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Mashable for iPad: A New Way to Touch and Share the NewsWe’re happy to announce the launch of a completely new Mashable for iPad app today! And, we’re proud to say that Mashable for iPad is presented by Mercedes-Benz. We enlisted our old friends at Code & Theory to help us, and time-boxed ourselves into releasing in March. This made ... How a Mobile Game Dominated the App Store Without Any PressDraw Something, a Pictionary-like game for iOS and Android, had 1 million downloads before it had a single search result in Google News. “There was nothing written about us,” says Dan Porter, the CEO of a company called OMGPOP that created the app. “[Reporters] weren’t intere... Quiet Please! SpeechJammer Device Cuts You Off in Mid-Sentence [VIDEO]Japanese inventors, presumably looking for some peace and quiet, have invented SpeechJammer — a device that can instantly shut down a person’s ability to speak. You might be familiar with that odd echo when your speech is played back to you immediately after you’ve spoken. It... MindSnacks Turns Learning a Language Into a GameThe 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: MindSnacks Quick Pitch: MindSnacks are language-learning games for your brains. Genius... Want to Restrict the Age of Your Twitter Followers? This New Service Can Help [EXCLUSIVE]A social marketing platform is launching a new feature for alcohol brands on Twitter to help them make sure their tweets are reaching an age-appropriate audience. Vitrue — a platform that helps companies such as American Express and McDonald’s manage their social-media presences acro... Justin Bieber Fans Break Social Media World RecordWhile Justin Bieber rallied fans Thursday to donate to charity: water for his 18th birthday, his fans were also busy trying to break the Guinness World Records mark for most social media messages sent in a 24-hour period. Early results from AgencyNet, the creators of Bieber’s official webs... Windows 8 Could Have Nine Different Editions [REPORT]If you were hoping for the next version of Windows to come in only one flavor, you’re probably out of luck. Digging through registry entries of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, windows 8 beta found references to nine different editions of the OS. The full list (which definitely may change b... Netflix Loses Toy Story 3, Tron and 1,000 More MoviesPremium cable network Starz pulled its movies from Netflix streaming as of Thursday at midnight. For Netflix customers, this means no more Toy Story 3, no more Tron, no more Billy Madison and no more access to about 1,000 other movies that were previously in the “Starz Play” section o... Two Simple Steps to Take Control Over Google’s New Privacy PolicyGoogle’s new privacy policy takes effect Thursday. What’s new about it? Now, it allows Google to integrate information it collects about you from all your Google accounts. So instead of treating your YouTube, Gmail and Google+ accounts as separate entities, Google now sees you as jus... Flying Robots Play the James Bond Theme Song [VIDEO]LONG BEACH, Calif. — The machines have won – at least when it comes to being able to play music better than a Mashable editor. While that might not be saying much in my case, the music video that debuted at the TED conference on Wednesday showing flying, autonomous robots playing a coord... |