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Blizzard has announced it sold more than 3.5 million copies of Diablo 3 in the first 24 hours after its release, making it the fastest selling PC game in history. In the first week of sales, Blizzard estimates it sold … Continue reading →

Former Apple software evangelist Guy Kawasaki thinks that Google+ has a lot in common with Apple. “When I saw Macintosh for the first time it was somewhat of a religious experience for me,” said Kawasaki during a talk at the … Continue reading →

Graham Cooke is the CEO of QuBit, a technology company specializing in advanced website data collection, analysis, and optimization products. He was previously a senior product manager at Google. Follow him @thegrahamcooke. The checkout is, arguably, the most important part … Continue reading →

Buried in the announcement revealing actor Samuel L. Jackson as the host for the 12th Annual BET Awards were brief descriptions of the ceremony’s first mobile app. Mashable, however, got an early demo last week of the massively interactive app. … Continue reading →

Jonathan Ive, the London-born designer responsible for most of Apple’s ultra-sleek gadgets over the past two decades, received knighthood of the United Kingdom in a formal ceremony conducted at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. Sir Jonathan, as he is now rightfully … Continue reading →

Target is expanding its partnership with Shopkick, a mobile couponing app that allows shoppers to collect and exchange points for rewards. Beginning Wednesday, shoppers equipped with Shopkick on their iPhone or Android devices will be eligible to collect points, or … Continue reading →

Do you have Timeline? No matter how safe you are, you will eventually get it — and there’s nothing you can do about it. This is the gist of a new satirical video from Funny or Die, which portrays Facebook’s … Continue reading →

Watch previous episodes of Behind the Launch here! In Mashable‘s new video series, Behind the Launch, we’re taking cameras behind the scenes at Vungle, an in-app video advertising startup. New episodes air every Monday and Wednesday, but we’ll be running … Continue reading →

Shareholders have sued Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the company’s bungled IPO, charging they hid bearish forecasts prior to going public, according to a report. The suit charges that Facebook and its lead underwriter concealed “a severe and pronounced … Continue reading →

Shareholders have sued Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the company’s bungled IPO, charging they hid bearish forecasts prior to going public. The suit, filed Wednesday morning in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan by the Brian Roffe Profit Sharing … Continue reading →