Google no longer offers a free version of Google Apps for businesses
Instead of having a choice between a free and a premium version, businesses wishing to use Google Apps now have to pay $50 per user, per year
This version gets them 24/7 phone support, a 25GB inbox, and a 99.9% uptime guarantee
The reasoning behind the change, explained in an official blog post, is that businesses "quickly outgrow" the basic version. While this may be true, we can easily imagine many micro-sized businesses who are doing just fine with the free version
Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan calls herself an “advertising quant.” Most people with a PhD in her field of information theory are recruited onto Wall Street if they decide to leave the halls of academia, she says.
She chose to go into advertising instead, and, with her startup, Drawbridge, is applying her expertise to a problem central to the bottom line of a wide swath of digital companies: how to make advertising pay as audiences move over to mobile devices. Founded in 2010, Drawbridge is using statistical methods that rely on anonymous data to track people as they move between their smartphones, tablets and PCs.
One-Liner Pitch: A restaurant search tool that helps users find what they are in the mood to eat.
Why It's Taking Off: Hoppit lets users search for restaurants based on their current moods and the people they are with at the moment.
For some restaurant-goers, the menu comes second to the vibe of the restaurant itself. That's where Hoppit comes in to play
Hoppit lets you search for restaurants nearby based on your current mood and the people you're with at that moment. So, for example, you can search for a "swanky" restaurant to go on with your date, or a restaurant that is good for kids by indicating that you are "with your two-year-old," or just a quiet place when you are with "a good book."
Japanese hobby researchers at Brave Robotics have developed a functioning, entirely 3D-printed robot inspired by Transformers
The remotely controlled bot can turn into a car and vice versa in just a few instants and has a slew of impressive features, including Wi-Fi camera, headlights and it can even shoot little darts. The "Transform robot" is the result of 10 years of work and several iterations. The robot went from a rudimentary pair of legs that barely moved to this impressive version, which looks like it could have been featured in a Transformers movie.
The device sitting on the center of your company's meeting room table connects you to your colleagues around the world. In fact, virtually every Fortune 100 company uses the video conferencing solution from Polycom, but implications for the video- and tele- conferencing device are more widespread than just corporate boardrooms.
Recently, 1,400 researchers stationed in the South Pole didn't have to wait-out the brutal six month winter to speak with a doctor. Those who needed the advice of a physician could do so on a "telemedicine" network operated by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and powered by Polycom
It's been more than a year since YouTube underwent a major redesign -- tweaking colors and layout, adding Google+ integration, and most importantly, adding channels you could subscribe to as easily as getting a season pass to a hit show on your DVR.
One year on, and the service is getting another upgrade. What's it all about this time? A subtle but important change in positioning video titles, as well as making that channel guide follow you around the site, suggesting shows you might like to subscribe to and videos you should be interested in based on your browsing history
Your kids are more likely to initiate friending you on Facebook when they're young, suggests a new study from Facebook. Data gathered by the social networking giant shows 65% of 13-year-olds initiate of friendships with their parents on the social network. That figure drops to about 40% by the time they reach their early to mid-twenties. You'll have to wait until your kids are in their early forties before they start to friend you first (50%) again on Facebook
Parents and kids comment about the same amount when kids are young. As the child gets older, parents comment more often -- perhaps this is because younger people post more often than their parents, writes Moira Burke, an analyst in the study for Facebook
After firing head football coach Jeff Tedford following 11 mostly successful seasons, UC Berkeley has found the man to lead the Golden Bears into 2013. His name? Sonny Dykes
Dykes comes to Berkeley from Louisiana Tech, where he led last year's team to a 9-3 record and directed the highest scoring offense in college football
He also happens to possess a surname that might trip up some 12-year-old boys -- or, apparently, an anti-vulgarity auto-filter used by the Sports Illustrated site Fan Nation. After Dykes' hiring was revealed, the site ran an announcement of the news, which you can see in the screenshot above
The following is the first in Mashable's "Social Media Eye for the Small Business Guy" series, which will look at how small businesses navigate social media marketing. If you're a social media consultant or a small business owner looking to take part in future installments, please contact us on our Mashable Business Facebook Page.
If you ever find yourself in the Bucktown section of Chicago and have a hankering for homemade sausage, then you might want to check out Sterling Goss, the kind of old-time butcher that the Food Network is always celebrating.
Some of the biggest coral die-offs in recorded history happened in 2004 and 2005, after massive earthquakes in Sumatra, off the coast of Indonesia.
