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Eric K. Clemons: "Say It Ain't So, Joe, Again, and Again, and Again ...": A Legacy of Continued Bad Behavior at Google
I believe, as I have believed for some time, that more active regulation of Google is warranted. Google has demonstrated that it cannot be trusted. In fairness, no one could be trusted or should be trusted with so much power. Read More... More on
Free Website Promotion: 5 Ways to Keep Your Money and Create Some Noise
There is no word in the English language that grabs interest as much as the word FREE. Oh there are others that titillate, but Free stuff just causes us do... Read more
San Diego SEO Consultants MoGreen Media Now Bring Expert SEO Advice to the San Diego Area With Grand Opening of Their San Diego Office
The management of MoGreen Media has an open doors policy to any business or person who wants to discuss their online success. San Diego, CA -- ( SBWIRE ) -- 05/18/2012 -- Every day the internet gets bigger and becomes more important to businesses,
Congressmen Seek To Lift Propaganda Ban
Propaganda that was supposed to target foreigners could now be aimed at Americans, reversing a longstanding policy. “Disconcerting and dangerous,” says Shank. Amy Sly for BuzzFeed An amendment that would legalize the use of propaganda on American
Arizona Goes Birther: Secretary Of State Says It's 'Possible' Obama Won't Be On Ballot
The man in charge of running Arizona's elections has gone to the birthers. Secretary of State Ken Bennett now says he's not convinced Barack Obama was really born in the United States and so he is threatening to keep the president off the ballot in
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Will Smith ATTACKS Affectionate Reporter
Will Smith just slapped a Ukrainian reporter across the face at the Moscow premiere of "Men in Black 3" -- and it was all caught on tape.The Ukrainian reporter tries to kiss Will on the lips on the red carpet and the actor angrily pushes him
78 New APIs: MasterCard, Travelocity and AddShoppers
This week we had 78 new APIs added to our API directory including a data integration service, travel booking service, user social information and data service, wallet checkout service and social eCommerce sharing platform. In addition we covered the
Students - Buy a PC, get an Xbox 360! #GetAnXbox
The school year is wrapping up for many but for those who are graduating high school - thoughts are already on the upcoming school year this fall and starting college. Starting college can be a big adjustment and we’d like to help with that. Starting
Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is
I’ve been thinking of a way to explain to straight white men how life works for them, without invoking the dreaded word “privilege,” to which they react like vampires being fed a garlic tart at high noon. It’s not that the word “privilege”
Ridley Scott Opens Up
The Oscar-winning auteur dishes to Marlow Stern about ‘Prometheus,’ why he loves kick-ass women, 'Blade Runner 2,' and
N.C. Teacher Tells Student He Could Be Arrested for Talking Badly About Obama
Last Monday, a high school student in North Carolina engaged his social studies teacher in a heated debate about politics and the two leading presidential candidates. During the exchange, the teacher (an obvious Obama supporter) got very angry with the
How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet [Exclusive]
Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the code, and the code makes the people rich. Code is like a poem; it has to follow certain structural requirements, and yet out of that structure can come art. But code is art
Huffington Post
Sen. Tom Harkin: We've Got Your 6
Over the next five years, more than a million military service members will return to civilian life. In the years immediately following World War II, the successful reintegration of veterans
Dr. Peggy Drexler: Fathers and Daughters -- and Moms: Is There Room for Everyone?
