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“There is something wrong with the web. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind driving you mad.” So says a new mystery site making the rounds, in a tone of voice intended … Continue reading →

Siri’s Debut After acquiring voice-activated app company Siri in April 2010, Apple integrated the feature with its iPhone 4S. The public finally got a glimpse of the hands-free assistant at the Apple Keynote on Oct.4, where Senior Vice President Scott … Continue reading →

For the first 10 minutes or so, Mashable Media Summit attendees were probably wondering why Tor Myhren, president of Grey New York, was talking about losing his virginity. Well, it all started with the telephone… It’s 1986. One night in … Continue reading →

At today’s Mashable Media Summit, we announced the Mashable Publisher Platform, a new editorially curated syndication experience that brings content from select publishers to our site. Starting next week, you’ll begin seeing articles from AppAdvice, Causecast, ClickZ, GeekSugar, International Journalists’ … Continue reading →

Anyone following the Occupy Movement knows that it’s actually hard to follow all of the Occupy updates. Occupationalist is a new site that is part social aggregator, part media hub for all things #occupy. The populist protest movement sprung up … Continue reading →

How long does a tweet last before it loses steam and falls by the wayside? If you have a high Klout score, it may last up to 67 times longer than other users. The social influence measuring tool studied the … Continue reading →

You have to hand it to Google. With one fun little trick that a single engineer probably came up with in his mandated 20% spare time — getting the screen to “do a barrel roll” — the company got enough … Continue reading →

Social and digital media have an increasingly strong influence on how people consume content of all types. Nowhere is that more apparent than the world of television, where viewing habits are being deeply impacted by digital. From talking about TV … Continue reading →

Several months before Apple unveiled the iPad in January 2010, editors from Time, Inc., including some from Sports Illustrated met with Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs to get a preview of the soon-to-be-released tablet. The venerable sports magazine … Continue reading →

Groupon Offers One Local Deal Per Day, Nov. 2008 The social buying website Groupon provides one remarkable deal every day for each city they support – Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, … Continue reading →