Facebook Instagram Acquisition: 20 Witty Reactions

Comparing Instagram to Kodak

On April 9, Facebook announced plans to acquire popular photo-sharing app Instagram. Earlier this year,… read more

The Most Hated Character on TV? Turn Ellis From ‘Smash’ Into a Meme

If you’re watching NBC’s Smash, odds are you are annoyed by Ellis, the slimy assistant who will do whatever he can to further his career. Even those who otherwise love the show are driven mad by Ellis’ moral ambiguity and spinelessness.

SEE ALSO: 20 TV Shows With the Most Social… read more

Many Instagram Users Already Heading for the Exits

Now that Facebook has purchased Instagram, third-party services that offer access to photos and feeds are getting hammered by users.

Although Instagram is a mobile-only social network, the service makes an API available to developers who want to access the stream of user photos and comments. This has allowed for the… read more

Touchscreen Directories Are Coming to NYC Phone Booths

New York City’s dilapidated phone booths are getting a high-tech makeover. Hundreds of phone booths will soon be outfitted with iPad-like touchscreen devices for directions and hyper-local news.

New Yorkers will see 32-inch smart screens in neighborhood phone booths starting next month, as part of a Department of Information Technology and… read more

Deleting Your Instagram Account? Here’s How to Save Your Pics

Facebook is buying Instagram — and some Instagram users aren’t happy about it.

They’re tweeting that they’ll delete their Instagram accounts because of the acquisition.

The fear is that in addition to the company, Facebook has acquired all of that location-tagged photo data from Instagram’s users and may use it… read more

Facebook Acquires Instagram: What Do You Think? [POLL]

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the social network’s acquisition of Instagram on his Facebook Timeline Monday.

In his post, he writes that Facebook intends to keep the service as is, saying that the company is “committed to building and growing Instagram independently.” He stresses that Instagram’s growth is… read more

2.5 Million Laptops Later, One Laptop Per Child Doesn’t Improve Test Scores [STUDY]

At $200 per computer, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has sold or facilitated donations of about 2.5 million laptops to classrooms in 42 different countries.

A new study suggests those laptops do not, however, have any effect on achievement in math or language.

The study, which was conducted by development funding… read more

5 Social Entrepreneurship Startups You Should Know Right Now

In our new series, The World at Work, Mashable interviews the faces behind the startups and projects that are working to make a global impact.

By harnessing the power of digital technology, these five companies have offered resources to citizens in need, helped to eliminate landfill junk and funded social… read more

Behind the Scenes at 9 Hot Tech Startups [PICS]

For the Startup Spaces Series, Mashable got to scope out the spaces of some of the hottest startups around.

Unsurprisingly, the offices of these companies have just as much personality as the products themselves. Full of killer perks, like ping-pong tables, kegs of beer and endless snacks, startup founders know… read more

James Cameron Shows What Really Happened to the Titanic [VIDEO]

Using a new computer-generated animation, James Cameron and fellow researchers fine-tune their theory of how the Titanic looked as it sank into the freezing Atlantic on April 15,1912. The two-night television event entitled Titanic: The Final Word With James Cameron starts on April 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on… read more

Top 25 Most Social CIOs: Who’s the Most Active in Social Media? [CHART]

If you thought corporate titans spent all their time ensconced in ivory towers — too important to engage in social media — think again. Here’s a chart based on research that ranks the top 25 most social-media-active chief information officers (CIOs) of the Fortune 250.

These social scores, developed by Social… read more

What to Do When A Potential Employer Asks for Your Facebook Password

Tony Morrison is the Vice President of Business Development at Cachinko. Find him on Talent Connection and connect with Cachinko on Facebook or Twitter.

Could you imagine a job interview during which your interviewer asks you for your Facebook password? Well folks, it’s happening and you should know what to do… read more

Web Reacts to Death of ’60 Minutes’ Anchor Mike Wallace

Famed 60 Minutes broadcaster Mike Wallace died Saturday night at age 93, CBS News announced Sunday, and fans and fellow journalists quickly took to social networks to express their condolences.

Wallace was surrounded by his family at a Connecticut care facility when he died.

