Super Bowl 2012: Everything You Need to Know About Watching It Online

This year’s Super Bowl marks a digital first: The game will be the first Super Bowl that you can watch online — legally. NBC, the broadcast partner for this year’s game, is going to stream the game live.

NBC has actually been streaming some NFL games online since 2009, though never… read more

Stylitics Is an Analytics Dashboard for Your Closet [INVITES]

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: Stylitics

Quick Pitch: Mint.com for your closet.

Genius Idea: A new way to organize your wardrobe and track… read more

Like Testing New Apps? BetaBait Will Hook You Up

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: BetaBait

Quick Pitch: BetaBait connects startups with beta testers.

Genius Idea: Access to early adopters that doesn’t require… read more

How to Deliver a Killer Business Presentation

Meaghan Edelstein has gained national media attention through her blog, I Kicked Cancer’s Ass, which she started to document her battle with end stage cancer. She is an attorney, the founder of the non-profit organization Spirit Jump, and works for the Global Strategic Management Institute.

Working with hundreds of speakers as… read more

Atari Assemble! Super-Team of Veteran Developers Embrace Mobile Gaming

The good old 8-bit band is getting back together. Seamus Blackley, the co-creator of Microsoft’s Xbox, has assembled a super team of Atari’s original programmers to form a game studio meant to re-revolutionize the gaming industry.

Blackley grabbed 11 of Atari‘s game creators to form Innovative Leisure, a gaming company focused… read more

Microsoft Has Huge Changes in Store for Windows Phone 8 [REPORT]

Brace yourself, Windows Phone users, because everything’s going to change.

An internal Microsoft video that was supposedly leaked to a website reveals that the entire mobile operating system will be revamped later this year to better integrate it with the upcoming Windows 8. Many abilities will be added and some… read more

Hands On With Microsoft Surface 2

Touchscreens are so yesterday’s news, but 40-inch HD displays that can handle 20 or more fingers of touch and real-time interaction with people, objects and tags? That’s something to get excited about. It’s also pretty much the description of Microsoft’s Surface… read more

Google: Microsoft Ad Campaign Is Full of Myths

Google doesn’t want you to believe everything Microsoft is writing about its privacy policies — especially not in the ads for alternative Microsoft products set to appear in major newspapers.

The search giant published a blog post written by policy manager Betsy Masiello, in hopes of sorting out the myths… read more

New Website Connects Language Newbies With Native Speakers

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: Verbling

Quick Pitch: Verbling is a web-based platform where individuals can pair up with native speakers… read more

Facebook: Here Are the 35 Things That Could Kill Our Company

Here’s one of the more painful parts of taking a company public: You have to make an honest assessment, in front of the whole world, of all the things that could kill your business. Facebook is no exception.

In its SEC filing, as required by law, the company outlined a… read more

Men Must be Graduates of Elite Universities to Join New Invite-Only Dating Site

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: Sparkology

Quick Pitch: Sparkology is an invite-only luxury dating site for young professionals.

Genius Idea: Sparkology members… read more

Petitions Demand Apple Improve Foxconn Conditions

Two online petitions beseech Apple to improve working conditions in the Chinese factories that make its products.

The petitions, both filed within the last two weeks, follow a renewed round of criticism directed at the company over labor practices at overseas facilities like the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China.

One petition, created… read more

Chris Sanders – Photographer Spotlight

This commercial photographer spotlight features Chris Sanders. Sander’s lifestyle and travel work developed out of a film background. His client list includes publications such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, Esquire and Conde Nast Traveler as well as companies such as Bank of America, Microsoft, Reebok and Starwood Hotels. He lives and works from… read more

50+ Creative Examples of Websites Designed With HTML5

The web is constantly evolving. New and creative websites are being created every day, pushing the limitations of HTML in every direction. HTML4 has been around for nearly a decade and now its time to move forward. To give authors more flexibility and interoperability, HTML5 is proposed as the next… read more

Polling App Makes Blog Feedback Painless

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: Quipol

Quick Pitch: Quipol is a web application that makes creating and embedding polls on blogs easy.

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Clear To Do App Has Some Surprising Design Inspirations

It’s increasingly difficult to build buzz around new mobile application studios, especially when the first app on deck is something thousands of others have attempted, like a “To Do” app. Yet that’s exactly what Phill Ryu and David Lanham, the two masterminds behind Impending, Inc. have managed to do.

