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Carol Bartz’s tumultuous tenure as the CEO of Yahoo has come to an abrupt end according a report from All Things Digital. Bartz was named CEO of the Internet giant in January 2009 after previously serving as CEO of Autodesk. All Things Digital cites sources at the company, who also say that...

An update to Google Takeout, the search giant’s data export service, now allows Google Voice users to retrieve all of their account data. “We believe that our users should be able to export any data that they create in (or import into) one of our many products,” Google engineer Anthony Jawad...

Social news website Reddit has announced that it has spun off from parent company Conde Nast and become a separate operation — albeit one that isn’t changing hands. Reddit Inc. will be 100% owned by Advanced Publications, the parent company of Conde Nast. “We can set up a structure that has the...

Registered trademark and brand holders will get a chance to secure .xxx domains Wednesday, if only to fend off cybersquatters. The ICM Registry, which doles out domains to third parties like GoDaddy and Network Solutions, is giving brands 50 days to claim their domain. For example, Coca-Cola can...

When it comes to spreading popular content around the web, where you post matters. A study that link-shortening service Bit.ly released on its blog Tuesday shows that different kinds of links rise and fizzle at different speeds — depending on the platform they are posted on. Bit.ly Chief...

Miramax announced Tuesday that it will bring hundreds of its titles to Netflix in Latin America. Netflix announced its formal rollout plans for the Latin American and Caribbean markets Monday, the first part of its major international push. The new Miramax deal is similar to the agreement the...

You can rent some pretty classy places on Airbnb — the country of Lichtenstein, say, or a Swiss ski resort. But how could those places possibly compare to a 25,000 sq ft TV studio in the heart of historic Burbank, California, steps from the Warner Bros. commissary? That — at least in theory —...

Citing volatile market conditions, Groupon is rethinking the timing of its IPO, according to a report. The company isn’t canceling its IPO but is “reassessing the timing on a week-by-week basis,” according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited a person familiar with the matter. Groupon had...

Online retail giant Amazon is about to try out a locker-based delivery system at select 7-Eleven stores, according to multiple reports. The new system will allow a customer to select at checkout a nearby 7-Eleven store for package pickup. The customer would then enter a PIN to retrieve the...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Imaginative freelancers and open-minded collaborators come together each day to bounce ideas and innovate in coworking...

Less than a week after the U.S. Justice Department stepped in to try to prevent AT&T from buying T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel has jumped into the fray by suing both companies. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., Sprint argues that the deal would harm consumers and business...

Checking in to locations with geosocial services like Foursquare is the least popular activity among smartphone users, finds a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. While more than half of the smartphone owners in the survey of 2,277 adults report accessing social networks, sending photos...

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. Indie musician Andrew Belle’s new music video, “The Ladder” — for the title track from his sophomore album — premieres today on Mashable. This animated video’s hand-drawn appearance and story fit...

Comedic songwriters Pantless Knights are at it again with a new, tech-related tribute video honoring Steve Jobs. The video, produced by Seedwell, re-works a popular Jay-Z song “What More Can I Say” from The Black Album. Pantless Knights’ “The New Dork” also parodied a Jay-Z track, “Empire State...

This post reflects the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Mashable as a publication. Tom Cortese is co-founder and CEO of Proust.com, where he oversees the company’s day-to-day operations, and continues to build a unique space for family and close friends to share and preserve...

More than four months after hackers brought down its PlayStation Network, accessing the personal information of more than 100 million users, Sony has hired a veteran of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as its security chief. Philip Reitinger, the former deputy under secretary at the U.S...

Carol Bartz’s tumultuous tenure as the CEO of Yahoo has come to an abrupt end according a report from All Things Digital. Bartz was named CEO of the Internet giant in January 2009 after previously serving as CEO of Autodesk. All Things Digital cites sources at the company, who also say that...

An update to Google Takeout, the search giant’s data export service, now allows Google Voice users to retrieve all of their account data. “We believe that our users should be able to export any data that they create in (or import into) one of our many products,” Google engineer Anthony Jawad...

Social news website Reddit has announced that it has spun off from parent company Conde Nast and become a separate operation — albeit one that isn’t changing hands. Reddit Inc. will be 100% owned by Advanced Publications, the parent company of Conde Nast. “We can set up a structure that has the...

Registered trademark and brand holders will get a chance to secure .xxx domains Wednesday, if only to fend off cybersquatters. The ICM Registry, which doles out domains to third parties like GoDaddy and Network Solutions, is giving brands 50 days to claim their domain. For example, Coca-Cola can...