This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. LinkedIn offers companies the ability to provide more information about their organiza...

StumbleUpon is hot. The discovery and recommendation engine that makes web browsing a lot like channel surfing just announced it's now handling 1 billion stumbles per month. On top of that impressive number, StumbleUpon just closed a second round of fu...

Now that the iPad 2 boasts a camera, we're seeing even more creativity in the iOS photography arena. One concept that has raised a smile here at Mashable is the iPad self-portrait. We've selected 10 top examples of iPad owners having fun with both versions of the ...

Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony, accidentally told everyone in the world that his company will be supplying image sensors for Apple's iPhone 5. In an interview late Friday with the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, the Sony chief was talking about earthquake...

The New York Public Library, which became the first public library to launch a Foursquare badge this week, is going one step further in mobile innovation by inviting 500 people to compete in a smartphone-based challenge for a library game night. "Find the Future: ...

Users who want to migrate from a traditional Facebook Profile to a Facebook Page might want to think twice, or even thrice, before making the leap. The new tool is intended to help brands, local business, organizations or public figures create a new Facebook page whi...

You’re following 125 users. Go with them to Candy Mountain, Charlie! It’ll be an adventure.

Google is making a big new push into social with a new feature called “+1” that is similar in purpose to the Facebook “Like” button but integrated directly into the world’s biggest search engine. Starting Wednesday, users that opt into the +1 button experi...

AT&T just announced a definitive agreement with Deutsche Telekom to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in cash and stock. In a press release, AT&T said the agreement has been approved by both companies' boards of directors. If the deal meets regulatory approval, AT&...

Watch along with us as baby Emerson shows us his huge range of emotions, going from horrified to elated in a split second. Says Emerson's mom: "My five-and-a-half-month old son Emerson isn't sure what to think when I blow my nose. Sometimes he's terri...

Now that SXSWi has come and gone, the digital world will be looking for the next great event to learn from, be inspired by and meet people doing interesting things in the space. We've got good news - there are still a few spots left for Mashable Connect 2011, o...

Earlier this week at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, Mashable interviewed a handful of celebrities and social media influencers on Facebook Live from the Mashable House. Among the guests were Dane Cook and Facebook exec Randi Zuckerberg, who chatted abo...

It's hard to believe the Interactive portion of South by Southwest has come and gone. Mashable would like to thank our community who supported us during the festival - from those who spent time with us at the Mashable SXSWi House, watched our Facebook Live interviews...

Earlier this week, Mashable interviewed celebrities and influencers on Facebook Live from the Mashable House in Austin, Texas during the South by Southwest Interactive conference. Among the guests were Rainn Wilson and director James Gunn, who discussed ...

Mike Tyson offers a one-step cure to Angry Birds addiction in the promo above for his new Animal Planet show, Taking on Tyson. Speaking uncharacteristically softly, the former champ exhibits some tough love to an iPad-toting geek in the throes of a Birds b...

Peter Shankman is the founder of HARO and is generally regarded as one of the top social media consultants and marketing speakers working today. His clients include Saudi Aramco, NASA, The U.S. Government, Haworth, Disney, Foley-Hoag, American Express, and countless ...

The World Economic Forum Wednesday named its Young Global Leader honorees of 2011, and we're excited to share that Mashable CEO and founder Pete Cashmore has been named one of the Young Global Leaders. The distinction is given each year to a handful of people youn...

Sup? Look at you strutting your stuff! You’ve now shared 25 stories. That’s quite the swagger you got there. Keep on struttin’!

We all know that geeks are now in vogue and should receive VIP treatment. That's why participants in Mashable's Geek Games will get priority VIP entrance into the third annual MashBash SXSWi party on Sunday, March 13, and the official Mashable Night 2 SXSWi 2011 Part...

Facebook Live is taking its show on the road to SXSW in Austin, Texas, where the company will host its first Facebook Live interview sessions in front of a live audience. Mashable is excited to announce that we’ll be teaming up with Facebook for live interviews du...

Facebook has released extensive updates Tuesday to its Insights tool, which provides publishers who use Facebook plugins with analytics on how content is performing. Now they can see those analytics in real time. The update enables publishers to get real-time dis...

Foursquare, the location-based mobile game startup that pioneered the checkin, will introduce version 3.0 Tuesday evening. The new release turns on the power of every checkin accumulated over the course of its two-year history and transforms that data into recommenda...