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Inside Look at How Google Builds Its Maps
Friday, September 07, 2012 9:04 PM
Behind every Google Map, there is a much more complex map that's the key to your queries but hidden from your view. The deep map contains the logic of places: their no-left-turns and freeway on-ramps, speed limits and traffic conditions. This is...



How Sports Teams Build Winning Facebook Apps
Friday, September 07, 2012 6:39 PM
During Facebook's emergence as a key sports marketing channel in recent years, social media agency Movement Strategy has been among the companies making the biggest mark. It's built more than 200 custom Facebook apps for teams and leagues since...



Watch Showtime's 'Homeland' Red Carpet Premiere Live Stream
Friday, September 07, 2012 6:28 PM
Season two of terrorism thriller Homeland doesn't premiere on TV until Sept. 30, but you can get an early glimpse of what's to come Friday during a live-streamed red carpet event featuring the cast and producers. The one-hour live stream (below)...



Gunman Posts to Facebook During Denver Hostage Standoff
Friday, September 07, 2012 6:12 PM
A gunman holding a RadioShack employee hostage after a robbery attempt gone bad in Denver posted dire Facebook messages during a tense standoff with police, according to news reports. Police officers responded to a robbery call just before 10...



Watch the Sequel to 'Sh*t Apple Fanatics Say'
Friday, September 07, 2012 5:49 PM
If you couldn't get enough of the "Shit Apple Users Say" video we posted yesterday, be sure to check out the sequel. Aptly titled "Shit Apple Fanatics Say, Part 2," the video just hit YouTube. The original video has earned almost 300,000 views...



20% Of the U.S. Can't Watch Online Video in HD [REPORT]
Friday, September 07, 2012 5:05 PM
The FCC recently released a broadband deployment map that revealed that barely half of American households have Internet connections fast enough to stream Netflix. Eye-opening stuff -- but the FCC map only tells part of the story. Most of its...



Actresses America Ferrera and Alexis Bledel to Speak at Social Good Summit
Friday, September 07, 2012 3:59 PM
Mashable is thrilled to announce that actress and humanitarian America Ferrera and actress Alexis Bledel will join the 2012 Social Good Summit to discuss social media advocacy of poverty-stricken women and girls. The Social Good Summit is a...



The New Kindle Fire Has Ads and You Can't Opt Out
Friday, September 07, 2012 3:43 PM
We hope you like the screensaver ads on Amazon's new Kindle Fire lineup because you're stuck with them. Amazon is including its Special Offers and Sponsored Screensavers in its updated Kindle Fire as well as its Kindle Fire HD tablets. As Amazon...



Gymnastics and Boy Band Fever Set the VMAs on Fire Online [INFOGRAPHIC]
Friday, September 07, 2012 3:07 PM
Despite competing with the Democratic National Convention for TV watchers' attention, the MTV Video Music Awards kept viewers' fingers racing online. Their chatter made the VMAs one of the top social TV events ever. The VMAs attracted 12.8...



Google Doodle Boldly Goes Where No Doodle Has Gone Before
Friday, September 07, 2012 12:00 PM
Google has doodled seemingly every topic and anniversary under the sun, yet, it's never done a Star Trek Doodle - until today. The whimsical Google Doodle, which marks the iconic science fiction series' 46th anniversary (actually a day ahead of...



6 Bloggers Who Tumbled Their Way Into New York Fashion Week
Friday, September 07, 2012 11:19 AM
Give your biceps a break from the 4.5-pound issue of Vogue and pop open your laptop to experience fashion at its finest - on Tumblr. This year, New York Fashion Week sent six Tumblr bloggers to showcase the runways, clothes and designers...



Google Stock Passes $700 a Share for First Time Since 2007
Friday, September 07, 2012 10:45 AM
While everyone has been focused on Apple's stock in recent weeks, Google's stock just passed a major milestone of its own. Google topped $700 a share on Friday morning for the first time in nearly five years. The stock opened at $700 on the dot...



Fox to Offer Cloud-Based Movies Ahead of Disc and VOD Release
Friday, September 07, 2012 10:16 AM
Fox will start offering movies closer to the theatrical release -- some three weeks before those movies become available on discs or through video-on-demand services, the New York Times reports. The movies will be offered through the UltraViolet...



Facebook Has No Plans to Launch in China
Friday, September 07, 2012 9:45 AM
Don't hold your breath for Facebook to break into China's market anytime soon. Jayne Leung, Facebook's North Asia director, revealed during the Social Media Matters event in Hong Kong on Friday that the social network still has no plans to launch...



Put This Lamp on Your Desk to Stay Happy All Winter
Friday, September 07, 2012 9:11 AM
As temperatures drop and students head back to school, it's clear that summer's over. If you're someone who anticipates spending the next nine months lackadaisically remembering sunnier days, you may want to consider a just-released desk lamp...
 
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