputation for being virus and malware-free, but a hacker has uncovered a potentially dangerous security flaw in the App Store. Charlie Miller, a Mac hacker and computer security researcher, has made a bit of a career finding and exposing flaws in Apple‘s software.

His latest discovery shows how… read more

6 Tips for Holiday Social Good Campaigns

The Commerce With a Conscience Series is supported by Fedex. FedEx does more than shipping. They offer solutions like transporting heart valves to those in need and helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life. See how.

The holidays are just around the corner, and for many non-profits, that means big opportunities…. read more

Collection of Classy and Clever iPhone Wallpapers

With so much talk about the iPhone 5 making its way around the web, we figured that it was time that we put together a collection of iPhone wallpapers for our readers. Knowing how fond the design and development community is of decorating their devices, we turned to some of… read more

Take the Interview Enhances Job Candidate Screening With Video

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: Take the Interview

Quick Pitch: Take the Interview is a job interview service that adds a video… read more

iPhone 4S, Can You Hear Me Now? Apple Sees Rise in Audio Bug Reports

Some of us are perfectly happy with the iPhone 4S — but it’s starting to feel like we’re in the minority.

First came “yellowgate” — reports of users who were seeing a golden tint on their screens. Next came “batterygate“; as Apple eventually admitted, some of the location services… read more

Tennis: The Unlikely Testing Ground for New Video Game Tech

Some of the most popular and beloved video games of all time are tennis games. That’s a weird sentence, considering the sport is far less popular than others, in the U.S. and around the world.

More people watch soccer (football), basketball, American football or racing than tune in to tennis. So… read more

HTC Edge Could Be the World’s First Quad-Core Smartphone

Just when we started getting used to dual-core smartphones, here comes a quad-core smartphone, the HTC Edge. Whether it’s the first-quad core handset in the world is still up for debate, but if the rumors are true, it’ll be the most advanced.

Looking a lot like that HTC Rezound we were… read more

Samsung Focus Flash: A Great Phone, An Awesome Price

Samsung’s new Focus Flash is a sleek, well-designed Windows Phone with a price that might just be enough to bring new smartphone users into the Microsoft fold.

What makes the Samsung Focus Flash remarkable aren’t its specs — though it is a well specced device — or its form factor —… read more

eBay Launches Celebrity Auction House for Charity

It’s amazing what you can get a celebrity to do for charity. A crew of A-listers including Brad Pitt, Katy Perry, Troy Polamalu, Christina Aguilera and Jeff Bridges have signed on to eBay’s new Celebrity section to give away exclusives and share their shopping habits for charity.

Celebrity auctions swish exclusives… read more

4 Ways YouTube Has Changed Broadway

The Digital Marketing Series is supported by HubSpot, an inbound marketing software company based in Cambridge, MA, that makes a full platform of marketing software, including marketing automation tools.

As Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage.” Increasingly, that stage has grown to include the digital sphere — that means YouTube.

When… read more

Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: This is War [PICS]

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Demo

A look at some of the games and apps available on the Nook Tablet…. read more

Animal Issues Get More Social Love Than Disaster Relief [INFOGRAPHIC]

Non-profits targeting wide-reaching issues have embraced social media, but they have not all found equal success. This infographic, created by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark’s non-profit craigconnects, examines the impact of Facebook and Twitter activity across seven types of causes — animal, children, cultural, disaster relief, environment, health, veterans/military and… read more

Google+ Launches Branded Pages

Already using Google+? Follow Mashable for the latest about the platform’s new features, tips and tricks as well as social media and technology updates.

Google has finally unveiled brand pages for Google+, allowing businesses and brands to join Google’s social network.

“So far Google+ has focused on connecting people with other people,”… read more

8 Mainstream Celebrities Who Invest in Tech Startups

1. Lady Gaga

Startup Investments: Lady Gaga and fellow celebrity Kanye West invested $7.5 million in Turntable.fm – a… read more

Top 10 Role-Playing Games for iPhone

1. Dragon Fantasy

Fans of RPGs dating back to the NES era will love this. The story and dialog… read more

Google Doodle Pays Homage to Marie Curie

Today’s Doodle on Google‘s homepage pays tribute to Marie Curie, the famous Polish-French physicist and chemist born Nov. 7, 1867.