Wallace — one of 60 Minutes‘s original… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Apr 2 – Apr 8, 2012

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How Luxury Brands Can Prepare for Affluent Millennials

Duke Greenhill is the founder and CEO of Greenhill+Partners, the premiere agency for bespoke luxury brand marketing. Duke is also available as an independent consultant and speaker at Duke@Greenhill-Partners.com.

Echo Boomers. Generation Y. Millennials. No matter what you call them, shoppers between 18 to 29 years old are the fastest-growing… read more

43 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

If you missed any of Mashable‘s resources this week, hopefully it wasn’t because you were dealing with that nasty “Flashback” virus (make sure you check if your Mac has been infected by using this nifty script).

Once you know you’re not one of the 600,000 unlucky ones hit with the malware… read more

Exclusive Look Inside the New Facebook HQ: You’ll Like This [PICS]

Facebook HQ. You Like This

The company is now completely moved out of its Palo Alto pad, and into… read more

YouTube Passion Project Sends a Journal Around the World

The MeetingLife Journal Project is an art project that started in Rome, Italy on Nov. 11 and has traveled to 11 countries and counting. The online passion project is inspired by travel, life and YouTube.

For the past three months, a leather-bound journal has been traveling around the world into… read more

1540 Social Media Icon Mega Set! [Free Download]

1540 Social Media Icon Mega Set! [Free Download]

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About.me iPhone App Launches With ‘Who’s Nearby’ Feature

The simple one-page profile platform About.me is now available on iPhones.

Since its 2010 launch and acquisition by AOL, around 1.5 million people have built a splash page, a collection of their social media handles. An About.me page consists of a background photo, as little as two or three lines of… read more

Why Gamification Can’t Be Stopped

From recycling, to personal health, to corporate culture, gamification is seeping into all aspects of everyday life. The practice of applying game mechanics to non-game contexts — for example fandom, separating trash from glass or meeting company goals — has exploded in the past few years.

Since the beginning, the… read more

More Smartphone Users Taking Pictures, Updating Statuses at Restaurants [INFOGRAPHIC]

Playing on your phone might be taboo while out to dinner, but more people are pulling out their mobile devices to snap and share pictures of meals and update their Facebook statuses, a new study suggests.

According to an infographic by market research firm Lab42, about 19% of those that use… read more

Manage Events Like A Pro With WordPress

If you’ve ever tried working with, coding for or just thinking about anything to do with events, you know they are a total nightmare in every possible way. Repeating events, schedules, multiple days, multiple tracks, multiple prices, multiple speakers, multiple organizations, multiple payment options — the list goes on on… read more

Three Big Mistakes that Can Make or Break Your Design Career

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The name says it all. If you’ve come here, we mean no offense – there’s just a few career killers that we probably all have been guilty of at one point or another. These concepts definitely apply to interface designers, but if you’ve arrived at this post… read more

110 Trending Topics in 5 Hours: How WWE Wrestlemania Body-Slammed Social Media

Behind strong pushes on Twitter and YouTube, WWE Wrestlemania XXVIII laid the smack down on social media last weekend, teaching a digital engagement lesson to the sports entertainment world.

The five-hour pay-per-view broadcast at one point had seven of the top nine worldwide trending topics on Twitter. It generated 110 worldwide… read more

Facebook Relationship Status Update Sparks Gun Fight

Gunshots were fired at a Georgia Waffle House Friday morning over a Facebook post. The fight broke out at the late-night eatery around 5 a.m. local time. The source of the dispute: someone’s relationship status on Facebook.

According to authorities, one group of women was inside the Augusta restaurant when… read more

4 Ways to Rethink the Press Release

Jonathan Rick is a director at Levick Strategic Communications. He contributes to Levick’s Bulletproof Blog. Follow him @jrick.

Every year, for the last ten years, someone has proclaimed that the press release is dying. While the rumors of its demise are exaggerated, they are not totally unfounded. That’s because the… read more

Counting Down the Days to Mashable Connect

With only a few weeks away until Mashable Connect, now’s a better time than ever to get your pass to Mashable‘s biggest conference of the year.

This three-day conference is a must-attend event for leaders of the Connected Generation. There, industry leaders will shape the ideas and trends that will… read more

Google+ Grew 27% in March, Logged 61 Million Visits [STUDY]

Countering perceptions that Google+ is a ghost town few actually visit, total visits to the social network actually grew to 61 million in March, up 27% from the previous month, according to Experian Hitwise.

