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Look Out, Kindle Fire: Barnes & Noble to Launch Cheaper Nook This Week [REPORT]Is Barnes & Noble launching an 8GB Android tablet to compete with Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet? The bookseller is planning to release a smaller edition of the Nook Tablet this week, if a leaked memo from Walmart is to be believed. The memo, obtained by The Verge, says that a Nook 8GB ta... 9 Hot Tips for Small Business Marketing on FacebookThis post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. With 845 million users, Facebook has become an increasingly useful tool for brands, and it’s important to have a st... Why You Should Sell Your iPad 2 Now [CHART]Apple hasn’t yet confirmed the existence of the iPad 3, but first and second-generation iPad owners are already rushing to sell their devices based on reports that the iPad 3 will debut in March. Why the rush? Consumers who sold their original iPads before the iPad 2 was announced were able to ... 5 Tips For Using LinkedIn’s Mobile SiteThis post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Have you checked out LinkedIn‘s mobile site yet? No, not the mobile app — the in-browser mobile site. It̵... Sorry, Pinterest Users: Websites Can Now Block Pinning [VIDEO]Pinterest may be an Internet hit — especially with U.S. women and Facebook CEOs. But not all companies want to ride the pinboard wave of referral traffic. Now Pinterest has released code for companies that want to block the pinning of content from their sites to personal pinboards. ... Google’s Homepage Gets a Second Box — for Google+ SharingGoogle rarely clutters its minimalist home page with extra buttons or gizmos, but it made an exception for its social network Google+. The company has added a share button to the right-hand corner of its patented search page design. (Yes, a mostly blank space is patentable.) The update is rollin... Why Veterans Are a Good Fit for Tech Jobs [INFOGRAPHIC]Unemployment numbers are down, but there are 220,000 military veterans who are still looking for work. Though these vets are having a tough time finding jobs, they’re actually well equipped to work in the tech sector — many vets are skilled in computer security, SQL and troubleshooting. ... Tweeting a War: How One Journalist Is Using Twitter in AfghanistanJournalists are using Twitter in a seemingly unlikely place: Afghanistan. With about 1 million active Internet users out of a total population of just less than 35 million, it may seem strange that Afghan news writers are turning to the 140-or-less character web messaging service. But Mustafa Kaz... Panasonic Unveils the Eluga, a Dustproof and Waterproof SmartphonePanasonic gave its new smartphone for Europe a name on Monday. “The Eluga,” which will be the first Panasonic phone to debut outside of Japan since 2005, is set to go on sale this March. The Japanese manufacturer had announced its intentions to re-enter the smartphone market in Europ... The Pirate Bay Faces UK BlockadeTorrent search engine The Pirate Bay could be blocked in the UK after a judge in London ruled the site breaches copyright laws. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) wants British Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to The Pirate Bay in the UK, claiming the site has caused them m... |