Marie Curie was born Maria Salomea Skłodowska in Warsaw. She studied at the Sorbonne Institute in Paris, earning a degree in mathematics in 1894. There, she also met her future husband,… read more

Disney and YouTube Sign Video Partnership

Disney and YouTube are set to announce a content partnership worth $10 million to $15 million, The New York Times reports.

Under the terms of the agreement, YouTube will invest millions of dollars on an original video series produced by Disney and distributed exclusively through a new co-branded channel on both… read more

Meet the New Social Media Correspondent for “The Voice”: Christina Milian [Q&A]

NBC’s The Voice — a singing competition that became a social media powerhouse on TV earlier this year — returns for another season Feb. 5 with added star power: Grammy-nominated singer Christina Milian.

She has been tapped as the show’s new social media correspondent to join host Carson Daly and celebrity… read more

The Photo Cookbook – Deliciously Easy Cooking

As we move to more and more things becoming digital, it’s not surprising that we can now have cookbooks as eBooks and even as apps on our Macs. And thanks to integrated technologies cooking apps don’t have to simply hold a recipe, but can include detailed photos of ingredients and… read more

Nook Color 2 Reveal, Firefox 8 Release, Disney-YouTube Deal: Today’s Top Stories

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on five particular stories of interest today.

Barnes & Noble to Announce Nook Color 2

Barnes & Noble is expected to unveil… read more

Mashable Weekend Recap: 26 Stories You May Have Missed

We had a super-fun weekend here at Mashable, putting together a variety of stories that ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Sandwiched between those two extremes were tons of tips for business people, an astonishing Bluetooth speaker system we reviewed, lots of helpful posts and even a survey about… read more

Wireframing & Prototyping with Adobe Fireworks – Resources and Tutorials

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Adobe Fireworks is one of the most popular application choices amongst web designers for wireframing and prototyping. There are many reasons as to why you should use Fireworks over any other graphic editor, but we won’t go into them with this post (perhaps you could… read more

3 New Time-Saving Technologies

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.

Each weekend, Mashable selects startups we think are building interesting, unique or niche products.

This week we’ve… read more

Instagram annuncia l’imminente arrivo dei video sulla piattaforma di photo sharing

Dopo aver rivoluzionato il mondo del photo sharing, Kevin Systrom, CEO di Instagram, in un’intervista a TechCrunch ha confermato che l’introduzione dei video è in cima alla lista delle priorità dello sviluppo della popolare applicazione di photo sharing per iPhone che, in poco più di un anno, ha raggiunto la… read more

How to Retain Your Startup Workforce

Morgan Norman is the Founder and CEO of WorkSimple, putting an end to performance reviews by providing a better way for coworkers and teams to share goals, work together, get and give feedback, and make each other shine. Connect with him and WorkSimple on Facebook and Twitter.


Startups provide a unique… read more

5 iPhone Battery Cases to Keep You Connected Longer

1. PhoneSuit Elite

The PhoneSuit Elite’s claim to fame is its slimline dimensions and super-fast charge times.

Measuring at just… read more

How To Ace Your Technical Interview

Adriana Ganos is a Senior Consultant in the Software Engineering Permanent division at Winter, Wyman. Winter, Wyman is the largest and one of the most recognized staffing organizations in the Northeast. Find out more on the Winter, Wyman blog or follow on Twitter @WinterWyman.

Job candidates have clear expectations about the… read more

4 Essential Facebook Page Apps to Improve Communication With Fans

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

The number of Facebook applications can seem a little overwhelming at times. While Facebook doesn’t share an exact number, an independent website called AppData monitors trends… read more

MTV Europe Music Awards Live Stream

Twitter activity for the MTV Europe Music Awards is in full swing as the ceremony in Belfast, Northern Ireland, began at 3 p.m. ET.