Ryu and… read more

Microsoft Begins Private Preview of Office 15

Microsoft says it’s started a private preview program of the next version of Office to a “select group” of customers. Going far beyond just refining and enhancing existing applications, the next version of Microsoft Office, codenamed “Office 15,” will unite the software suite with the company’s cloud and mobile platforms.

Announcing… read more

WorkSimple: The Social Collaboration Platform

Enterprise software were never fun to use. For years, in the name of “professional looking”, a boring user interface was listed as most enterprise software’s major USP, it seemed. Microsoft Outlook remained as the path breaking collaboration (!) tool for decades. It ruled the roost until the another equally legendary… read more

Facebook’s Road to IPO

2004: First Offers Turned Down

Facebook launches with humble beginnings that most people have seen dramatized in The Social… read more

Download and Test Lightroom 4 for Free

Over the last week, with the launch of our brand new Guide to Post Processing eBook, there’s been a lot of discussion around dPS around post processing – particularly about software and tools.

One of the common threads of conversation that I’ve been hearing is around the expense of some of… read more

30 Examples of Impressive Concept Art

For both video games and comic books, concept artists are necessary to create the aesthetically-pleasing visuals that enhance the storyline’s action and drama. From simple pencil sketches to 3D models, detailed character turnarounds to costumes, fantastic vehicles to intricate weapon design, the possibilities are endless.

These are some examples of impressive… read more

Tech Hiring Trends 2012: What You Need to Know [INFOGRAPHIC]

Job trend reports are pointing to big things for the tech industry, including lots of openings and opportunities for growth. Here’s the lowdown on tech hiring trends.

In 2012, there will be increased demand for mobile app developers, data warehouse analysts and user experience designers.

Consider the number of people… read more

Tech Companies Ramping Up the Green Jobs [INFOGRAPHIC]

If you’re looking for a new job, but you’re also a friend of the environment, there could be a perfect position for you in the tech sector. More than ever before, tech companies are committed to sustainability — they’re developing greener devices, increasing the life cycle of products and developing… read more

Photo Startup Makes It Easy to Create Albums With Friends

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: ZangZing

Quick Pitch: Store and share your photos from multiple services in one place.

Genius Idea: Makes it… read more

Happy 2nd Birthday, iPad. What Will This Toddler Be When it Grows up?

Two years ago Friday — Jan. 27, 2010 — Apple unveiled the iPad to the world. At the time, critics and analysts were quick to mock the name, criticize the devices shortcomings and predict that while the Apple name would sell the product, it wouldn’t create a new market.

Boy, were… read more

Why Facebook Is Really Worth $100 Billion

You know what hurts? Being wrong, that’s what hurts. Not just a little wrong, but $85 billion wrong.

Five years ago I laughed — dare I say chortled — over the idea that Facebook was worth $15 billion. Now it’s queuing up for the biggest Initial Public Offering in tech… read more

Is iOS the Future of the Mac?

When I used an iPad for the first time, I couldn’t help but think that it felt like the future of computing. The iPad not only impressed me with its beautiful interface, but also delighted me with an effortless user experience. No matter how much I used the device, it… read more

Useful CSS Snippets for Your Coding Arsenal

CSS is a beautiful language but it can also be frustrating at times. Certain CSS solutions don’t work on certain browsers (cough Internet Explorer cough) and much of your time can be spent debugging code.

Thankfully there are lots of great CSS snippets available online that fix common problems and design… read more

Collaborate On Multimedia Slideshows With Tumblecloud

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: Tumblecloud

Quick Pitch: Tumblecloud is a collaborative space for creating multimedia slideshows.

Genius Idea: Drag-and-drop collaboration.

The audio, video… read more

U.S. Takes First Steps Toward Internet Voting

The 2012 Republican primary‘s first vote was not cast in New Hampshire, as most Americans would assume. An Okaloosa County, Fla., resident living in Thailand got that privilege in December, thanks to a new technology called LiveBallot.

LiveBallot, a new platform for accessing ballots built on the Windows Azure operating… read more

What Makes a Great Web App

If you’ve hung around Web.AppStorm long enough, you’ve surely come across a few web apps you’ve thought looked nice. Hopefully you found some you kept using, but odds are, you quit using most of them right after you tried them out.

