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Take the Interview Enhances Job Candidate Screening With Video
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: Take the Interview Quick Pitch: … Continue reading
Apple App Store Hack Makes Good Apps Go Bad
Apple has a reputation for being virus and malware-free, but a hacker has uncovered a potentially dangerous security flaw in the App Store. Charlie Miller, a Mac hacker and computer security researcher, has made a bit of a career finding … Continue reading
The History of Mashable Awards
A year and a half after founding Mashable from Scotland in 2005, CEO Pete Cashmore still hadn’t met his staff. They had each been working remotely, sight unseen, yet remained linked by common beliefs. Cashmore finally met the Mashable team … Continue reading
6 Tips for Holiday Social Good Campaigns
The Commerce With a Conscience Series is supported by Fedex. FedEx does more than shipping. They offer solutions like transporting heart valves to those in need and helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life. See how. The holidays are just … Continue reading
iPhone 4S, Can You Hear Me Now? Apple Sees Rise in Audio Bug Reports
Some of us are perfectly happy with the iPhone 4S — but it’s starting to feel like we’re in the minority. First came “yellowgate” — reports of users who were seeing a golden tint on their screens. Next came “batterygate“; … Continue reading
Gilt.com Goes Global
Gilt.com, Gilt Groupe’s flash sales site for apparel and home decor, announced Tuesday that it would begin shipping to more than 90 additional countries. The site, which launches sales on a range of deeply discounted designer merchandise in the women, … Continue reading
Oregon Puts iPad Voting on the Map
In an attempt to make voting easier for the elderly and disabled, Oregon is letting citizens in five counties cast their votes on Apple iPads. Election workers in the counties that make up that state’s 1st Congressional District are hitting … Continue reading
Tennis: The Unlikely Testing Ground for New Video Game Tech
Some of the most popular and beloved video games of all time are tennis games. That’s a weird sentence, considering the sport is far less popular than others, in the U.S. and around the world. More people watch soccer (football), … Continue reading
Apple Updates Apple Store App with Personal Pickup and EasyPay
Apple has released a new version (4.2) of its Apple Store app, and it’s now available for download from the App Store. The update brings two important features: Personal Pickup and EasyPay. The former lets you buy something in the … Continue reading
HP Considering Sale of WebOS [REPORT]
About two months after pulling the plug on its first tablet device, Hewlett-Packard is reportedly looking to sell webOS, the mobile operating system that powered it. WebOS, which HP acquired with Palm in 2010, could fetch hundreds of millions of … Continue reading