9 Digital Ways to Become a Social Good Hero in 2012

Scott Henderson is managing director of CauseShift and writes about social impact for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, RallytheCause.com and occasionally for the ableBanking blog.

January is already half-over, so how’s that New Year’s resolution to do more good coming along? If you haven’t made much progress, don’t fret — changing the… read more

Nokia Ringtone Interrupts, Violist Plays Along [VIRAL VIDEO]

If you’ve ever been watching a movie or attending a concert and someone’s ringtone interrupts the proceedings, you’ll appreciate this video that’s recently gone viral on YouTube.

As Slovakian musician Lukáš Kmit played a beautiful piece on his viola, suddenly the obnoxious Nokia ringtone blasted through the reverie. What a… read more

Top 10 Action Games for Android

1. Grand Theft Auto 3

One of the most influential games of all time is now on high-end Android… read more

StumbleUpon: 10 Tips and Tricks for Power Users

Thousands of websites are created every day, yet sometimes the Internet feels a bit stale. How do you filter through all of the junk when you want to discover something new?

StumbleUpon is a site that randomly shuffles through websites, curating content and information specifically for you. Since its start, the… read more

How Profile Photos Can Affect the User Experience

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Social networks have grown into the norm in today’s sophisticated Internet. Modern web pages have become very personalized over the past decade including a number of user interface features. One such example is the user profile picture often accompanied by each username.

Web designers don’t often… read more

6 Things to Know Before Starting a Business

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

An entrepreneur’s life can be a real roller coaster. Having started a few businesses in my career, I thought it would be useful to highlight some of… read more

Crowdsourced ‘Star Wars Uncut: The Director’s Cut’ Debuts on YouTube [VIRAL VIDEO]

Two years ago, a group of Star Wars fans decided to remake Star Wars: A New Hope out of fan-generated scenes. Now, that Star Wars Uncut project has finally come to its full fruition with a Director’s Cut, a two-hour+ YouTube video created entirely by crowdsourcing.

When fans were… read more

5 Firefox Add-Ons for Increasing Productivity

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 Internet is a black hole of procrastination. It’s a rare occasion when we open up our web browsers and just do work without checking Facebook or… read more

Top 7 Comments on Mashable This Week

We’re back again with another roundup of the top Mashable comments of the week.

In this post, we showcase the week’s best comments on our site. We always look for thoughtful comments that engage the community and drive more conversation, as well as those that make us laugh.

This week, the Mashable… read more

How To Close The Books on Your Startup

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

In the life cycle of an entrepreneur, shutting the doors on a business isn’t necessarily a gloomy situation. The end of one venture often signals the start… read more

Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week [PICS]

There’s no need to go through 30 million pictures posted on Twitter last week when you have our top 10 Twitter pics of the week.

Using a special algorithm developed by our partners at social media search engine Skylines, we’ve narrowed down that plethora of pics to find the diamonds in… read more

Collaborative Documentary Weaves Stories of Egyptian Revolution

About 400 people gathered in Tahrir Square Thursday to launch a new kind of documentary about the Egyptian revolution.

Instead of putting together a traditional, continuous film, creators of 18DaysInEgypt are asking individuals to submit media they created while living it. Tags those contributors add about the date, their feelings and… read more

3 Social Learning Trends to Watch 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.

According to the 2011 Training Industry Report from TrainingMag.com, total expenditures in training appear to be increasing. The amount spent on training jumped about 13% from 2010,… read more

What’s Hot: Mac.AppStorm Steps It Up

You may have noticed some changes here at Mac.AppStorm this week…

It’s an exciting time to be writing, and reading about, Mac apps and Apple – to this end we’re pushing forward with a brand new, and wholly invigorating, publishing schedule! You can look forward to double (that’s right) the number… read more

Keep Your Mac Tidy and Fast with CleanGenius

Have you ever wondered why your Mac slows down after a couple months of use with no maintenance? Well, one of the reasons is because sometimes temporary files, which are supposed to be deleted, are kept without receiving any real use anymore. That, and of course, all the stuff that… read more

StyleSeat Is OpenTable for Beauty Appointments

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: StyleSeat

Quick Pitch: Find and book beauty salon appointments online.

