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Sign and Send Contracts From Your iPhone For Free With HelloSignHelloFax, the company that lets you send and receive digital faxes, has spun off its digital signature service into a new stand-alone product: HelloSign. “Everyone has to sign documents, and it’s done in a really poor way right now, which is what we’re trying to fix,” Joseph Walla, CEO o... Facebook: Better for the Planet than GoogleFacebook revealed its 2011 carbon footprint on Wednesday -- that is, the amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide its offices and data centers' energy usage is responsible for. The figure was good enough to earn the social network kudos from Greenpeace -- and allowed it to look down its nose at... Marketing to Women? Keep These 3 Facts in MindThroughout history, women have strongly impacted buying habits -- they control 85% of purchasing in the U.S. And so, brands have tapped their influence by creating strategic marketing campaigns that relate personally to the female audience. Although a different beast, social media marketing co... #NBCFail Guy: Hashtag Came ‘Off the Top of My Head’Steven Marx, the occasional Twitter user whose #NBCFail tweet last week preceded a deluge of criticism of NBC's Olympics coverage on the social network, says the prescient hashtag came to him without much thought for what it would become. "It was just something I made up off the top of my head... Digg is Back With New App and Site Re-LaunchSocial bookmarking website Digg launched the first version of its new site on Tuesday after going back into startup mode to rebuild the site from the bottom up. V1, for version 1, was built on "fresh code" and the team says they plan to build it out quickly. The new site features more images an... Pepper-Spraying Policeman No Longer Works for UC DavisThe police officer who doused students with pepper spray during Occupy Wall Street protests at the University of California, Davis, is no longer employed by the University. "Consistent with privacy guidelines established in state law and university policy, I can confirm that John Pike's employm... Flip Over Olympic Gymnastics BingoThe retina-blinding pink stage has been set. Now it's time for the world's top gymnasts to flip and twirl on the path towards gold at the London Olympics. Add to the excitement of thrills and face-plant spills with a round of Gymnastics Bingo. It's more fun than Béla Károlyi in a red-white-an... Is Flipboard About to Lose Access to Twitter?Twitter is no longer allowing its tweets to appear on LinkedIn -- could Flipboard be next? The resignation of Flipboard co-founder and CEO Mike McCue from Twitter's board of directors indicates it's a legitimate possibility. A Flipboard spokesperson confirmed to Mashable on Wednesday that McCue ... Dropbox Confirms Security Breach And Two Other Stories You Need to KnowWelcome to this morning's edition of 'First To Know,' a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Dropbox Confirms Security Breach Dropbox has confirmed that recent reports about spam from its... How Does 3D Printing Work, Anyway? [INFOGRAPHIC]Design a pair of shoes on your computer, hit "Print," and wear them an hour later. If that kind of technology doesn't blow your mind, you're dead to me. The cost of 3D printing technology is finally within the grasp of consumers, and many believe it's poised to revolutionize commerce. Companies ... |