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The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Tagstand Quick Pitch: Tagstand is an NFC platform that simplifies the NFC stack for...

Netflix has started to restrict its users from streaming more than one movie at a time as part of its price hike. The change could have a major effect on how families use Netflix. No longer can one person watch a movie from the iPad while the rest of the family watches another film on the Xbox...

Investors welcomed news of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz’s firing enthusiastically in after-hours trading on Tuesday evening, with shares of the company finishing the session up more than 6% to $13.72 per share. As we noted earlier today, Bartz’s tenure ended abruptly this afternoon when Yahoo Chairman...

Laura Larsell is the information ontologist at Trapit, a content discovery, personalization and curation platform currently in beta.  Laura holds an M.A. in library sciences from the University of Texas at Austin. I love libraries and bookstores. I love the tactile, olfactory and social...

Facebook has updated its iPhone app with a slew of new features and privacy controls, many of which mirror recent enhancements to the website. Facebook for iPhone 3.5 [iTunes link] now lets users tag friends and places in posts and share external links from the web view. It also makes it easier...

Yahoo has formed an “Executive Leadership Council” to govern the struggling Internet company in the wake of Carol Bartz’s firing. To fill the void left by Bartz’s departure, Yahoo CFO Tim Morse has been promoted to interim CEO. “The Board has also named key senior Yahoo! executives to a newly...

Justin Nassiri is the founder and CEO of VideoGenie, a company that helps brands gather, moderate and track customer contributed video. Prior to founding VideoGenie, Justin served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, directing the operations and navigation of a nuclear-powered warship. He is a...

The Social Analyst is a column by Mashable Editor-at-Large Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space. It’s finally happened: Yahoo has fired CEO Carol Bartz. We know that Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock informed her of the news today because of...

Carol Bartz confirmed that she is no longer the CEO of Yahoo in a memo that appears to have been sent from her iPad to all employees of the company. Mashable has obtained a copy of the note, which reads: To all, I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s...

Carol Bartz’s tumultuous tenure as the CEO of Yahoo came to an abrupt end on Tuesday, Mashable has confirmed with sources close to the company. It also appears that Bartz was able to send an email to all Yahoo employees from her iPad informing them that her departure was not voluntary and...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Tagstand Quick Pitch: Tagstand is an NFC platform that simplifies the NFC stack for...

Netflix has started to restrict its users from streaming more than one movie at a time as part of its price hike. The change could have a major effect on how families use Netflix. No longer can one person watch a movie from the iPad while the rest of the family watches another film on the Xbox...

Investors welcomed news of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz’s firing enthusiastically in after-hours trading on Tuesday evening, with shares of the company finishing the session up more than 6% to $13.72 per share. As we noted earlier today, Bartz’s tenure ended abruptly this afternoon when Yahoo Chairman...

Laura Larsell is the information ontologist at Trapit, a content discovery, personalization and curation platform currently in beta.  Laura holds an M.A. in library sciences from the University of Texas at Austin. I love libraries and bookstores. I love the tactile, olfactory and social...

Facebook has updated its iPhone app with a slew of new features and privacy controls, many of which mirror recent enhancements to the website. Facebook for iPhone 3.5 [iTunes link] now lets users tag friends and places in posts and share external links from the web view. It also makes it easier...

Yahoo has formed an “Executive Leadership Council” to govern the struggling Internet company in the wake of Carol Bartz’s firing. To fill the void left by Bartz’s departure, Yahoo CFO Tim Morse has been promoted to interim CEO. “The Board has also named key senior Yahoo! executives to a newly...

Justin Nassiri is the founder and CEO of VideoGenie, a company that helps brands gather, moderate and track customer contributed video. Prior to founding VideoGenie, Justin served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, directing the operations and navigation of a nuclear-powered warship. He is a...

The Social Analyst is a column by Mashable Editor-at-Large Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space. It’s finally happened: Yahoo has fired CEO Carol Bartz. We know that Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock informed her of the news today because of...

Carol Bartz confirmed that she is no longer the CEO of Yahoo in a memo that appears to have been sent from her iPad to all employees of the company. Mashable has obtained a copy of the note, which reads: To all, I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s...

Carol Bartz’s tumultuous tenure as the CEO of Yahoo came to an abrupt end on Tuesday, Mashable has confirmed with sources close to the company. It also appears that Bartz was able to send an email to all Yahoo employees from her iPad informing them that her departure was not voluntary and...