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Does the requirement that you must use your real name on Facebook and Google+ make you shy away from saying anything risqué on those networks? If so, you might want to sign up for Anybeat, a social network that aims to become a hub of conversation about controversial subjects. The site is offic...

From Oct. 11 to Nov. 18, the Mashable community submitted hundreds of thousands of nominations for the 2011 Mashable Awards, the fifth annual community-focused competition rewarding the best of digital and social media. The 2011 Mashable Awards will honor nominees and winners in 28 categories, ...

Apple’s long rumored store in New York City’s Grand Central terminal could open in time for Black Friday according to a report published by 9to5 Mac. The store would be Apple’s largest and reportedly cost the company more than $1 million per year in rent to reach the 7...

When gift-giving happens this year, tablets are going to be all the rage. Seventy-nine percent of consumers would prefer them to a new laptop. New alternatives to the Apple iPad 2 are hitting store shelves just in time for the gift-buying bonanza that is Black Friday. Have you been trying to deci...

The Kindle Fire (and Nook Tablet, for that matter) are perfect travel companions. They store your books, movies, music, and apps, and run on the plane’s WiFi so you could even browse the web at 30,000 feet. But a few users are reporting that their new Kindle Fires are being damaged after g...

Just four months after music streaming service Spotify debuted in the U.S., it’s gearing up for a “new direction.” The company sent out an invitation on Monday for its first-ever U.S. press event on Nov. 30 in New York City, announcing that it has “exciting news” to share. The news come...

Zynga‘s latest addition to the “-Ville” franchise, CastleVille, has had a solid opening. In just under a week, the game has garnered 5 million daily active users — meaning it’s growing faster than any other Zynga game did at this stage. Castleville crossed the 5 mill...

Zynga‘s latest addition to the “-Ville” franchise, CastleVille, has had a solid opening. In just under a week, the game has garnered 5 million daily active users — meaning it’s growing faster than any other Zynga game did at this stage. Castleville crossed the 5 mill...

The web has given the meme treatment to the police officer who doused students with pepper spray at the University of California, Davis, during a local Occupy Wall Street protest. Over the weekend, a video showing the Nov. 18 incident enraged many viewers. Since then, the school’s faculty a...

Why can’t newspapers seem to make any money online? That’s the question I asked myself the other day as I ran smack up against The Baltimore Sun’s paywall after having reached my 15 page per month (free) limit. I’m not a big reader of the Sun, but I was curious about what ...