Search results

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...

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...