My father died of a heart attack when I was three years old. I went to sleep with a father, and by the time I woke, I no longer had one. My mother, in her grief, subsequently removed all trac
Sarah Leon: PHOTOS: Why I Still Wear My Prom Dress
I went to high school in New Jersey, where there is nothing more important in the world of style than senior year prom (not even graduation or a new episode of "Jersey Shore"). Not even the m
Holly Robinson: How Obama Won Me Over With a Single Speech
I am not a gushy sort of person when it comes to celebrities, nor am I particularly political. So, when I heard that President Obama was going to speak during our daughter's graduation from
Michael Brenner: Democrats' Seven Deadly Sins
The Democrats are in a shambles. Progressives, née liberals, are in particularly dire straits. They have been marginalized and their influence on public policy wanes even as events reconfirm
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David Wild: Donna Summer and Robin Gibb Were Great and Disco Didn't Suck: A Playlist for Remembering
I grew up in the seventies -- an era that I still consider a golden age for music and film, thanks to so much truly classic rock, funk, soul, punk and new wave, and yes -- damn it -- disco, t
Pat Gallagher: 20 Hollywood Marriages That Have Lasted 25+ Years
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan kicked off the wedding season this past weekend with their surprise nuptials in the backyard of their Palo Alto, California home. Since they met in 2004 at
Leo W. Gerard: Workers of the World Unite -- With Shareholders
At Citigroup, shareholders had their say on CEO pay -- and they yelled, "No damn way!" Concerted action by shareholders, workers and public interest groups compelled corporate change in seve
Don Tapscott: Living Out Loud -- Should We All Be More "Open?": The Upside of Sharing
The ubiquity of digital gadgets and sensors, the pervasiveness of networks and the benefits of sharing very personal information through social media have led some to argue that privacy as a
Zoë Triska: The Phrase That Makes You Sound Like A Loser
Once upon a time, I dated this guy. He was a complete douchebag. Oh, there were many signs in advance that he was scummy. He was very rarely available; seeing him was always on his terms; he
Charles Ferguson: Charles Ferguson: How A Bank Self Destructs
Re-printed from Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America; Copyright © 2012 by Charles Ferguson. Published by Crown Business, a division of Ran
Raymond J. Learsy: Does JPMorgan's Derivatives Fiasco Portend the Collapse of Crude Oil and Gasoline Prices?
According to The Wall Street Journal, JPMorgan's losses on what has been reported as big directional bets on credit derivatives, but never fully disclosed by JPMorgan, could reach $5 billion
Erin Ruberry: REVIEW: The Pig Opens in Logan Circle for a Snout-to-Tail Small Plates Feast (PHOTOS)
In case you have any doubts what a restaurant called The Pig specializes in, Roald Dahl's poem "The Pig" adorns the entrance to Logan Circle's newest eatery. Step into the bathroom and Porky
Simon Johnson: Jamie Dimon Should Resign From the Board Of The New York Fed
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, is a member of the board of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Mr. Dimon's role there is sometimes presented as "advisory" but he sits on the Management
Phil Angelides: Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain
Co-written by Bart Dzivi Jamie Dimon was hailed as the wizard of Wall Street. Until the revelation of JPMorgan Chase's disastrous derivatives bet, he was the man who supposedly could do no w
BuzzFeed
Watch This Amazing Time-Lapse Video Of The Annular Solar Eclipse
- Amazing. Source: youtube.com / via: laughingsquid.com
Filipino Lady Gaga Fans Fight Back Against Christian Groups
- Christian groups in Manilla have been protesting Lady Gaga's concert for a couple days now and the other side is fighting back. WERK. If yo
The Top 10 Most Legally And Illegally Downloaded TV Shows
- Comparing the top 10 legally downloaded shows from iTunes and the top 10 torrented television shows. According to Digital Spy. 10. T
Horrifying Photo Of A Gay Activist Being Beaten
- A hate crime captured on film. Svyatoslav Sheremet, head of the Ukrainian organization Gay-Forum, is attacked following a press conference in Kiev.
Man With 30 Kids Requests Child-Support Break
- A 33-year-old Knoxville, Tenn. man with 30 children appeared in court this week to ask the state for child-support help, Memphis n
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50 Awesome Photos Of The Solar Eclipse
- The best place to see the eclipse was across Asia and parts of the western United States. It was the first solar eclipse visible in North America in
Chris Brown's Horribly Lip-Syncs At The Billboard Music Awards, Pink Throws Shade
- Why is he still famous again?
LeBron James Loves "The Hunger Games"
- LeBron was caught reading the best-seller before yesterday's Game 4 against Indiana. This calls for an investigation. LeBron James getti
Fashion At The Billboard Music Awards
- Katy Perry brought her grandmother as her date, Miley Cyrus wore the top half of a horrific white pantsuit, and Carly Rae Jepsen out-glammed them al
Why Does Everyone Hate Garfield On Twitter?
