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Scientists have created a computer system that attempts to recognize human emotions such as anger and impatience by analyzing the acoustics of one’s voice. Such a system would have obvious implications for perennially frustrating interactive voice response systems, but could be ap...

Instagram photos aren’t just for sharing online anymore. You can turn them into photo books, frame them in four-inch bamboo shadowbox frames, create a collage with them on iPhone cases, turn them into iPad screensavers and now, print them on canvas for your wall. Earlier this week, CanvasP...

Google is highlighting the 2011 Egyptian elections with a doodle on its search homepage for Egypt. Each of the six letters that spell out “Google” perform an action of the voting process — from waiting in line to adding a vote to the ballot box. Monday marks the country’s...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche soc...

1. Justin Bieber & Family The most popular photo this week was uploaded by Justin Bieber, a 17-year-old pop singer with more than 14 million followers on Twitter. The photo shows him with his mother, grandmother and great grandmother along with the tweet, “this i...

Thousands of online retailers will discount their stock for Cyber Monday — the online version of Black Friday — now in its sixth year. Last year, Cyber Monday sales topped $1 billion in the United States, making it the biggest day for online retail to date. Yet many businesses are increa...

Mashable is looking for editorial and community interns to join our New York and San Francisco offices during the upcoming spring semester. I’ve now been an intern here since February, while I finish my masters degree at NYU, and I can assure you that if being an intern here was anything l...

The jobless rate is hovering above 9%, and job seekers have to be more savvy than ever to land a job. In fact, 77% of job-seekers are using mobile apps in their search. Why mobile? For one thing, people almost always have their phones on them, which means they can get job leads on the fly and respon...

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. Each weekend, Mashable selects startups we think are building interesting, unique or niche p...

According to (unconfirmed) reports, Facebook is working with HTC to develop a phone that has a much deeper integration with the social network than any previous “Facebook phone.” On Friday, Mashable‘s Christina Warren joined CNN in Atlanta to assess the validity of the rumors. She also e...