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Wrapp Lets You Post Free Gift Certificates On Friends’ WallsThe 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:Wrapp Quick Pitch: Wrapp provides free gift certificates that can be posted on friends&... Facebook App Lets Sam Adams Fans Crowdsource a TapIf you’re worried about spending all those hours on Facebook with nothing to show for it, take heart. Now that time can be used to produce something tangible: beer. Following in the footsteps of Mountain Dew and Coca-Cola, Sam Adams on Thursday released a Facebook app that lets fans crowdso... Some Senate Websites Overwhelmed by SOPA ResponseSome U.S. Senate websites appear to be lagging Wednesday due to a blackout of their own — personal contact pages for several senators are not loading. This is most likely due to the large number of people being redirected to this list of congress member’s contact information... Apple iBooks Author App Lets You Make Your Own Books, for FreeApple announced a new iBooks Author App on Thursday that makes creating an Apple ebook a drag-and-drop process. Using the app, which was announced at the same time as a new textbook experience for iPad, users can drag a Word file into a book creation space. The app automatically determines the be... Wikipedia Traffic Increases During SOPA Protest BlackoutWikipedia experienced increased traffic Wednesday, despite blacking out its English language content to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Zscaler compared Wikipedia’s traffic midday Wednesday with its traffic the previous Tuesday. Wh... Apple Announces a New iPad Textbook ExperienceApple’s Phil Schiller announced a new textbook experience for the iPad called iBooks 2 on Thursday. The iBooks store will get a new textbook category. Included in a demo book that Schiller showed on stage at the Guggenheim Museum where the announcement was made were features that let studen... Pinterest Fans Rejoice: Facebook Adds Pinterest Plus 59 New AppsYour Facebook news feed is about to become a bit more crowded. Facebook’s big announcement on Wednesday evening was the unveiling of 60 new apps that will function with Facebook and let users share more of their lives on the social networking mega-site. Facebook partnered with 60 apps that... Orkut App Finally Arrives for iPhone, iPadPopular Brazilian-based social networking site Orkut has finally gotten its own app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The free app for Orkut – a site launched by Google in 2004 which now has 66 million active members – allows users to post status updates, pictures and chat with others. Ho... Volkswagen’s Super Bowl Teaser Is Here and It’s a Howler [VIDEO]Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. How do you follow up the most-shared ad of 2011? In Volkswagen’s case, you do a sly nod to the original ad, only with dogs. The German carmaker released a 60-second teaser for its 2012 Super B... How iPhone 4S is Helping Apple Close in on AndroidAndroid may still be leading the mobile operating system race, but thanks to a strong fourth quarter for Apple after the launch of the iPhone 4S, the gap is getting smaller. According to new research from Nielsen, the October release of the iPhone 4S had a huge impact on consumer purchasing deci... |