Tune into the live stream here to catch all the action from host Selena Gomez and performers Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Bruno Mars and… read more

Comedian Louis C.K. Thinks Social Media Sucks [VIDEO]

Comedian Louis C.K. is never at a loss for strong opinions, and that holds true for social media. He hates it, and when he visited Conan O’Brien late last week, he made some strong points about the way people are squandering their lives by watching everything through three-inch screens and… read more

Justin Bieber: The Ultimate Story of Social Media Fame [SORRY]

Justin Bieber is mindbogglingly famous. And while it certainly helps to have major labels, TV studios and marketing agencies in support, the germination of that stardom began on the web. As legend has it, the then 14-year-old Canadian poplet was discovered in homespun YouTube videos.

In 2011, Bieber, Inc. certainly hasn’t… read more

Wallpaper of the Week 176 by Przemek Nawrocki

The wallpaper of this week is an image from the Abduzeedo book called, Abduzeedo Inspiration Guide for Designers. This image was created by Przemek Nawrocki and it’s called medusa. Przemek Nawrocki was born in 1991 in Lodz, Poland and he is a graphic designer and illustrator with three years experience.

For… read more

45 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

This week at Mashable, we jumped (or barrel rolled) right into November, buzzing about the great Kardashian divorce of 2011 and already preparing to rock the holiday season. Still reminiscing over last weekend’s Halloween shenanigans? Or if you were left unfulfilled because of the snow, we have a few things… read more

6 Best Practices For Small Business YouTube Marketing

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

Mention YouTube and most people will picture cats playing piano. But among a certain type of small businessperson, the name conjures another image: Dollar signs.

Such entrepreneurs can… read more

Siri vs. Furby: When Two Worlds Collide [VIRAL VIDEO]

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

Is that a ripple in the fabric of the universe I just detected? The iPhone 4S with its Siri personal assistant faces off with Furby, and mutual misunderstanding rules the day. Perhaps Google Translate could… read more

Review: Soundfreaq Sound Stack Sounds Freakishly Great [PICS]

The Bluetooth speaker dock market is becoming increasingly crowded, but Soundfreaq has punched through the noise with its Sound Stack, catering to audiophiles at a price that’s much lower than its high-end competition. I gave it a thorough series of listening tests and comparisons, and here’s my review.

The Sound Stack… read more

“A Year in New York” Video Essay Flaunts the City’s Beautiful Side

Enjoy this lyrical interpretation of New York City, shot and edited by talented videographer Andrew Clancy.

Not only does “A Year in New York” give you a good look at the city and its vast array of people and sights. It demonstrates the gorgeous quality of expertly-framed HD video… read more

5 Places to Get Work Done When You’re Traveling

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’re lucky, maybe you’re the kind of person for whom work is an international adventure, taking you to far-off places you’ve been dying to explore. Or,… read more

Andy Rooney, RIP: 10 of His Best Commentaries [VIDEO]

Andy Rooney, the beloved curmudgeon of the CBS News program 60 Minutes, has died at the age of 92.

In addition to his 33 years of presenting his humorous commentaries on the long-running CBS newsmagazine, Rooney had a distinguished career that started with reporting for the U.S. Army newspaper Stars… read more

Best of the Week #195

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

Lightweight Vector Graphics with iDraw

We’ve discussed, on several occasions here on Mac.AppStorm, the niche of apps comprised of consumer-grade imaging and design software. It is still a fairly young app space with huge potential for hobbyists and part-time designers that may not have the funds (or the feature requirements) for the professional tools like… read more

Retail Startup Unites Tumblr, Content and Emerging Design

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: Of a Kind

Quick Pitch: Retail startup sells limited-edition clothing and accessories exclusively on Tumblr.

Genius Idea: Of… read more

How Algorithms and Editors Can Work Together to Burst the “Filter Bubble”

The algorithms that surface content for us on Facebook and Google are miracles of modern programming. But Eli Pariser, author and chairman of the board at MoveOn.org, has concerns.

