We’ve provided you with nearly 300 in-depth features, galleries and how-tos in the past year to help you navigate the social media world.
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About Social Media
- How Social Media Has Changed Us
- 5 Insightful TED Talks on Social Media
- 5 Levels of Effective Communication in the Social Media Age
- Why Social Media Means Big Opportunities for Women
- The Science of Building Trust With Social Media
- How Companies Are Using Your Social Media Data
- Why User Competency Matters in Social Design
- 10 Essential Design Tools for Social Media Pros
- Why Content Curation Is Here to Stay
- Inside Gatorade’s Social Media Command Center
- Why Feedback and Filters are Necessary in Social Media
- 9 Universal Principles of Viral Media Sites
- Why Social Experience is the Future of Online Content
- 10 Beautiful Social Media Infographics
- A Look Back at the Last 5 Years in Social Media
- 5 Huge Trends in Social Media Right Now
- 5 Trends Affecting How We Connect Through Social Media
- The Next 5 Years in Social Media
- Why Facebook’s Privacy Changes are Detrimental to Users
- How Facebook Can Become a Money Making Machine
- HOW TO: Keep Your Facebook Updates Private
- HOW TO: Block FarmVille on Facebook
- 4 Easy Ways to Engage Your Facebook Fans
- Facebook vs. Google: The Billion Dollar Battle to Be Your Default Social Profile
- How a Facebook Group Helped Reunite a Band for Charity
- HOW TO: Clean Up Your Facebook Profile
- 5 Ways Facebook Changed Dating (For the Worse)
- HOW TO: Disable Facebook’s “Instant Personalization” [PRIVACY]
- 5 Ways Facebook’s Open Graph Will Impact E-commerce
- HOW TO: Find Long Lost Friends on Facebook
- In Defense of Facebook
- How Facebook Makes Edgy Concepts Mainstream
- Why Facebook Must Get Serious About Privacy
- HOW TO: Send a Real Gift on Facebook
- How Does Facebook View the World?
- Why Facebook Can’t Genuinely Connect People
- 3 Things Facebook Does Very Well
- 10 Cool Facebook Status Tips and Tricks
- My Facebook Story: An Inside Look at Facebook’s First Privacy Fiasco
- 10 Fascinating Facebook Facts
- HOW TO: Put Facebook’s “Like” Button on Any Website
- 5 Ways Facebook Questions Can Be Improved
- A Closer Look at the Privacy Features of Facebook Places [PICS]
- A Field Guide to Using Facebook Places
- 5 Useful Facebook Trend and Search Services
- Facebook Privacy: 6 Years of Controversy [INFOGRAPHIC]
- 5 Fun FarmVille Accessories
- 3 Tips for Maximizing Engagement With Facebook “Likes” and Shares
- Facebook vs. Google and the Battle for Identity on the Web [OP-ED]
- The Biggest Brands on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
- The New Facebook Messages: A Walkthrough [SCREENSHOTS]
- 5 Facebook Profile Photos to Avoid
- 10 Creative Uses of the New Facebook Profile [PICS]
- HOW TO: Add Captions To Your YouTube Videos
- 10 Amazing Magic Trick Videos on YouTube
- Exclusive: Inside YouTube’s War Room
- HOW TO: Boost Your SEO with a YouTube Channel
- EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Scenes at the “Married on MySpace” Wedding [VIDEO]
- HOW TO: Make a Great How-To Video
- 4 Tips for Producing Quality Web Videos
- 10 Best World Cup Goals on YouTube
- 5 Ways to Build a Loyal Audience on YouTube
- 6 Tips For Experimenting with Web Video
- 15 Fab Flash Mob Videos on YouTube
- 5 Handy YouTube Channels for DIY and Home Improvement
- Why Hulu’s New Dance Show is a Game-Changer
- How Social Media has Changed the Game for Documentary Filmmaking
- 5 Inspiring Celebrity Videos Tell Gay Teens “It Gets Better”
- 3 Things Any Video Needs to Go Viral
- 5 Ways to Get a Job Through YouTube
- HOW TO: Become a YouTube Sensation
- 5 Fresh Places to Find Great Online Video
- How To Make Your Music Video Go Viral: 10 Tips From Cee-Lo, OK Go & More
- HOW TO: Create Free Music Playlists Online
- Why MySpace Can Still Win as a Music Destination
- Musicians Can Help Each Other Get Famous with New Site
- How Rdio Makes Your Music Mix Social
