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HP Wants to Print Your Twitter Wishes On Balloons and Set Them FreeWould you be more likely to stick with your New Years resolutions if they were printed on balloons and set free in the Middle Eastern sky? Thanks to a festive marketing campaign from HP, you now have the opportunity to find out. HP is printing tweets about New Year wishes on helium balloons and l... Apple’s Museum That Never Was: Why Does Stanford Keep it Secret? [VIDEO]Where does the world’s largest collection of Apple-related history live? In a fascinating archive owned and operated by Stanford University. But good luck actually finding the trove of hardware, software, recorded interviews, revealing documents, candid photos and internal video... Nanoparticles Could Let You Wear a Computer Made Out of CottonTablets and ereaders are so 2011 — a global group of material scientists have found a way to turn cotton into transistors and electrical circuits. In the (not so distant) future, Apple’s newest product might just be a t-shirt. That might be a bit of fantasy but the science is very rea... Most U.S. Small Businesses Plan to Buy an iPad in 2012 [STUDY]The iPad is certainly the top tablet as far as consumers are concerned, but businesses strongly prefer it, too. That’s the word from the industry analysts at NPD, who just published the results of a survey that shows nearly three-quarters of small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) are look... Facebook Timeline vs. Old Profiles: How People View Them Differently [STUDY]Your social media profiles have morphed as the sites they live on have changed. So has the way people view them. To get a better idea of how profile design affects profile viewers, Mashable asked eye-tracking research startup EyeTrackShop to compare visual statistics for Twitter, Facebook and My... Internet Meme Playing Card Project Seeks Your FundingIf one Seattle man had his way, all playing cards would have faces — the faces of Internet memes. Ray Thomas has launched a Kickstarter project to raise $4,200 for the production of playing cards that would feature 52 memes, including Success Kid, Business Cat, Y U NO Guy, Sad Keanu, Hip... How to Launch a Social Ambassador CampaignCurry Smith is affiliated with NOLAbound, a unique program that immerses 25 professionals in New Orleans business to discuss the city’s entrepreneurial and social media influence. You can apply to be considered for a spot in the program at www.benolabound.com/apply. As long as brands want t... Who Are Your 10 BFFs on Facebook? This App Will Tell YouA Facebook app created by Visa in conjunction with the NFL will help you assemble a team of your 10 closest Facebook friends for a Super Bowl-themed video designed to promote a contest run by the credit card brand. The “You+10 Draft,” which went live on Thursday, scrapes your Facebook... Spotify Names Top 10 Songs Streamed in 2011Streaming music site Spotify has released its list of this year’s most-played tracks on the site, and indie-pop band Foster the People not only claimed the top spot, it’s the only group with two singles in the top 10. It’s been a big year for Spotify, from its U.S. launch to the de... How the Social Media IPOs of 2011 Fared [STUDY]Social media continued to thrive in 2011 as it fomented revolutions in Egypt, Libya and Bahrain. But investors appeared to be a lot less enthralled. Looking back over the 19 social media IPOs of 2011, Kevin Pleines — an analyst with Birinyi Associates, a stock market research firm — f... |