The following chart, which the researcher provided to Mashable, shows that Google+ has enjoyed relatively steady growth… read more

Marine Might Get the Boot for Anti-Obama Facebook Posts [VIDEO]

People are up in arms about reports of companies firing their employees over Facebook posts — but what if someone makes derogatory comments about their boss, and their boss happens to be the president of the U.S.?

That’s exactly the case for Sgt. Gary Stein, a Marine who may… read more

How Oprah is Revolutionizing Social TV in Real-Time

Oprah may have retired from her daytime talk show nearly a year ago, but she’s hardly out of sight from her fan base. In fact, her latest series airing on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network is perhaps one of the most advanced shows in the social space right now, as… read more

How Social Media Can Help You Land That New Job [INFOGRAPHIC]

Does your job suck? Do you just wish you had a job to begin with? Social media can play a major role in finding that first gig or hopping to a better one.

In 2012, companies are projected to use social media to recruit for more than four out of… read more

9 Ways to Engage Your Employees on Pinterest

Social media is all about user/customer interaction — that much we know. But many businesses value staff engagement as well. Pinterest‘s collaborative approach encourages employees to not only get to know each other, but also to communicate their personalities and tastes to the wider public.

Marketing and communications agency Red Door… read more

Political News Site Rewards Users for Smart, Thoughtful Comments

If you’re fed up with the less-than-eloquent dialogue in the comments threads of political news stories around the web, then popular online forum service Topix has an answer for you.

Politix is a bipartisan site that lets users take a stand on the latest political news. As users interact… read more

Pinterest is Now the No. 3 Social Network in the U.S. [STUDY]

Pinterest is now the number three most-popular social network in the U.S., behind Facebook and Twitter, according to Experian Hitwise.

A new report from the researcher shows Pinterest got 21.5 million visits during the week ending Jan. 28, a nearly 30-fold increase over a comparable week in July. Not surprisingly, the… read more

Jon Stewart Calls Out Obama on Social Media Overload [VIDEO]

The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart is fed up with President Barack Obama’s constant tweeting, checking in and, most of all, his emails asking for donations.

“Seriously, there are exiled Nigerian princes getting Obama campaign emails going, ‘Ease up on the money thing, fella,’” Stewart said jokingly.

The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet… read more

New Branding: The FreelanceSwitch Facebook Page Facelift

The FreelanceSwitch Facebook Page has almost 12,000 Likes and an active following. This is where we post links to our published material, as well as to freelance related posts from across the web. If you’d like to follow what impacts freelancers daily, our Facebook page is a great way… read more

3 Content Marketing Tips for Building Your Client Prospect List

It’s no secret that freelancers face real challenges balancing self-promotion and client demands. That’s why it’s important for you to optimize your time and make smart decisions that produce real results.

Content can be the hook that attracts visitors and engages them.

Using your time to grow your list of… read more

Favs: All Your Social Favorites In One Place

So you’re quickly browsing through your Facebook or Twitter feed, taking a short break from work, when you find an interesting article or video that you know is bound to be a huge time-suck. You don’t really want to look it up later when you aren’t busy because you know… read more

ParkWhiz Makes Parking at the Baseball Game a Cinch

You’ve got your glove, you’ve got your hat, you’ve got your tickets. But where to park? Driving in circles around crowded lots can be a huge hassle that takes the shine off a day at the ball game.

ParkWhiz aims to change that. The Chicago-based platform function as a reservation… read more

25 Most-Buzzed Universities on the Internet

MIT is the most-buzzed about university on the Internet, beating out its Massachusetts neighbor Harvard for the top spot.

The Global Language Monitor‘s TrendTopper MediaBuzz rankings measure the brand equity of 210 universities and 200 colleges, using data from social media, the blogosphere, and more than 175,000 print and electronic media… read more

Waygoz, a Social Network for Trading Video Games

Waygoz, a new social network targeted at gamers, encourages them to play more used games, but it wants to cut out the middleman of the used-game retailer altogether.