- 7 Superb Podcasts for Summer Listening
- 8 YouTube Channels for Unique Music Performances
- 10 Ways Touring Bands Can Leverage Location Apps
- Exclusive: Trent Reznor on “The Social Network” [INTERVIEW]
- 4 Ways to Find Legal Music for Your YouTube Videos
- Zen and the Art of Twitter: 4 Tips for Productive Tweeting
- 5 Big Twitter Trends to Follow Right Now
- 4 Tips for Tapping Into Twitter Conversations
- HOW TO: Spring Clean Your Twitter Account
- 5 Free Services for Pre-Scheduling Your Twitter Updates
- How Twitter’s New Media Blog Aims To Teach By Example
- HOW TO: Make the Most of Your Twitter Profile Page
- Why Twitter Needs to Do More to Save Trending Topics
- 5 Terrific Tools for Keeping Tabs on Twitter Trends
- HOW TO: Help New Users Stay Engaged on Twitter
- The Rise of Comedy on Twitter
- Top 20 Sites to Improve Your Twitter Experience
- The Origin of Twitter’s “Fail Whale”
- 5 Free Ways to Never Miss a Twitter @Reply
- 10 Free and Fun Twitter Bird Icons for your Website
- 5 Fab Twitter Follower Visualization Tools
- 5 Useful Tools to Track Twitter Unfollowers
- 5 Tips for Dealing with Complaints on Twitter
- 7 Cool Chrome Extensions for Twitter
- 20 Cool Twitter Accounts for Daily Fun and Inspiration [PICS]
- TwitPic Founder Talks About the Future of Twitter Photo Sharing [VIDEO]
- Top 10 Twitter Tips for Bands, By Bands
- The New Twitter: The Web is Back
- How NPR Is Leveraging the Twitter Generation [STATS]
- Why Twitter Influences Cross-Cultural Engagement
- HOW TO: Gain Twitter Influence
- HOW TO: Use Twitter’s Advanced Search [VIDEO]
- The History of Location Technology [INFOGRAPHIC]
- Dear Foursquare: This Is Not the Right Time to Sell
- Gowalla CEO Talks About the Future of Social Media [INTERVIEW]
- Why the Fashion Industry Loves Foursquare
- Why Hasn’t Location Reached the Mainstream Yet?
- Beyond the Checkin: Where Location-Based Social Networks Should Go Next
- Top 16 Unusual Foursquare Badges
- Why Entertainment Will Drive the Next Checkin Craze
- Why Location-Based Social Media Needs to Get “Passive” Aggressive
- The State of the GeoSocial Universe [INFOGRAPHIC]
- Mayor Wars: A Battle For Foursquare Supremacy [VIDEO]
- Social Media Grammar: The “Checkin” Conundrum
- HOW TO: Become a Foursquare Power User
- A Glimpse at the Future of Foursquare
- 3 Ways Educators Are Embracing Social Technology
- How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement
- 4 Tips for Integrating Social Media Into the Classroom
- Why Online Education Needs to Get Social
- The Case for Social Media in Schools
- 7 Fantastic Free Social Media Tools for Teachers
- How Online Classrooms Are Helping Haiti Rebuild Its Education System
- 10 Free Online Resources for Science Teachers
- HOW TO: Erase Your Online Past [HUMOR]
- Privacy: Managing the New Currency of the Social Web
- Why Banning Social Media Often Backfires
- HOW TO: Prevent and Report Online Stalking
- Social Media Parenting: Raising the Digital Generation
- HOW TO: Get Notified When Someone Hacks Your Facebook
- 5 Essential Facebook Privacy Tips
- HOW TO: Deal with a Cyberstalker
- 5 Fun and Safe Social Networks for Children
- 4 Effective Tools for Monitoring Your Child’s Online Safety
- New Digg Is Live: What It Means For Digg and For You
- A Brief History of Digg
- What Digg Must Do to Survive
- HOW TO: Crowdsource Funds for Causes, Creativity and Startups
- 5 Creative Uses for Crowdsourcing
- 10 Cool Crowdsourced Music Video Projects
- 4 Real Challenges to Crowdsourcing for Social Good
- 4 People Who Let the Crowd Control Their Destiny
- 5 Ways Mega Charity Events Can Harness the Power of Social Media
- 9 Ways to Do Good With 5 Minutes or $25
- How Social Media Can Effect Real Social and Governmental Change
- 4 Ways One Non-Profit Uses Location to Increase Engagement
- 5 Ways to Support World Malaria Day Online
- How Non-Profits are Using Social Media for Real Results
- How Does Twitter’s New Social Good Initiative Stack Up?
