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A recent study surveyed multiple companies and found that 43% of their employees clicked on simulated bad links that led to phishing attacks and malware. “Many [small businesses] don’t realize just how susceptible their employees are to phishing attacks, or … Continue reading →

  The votes are in and the results have been tabulated: After two months of nominations and voting by our community, Mashable is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2011 Mashable Awards! The fifth annual Mashable Awards honors the … Continue reading →

Q&A site Quora launched a new feature on Monday that has nothing to do with Q’s or A’s. “Boards” function like Pinterest’s “pinboards,” allowing users to collect and organize web content under topics they create. “As Quora has grown, we’ve … Continue reading →

The Atlantic’s James Bennet, Scott Havens, Bob Cohn and Justin Smith. Photo courtesy of Richard A. Bloom. With consecutive quarterly growth in both print and digital advertising sales, The Atlantic has emerged as a vanguard in an industry harassed by … Continue reading →

As the year draws to a close, Google is taking a look back: first at how the world searched in 2011, and now at how consumers and businesses engaged with online advertising. Given the size of its business — Google … Continue reading →

Only In The Alley Calendar 12 New York City-based startups are featured in the “Only in the Alley” 2012 calendar, with each company sharing their story of the unique attributes of the city that help make their businesses tick. Representatives … Continue reading →

MIT is planning to launch an open platform for free online classes, complete with certification for those who demonstrate mastery of their topics. The university announced “MITx” on Monday, though it doesn’t plan to launch the experimental prototype version of … Continue reading →

Warner Bros. released the first full-length trailer for next summer’s The Dark Knight Rises exclusively on iTunes. The film, which will be out next summer, has already been part of an extensive digital campaign. In July, the studio released the … Continue reading →

Maybe you were on a first date, leaving for a vacation or downing a beer at a baseball game. Or maybe you were checking into the hospital with Pancreatitis. Timehop wants to help you remember whatever you were up to … Continue reading →

Face it: You need a cool, last-minute gift for the special guy in your life. Boyfriends and husbands love tech toys, but chances are your man already owns the smartphone, tablet or game system of his choice. What he will … Continue reading →