Genius Idea: Robust marketing tools that bring salon… read more

Restore Your Faith in Humanity at the Nicest Place on the Internet

You catch glimpses of sunny parks, busy street corners and various home dwellings as smiling faces step up to offer friendly hugs and a lullaby voice sings lightly. Sound nice? It is. And you might be surprised to learn that it exists, of all places, on the Internet.

“It doesn’t ask… read more

Megaup-Lord of the Rings and 4 Other Hilarious Viral Topics

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

Happy Friday! It’s been a long week of battles on the Internet, but the web has prevailed … for now, anyway. The Meme Machine team is celebrating by providing you with some… read more

It Only Takes a Click to Be Part of an Anonymous Attack [VIDEO]

Anonymous‘s distributed denial of service attacks on the U.S. Department of Justice website and others Thursday were a new type of blitz, according to security firm Sophos.

Previously, DDoS attacks happened when someone installed a low orbit ion cannon program that… read more

Twitter Releases 2012 Sundance Film Festival Must-Follow List

Twitter is getting into the Sundance Film Festival buzz with a list of must-follow accounts from top filmmakers, critics and interesting voices that will be at this year’s movie extravaganza. The Twitter list is a way to promote the festival’s growing social media presence as well as allow movie fans… read more

The Pixel Renaissance: Pixel Art’s Place in 21st Century Expression

My first experience with pixels occurred in second grade. During the rainy months, our teacher allowed us to stay inside, where we replaced recess with video game tournaments. Huddled over old Apple II monitors, we maneuvered game hero Panama Joe through endless levels of Montezuma’s Revenge.

Panama Joe’s image featured an… read more

How Kodak Squandered Every Single Digital Opportunity It Had

Kodak has finally formalized what had been expected for years — it’s gone bankrupt. In the past 15 years, digital technology changed photography dramatically, and Kodak, a former heavyweight in the analog film business, got left behind.

That’s the story of Kodak in the broadest of strokes, though it doesn’t capture… read more

The Facebook Bed: Slumbering for Social Networking Fanatics

For those so obsessed with social networking, behold the Facebook bed.

This concept by Croatian designer Tomislav Zvonarić is only in model form right now, but his creative vision mixes comfort with functionality.

The “F”-shaped bed touts a Facebook-logoed pillow and a comforter with familiar icons, such as Facebook’s birthday notification image…. read more

FindTheBest Mobile Will Instantly Compare Anything

Whether you’re looking for a daycare, ski resort or smartphone, comparison engine FindTheBest can provide the critical stats. On Friday, the startup will give you better access to this info while you’re on the go with the launch of a new mobile site.

Since going online in August 2010, FindTheBest has… read more

Samsung Super Bowl Ad Going for Apple Tackle [VIDEO]

Samsung, which tweaked Apple fanboys and iPhone-mania with a well-received ad last November, will go after the tech behemoth again in an upcoming Super Bowl ad.

Samsung’s first Super Bowl ad will build on the creative concept of that ad, according to a report by The Huffington Post. The… read more

Apple’s Hidden Museum Reveals Clashes in the Jobs Interregnum

The period between when Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985 and the company’s eventual decline forced it to bring him back by buying his startup is a 12-year gap that gets little attention from historians of the world’s most valuable tech company. Walter Isaacson, in his mammoth Steve Jobs… read more

Keep Your Digital Inspiration Organized with Sparkbox

A big part of design is inspiration. Graphic and web designers don’t work in a vacuum, they browse around to see what’s come before, and use other designs as references and starting points. Collecting these little pieces of inspiration and reference can quickly crowd your browser’s bookmark folder or your… read more

Mac 101: Part One, Meet The Mac

Welcome to part one of Mac 101, a series of articles helping you get to grips with everything you need to know about using a Mac. In due time we’re going to cover pretty much everything you need to know, but naturally this opening piece will focus on the very… read more

Elton John’s Husband Apologizes to Madonna on Facebook for Golden Globes Gaffe

Elton John’s husband has apologized to Madonna on Facebook, following comments he made that the Queen of Pop didn’t deserve the Golden Globe award she won on Sunday.

