35 New Digital Media Re...

The theme of this week’s roundup is: fresh. As in cool. Just check out our editor’s picks. We covered money and Beyonce. No one in their right mind would turn either down. The coolness continues: Mashable staff went “stocking,” Fashion Week went digital, and...
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10 Free Mobile Apps to ...

It seems odd to turn on the TV and already see large, heavily-padded men running around a well-manicured field with pigskin, but NFL opening day is already upon us. It’s hard to believe that the summer has passed so quickly and we’ll soon we watching football games with autumn chill...
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4 Million Microloans Vi...

Kiva has released a data visualization video showing what happens when 620,000 lenders fund 615,000 people in need around the planet. The video starts out slow, with just a couple data points, but quickly bursts into a hive of activity. Kiva is a non-profit that facilitates microloans to...
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Apple Puts Old Version ...

Apple has agreed to make older versions of Final Cut Studio 3 available for purchase, following several months of customer backlash against the radically redesigned Final Cut Pro X . When Final Cut Pro X was released in June , Apple touted the release as “the biggest advance in Pro...
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Supercookies: What You ...

Christian Olsen is the head of Levick Strategic Communications ’ social and digital media practice. Follow him on Twitter @cfolsendc . Recently, online properties like Hulu, MSN and Flixster have been caught using a tougher version of the common cookie. These “supercookies” (aka...
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5 Tips for Sparking a G...

Anne Driscoll is the vice president of business operations at Ning , where she is responsible for marketing, communications, creative services and human resources. Prior to joining Ning, Anne led communications and brand initiatives at Google. “Social action” comes easy to...
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Apple Cancels iTunes TV...

Apple has axed its TV rental program within iTunes. The company introduced the ability to rent certain episodes of television programs for $0.99 each last September, in conjunction with the rejiggered Apple TV . AllThingsD quotes an Apple spokesman as saying , “iTunes customers...
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Baseball Everywhere: Ho...

On August 26, 1939, Major League Baseball did something historic: It broadcast on televisions for the first time. It’s not known how many people tuned into see that telecast, a doubleheader between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds, though it couldn’t have been...
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Facebook Kills Off Deal...

Facebook has decided to shut down Facebook Deals , its four-month-old Groupon competitor. “After testing Deals for four months, we’ve decided to end our Deals product in the coming weeks,” Facebook told Reuters in a statement . The product, which launched in late April,...
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New Apple CEO Tim Cook ...

Tim Cook, the new CEO of Apple , is getting a hefty payday in return for taking the helm of the world’s most valuable company. In an SEC filing , Apple revealed that it awarded Cook with 1 million shares of Apple stock. At today’s closing price of $383.58, his new stock is...
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