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“30 Rock” Takes a Crack at Facebook [VIDEO]
NBC’s hit show, 30 Rock , typically takes a social norm and parodies it to no end by dedicating an entire episode to it. Last night’s installment, “Secret Santa,” was no exception. This time around the subject of the show̵...
What Do Seniors Do Online? Visit Facebook and YouTube, of Course [STATS]
We’ve known for a while that Facebook users are getting a lot older , but now new data released by Nielsen reveals that the number of seniors (65 and older) using the web has increased by 6 million in the last five years. Not only that, but nea...
Why Facebook Chose to Limit Google and Spare Twitter Search
Google really unleashed a torrent of news and updates today. While events such as the launch of Google Goggles are very interesting, the big news is clearly the launch of real-time search within Google . Now as events unfold, Google will capture the ...
Kenna, Jessica Biel, and Social Media to Climb Kilimanjaro for Charity
Social media’s power to spread the word is well known, as is its ability to help fuel charitable causes. The examples are many, including TweetsGiving , #BlameDrewsCancer , the Social Media Smackdown , Twestival , and the Mashable Summer of Soc...
Turn Movie Ratings Into a Game with Flickchart
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 the details here . The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSp...
RUMOR: Friendster to Be Sold for $100+ Million
Do you remember Friendster ? Several years ago, it was one of the hottest startups and social networks around, long before MySpace or Facebook hit the scene. Google even tried to acquire it back in 2003. But while it’s on the decline in the wes...
WARNING: New Facebook Chat Phishing Scam in Progress
Be on the lookout for a current spate of phishing tactics spreading on Facebook via the chat feature . The attack employs similar methods to those used by past scams, using hijacked user accounts to send chat messages with a generic message and a lin...
5 Big Changes to Watch in Facebook’s Upcoming Redesign [Screenshots]
Just over a month ago, Facebook rolled out a new homepage redesign . Now it looks like the social network isn’t completely satisfied with the results, as it’s now testing yet another homepage redesign. We don’t know when the new des...
It’s Not Just You: Facebook Is Down
Update: Facebook has informed us that they’re looking into the problem and will provide more details soon. - A quick check of Twitter confirms it : Facebook is down . The world’s largest social network is having some type of uptime issue ...
New Facebook Worm Spreading Via User’s Walls [WARNING]
Anti-virus maker AVG is warning of a new worm spreading on Facebook via user’s walls. According to one of AVG’s bloggers, the worm spreads as users that are already logged into the social network click on the suggestive photo that is being placed...
Zynga’s Next Facebook Game: PetVille?
Oops, they did it again: popular Facebook games maker Zynga last month trademarked the name FishVille and promptly launched the game by that name less than a month later. This time Games.com reports it could be pets the social games giant is going af...
Disney Posts Alice in Wonderland Posters on Facebook
As social media becomes more pervasive, it’s becoming a frequently common practice for movie studios to use sites like Facebook and Twitter to connect with plans. Tim Burton’s 3D epic “Alice in Wonderland” doesn’t hit th...
Twitter and Facebook Come to Xbox Live November 17
If you didn’t get into the Preview Program for Xbox LIVE’s forthcoming social networking integrations featuring Twitter, Facebook and last.fm support, don’t worry — you don’t have too much longer to wait. According to Ma...
FishVille Launches on Facebook; It’s Like Underwater FarmVille
We were sort of surprised to discover how many of you proclaim your love for FarmVille , the social farming sim game from Zynga. We reported that the company had trademarked the name FishVille last month, and speculated that an aquatic derivative of ...
Microsoft Redesigns MSN, Adds Twitter and Facebook
Earlier tonight, Microsoft unveiled the redesign to its MSN.com web portal. The new look is far more minimalistic than its predecessor, increases its integration with Bing , and adds a social layer to the aging (but still highly popular) Internet gat...
Ustream Pairs Live Video With Simultaneous Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace Chat
We’ve already covered how viral the chat options on live video services like Ustream, Justin.tv, and Tinychat can be. By signing into these services with your Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace credentials and then having your messages broadcast as stat...
Facebook Awarded $711 Million in Anti-Spam Lawsuit
Back in March, Facebook won an injunction against three spammers who sent unwanted messages and made abusive wall posts on the site. The temporary restraining order placed criminal consequences on their continuing actions, but the legal battle wasn&#...
MySpace Courts Microsoft for Music Content Deal
The talks are preliminary according to AllThingsD , but they nevertheless reveal more of struggling social network MySpace’s strategy for re-inventing itself. And although MSN Music already has its own content network, executives are considerin...
HOW TO: Find and Add Facebook Apps
With over 300 million users , Facebook is undeniably one of the best places to keep in touch with friends, and one of the reasons it’s so popular are its applications. Most of Facebook’s user-favorite features, like its massively popular ...
CNN.com Relaunches Monday with More Video, Opinion, and Pete Cashmore
Fresh of the heels their recently released iPhone app , CNN has just announced a massive redesign to CNN.com . It’s not live yet, but the new CNN.com will be a pretty drastic departure from the status quo, and you’ll get to experience it ...
What’s Your Favorite Facebook App of 2009? #openwebawards
It’s been a good year at Facebook. Traffic to the site is up over 200%, from 40 million visitors per month at this time last year, to nearly 125 million now — and that’s just US traffic. Growth is equally impressive for active users...
John McCain Wants to Block FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made a splash when it proposed net neutrality rules that would treat all traffic on the Internet equally by enforcing mandates upon ISPs such as Comcast and AT&T, as well as wireless servic...
Blogging Faceoff: Wordpress vs. Typepad
It’s that time once again: time for another head-to-head in our weekly Faceoff series! Last week’s winner in the exciting Twitter vs. Facebook was Facebook , and this week we turn our attention to blogging platforms. Both have their die-h...
#BeatCancer Sets Guinness World Record, Raises Over $70,000
On Friday we reported about the #BeatCancer campaign to leverage social media for cancer charities. Their goal was to set a Guinness World Record for the most social mentions in 24 hours, which by Saturday had already topped 200,000 on Twitter, Faceb...
Where the Wild Things Are: on Facebook and Your iPhone
Now open in wide theatrical release is a film that remakes one of the formative books of many a childhood. Typically that’s cause for fear that a special and rare experience hasn’t been done justice. But in this case, Where the Wild Thing...
POLL: Facebook Defeats Twitter in Reader Vote
We’ve come to the exciting conclusion of our fourth weekly Web Faceoff , where we pit two popular social services or apps against each other in a virtual knock-down, drag-out fight. Check out all the results to date at the bottom of this post. ...
Top 10 Games You Can Play on Facebook
Without a doubt, social gaming is on the rise — and big business for some. With the Facebook application platform, game developers have an unprecedented opportunity to tap into existing social connections for both compelling gameplay and viral ...
Open Web Awards for Social Media: 30,000+ Nominations and Counting
Mashable’s Open Web Awards: Social Media Edition , which aims to find the very best people and apps in social media, is off to a flying start. We’ve received over 30,000 nominations for more than 13,000 unique companies, apps and individu...
LinkedIn Surpasses 50 Million Users
As we reported yesterday, growth for some of the world’s biggest social networks — like Twitter and Facebook — appear to be flattening . One site bucking that trend though is LinkedIn , which saw a 5.68% growth in traffic for the mo...
New Flip Video Camera Includes Direct Facebook Uploads
If you’re in the market for a new pocket video camera, your decision just got a little bit harder — or easier — now that Flip Video has introduced the second generation Flip Mino HD . The new Flip Mino HD features double the memory,...
