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BBC World Service Opens Newsroom to Public in Live Broadcast

The BBC World Service broadcast its daily morning editorial meeting live for the first time Wednesday as part of a series of public events commemorating its 80th birthday. A recording of the 55-minute meeting, during which editors and correspondents discuss … Continue reading

Facebook Marketing: Why News Feed Still Trumps Timeline Pages

Reggie Bradford is the founder and CEO of Vitrue, the leading provider of social marketing software, offering SaaS solutions to help brands and agencies harness the marketing-communications potential of social media on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and other social communities. Follow … Continue reading

Use Facebook While Studying, Get Lower Grades

Students should think twice before logging into Facebook or sending text messages during study time, suggests a study to be published in the journal Computers & Education. The study — which controlled for demographics, high school GPA, internet skills and … Continue reading

Gravity Personalizes Websites Based on Your Interests

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Gravity Quick Pitch: Personalize website … Continue reading

$35 PC Sells Out in Minutes

Want to get your hands on the $35 Raspberry Pi PC? You may have to wait a while. The tiny Linux-based computer, created by the U.K.-based Raspberry Pi Foundation

Meet the Winner of Mashable’s Facebook Short Story Contest

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. … Continue reading

Microsoft on Windows Phone: We’re Exactly Where We Need to Be

BARCELONA — Microsoft Windows Phone has, by some estimates, just 2% of the smartphone market. However, Microsoft execs talking to Mashable at Mobile World Congress were smiling and partying and said that they’re exactly where they need to be. Perhaps … Continue reading

Timeline for Brands: How to Prepare for Your Company’s New Facebook Page

Jim Belosic is the CEO of ShortStack, a self-service social media platform that allows users to create custom Facebook tabs. Its easy-to-use interface provides small businesses, individuals, graphic designers, agencies, and corporations with the tools needed to build mini-websites within … Continue reading

Mobile World Congress: A View From Inside [PICS]

Crowded House It was a packed house on the Mobile World Congress show floor. Click here to view this gallery. BARCELONA: Like all large tech events, Mobile World Congress is very similar to the last mega mobile event in Spain, … Continue reading

iPhone Security Flaw Gives Developers Access to Photos [REPORT]

In Apple‘s third major privacy flaw revelation this month, app developers have told The New York Times that they can easily access private photos on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. App developers told the publication that after you download … Continue reading