In March, Pariser gave a popular TED talk about “filter bubbles” — the idea that when search and social networks only serve… read more

Close Encounter: Huge Asteroid to Pass Within 201,000 Miles of Earth

A 1,312-foot asteroid will soon pass within 201,000 miles of Earth, a distance closer than the Earth’s distance from the moon.

The asteroid, 2005 YU55, will make its close encounter with the Earth at 6:28 p.m. EST on Nov. 8. The object will be visible from the northern hemisphere, although it… read more

Zediva Forced to Permanently Discontinue Service

Video-streaming startup company Zediva can no longer stream videos or provide any services at all.

After violating copyright laws, Zediva was slammed with a permanent injunction on Friday, prohibiting the company from continuing its service.

The Motion Picture Association of America sued Zediva’s parent company, WTV Systems, and founder and CEO Venkatesh… read more

Apple Gives Its Key Execs $400 Million in Bonuses

Apple has awarded seven of its key executives with massive stock grants worth approximately $400 million in total.

Six Apple SVPs have been awarded 150,000 shares of Apple for their services, according to recent SEC filings. This includes Scott Forstall (SVP, iOS), Robert Mansfield (SVP, Hardware Engineering), Peter Oppenheimer (CFO), Phil… read more

Parents Tell Their Children They Ate Their Halloween Candy [VIDEO]

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

Kids sort of like Halloween. And parents want their kids to be happy, right?

Well, not too happy. At least not the parents who accepted Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s challenge to tell their kids they ate all… read more

The Evolving Role of Social Media in News Organizations [LIVE BLOG]

Media Summit 2011

The Mashable Media Summit on Nov. 4 at the Times Center in New York City attracted… read more

There Is No Turning Back, Says Matrix-Inspired Mystery Site

“There is something wrong with the web. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind driving you mad.”

So says a new mystery site making the rounds, in a tone of voice intended to resemble that of The Matrix’s Morpheus, before promising there is… read more

Siri: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Siri’s Debut

After acquiring voice-activated app company Siri in April 2010, Apple integrated the feature with its iPhone 4S…. read more

Introducing the Mashable Publisher Platform

At today’s Mashable Media Summit, we announced the Mashable Publisher Platform, a new editorially curated syndication experience that brings content from select publishers to our site.

Starting next week, you’ll begin seeing articles from AppAdvice, Causecast, ClickZ, GeekSugar, International Journalists’ Network, paidContent, Pocketnow, PSFK and UX Magazine appearing on Mashable.

For readers,… read more

Tweets Last Up to 67 Times Longer for Users With Higher Klout Scores [INFOGRAPHIC]

How long does a tweet last before it loses steam and falls by the wayside? If you have a high Klout score, it may last up to 67 times longer than other users.

The social influence measuring tool studied the impact of a tweet over time, based on a user’s Klout… read more

Hey Yahoo, Do a Barrel Roll: How Google Wins With Whimsical Tricks

You have to hand it to Google. With one fun little trick that a single engineer probably came up with in his mandated 20% spare time — getting the screen to “do a barrel roll” — the company got enough free media to make a chief marketing officer weep.

It’s… read more

The Future of Social TV at the Mashable Media Summit [LIVE BLOG]

Media Summit 2011

The Mashable Media Summit on Nov. 4 at the Times Center in New York City attracted… read more

Steve Jobs Said Sports Illustrated’s Tablet Demo Was “Really Stupid” — But Didn’t Mean It

Several months before Apple unveiled the iPad in January 2010, editors from Time, Inc., including some from Sports Illustrated, met with Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs to get a preview of the soon-to-be-released tablet. The venerable sports magazine was already planning a tablet version and had even cooked… read more

From Startup to IPO: Groupon’s Major Milestones

Groupon Offers One Local Deal Per Day, Nov. 2008

The social buying website Groupon provides one remarkable deal every… read more

TVGuide.com Watchlist Predicts Fall TV Shows’ Success

Nine of the top 10 new fall TV shows on TVGuide.com‘s Watchlist were picked up for a second season, illustrating the platform’s success in predicting hits, said Christy Tanner, EVP and general manager of TVGuide.com.

