Category Archives: 2. New Media Trends

Stalkers. Creeps. Weirdos. Terror. Welcome To Location, Facebook

Posted on August 20, 2010 by MG Siegler

The countdown is officially on for the big Facebook location backlash. How long will it be? One week? Two weeks? We all know it’s coming, it’s just a matter of when. And that’s too bad because I think Places is actually pretty great — potential… Continue reading →

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Foursquare Experiences Record Signups After Launch of Facebook Places

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Ben Parr

Foursquare is experiencing record interest in the wake of the launch of Facebook Places; on Thursday, the location service broke its record for new user signups.Facebook Places brings checkins and location broadcasting to Facebook’s massive 500 milli… Continue reading →

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Study Shows People Are Clueless About Energy Savings – Here’s What Actually Works.

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Matylda Czarnecka

Quick, name one of the best things you can do to save energy at home. If you said “turning off the lights,” you’d be wrong. But you are not alone, most Americans say the same thing. A new survey shows most people have misconceptions about what … Continue reading →

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Find Out What’s Trending on Facebook

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Jennifer Van Grove

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.Na… Continue reading →

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What You Need To Know About Data Portability

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Elias Bizannes

Elias Bizannes is the chairperson and executive director of the DataPortability Project. He is also the founder of the StartupBus, the Silicon Beach community, and works at search engine startup Vast.com, Inc.Data Portability can be loosely described a… Continue reading →

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A Nice Side Effect Of The Tweet Button: Real URLs Back In The Stream

Posted on August 12, 2010 by MG Siegler

The link shortening revolution that has taken place the past few years has been interesting for a number of reasons. But one of the most interesting aspects is that we’re all now trained to click on a URL even if we have no idea what it actually is…. Continue reading →

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A Look Back at the Last 5 Years in Blogging

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Josh Catone

In honor of Mashable’s five-year anniversary, this series is supported by IDG. Customers are talking about your brand and products — find out what they are saying with IDG Social Scout.Five years is eons in Internet time, and a lot has changed in t… Continue reading →

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U.A.E. Moves to Block BlackBerry Services

Posted on August 2, 2010 by By BARRY MEIER and ROBERT F. WORTH

The United Arab Emirates said that it cannot adequately monitor the company’s e-mail and text messaging services.

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Social Networking Dominates Our Time Spent Online [STATS]

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Adam Ostrow

Social networking now eats up twice as much of our online time as any other activity. According to new stats from Nielsen, sites like Facebook and Twitter now account for 22.7% of time spent on the web; the next closest activity is online games, which… Continue reading →

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Drunken Tweets To Plummet Tomorrow Night As Twitter Will Be Down

Posted on July 30, 2010 by MG Siegler

Tomorrow night, July 31, Twitter has announced they are having some planned downtime. Beginning at 11 PM PT, Twitter will likely be down on and off for up to 5 hours, Twitter warns.
The reason for the downtime? NTT America, Twitter’s hosting provider… Continue reading →

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