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The woman who started and managed Google‘s blogs will now be shaping Twitter‘s voice. For the past nine years, Karen Wickre has been senior media liason at Google, where she built the now more-than-150-strong Google blog platform. Here’s how she … Continue reading →

UNAIDS, the UN‘s branch dealing with HIV/AIDS, has launched a digital crowdsourcing campaign to combat HIV/AIDS across the globe. The campaign, CrowdOutAIDS, stems from the idea that young people will have the best ideas about how to stop the spread … Continue reading →

Digital subscription and single-copy sales have spiked following the launch of Apple’s Newsstand app two weeks ago. Magazine publisher Conde Nast has seen a 268% jump in digital subscriptions sales per week on average, Monica Ray, Conde Nast’s EVP of … Continue reading →

Sony is moving forward on a cinematic adaptation of Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, and is courting Aaron Sorkin to write the screenplay, according to one report. The LA Times cites a source “briefed on the project but not … Continue reading →

It’s hard to believe that a mere three months ago, Netflix stock had reached its all-time high at $300 per share. After Monday’s announcement that the company lost over 800,000 subscribers due to its price hike, the stock took a … Continue reading →

Dot, a hardware attachment for capturing panoramic video on the iPhone, starts shipping Tuesday after a short but storied development — one that began with the help of more than 1,000 backers on crowd-funding site Kickstarter in May. Dot will … Continue reading →

1. Skullphabet by Skull-A-Day Simple and bold, the “Skullphabet” font celebrates with great graphic ghoulishness. Click here to view this gallery. Halloween is nearly upon us. If you’re anything like the Mashable crew, you’ve already designed your perfect pumpkin, stockpiled … Continue reading →

Google started publishing requests from governments for user information about a year ago. On Tuesday, it revealed the number of user accounts involved in those requests — revealing that the U.S. not only makes more requests than any other country, … Continue reading →

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. Applications that measure the … Continue reading →

Are you, like so many others, tired of all those old-fashioned cameras you have to hold in order to take pictures? Well here’s a camera you get to throw. The Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera is a foam-padded ball studded with … Continue reading →