Tanner, who spoke at Mashable‘s Media Summit Friday, provided a list of the shows, which include,… read more

AT&T LTE Service Coming to New York City

AT&T’s high-speed LTE service will be coming to New York City “very soon,” says Larry Solomon, SVP of communications for AT&T.

Solomon, who broke the news at Mashable‘s Media Summit Friday, declined to be more specific about a time frame. New York will be the sixth major city to offer so-called… read more

Only a Test: T-Mobile Jumps the Gun on Emergency Alert System Dry Run

T-Mobile scared me, and likely thousands of other subscribers when it inadvertently conducted a test of a new cellphone-based emergency alert system this morning.

I’d had the new HTC Radar 4G smartphone for just 12 hours when it started to make the oddest sound. The phone was in my pocket and… read more

Is Groupon Really Worth $18 Billion?

Within its first minutes as a public company, Groupon shares soared to about $28 — 40% more than the opening price.

Right now, the daily deals group-buying site’s market value is almost $18 billion.

It’s not unusual for a company’s share price to pop immediately after it goes public — especially… read more

Who Owns Your Online Identity? [LIVE BLOG]

At face value, identity feels so simple. I’m just me, and you’re just you. But, enter the world of the web and everything becomes exponentially more difficult.

Will we ever have the equivalent of a “driver’s license” (i.e., a ubiquitous ID that everyone seems to have)? And, how… read more

Simulated Mars Mission “Returns” to Earth After 520 Days

Oh, Mars. As the possible next step in human space exploration, the Red Planet is bound to be visited by us bipeds someday. So what’s the best way to make sure something doesn’t go wrong? Make a simulated, 520 day-long mission with real astronauts and see how things turn out…. read more

Beyond Barrel Roll: 10 Hidden Google Tricks

Oh, those whimsical Google nerds. The Mountain View-based search giant may not have Apple’s design chops, but it certainly knows how to code a good joke.

We got a taste of that fact on Thursday with the highly popular “Do a Barrel Roll” search trick, which went viral on Twitter and… read more

SideTour Brings New Experiences To You, No World Travel Necessary

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: SideTour

Quick Pitch: SideTour lets you experience the world with like-minded people.

Genius Idea: Provides a place to… read more

CastleVille: Social Gaming Finally Meets MMORPG [PICS]

CastleVille may be the newest “Ville” game in Zynga’s lineup, but it is a game all its own, thanks to its living world and MMORPG (massive multiplayer online role playing game) elements.

The game, which is making its debut Friday on Facebook, brings many of the traditional elements that have turned… read more

10 Best iPhone Arcade Games

1. Jetpack Joyride

In this fast-paced game, players control their jetpack-clad character through hazardous corridors full of lasers, electric… read more

Groupon’s IPO: What You Need To Know

Groupon is expected to finally set a price for its IPO late Thursday, the last in a series of hurdles in its path to go public that have included questions about the viability of its business model and SEC questioning over accounting practices.

Sources have told Reuters and The Wall… read more

CBS Supercharges Sweeps Week With Social Media

CBS is giving its November Sweeps a social media twist. From Nov. 5 – 11, the anchors for CBS Sports and stars from CBS TV shows will take over the Facebook and Twitter accounts for their respective programs.

CBS is dubbing the event “Social Sweep Week,” and it’s another example how… read more

LinkedIn by the Numbers: 131 Million Members, 1 Million Groups, 400% Mobile Growth

LinkedIn‘s growth metrics are up: The professional social network now has 131 million members and more than a million groups, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner told listeners on an earnings call.

Weiner says more than 15 million people joined the business social network in the third quarter of 2011. That’s a boost… read more

HTC Rezound to Run on Verizon’s Speedy 4G LTE Network [PICS]

HTC rolled out the HTC Rezound smartphone for the Verizon 4G LTE network on Thursday, and besides packing some seriously impressive specs, it doesn’t look too bad, either. Let’s take a look.