- Sure, Garfield comics aren't everyone's idea of funny, but there's a weird world of extreme Garfield haters on Twitter. This isn't j
This Is What A Baseball Stadium Full Of Orthodox Jews Looks Like
- At yesterday's Asifa, over 40,000 Orthodox Jews came to the Met's ballpark Citi Field to rally against “the dangers of the internet.&#
This Lady Isn't Racist
- Watch some lady talk about how black people can be racist too. I screamed at 2:48. And here's the video description:
The Most Perfectly Timed Photo From The NATO Protests In Chicago
- OccupyChicago's press photog Marcus Demery catches an amusing moment during the yesterday's NATO protests in Chicago. Source: mar
The Cutest Picture Of Kids Watching The Solar Eclipse
- From Japan. I can't even take it. Source: carudamon119
Sky Blu Of LMFAO Cut Off His Crazy Hair
- Without any warning or press release, Sky Blu — best known as one half of the neon-and-print-wearin', afro-lovin' music group LMFAO &m
In Conservative Media, A "Race War" Rages
- They don't care if you call it racist. “In Obama's America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering,” says L
All Of Lady Gaga's Looks From "The Simpsons" Season Finale
- In an otherwise dull episode, Lady Gaga's wacky wardrobe and accessories happened to be the most interesting part. Her clothes,
Will Smith Raps "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air" Theme On Live Television
- Does this mean we can expect a Will Smith-Jazzy Jeff reunion tour in 2013?
The Best Street Ads Of The Year, So Far
- Meme advertising done right, via the streets of Toronto. Double WIN for the FloatingHeadVertising.Triple WIN for the knitted backgro
Microsoft's New Social Network Launched Officially On Sunday
- It's called So.cl and it's borrowing from Google Plus, Facebook, Pinterest, Flipboard, and many other successful social and sharing sites. M
Gizmodo
Why Facebook's Tanking Today
The stock is falling! The stock is falling! If you stopped following the Facebook IPOcalypse on Friday, it might be time to pull up another chair. FB has plummeted 12 percent as of this writing, with no signs of pulling out of its nosedive. Ruh roh. More »
Is This the Best Gesture Control System Ever?
Gesture control as we know it is rudimentary at best. But a new San Francisco startup called Leap Motion has just announced a new 3D motion control system that its claims is 200 times more accurate than anything else on the market—and it's set to cost just $70. More »
The Best Solar Eclipse Photos
If you were lucky enough to live in Asia or the western United States or anywhere in between, you would've been graced with the clear sight of what looked like a ring of fire in the sky. Or more specifically, an annular eclipse. If you missed the eclipse, don't worry, we got you. Here are the best pictures we've seen. More »
Zuckerberg Just Got Married
Mark "IPO" Zuckerberg just dropped a Facebook status update bigger than the NASDAQ bomb: he and longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan are married, only a day after he became one of the richest men on the planet. He wore a suit! More »
How To Turn PVC and Hairspray Into a Force of Destruction
Wish you had a way to fire projectiles in your backyard but lack a firearm and/or the proper permit? Not a problem! With $40 in plumbing supplies and an hour of your time, you too can launch Russets with extreme prejudice. More »
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Why Facebook's Tanking Today
The stock is falling! The stock is falling! If you stopped following the Facebook IPOcalypse on Friday, it might be time to pull up another chair. FB has plummeted 12 percent as of this writing, with no signs of pulling out of its nosedive. Ruh roh. More »
Is This the Best Gesture Control System Ever?
