Posts Tagged ‘tech News and Gadgets’

AT&T: iPhone 5 Is the Fastest-Selling iPhone Ever

The iPhone 5, which was available for pre-order starting on Friday, September 14, is the fastest selling iPhone ATT has ever offered, the company has announced. ATT did not mention any actual sales figures, merely stating that “customers ordered more iPhones from ATT than any previous model, both on its first day of preorders and […]

AT&T: iPhone 5 Is the Fastest-Selling iPhone Ever

The iPhone 5, which was available for pre-order starting on Friday, September 14, is the fastest selling iPhone ATT has ever offered, the company has announced. ATT did not mention any actual sales figures, merely stating that “customers ordered more iPhones from ATT than any previous model, both on its first day of preorders and […]

LinkedIn Launches Board Connect Tool for Non-Profits

LinkedIn has launched a new tool, Board Connect, to connect non-profits with potential board members. The professional social network considers the new function to be a valuable utility for its community, connecting opportunity seekers and open positions. “There’s a huge supply and demand issue we’re trying to solve — more than 2 million non-profit board […]

LinkedIn Launches Board Connect Tool for Non-Profits

LinkedIn has launched a new tool, Board Connect, to connect non-profits with potential board members. The professional social network considers the new function to be a valuable utility for its community, connecting opportunity seekers and open positions. “There’s a huge supply and demand issue we’re trying to solve — more than 2 million non-profit board […]

Roomba Celebrates 10 Years of Cleaning Up After You

Roomba, the world’s first multi-million unit-selling home-helper robot, turns 10 today. iRobot has cooked up a self-congratulatory infographic filled with a collection of interesting and, occasionally bizarre facts to mark the occasion. A decade ago, I tested and wrote about the first Roomba robotic home vacuum. Back then, I described it as looking like “an […]

Apple: More Than 2 Million iPhone 5s Pre-Ordered in 24 Hours

iPhone 5 pre-orders topped 2 million in the first 24 hours of availability, Apple has announced. This figure more than doubles the previous record of one million devices pre-ordered, held by iPhone 4S. “iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,” […]

Jack Dorsey’s Square is Now Valued at $3.25 Billion

Square, the mobile payments startup headed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has closed a more than $200 million fundraising round that will value the company at $3.25 billion. The company had previously raised $100 million in 2011 valuing it at more than $1 billion, and was first revealed to be seeking another round of funding […]

Job Seeking? Disney and 150+ Are Hiring

Mashable‘s mission is to inform the connected generation; but we can help you put that knowledge to work, too. Since 2005, Mashable has been committed to bringing the top digital, social and tech news and resources to our readers. Over time, we’ve built a readership of 20 million people who are well versed in digital […]

Amazon Developing Its Own Mapping Service

Amazon is developing its own mapping API, the retail giant announced Monday, just days before Apple is set to release its own mapping service to the public as part of iOS 6. The announcement confirms earlier reports that Amazon had acquired 3D mapping application UpNext earlier this summer for that exact purpose. Both Apple and […]

Here’s What It’s Like to Run a Successful Ecommerce Site

When a successful young ecommerce site is all about design, one might expect the founder to have a very designed, structured life. In some ways, that’s true for Jason Goldberg, co-founder and CEO of design darling Fab. Goldberg begins every day with a 30-minute workout and gets to the office at 8 a.m. just in […]

Forget ‘The Force,’ Volkswagen Wants Your Stories Now

Volkswagen, whose most notable social media success to date came from “The Force” viral Super Bowl ad two years ago, is taking a new approach to cultivating fans with a campaign soliciting their stories on Facebook. The German automaker — whose U.S. sales are up 37.6% this year through August — this week is launching […]

Fall TV Goes Social: 6 NBC Shows to Watch

With fall television underway, we’ll be exploring this week how TV networks are using social media, providing second-screen experiences and letting fans watch episodes online. First up: NBC. Here are six trailers for new and returning NBC shows to put on your fall TV radar, and below the video gallery check out details about NBC’s […]

The Winklevoss Twins Are Backing Another Social Network

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, best known for their disputed role in the creation of Facebook, are backing another social network, this time for professional investors. The twins have sunk $1 million into SumZero, a social network created by Divya Narendra in 2008, according to The Wall Street Journal. Narenda allied with the Winklevosses in their […]

Banned iPhone 5 Promo Is Awemaze-Tastic Spoof [VIDEO]

“First, I got a smaller antenna at www.treoantenna.com: $35, including shipping, plus $5 for a #5 Torx screwdriver. I bought a 2GB SanDisk SD card ($22 on Amazon) and a pair of white headphones ($30, also on Amazon). The black headphones provided with the Tréo 700 would work just fine. Just not as cool… Voilà! […]

Banned iPhone 5 Promo Is Awemaze-Tastic Spoof [VIDEO]

“First, I got a smaller antenna at www.treoantenna.com: $35, including shipping, plus $5 for a #5 Torx screwdriver. I bought a 2GB SanDisk SD card ($22 on Amazon) and a pair of white headphones ($30, also on Amazon). The black headphones provided with the Tréo 700 would work just fine. Just not as cool… Voilà! […]

Deepak Chopra: Spirituality in The Age of Social Media

Deepak Chopra has long been considered a guru of personal well-being, faith and the intersection of eastern and western medicine. In the past few years, Chopra has taken his expertise and brand beyond his many books and public services, to a more relatable place — the Internet. He has earned 1.2 million followers on Twitter […]

Deepak Chopra: Spirituality in The Age of Social Media

Deepak Chopra has long been considered a guru of personal well-being, faith and the intersection of eastern and western medicine. In the past few years, Chopra has taken his expertise and brand beyond his many books and public services, to a more relatable place — the Internet. He has earned 1.2 million followers on Twitter […]

Microsoft CEO: Windows 8 is a Bigger Deal Than Windows 95

Windows 8 may just be the most significant product launch in Microsoft’s history, at least according to the company’s CEO Steve Ballmer. “You know, Windows 95 was certainly the biggest thing in the last 20 years until now. I think Windows 8 certainly surpasses it,” Ballmer said in a wide-ranging interview with The Seattle Times […]

Microsoft CEO: Windows 8 is a Bigger Deal Than Windows 95

Windows 8 may just be the most significant product launch in Microsoft’s history, at least according to the company’s CEO Steve Ballmer. “You know, Windows 95 was certainly the biggest thing in the last 20 years until now. I think Windows 8 certainly surpasses it,” Ballmer said in a wide-ranging interview with The Seattle Times […]

Kindle Fire HD Teardown Reveals Repairs Are (Relatively) Easy

Hardware site iFixIt posted a teardown of the new Kindle Fire HD tablet, revealing more details about its inner workings and that it’s easy to take apart for repairs. Although the teardown revealed a lot of what we already know about the 7-inch device, we did learn from some interesting tidbits. For example, unlike the […]

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