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Is Facebook Getting Bigger Than Google? [STATS]

According to the analysts at Hitwise, social networks in general are more popular than search engines in some parts of the world.

In fact, networks such as Facebook have been pushing hard against the biggest names in web search, including Google, for several months now. As Hitwise reported recently, Facebook’s overall web traffic pulled ahead of Google’s for the first time in the U.S. in March of this year.

Now, we’ve learned that in the UK, people are visiting social…

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HOW TO: Follow the 2010 World Cup on Twitter

The 2010 World Cup is going to be a very interesting one as far as social media goes — it’s the first to be played out in the Twitter era and the first to fully embrace the social media…

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HOW (NOT) TO: Annoy People on Twitter

There’s no denying that Twitter’s usefulness is growing — from journalists looking for leads to actors putting on productions of Romeo & Juliet, everyone seems to be getting wise to the microblogging site’s potential.

Still, sometimes the…

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“Tourist Lane” Stunt Delights and Confuses New York City [VIDEO]

Yesterday, we revealed at the Mashable Media Summit that Improv Everywhere, along with “Self-Appointed City Planner” Jeff Greenspan, were behind that awesome “Tourist Lane” stunt here in New York City. Now, we’ve got a

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Twitter Celebrates the World Cup with Special Design

To mark the beginning of the World Cup soccer/football tournament that kicks off in two days, Twitter has added a new, special design to its list of backgrounds.

To enable it, log into Twitter, go to Settings >…

Stan Schroeder

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Hack Enables 720p Video Recording on Nexus One

One of the advantages of iPhone 4 over most Android-based competitors is 720p video recording. Now an older but still very popular Android smartphone, Google’s Nexus One, gets that feature — albeit by means of a hack.

Although…

Stan Schroeder

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Google Maps Navigation Now Works in Canada and Most of Europe

In October 2009, Google released Google Maps Navigation for Android devices, a free turn-by-turn navigation system based on Google Maps. At first, the service was limited to the U.S. Recently it was extended to the U.K. and Ireland,…

Stan Schroeder

About 3 hours ago Stan Schroeder 6

Gmail Gets a New and Improved Chat Window

Chatting in Gmail is simple enough: click on a contact, and a chat window will open in the lower right corner of the screen. Finding video, group and voice chat was a bit harder to find, but now Google

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Moonit.com Plays Astrological Matchmaker on Facebook

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by

Samuel Axon

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Consumers Duped By Fake Bank in New IE8 Ad [VIDEO]

Last night, Microsoft kicked off a new television ad campaign focusing on the safety of its Internet Explorer 8 browser. The spot — which can be viewed above — shows real New Yorkers…

Jennifer Van Grove

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iPhone App Offers Weather-Specific Style Suggestions

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, see here. The series is made possible by Microsoft

Lauren Indvik

About 14 hours ago Lauren Indvik 4

Google Rolls Out Its New and Improved Search Index

Google has announced that it has completed the rollout of Google Caffeine, the new and improved web indexing system that now powers the world’s largest search engine.

In August of last year, it was revealed…

Ben Parr

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Mashable Media Summit Keynote with Pete Cashmore and Dr. Sanjay Gupta [VIDEO]

Today, Mashable founder and CEO Pete Cashmore took the stage at Mashable’s Media Summit to be interviewed by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, renowned neurosurgeon and CNN’s general medical correspondent. They were joined by CNN.com general manager KC…

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Twitter to Change Links and How They Are Displayed [UPDATED]

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In an effort to bypass the obscurity of shortened links and to prevent malware and phishing attacks, Twitter has begun the rollout of t.co, its official URL shortener, along with some major changes to how the microblogging platform handles links.…

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How Dana White Built a UFC Empire with Social Media

When the media refused to cover the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the league cultivated its own massive following through grassroots social media rapport. Now the UFC is the fastest growing sport in the world, and its firebrand CEO,

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HOW TO: Install Safari Extensions

Yesterday Apple unveiled Safari 5, which now includes extensions.

Unfortunately, extensions are still in their nascent form and you’d have to be somewhat of a sleuth to even track down the functionality, let alone find and install extensions.

For…

Jennifer Van Grove

About 18 hours ago Jennifer Van Grove 6

Crowdrise: Edward Norton Presents DIY Fundraising Site

Actor Edward Norton (Fight Club and American History X) spoke today at the Mashable Media Summit to present Crowdrise, a social good website that gives individuals and organizations the tools to organize grassroots activism campaigns and raise…

Samuel Axon

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Behance Brings Creative Meritocracy to the Design World

At the Mashable Media Summit today, Scott Belsky CEO and Founder of Behance talked about the growth of the Behance Network and some plans for the future.

As a company, Behance has a number of products designed…

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