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Announcing a Live Chat With Threadless Co-Founder Jake NickellAt 12 p.m. ET tomorrow, Dec. 15, streaming live exclusively on Mashable, Threadless founder Jake Nickell will be answering questions from readers. As part of the launch of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s new program called YEC Global, Nickell will be answering questions live via video chat bro... Turn Your Great Ideas Into Extraordinary Projects With Rock the PostThe 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: Rock the Post Quick Pitch: Rock the Post is a free business social networking site. Ge... Google Buys a Virtual Assistant, But It’s a Far Cry From SiriAndroid owners looking for a fully-integrated response to Apple’s Siri will have to wait a little longer. Google announced on Tuesday that it acquired a company called Clever Sense, the maker of the app Alfred, which serves as a digital personal assistant. The terms of the deal were not di... Ford Teases 2013 Fusion With Logo Recognition App [VIDEO]Looking to top its own introduction of the 2011 Explorer on Facebook, Ford is teasing its 2013 Fusion via mobile apps. Starting Wednesday, fans can download an iPhone and Android app that is activated by pointing the phone’s camera at a Ford logo — either on a car, online or even print... Star Friends: George Takei Brings Peace to Sci-Fi Geek Feud [VIDEO]Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. George Takei just wants some peace. The actor, famous for his role as Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, wants to put an end to the YouTube wars between fans of his franchise and fans of Star Wars. The long-... How the #Occupy Movement Is Spurring Tech InnovationSusannah Vila directs content and outreach at Movements.org, an organization dedicated to identifying, connecting and supporting activists using technology to organize for social change. Connect with her on Twitter @szvila. The movement that began on Sept. 17 in New York City was initiated in Can... Hands-on with Sony’s PlayStation Vita: Can It Win the Portable Gaming Crown?Curious about the PlayStation Vita handheld console? You can now try one out for yourself. Mashable stopped by Sony’s Vita Hill Social Club — a pop-up store Sony has opened temporarily to show off the Vita to curious consumers — to play major games like Uncharted: Golden Abyss an... Badoo Unveils Features to Help Shy Users FlirtIn a bid to lure in more users in the United States, multilingual social network Badoo has rolled out two “U.S.-friendly” features that aim to help users charm strangers online. The London-based company, which has 130 million users in 180 countries and has recently made a push into U.... No Calls in Cars, Even Hands-Free: NTSB Wants U.S.-Wide Cellphone BanIf the National Transportation Safety Board has its way, cellphone use of all kinds behind the wheel — from texting down to talking hands-free with a headset — will be illegal in all 50 of these United States. That was the ruling the NTSB issued Tuesday, in what chairman Deborah A. P... Are Young People ‘Fed Up’ With the iPhone? [POLL]With the release of the iPhone 4S, Apple is selling iPhones hand over fist, but are many of those buyers merely settling for something because they don’t see a better alternative? That appears to be the theory from one Nokia executive, who said young people are “fed up” with the... |