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Watch Jimmy Fallon and Brad Pitt Yodel From the Rooftops

Jimmy Fallon is taking the phrase "shout it from the rooftops" quite literally. In a clip that aired during Tuesday night's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the NBC host climbs to the top of a New York City crest to let off some steam.Show More Summary

HBO Go and ESPN Now Available on Apple TV

As previously reported, HBO Go is indeed coming to Apple TV, effective Wednesday. Apple announced that WatchESPN and content from an assortment of other streaming providers are now available on the device as well. Apple TV owners — at...Show More Summary

Publishers Earned $7 Billion From Google AdSense Last Year

Google has announced that its advertising platform, Google AdSense, has grown to reach 2 million publishers worldwide since it was introduced ten years ago. These publishers have earned more than $7 billion from AdSense in the last year...Show More Summary

Feedly Added 8 Million Users Since Google Reader's Shutdown Announced

Google's decision to kill off Google Reader may have frustrated longtime users, but it has clearly been a boon for similar RSS reader services, perhaps the most notable being Feedly. Feedly had 12 million users as of the end of May,Show More Summary

Mark Zuckerberg’s Samsung Visit Leads To Facebook Phone Speculation

Mark Zuckerberg traveled to South Korea this week to visit with Samsung and that trip is leading to more speculation that a new Samsung-Facebook smartphone is on the way. While Facebook Home launched in April that application with the help of HTC has been largely panned by users. Yet despite Facebook Home issues the Samsung...

15 Hilarious Technology Ads From the 1980s

If you flip back to photos of your childhood, sometimes you'll wish that you hadn't. Perhaps your awkward haircuts and awkward poses weren't funny then, but they certainly are now These tech ads make you feel the same way. The gadgets...Show More Summary

5 Tech Trends That Will Change Gaming Forever

This year's E3 showed off a myriad of new technology intended to enhance our gaming experiences. The impending release of two powerful next generation gaming consoles this holiday season means games are going to become more advanced. These...Show More Summary

iOS 7 May Get Deep LinkedIn Integration

Apple may integrate LinkedIn into iOS 7 the same way Facebook and Twitter are currently integrated into iOS 6, a new report says. The code in the developer beta of iOS 7 contains references to a single sign-on system for LinkedIn similar to the one used for Twitter and Facebook, 9to5 Mac reports. Show More Summary

John McAfee Shows How to Uninstall McAfee Software in Bizarre NSFW Video

John McAfee has been pretty quiet in recent months following a run-in with the law in Belize over a murder investigation, but now he's back in what may be his strangest appearance yet. McAfee posted a new video to his YouTube page Tuesday...Show More Summary

Zuckerberg Tours Samsung: Is a Facebook Phone Coming?

News of Mark Zuckerberg's trip to South Korea is resulting in widespread speculation that Facebook is working with Samsung, the world's largest smartphone-maker, to build a phone specifically tailored for the social network. Facebook...Show More Summary

Social Media during a Crisis: 5 Tips

Natural and unnatural disasters have become a little too common in this day and age. Hurricane Sandy, the Sandy Hook massacre, the Boston Marathon bombings, and the tornadoes in Oklahoma are only a few of the most recent crises.  The...Show More Summary

Facebook Best Practices: 4 Ways to Spice Up the User Experience

Just in the past few months, Facebook rolled out some new updates that you may not know about, and you can use them to add more spice and some character to your business Facebook page. Here are a few of the common features that I like to take advantage of.

Is This the Catchiest Song of All Time?

Detailed musical phrases, the number of pitches in the hook and men with high voices are the keys to writing a super-catchy pop song, according to musicologists at the University of London. Which song is the catchiest of all time (according...Show More Summary

7 Hot Jobs for Developers in D.C., San Diego and More

Unemployed, underemployed or somewhere in between? The Mashable Job Board is here to help. Since 2005, Mashable has been dedicated to providing the hottest digital, social and tech news to our readership of 20 million and counting. Top companies know you excel in the digital world, so they come to Mashable to find the best and brightest minds. Show More Summary

Instagram's Video Rumors and Other News You Need to Know

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. A report in the Washington Post indicates Google wants the U.S. Show More Summary

12 Vintage Book Covers That May Have Predicted Internet Memes

Go back 10 years, and who had even heard of Internet memes? These books — and their covers — certainly hadn't. Though they were around way before memes really took off online, they uncannily remind us of some of the web fads we knowShow More Summary

4 Ideas Google Rejected Before Project Loon

Google's newest project is Loon, a campaign to spread Internet connectivity via a fleet of balloons (or 'loons for short). Remote areas and difficult terrain will have Wi-Fi access thanks to the 30 balloons Google launched last week,...Show More Summary

‘Man Of Steel’ Proves Successful At Box Office And On Twitter

Man of Steel proved to be a huge box office success during its opening weekend, taking in $128 millin in domestic box office. The movie also managed to strike a chord with social media users on Twitter who talked en masse about the new Superman flick. The team at PCS Ltd recently created a new social media...

8 Places to Score Free Fonts Online

Choosing the right font for your Powerpoint presentation or design project is serious business — you want to be careful not to send the wrong message Luckily, there are thousands of fonts online you can download for free. Take a look...Show More Summary

Is There a Difference Between Social Media Influence and Brand Advocacy Programs?

The original version of this post was originally published over on my bi-weekly column on FastCasual.com. I wanted to share it with you here. Enjoy! @nateriggs Everyone wants social media influence these days, right? Can you imagine how excited I was when received this email message from Klout and the brand marketing folks over at Spice Islands Trading Company?...

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