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Tickets on Sale Now for Mashable’s Biggest Conference of the YearMashable’s largest conference, Mashable Connect, returns to Orlando, FL this year from May 3 – 5. Our annual destination conference brings our community together for three days to connect offline in an intimate setting at the Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World®. Registration i... U.S. Army Orders $13.9 Million in Badass Micro Robots [VIDEO]The U.S. Army placed its largest order of micro-robots ever with ReconRobotics, Inc. on Wednesday. A contract worth $13.9 million will supply the U.S. Army with 1,100 Recon Scout XT micro-robot kits. The 1.2 pound robot is equipped with a camera that can do indoor and outdoor surveillance f... Talk Tech at a Mashable MeetupThe Mashable Tech Talk meetup is less than a week away! Mashable community members have organized more than 150 Mashable Tech Talk events for Feb. 22. At these Meetups, the conversation will be centered on new and innovative technology and how those technologies will change the industry as we k... My iPad, My Babysitter: U.S. Kids Are Already Heavy Tablet Users [STUDY]If you’ve already gotten into the habit of hiding your iPad from your kids, this should not come as a shock: New research from Nielsen shows seven out of 12 children ages 12 and under who live in tablet-owning households use the devices for a number of purposes. What purposes? Like many ad... 4 Characteristics of a Winning Social Enterprise StrategyBill Kalma is VP of technical services at Model Metrics, an enterprise cloud computing services company. He focuses on the effective scoping, management and delivery of CRM projects from a technical perspective. What is the social enterprise? Traditionally, the term has referred to an organizatio... Scientific American Publisher Launches $49 Online TextbookThe publisher of Scientific American and Nature is stepping into a new genre with its first digital textbook, the company announced on Thursday. Principles of Biology, already in use at three California State universities, is a web-based introductory text. At $49, it costs about three times less ... Trick Out Your Pinterest Boards With This Simple Hack1. The Inspiration The first Pinterest user we've seen to "hack" his boards, digital development manager Nick McGlynn inspired us to have a go too. But what inspired him? "My colleague and I were brainstorming ways to use Pinterest for brands at Rodale Inc and I no... How Higher Education Is Going Digital [INFOGRAPHIC]People are talking about digital tech’s opportunity to improve the classroom. Much of the discussion has been focused on digital textbooks. Apple’s recent announcement of iBooks for education has caused a stir over whether texts delivered on an expensive and propriety device like the iPa... Mashable Publisher Platform Adds 14 New Content PartnersMashable is delighted to announce that 14 new publishers have joined the Mashable Publisher Platform, our editorially curated syndication offering that brings content from select publishers to our site. Since introducing the platform at the Mashable Media Summit in November, we’ve been able t... Hands on With Clik, YouTube’s New RemoteYouTube just got a remote. Clik, a new app from the makers of group messaging app Kik, lets you browse YouTube videos on your phone and control their play on any browser. The free Android and iPhone app doesn’t require any additional software or hardware. You connect it to the browser you ... |