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  • Ask Engadget: Best (useful) WiFi network detector?
    By Engadget on March 11th, 2010 | No Comments Comments

    We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Mitchell, who couldn’t care less if you have a problem with his question. If you’re looking to send in an …

  • HTC Legend review
    By Engadget on March 10th, 2010 | No Comments Comments

    After four three flavors of the HTC Hero , the Taiwanese mobile giant has finally brought back the chin with an additional lick of aluminum and a similarly quirky name — the Legend. If this alone isn’t of much interest to you yet, just bear in mind that this is HTC’s first Android 2.1 device …

  • Tumblr Hits Major Milestones, Plans to Start Generating Revenue
    By Mashable on March 8th, 2010 | No Comments Comments

    Tumblr , one of the simplest blogging platforms around, is doing really well. Situated between WordPress , which requires a bit more effort to create and organize content, and Twitter , which requires almost no effort but also doesn’t offer many features, Tumblr is the perfect tool for users who want to have a blog with…

  • 5 Ways to Use Twitter to Avoid a Backchannel Disaster
    By Mashable on March 7th, 2010 | No Comments Comments

    Cliff Atkinson is author of The Backchannel : How Audiences are Using Twitter and Social Media and Changing Presentations Forever (New Riders, 2009). What do you do when you’re giving a presentation, and notice that your audience is looking down, busily typing on their laptops and smartphones? And what about when …

  • Gowalla Launches for Android
    By Mashable on March 6th, 2010 | No Comments Comments

    The battle for social geolocation domination has expanded to Google’s Android platform, as Gowalla , the primary competitor to Foursquare , has just made its debut on Google’s Android app store. The new Gowalla 1.0 app isn’t some secondhand version of its iPhone counterpart — it’s completely packed with an array of features …

  • 5 Best iPhone Apps For Controlling Your Mac or PC
    By Mashable on February 28th, 2010 | No Comments Comments

    With more than 140,000 apps in the iPhone App Store , finding task-specific apps or utilities for your iPhone or iPod touch (and soon iPad ) isn’t the hard part. The hard part is finding the best app for the job. That’s why we’re launching a new series here at Mashable…

  • Android 2.1 Coming to All U.S. Android Phones? [RUMOR]
    By Mashable on February 27th, 2010 | No Comments Comments

    Version 2.1 of the Android operating system (which currently powers newer handsets like the Nexus One ) may be coming to older Android phones in the U.S, according to a report. This corroborates some earlier rumors , and comes despite speculation that 2.1 simply wouldn’t fit on older hardware like T-mobile’s…

  • HOW TO: Block FarmVille on Facebook
    By Mashable on February 21st, 2010 | No Comments Comments

    The Facebook -platform game FarmVille has 80 million players . It’s been named social networking game of the year. It’s played by people young and old . It’s bigger than Twitter . But that doesn’t mean it’s for everyone. The game optionally advertises itself by sending out news feed updates to your friends whenever…

  • 4 Terrific Tools for Creating Business Web Forms
    By Mashable on February 17th, 2010 | No Comments Comments

    This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Web forms can be a great asset on your business site. They let you collect pertinent data and contact information from your visitors without exposing your direct e-…

  • Notion Ink Adam hands-on (with video) at MWC 2010
    By Engadget on February 16th, 2010 | No Comments Comments

    We got a few minutes today to check out the latest build on Notion Ink’s Adam prototype that we first saw back at CES. Like we heard a week or so ago , there will indeed be two versions of the Adam — one which will be 12.9 mm thick and boast the Pixel …