John’s husband and producer David Furnish was publically upset after Madonna took home the Best Song award for “Masterpiece,” a song written for… read more

Brazilian Nightclub Lets You Party Like a Facebook User [VIDEO]

The physical and virtual worlds collided in the Amazon jungle this week — where a nightclub opened sporting the Facebook name and logo.

“The Facebook concept is about sharing ideas, adventures, friendships, parties and photos with your friends,” the… read more

Google’s Crawl Rate Slowed for SOPA; Bing Sped Up [VIDEO]

Search giant Google joined in the SOPA protest Wednesday, not just with its blacked-out Doodle, but by agreeing to slow down its crawl rates during the Internet blackout. This meant sites that blacked out their pages wouldn’t suffer in search rankings.

Google… read more

Meme Machine: Ron Swanson Fords the Oregon Trail on an Eel

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

It’s been a long, dark week on the Internet, but humor cures all. The daily Meme Machine continues to churn out hilarious topics to help you feel better.

Today’s hot topics include a… read more

Google Maps & World Bank Join Forces, So Why Isn’t Everyone Smiling?

Google is now working with the World Bank to make Google Map Maker more accessible to government organizations, but some experts are questioning the terms of the arrangement.

The World Bank is an international money-lending and development assistance organization, which grew out of the need to rebuild Europe after World War… read more

LuxeInACity Means Free Luxury — If You Can Score an Invite

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: LuxeInACity

Quick Pitch: LuxeInACity is a social luxury city guide.

Genius Idea: An exclusive invitation-only social network… read more

Pinterest for Brands: 5 Hot Tips

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

We’ve all been hearing a lot about Pinterest lately, so you’re probably wondering whether you should take the plunge and create a profile for your company. We… read more

Why the iPad Won’t Transform Education — Yet

Apple’s announcement on Thursday that it would be introducing a new iPad textbook experience and iBooks authoring tool presents huge opportunities for technology in classrooms.

The company is selling textbooks from McGraw-Hill, Pearson and Houghton Mifflin at a price comparable to print versions, and it’s presented an unprecedented opportunity for… read more

Newt Gingrich Posts Income Tax Return on the Internet During Debate

As a debate began between the Republican presidential candidates, Newt Gingrich released his 2010 federal income tax return, placing it on the Internet for all to see.

In an obvious political ploy to goad his opponent Mitt Romney into revealing his income tax returns, Newt Gingrich’s campaign released the tax return… read more

A Retina Mac: Hurdles Between the Dream and Reality

Ever since the release of the iPhone 4 and its beautiful 326ppi screen, we’ve been dreaming about Apple expanding its use of this impressive technology.

Are Ive and the Apple engineering team on the same page as consumers? Will we begin to see retina displays in other devices and perhaps even… read more

Hands On: Apple’s iBooks Author App

Apple is hoping its new iBooks Author app will turn educators into authors, the same way iMovie and Garageband turned amateurs into audio and video editors.

Apple launched the app at its education event in New York City in conjunction with the revamped iTunes U and partnerships with various textbook publishers…. read more

Everything You Need to Know About the Apple for Education Talk

Today’s Apple event presented a giant leap forward in the process of updating American education. As of today, elementary, high school and college students are all able to experience a new, dynamic digitization of textbooks and course materials through the iPad. Textbooks for iBooks marks a new wave of modernization… read more

What’s Next for Digital Coupons?

Jeff Hudson is co-founder of Grocery Coupon Network, one of the leading coupon communities on the web. By aggregating the best digital grocery coupons and special offers from local and national brands, the company provides a reliable source for those looking to save money and time.

Couponing had seen unprecedented growth… read more

‘We The Lobby’ Crowdsources Funds for an Anti-SOPA Lobby

We The Lobby believes big enterprises aren’t the only ones that should have the benefit of trained lobbyists advocating on their behalf to the U.S. Congress. That’s why this team of eight techies started We The Lobby, a crowdsourcing platform that gives ordinary citizens a place to raise funds and… read more

Bioshock Infinite’s Difficulty Could Hurt So Good

Bioshock Infinite Screenshot

Villagers gather in Columbia, the game’s fictional city in the sky.

