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Apple Tablet With iPhone-Like OS Confirmed in TV Interview [VIDEO]

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/apple-tablet-iphone-os-2/service=bit.ly"/aMost everyone is certain that Apple will reveal its tablet device tomorrow, but no one involved #8212; from Steve Jobs to the hundreds of likely partners #8212; had explicitly confirmed it. Until now./ppMcGraw-Hill’s CEO Terry McGraw told CNBC this afternoon that Apple will make a Tablet announcement tomorrow, and that the device “will be based on the iPhone operating system, so it will be transferrable” #8212; presumably referring to the 100,000+ apps that have already been developed for iPhone. [...]
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The Maturation of Social Media ROI

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/maturation-social-media-roi/service=bit.ly"/aa href="http://www.briansolis.com/" target="_blank"Brian Solis/a is a principal at new media agency a href="http://www.future-works.com/" target="_blank"FutureWorks/a, and author of the upcoming book, a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470571098" target="_blank"Engage/a. You can connect with him on a href="http://www.twitter.com/briansolis" target="_blank"Twitter/a or a href="http://www. [...]
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ITC Starts Investigation into Apple’s Alleged Patent Infringement at Nokia’s Behest

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/itc-investigates-apple/service=bit.ly"/aThe International Trade Commission (ITC) a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2512117320100125" target="_blank"started an investigation on Monday/a into a href="http://mashable.com/2009/12/29/nokia-apple-itc-complaint/" title="Nokia Files Complaint: iPod, iPhone and Macs All Infringe Our Patents"Nokia#8217;s claims that Apple infringes on its patents/a in almost all of its products. [...]
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LinkedIn Adds New Ways to Browse Connections

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/linkedin-connections/service=bit.ly"/aa href="http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/linkedin1.jpg"/aa href="http://mashable.com/category/linkedin"LinkedIn/a will soon roll out a a href="http://blog.linkedin.com/2010/01/26/linkedin-address-book/" target="_blank"nifty new contact browsing interface/a that should make things a bit easier for workplace social butterflies who have a lot of people to keep track of./ppThe update adds a panel that you can use to browse contacts by their companies, industries or locations. [...]
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Apple Tablet: All the Rumors in One Place

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/apple-tablet-all-the-rumors-in-one-place/service=bit.ly"/aTomorrow, Apple is likely to a href="http://mashable.com/2010/01/18/apple-tablet-launch/"finally unveil/a its long-rumored and much anticipated tablet device./ppSpeculation about the Apple Tablet #8212; its a href="http://mashable.com/2010/01/04/applet-tablet-march-1000/"pricetag/a, its a href="http://mashable.com/2010/01/11/apple-tablet-webcam-3g/"function/a, and its a href="http://mashable. [...]
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U.S. Bans Texting Among Bus and Truck Drivers

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/text-ban-truck-bus/service=bit.ly"/aa href="http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/truck.jpg"/aAdd this to the list of things that should have been illegal long ago: The U.S. has now made it unlawful for truck and bus drivers to text whilst operating their respective vehicles./ppAlthough text messaging has been discussed more and more in conjunction with driving as of late #8212; what with drunken drivers a href="http://mashable. [...]
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7-Year-Old’s Bike Ride Raises More Than $240,000 For Haiti [VIDEO]

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/7-year-old-haiti/service=bit.ly"/aa href="http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/unicefkid.jpg"/aA 7-year-old London boy named Charlie Simpson has so far raised more than $240,000 for Haiti relief efforts a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/25/uk.boy.charity.haiti/index.html" target="_blank"using only his bicycle/a. Simpson used a href="http://www.justgiving.com/"target="_blank"JustGiving.com/a, a site dedicated to #8220;helping ordinary people raise extraordinary amounts for charity. [...]
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Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad Already Creating Online Buzz

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/tim-tebow-super-bowl-ad/service=bit.ly"/aWe’re still almost two weeks away from the Super Bowl – and all of its wannabe viral commercials – but at least one yet-to-be-seen ad is already capturing the imaginations of the Web: a pro-life spot featuring college football star Tim Tebow./ppThe ad is being paid for by a group called a href="http://www.focusonthefamily.com/"Focus on the Family/a, and will star Tebow and his mother, who went against doctor’s advice and decided to keep Tim despite medical risks. [...]
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4 Myths About Social Media and Business

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/myths-social-media-business/service=bit.ly"/aa rel="nofollow" href="http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/4-myths-about-social-media-and-business-leah-betancourt" target="_blank"This post/a originally appeared on the a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.openforum.com" target="_blank"American Express OPEN Forum/a, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. [...]
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Wear Your Mac Geekery On Your Sleeve

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/imwithcocoa/service=bit.ly"/aConan O#8217;Brien isn#8217;t the only a href="http://mashable.com/2010/01/13/im-with-coco/"#8220;COCO#8221;/a that#8217;s been in the news lately. Due to the impending announcement of the a href="http://mashable.com/tag/apple-tablet"Apple Tablet/a, the a href="http://developer.apple.com/cocoa/" target="_blank"Cocoa application framework/a (which apps for the Mac and iPhone use) is also a hot topic #8212; even if just among Mac and iPhone geeks. [...]
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Apple Is Fighting To Drop iTunes TV Episodes to $0.99