There’s the web apps we use all the time, like… read more

Nokia’s Windows Phones Rising Slowly, CEO Hints at Tablet

The reinvention of Nokia is going slowly, if the last financial quarter is any indication. The Finnish cellphone giant lost nearly a billion euros in Q4 2011, or $1.3 billion. On top of that, Nokia sold 31% fewer smartphones than over the same period last year.

Despite those troubles, the company’s… read more

Keeping Your Books In Check With LessAccounting

Accounting is one of those frustrating things that we all have to deal with in business. Recently, I looked at two web-based accounting systems, Crunch and Kashflow, both designed for small businesses with limited IT funds. These systems, along with having low maintenance costs (which usually come in the form… read more

Creative Uses for QR Codes

Nowadays we look around and all over the places see QR codes embedded into the ads, buildings, billboards, newspapers, cups, clothes and even into the roads.

The usage of QR (Quick Response) codes in promotional marketing is a great idea and just one more awesome way to engage people… read more

iBooks Author: Multi-Touch Book Creation With a Big Catch

While it’s no secret that iBooks hasn’t been a runaway success as Apple had hoped, the company is trying their hand at revolutionizing the book industry once more -but this time they’ve shifted their efforts towards the education market. Along with the new iBooks 2, Apple introduced iBooks Author, their… read more

Contactually Prioritizes Contacts and Communication in Email Network

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: Contactually

Quick Pitch: Contactually is a proactive personal assistant for your email contacts.

Genius Idea: Contactually automatically prompts… read more

10 Designs Inspired by Microsoft’s Metro UI

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Since Microsoft first unveiled the Metro UI on Windows Phone 7, the rollout has been gradually taking place across every Microsoft product and website. It is the cornerstone of the Windows 8 interface and one of the most notable official uses of Metro UI available now is… read more

Microsoft’s New Xbox 720 Will Be 6x More Powerful [REPORT]

“More power!” You can imagine Steve Ballmer yelling it through Microsoft’s halls but that’s exactly what is happening with the Xbox 720, according to reports from IGN.

The next Xbox — rumored to be the “Xbox 720″ — will ship to retailers… read more

Obama’s State of the Union: Where Was the Tech?

From what I’ve heard, President Barack Obama is a bit of a gadget nerd. He likes his iPad and his BlackBerry, and fought to keep using the RIM device as he entered the White House in 2009.

Yet, as I listened to his State of the Union-cum-2012 presidential election… read more

iPad to Kindle Fire: You’re Irrelevant

Apple just had its best quarter ever. While it was expected to have a great holiday season, no one saw the unbelievable numbers coming: 37 million iPhones sold, 140 million downloads on Christmas Day, $97 billion in the bank. A good chunk of that success was fueled by the iPhone… read more

How Fancloud Centralizes Sports Talk

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: Fancloud

Quick Pitch: Fancloud aggregates the Twitter feeds of more than 2,000 sportswriters from around the country… read more

Apple Tests Hundreds of Product Packages in Secret Unboxing Room [VIDEO]

Apple makes its product packaging with stealthy love. An advanced copy of Adam Lashinsky’s book, Inside Apple, reveals product packaging is another thing Apple keeps under lock and key. The tech giant has a secret room — accessible only by security… read more

What Apple Earnings Will Tell Us About iPad 3 and the Tablet Market

When Apple releases its earnings for the first fiscal quarter of 2012 late Tuesday, we’ll learn just how much the tablet market has changed since the release of the Kindle Fire in November — one of the main reasons tablet ownership shot up over the holiday season.

With its bargain-basement… read more

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Web App Makes Paying with Nine Credit Cards Okay

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: Splitable

Quick Pitch: Splitable lets you divide the cost of anything with anyone online.

Genius Idea: Think of… read more

4 Things RIM’s New CEO Can Do to Fix the Company

Research in Motion, better known as RIM, used to be one of the most dominating smartphone makers in the world. But it’s seen its market share — and reputation — flounder of late. So it wasn’t that surprising that the company finally did what many investors were asking for: get… read more

Facebook Spent More than $1 Million on Lobbying in 2011 [REPORT]

Facebook Inc. contributed $1.35 million to lobby various tech-related efforts last year, breaking the $1 million mark for the first time.

During the last quarter of 2011, Facebook donated $440,000, targeting issues including international regulation of software companies and restrictions on Internet access by foreign governments.