Click here to view this gallery.

If… read more

Worldwide Photography #54: Belgrade

Worldwide Photography is a series of posts where every week we’re going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Belgrade, Serbia.

For the next week we’re going to feature Tihuana,… read more

Today’s Kodak Moment: Bankruptcy

Eastman Kodak company, one of the Pioneers in both analog and digital photography, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday. Despite holding onto patents estimated at $2 billion in value, the company never managed to capitalize on the digital photography field it helped create.

Kodak has been in trouble for… read more

Twitter Gobbles Up Summify

Twitter has acquired startup company Summify, a social aggregation service that collects news stories that are being shared on your social networks and puts them into a daily summary.

Summify – which launched by two Romanian entrepreneurs – took to its blog page on Thursday to announce the news. Before the… read more

Mustaches Prevail on Gentlemint, the Pinterest Site for ‘Manly Men’

What’s more manly than a mustache?

Not much, if you ask co-founders Glen Stansberry and Brian McKinney, co-founders of the recently launched Gentlemint.com — a Pinterest-inspired site for “manly men.”

“We wanted to add an old-school, ‘gentlemanly’ feel,” Stansberry says of the ‘stache logo. “Kind of like a Teddy Roosevelt… read more

20 Copies of MenuTab Pro for Facebook Up for Grabs

MenuTab Pro for Facebook (formerly called FaceTab) is an awesome app that allows you to enjoy the complete Facebook experience right from your menu bar. With MenuTab Pro you can send and receive messages, update your status, check out what’s happening with your friends, choose between the mobile and full… read more

Free Demos Coming to Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo eShop

The Nintendo 3DS, a portable, 3D-enabled gaming device, is getting its own crop of free demos and downloads, Nintendo announced on Thursday.

Starting Jan. 20, players can head to the Nintendo eShop to download a demo for Resident Evil Revelations with more demos to follow, such as Mario & Sonic at… read more

5 Things Publishers Need to Know About HTML5

Pam Horan is the president of the Online Publishers Association, a not-for-profit trade organization that represents high-quality online publishers.

Last November, Adobe announced its decision to halt Flash development for mobile browsers, chipsets and operating systems.

Instead, the company plans to develop on the open HTML5 platform. While the announcement may seem… read more

Google Data Centers Get High Marks for Green and Safety Practices [VIDEO]

Google announced Thursday that a number of its U.S. data centers received recognition for green practices and safety methods. Google is the first major Internet company to earn both ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications.

The centers were able to reduce… read more

Teach What You Know: How to Make a Living on Skillshare

Nate Cooper is an independent academic and co-organizer of Reboot Workshop, an un-conference for nontraditional workers.

Skillshare is a platform for instructor-led, in-person classes. You can search for classes to take or propose to teach a class topic.

As the name implies, Skillshare is a community of experts and entrepreneurs; therefore,… read more

Apple Announces iBooks 2, iBooks Author And iTunes U App

In what could be described as an extremely fitting venue for an education announcement, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Apple announced today a range of tools designed to help people in education with their studies, namely an updated version of iBooks, iBooks 2, which is designed to integrate more… read more

What else does HTML5 need to defeat flash? (Part 1)

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Nowadays, HTML5 is like a shining star in the webs sky. However, is HTML5 ready to take the overall crown? From 2 aspects, we are going to discuss what else HTML5 needs to defeat Flash.

