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Marketers eager to take advantage of Facebook’s Timeline update will have to wait on Facebook’s own internal timeline. The social networking giant isn’t letting brands create Timeline pages just yet and hasn’t given a date on when that will happen. … Continue reading →

Outer space seems a lot closer this month. Have you noticed? December has seen a sudden flurry of starbound studies and new technology — from the NASA comet-wrangling harpoon to the space plane-rocket hybrid funded by a Microsoft co-founder, which … Continue reading →

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. A pet owner recently discovered a way to let his lizard interact with a smartphone. Using an HTC Android device, his bearded dragon amusingly tries … Continue reading →

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet is no Apple iPad — and it seems that most Fire owners are quite okay with that. In a recent open thread on Mashable regarding the product’s recent troubles, freshly minted Kindle Fire owners shared their … Continue reading →

From the anticipated arrival of the iPhone 5 that never came to swiping phones in stores to make a purchase, 2011 was an exciting year for mobile phones. As smartphones get smarter and consumer expectations rise, the mobile tech industry … Continue reading →

Those insanely loud TV commercials that disrupt viewing will soon be a thing of the past. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a new rule that will limit the broadcast volume of television ads. The rule is an implementation … Continue reading →

Facebook is Glassdoor’s top technology company to work for in 2012, finishing third on the employment information site’s Employees’ Choice Awards. The fourth annual list highlights the top 50 workplaces according to company employees’ survey responses on Glassdoor. The 20-question … Continue reading →

Google has extended free voice calls in Gmail in the US and Canada to one more year, the company has announced. Voice calls were originally added to Gmail in August 2010, with Google promising they will be free in the … Continue reading →

iPhone photo app maker Synthetic thinks it has found a way to combine the suspense of analog film with digital convenience through the new Hipstamatic D-Series app for iOS it’s releasing on Thursday. The D-Series — billed as a “disposable … Continue reading →

  The voting period for the 2011 Mashable Awards, a celebration of the most outstanding digital presences and projects, is quickly drawing to a close. You only have three days left to vote for your favorites of the web! This … Continue reading →