The Digital Photo and Film Series is supported by Adobe® Photoshop® Elements. To connect with the product team, find creative tutorials, tips and information, join them on Facebook and Twitter. The term "photo blog" has almost become redundant. Between the popular...

Time-lapse photography uncovers an unseen world, showing us scenes we'd never be able to perceive in real time. We've shown you great design-related time-lapse videos before, but this time we go back to nature. These 10 terrific time-lapse creations from the wonde...

As Earth Day draws to a close, we'd like to leave you with an uncomfortable but significant question: Is it possible that our gadgets and online activities themselves might be harming the planet more than they help? After all, we know that the data centers that po...

STOP...Hamster Time! Congrats on snagging your 25th follower. Feel free to follow them back. Also, nice wheel.

Ten weeks ago we announced the private beta test of Mashable Follow, a new social layer at Mashable that lets you follow the topics that interest you, create a profile on the site, share stories to your multiple social networks in a single click, connect with fri...

Mollie Vandor is the Associate Product Manager at Cooking.com. Prior to that, she helped launch Ranker.com, where she served as the Product Manager, amongst many other roles. You can reach her @mollierosev, on her blog, or on her latest addiction - Words With Friends...

The course of social media never did run smooth -- not for long, anyhow. And for some Web 2.0 companies, it's running less smoothly than ever. It goes without saying that Facebook is the network du jour, but even though the reigning champion's user stats keep soar...

You’ve shared your 10th story - Gesundheit! Or, as pandas like to say, “Muuuuuueehhhrrrrr.”

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. If you're a small business owner, your website is the central hub of your company, and i...

There’s a lot of hidden meanings behind things that first seem simple like the lyrics behind “Chocolate Rain.” Following 50 topics will certainly help you discover some of that meaning.

Twitter has vastly improved search speed using a Java server called Blender, the company has announced on the Twitter Engineering blog. The change has reduced search latencies by approximately three times (from 800ms to 250ms), Twitter claims, and CPU load on Twi...

The real estate industry has seen a number of social media innovations over the past few years. Real estate pros are using social media to provide online property tours, schedule showings and showcase local expertise. Alexis Lamster, VP of customers at Postling an...

Twitter has started rolling out a new version of its homepage, simplifying the interface and refining its pitch to potential new users. The social media service has changed the color scheme from its traditional shades of light blue in favor of a metallic c...

The Digital Photo and Film Series is supported by Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom®. To connect with the product team, find creative tutorials, tips and information, join them on Facebook and Twitter. Flickr currently hosts more than five million photos taken on a So...

I'll take “Current Events” for 25, Alex. By following 25 topics, you’ve graduated to a new level of smarts. You’ll be taking on Ken Jennings in no time!

YouTube has kicked off the April Fools festivities with a celebration of its "100th birthday" -- a journey into what YouTube might have looked like in 1911, if YouTube or the Internet existed back then. The video platform is going all out; not only has it released...

It all starts with the first follows. Just like the Tron Guy, you’re being “brought to life” by the Internet. By following 25 people, you’re now taking part in connecting with others in the community. Tron Guy would be proud.