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How Social Media Is Changing Sports [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms are having a tremendous impact on the sports world for fans, players, teams and sponsors alike. We try to stay on top of that here at Mashable, bringing you stories on great sports memes, moments...



How to Develop Customer Evangelists
Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:34 PM
. When you have evangelists for your product or service, you have the best possible kind of customer. Your evangelists are passionate, loyal, and thrilled to recommend you. They are communicators -- when it matters. They are your public defenders...



How a Distasteful Meme Sparked a Web Culture War
Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:31 PM
When does an Internet joke go too far? Years ago, a photo of a baby with down syndrome was taken from a support group website and turned into a controversial Internet meme. That child -- now 16 years old -- is Heidi Crowter, and Heidi just...



Google Probe: Meet the FTC's Secret Weapon
Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:26 PM
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Federal Trade Commission has hired an outside litigator to lead its antitrust probe of Google, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said Thursday during a visit to the agency's's Western Region office here. The search giant is getting...



Brought Your Kids to Work? Send Us Your Photos
Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:14 PM
Thursday is "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work" day. And at Mashable we celebrated in style: with puppies. Several Mashable sons and daughters join us for coloring, puppy playing, snacks, and plenty of pictures taken. And it wouldn't be a day...



Google Actually Sells a Service: Sketchup is Going to Trimble
Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:14 PM
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Thursday, April 26, 2012 3:46 PM
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Facebook Hacker Says He Had No Intentions of Damaging the Network
Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:47 PM
The English man responsible for stealing Facebook's source code spilled his guts Thursday about what really happened. Glenn Mangham, 26, of York, England, did it for the challenge, he said. He works as a white-hat security specialist, hacking...



Kickstarter Spoof Wants Funding for T-Shirts, Beer [VIDEO]
Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:17 PM
Yahoo has released a hilarious video that pokes of crowd-funding platform Kickstarter, featuring a guy named Nick asking the public to help find his life. The video -- called "Nickstarter" -- spoofs the popular crowd-funding platform that allows...



Google Translate Draws 200 Million Users Each Month
Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:00 PM
Google announced on Thursday that its popular language translator service Google Translate now boasts 200 million monthly users, many of whom are accessing it outside the U.S. and via mobile devices. The news -- which comes just two days before...



12 Mysterious Google Maps Sightings
Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:50 PM
Google Maps is an incredible resource for virtual sightseeing, but it's also home to some quirky and mysterious finds, from shipwrecked boats to a Photoshopped Irish prison. For example, much of North Korea is not visible on Google Maps, aside...



10 Sassy Brands on Social Media
Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:20 PM
Advertisers are beginning to realize that a viral video may be a short-term goal, but it takes an entire successful social campaign to slug a home run. Remember when the "Wassup?" Budweiser commercial turned into an oft-repeated catchphrase?...



Meet @TextInstagram -- Instagram Without Photos
Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:51 PM
The sometimes cliché photographs popping up in Instagram feeds have inspired a clever 22-year-old to create Twitter's latest parody account. Less than 24 hours ago, Hollywood-based Josh Helfferich launched @TextInstagram, which posts "your...



Facebook Tests Smaller Version of 'Trending Articles' in Newsfeed
Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:26 PM
Facebook is testing a smaller, less invasive version of the "Trending Articles" insert that began appearing in some users' Newsfeeds earlier this month. Now, instead of displaying a vertical block of stories -- between three and six, from the...



'The Dictator' Wants to Know if You Can Survive the Wadiyan Games [EXCLUSIVE]
Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:01 PM
Fans anxiously waiting for Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming parody film The Dictator to hit theaters this summer now have something to keep them entertained: an official movie app. The Dictator: Wadiyan Games launched Thursday and Mashable has the...



 
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