Foursquare Outgrows Mob...
How many times have you checked in to Foursquare via the web? If you’re like me and I’m willing to bet most people, the answer to that question is “None.” Foursquare, who is likely well aware of this, has just pushed the latest in the series of #New4sq updates ,...Velti Buys Marketing Co...
Mobile marketing agency Velti has acquired Mobile Interactive Group (‘MIG’), the UK’s largest mobile marketing company. Velti will pay $25 million plus as much as $34 million over time by 2013, for a total of $59 million. MIG offers mobile marketing, mobile commerce and...Google Launches 24×7 P...
Google has long been known as a company that favors algorithms and automation — which scale nicely to millions of people — over human-powered services, which don’t. That works well enough for them most of the time, but it’s led to one key issue: if something goes wrong...
This DIY Nixie Clock Us...
If you want to recreate what it was like for hobbyists before the advent of the integrated circuit, this clock is for you. This thing uses “215 discrete transistors, 518 diodes, 472 resistors and 101 capacitors on a massive 10″ x 14″ printed circuit board” to...How Google, eBay, And P...
Online holiday shopping reached record levels in 2010. And e-commerce spending is up this year. All signs point to consumers spending even more online this holiday season. I sat down with executives from Google, eBay, PayPal and ShopKick to discuss the trends that are expected to emerge...3 Free Apps For Getting...
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark . If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . Each weekend , Mashable selects startups we think are building interesting,...Smartphone Etiquette fo...
Date night is coming up, so it’s the perfect time to brush up on your mobile phone etiquette. Here’s a comprehensive infographic packed with helpful hints, just in time for Saturday night. Rather than simply overwhelm you with tons of unfocused tips, man-about-town and Forbes...iPhone 5 existed as a p...
When the iPhone 4S was launched a few months ago, a lot of people were disappointed when it was released with the same old design as the iPhone 4. Especially since there were countless leaks, reports, and even cases showing off the phone’s tapered edges and teardrop shape. People...Adobe blames Apple for ...
Earlier this week, Adobe announced that it would be killing off Flash for mobile browsers , but it didn’t give a reason to why it was doing so. And for those of you who are curious, Mike Chambers, the Principal Product manager for the Flash Platform at Adobe has finally spoken up,...