Category Archives: Top Stories

LinkedIn Launches Tool to Visualize Your Business Network

Posted on January 24, 2011 by admin

LinkedIn has launched InMaps, an experimental project that creates a stunning visualization of the connections within your business network. InMaps sifts through all of your connections, detects the relationships between them, and groups them into different network clusters. For example, LinkedIn separated my networks into eight clusers, including my technology/social media contacts, my Mashable network […] Continue reading →

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Why Google Needs Its Own Steve Jobs [OP-ED]

Posted on January 22, 2011 by admin

The Social Analyst is a column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space. By almost all standards, Google is in great shape. It had a fantastic fourth quarter, increasing revenue by 26% from Q4 2009. It is the undisputed leader in […] Continue reading →

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Kabam Raises $30 Million to Build “Hardcore” Social Games

Posted on January 20, 2011 by admin

Social game developer Kabam has raised a whopping $30 million round of funding from Redpoint Ventures, Intel Capital and Canaan Partners in order to create multiplayer social games focused on hardcore gamers. Kabam CEO Kevin Chou, a former associate at Canaan Partners, says that the fresh round of funding will be used to fuel new […] Continue reading →

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Twitter Launches in Korean

Posted on January 19, 2011 by admin

Twitter has just launched the Korean version of its popular service, bringing the total of supported languages to seven. As is typical for the microblogging company, it made the announcement in Korean. In its blog post, Twitter revealed that it chose Korean as the next language for launch because the number of Twitter users from […] Continue reading →

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Apple Reveals No New Details on Business Without Steve Jobs

Posted on January 19, 2011 by admin

We now know the first rule of Apple earnings calls: you don’t ask about Steve Jobs. Apple has rocked Wall Street twice in just two days. Yesterday, Apple announced that CEO Steve Jobs was taking another leave of absence from the company, citing unspecified health reasons. When the markets opened the next day, Apple stock […] Continue reading →

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U.S. Government Approves Comcast-NBC Merger

Posted on January 19, 2011 by admin

The Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department have voted to approve Comcast‘s merger with NBC Universal, giving the cable and ISP giant majority ownership of NBC and its media properties, including a piece of Hulu. By a 4-1 vote, the FCC approved Comcast’s deal with General Electric, the current majority owner of NBC Universal. […] Continue reading →

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Apple Sells 7 Million iPads in Record-Breaking Quarter

Posted on January 18, 2011 by admin

One day after announcing that Steve Jobs was taking a leave of absence from the company, Apple has reported record-breaking earnings, with revenue of more than $26 billion for its fiscal first quarter, which includes holiday sales. During the quarter, Apple sold 7.3 million iPads, 16.2 million iPhones, 4.1 million Macs and 19 million iPods. […] Continue reading →

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Giant Real World Claw Game Can Be Played Remotely

Posted on January 3, 2011 by admin




Remember how, as a child, you threw screaming tantrums when your prize of choice slipped through the metallic fingers of those claw machine game… Continue reading →

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Facebook Announces First Hacker Cup

Posted on December 10, 2010 by admin




Facebook is known for its hackathons — all-night coding sessions designed to help create new products or improve others. Now the company h… Continue reading →

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