Gesture control as we know it is rudimentary at best. But a new San Francisco startup called Leap Motion has just announced a new 3D motion control system that its claims is 200 times more accurate than anything else on the market—and it's set to cost just $70. More »
The Best Solar Eclipse Photos
If you were lucky enough to live in Asia or the western United States or anywhere in between, you would've been graced with the clear sight of what looked like a ring of fire in the sky. Or more specifically, an annular eclipse. If you missed the eclipse, don't worry, we got you. Here are the best pictures we've seen. More »
Zuckerberg Just Got Married
Mark "IPO" Zuckerberg just dropped a Facebook status update bigger than the NASDAQ bomb: he and longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan are married, only a day after he became one of the richest men on the planet. He wore a suit! More »
How To Turn PVC and Hairspray Into a Force of Destruction
Wish you had a way to fire projectiles in your backyard but lack a firearm and/or the proper permit? Not a problem! With $40 in plumbing supplies and an hour of your time, you too can launch Russets with extreme prejudice. More »
Techcrunch
Brad Garlinghouse’s Suggestion To Save Yahoo? Buy Flipboard And Gravity
Brad Garlinghouse, who just took over as CEO of YouSendIt and used to be a senior vice president at Yahoo several years ago, has a few ideas for the ailing web giant. The company's got a pile of cash including $2.6 billion in cash and marketable securities from the end of last quarter, plus $6.3 billion more from selling the Alibaba stake over the weekend. "Yahoo has billions and billions of dollars. Yahoo can do anything that they want," he said, adding that he thinks the homepage alone is worth more than $1 billion in search and advertising revenue. Garlinghouse thinks the company should be aggressive about acquiring young companies to bring in entrepreneurial leadership. At the top of his list are Flipboard and Gravity.
TechStars’ Tisch: We Will See 2-3 NYC Startups Exit This Year Out Of 20-30 Strong Possibles
Silicon Valley may be the undisputed capital of tech at the moment, but New York holds its own with a set of unique qualities that make it an essential part of the game -- and for some kinds of startups a much more important base for building a business. These include the city's population concentration and its leadership in other industries, according to a panel of NY-based tech insiders speaking earlier today at the TechCrunch New York Disrupt conference. David Tisch, MD of NY-based seed fund and accelerator TechStars, takes that idea one step further: he thinks that this year we will see two or three of the biggest companies based here exit in the form of an IPO or acquisition, out of a group of 20-30 strong candidates that have been "growing to a scale where acquisitions can happen."
House Beautiful Tests Pinterest Integration…In Its Printed Pages
House Beautiful is hopping on the Pinterest bandwagon today courtesy of digital watermarking provider Digimarc, which has just introduced technology allowing consumers to pin magazine images from the real world to their Pinterest boards. While functionally similar to the online "Pin It" button, the Digimarc solution uses the company's proprietary technology to embed an imperceptible watermark in a printed magazine image. When scanned, users are immediately taken to the pre-configured Pinterest page for the image, allowing them to then re-pin it to their own boards.
CrunchFund Took A Stake In Tumblr, Buying From Existing Investors
Today at TechCrunch Disrupt, CrunchFund's M.G. Siegler took the stage to interview Tumblr CEO David Karp. But not before disclosing that his fund was now an investor in the New York City-based blogging platform. Neither provided further details of the investment on stage, but we've been able to find out a little bit more about the CrunchFund's stake in Tumblr. For one thing, the CrunchFund investment wasn't part of a follow-on round or a new fund raise for Tumblr, but a purchase of common stock from some of Tumblr's early-stage investors. And while it isn't taking a huge stake in Tumblr, relative to the startup's overall investor base, the investment has been described as "significant" to CrunchFund, which had raised $20 million before launching.
David Karp: Tumblr’s Revenue Model Is All About Telling Stories
In a fireside chat with MG Siegler at TechCrunch Disrupt Monday, Tumblr founder David Karp described how his company thinks differently about advertising than Facebook or Google, and how they hope to make it less distracting and more meaningful to users. In short, it's all about telling stories. Karp said that for Tumblr, the stuff that appears in the main feed is pretty sacred, as it's all content that users have chosen to subscribe to. Instead of inserting branded content into the stream in the same way that companies like Twitter are beginning to do, Tumblr has instead reserved the right-side column for content that users may not have seen.
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Imgur Partners With Brisk And “Scumbag Steve” For Meme-ified Ads
Imgur has built a massive audience for the sometimes amusing, sometimes adorable images and memes that it hosts. Now it faces another challenge: Making money. With 2 billion monthly page views, advertising seems like an obvious business plan. The problem, says CEO Alan Schaaf, is that "the Imgur audience has always hated ads." So yes, the company runs a banner ad on each page, but the audience probably sees it as a necessary evil. They probably won't be happy with a second ad, Schaaf says, so a different approach was needed.