Running the Android Gingerbread operating system, otherwise known as version 2.3, it’s packing a 1.5GHz dual-core processor with a… read more

Klout: Talk-Up a Startup, Get Some Equity

Klout is partnering with a startup called Wahooly to offer high-ranking members the ability to become investors in startups in return for helping publicize the young companies.

In about two weeks, Klout will approach users with a score of 45 or more to check out Wahooly. In January, those users who… read more

6 Ways to Make the Web Easier to Read

Sometimes it seems that writing is more important today than it’s ever been in history. From Facebook status updates to txt messages, we’re all writing and reading almost more than we’re talking and listening. And while the internet has hastened print media’s troubles, many of us still read tons of… read more

LinkedIn Beats Targets, but Stock Price Falls

LinkedIn‘s third-quarter revenues rose 126% to $139.5 million, but the company posted a net loss of 2 cents per share. Investors were unimpressed, sending the company’s stock price down 7% in after-hours trading.

LinkedIn CFO Steve Sordello said in a statement the company was happy with the revenue growth: “LinkedIn plans… read more

10 Classic Video Game Memes [NOSTALGIA]

1. “Get Over Here” — Mortal Kombat

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Siri Down: Did Apple’s iPhone Voice Assistant Go Missing? [UPDATED]

UPDATE: Siri appears to be working again for us, as of 5 p.m. ET. Let us know if you’re still having difficulties.

If you notice someone barking orders to their iPhone then giving it a puzzled expression, it could be because Siri isn’t working.

The voice-based intelligent assistant, baked into… read more

Top 25 Most-Shared Stories in October

News surrounding the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs — and subsequent tributes — inspired you to share our stories with your family, friends and co-workers last month.

Our infographics also attracted heavy attention, including the “Facebook by the Numbers” gem that, among other eye-catching stats, reveals that the top four… read more

Web Typography 101

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The rise of web fonts has given way to a… read more

Amazon Introduces Kindle Lending Library

Amazon has introduced a new lending library for Kindle owners that lets them borrow one ebook a month for free, if they have an Amazon Prime membership.

Amazon is offering more than 5,000 titles, including New York Times bestsellers, that Prime members can borrow. The offer, however, requires you own a… read more

“Do a Barrel Roll” on Google, and You Won’t Be Disappointed

“Do a barrel roll” has become a trending topic on Twitter and elsewhere, thanks to an easter egg on Google Search.

Type the phrase in Google, and the screen will tumble around (it’s a barrel roll, after all). The same thing happens if you search for “Z or R twice.” If… read more

Check Out the Free AppStorm Raven App!

We recently published an in-depth look at a completely unique new web browser called Raven. This site specific browser focuses on improving the way you use web apps with a super slick and convenient interface.

We were surprised to learn that the developer has created a dedicated AppStorm app for Raven!… read more

Touchscreen Makes Its Way Onto Keyboard of the Future

Touchscreen keypads seem to be progressively taking over the old-fashioned keys on our devices such as phones, tablets and ebooks. But the touchscreen keypad has now made its way to the computer — with the “keyboard of the future.”

The Keyboard “ABC,” created by designer Iaroslav Neliubov, features a touchscreen surface… read more

Email Templates

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Free Email Templates or Premium Email Templates, are a necessity when starting a new email campaign. Every time I begin work on a new email template, I always have a quick look at ThemeForest… read more

The Only Thing This High-Tech Baby Monitor Doesn’t Do Is Change Diapers

The Tech Innovators Series is supported by Lenovo. Lenovo does not just manufacture technology. They make Do machines — super-powered creation engines designed to help the people who do, do more, do better, do in brand new ways.

Baby monitors are more tech-savvy than ever. Did you know you could… read more

Angie’s List Plans to Raise as Much as $114.3 Million in IPO

Angie’s List, an online marketplace for local services, plans to raise as much as $114.3 million in its initial public offering sometime this month.

The 16-year-old company filed its intentions to offer 8.8 million shares for $11 to $13 each with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday. According to … read more

Kina Grannis + 288,000 Jelly Beans = Epic Music Video

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

We’ve seen some interesting and unique music videos in our time, but we’ve never seen one composed of 288,000 jelly beans … until now.