The secondary market for video games has become a monstrous profit machine. Used video games make up about 25% of game retailer Gamestop’s… read more

8 Tips To Maximize Your Brand’s YouTube Presence

Michael “MJ” Jaindl is chief client officer at Buddy Media, maker of the social-enterprise software of choice for eight of the top ten advertisers in the world. Visit Buddy Media’s blog for more on social marketing.

Creating an account on YouTube is simple, and building a channel for your brand… read more

Sink or Swim? Twitter Reviews ‘Titanic 3D’ in 140 Characters or Less

James Cameron’s blockbuster film, Titanic, is back — and this time you can see all of the tragic, iceberg-induced action in 3D. Titanic 3D was released April 4 and is already drawing heated reactions across Twitter.

Some Twitter users have been overcome with a rush of nostalgia, while others were reminded how… read more

Twitter Sues Five Major Spammers

Twitter’s had it with spammers and wants to send a message with the help of law enforcement. On Thursday, the company filed a suit against five separate web tools and providers that allegedly make it easier to spam people on Twitter.

“Twitter now has more than 140 million active users,… read more

MLB Fan Cave: The Core Of Major League Baseball’s Social Strategy

On Major League Baseball’s Opening Day, the MLB Fan Cave was alive with energy. Nine baseball uber-fans, still pleasantly reeling from their meeting with former New York Yankee Bernie Williams, were watching three important things occur: The Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers game, the Atlanta Braves vs. New York… read more

What’s at Stake When Employers Ask for Social Media Passwords? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Following reports that some employers around the U.S. have solicited social media access and/or passwords from potential hires, both Facebook and government officials have protested.

Not only is sharing social media passwords against many of the major networks’ terms of service, the practice has also been viewed as an invasion… read more

Major League Baseball Uncorks a Social Media Homer

Can Major League Baseball pitch a perfect season with social media? The league is taking impressive steps to beef up its social presence and engagement with fans this year.

On Wednesday, it lured followers into tweeting a hashtag promoting the MLB.TV streaming service, launching the #MLBTVme hashtag to a plum spot… read more

Pinterest Gets More Personal: Time to Choose Your Own Board Covers

Pinterest released Thursday a much-requested feature: the ability to choose the pin that appears on the cover of your boards.

The update gives you greater control over the appearance of your profile page. For addicts like me, it’s an opportunity to more extensively obsess.

You can now edit a board cover… read more

‘Draw Something’ Hits 50 Million Downloads in 50 Days

Mega-hot mobile game Draw Something has been downloaded 50 million times in the 50 days since its launch.

Zynga calls the Pictionary-esque Draw Something the fastest growing mobile game of all time.

“We believe it’s not only the fastest growing original mobile game of all time – 50 days to hit 50… read more

Freebie! High Quality, Colorful Social Buttons

Freebie! High Quality, Colorful Social Buttons

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Focus on Scott Frederick – Urban Explorer

Scott Frederick

HDR… High Dynamic Range. A bit of a controversial subject in the community these days.  I really think that, when done well, HDR is awesome! Philadelphia-based photographer, Scott Frederick, is one example of someone who does it well in his ‘urban decay’ photography. I’ve recently discovered another aspect of… read more

Need Some AP Test Prep? These $40 Apps May Help

High school students at more than 18,000 schools are preparing for May’s Advanced Placement exams, which bestow college credit upon high scorers.

Now Macmillan’s adaptive learning startup is preparing to market its study tools directly to those students for the first time.

The company Prep-U is launching AP test-prep apps for… read more

Facebook Coming to Nasdaq With the Ticker ‘FB’ [REPORT]

Facebook will be traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “FB,” according to a report.

Citing “a person familiar with the matter,” The New York Times reports that Nasdaq won a battle with the New York Stock Exchange for Facebook. Nasdaq is home to Apple, Google and others, but NYSE scored… read more

Crowd-Powered: Why Doritos Lets Fans Make Its Super Bowl Ads

The Modern Media Agency Series is presented by IDG. CenturyLink thought an online game would engage IT professionals. In eight months, 90,000 people played the trivia contest. IDG’s Howard Sholkin spoke with CenturyLink’s Joanne Kernie at the awards ceremony and digital conference in March 2012.