Facebook continually lobbies for online… read more

Apple Reaps Criticism From iBooks Author Terms and Conditions

Beyond the hype and fanfare of last Thursday’s iBooks Author launch, some wannabe authors have been left with a sour taste in the mouth after delving into the terms and conditions of Apple’s new app designed to help newbies create textbooks for the iPad. Anyone who creates a textbook with… read more

Which Politicians Are Getting the Tech Industry’s Money?

Thanks to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), lots of tech junkies have become politics junkies, too. For that reason, we decided to figure out which candidates got the most money from the technology industry in 2011.

It’s part of the Federal Elections Commission’s job to let us know which companies… read more

Lightroom 4 and Windows XP

I’ve seen quite a few comments about the fact that Lightroom 4 Beta doesn’t work with Windows XP (and you can probably guess that the full version isn’t going to work with it either). Last week Tom Hogarty (Lightroom Product Manager) wrote about the reasons behind that decision on his… read more

Introduction To Linux Commands

At the heart of every modern Mac and Linux computer is the “terminal.” The terminal evolved from the text-based computer terminals of the 1960s and ’70s, which themselves replaced punch cards as the main way to interact with a computer. It’s also known as the command shell, or simply “shell.”… 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

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

What else does HTML5 need to defeat flash? (Part 2)

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In part 1 of this article, we analyzed the technical problems facing HTML5. In part 2, we’re going to discuss the problems facing HTML5 commercially.

Unity:

Microsoft, Google and Apple are clearky the 3 giants of the industry at the moment, and it’s really hard to unify… 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

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

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

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 Microsoft Is Creating Minority Report Storefronts for Real [VIDEO]

Remember that scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise walks into a store and a cheery face on a video screen turns to him and asks how those assorted tank tops worked out for him? The tech isn’t just fantasy anymore… 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

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

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

Facebook Stats Analysis: Is Fan Page Growth Slowing?

Jim Tobin is president of Ignite Social Media, a leading social media agency, where he works with clients including Microsoft, Samsung, Chrysler, Verizon and more implementing social media marketing strategies. He is also author of the book Social Media is a Cocktail Party. Follow him on Twitter @jtobin.

We saw as early as April… read more

Jerry Yang si dimette dal consiglio di amministrazione di Yahoo!

Jerry Yang ha dato le dimissioni dal consiglio di amministrazione di Yahoo! e da tutte le altre posizioni da lui ricoperte nella compagnia da lui fondata nel 1995 con David Filo, a seguito della nomina a Chief Executive Officer di Scott Thompson.

Yang è stato CEO di Yahoo! da giungo 2007… read more

Designing The Well-Tempered Web

As technology evolves, so does the art and craft of Web design. New technology creates new challenges, which require new solutions. Often we’re working in uncharted territory, where the solutions demanded really are new. Other times, we’re faced with problems of a more universal nature, problems that have a history.

Given… 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How to Overcome the Worst Moments in Your Career

The web design blogs assure to any web designer the needed tips, resources and information for being able to create websites and online applications at the highest standards. Some of the most talented designers entertain the web design blogosphere and it’s a good guaranty that the huge majority of the… read more

Find the Status of Job Applications and Improve Your Search for Employment on StartWire

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: StartWire

Quick Pitch: StartWire is an Internet job search organizer.

Genius Idea: Closes the “résumé black hole” by… read more

What Techies Are Buzzing About at CES [INFOGRAPHIC]

More people tweeted about Microsoft than any other tech brand Monday at CES 2012, but people who tweeted about Google had the most followers on average. Ultrabook computers, tablet devices and OLED display technology were by far the most-mentioned digital trends on Twitter. And Mashable had the second-most tweeted domain… read more

Cut the Rope Hits the Web via Internet Explorer 9

Popular mobile video game Cut the Rope is coming to the Web by way of Internet Explorer 9.

Microsoft announced during its keynote at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show on Monday night that a desktop HTML5 version of the game is now available for free through Internet Explorer 9, thanks to… read more

Did 300 Workers at an Xbox 360 Factory Threaten Mass Suicide?

Three hundred Chinese factory workers who manufacture Microsoft Xbox 360s threatened mass suicide last week, according to unconfirmed reports.

