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From Mashable! Social software and social networking 2.0.
World Domination: The iPhone is #1 in Japan
Since the release of the original iPhone in 2007, Apple’s smartphone has been on a steady climb upwards, taking huge chunks of the U.S. mobile phone market and giving even the BlackBerry a run f...
Obama: Does He Pass the Social Media Test?
He used social media and the web unlike any other presidential candidate in history. Barack Obama’s incredible online presence turned into a grassroots movement culminating in his election as t...
7 Spectacular Fireworks Shows on YouTube
They sparkle, they shimmer, they explode, and they come out every 4th of July: fireworks! It’s the Independence Day holiday weekend here in the U.S., and the celebrations are about to begin. Bu...
Tweetmeme Retweets Become Elite Next Week
Retweeting, as we’ve mentioned before (see HOW TO: Retweet on Twitter), is an increasingly popular way to share content on the web. Twitter is such a powerful tool for sharing media, in fact, ...
Task.fm Adds Smart Reminders via Twitter
A few months ago, we reviewed a unique reminder app: Task.fm. In our assessment, we noted its Twitter-like approach to reminders and its ability to decipher human language – you can tell it Tas...
Happy Internet Dependence Day!
With the 4th of July weekend just hours away, it’s time to wish our US readers a Happy Independence Day! Hopefully you’ll be spending at least some of your weekend away from your comput...
HOW TO: Discover and Get Feedback On New Web Apps
This post is part of Mashable?s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Th...
A Special Summer of Social Good Thank You
This week we ran a special Summer of Social Good charity promotion and many of you got involved. Mashable and the whole Summer of Social Good team would like to thank everyone who donated, tweeted, re...
Michael Jackson?s Memorial: The Biggest Web Event in History?
The web’s response to the passing of music legend Michael Jackson has been staggering. Social media was pounded with tributes last Thursday after the news broke, but next Tuesday could be a hug...
Geocaching Down, Too
Today a fire hit a major datacenter in Seattle, taking money processor Authorize.Net down. This has caused many web-based financial transactions to grind to a halt, but Authorize.Net isn’t the ...
On Vacation
The reason for the lack of posts recently is that I am on vacation until mid July. Normal posting will resume then:) Tweet This Post ...
Top Twenty Five Social Networking Sites ? May 2009
More bad news for MySpace as Facebook finally passed it last month to become the most popular US social networking site. According to comScore, Facebook totaled 70,278,000 unique visitors, up 97% from...
How Naked Pizza is using Twitter
Buried in the Reuters article last week about Dell was some interesting information about a small company that is also finding financial success on Twitter. New Orleans-based Naked Pizza, which turns ...
Are Layoffs Coming to MySpace?
MySpace is about to have a major wave of layoffs, according to Techcrunch. Techcrunch sources say that the layoffs will likely affect between 300 and 500 employees. It?s unclear if these numbers appl...
Dell Sells $3 Million via Twitter
This is an updated story from a post I wrote in February called How Dell is using Twitter to increase sales Dell said last week that it has generated more than $3 million in sales from Twitter followe...