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/apple-itunes-tv-price/service=bit.ly"/aa href="http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/24itunes.jpg"/aThe Financial Times reports that a href="http://mashable.com/category/apple"Apple/a is trying to convince television networks in the United States to sign on to a a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6fef5014-0a1a-11df-8b23-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1" target="_blank" drastic price cut for TV shows/a available for download through a href="http://mashable. [...]
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Social Is the Top Priority for Marketers in 2010 [STATS]

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/marketing-top-priorities-2010/service=bit.ly"/aMoney spent on social media-related advertising is already a href="http://mashable.com/2009/07/08/social-media-marketing-growth/"expected to grow significantly/a this year, and now we also know that the medium is considered the top priority in the digital space according to a survey of senior marketers./ppThe research, a href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007479" target="_blank"published today/a in eMarketer, shows that 45. [...]
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6 Ways to Be Part of ExecTweets IT [Sponsored Post]

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/sponsored-post-exectweets-it/service=bit.ly"/aThis post is brought to you by ExecTweets IT. For More information on sponsored posts a href="http://mashable.com/advertise/sponsored-post/"read here/a./ppa rel="nofollow" href="http://www.exectweets.com/it" target="_blank"/aWe built ExecTweets IT as a resource for IT pros to share knowledge and insights with each other. And while the site starts with tweets from 500+ IT thinkers on Twitter, from business leaders to pundits, that#8217;s just the start. [...]
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Google Voice Arrives on iPhone With HTML5-Powered Web App

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/google-voice-web-app/service=bit.ly"/aa href="http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/google-voice1.jpg"/a Google has put the power of HTML5 to work to finally bring a rich a href="http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/google-voice-for-iphone-and-palm-webos.html" target="_blank"Google Voice web app/a to the iPhone (and Palm Web OS)./ppThe robust web application can be accessed by visiting a href="http://m. [...]
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Avatar Now the Biggest Movie Ever Worldwide

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/avatar-biggest-movie-ever/service=bit.ly"/a/aIt#8217;s official, a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/26/earlyshow/leisure/boxoffice/main6142354.shtml" target="_blank"Avatar has passed Titanic/a in terms of worldwide ticket box office sales, surpassing $1.8 billion./ppIf you#8217;ve been keeping up, that means that in just a little more than two weeks, the film took in a href="http://mashable.com/2010/01/11/avatar-catching-up-titanic/"another $500 million dollars/a. [...]
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Mashable Readers Can Download Terminator Salvation For Free

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/terminator-divx-giveaway/service=bit.ly"/aa href="http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/term-divx-top.jpg"/aLast February, actor a href="http://mashable.com/2009/02/03/christian-bale-tirade/"Christian Bale#8217;s outburst/a on the set of Terminator Salvation made headlines and wound up being one of a href="http://mashable.com/2009/11/01/internet-memes-2009/"our favorite memes of the year/a. If you didn#8217;t get the chance to see Terminator Salvation in theaters, you#8217;re in luck. [...]
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Google’s Nexus One to Be Sold at Walmart?

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/google-nexus-one-walmart/service=bit.ly"/aAlthough Google may have launched a href="http://mashable.com/tag/nexus-one"Nexus One/a with a unique direct-to-consumer strategy, it appears that might soon be changing, as the phone could be headed to the shelves of Walmart./ppA a href="http://walmart.letstalk.com/product/product.htm?prId=36582#038;search=nexus+one#description" target="_blank"“coming soon” page/a has been discovered on the Walmart wireless website indicating that the retail giant will carry the a href="http://mashable. [...]
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Evernote Inks Deal to Come Bundled on Sony Vaio PCs

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/evernote-vaio-bundle/service=bit.ly"/aMulti-platform note-taking app a href="http://www.evernote.com/" target="_blank"Evernote/a is getting a significant distribution deal with Sony. A special customized version of the software will come pre-installed on the extensive Vaio series of desktops and laptops starting this spring./ppThe special version of Evernote includes a feature that takes advantage of the Vaio line#8217;s built-in Motion Eye web cam. [...]
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Ask Obama Questions (And See His Answers) on YouTube

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/obama-questions-youtube/service=bit.ly"/aThis Wednesday, at 9pm EST, US president Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union speech; you can follow it via White House#8217;s live a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/live" target="_blank"webstream,/a as well as their a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/19/whitehousegov-anywhere" target="_blank"iPhone app/a./ppIt#8217;s wonderful to see that today social media plays such an important part in the way we receive news. [...]
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More Security Flaws Found in Internet Explorer

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Source: Mashable | Category: Social
pa href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/01/26/security-flaws-internet-explorer/service=bit.ly"/aIt#8217;s been a rough few weeks for the Microsoft#8217;s Internet Explorer. First, Google revealed that Chinese hackers have used an undocumented a href="http://mashable.com/2010/01/14/google-china-attack-anatomy/"security flaw in IE/a to access personal data of some of their employees. Microsoft did not immediately issue a fix, which prompted both the a href="http://mashable. [...]
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