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Ads Worth Spreading: TED Announces Winners of 2012 Marketing Challenge
12:00:11 AM
TED, the non-profit devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading," announced the winners of its 2011-2012 "Ads Worth Spreading" challenge on Tuesday. The 10 winners were revealed at the TED2012 conference in Long Beach, Calif. The non-profit stated on its...



Meet the Winner of Mashable's Facebook Short Story Contest
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:31 PM
What would you write on Facebook if you had endless space for creativity? Well, not endless, but it seems pretty close. Facebook greatly increased its character limit to 63,206, which is the equivalent of roughly 451 and a half tweets. The...



Bieber Fans Eye Social Media World Record for His 18th Birthday
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:54 PM
Boy wonder Justin Bieber reaches adult years on March 1 when he turns 18. As a gift, the pop star's fans will try to break the Guinness World Records' mark for most social media messages sent in a 24-hour period. AgencyNet, the creators of...



Next Google Doodle Combines Leap Year and Rossini [PIC]
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:03 PM
Leap Year and the 220th birthday of Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini both fall on Wednesday. This doesn't pose a dilemma for most people, but the team that puts together Google Doodles only has one shot at presenting a logo on Feb. 29....



6 Tips for Better Facebook Parenting
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:31 PM
Recently, many people chimed in about the "Laptop Shooting Dad's" reaction to his 15-year-old daughter's Facebook posts. Not only is the subject of social media parenting popular, but his stunt has surpassed 30 million views on YouTube. While...



Twitter Brings More Advertising to Mobile
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:41 PM
Twitter is swiftly bringing more of its Promoted Products to its apps for iPhone, Android and the mobile web (m.twitter.com). The short-messaging service announced Tuesday that it has updated its iPhone and Android apps to display Promoted...



On Tumblr, The New York Times Opens Its Photo Archive
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:57 PM
The New York Times has added a whimsical new tentacle to its digital and social reach with a Tumblr blog dedicated to photographs from the Gray Lady's storied past. The Lively Morgue, as the new Tumblr is called, launched Monday with a black and...



Find the Clues in Apple's iPad Invite [OPEN THREAD]
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:17 PM
We now officially have a date for Apple's next major event -- and an invite laden with hints. The invite, sent to Mashable along with other media organizations, is full of the sly clues that Apple likes to include in invites to major...



Google Will Give $1 Million to Hackers Who Find Flaws in Chrome [VIDEO]
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:57 PM
Google wants you to help find security flaws in its browser, Chrome -- and the search giant is paying a handsome reward. The company told attendees at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver next month they can get up to $1 million in...



Twitter Is Selling Your Old Tweets
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:45 PM
Twitter has sold a bunch of old tweets to a firm called DataSift, which will analyze them for marketing purposes. The Mail Online reports that DataSift is the first such company to get access to the tweets, which go back two years. Another...



Google's Schmidt Talks Human Rights and Tech, Unveils Latest Chrome
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:38 PM
BARCELONA -- Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt mentioned his company very few times Tuesday, as he shared his vision of the future of mobile and Internet technology. In a keynote at the Mobile World Congress, Schmidt focused on human rights...



Yahoo to Facebook: Pay Up for Your Patents
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:17 PM
Yahoo wants Facebook to start paying for its right to use various Internet technologies that Yahoo says it holds patents for. If Yahoo aggressively pursues a strategy of asserting its intellectual-property rights, it could lead to a new phase of...



How Is Tech Changing the Way You Make Music? [CONTEST]
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51 PM
Digital media is rewriting the rules of just about everything. When it comes to music, what most immediately comes to mind is the way we consume music. First the Internet enabled the widespread ability to access music free of charge, despite the...



Street Fashion Spotters Get Their Photo App: Thre.ad
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:17 PM
If you've always wished you could tweak Instagram so that it would show only unfiltered fashion photos, a service launching Tuesday might make your day. The startup, Thre.ad, is a visual news feed for fashion inspiration. Thre.ad aggregates...



Google+ Users Spent Just 3.3 Minutes There Last Month
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:52 AM
Users spent just 3.3 minutes on Google+ in January compared to 7.5 hours for Facebook, according to a new comScore report. The gulf between usage on G+ and Facebook has always been large, but comScore's numbers show a downward trend for Google's...



 
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