Crowdsourcing is not a new concept… read more

Mashable Launches New Events Board

We’re delighted to announce the launch of a new Events Board, which aims to bring together event organizers and the Mashable community.

We have long recognized that one of the great challenges for the Mashable community is that it’s difficult to discover all relevant regional, national or international events for… read more

The Art Of Launching An App: A Case Study

You’ve made your first app!

Now what?

Anyone in the app business knows that marketing an app is tough. And according to a recent article on TechCrunch, “Getting a mobile app noticed in the increasingly crowded mobile app market is more difficult than ever.” Some titles and concepts are truly unique. Angry… read more

Types of Posts and How to Successfully Combine These on a Web Design Blog

Having a blog could be dangerous because, for many of us, the entire process of administering and maintaining can turn into an addictive task, one not being happy until a new post is published; moreover, the addiction may be acute and one will wait for the first reaction of the… read more

Is Part-Time Freelancing a Good Deal?

It’s incredibly common to freelance on the side: if you’re working a day job, it’s inevitable that you’ll come across someone who wants you to exercise your skills off the clock. Some folks take it farther: actively seeking out freelance projects to do after they get off from their… read more

A Showcase of Amazing Drupal Themes

Since its inception, Drupal has had the (rather infamous) reputation of being the developer’s CMS. Designing a website using Drupal meant hard-coding every aspect of the appearance of your website. However, over time, and with the advent of Drupal 7, the picture has changed. Drupal too, like WordPress, now boasts… read more

Give Yourself a Makeover With Perfect365

In today’s great world of digital photo retouching, it’s rare to see a published photograph that hasn’t been retouched in some way, often drastically so. This retouching process has also begun to permeate our world of social media, with photos becoming more and more obviously retouched or edited in some… read more

What to Do When You Get Sick

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Getting sick is no fun for anyone. For a freelance designer (and other freelancers), getting sick (or injured) might spell financial disaster. That’s because freelance designers who don’t work don’t get paid. There’s also the risk of losing a client.

In this post, I examine some of… read more

Create Your Personal Online Brand Using Via.Me

In an online world populated by social media, blogs, and more, we are always sharing tid-bits. We might share a photo or a video or perhaps just a random thought that popped into our head. Social media has allowed the individual to truly create an online persona – whether that… read more

28 Cool Yet Inspirational Login And Signup Forms Ideas

Visually appealing sign up or login forms encourage visitors to fill it completely and complete the registration process otherwise filling out login and signup forms is quite boring. Unfortunately, the design of a login or signup form is one of the most unnoticed elements of a website. There are certain… read more

Bringing Your Dog to the Office

The author's dog, Miles the Chihuahua.

The International Journal of Workplace Health Management recently published a study investigating the presence of dogs in the workplace on employee stress and organizational perceptions. As a dog owner, I was interested to see what the results were.

The study focused on studying three groups… read more

Instagram and Pinterest: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Marketing has taken more evolutionary leaps in the past two years then it has in the time since cave men adorned their spears and clubs with rocks and bones to differentiate their awesome possessions. Throughout the history of marketing and advertising, there have been a couple of commonalities: The first… read more

Compare Energy Use With Opower Facebook App

Social media platforms have motivated users to compete in a variety of ways, but can Facebook motivate users to battle with friends to earn the most energy-efficient badge of honor?

The National Resource Defense Council, an international nonprofit environmental organization, sure hopes so. On Tuesday, the NRDC and Opower teamed… read more

StarCast: Digital Auditions Changing How Aspiring Actors Get Noticed

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: StarCast Auditions

Quick Pitch: Actors can be noticed by top producers without leaving their house.

Genius Idea: Submit… read more

Fly Baseball Star Brian Wilson’s Beard on This Awesome Airplane [VIDEO]

It’s a beard! It’s a plane! It’s Brian Wilson’s beard on a plane!

A Virgin America aircraft that began regularly scheduled flights on Tuesday has a painted-on homage to the San Francisco Giants closer’s bushy beard. And there’s a social media tie-in too; travelers who spot the plane — dubbed Fly… read more

Hang Ten! How the History of Surfing Went Digital

For the typical land-locked folk, all one needs to learn about surfing can be found on the Wikipedia entry for surfing. The page is filled with a bulleted history, surfing physics, maneuvers, dangers, locations and of course, a photo of the correct way to make the universal surfing Shaka sign… read more

Why ‘Slacktivists’ Are More Active Than You Think [INFOGRAPHIC]

From SOPA to Trayvon Martin, KONY 2012 to the ‘Bully’ movie, causes are all the rage in the social space this year.