Technically:

First of all, I’d like to emphasize that HTML5 and Flash… read more

Reclaim Your Hard Drive with DriveSlim

As more of our digital lives are transferred from our computers to the cloud, many have claimed that there is a declining need for local storage. As netbooks gained in popularity, manufacturers found that consumers were willing to sacrifice gigabytes for portability. As high performance ultra-portables like the MacBook Air… read more

Rockstar Games Delays Max Payne 3 Release Until May

Eager gamers will have to wait until May before getting their hands on the new dark and gritty third-shooter game Max Payne 3. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game will hit U.S. shelves on May 15 and May 18 in Europe. Fans will have to wait even longer for… read more

Mozilla Challenges Prove Crowdsourcing Still Works for Fundraising

The Mozilla Firefox Challenge has named a winner — but the real champion is the public, who yet again proved that crowdsourcing and grass roots campaigns are an effective way to raise money for charity.

The Challenge, hosted on the Crowdrise fundraising platform, pitted 12 celebrities in a race to see… read more

Voices of the Debate: Where Media Sites Stand on SOPA

Many news sites, tech blogs and media companies have openly expressed where they stand in regards to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA).

By now, you know what it is, and if you don’t you can catch up here. Some sites have chosen to go… read more

25 Most Popular Mac OS X Apps for Web Designers

The new Mac App Store on 10.7 Lion has greatly improved the usability of OS X. Now designers and developers have easy access to a whole collection of software from around the world. It’s also a fantastic system for Cocoa programmers to earn some extra cash on the side by… read more

Deep-Sea Diving Robot Can Do Dangerous Work

In some instances, it’s a good thing when a robot can replace you at work. A team of professors and student researchers are exploring ways robots can be used instead of humans for dangerous missions, like deep-sea diving in the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of an oil spill…. read more

Wrapp Lets You Post Free Gift Certificates On Friends’ Walls

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:Wrapp

Quick Pitch: Wrapp provides free gift certificates that can be posted on friends’ Facebook walls.

Genius Idea:… read more

How iPhone 4S is Helping Apple Close in on Android

Android may still be leading the mobile operating system race, but thanks to a strong fourth quarter for Apple after the launch of the iPhone 4S, the gap is getting smaller.

According to new research from Nielsen, the October release of the iPhone 4S had a huge impact on consumer purchasing… read more

Rob Lowe Tweets QB Manning Will Retire, Ignites Hysteria

Actor Rob Lowe apparently failed in an unexpected bid to break major sports news on Wednesday when he tweeted that legendary NFL quarterback Peyton Manning plans to retire. But Lowe’s tip from, in his words, “my people” did set off a minor bout of hysteria in the Twittersphere, and showed… read more

Why SOPA and PIPA Won’t Stop Real Piracy

Supporters of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA (and its Senate-sister the Protect Intellectual Property Act, PIPA) legislation — like the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) — argue that legislation is needed because online piracy puts jobs and industries at risk.

While I agree that content piracy is… read more

Huffington Post to Launch 24-Hour Online News Network

Shortly after Reuters announced its web TV programming iniative with YouTube, news emerged that AOL’s Huffington Post Media Group is developing an even more robust online video offering for its own website.

According to Forbes — and our own source confirms this — the Huffington Post is planning to launch a… read more

How Celebrity Appearances at CES Backfired [INFOGRAPHIC]

By now, you can easily name the celebrities who attended the Consumer Electronics Show last week. But don’t be surprised if you’re struggling to remember which brands they represented.

An overwhelming 85% of social media mentions about those celebrities did not reference the gadgets or companies they were promoting at CES,… read more

YouTube Launches Action Sports Channels, Starring Tony Hawk

YouTube just got more gnarly, bro.

Fans of skateboarding, surfing and BMX biking have a variety of new ways to feed their addictions to the extreme after the video sharing site introduced a set of action sports channels on Wednesday.

According to the official YouTube Blog, the added channels won’t… read more

How Crazy Is Ron Paul Right Now? GQ Will Tell You

Just how crazy is Ron Paul? You can get your answer on a scale of “Kinda makes sense” to “Yeah, that’s nuts,” according to GQ.com’s newest political feature.

The digital barometer is part of GQ’s ongoing coverage of the 2012 Presidential race, called “Death Race 2012.” The Crazy-o-Meter analyzes some of… read more

Will Apple Stick to the Steve Jobs Plan for Textbooks?

Apple is set to make an announcement regarding education on Thursday, and it will likely involve e-textbooks.

