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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...

Netflix on Monday began offering its video streaming service in Brazil and plans to offer streaming in 43 Latin American and Caribbean countries by September 12. Netflix’s Brazilian service, in Portuguese, costs 14.99 Brazilian real (about $9.35) a month. On Wednesday a Spanish version of the...

Today’s Google doodle celebrates the birthday of Queen’s legendary singer Freddie Mercury, and it’s definitely one of the most interesting doodles to come out of Google‘s workshop yet. Note that the doodle will become visible on Sept. 6 in the U.S. out of respect for Labor Day. One of the best...

Netflix on Monday began offering its video streaming service in Brazil and plans to offer streaming in 43 Latin American and Caribbean countries by September 12. Netflix’s Brazilian service, in Portuguese, costs 14.99 Brazilian real (about $9.35) a month. On Wednesday a Spanish version of the...

Today’s Google doodle celebrates the birthday of Queen’s legendary singer Freddie Mercury, and it’s definitely one of the most interesting doodles to come out of Google‘s workshop yet. Note that the doodle will become visible on Sept. 6 in the U.S. out of respect for Labor Day. One of the best...

A Facebook security flaw – or, perhaps, a misunderstanding – lets Page admins boot the creator of the original Page from admin status, effectively hijacking the Page, Naked Security reports. One could argue that this is working as intended: if the creator of a Facebook Page lets someone else in...

Today’s Google doodle celebrates the birthday of Queen’s legendary singer Freddie Mercury, and it’s definitely one of the most interesting doodles to come out of Google‘s workshop yet. Note that the doodle will become visible on Sept. 6 in the U.S. out of respect for Labor Day. One of the best...

A Facebook security flaw – or, perhaps, a misunderstanding – lets Page admins boot the creator of the original Page from admin status, effectively hijacking the Page, Naked Security reports. One could argue that this is working as intended: if the creator of a Facebook Page lets someone else in...

Today’s Google doodle celebrates the birthday of Queen’s legendary singer Freddie Mercury, and it’s definitely one of the most interesting doodles to come out of Google‘s workshop yet. Note that the doodle will become visible on Sept. 6 in the U.S. out of respect for Labor Day. One of the best...

A woman — armed with a Nexus One and the Google Maps mobile app — recently completed a scavenger hunt in New York City that led to a very special prize: a marriage proposal. Google software engineer Ari Gilder orchestrated the “ultimate romantic scavenger hunt” for his girlfriend, Faigy, to ask...

A woman — armed with a Nexus One and the Google Maps mobile app — recently completed a scavenger hunt in New York City that led to a very special prize: a marriage proposal. Google software engineer Ari Gilder orchestrated the “ultimate romantic scavenger hunt” for his girlfriend, Faigy, to ask...

What might the 2011 version of Orson Welles’s War of the World‘s radio broadcast look like using today’s fastest method of information-sharing? Gerardo Buganza, the interior secretary for Veracruz state in Mexico, said it could very well be the “Twitter terrorism” caused by two people who...

Trey Pennington, a well-known social media personality, died Sunday in Greenville, S.C., of an apparent suicide. Pennington ran a consulting practice, blog and online radio show. He maintained presences on all of the top social networks, including Twitter, Facebook and Google+. The local NBC...

What might the 2011 version of Orson Welles’s War of the World‘s radio broadcast look like using today’s fastest method of information-sharing? Gerardo Buganza, the interior secretary for Veracruz state in Mexico, said it could very well be the “Twitter terrorism” caused by two people who...

Trey Pennington, a well-known social media personality, died Sunday in Greenville, S.C., of an apparent suicide. Pennington ran a consulting practice, blog and online radio show. He maintained presences on all of the top social networks, including Twitter, Facebook and Google+. The local NBC...

Amazon has begun testing a redesign of its retail site — and it could foreshadow the launch of Amazon’s own tablet, according to reports. The testing began last week and will continue to be rolled out to additional customers, but a full launch date is unknown, according to the Wall Street...

Amazon has begun testing a redesign of its retail site — and it could foreshadow the launch of Amazon’s own tablet, according to reports. The testing began last week and will continue to be rolled out to additional customers, but a full launch date is unknown, according to the Wall Street...

Each week, Mashable picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite. Beyonce entered the world on Sept. 4, 1981. Now it’s thirty years later, and she’s one of the most recognizable faces on the planet — so much so that her onstage baby bump reveal at the...

Each week, Mashable picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite. Beyonce entered the world on Sept. 4, 1981. Now it’s thirty years later, and she’s one of the most recognizable faces on the planet — so much so that her onstage baby bump reveal at the...