Yet many people would argue that social media campaigns lack the action component of live activism — dubbing those who sign up for them “slacktivists.”

Sortable created this infographic, which… read more

Nokia Lumia 900: Best Windows Phone Ever [REVIEW]

There’s a lot riding on the Nokia Lumia 900. While Windows Phones until now have generally been capable if not outstanding devices, the Lumia 900 brings Microsoft‘s mobile platform to a new level. Not only does it add a super-fast LTE connection from AT&T, but it’ll also serve as a… read more

5 Essential Considerations for Sharpening Your Street Photography

Street photography tells a story in ways that other types of photography can’t. They are spontaneous, interesting, and perfect mementos of a moment in time. As a street photographer, you are capturing life as it happens which may not be as easy as it seems. Moments can happen in a… read more

Follow the Wisconsin, Maryland and D.C. Primaries on Social Media

It’s primary day in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C, as the four Republican candidates for president struggle for the 95 delegates up for grabs Tuesday evening.

Mitt Romney is still in the delegate lead, with 572 according to The Wall Street Journal. Rick Santorum is second with 272, followed by Newt… read more

Morgan Spurlock’s Comic-Con Movie: How to Support a Screening Near You

Morgan Spurlock’s latest film may not have the mass appeal of a flick like Hunger Games — but he still wants fans to have the chance to experience it on the big screen.

The film, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope chronicles the cultural phenomenon that is San Diego Comic-Con…. read more

Stumble Into StumbleUpon’s San Francisco Office [PICS]

The Startup Spaces Series is supported by Turnstone, a Steelcase brand. Running a small business is hard enough, having a great space to work in should be easy. myturnstone.com.

StumbleUpon is all about discovery, and if you happen to stumble upon the company’s San Francisco headquarters, you’ll have plenty to see.

The… read more

Facebook vs. Yahoo Round 2: Social Network Files a Suit of Its Own

The Facebook-Yahoo grudge match continues.

Now Facebook is countersuing Yahoo, denying Yahoo’s allegations that Facebook infringed on the company’s patents — and claiming Yahoo is actually infringing on Facebook’s patents.

Facebook’s counter-claim, filed Tuesday, denies Yahoo’s statements that many of Facebook’s tools and features on the site stem from developments… read more

How Twitter Got March Madness [INFOGRAPHIC]

After last night’s championship win, it shouldn’t be too big of a surprise that the University of Kentucky was the most mentioned team on Twitter during the 2012 March Madness tournament.

Email marketing provider ExactTarget has put together an infographic highlighting some of the biggest wins on Twitter throughout March Madness,… read more

Students More Likely to Apply Directly to Companies Than Via Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

Students approaching graduation are chasing after the companies they want to work for directly, a new survey shows. Applying directly to a company outweighs finding opportunities on LinkedIn, the top social media platform used to find jobs.

According to a new survey from Experience and Achievers, about 88% of college students… read more

How ‘Draw Something’ Is Taking Over the World [INFOGRAPHIC]

It’s official: The world is obsessed with Draw Something.

The game, which asks you to sketch objects and pop culture references on your smartphone or tablet for your friends to guess, has become a dominating force on the social graph. In a short time, it has earned the number-one best seller… read more

3 Twitter Rumors and What They Could Mean for Brands

David Clarke is CEO and co-founder of BGT Partners, a 2010, 2011 and 2012 Ad Age Top 15 Best Places to Work in the U.S. honoree. BGT creates interactive marketing and technology solutions for global corporations that strengthen brands, develop more engaging relationships and transform businesses.

With increased competition for… read more

What’s the big deal with Pinterest? [Infographic]

In the past year or so a new social service has been gaining huge popularity, almost explosion-like you might say. You’ve probably heard of it, its called Pinterest. Now, I won’t go into detail about what Pinterest is or what it can do, I am sure you will… read more

More Great Business Card Templates from GraphicRiver

It’s been almost a year now since I did my last business card template roundup. As design trends tend to come and go, I thought it might be a good time to have another.

