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Old Spice’s Latest Gambit: A Bear-Shaped Deodorant Holder [VIDEO]Old Spice, looking to maintain the social media momentum that began with its breakthrough “The man your man can smell like” campaign from 2010, is making the leap from tongue-in-cheek advertising to tongue-in-cheek product releases. The product: A bear-shaped deodorant holder. That it... How Non-Profits Can Use Mobile Digital Wallets for FundraisingGoogle, PayPal, Visa, American Express — they’ve all jumped on the mobile digital wallet train as a way to usher in commerce through their electronic platforms and reinvent how people pay for items and services. With more than 100 million users of its virtual purse, PayPal predicts th... Google+ Lets You See Your Contacts’ +1sGoogle+ has made it easier to see what articles and blogs your friends are reading, the company announced Tuesday. Articles that get a +1 from Gmail contacts or Google+ circle members will now show up in users’ Spotlight sections, a post to the official Google News blog explained. The +1 ... NASA Mars Rover Ready for Liftoff [VIDEO]NASA’s $2.5 billion Mars rover dubbed “Curiosity” is set to liftoff on Saturday, the start of a 350+ million mile journey to learn about the possibility of life on the red planet — either in the past or in the future. Check out the video above to learn more about... WordPress 3.3: The 11 Most Important New FeaturesBrian Casel is the founder of CasJam Media, a web design shop that works with clients worldwide designing custom WordPress CMS sites. Connect with Brian on Twitter @CasJam. For those of us who work with WordPress every day, it has been exciting to watch our beloved content management system evolv... Porn Sites File Lawsuit Over .XXX Domain Names [VIDEO]Two porn firms, including the company that runs Playboy’s website, have filed a lawsuit against ICM Registry over the creation of the .XXX top-level domain name. The firms claim that the names are too expensive — up to 6x the cost of registering a standard domain name —... Meet the 2011 Mashable Awards Nominees for EntertainmentThe Mashable Awards celebrates the best of digital, and perhaps no category showcases the digital world better than entertainment. From Game of the Year — which isn’t just about graphics, but a combination of creative visuals, compelling narratives, tight gameplay and social integra... Researchers Build Terminator Contact LensArnold Schwarzenegger, your contact lenses are calling. Researchers at the University of Washington have successfully built and tested what may be the first-ever Terminator-style heads-up display contact lens. For now, the lens displays only a single, well-focused pixel and the wirele... One in Five Teachers Witness Cyberbaiting [STUDY]Twenty percent of teachers have personally experienced or know another teacher who has experienced cyberbaiting, a new study reveals. Cyberbaiting — a form of cyberbullying of teachers conducted by students — occurs when students taunt their teachers, capture their reactions on a mob... Can Vertical Acuity Stop Your Site Losing Visitors?The 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: Vertical Acuity Quick Pitch: Vertical Acuity is a self-serve content syndication platf... |