The latest rumor claims the company is set to unveil a “GarageBand” for books that would put tools for creating interactive digital textbooks into the hands of anyone with an Apple device.

But… read more

The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To AppleScript

AppleScript attempts to use plain English wherever possible to make coding extremely simple. Most commands in AppleScript are located inside a “tell block”. It’s called a “tell block” because you are “telling” a given application what you want it to do. For instance, the code above is telling the Finder… read more

The Best, Worst and Craziest Ultrabooks From CES 2012 [PICS]

If there was a star product from CES 2012, it was the Ultrabook.

Not excited? It’s hard to blame you — the whole move toward slim, lightweight laptops that actually perform well is essentially an outgrowth of Apple’s MacBook Air line of laptops, introduced four years ago this week.

But… read more

Will Lightroom 4 Be Worth The Upgrade Cost?

It’s here! The latest version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Currently in beta release, meaning it’s not finished but ready for real world testing, I eagerly downloaded a copy of Lightroom 4 Beta and have been playing with it for a week now. I’m a constant Lightroom upgrader, starting with version… read more

‘Inside Apple’ Extracts Published By Fortune Magazine

Its products are ubiquitous around the world and each announcement from the company generates huge press attention, frantic tweeting and unparalleled excitement. But up till now, hardly anything is known about what actually goes on inside Apple’s core and how the company functions. The company is known for being one… read more

Working with Professional Typography in Adobe Illustrator

I would like to dedicate this tutorial to typography, which are the methods of processing printed text for better legibility and beauty. Typography is composed through the graphic design of printed text using the specifics for that languages rules. In this Basix tutorial will be apply the typography methods and… read more

6 Tips to Avoid IRS Audits for Freelancers

No one actually knows for sure what the logic behind the IRS audit red flag is. Over the years, accountants have seen commonalities within their client base and have noticed trends in businesses that seem to be audited more often than others. This article isn’t meant to scare you;… read more

Benefits and Pitfalls of Using Code Frameworks

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A code framework is nothing more than a collection of pre-formatted classes and functions. There are frameworks created for practically every language out there – even including frontend web development like JavaScript and CSS. Developers would be wise to follow these trends of working on… read more

25 Apps to Help You Reach Those Resolutions

For those of us who have trouble finding the proper motivation to make difficult changes in our lives, New Year’s represents a perfect opportunity to start fresh with some resolutions. There are dozens of great Mac apps that can help us to lead happier, healthier, and more organized lives.

This list… read more

Meet Friends of Your Friends and Expand Your Social Network With 3Degrees

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: 3Degrees

Quick Pitch: 3Degrees is web-based application that lets you meet your friends’ friends via Facebook.

Genius Idea:… read more

Meme Machine: SOPA Edition

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

Today’s Meme Machine is going to try to bring light to a dark situation — a number of sites will undergo a blackout on Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act…. read more

Wikipedia Blackout: Survive with These 12 Alternatives

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) are landing in the U.S. Senate next week and a whirlpool of online protest has fired up again. The two bills intend to stop online piracy and protect copyright holders, however, critics claim they infringe upon creativity, Internet security… read more

Facebook Makes You Smarter, Thanks to Friends You Don’t Talk To [STUDY]

Information being shared on Facebook is highly diverse and coming to you mostly from people you rarely talk to, says the latest Facebook Data Team Study.

The Facebook Data Team examined users’ strong ties and weak ties by the number of comments, messages and photos people have in common. It… read more

SnapNDrag Pro: Screenshots Made Simple

In the world of screenshot utilities, SnapNDrag Pro stands out as a lightweight, yet versatile and powerful tool for grabbing screen images. Its simple user-interface and flexible method for taking screenshots earns it high marks for getting the job done quickly and easily.

Join us as we take a closer look… read more

Interactive Textbook Makes Reading Social, Braces for Apple Announcement

Sitting at the front of the class and attentively listening to a professor’s lecture won’t be enough for college students aiming to impress their professors once the new BioBook rolls out.

