When Steve Jobs unveiled Apple’s video-conferencing product, FaceTime, he promised Apple would work to break down the barriers between video services to make them all compatible with each other. That never happened, of course. However, Polycom — a company that specializes in video-communication hardware — now appears to be taking on the challenge, unveiling a…
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Long hours and hectic schedules are integral components of startup culture. Along with the fun perks, office pups and ubiquitous passion, startups are also known for countless team meetings, working lunches…
McKayla Maroney is not impressed with the images you see while browsing the Internet. A new Chrome plugin, created at this year’s Comedy Hackday, inserts McKayla Maroney and her web famous smirk on random images you encounter on the web. You never know where she will appear though, as the Maroney scowl only shows up…
Did you miss Reddit’s “ask me almost anything” (AMAA) session with the Microsoft Surface team on Tuesday? We’ve combed through the queries posed to the Microsoft team led by Panos Panay, general manager of Microsoft Surface, and bring you highlights with answers about Surface from Microsoft that we hadn’t heard before. Tuesday (Oct. 16) was…
Last week, Google claimed Chrome was the most popular web browser in the world. By some measures that’s true, but one leading research site still places it in the No. 3 spot, behind Internet Explorer and Firefox. That’s about to change. Net Applications pegs Chrome‘s market share at 19.08%, less than a percentage point behind…
Market researchers everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief. A new app called Perch, by developers Closely, lets small businesses monitor and track the online activity of their competitors — essentially, giving them a digital birds-eye view of their immediate competitive landscape. Perch collects Facebook posts, tweets and pins from local competition. Then, every update…
With so much speculation surrounding the next-generation iPhone event, a stunning new concept video has hit the web, touting features such as fingerprint scanning for enhanced security and rubberband electronics, which enables the device to stretch like a scrunchie. The video — created by Aatma Studio — begins with the iPhone 4S and the iPhone…
It’s always nice to come home to a well-stocked refrigerator and make a delicious dinner for yourself or your family. Planning your grocery list can ensure that, when you make a trip to the store, everything you need to make the week’s meals will be bought in one trip. Particularly if you live with a…
The combination of a slow, hot Friday in August and an excellent interactive Google Doodle can be murder on your productivity. And Friday’s Doodle, a soccer penalty shoot-out where you play the goalie, was particularly addictive. The balls went faster and faster, so it was hard to beat a high score. Beating a high score…
Box announced Tuesday the availability of Box for Windows Phone, as well as a new partnership with Qualcomm to make Box standard on future Android and Windows Phone devices. “This is our first opportunity to work with Windows Phone. We’re just now starting to see interest from our customer base,” Chris Yeh, head of platform…
Any great hackathon requires plenty of coffee, energy drinks and lots of sugar, but for a purely distributed event, competitors need more than just a few jolts of caffeine. As hackathons grow in popularity, organizers and competitors alike are making use of a plethora of social media tools to plan, execute, promote and deliver new…
Throughout the last 10 years, the world of design — specifically architecture and engineering — has benefited greatly from major technological advances. Although it wasn’t too long ago that many infrastructure and object modeling required excellent hand-drafting and perceptibility skills (not to mention plenty of time and attention to detail), 3D software tools such as…