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1 in 10 Americans Make ‘Impulse’ Donations Via Text [STUDY]“Impulse decision” usually has a negative connotation — except when it comes to making charitable donations via text message. A recent study shows that almost one in 10 Americans has donated via text— and that it was an impulse donation. The Pew Research Center surveyed ... Words With Friends Helps Save Man’s LifeAddictive scrabble game Words With Friends helped save the life of an Australian man with heart problems, reports Ozarks First. Australian resident Georgie Fletcher met Beth Legler from Blue Springs, Missouri through a random Words With Friends game. Georgie’s husband Simon was experiencin... Why Google’s Social Search Is Too Much, Too SoonGoogle’s recent change to its search engine is losing in the public opinion arena. Analysts have suggested the new feature, Google Search, plus Your World, “Pushes Google+ over Relevancy,” and “just made Bing the best search engine.” Twitter called it “bad fo... A Street View for Mars: App Showcases Rover Snaps from Red Planet [PICS]A new app that provides stunning images of the Martian surface taken by a NASA rover currently exploring the planet has been released for iPhone and Android devices. The free Mars Images app – created by computer scientist Mark Powell of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory – allows users to b... Comedy Central App Lets You Program Its Friday Night Line-UpJanuary is Stand-Up Month at Comedy Central — and the network is letting all you funny people program its Friday night line-up via a Facebook app, CC Stand-Up. CC Stand Up is an app attached to Comedy Central’s official Facebook page. Once users Like Comedy Central, they’ll be g... Apple Is the World’s Top PC Vendor — If You Consider an iPad a PCA Deutsche Bank analyst has circulated a research note claiming that — if you lump iPad sales in with PCs — Apple is now the world’s top vendor. What’s more, Apple’s ascendance occurred not too long after the iPad’s release in 2010. As the company’s mar... Rdio Invades Europe, Brings Unlimited Ad-Free Digital Music to GermanyRdio is inching its way up to join the digital music mammoths that dominate the online and mobile streaming world — Grooveshark, Pandora, Spotify and Sony’s Music Service — not only in the U.S., but internationally. Music lovers in Germany can now listen to ad-free, unlimited s... Beautiful Time-Lapse Video Takes You Around the World in 6,237 PhotosEach day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. This stunning time-lapse video puts you in the passenger seat of one man’s almost year-long adventure across 17 countries. In it, you’ll see 6,237 pictures spliced together to create sev... How to Plan Your Social Integration StrategyBrian Sullivan is vice president of client services at Gigya, where he advises clients on implementing social technology. Gigya offers websites a suite of social technology like social login, comments, game mechanics and a social identity management platform. No longer does a business wonder whet... Lawmakers to Homeland Security: Monitor More Social MediaThe top two members of a House subcommittee want the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence chief to keep a closer watch on social media traffic. According to Reuters, Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA) and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) wrote a letter to DHS Intelligence Chief Caryn Wagner pre... |