Notifo for iPhone Gets ...

Last time we wrote about Notifo, we called it a “ simple mobile notifications platform for anything ” — and really, that’s probably the best way to describe it. Take your iPhone, install the Notifo app, hook it up to your favorite services (like Twitter, or...

Facebook Testing a “S...

Facebook is apparently testing a new subscription feature that would allow users to receive alerts any time a specific friend takes certain actions on the social network. AllFacebook reports that it has noticed the new feature popping up on friends’ profiles. Facebook told the...

Facebook Beefs Up Secur...

Facebook is bolstering the security of user accounts through the launch of a new feature that gives users the ability to see their overall account activity and remotely log out of active sessions. Have you ever logged into your Facebook at a public computer, but forgot to log out when...

Facebook Connect Disapp...

Late last evening, Apple released iTunes 10 and its new Ping social network to the public. Assuming you were able to access the service , you may have noticed the ability to add friends via Facebook Connect, a feature we mentioned in our first-impressions post last night. That feature...

Check in on Foursquare ...

It may not be the most socially acceptable way to check in, but Vlingo has created a way for Android app users to check in on Foursquare with their voices. It’s a speech-to-checkin feature that will save time, even if it does raise a few eyebrows. With the new app , Android users...

Announcing MashBash Blo...

Mashable is excited to announce MashBash BlogWorld, the opening party for this year’s BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas on October 15-16. To kick off the Expo, we’ll be hosting the first night’s official party at Haze at Aria Hotel. We would love for you to...

15 Essential Back to Sc...

Alexander Hotz is a freelance multimedia journalist and public radio junkie based in New York City. Currently he teaches digital media at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Follow Alex on Twitter at @hotzington . With another long hot American summer coming to a...

Google to Power AOL Sea...

Google and AOL have signed a deal that extends the search and advertising partnership between the two companies for another five years. The agreement also includes mobile search and adds a content sharing partnership with YouTube. In a statement , AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said, “After...

60% Of Apps In Android ...

App store analytics provider Distimo yesterday published its latest report , once again zooming in on the pricing of mobile applications across a variety of platforms. Consistent with its previous findings, Google’s Android Market has by far the largest share of free applications...

FCC Questions Key Aspec...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is diving deeper into Google and Verizon’s proposed net neutrality framework with a public notice and inquiry into two of net neutrality’s key issues. The FCC’s seven-page public notice [PDF] tackles two of the key proposals...