Fab.com Has 4.5M Members, CEO Wants To Work With Pinterest (But Doesn’t Actually Use It)
Fab.com CEO Jason Goldberg took the stage today at Disrupt, he laid out a grand vision for the site. He noted that it has been just under a year since the site launched, and it already has 4.5 million members. "That's not an e-commerce site, that's a movement," he said.
Venture Capitalist Michael Moritz Says He’s Stepping Back From Sequoia Because Of Illness
In very sad news, Mike Moritz, who has led top-tier venture firm Sequoia Capital through the very beginnings of the web until now, is stepping back because of an incurable disease. His firm has backed many of the home runs of the last two decades including Google, PayPal and Yahoo. In a letter to limited partners this morning, he wrote, "We have always tried to be straightforward with you and, in that spirit, I need to share something. Unfortunately, I have been diagnosed with a rare medical condition which can be managed but is incurable."
About.me Releases Public API, SDK At Disrupt, Now Integrates With Reputation, Smarterer, Forkly, Kred And Showyou
About.Me is set to get a bit more social. The AOL-owned property just released a public API and SDK into the wild in partnership with Reputation.com, Smarterer, Forkly, Kred and Showyou. While the online profile site already worked with most popular social platforms, today's announcement is huge for both about.me and their legions of users. Plus, for attendees of Disrupt NYC this week, the company is celebrating the news by having a professional photographer on hand to help create free killer profile pics. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. About.me collects a user's various online identifies and puts them in a single (and beautiful) location. Think of it a splash page for your identity online. Instead of directing people to various locations like LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram, the idea is to just send them to your about.me page, which neatly collates the rest of your accounts. Here's mine. I think it's lovely and only took about five minutes to make.
Google Missed The Boat On Buying Twitter. “Hasn’t Been Interested Since They Committed To Google+” -Fred Wilson
Google got the chance to buy Twitter, but the search giant passed, says Michael Arrington. "Google hasn’t been interested in buying Twitter since they committed themselves to Google+” says Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures founder and former Twitter board member, in his fireside chat this morning with Arrington at the TechCrunch Disrupt New York conference. Now Google+ is widely seen as a ghost town, and not buying Twitter could be a mistake that haunts Mountain View for years to come. Wilson has one of the most envied portfolios in venture capital, with Union Square Ventures getting in early on Twitter, Zynga, Etsy, and Tumblr. But the future might not be as bright. "I don't think I'm going to be very good at investing in the next big thing. I don't come from it. I didn't work in it. The next thing isn't going to be evolutionary. It's going to be something completely different."
EU Gives Google A Last Chance To Avoid Antitrust Charges
In late 2010, the European Commission launched an investigation into allegations that Google was abusing its dominant position in the search engine market. Today, Joaquín Almunia, the vice president of the European Commission responsible for competition policy, sent a letter to Google chairman Eric Schmidt with an update about its finding. The Commission, writes Almunia, identified four specific concerns that Google needs to address quickly to avoid a lengthy (and potentially very costly) antitrust process. In the letter to Schmidt, Almunia offers "Google the possibility to come up in a matter of weeks with first proposals of remedies to address each of these points."
TechCrunch Disrupt NYC LIVE: Day One! #TCDisrupt
After months of prepping, countless run-throughs and all nighters, it's time to get this party started. Welcome to TechCrunch Disrupt New York City 2012. I have a feeling this is going to be the best one to date. Follow the team's coverage here. If you're unable to attend don't worry, you can join the conversation on Twitter by following #TCDisrupt. So here's how the day breaks down:
StatCounter: Google Chrome Pushes Past Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (Again)
Well, it's official. Or at least it's official if you believe in StatCounter's data. Google's Chrome web browser has overtaken Microsoft's Internet Explorer. For real this time. Maybe. The stat-counting firm compiled data for the week of May 14th through May 20th, showing that Chrome had a market share of 32.76%, compared with IE's 31.94%. This isn't the first time that Chrome has gotten ahead, however. And the race itself is close - perhaps too close to call.