With BioBook, an interactive educational tool for tablets, professors can monitor student progress — from how they’re keeping up to… read more

Reuters Expands its Original Content on YouTube

Storied wire service Reuters has launched Reuters TV, a series of 10 original programs that will air on its new YouTube channel.

The media company joins roughly 100 other media partners in delivering original, premium content on Google’s video platform, and is poised to become the largest news content provider… read more

Yahoo’s Jerry Yang Resigns

Former Yahoo CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang announced his resignation Tuesday, saying he would no longer be a part of the company in any way.

Yang served on Yahoo’s board of directors after he resigned from the CEO position of the Sunnyvale Internet company in 2008.

In the press release… read more

Katy Perry Goes Virtual in New Sims Game

Katy Perry in The Sims

Players can download Perry’s likeness and stage props.

Click here to view this gallery.

Any online… read more

Look at That Crazy Honey Badger, Trying to Get a TV Show

The Honey Badger has fearlessly faced down a cobra and a jackal, but now is on to a bigger challenge: TV executives.

A Canadian production company called Six Eleven Media is shopping an animation/live action hybrid called Honey Badger U. to broadcast and cable TV networks, reports The Hollywood Reporter…. read more

Daily Inspiration #1034

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

How One of New York’s Hottest Coworking Spaces Got Started [VIDEO]

General Assembly is unique among coworking spaces. In addition to providing a meeting and working space for entrepreneurs, founders Brad Hargreaves, Adam Pritzker, Jake Schwartz and Matthew Brimer deliberately built the space using a campus model. Their goal was to… read more

5 Ways Businesses Can Use Social Media as a Tool for Progress

Riley Gibson is the CEO and co-founder of Napkin Labs, a startup that helps companies discover insights from their fans, followers and customers. Follow Riley on Twitter or check out the company blog.

It seems like everyone talks about the value of social media, but very few businesses take full advantage… read more

Sacre Bleu! Upcoming French Apple Store Is Basically Naked

Good luck finding the all-new Apple store planned for Aix en Provence, France; it’s going to be practically invisible.

The Apple store, to be finished later this year, will push the barely-there glass aesthetic common in most Apple stores — notably… read more

Why Having a Mentor is Important for Freelancers

There is only so much you can learn from a textbook. And with technology changing at break neck speeds—there is only so much you can learn in school before, inevetibally, technology changes again.

Internships are a great way for students to get hands on experience working in their chosen field—but… read more

FontAgent Pro Enterprise Server 5

Fast Font Serving

FontAgent Pro Enterprise Server is one of the fastest font servers I’ve used. This latest version uses the J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) architecture and is multithreaded to take advantage of multicore Macs. The actual server setup involves setting up users, groups, and permissions. The user permissions… read more

Cheap But Effective Digital Office Solutions for Starting Your Small Business

Oh, where to begin? The cost of starting your small business can be expensive. Everything from office space, to business card printing, to a website all have to be purchased during the beginning years of your startup.

One of the expenses that you’ll deal with is computers and software purchases…. read more

Weekly Poll: What One Thing Would You Change About iTunes?

What One Thing Would You Change About iTunes?

This week at AppStorm we’ve looked at not one, but two interesting iTunes companion apps. Notice that I used the term “companion” and not “replacement.” This is because these apps are meant to supplement your iTunes use, not get rid of it.

The… read more

40+ Super Secret OS X Lion Features and Shortcuts

OS X Lion has now been around long enough for us all to dig in and really find some interesting functionality that is either completely hidden or just enough below the service that many users don’t even know it exists.

We’ve spent hours combing through Lion for secrets and put out… read more

21 Excellent Portfolios and Design Agency Websites

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It has been a while since we last showcased Design Related Websites here, so today we decided to check out how is it that design firms, designers, and other creative agencies are presenting their work. From design studios to brand firms and freelance designer’s portfolios, you… read more

Farfetch.com Raises $18 Million to Bring High-End Fashion to the Web

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: Farfetch.com

Quick Pitch: Shop the inventories of more than 200 high-end designer boutiques worldwide.

Genius Idea: Eliminates geographic… read more

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