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Apple’s iPad 3 Event Invitation: 7 Clues You Might Have Missed1. No Home Button First noticed by reader BenAmirault, the lack of home button on the iPad shown in the invitation has been the primary focus of attention. While many leapt to the conclusion that Apple may be getting rid of the home button (Steve Jobs famously didn... Why Pinterest Aligns Perfectly With The Today Show’s Content StrategyIf you’ve skimmed the TODAY Show’s website recently, you may have noticed something familiar. It looks a heck of a lot like Pinterest. In fact, Pinterest is influencing website design all over the place. Companies are favoring intensely visual, accessible design elements similar to the pins o... Content Marketing: 5 Non-Profit Success Stories to Learn FromFrank Barry, professional services manager at Blackbaud and blogger at NetWits ThinkTank, helps non-profits use the Internet for digital communication, social media and fundraising so they can focus on making an impact and achieving their missions. Find Frank on Twitter @franswaa. These days, no... It’s Official: AT&T Will Throttle Your Unlimited Data PlanAT&T on Thursday put limits on its Unlimited Data plans, slowing speeds for 3G and 4G customers who exceed 3 GB in a billing cycle and capping 4G LTE customers at 5 GB. On a support page explaining the move, the carrier stressed that “you’ll still be able to use as much data as y... Is Social Media Actually Making Us Less Connected?LONG BEACH, Calif. – Checking email during meetings. Shopping on your smartphone in the middle of class. Texting at funerals. These are a few of the examples that MIT professor Sherry Turkle offered during her TEDTalk on Thursday, in which she argued that “technology is taking us places we... Mashable for iPad: A New Way to Touch and Share the NewsWe’re happy to announce the launch of a completely new Mashable for iPad app today! And, we’re proud to say that Mashable for iPad is presented by Mercedes-Benz. We enlisted our old friends at Code & Theory to help us, and time-boxed ourselves into releasing in March. This made ... How a Mobile Game Dominated the App Store Without Any PressDraw Something, a Pictionary-like game for iOS and Android, had 1 million downloads before it had a single search result in Google News. “There was nothing written about us,” says Dan Porter, the CEO of a company called OMGPOP that created the app. “[Reporters] weren’t intere... Quiet Please! SpeechJammer Device Cuts You Off in Mid-Sentence [VIDEO]Japanese inventors, presumably looking for some peace and quiet, have invented SpeechJammer — a device that can instantly shut down a person’s ability to speak. You might be familiar with that odd echo when your speech is played back to you immediately after you’ve spoken. It... MindSnacks Turns Learning a Language Into a GameThe 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: MindSnacks Quick Pitch: MindSnacks are language-learning games for your brains. Genius... Want to Restrict the Age of Your Twitter Followers? This New Service Can Help [EXCLUSIVE]A social marketing platform is launching a new feature for alcohol brands on Twitter to help them make sure their tweets are reaching an age-appropriate audience. Vitrue — a platform that helps companies such as American Express and McDonald’s manage their social-media presences acro... |