Here’s are a few of my favorite business card templates from our sister site GraphicRiver. Enjoy!

Quirky… read more

90 New High-Quality Free WordPress Themes (2012 Edition)

WordPress! is an award-winning CMS, which enables you to build Blogs, Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made WordPress the most popular blog software available. Best of all, WordPress is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.

There are… read more

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

1. Two-year old dancing the jive

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Tips for Planning your own Design Studio

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Getting started in freelance web design is an exhilarating process. Along with the added stresses of daily work you actually become your own boss, set your own hours, and even choose who you will work with. It’s truly a great way to earn a living!

Now consider… read more

Social Network Built for Apartment Dwellers is a Renter’s Dream

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: RentSocial

Quick Pitch: RentSocial is a new social platform aiming to makeover the apartment hunt process…. read more

White House to Developers: Help Us Build Job Search Apps

The White House has a request for app developers around the country: help young people find summer jobs.

It’s the administration’s first-ever “Code Sprint,” an open-source development free-for-all — sort of like an Iron Chef competition for coders.

The secret ingredient? The government’s “Summer Jobs+” API, a search tool designed to… read more

4 Facebook Features Marketers Can’t Afford to Ignore

Justyn Howard is the CEO of Sprout Social, a social media management platform that empowers leading companies to effectively manage their social channels. Follow him on Twitter @justyn and read his blog at SproutInsights.

If you have a brand or a business to market chances are you’re using a social media… read more

SpinLister Creates Online Hub for Bike Rentals in NYC, SF

When it’s 70 degrees out and the sun is beaming, you just might be in the mood for a day-long bike ride. Online bicycle renting hub SpinLister.com lets you do just that.

SpinLister is an online startup that launched on April 1 in New York and San Francisco. Urbanites can… read more

Laveraging Your Social Media Marketing with 10 Easy Ways

Laveraging Your Social Media Marketing with 10 Easy Ways

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‘Mad Men’ Prompts a New Parody Account on Twitter

6 Funny Tweets From @FatBettyFrancis

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The new season of Mad Men is off… read more

Christina Milian of ‘The Voice’ Touts New Facebook Voting for Live Shows

Grammy-nominated singer Christina Milian, who has elevated The Voice‘s online clout as season two’s new social media correspondent, faces her first live show Monday night.

During the live performance shows, Milian and host Carson Daly will guide viewers in learning about the final 24 singers and the slew of ways… read more

7 Useful Pinterest Tools to Supercharge Your Pinfluence

1. PinReach

PinReach measures your Pinterest influence. As well as giving you an overall score, it provides easy-to-read charts… read more

Tumblr Adds Facebook Timeline Integration

Tumblr is joining the Facebook Timeline integration bandwagon.

The social blog announced today that sharing posts to Facebook would get “a billion times” easier. Tumblr posts now appear on your Facebook Timeline, News Feed and Ticker when you chose “send to Facebook.” Tumblr likes and replies will appear on Facebook,… read more

115 Creative and Unique Social Media Icon Sets

115 Creative and Unique Social Media Icon Sets

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World Autism Awareness Day: Mobile Apps, TV Networks ‘Light It Up Blue’

Autism Speaks has been illuminating iconic landmarks around the world with blue light for World Autism Day for the last three years, as part of its “Light It Up Blue” campaign.

This year, the tech world is joining the campaign for the first time, as Outfit7‘s Talking Tom mobile app… read more

This Is Your Last Chance to Win a Pass to Mashable’s Biggest Conference

Our biggest conference of the year, Mashable Connect, is returning to Orlando, FL from May 3-5, and this year we will explore the future of digital with some of the brightest minds in the industry.

This is your chance to spend three days away from everyday life, surrounded by leaders… read more

Conan O’Brien Takes Over Mashable for April Fools’ Day

Conan Takes Over

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Big Day for Family History Hunters: 1940 U.S. Census Is Online

The National Archives and Records released its 1940 U.S. Census online Monday, making searching for family history even easier.

The public now has free online access to the census taken during the World War II years, a big step toward making the archives more accessible through technology.

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