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After a long fight with bile duct cancer, 74-year-old keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors died Monday at RoMed Clinic in Germany, the rock band’s Facebook and Twitter pages announced. His wife, Dorothy, and brothers were beside Manzarek (pictured left). … Continue reading →

A massive tornado struck a residential neighborhood in Moore, Okla., near Oklahoma City, Monday afternoon. The cyclone destroyed homes, schools and commercial buildings. The total cost in terms of property damage and human life remains unknown. Photos of the Oklahoma … Continue reading →

Call it a sign of the times. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced at a press event Monday that Yahoo is taking over four stories of the old New York Times building in Times Square. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg … Continue reading →

Yahoo has announced a brand new Flickr experience for the desktop and its Android users. Unveiled at a press event in New York City Monday, the new look aims to breathe new life into the once struggling brand. It’s move … Continue reading →

Any avid Game of Thrones fan can see how Westeros is not too different from a modern corporation. There’s a CEO who sits on the Iron Throne; his board of directors sit in the Small Council. Then there are mergers … Continue reading →

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Looking to up your mobile marketing game? Here are five vendors that can help. 1. MailChimp … Continue reading →

Jaws dropped at the Coachella music festival in 2012 when rapper Tupac Shakur arrived on stage to perform. After all, he died in 2006 from multiple gunshot wounds. Modern technology brought him back from the dead six years later as … Continue reading →

Remember GeoCities? The quirky, city-themed web hosting service and early social network that, by 1999, was the third-most-visited site on the World Wide Web? Fourteen years ago, Yahoo acquired it — and with much the same fanfare as the Internet … Continue reading →

Nicole Muxo is a senior at Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High in Miami. She’s also a huge fan of Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade. So last month, she made a minute-and-a-half YouTube video asking Wade to be her prom date. … Continue reading →

Baby scores goal! Crowd goes wild! This may just be the most adorable play in the history of soccer The aww-inducing moment comes from Chelsea player Paulo Ferreira’s retirement ceremony at the club’s Stamford Bridge stadium this weekend. As Ferreira … Continue reading →