Disruptive Retail Trend Continues As Urbanara Secures €3.5m From TA Venture
Lately we've seen the rise of e-commerce and online retailer stertups disrupting the relationship between distributors and the consumer. Etsy comes to mind of course. Meanwhile, Made.com in the UK is leading the charge, and lately Llustre (also UK) has hit on a model of re-connecting designers with consumers. That trend continues today as Urbanara, an online retailer for "high quality home textiles and home wares" supplied direct from the people who make them, secures a significant funding round. TA Venture, together with a group of international investors, including Blumberg Capital and Brain-to-Ventures, has participated in a €3.5 million series A investment round in the startup.
Motorola Mobility Says $12.5B Google Deal To Close Tuesday Or Wednesday. Layoffs Coming?
Google has reached the final regulatory hurdle to its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, with China approving the transaction over the weekend, and today Motorola Mobility filed an 8-K form that notes that it will close in the next two business days. So what happens next? A “listening tour,” a source tells us, with new management visiting the whole of the operation, “seeing what everyone does, then making decisions.” One decision that may be close at hand has to do with headcount: we have heard that there will be layoffs coming imminently.
Comcast Is Finally Rolling Out The X1, Its Set-top Box In The Cloud
Comcast announced Monday that it will make its newest set-top box available in Boston over the coming weeks, with a rollout planned across the entire country later this year. It's also introducing a mobile app to control the set-top box from the iPhone or iPad. The new set-top box comes after several years of development. Comcast has been working hard to develop a new set-top box that would take all of the smarts out of the box and put it in the network, essentially allowing the cable provider to launch new services and update the new features without having to totally rewrite applications or push out new firmware.
With Its Hotspot Shield Hitting 60M Downloads, AnchorFree Lands A Whopping $52M From Goldman Sachs
This morning AnchorFree, the makers of the popular virtual private network Hotspot Shield, is announcing that it has raised $52 million in series C financing from Goldman Sachs. All in all, this brings the Mountain View-based startup to over $63 million, following the $11 million the company raised in series A and B rounds, dating back to 2006. As part of its whopping series C round, Goldman is joined by existing investors former chairman and CEO of MCI Bert Roberts, RENN Capital President Russell Cleveland, angel investor Esther Dyson, former president of the Huffington Post Greg Coleman, Doug Maine, the former CFO of IBM, Rick Roth, and Kevin Cook, to name a few.
Xfire Raises $3M To Expand Gamer Social Networking In Asia
Xfire, which offers social networking tools for gamers, just announced that it has raised $3 million in new funding. The round was led by Singapore-based IDM Venture Capital. It's apparently targeted specifically at expanding Xfire's presence in Asia — the company recently announced that it's partnering with China Youth Goyor Technology company to bring its services into the Chinese market.
“Hashtag App” Lets You Follow Twitter & Instagram Hashtags In One Interface
This is kind of handy - and just in time for TechCrunch Disrupt. The team at Lemon Labs just launched a new app called "Hashtag App," which lets you follow Twitter hashtags on your iPhone or iPad. But there are a bunch of apps for that, including Twitter itself, you say? Very true. That's why Hashtag App kicks things up a notch and supports Instagram hashtags as well. Fun!
As The End Of Google Docs Draws Near, Google Asks Stragglers To Transition To Google Drive
Google always pitched Google Drive, which launched in April after a considerable period of hype, as a replacement for Google Docs. What many users didn't realize, it seems, is that Google will indeed completely replace Google Docs with Drive later this year. While Drive is still opt-in at this time, it looks like the forced transition is coming soon, as Google has started to alert users that their Google Docs account will soon be "upgraded to Google Drive."
