In a fascinating interview in Financial Times Magazine, Bill Gates took a shot at tech billionaires trying to provide internet connections in the developing world, dismissing their efforts as unimportant when compared to providing the basics like running water.
"Take this...
Internet users in Brazil have become intense content consumers. Sports are taking up the time of over half of the country's internet users, which is possibly helping drive additional traffic to other high-penetration site categories such as news, blogs...
There's no beating Facebook when it comes to driving traffic to publishers. The world's largest social network directed 10.4% of traffic to websites this past September, according to data from 200,000 publishers.
Coming in an unexpected second place, Pinterest drove...
If the list of accounts you follow on Twitter has gotten a little unruly over the years, we can help. We're highlighting three useful tools that will allow you to analyze and manage the accounts you follow to improve...
With the holiday season fast approaching, tablets look set to be at the top of many children’s Christmas lists. Those UK kids who already have one use them frequently, while the most popular activity that they’re used for is...
Se l'elenco di account che seguite su Twitter è diventato un po' troppo disordinato nel corso degli anni, Mashable è in grado di aiutarvi. Il sito consiglia infatti tre strumenti utili che vi permetteranno di analizzare e gestire gli...
Social media transcends geography, and the sheer scale and diversity of audiences on the sites makes them tremendously important.
It's no longer all about Facebook. Instead, users in some of the biggest countries are gravitating to regional sites. Others are...
If you didn’t believe the hype around hybrid cloud, CSC certainly does. The IT services giant is buying Servicemesh, a company that centralizes management of multiple clouds for enterprises that want to mix and match their cloud providers.
The acquisition,...
Ads in the news feed. It's an approach that worked extremely well for Facebook, turning the world's largest social network into a mobile powerhouse almost overnight.
Facebook is betting the same approach will work for its image-and-video sharing network, Instagram,...
Haven't carved your pumpkin yet? Well here's an idea from the Google Glass team: a pumpkin zombie.
This video was recorded using Glass and posted on YouTube by the Glass team. They didn't mention who the artist is.
Now, can someone...
As it approaches its fifth birthday, Kickstarter's star continues to rise, as the indie crowdfunding goliath announced yesterday that five million people have now collectively pledged nearly one billion dollars to its crowdfunding projects.
Today, in a somewhat surprising turn...
Social media often blurs the lines between personal and professional, and nowhere is this truer than the very public world of Twitter. If you’re like many users, Twitter is a space to connect with friends and develop your online...
Facebook is updating its standalone messaging app, Messenger, the company announced Tuesday.
The new version of Messenger, an app that lets users send messages on mobile devices, will be available to both iOS and Android users in the coming weeks....
Remember the old days, when you used to have to click on a picture in Twitter to see it? No longer. As of Tuesday, Twitter is making your photos and videos show up in your stream by default —...
As the market for beverages continues to fragment and brand extensions grow, brands are jockeying for position on store shelves and competing for consumers’ attention in social media. A new eMarketer report explores how beverage brands are engaging with...
The pro-Assad group Syrian Electronic Army claims it hacked the Twitter and Facebook accounts of U.S. President Barack Obama
In an exclusive email to Mashable sent from an account believed to belong to the SEA on Monday, the group notified...
Ashton Kutcher: Project Engineer. That's not the name of his next TV show, but his new job title at Lenovo.
After a livestreamed press conference in Los Angeles tonight to announce a partnership with Lenovo, the actor, producer (co-founder of...
Bill Bratton spent decades running the Boston, New York and Los Angeles police departments, earning a tough rep for his aggressive use of crime fighting technology. His crime mapping system, CompStat, helped law enforcement target and significantly drive down offenses...
Mobile ad spending is growing rapidly in the UK, and helping lead total digital spend to new heights. But compared to the amount of time the average consumer spends with mobile, spend remains low, explains a new eMarketer report.
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Multiscreening activities are becoming an integral part of consumers’ lifestyles in Mexico. Using smartphones and mobile phones while traveling (74.4%) was the single most cited activity-device combination among internet users in the country.
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