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This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. With the rise of Pinterest and Tumblr’s astounding growth, it seems that 2012 may be the … Continue reading →

Since the release of System 1 in January 1984, Apple has played an integral role in designing and implementing the graphical user interface (GUI) as we know it. With the announcement of OS X Mountain Lion this week, Apple is … Continue reading →

Google is in a lot of hot water over recent revelations about how it tracks user activity on Apple devices — particularly iPhones and iPads. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, an independent researcher has discovered that Google embeds … Continue reading →

Netflix hasn’t been doing well communicating with its movie-loving customer base in the past six months (remember Qwikster?), and the company tripped up again this week. A post published on the company’s official blog, stating customers can now sign up … Continue reading →

In the wake of another celebrity social media meltdown this week, the question “where is his publicist?” has appeared from commenters in almost every article on the topic. Let me start by stating this is not a gossip column, nor … Continue reading →

At the “How to be Funny in 140 Characters or Less” panel Wednesday, I watched the full life cycle of a humorous trending topic on Twitter — from its creation, to peak, then death — all within less than an … Continue reading →

I’ve been trying to remember another time when Apple made such a major announcement with so little fanfare. OS X Mountain Lion is this year’s major Mac desktop and laptop operating system update — and it didn’t merit as much … Continue reading →

Apple sold 55 million iPads to date, CEO Tim Cook recently revealed in an interview with Fortune. The company also sold 37 million iPhones in Q1 2012 alone, with the total being around 175 million since the device’s inception. All … Continue reading →

The days of all-you-can eat mobile bandwidth are already ending, and landline broadband could soon follow suit. You, my data-hungry friend, my not be ready for it, but your Cookie Monster-like habit of gobbling up data has made this a … Continue reading →

For months now, it has been a foregone conclusion that the iPad 3 will feature a high-resolution retina display. Now further evidence has surfaced, this time with an examination of one of the screens. MacRumors obtained a display purported to … Continue reading →