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It’s no secret that Americans enjoy using social media while they watch TV. But which shows are accumulating the most social buzz this season? We thought it time to break down the stats in a new weekly chart. The best … Continue reading →

Miami Heat owner Micky Arison has been fined $500,000 for venting on Twitter about the NBA lockout. The fine — believed to be the largest ever levied against an owner by the NBA — came after Arison responded to a … Continue reading →

We’ve seen many expensive gadget makeovers, but this one probably takes the cake for being over the top: An iPad 2 dressed in gold, diamonds and bones of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex. Stuart Hughes’s iPad 2 Gold History Edition, as … Continue reading →

Thanks to our partners who have contributed to the success of Mashable events! We’re always interested in collaborating with organizations on events, so contact us for more information about partnerships or sponsorship opportunities. New York Women in Communications, Inc. is … Continue reading →

We all know consumers spend more during the holiday season than any other time during the year. But did you know 38% of people have already began their yearly shopping extravaganzas? Online shopping now beats out shopping in stores (for … Continue reading →

Toyota unveiled four robots designed to accomplish ambitious objectives at a Tokyo event Tuesday: Help paralyzed patients walk or balance and help their caretakers gently transport them between locations. The company hopes to commercialize the products sometime after 2013. One … Continue reading →

It turns out Apple wasn’t responsible for the disappearance of the Amazon Cloud Player app aMusic from the App Store. The app was removed at Amazon’s request. When the app, an unofficial iOS client for Amazon’s Cloud Player service, disappeared … Continue reading →

The new-look Gmail that Google accidentally told us about last week is now rolling out to all users. The changes, officially announced in a blog post Tuesday, allow Gmail users much more control over the look of the service. You … Continue reading →

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox, a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory, Austin’s seed-stage incubator. He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. … Continue reading →

Twitter unveiled a collection of Twitter Stories Monday designed to remind users “of the humanity behind Tweets that make the world smaller.” There are currently just under 20 short vignettes gathered at stories.twitter.com. And these vignettes are indeed short: between … Continue reading →