Now, researchers report similar evidence of ancient massive coral kills on Simeulue Island, caused by ancient earthquakes. An analysis of the fossil coral beds provides clues to the history of megaearthquakes in the region, and could help predict future quakes, researchers said Monday (Dec. 3) at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Take a walk through any borough in New York City and you're likely to see someone sporting the new Brooklyn Nets logo. The crest-like, black-and-white design is part of the franchise's new ownership and relocation to the Empire State after spending the past 35 years in New Jersey
Design company Frank & Jan hopped aboard the excitement with a swanky t-shirt combining the logo, the Internet and (one of the web's favorite things) a pun
Whether you're a fan of Tolkien myth lore or not, everyone can agree that the backdrop alone is worth sitting through The Hobbit.
How does director Peter Jackson and his crew select the perfect location? Is all of New Zealand really that stunning?
The mini-documentary shown above, provided by Air New Zealand, shows Jackson and his location scouts in helicopters, seeking brand new scenery to take your breath away.
Jackson is no stranger to location in New Zealand, having filmed the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy there too. The director chose almost completely different spots for The Hobbit
When we reviewed the fourth-generation iPad last month, we judged its A6X processor to be a workhorse. Compared to the A5X in the previous iPad (which has the same retina display), the iPad 4 ran more than twice as fast -- making it easily the best-performing mobile product Apple has ever built.
Too bad there aren't many apps that can take advantage of all that processing power. As with most platforms, the apps that tax your iPad's system the most are graphic-intensive games -- precisely why the A6X has a quad-core design for its GPU (the main difference between it and the iPhone 5's A6 chip).
The Washington Post may join the slew of newspapers implementing paywalls for content, the Wall Street Journal reports
Citing unnamed sources, the Journal says the Post is "considering" the option, adding that it is also looking into increasing the paper's newsstand price
The New York Times successfully began a "metered" paywall system -- customers are allowed a certain number of free articles before being prompted to subscribe for content -- two years ago, after which several newspapers looking for ways to increase revenue have followed suit. The Journal reports its sources hinted that the The Washington Post would also implement such a metered system
Netflix and its CEO Reed Hastings are in hot water with the Securities and Exchange Commission over a post Hastings made on Facebook.
Back in July, Hastings posted a small blurb to his Facebook page, noting that Netflix had exceeded 1 billion hours for the first time. Hastings has nearly 250,000 Facebook subscribers and his 1 billion hour statement was re-reported by dozens of news outlets (including Mashable).
While that might seem innocuous on the surface, the SEC says it constitutes a violation of Regulation Fair Disclosure, specifically section 13(a). In other words, Hastings's Facebook post violated disclosure rules intact for a public company
We've had a lot of interesting moments at Mashable in the past year -- and luckily, we also happened to be filming many of them. In 2012, we followed an Internet celebrity singing with a turkey leg, talked to folks who lined up for the iPhone 5 for a week, and a tracked down a filmmaker who did documentaries for the Arab Spring. We also peered into Martha Stewart's bag and survived a takeover attempt from Conan O'Brien.
In an April Fools' Day prank, TeamCoco and Mashable got together to create a zany story line that includes Conan buying the site and ousting founder and CEO Pete Cashmore. The Conan O’Brien takeover launched at midnight on April 1 in a 24-hour story arc that shows O'Brien's attempts to make paper-based tweeting happen.
Do you surf on your tablet or text on your phone while watching TV? If so, how's your mood? A new study asserts that the more you multitask using multiple screens, the more likely you are to feel depressed or anxious. The question is: why?
Cognitive psychologist Mark Becker at Michigan State University said that the question remains whether "second screening" is the cause of the psychological stress, or whether people who are anxious and depressed tend to use multiple screens at once.
Becker got the idea for the research after comparing notes with some of his colleagues. "It seemed like kids these days are really making themselves depressed and anxious with this constant plugged-in status," Becker told TechNewsDaily.
Nellie Akalp is the CEO of CorpNet.com, an online legal document filing service, where she helps entrepreneurs incorporate or form an LLC for their new businesses. Connect with Nellie on Twitter or visit her free resource center.
Struggling to think of the perfect gift for the entrepreneur in your life? Sure, a new MacBook Pro, Herman Miller chair or high-res monitor always make great gifts. But try one of these budget-friendly alternatives, sure to please any hard-working, enterprising small business owner on your gift list.
Michelle Peluso, global consumer chief marketing and Internet officer at Citigroup and Gilt board member, is taking on the role of CEO at Gilt Groupe, the company announced Thursday.
According to the Journal, the company's board felt that Gilt's expansion into new verticals like food and full-price men's retail had not performed well, and that Ryan's attention was spread too thin among his responsibilities.
