Facebook social travel app Gogobot announced on Wednesday that it has reached the 1 million registered users mark. The app launched on Facebook in January, when the social network unveiled a slew of integrated apps, including Gogobot. Gogobot was in use before that time, launching in private beta 18 month ago. Now the app is exploding in popularity: A new user joins every 15 seconds, more than 5 million places have been shared on Gogobot and overall membership has grown 65x year-on-year. The so...  show all text

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German designers placed a high-tech, sensor-equipped chair in the middle of a palazzo in Milan last month to record stress points on the backsides of thousands of people. The goal? To determine how to design a lightweight and efficient chair that’s sturdy enough to support a wide variety of users. When someone sat in the chair, monitors recorded data and processed it with an “algorithm that determines the most structurally efficient version of the chair,” according to the blog Co.Design. The en...  show all text

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Fox is continuing its viral and digital campaign for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus with a new viral video, a special Twitter chat and a live-streamed red carpet premiere. To kick things off, Fox will release its latest viral video for the film, “Quiet Eye,” at 7:00am PT on Wednesday. The video features Noomi Rapace as Elizabeth Shaw and was conceived and designed by Ridley Scott and screenwriter Damon Lindelof. The video, which follows earlier viral videos for the film — including the amazing TEDTa...  show all text

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Social-travel planning site Trippy has rolled out a series of updates that turn the daydreaming platform into a vacation-planning tool. Trippy — which, similar to Pinterest, allows users to share travel ideas and pictures but also incorporates trip-planning utilities — now includes map functionality, Facebook Timeline integration and “following” capabilities. The new map integration on Trippy plots the photos you’ve collected on the web and adds them to your map. So if you have 20 pictures hove...  show all text

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Brian Honigman is the digital marketing manager at Marc Ecko Enterprises. He is a part of Ecko’s marketing and ecommerce team, ensuring a polished brand experience across all channels. Follow him on Twitter @Brian_Honigman. A/B testing is a crucial way to compare two versions of your creative, website layout, ads, and other digital assets to understand what best resonates with your audience. That said, it can also be unruly and expensive, even when you only use the tools focused on giving you ...  show all text

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You might think breakfast is an odd time to be spied on. But that’s actually just when representatives of milk processors around the nation are tuning into your social media chatter. From behind a row of computer monitors in a Chicago office, social media detectives track milk-related breakfast posts from 8 a.m. to noon every weekday. They keep tabs on sentiment, engage milk drinkers, broadcast testimonials from celebrities like Maggie Gyllenhaal (see photo), and offer recipes and health tips. ...  show all text

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After issuing similar fixes for Lion and Snow Leopard in April, Apple has now released an Flashback removal security update for OS X Leopard. Apple describes the update as follows: “This update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware. If the Flashback malware is found, a dialog will notify you that malware was removed. In some cases, the update may need to restart your computer in order to completely remove the Flashback malware.” Flashback is a malicious program which uses a ...  show all text

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AMD just unveiled its latest processor, called Trinity. Meant for Ultrabooks, regular laptops and all-in-one designs, the new chip boasts better multimedia capabilities, at less power than the previous generation, Llano. With Trinity, AMD aims to satisfy both PC gamers in need of a mobile system as well as anyone who works with professional multimedia software like Photoshop or Sony Vegas. AMD says Trinity’s performance on a per-watt basis is actually double Llano’s, although the overall boost ...  show all text

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Social media: It’s not just for college kids anymore. Families use Facebook to stay in touch across generations. Friends well into middle age share photos on Instagram. There’s even an 80-year-old grandmother on a quest for 80,000 Twitter followers. But how does social media’s widening reach affect the family unit? The brand-engagement firm GMR Marketing recently polled about 1,000 moms and kids to see how social media has penetrated family life and affected mother and child relationships. More...  show all text

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Facebook is updating its mobile app to make photos appear more prominently in users’ News Feeds. The social network, on the verge of becoming the most valuable U.S. tech company after its IPO this week, announced the redesign Monday via the Facebook Mobile Page. The changes, which will gradually roll out to users, come on the heels of Facebook acquiring Instagram for $1 billion in April. Just last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors that mobile is the company’s top priority. Faceb...  show all text

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Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, post links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.

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In a move that brings online dating full-circle, Match.com is launching a new service that will use its matching algorithms to fill offline events with compatible singles. Within the next year, the company plans to host 2,000 to 3,000 events across 40 markets. The service will be named “The Stir.” “We expect to send half a million people to events this year,” Match.com President Mandy Ginsberg tells Mashable. “I think we’ll be the biggest global events company in the world, with the exception of  show all text

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America's Got Talent Premieres: May 14 on NBC Social media: America's Got Talent ushers in a new judge this season: shock jock Howard Stern, who's already igniting buzz across social networks with his recent jabs at the American Idol's too-soft judging panel. Anticipate his critical judging style to incite significant social chatter. Meanwhile, AGT's Facebook Page has been pushing multimedia, including Spotify playlists from Stern and fellow judge Sharon Osbourne. Photo courtesy of Mark Sel...  show all text

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It’s Mother’s Day, which means its time to buy Mom a card to tell her how great she is. If you forgot today was the big day — or waited until today to pick up a card — you’re not alone. Searches for free ecards ranked third on Google this morning, peaking around 9am – right about the time most people were getting their day started. While there are tons of sites out there that offer electronic cards you can send Mom’s way, finding a free e-card is a little more difficult. Popular card maker Hall...  show all text

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Salt Lake City-based Anthony Griesel spent the past winter creating and testing ski poles that would let skiers stay connected on the slopes. His invention would allow skiers to answer their iPhones or Android devices with a finger swipe, read short text messages and view the time, temperature and elevation. But now Griesel needs help putting his invention into more hands. He’s turning to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to raise $100,000 to mass produce his “smart ski poles.” So far, 60 people  show all text

