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Startup Lets You Buy and Sell Stuff on TwitterA startup called Chirpify introduced a platform on Wednesday that lets you buy and sell things as well as donate money on Twitter. The Portland, Ore., company has linked up with PayPal to make Twitter-based transactions, a.k.a. “T-commerce” sort of like writing a check. For instance... Community Managers Share The Best Apps and Tools For ProductivityThis post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. In honor of Community Manager Appreciation Day on Jan. 23, we asked several leaders in community management about the app... Unboxing the Samsung Galaxy Note [PICS]Samsung is excited to bring its Galaxy Note “superphone” to the U.S. It’s so excited that it’s giving Mashable a sneak peek of the phone before it becomes available to AT&T customers Feb. 19. We took a few pictures when we unboxed the phone, and we couldn’t resi... Journalist Arrested for Tweets Gets Deported to Saudi ArabiaHamza Kashgari, the twenty-three-year-old Saudi blogger whose controversial tweets about the Prophet Muhammed last weekend incited controversy among religious conservatives in the Middle East, has been returned to Saudi Arabia at the request of the Saudi government. He was detained by authoritie... Pinterest, Meet Arab Spring: Clone Site Collects Videos of ProtestNews website Middle East Voices has created a digital forum for footage from Arab Spring protests, focusing on Bahrain — and the result looks very much like hot startup Pinterest. Lulu Live, launched on the one year anniversary of Feb. 14 protests in Bahrain, is a grassroots social journali... Sorry, Google: Apple is America’s Valentine This Year [STUDY]Love is in the air — and in the hearts of the American public, it runs deep for Apple products, according to a new study. Harris Interactive’s annual Reputation Quotient study found that Apple is the most loved and respected brand around, beating out last year’s winner — ... Online Role-Playing Games Can Harm Your Marriage [VIDEO]All those hours spent wielding a sword as your avatar in a fictional universe might be hurting your marriage, according to a forthcoming study. Brigham Young University researchers found that 75% of spouses married to people who partake in role-playing games wish that their gaming spouses s... 12 Adorable Google Doodles for Valentine’s Day2000 Google's first ever Doodle for Valentine's was a cutesy cartoon cupid.Click here to view this gallery.Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is upon us once again. And one thing we definitely adore about the holiday is Google‘s love-themed Doodles. T... Pinterest: Everything You Wanted to Know About 2012′s Hottest Startup [INFOGRAPHIC]Pinterest has emerged as the runaway social media hit of early 2012. You probably knew that already. But did you know the company just has 12 people? Or that 97% of Pinterest’s Facebook fans are women? Lemon.ly, a visual marketing firm, took a deep dive into the data to catalog Pinterest̵... You’ll Love Sharing TED Talks With New Quotes FeatureLook at any social network and you’re bound to find countless quotations strewn throughout the sea of posts, tweets and status updates. TED — the non-profit that brings you 18-minutes-or-less speeches by influential leaders — wants to capitalize on the trend of people sharing o... |