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A YouTube video of a poll worker casting a vote for an elderly lady went viral; arrested Russian bloggers uploaded a jubilant photo from the police bus on Twitter. In Russia, a country with Europe’s highest Internet penetration, social media … Continue reading →

Nonprofits that want more donations in 2012 had better up their game. A new study from Fenton and GlobeScan suggests that donations to nonprofits next year will remain at 2011 levels. The survey, which polled nearly 2,500 people in the … Continue reading →

Like auditions for a part in a play or tryouts for a sports team, developers have their own rituals for landing hot gigs: hackathons. Facebook recently held its own competitive coding session with teams from 14 schools. Their assignment was … Continue reading →

Google’s celebrating a pretty big app market milestone: 10 billion apps served…er..downloaded. In a blog post, the search giant announced the landmark for the store, which serves its mobile OS-phone-carrying customers, noting that app downloads have been accelerating over the … Continue reading →

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. One of our favorite things about the end of the year: the awesome music mashups that talented DJs and video editors put together. Every year … Continue reading →

PayPal is taking an online beating after allegedly shutting down an account for a charitable gift buying program run by the popular “craft fail blog,” Regretsy. Regretsy was organizing a holiday gift exchange in which its readers could buy toys … Continue reading →

First it was a social shopping app. Then it became a “fashion discovery engine.” Now Pose wants to be the place you upload your outfits to, every day. Pose is a mobile-based fashion startup from Los Angeles. The company released … Continue reading →

Amidst security concerns, Verizon Wireless is blocking Google Wallet from the Galaxy Nexus smartphone. According to Bloomberg, Verizon will allow Google Wallet to run on the flagship Android 4.0 device once it is able to find a balance between “the … Continue reading →

Walter Isaacson’s bio of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs topped Amazon’s list of the top-selling books of 2011, though the title is still number three for best-selling Kindle titles. While Amazon had predicted the bio, called Steve Jobs might take … Continue reading →

New research from Google and Ipsos claims that recall improves when TV spots appear again in YouTube pre-rolls, making a stronger case for its pre-roll and in-stream ads. Tests of 15- and 30-second spots for six ad campaigns using YouTube … Continue reading →