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Apple Launches Magic Trackpad, Speedier iMacs and Mac Pros

Apple Launches Magic Trackpad, Speedier iMacs and Mac Pros

After a period of downtime this morning, the Apple Store is now back and, as expected, it now carries refreshed, faster iMac and Mac Pro computers, as well as a completely new product called the Magic Trackpad.

The $69 Magic Trackpad is designed to work with your Mac desktop computer and uses the same multi-touch technology as the MacBook Pro. “[It] supports a full set of gestures, giving you a whole new way to control and interact with what’s on your screen,” Apple…

Stan Schroeder July 27, 2010 Stan Schroeder View Comments

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Mashable Site Design From 2005 to 2010 [GRAPHIC]

Mashable Site Design From 2005 to 2010 [GRAPHIC]

Today we are celebrating Mashable’s fifth birthday. Thanks to our readers and advertisers, Mashable has come a long way since Pete Cashmore first launched the site on July 27, 2005. Some of this change is reflected in our…

Vadim Lavrusik July 27, 2010 Vadim Lavrusik View Comments

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Author First to Sell 1 Million E-books via Kindle

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Author First to Sell 1 Million E-books via Kindle

Stieg Larsson, a Swedish journalist and detective novelist best known for his Millenium trilogy, has become the first author to sell more than 1 million e-books in the Kindle Store.

The three books in the posthumously published trilogy — The…

Lauren Indvik July 27, 2010 Lauren Indvik View Comments

A Look Back at the Last 5 Years in Mobile

A Look Back at the Last 5 Years in Mobile

In honor of Mashable’s five-year anniversary, this series is supported by IDG. Join social conversations to market your brand with IDG’s social advertising platform, IDG Amplify. Learn more about how it works …

Christina Warren July 27, 2010 Christina Warren View Comments

“The Guild” Is Back, Debuts New Bollywood-Style Music Video

“The Guild” Is Back, Debuts New Bollywood-Style Music Video

Felicia Day and her lovely cast members are back in action for Season 4 of The Guild, the web-based comedy series that revolves around a World of Warcraft-like game and the lovable nerds who play it. …

Jolie O'Dell July 27, 2010 Jolie O'Dell View Comments

HOW TO: Use Annotations to Promote Your Brand on YouTube

HOW TO: Use Annotations to Promote Your Brand on YouTube

Whether you’ve been posting videos for a while, or you’re just starting out, YouTube Annotations are another tool that you can use to help your videos stand out from the crowd. And even better, with a little creative planning,…

Catherine-Gail Reinhard July 27, 2010 Catherine-Gail Reinhard View Comments

The Internet Loves Walmart Moonwalker [Randomly Viral]

The Internet Loves Walmart Moonwalker [Randomly Viral]

Yesterday, a little vid started spreading around that web that is glorious in its simplicity: a man moonwalking through the corridors of that most meme-producing of establishments: Walmart.

We’re not exactly sure what prompted this video to…

Brenna Ehrlich July 27, 2010 Brenna Ehrlich View Comments

Chat with Co-Workers On-the-Go with Free iPhone App

Chat with Co-Workers On-the-Go with Free iPhone App

37signals has just released Campfire for iPhone [iTunes link], a free native iOS app that lets you connect to your Campfire network on the go.

If the app looks familiar, it’s because 37signals purchased the app…

Christina Warren July 27, 2010 Christina Warren View Comments

Foursquare Checkins Now Part of Customer Loyalty App for iPhone

Foursquare Checkins Now Part of Customer Loyalty App for iPhone

CardStar offers mobile phone users a simple way to manage physical loyalty and membership cards in a digital manner. Today the service is introducing integration with Foursquare to support checkins for users of the iPhone application.

Now, when a…

Jennifer Van Grove July 27, 2010 Jennifer Van Grove View Comments

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Director of Engineering at Synacor, Inc (Buffalo, New York)

Jobs Synacor is a global technology company providing Internet Solutions to enable ISP's, media companies and advertisers to build close relationships with consumers on the Internet. Synacor's platform sol...

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Apple Store Is Down, New Macs on the Way?

Apple Store Is Down, New Macs on the Way?

The Apple Store is currently down, and you know what that means: it may be time to part with some of your hard-earned cash and say hello to a new sleek gadget from Steve Jobs’s workshop.

Yesterday, Daring Fireball’s…

Stan Schroeder July 27, 2010 Stan Schroeder View Comments

Yahoo Japan Signs Search Deal With Google

Yahoo Japan Signs Search Deal With Google

Yahoo Japan said it will be replacing Yahoo’s search technology with Google’s, dealing a serious blow to the global Microsoft-Yahoo search partnership.

In July 2009, Yahoo signed a deal with Microsoft, under which Yahoo was to adopt…

Stan Schroeder July 27, 2010 Stan Schroeder View Comments

Computer Faceoff: Mac vs. PC

Computer Faceoff: Mac vs. PC

We’ve pitted countless web and tech-related items against each other in our weekly Web Faceoff series. There was Chrome vs. Firefox (Firefox emerged as champ), Facebook vs. Twitter (Facebook eeked out a win), iPhone vs. Android…

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MTV Releasing Facebook Game and iPhone App to Promote “Jersey Shore”

MTV Releasing Facebook Game and iPhone App to Promote “Jersey Shore”

The second season of MTV’s reality hit, Jersey Shore, will debut this coming Thursday. To build anticipation around the first episode fist-pump style, MTV is releasing a Facebook game and iPhone app that will feature the show’s larger-than-life personalities in…

Jennifer Van Grove July 26, 2010 Jennifer Van Grove View Comments