HootSuite Reaches 1 Million Users [INFOGRAPHIC]
Social media dashboard HootSuite has reached an important milestone: one million registered users. To celebrate the event, HootSuite shared with us some stats from its two-year history. HootSuite users send over one million messages per day, mostly on Twitter,…
Monster No Longer the No. 1 Jobs Site? Indeed
Job search engine Indeed.com officially became the largest jobs site in the U.S. by passing longtime leader Monster.com in October, according to the latest data from comScore. A total of 12.3 million users visited Indeed in October, a monthly increase of 19.6 percent. Monster had 12.1 million visitors while CareerBuilder was third with 11.3… [[ […]
How a Student Uses Facebook to Campaign for a Social Media Internship
This post is authored for Stephanie, our very own writer, for her application to be Standard Chartered Breeze’s World Coolest Intern (WCI). We promise this is a good read. What would you do if you only had 5 days to campaign for a lucrative social media internship? It’s the world’s coolest and probably also the […]
NTU is Building Green Tablets for 100 million Indian Children
Many schools in India don’t have electricity to access electronic learning tools. That’s a problem, which now has a solution. Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Rice University are developing an electronic tablet that is both battery and solar powered. The device, named iSlate, is estimated to serve 100 million Indian children. “India’s full economic […]
Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg could be TIME’s Person of the Year
It is a great year for Apple and Facebook. And both CEO Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg respectively, are shortlisted for TIME’s 2010 Person of the Year. In 2010, Apple’s iPad has been nothing short of revolutionary. Well, at least in terms of sales. Thanks to Apple’s brilliant marketing and cult brand like status, over […]
300,000 iPads 3G Sold on Launch Weekend [ESTIMATE]
So, now that the iPad 3G is finally available, what everyone wants to know is: how well is this thing selling? According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, it’s selling great, pretty much the same as the 3G-less iPad, with about 300,000 sold on launch weekend. Munster surveyed 50 Apple stores to get this number, […]
Ning: Failures, Lessons and Six Alternatives
Ning, the network of social networks that boasted 20 million visitors a month, is making massive staff cutbacks and has announced a complete end to free services for its users. Those who pay for premium services will be asked to pay more, and those who are getting their social networks free of charge will be […]
Share iPhone Apps Easily with AppSnap
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 BizSpark. Name: AppSnap Quick Pitch: AppSnap lets you install any iPhone app by taking a […]
700,000 iPads Sold [REPORT]
The latest estimates for iPad sales may surprise even the most optimistic Apple watchers: Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster puts the number at 600,000-700,000 this weekend, including pre-orders. By comparison, it took Apple more than 70 days to sell 1 million iPhones after the initial launch. Brainstorm Tech writes: In a report to clients issued […]
Privacy Concerns Put the Kibosh on the Netflix Prize
Amid class-action lawsuits over privacy and subsequent FTC inquiries, Netflix announced today that it will not be pursuing the next Netflix Prize. For more than three years, individuals competed to win the $1 million Netflix Prize, in the process improving the company’s algorithm for recommending movies to its users. When the results were first announced […]