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How long does a tweet last before it loses steam and falls by the wayside? If you have a high Klout score, it may last up to 67 times longer than other users. The social influence measuring tool studied the … Continue reading →

You have to hand it to Google. With one fun little trick that a single engineer probably came up with in his mandated 20% spare time — getting the screen to “do a barrel roll” — the company got enough … Continue reading →

Social and digital media have an increasingly strong influence on how people consume content of all types. Nowhere is that more apparent than the world of television, where viewing habits are being deeply impacted by digital. From talking about TV … Continue reading →

Several months before Apple unveiled the iPad in January 2010, editors from Time, Inc., including some from Sports Illustrated met with Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs to get a preview of the soon-to-be-released tablet. The venerable sports magazine … Continue reading →

Groupon Offers One Local Deal Per Day, Nov. 2008 The social buying website Groupon provides one remarkable deal every day for each city they support – Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, … Continue reading →

Nine of the top 10 new fall TV shows on TVGuide.com‘s Watchlist were picked up for a second season, illustrating the platform’s success in predicting hits, said Christy Tanner, EVP and general manager of TVGuide.com. Tanner, who spoke at Mashable‘s … Continue reading →

AT&T’s high-speed LTE service will be coming to New York City “very soon,” says Larry Solomon, SVP of communications for AT&T. Solomon, who broke the news at Mashable‘s Media Summit Friday, declined to be more specific about a time frame. … Continue reading →

T-Mobile scared me, and likely thousands of other subscribers when it inadvertently conducted a test of a new cellphone-based emergency alert system this morning. I’d had the new HTC Radar 4G smartphone for just 12 hours when it started to … Continue reading →

Within its first minutes as a public company, Groupon shares soared to about $28 — 40% more than the opening price. Right now, the daily deals group-buying site’s market value is almost $18 billion. It’s not unusual for a company’s … Continue reading →

ScrollMotion’s story is well-known to Mashable readers. The small New York City-based company creates technology that powers digital editions for some of the world’s largest publishers — everything from children’s books to magazines to textbooks. The company has pushed thousands … Continue reading →