Apple has released an update to its desktop operating system, Mac OS X 10.6.5. The update brings numerous improvements and stability fixes, but there’s no mention of AirPrint; many believed Apple would enable AirPrint wireless printer sharing with iOS devices in the next OS X update. Some of the improvements ...

What kind of web series sends you a giant salami in a red and grey tube sock as a promotion? One where said salami actually plays a crucial role in its off-the-wall comedy and even odder plot lines. Backwash is an entirely strange and utterly surreal new web series premiering on Sony-owned video site ...

Heroku, the new platform-as-a-service hotness in app creation, has recently announced a partnership with Facebook. Heroku’s Ruby-focused platform is already more than 99,000 apps strong. The startup’s new Facebook App Package will help companies large and small create Facebook apps with ease, using ...

We loved Thesixtyone’s take on web-based streaming music, and we really love what the company is doing with their new iPad app. Mashable () recently highlighted this music startup’s newly redesigned website as one of the best web designs of 2010. Its full-screen, lean-back/lean-in user experience ...

If you live for data, slave over spreadsheets and constantly find yourself sifting through endless rows and columns of facts and figures, Google’s got a lovely new product just for you — and it’s free and open-source, too. Google Refine is a project born of Freebase Gridworks, a data-cleaning ...

Today, Mozilla’s Messaging group launched F1, a Firefox extension that aims to make sharing content around the social web much easier. For webmasters and web surfers alike, seeing a row of a half-dozen “share this” buttons above or below every piece of web content can be both visually distracting ...

Google can’t seem to shake off the controversy surrounding Google Street View; the company is now being investigated by the Federal Communications Commission over whether its street-mapping product has violated Federal privacy laws. In May, Google admitted that its Street View vehicles had collected ...

Recent trends around social media as a platform for gift card sales suggest that Facebook will likely become a huge trafficker of gift cards in the coming years. In fact, new Facebook applications and early adopter brands will push the trend forward this holiday season. Case in point: Sears and Kmart ...

If your blog needs a face lift, the creative types who power the web are here to help. Sometimes a few well-designed, tastefully placed icons can add a little class or creativity to an otherwise neutral theme. Social media links, which we’d argue are a priority for any blog, are a great opportunity ...

Live streaming video service Livestream has just released a Facebook application for Page owners that offers admins a simple way to stream live video from their Facebook Pages. The Livestream for Facebook application works in conjunction with the Livestream Podcaster software for PC and Mac and gives ...