While viral sensation Carly Rae Jepsen basked in the glory of her two Grammy nominations late Wednesday night, her record label's founder and Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun used Twitter to rant about Bieber not earning any nominations
Braun congratulated Jepsen in a tweet before unleashing a series of tweets that scolded the Recording Academy for snubbing Bieber: "Grammy board u blew it," he said in one.
The Twitter rant, which garnered tens of thousands of retweets and favorites, came after the full list of nominees for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards were revealed Wednesday. Bieber previously earned nominations (Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album) for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Spotify has plans to make music discovery more personalized and more social.
We've always classified discovery as Spotify's Achilles' heel. Because Spotify's catalogue is so large, finding new music or rediscovering old favorites is difficult
For a time, Spotify was happy to relegate discovery details to the service's desktop apps. And while Spotify will continue to leverage those apps in helping users find new music, discovery will now be an intrinsic part of the Spotify service on all platforms.
State lottery directors are in town this week to lobby against Internet gambling legislation that states worry could limit their ability to expand their games online.
Lottery officials this week are meeting with members of Congress to urge them to reject a draft bill crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. Their bill would legalize online poker while outlawing other forms of online gaming. It was drafted in response to a decision from the Justice Department last year to reinterpret the 1961 Wire Act, saying it only applies to sports betting and not other forms of online gambling. Both supporters and critics of gambling say the decision has opened the door to a major expansion of online gambling at the state level.
John McAfee, computer programmer, entrepreneur and person of interest in the death of his Belize neighbor, was rushed to a Guatemala hospital Thursday afternoon after reportedly suffering two mild heart attacks.
McAfee's lawyers gave details of his medical condition to Reuters witnesses.
ABC News' Matt Gutman, who has been closely following McAfee's flight from Belize, tweeted harrowing photos of McAfee in apparent distress. Gutman also said that McAfee was complaining of "chest pains" just before being taken to the hospital.
Jesse Draper is creator and host of the Valley Girl Show, through which she's become a spokesperson for startups and helped pioneer the way of new media content distribution. Formerly a Nickelodeon star, Draper is now CEO of Valley Girl‚ where she oversees the show and runs the technology blog Lalawag.com.
Acquisitions happen all the time in the tech world. But how do they change a business?
Amazon acquired Zappos and didn't change a thing -- the company still operates out of Las Vegas, while Amazon is located in Seattle. On the other hand, when Google acquired Wildfire, it moved the company to its large campus
A website associated with the Dalai Lama's YouTube account has been hacked using malware, a member of the security firm F-Secure's Threat Research team discovered on Monday.
The Dalai Lama, a position filled since 1939 by Tenzin Gyatso, is the highest religious figure in Tibetan Buddhism, who serves as the leader of the Tibetan government in exile. The existence of an independent Tibetan polity, based in India since 1959, has been a continuing thorn in the side of Chinese government. Recently, Tibetan nationalists and Buddhists have again taken to self-immolation, setting themselves on fire to gain attention for their cause and point to Chinese malfeasance in Tibet.
This year has been a factory for the viral song sensation. Whether you were reminding yourself you were beautiful, or that you were young or begging for a date via phone call, you can't deny you had a catchy theme song available as inspiration
But daft lyrics have been criticized since the dawn of pop music. What happened to the croons of Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday? Why do we now sing songs in autotune and make statements like Swag swag swag, on you/Chillin by the fire while we eatin' fondue (thanks for that Bieber)?
The soundtrack to the beautiful indie game Journey has been nominated for an award for the 2013 Grammys, the first for a video game soundtrack.
Thatgamecompany's PlayStation 3 game has been been praised for its innovative gameplay, art and score. Composer Austin Wintory was nominated for "Best Score Soundtrack from a Visual Medium" Grammy
Wintory tweeted, "Well I don't really have words right now .... I just got a Grammy nomination for Journey."
Journey's soundtrack is up against the soundtracks for The Dark Knight Rises, The Artist, Hugo, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and The Adventures Of Tintin - The Secret Of The Unicorn.
When girls don't get Sex and the City references, it's like not being on Facebook.
At least according to Shoshana Shapiro, one of the main characters on HBO's hit show Girls and a ubiquitous 20-something female who can quote Carrie Bradshaw in her sleep.
The Shoshana-ism has been turned into an animated GIF, and is among the handful of inaugural GIFs to grace HBO's "What Should We Call Girls" Tumblr, launched Thursday.
A new private venture aims to sell manned trips to the moon by 2020, its founders announced today (Dec. 6).
The company, called Golden Spike (after the final spike built into the First Transcontinental Railroad), plans to sell each moon mission for about $1.5 billion — a relative bargain, said the company's president and CEO Alan Stern, a former director of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.
For the same price as many unmanned robotic missions, Golden Spike will provide a round trip for two humans to the moon.
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