The Foxconn employees threatened to throw themselves off of a factory roof due to a payment dispute, according to Record China and Want China Times. According to these reports, the incident began… read more

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Prepare Yourself: Kinect is Coming to Windows Feb. 1

Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer announced on Monday the company’s gesture-recognition technology Kinect will come to Windows on February 1. It was the one intriguing nugget in a presentation more notable for its a capella tweet choir than its news.

Balmer didn’t elaborate on what Kinect for Windows would look like, but… read more

Frequency Makes Any Website a Video Channel

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: Frequency

Quick Pitch: Frequency compiles websites’ video content into television-like channels.

Genius Idea: Using both social feeds and… read more

Chameleon Computer: Lenovo IdeaPad YOGA Twists into Tablet [PICS]

Buy-one, get-one free. Half off. Two-for-one. Consumers love getting something extra.

Lenovo‘s new IdeaPad YOGA is being marketed as a four-in-one device. The chameleon-like computer can switch from a laptop to a tablet in three positions: flat, easel-like for touchscreen-based working, and a propped-up position. The company introduced the device… read more

Clothes Shopping With Bodymetrics Lets You Try It On for Virtual Size

Online shoppers may be able to buy clothes in their pajamas, but they never know just how well those purchases will actually fit.

That problem may soon be history — thanks to a breakthrough piece of augmented reality technology from Bodymetrics.

The company has partnered with PrimeSense on a 3D body-mapping… read more

Create Surveys and Make a Difference With Eval.me

If you’ve had to get feedback on a product/service or learn about people’s needs/opinions, you’ll agree that web-based surveys are the easiest way to poll your audience – but do you get the most of your efforts? Many people ignore online surveys and a large number also rush through… read more

Spike Takes a Stab at CES With ‘All Access Live’

The Consumer Electronics Show, can be a bit of a mess with all the major announcements, celebrities and new gadgets hitting the show floor. But Spike TV aims to cut through the clutter with “CES All Access Live,” a multi-platform coverage experience airing Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. ET.

All Access… read more

Tim Tebow Pass Lands in Twitter’s Record Book

Twitter reaction to Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow’s 80-yard overtime touchdown pass Sunday night reached 9,420 tweets per second, placing the event in the number two spot on Twitter’s most-tweets-per-second list.

The game-winning moment surpassed onstage confirmation of Beyonce’s pregnancy during MTV’s Video Music Awards in August (8,868 TPS) but fell… read more

These aren’t the fonts you’re looking for…

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The other day I was on location with a customer, and as they are a secure site I was not allowed to bring my laptop any further than the security locker at the font desk. This I don’t mind as I would usually just leave… read more

3 New Tools for Promoting Your Interests

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… read more

Best of the Week #204

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

Mindbloom Helps You Grow Your Tree of Life

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: Mindbloom Life Game

Quick Pitch: Mindbloom creates interactive software designed to help you stay engaged with and… read more

MYCO Suite: Manage Your Company Easily Online

With the advent of cloud-based computing and the ever-progressing steps in the technology world, businesses are turning much more to Internet-based programs to help them operate efficiently and keep all their resources organised. Just look at the recent rise of web-based software that is aimed solely at businesses (especially project… read more

Sony to Name PlayStation Guru New President, Stringer Still CEO [REPORT]

Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer has stepped aside as president, and the company will name its current consumer products chief, Kazuo Hirai, to the position, a Japanese news service is reporting.

Nikkei business daily reports that Hirai could take over for Stringer as early as April. Stringer will remain CEO and… read more

Adventures In The Third Dimension: CSS 3D Transforms

Back in 2009, the WebKit development team proposed a new extension to CSS that would allow Web page elements to be displayed and transformed on a three-dimensional plane. This proposal was called 3-D Transforms, and it was soon implemented in Safari for Mac and iOS. About a year later, support… read more

New Social Network Connects Travelers with Destinations, Experts

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: Touristlink

Quick Pitch: Touristlink is a social network for travelers.

Genius Idea: Social platform allows travelers to meet… read more

Mashable’s Digital Predictions for 2012

It’s hard to believe all that came out of the tech world in the year 2011. From drastic changes in social media trends to unexpected company acquisitions — both startups and major corporations — it goes without saying that it has been a banner year for technology as… read more

CES 2012: What to Expect

Is this the end of CES? That’s one question I’ll be trying to answer as I walk the acres-long trade show floor. I’ll also be searching for the one true thing: that awesome product that makes the whole endeavor worthwhile.

It’s turning out to be an odd year for… read more