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MasterCard Offers Discount for Small Businesses on Microsoft’s Office 365MasterCard on Tuesday announced that it was offering eligible small businesses a 10% discount on Microsoft‘s Office 365 cloud productivity service. The program, open to businesses that have a MasterCard Easy Savings Program account, is the credit card firm’s latest overture toward the... Startups and VCs Parody Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ [VIDEO]Startup founders and employees of GroupMe, Turntable.fm, Birchbox, RockMelt, Path and a slew of other companies have just put their spin on the Internet’s biggest hit of 2011 — Rebecca Black‘s “Friday.” The “holiday” parody from First Round Capital feature... Microsoft in 2011: How 13 Big Developments Shaped the Tech GiantIt goes without saying that Microsoft has come a long way from just purveying computer operating systems. 2011 proved to be a year of integration for Microsoft, and included partnerships with Nokia, Skype, Baidu, and perhaps most notably, Facebook. Xbox had a great year, nabbing a Guinness World Re... RIAA Flunks Google in Anti-Piracy Efforts [VIDEO]The Recording Industry Association of America claims Google hasn’t been keeping its promises when it comes to fighting online piracy. “Google, as the overwhelming market leader in search and online advertising, has a special responsibility to lead and create a safe and secur... Facebook to Include Sponsored Stories in News FeedsFacebook plans to migrate its Sponsored Stories ad platform into users’ news feeds early next year, the company says. Introduced last January, Sponsored Stories — a new ad format integrating your Facebook friends’ activities into small ads — began appearing in the column o... Inside Facebook’s New Headquarters [PICS]On Monday, Mashable brought you the news that Facebook is all moved in to its new headquarter complex in Menlo Park. Now, we’re taking you on a virtual tour of the social networking giant’s new home. Facebook’s 57-acre campus currently houses some 2,000 employees, but has the p... How a First-Time Entrepreneur Built a Top-Grossing iPad App [VIDEO]Comics by Comixology has become the de facto tablet reading platform for comic books. That only happened because Comixology CEO David Steinberger spent time learning the business of comics before figuring out how to digitize it. “We took the time to understand where the market wa... Digital Touchdown: Super Bowl 2012 to Stream OnlineThe 2012 Super Bowl will stream live online and to mobile devices. In a move that bolsters the importance of non-traditional markets, the NFL and NBC announced Tuesday that the wild card Saturday, the Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl will all be available online. Additionally, Verizon’s NFL Mobi... Brad Bird: His Memories of Steve Jobs [VIDEO]Brad Bird was walking the red carpet Monday night for the premiere of his first live-action feature, Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise. Yet most movie goers will likely forever associate him with his memorable Pixar films: The Incredibles and Ratatouille. The 54-... Google Invests $94 Million in Solar EnergyGoogle announced a major investment in four solar photovoltaic (PV) projects Tuesday, bringing the company’s portfolio of clean energy projects to almost $1 billion. The latest investment of $94 million is the first money the search giant has put toward generating energy into the U.S. grid... |