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This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see…
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Microsoft’s search engine just got a whole lot more media-focused with the launch of Bing Entertainment, a new vertical centering on music, movies, TV and games. The…
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This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.A…
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Twitter for iPhone – a piece of software formerly known as Tweetie – has a new version out, and it brings support for iOS4 multitasking as well as the…
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Google's long-rumoured music service looks likely to happen by the end of this year, according to sources within the music industry.Conversations are apparently taking place between the search giant and music execs, which includes tying the service to Android handsets as well as the web. It is thought that the service will initially be part of a web store which uses Google's search engine to begi
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Facebook execs flocked to London this week to promote the social-network's first Developer Garage in the UK. While they were there they confirmed just how many people in the UK use Facebook.The answer: a cool 26 million. Considering the UK population is around 61 million, this means more than a third of the UK whiles away its hours on the site.In celebration of this number TechRadar, who was at t
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Virgin Media is already thinking about 400Mbps services, with the arrival of a new modem by the end of the year paving the way for a whole new level of superfast broadband. With 100Mbps arriving in the UK by the end of 2010, and 200Mbps trials continuing, Virgin Media's executive director of broadband Jon James admitted thoughts were already turning to the next step. "The DOCSIS 3 network really
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Nokia anunció la ampliación de su línea económica de teléfonos móviles, la línea C (de la que ya aparecieron varios smartphones) con tres equipos ultra básicos, al estilo del querido e hiper popular 1100. Lo hizo en Nairobi: el continente africano es uno de sus principales mercados, y un lugar donde el celular básico (que
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El uso residencial de banda ancha en Argentina creció un 26,7 por ciento en marzo, según cifras brindadas por el Indec, en una nueva alza en la penetración de esta tecnología debido a menores costos. De acuerdo al reporte, los usuarios residenciales de banda ancha alcanzaron los 3,7 millones de accesos, un 2,1 por ciento
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El popular cantante y compositor colombiano Juanes podría ser el verdadero padre del hijo de su colega Cabas, fruto de la relación que mantuvo con la modelo Johana Bahamón. El autor del hit “La camisa negra ” mantuvo un breve romance extramatrimonial con la modelo, quien poco tiempo después contrajo matrimonio con Cabas. El músico [...]
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Una de las actualizaciones más esperadas para el popular teléfono móvil de Apple llegó ayer a las 14, hora de la Argentina. Se trata del iOS 4, cuya salida la empresa anunció hace quince días. Cargado con funciones que los usuarios venían pidiendo desde hace años, la nueva versión del sistema operativo deja fuera, sin [...]
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Chatting in Gmail is simple enough: click on a contact, and a chat window will open in the lower right corner of the screen. Finding video, group and voice…
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Google has completed the roll-out of Caffeine, its new search indexing infrastructure which promises to make searching faster and more intuitive than ever before.Caffeine aggregates more pages than ever before and is designed to keep up with the increasingly growing, real-time web.Google has halved the time it takes to index pages, which means users get faster access to more up-to-date content.Co
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Google has announced that the ability to have a picture behind your google search pages has now been rolled out for the UK. The internet giant had insisted that the rollout of the new feature would only remain US-only for a few days and, true to its word, the UK has now been brought into the circle. The simple feature allows users to set their own background for the google.co.uk search engine, br
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Nuevo alivio judicial para Néstor y Cristina Kirchner. El juez federal Claudio Bonadío cerró la causa en la que se investigaba al matrimonio presidencial por la compra de dos millones de dólares en octubre de 2008, poco antes de que estallará la crisis económica mundial.
El magistrado tomó la decisión pocos días después de que el [...]
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Alanis Morissette se ha casado con el rapero Souleye, de 30 años y cuyo verdadero nombre es Mario Treadway.
La cantante canadiense ha utilizado Twitter y Facebook para confirma su enlace, que según la revista People se celebró en una ceremonia íntima en Los Ángeles.
Morissette, que cumplió 36 años la semana pasada, ha escrito en Internet que está “muy feliz” [...]
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Apple’s war against Adobe Flash has hit yet another speed bump, as several major media companies have reportedly told Apple that they are sticking with Flash.According…
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Is Apple hard at work on a new version of Apple TV?That’s what Engadget is reporting after receiving a tip and subsequent confirmation from…
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Google has announced that its Moderator service is now available through all YouTube channels, bringing real-time feedback to the service.Essentially a forum for people's views, Moderator is, according to YouTube, "a versatile, social platform that allows you to solicit ideas or questions on any topic, and have the community vote the best ones up to the top in real-time."Conversation starterThis
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Ofcom has confirmed that it will be looking at a 'three strikes' process to clamp down on illegal file sharing in the UK.In its 'initial obligations code', Ofcom has highlighted what it wants to happen to illegal file-sharers in the UK, including the sending of notifications to infringers which will come with "easy to understand information on the nature of the allegations made against the subscr
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