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Now that Mashable Connect has ended (see you next year, friends!), it’s time to continue engaging, inspiring and empowering on your own. What better way to start than by checking out our best digital media resources? This week, we’ve covered how to use Pinterest for your wedding, how to make sure your company engages intelligently on social media and how to build a mobile app without hurting your wallet. We’ve also answered frequently asked questions on Facebook‘s new app center, included an in...  show all text

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In our social entrepreneurship series, The World at Work, Mashable interviews the faces behind the startups and projects that are working to make a global impact. By harnessing the power of the web and digital technology, these companies have built a way for companies to commit to charity, made electric cars affordable and offered a new way for people to rally around political issues. While the companies are diverse, they are all on a mission to change our lives for the better and improve socie...  show all text

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Out of the 55 million plus blogs that Tumblr is home to, more than 100 per day are part of the “Fuck Yeah” trend. Basically, if you like something — say, cats or Jason Schwartzman — there is an entire blog dedicated to photos, GIFs and other multimedia of that one thing. (Note: there is no Fuck Yeah Cats and Jason Schwartzman as of this writing.) Like other viral web phenomenons (“Sh*t Girls Say,” or What Should We Call Me, for example), one idea sparked a million different versions of the same...  show all text

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Apple plans to drop Google Maps and launch its own 3D mapping software in iOS 6, according to a report.

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Could Facebook become the next Dropbox — or a haven for sharing files without regard to copyright? The social network has revealed to Mashable that all Groups will now offer the ability to send files. This update rolls out to a small percentage of groups Thursday, and will become available to others during the following days. If you don’t have the feature already, Facebook wants you to know you’ll have it “soon.” Facebook Groups for Schools, launched last month, incorporated the file-sharing fe...  show all text

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President Obama will now take your song requests. President Obama’s team has set up a page on BarackObama.com for voters to submit potential campaign songs that could be added to his Obama 2012 Supporter Picks playlist on Spotify. “As we head into rally season, what music gets you fired up?” the page asks. “Submit your favorite tracks below, and you could see them on the Obama 2012 Supporter Picks playlist on Spotify.” Spotify is a music streaming site that gives users free access to millions of  show all text

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NEW ORLEANS – Speaking during a keynote session at CTIA Wireless on Tuesday, AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega said Facebook is good for his company’s business. “I think that social networking is going to be a major force in this industry for years to come,” says Vega. “I think it helps people communicate. That’s what we do.” T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm agreed, adding that Facebook’s social networking app was his company’s “number one app right now” and has customers “picking up their phone 150 times a d...  show all text

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The Yahoo director in charge of vetting CEO Scott Thompson is planning to resign from the board after questions emerged about Thompson’s resume, according to a report. Patti Hart (pictured), whose own background was also called into question, will “not stand for reelection” at Yahoo’s next annual meeting, according to AllThingsD, which cites “sources close to the situation.” The meeting is expected to take place in June. Yahoo reps could not be reached for comment. Hart, the CEO of International  show all text

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HTC and Verizon announced the HTC Droid Incredible 4G on Monday, the third phone in the Droid Incredible line. The HTC Droid Incredible 4G has a 4-inch Super LCD display, and 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor. The phone has an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera for shooting pics, and can also capture photos while simultaneously shooting high-definition video. A forward-facing camera is also available for video chatting. The phone will ship running the latest version of Android – Ice Cream Sand...  show all text

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MasterCard is unveiling what it calls “the future of payments for consumers, merchants and partners” at the CTIA Wireless conference in New Orleans Monday. We’re streaming the whole thing live exclusively on Mashable starting at 6:00 p.m. EST, 3:00 p.m. PST. Since the conference is held by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA), it’s a good bet MasterCard’s announcement about the future of payments will have focus on its mobile strategy. Earlier Monday, MasterCard unveiled ...  show all text

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Have you ever left a comment on a blog? How do you feel when the author replies? As we’re all ushered into this age of social media, each and every one of us is looking for ways to form stronger relationships with our audience, especially with current and potential customers. There are many ways to discuss how to cultivate and build relationships. I want to focus on blog comments—an often poorly understood and very underutilized tactic by individuals and businesses. Focus on your blog comment...  show all text

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An Apple programmer has accidentally left a debug flag in the most recent version of OS X Lion, which under certain conditions can cause login passwords to appear in a plain text debug log file, reports ZDNet. The flaw affects users who have used Apple’s encryption software FileVault prior to upgrading to 10.7.3, while FileVault 2 is unaffected. To make matters worse, Apple has not issued a fix for the matter, so changing your user credentials right now does not help, as those credentials might...  show all text

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Ask any job seeker, and he’ll tell you that looking for a job is, in and of itself, a job. It’s time-consuming to prep your cover letter, tweak your resume, follow up and plan your interview, especially when you’re applying for multiple positions. Sure, you could make an intense, color-coded spreadsheet — but most of us aren’t that Type A. That’s where Huntsy comes in — it’s like HootSuite for your job search. Huntsy’s dashboard offer’s a bird’s eye view (hence the owl logo) of your job hunt, o...  show all text

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The Comedy Awards is the baby of the awards show ceremonies — only two years old. But the show’s huge digital and social presence keeps pace with the big boys. The event airs Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central, but it was taped last Saturday. Mashable had the opportunity to attend. Among traditional categories like “Best Comedy Film,” “Best Performance” and “Club Comic,” there are a number of digital categories: “Funniest Person on Twitter,” “Best Remix, Mash-Up or Supercut,” “Best ...  show all text

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