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The Mashable SXSWi House Returns to Austin in 2012It’s that time of the year again, where members of the digital and technology communities come together in Austin, TX for the SXSW Interactive festival, March 9-13. Amid five days of panels, presentations and networking opportunities, Mashable will be hosting one of the biggest and most m... 8 Job Search Tips From the Co-Founder of LinkedInEarly on in The Start-up of You, Reid Hoffman takes on the sacred cow of career advice books, making it clear that the timeworn exhortations of What Color is Your Parachute? won’t fly in this economy. “That’s the wrong question,” Hoffman, the co-founder and chairman of Li... Google Street View Takes You Inside Ancient Japanese Caves [VIDEO]Stalactites and stalagmites galore! Google wants to take you spelunking without your even having to step away from the laptop. The company set loose photography crews to gather 360-degree documentation of a couple underground Japanese wonders. Click here to check out the old Okubo-mabu mine... Online Store Kno Sues Publisher for Pulling Its Digital Textbooks [EXCLUSIVE]Publishing giant Cengage Learning wants to stop selling its titles through digital textbook seller Kno, and Kno — which counts on Cengage material for about a quarter of its sales — is suing for breech of a license agreement. The scuffle between the two companies illustrates a vulner... High School Football Coach Resigns After Nude Facebook PhotoA high school football coach in Maine lost his job after accidentally posting a nude photo of himself to Facebook. Paul Withee said he intended to send the photo privately to a friend but it ended up appearing on his Facebook page for his entire social network to see. Withee was the varsity foo... Is This Mark Zuckerberg’s Pinterest Profile?A recently opened profile on Pinterest claims to be Mark Zuckerberg’s, sporting the Facebook co-founder and CEO’s name and photograph. The profile itself, located at www.pinterest.com/zuck, isn’t very lively. The owner is following more than 100 other users, but has posted very... Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Joins PinterestFacebook’s co-founder and CEO has joined the hottest new social network on the block, Pinterest. Mark Zuckerberg’s profile, located at www.pinterest.com/zuck, isn’t very lively. He is following more than 100 other users, but has posted very little content himself. The Pinterest ... Why Zoosk Wants to Make Online Dating More Like LinkedInThe Internet dating routine is relatively straightforward, if tough to progress from step to step: Make a profile, find some dates, pick a mate, get offline. But the dating site Zoosk wants to change that by incentivizing its members to stay online after they’ve found romance. The company ... Bleacher Report Launches 4 YouTube Sports ShowsInternet sportswriting behemoth Bleacher Report announced the launch Wednesday of four original YouTube series. The move signals Bleacher Report‘s most serious venture yet into online video, and reflects the medium’s growing importance to companies that create content on the Internet.... Cow Collar Texts Ranchers When Animals Are Sick, In Heat [VIDEO]Even cows can benefit from having a mobile device. A new collar being developed for cattle ranchers could send cow health updates to farmers’ cellphones. The device could help ranchers save money in the long run, monitoring the health of their animals and prevent accidental deaths. Th... |