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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. There’s an unpleasant moment that occurs for entrepreneurs more often than it should. Someone asks for … Continue reading →

1. Android: Pulse News Pulse News offers Android owners a visually pleasing way to catch up on current affairs and other web content, on and offline. Feeds are collated into a colorful and interactive mosaic homescreen. Sharing is simple, and … Continue reading →

Reddit user SelfProdigy has declared Dec. 29 Dump GoDaddy Day, following the domain registrar’s short-lived public support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Although GoDaddy has announced that it no longer supports SOPA, the site is still facing the … Continue reading →

Nathan Safran heads the research department at Conductor, a leading SEO technology firm. Formerly, Nathan was an analyst for Forrester Research‘s consumer product strategy group, where he researched trend studies, consumer attitudes and behaviors toward technology adoption. Nathan blogs at … Continue reading →

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: Never Liked it Anyway Quick … Continue reading →

A Utah woman held captive for five days used a Facebook status update to save her and her 17-month-old son from a grisly hostage situation. The woman hid in a closet with a laptop and posted a message saying that … Continue reading →

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. The fifth installment in the annual “United State of Pop” mashup series from Jordan Roseman — a laptop-based DJ better known as DJ Earworm — … Continue reading →

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories. Company Sues Former Employee for Value … Continue reading →

With the sound of sleighbells still jangling in our half-frozen ears, we plowed through our Christmas rituals and at the same time kept on working the wires, looking for the best news the world had to offer our steadfast weekend … Continue reading →

You’ve probably heard a lot about Pinterest over the last few months. Not only has the company received $27 million in venture funds, but the site’s popularity has exploded from 1.2 million users in August to over 4 million today. … Continue reading →