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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...

Nokia’s instantly recognizable default ringtone has hardly changed since its 1994 release. Now, the mobile giant is ready to make over the simple tune. This time, Nokia wants you to be the composer. “The tune should be fresh, expressive, original, creative yet distinctively a Nokia Tune,” Nokia...

A Research In Motion investor proposes that the ailing company should sell itself or spin off its patents to appease shareholders, according to a report. Jaguar Financial Corp. CEO Vic Alboini told Bloomberg on Tuesday that RIM should also create a committee of four or five independent directors...

The Tech Innovators Series is supported by Lenovo. Lenovo does not just manufacture technology. They make Do machines — super-powered creation engines designed to help the people who do, do more, do better, do in brand new ways. The mobile photo sharing boom brings with it a host of new privacy...

Apple is opening its first official store in Hong Kong this month, Bloomberg reports. The store will be in the International Finance Center Mall. Apple has said the store will open sometime this quarter; local news outlet Ming Pao Daily says more specifically that the 20,000-square-foot store...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on five particular stories of interest today. Apple to Open Hong Kong Store Apple is planning to open its first store in Hong Kong this...

While those of us in the United States dove into a three-day Labor Day weekend, the rest of the world was still humming along, and your Mashable weekend team was here to keep track of it all. We looked into stories past, present and future — celebrating Google’s 13th birthday with a...

Remember that snazzy Sony Tablet S we wrote about a couple of days ago? You can now pre-order one at Sony and Amazon, with the expected shipping date being Sept. 16. The device is a 9.4-inch tablet with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU, 16/32 GB of storage and Wi-Fi/3G connectivity. It comes with Android...

Everyone loves a good rainbow. Even the most world-weary of folk can’t help oohing and ahhing when the colorful spectrums of light brighten up the sky. Here at Mashable we’re also big fans of rainbows, so we figured a cool collection of fantastic iPhotography rainbows would keep us cheerful as...