Singer/songwriter Kina Grannis and music video director Greg Jardin decided to do… read more

You Can Now +1 Photos on Google+

Google+ users can now give photos the same +1 vote they’ve been giving other types of content since Google+ launched in June.

Vincent Mo, Google+ Photos engineering lead, announced the new feature on his Google+ profile Thursday, saying that it was one of the top requests for Google+ Photos.

In order… read more

Amazon Opens Early Black Friday Storefront

Everybody loves getting a good deal. So by extension, everybody must also love Black Friday, the wonderful day after Thanksgiving when you can shake off your Turkey-coma, get away from the family and shop your brains out on heavy discounts.

Amazon has offered a way to start buying even sooner, with… read more

A Day in the Life of Freelance Designers

Ever wonder what freelance designers do all day? Do they sleep in, design in their pajamas and drink tons of coffee? How do they juggle design, social networking, admin duties, lunch, families, the gym and so on? As designers and developers, most of us have often wondered how others spend… read more

Responsive Web Design Templates and Frameworks

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Eventually, we’ll all stop talking about responsive web design – not because it will go away, but because it will become what’s expected. Flashback ten years ago and we were all talking about CSS and tableless design, but today there’s no need to mention it. It’s… read more

Jawbone Launches the Up: Will This $99 Wristband Rule Your Life?

If Jawbone has its way, you’ll soon be wrapping this bendable, waterproof gadget around your wrist, tracking your health with it — and hardly ever taking it off.

The Up, Jawbone’s first foray into devices that aren’t Bluetooth headsets or speakers, goes on sale this Sunday Nov. 6 for… read more

YouTube’s 20 Most-Shared Ads in October [VIDEOS]

Years ago, people used to gather around the TV set to watch Candid Camera. Then, a couple of decades later, Punk’d.

Nowadays, as evinced by October’s most-shared ads list on the Mashable Global Ads Chart, advertisers are addressing our need to see people get victimized by practical jokes. Case in… read more

Fitted Fashion Uses 3D Scanners to Create Custom-Fit Jeans

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Name: Fitted Fashion

Quick Pitch: 3D scanners and pattern-making software are used to create perfect-fitting jeans and other… read more

Google Interface Designs: Welcome to Dullsville

Google Gmail for the iPhone may have had just an hour or two in the sunlight before Google pulled it, but that was more than enough time for people to decide they hated it. The dislike didn’t discriminate. Users hated the feel, the lack of functionality (only one Gmail account?!)… read more

40 State-of-the-art Creative iPhone 4S Wallpapers

40 State-of-the-art Creative iPhone 4S Wallpapers

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“South Park” to Take On Occupy Wall Street [VIDEO]

The Occupy Wall Street movement is going to get the South Park treatment on Wednesday night.

The latest episode of the long-running animated series is entitled “1%,” and it’s on Comedy Central tonight (Wednesday) at 10 p.m./9 p.m. Central Time. The preview clip for the episode shows Cartman in the role… read more

Apple Seeds Beta of iOS 5.0.1, Improving Battery Life

Just a few minutes after Apple admitted there were battery problems with its iOS 5.0 upgrade, the company seeded a beta version 5.0.1 of the software to developers that fixes that bug and more.

In the prerelease version of iOS 5.0.1 for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple says the new… read more

Apple Admits iOS 5 Battery Problems

Apple has confirmed that some iPhone customers are experiencing lower battery performance after upgrading to iOS 5.

Users started complaining about the battery life of the iPhone 4S soon after the device’s debut. In the last week, additional complaints have surfaced regarding iOS 5 in general.

In a statement to AllThingsD, Apple… read more

Twitter Tests “Top News” and “Top People” Search Results

Twitter is testing a new feature that highlights a link labeled as “top news” or a profile labeled “top people” at the top of its real-time search results.

For a small percentage of users, searching for a topic such as “South Park” or a hashtag such as “#OWS” returns a link… read more