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Let’s face it: The future of journalism is online and digital. And now, as if that trend needed any more confirmation, journalism’s highest honor has gone digital too. Beginning with the 2012 Pulitzer Prizes — recognizing work done during the … Continue reading →

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. You think you had a tough time with your Black Friday shopping this year? Well, imagine if you were trying to track down some non-alcoholic … Continue reading →

Google is talking to major retailers about a new plan to undermine Amazon by giving consumers who shop on the web an option to receive their orders within 24 hours for a low fee, according to a report. Google has … Continue reading →

NORAD’s Santa Tracker is back, allowing users to follow Santa’s journey on Christmas Eve across Google Maps, Google Earth and various social media channels (including for the first time Google+). This year also sees the introduction of iOS and Android … Continue reading →

Carrier IQ, a diagnostic tool installed in millions of smartphones all over the world, is gathering a lot of info about your activity – possibly even recording keystrokes, content of SMS messages and more – and sending it to a … Continue reading →

Emerging from its post-IPO quiet period on Wednesday, Groupon trumpeted holiday sales success and expressed defiance at a flurry of recent negative press coverage as its stock continued a partial comeback Thursday from last week’s steep decline. The daily deals … Continue reading →

A simple Siri hack essentially allows users to control their vehicles with their voices. Using the Viper Control plugin and Siri Proxy, Brandon Fiquett uploaded a video on YouTube demonstrating the capabilities of Apple’s voice-activated technology when it’s been connected … Continue reading →

Ebook sales are expected to generate $9.7 billion worldwide in 2016, more than three times the $3.2 billion the category is expected to generate this year, according to one forecaster. Strong demand for tablets will drive the growth, UK-based Juniper … Continue reading →

We already knew about YouTube’s redesign, which tech-savvy readers have been enabling for the past 10 days. As of now, however, the new YouTube is available to everyone. Unlike parent company Google, which tends to roll out redesigns over a … Continue reading →

Google+ is rolling out a feature that allows its users to make free conference calls within Hangouts. Google staffer Jarkko Oikarinen – also the inventor of Internet Relay Chat, the first-ever Internet chat function – used his Google+ page on … Continue reading →