Tag: MASHABLE

I keep seeing a sensational story from Mashable flash across my radars today: "Bing Now Bigger Than Digg, Twitter and CNN." Golly, I guess millions in TV advertising really can make you win in this crazy marketplace, huh? Not so fast, bucko. Google isn't going anywhere, and digg, Twitter and CNN folks are likely not sweating this any more than I am. Why? First of all, let's consider the source. ...

Ok kids, if you haven't taken the time to vote for your favorite sites in the Open Web Awards, it's time to pony up your opinion or forever hold your peace. The end of last week, and the first few days of this one, saw us casting our votes for everything from favorite Video Sharing site, to favorite Mobile web destination. The Open Web Awards, are a distributed contest to find the best sites on ...

We just wanted to remind you that today is your last chance to enter nominations for the Open Web Awards. This is the first annual collaborative awards event honoring the best social networking services. We're asking readers to choose their favorite companies in five categories: Mainstream and Large Scale Networks Applications and Widgets Start Pages Mobile Niche and Miscellaneous ...

It seems like every week a few dozen companies pump out new online "operating systems," commonly referred to as WebOSes. Essentially, they're like virtual desktops that you can access from any web browser. Each lets you run a small suite of applications like a word processor, spreadsheet, calculator, instant messenger, and in some cases, even a web browser. This week, French company Jooce ...

For bloggers both old and new, a choice of blogging tool (or a switch) is a crucial step to make while building the empire. There are of course a boatload of choices, from Drupal, to Blogger and even the lightweight Textpattern, but for the serious blogger that needs every ounce of power and customizability from their platform of choice, WordPress and Movable Type are the reigning kings across the ...

Social networking blog Mashable has compiled the largest list of RSS resources you've ever imagined (assuming you've spent any time imagining lists of applications). Looking for a good RSS reader for your Windows, Mac, or Linux machine? Mashable's got you covered. How about cross-platform readers? Check. Web-based readers? Mmm hmm. Readers for your mobile phone? Not a problem. Mashable even ...

Mashable is an excellent blog that covers news at social networking web sites. And from the you are what you eat file, Mashable today has launched its own social network at my.mashable.com. Basically, My Mashable lets you share all of your social network accounts in one place. Well, not all of them, we couldn't find listings for Reddit or umm... Catster. Not much more to the site right now. You ...

I'm not much for my prognostication myself--which is to say that I'm terribly bad at it--but it seems like everyone else in the tech industry can't get enough of it. The LA Times has predictions from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, paidContent's Rafat Ali, Wired editor Chris Anderson, and other industry notables. Ali predicts that talents bred on the internet will start breaking out, getting their ...