Mashable
Watch 11 Sports Teams Rock Out to ‘Call Me Maybe’ [VIDEOS]
Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen and her management are crazy in “love” with the countless videos of sports teams performing her viral h…
Nasdaq to Earmark $13 Million for Bad Trades Related to Facebook
Nasdaq‘s damage control for its Friday glitch related to Facebook’s IPO continued on Monday as the exchange offered to reimburse inv…
Watch Web Celebs in Super Slo-Mo [EXCLUSIVE]
Remember the pop-up trivia version of Antoine Dodson’s “Bed Intruder” we premiered a few weeks ago? Well, now you can watch your fa…
‘Game of Thrones’ Is Getting a Facebook Game
The popular HBO show Game of Thrones will head to Facebook as a social game. Disruptor Beam, a Boston-based game company, will responsable for…
3 Mindsets That Can Kill Your Startup
You have a brilliant business idea and you can’t believe no one has thought of it before. Well, maybe this is because it’s not that great of…
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Google Loans 22,000 Feet of Office Space for NYC Tech Campus
Google is going all-in in its efforts to help New York and one university develop local, high-quality tech talent. In a press conference Monday…
10 Best Turn-Based Games for iOS
We will be the first to acknowledge that turn-based games aren’t for everyone. If you’re not into knowing that every choice you make in a…
Europe to Google: Stop Being Evil … or Else
The European Commission is giving Google a “matter of weeks” to settle an ongoing antitrust case by changing several of its business…
Google Chrome Now the No. 1 Browser in the World
Google’s Chrome web browser just passed Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to become the most-used browser in the world, says the latest…
Are You a Facebook Power User? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Are you among the 20-30% of the Facebook population that’s considered power users? If you’ve logged in to the social network already today…
Nike Euro Cup Ad Hits 9 Million Views in 3 Days [VIDEO]
In what may become a signifier of the true beginning of the season, Nike has ushered in the Euro Cup with an epic commercial featuring the biggest n…
Chicago NATO Protests Captured on YouTube [VIDEOS]
Thousands of protestors took to the streets of Chicago in anti-NATO protests held while the military alliance’s leadership met there to discuss…
Non-Profits: Target Key Online Supporters With Blackbaud
Whether you're a 12-year-old boy who wanted to raise money to save your grandma's house from foreclosure or an established non-profit, Blackbaud wants to provide a solution to help your organization rake in funds.
Online Privacy: How to Control Your Personal Data
Most people don’t think of the phone book as that yellow block of razor-thin sheets anymore. It’s been digitized, along with your cont…
Facebook Down 12% in Early Morning Trading
They can’t blame Nasdaq this time. Facebook‘s first day of trading after its IPO looks to be a bruising one. The company’s sto…
Hulu to Launch New Show With Kevin Smith Plus 9 Other Titles
In a bit of counterprogramming against the networks and cable channels, Hulu plans to launch 10 new shows this summer, including one from Clerks…
Spectacular ‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse Caught on Video
Sunday was marked by an interesting astronomical phenomenon: an annular (ring-shaped) solar eclipse, which occurs when Earth’s moon passes betw…
Nasdaq ‘Embarrassed’ Over Facebook IPO Tech Glitches
Nasdaq has acknowledged the technical glitches that delayed the start of Facebook IPO for approximately 30 minutes and vexed many investors. &#…
Mashable Weekend Recap: 50 Stories You Might Have Missed
What a weekend! As we sprinted through a lively slate of monumental stories such as the Facebook IPO and an impending launch of the first commer…
See the First Trailer for the Next James Bond Movie, Skyfall [VIDEO]
The first teaser trailer for the next James Bond movie, Skyfall, has been released. Clocking at 1:24, the video reveals less than your usual trailer…
Alibaba Buys Back 20% Stake From Yahoo for $7.1 Billion
Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba has bought half of Yahoo’s stake in the company — 20% of Alibaba’s shares — back from Ya…
What You Can Learn From Zynga’s Cool Company Culture [PICS]
When thinking of model places for workplace perks, the successful startups of Silicon Valley undoubtedly come to mind. And while heavy-hitters…
Pakistan Blocks Twitter, Citing ‘Blasphemy’ [VIDEO]
Authorities in Pakistan blocked access to Twitter on Sunday, over mention of a contest held in 2010 asking people to draw images of the Prophet Muham…
10 Delightful Nyan Cat Accessories
If you love Nyan Cat as much as we do here at Mashable, then we have a treat for you. We have scoured the web for the very best Pop-Tart cat-themed ac…
Terefic Takes the Guesswork Out of Job References
There are so many digital tools for your job search, but what about services that give you the edge when you’re ready to close the deal? E…
