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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...

New York Fashion Week kicks off Sept. 7, and once again designers and the press are leveraging the web to reach virtual audiences far larger than those present at shows. Building off success from past seasons, many brands will live stream the unveiling of their Spring/Summer 2012 collections on...

You might expect social media superstars to be giving virtual high fives and tweeting with delight at the idea of a suggested users list on Google+. It’s a way to be surfaced for new users, meaning more followers, and that’s a good thing, right? Wrong — for some. Since Google released the list...

The union of music and advertising dates back to radio’s infancy. Now, the world’s biggest companies are infusing their commercials with songs from popular musicians as well as emerging artists, to brand their latest products and services. But why? Studies dissecting music’s effect on consumers...

Google will discontinue news-reading tool Fast Flip, to shift resources to its more widely used products. It will be removed from Google News and Labs in the coming days, though its approach to web content display will be integrated into other tools, Google announced on its blog. Fast Flip...

There are no rules to naming a startup. And most entrepreneurs do assume that the name they choose will change before their businesses really start to gain momentum. Consequently, it doesn’t shock us that some of our favorite startups were sired by picking names out of hats, by throwing out odd...

New York Fashion Week kicks off Sept. 7, and once again designers and the press are leveraging the web to reach virtual audiences far larger than those present at shows. Building off success from past seasons, many brands will live stream the unveiling of their Spring/Summer 2012 collections on...

You might expect social media superstars to be giving virtual high fives and tweeting with delight at the idea of a suggested users list on Google+. It’s a way to be surfaced for new users, meaning more followers, and that’s a good thing, right? Wrong — for some. Since Google released the list...

The union of music and advertising dates back to radio’s infancy. Now, the world’s biggest companies are infusing their commercials with songs from popular musicians as well as emerging artists, to brand their latest products and services. But why? Studies dissecting music’s effect on consumers...

Google will discontinue news-reading tool Fast Flip, to shift resources to its more widely used products. It will be removed from Google News and Labs in the coming days, though its approach to web content display will be integrated into other tools, Google announced on its blog. Fast Flip...

There are no rules to naming a startup. And most entrepreneurs do assume that the name they choose will change before their businesses really start to gain momentum. Consequently, it doesn’t shock us that some of our favorite startups were sired by picking names out of hats, by throwing out odd...

Should Amazon be required to collect sales tax on online purchases? The behemoth online retailer remains at odds with California legislators over that very issue. In June, state tax legislation was signed into effect requiring the site to collect a 7.25% base sales tax on online purchases made...

A private, Chicago-based institution will be the first to put forth a deeply discounted deal on tuition via Groupon. In an effort to bolster interest in its graduate teaching program, National Louis University will offer would-be teachers a Groupon for nearly 60% off tuition of an entry-level...