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November 10th, 2010
HOW TO: Run Location-Based Google Ads
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
If you want to get on the location-based advertising bandwagon, but you don’t want to spend a ton of money and you feel a ...
20 Million Android Devices Sold in Q3 [REPORT]
The smartphone revolution shows no signs of weakening, and Google’s Android as well as Apple’s iOS are leading the way; 80.5 million smartphones were sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2010, a 96% increase compared to the same period last year, a new report from Gartner has found.
Android accounted ...
HTML5 Project Brings Tablet Reading Experience to Any Browser
On Tuesday the Center for Public Integrity, a non-profit research organization based in Washington, D.C., debuted its first HTML5 project, designed to make lengthier stories more palatable for readers using desktop and mobile browsers.
The Center has fashioned a template that mimics the in-app reading ...
RIM’s PlayBook Will Cost Less than $500
PlayBook, Research in Motion’s entry into the tablet market, will start selling in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2011 for under $500, RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie said in an interview in Seoul today.
The current leader of the tablet market, Apple’s iPad, sells in a price range of $499 to $829, depending ...
Google Surprises Employees with a Bonus and a Raise
There’s a reason why Google is routinely at the very top of Fortune’s list of best companies to work for. The company has given all its employees a salary increase of 10% or more, as well as a $1,000 cash holiday bonus, Business Insider has learned from a source.
According to the same source, ...
Bebo launches Meebo instant messaging, in effort to win over Chat-starved users
Bebo just launched Meebo’s web-based instant messaging client across the social network and the company says a million messages have been sent already
This is Bebo’s first step towards a much more real-time, interactive platform since they sold to AOL for $850 million in 2008. Right after that ...
Square Now Processing Millions Of Dollars In Mobile Transactions Every Week
After ten months of a private pilot limited to only 50,000 users, Square has finally opened its doors to the public. The brainchild of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Square was unveiled last December as a small credit card reader that could turn any iPhone into a mobile cash register. The startup has ...
6 Emerging Social Games Taking the Web by Storm
This post originally appeared on My Life Scoop, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about using social media and technology for a more connected life.
Games are inherently social — we like to post our high scores, compete against our friends, or simply share our digital exploits. But “social ...
YouTube Topics: A Better Way to Explore Web Video?
YouTube will begin testing a new feature Wednesday evening that gives users the ability to explore broad topics and search terms through suggested searches.
YouTube Topics, which will be available in TestTube, is essentially a dynamic cloud of suggested topics to explore based on your searches. ...
Mobile Music: Top 4 Streaming Services Compared
One of the best trends of 2010 was the rise in prominence of mobile applications for popular online music services. Companies like Pandora () have had mobile apps for some time, but the past year has seen services like MOG, Rdio and Spotify () (whose mobile apps are, admittedly, a bit more than a ...