- 5 Ways Government Works Better With Social Media
- 8 Tips for a Successful Social Media Cause Campaign
- HOW TO: Turn Slacktivists into Activists with Social Media
- How the U.S. Engages the World with Social Media
- How Social Media is Changing Government Agencies
- 5 Things the Library of Congress is Archiving Online
- 6 Websites for Remembering and Honoring Veterans
- How Political Campaigns Are Using Social Media for Real Results
- How Social Media is Helping Veterans Connect
- How the Gulf Coast Benefit is Using Social Media to Rally Support
- How Social Media is Changing the Way Government Does Business
- How You Can Do Good with Small Actions: Try Bolder
- How CrisisCommons Is Helping the Tech Community Help Others
- 5 Social Fundraising Alternatives to Facebook Causes
- Why Social Media Is a Game-Changer for Causes
- How the Web Can be Harnessed for Social Good
- How Social Media Helped 174 Million People Get the Message About Malaria
- 5 Easy Ways to Support a Cause Through Your Social Network
- Social Media: The New Battleground for Politics
- 3 Small Cause Campaigns That Won Big With Social Media
- How and Why PepsiCo Engages in Social Good [VIDEO]
- 9 Creative Social Good Campaigns Worth Recognizing [Mashable Awards]
- 5 YouTube Projects That Are Making a Difference
- Why Social Media Is Reinventing Activism
- 3 Creative Social Good Campaigns that Will Make You Smile
- HOW TO: Help Solve the Global Water Crisis with Social Media
- The Future of Social Media and Politics
- 5 Must-Follow Non-Profits Making a Difference With Social Media [Mashable Awards]
- 10 Inspiring “Buy One Give One” Projects
- How Social Media Is Making Veteran Service Organizations Better
- Checkins for Charity: The Rise of Geo-Social Good
- HOW TO: Help Feed the Hungry With Online Donations
- Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social Network for Social Good, Jumo [IMAGE]
- 5 Ways Cities Are Using Social Media to Reverse Economic Downturn
- The Holiday Survival Guide for Social Media Professionals
- 10 Fabulous Valentine’s Day Gifts for Your Beloved Geek
- 5 More Ways to Go Green for Earth Day
- How Social Media Helped Travelers During the Iceland Volcano Eruption
- 5 Ways to Go Green for Earth Day with Social Media
- 4 Social Media Efforts to Aid the Gulf Coast
- 8 Ways to Follow Internet Week New York Online
- HOW TO: Follow the 2010 World Cup on Twitter
- The World Cup’s Social Media Evolution
- World Cup 2010: Mashable’s Complete Coverage
- HOW TO: Follow the US Open with Social Media
- HOW TO: Follow New York Fashion Week Online
- HOW TO: Get the Most from Fashion’s Night Out with Social Media
- How Social Media Has Changed Fashion Week
- 17 Web Resources to Help You Decide on Election Day
- How the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” Nailed Social Media
- 5 Free Halloween Music Playlists for Your Monster Bash
- 4 Ways to Visualize Voter Sentiment for the Midterm Elections
- HOW TO: Plan the Perfect Thanksgiving With the Help of Social Media
- HOW TO: Use Social Media to Enhance Your Event
- 4 Essential Traits for Social Media Success in Your Career
- 4 Steps for Managing Social Media Attention
- 5 Simple Social Design Tips From the Masters
- 3 Tips for Managing Your Online Reputation
- 5 Tips for Creating the Perfect Profile Pic
- 5 Ways to Reduce Social Media Distractions and Be More Productive
- Tim Ferriss: 7 Great Principles for Dealing with Haters
- 21 Rules for Social Media Engagement
- HOW TO: Send Digital Invites Without Being Obnoxious
- Are You a Comments Troll?
- 5 Ways to Clean Up Your Social Media Identity
- HOW TO: Deal with a Real-Life Breakup Online
- HOW TO: Enhance Your Online Presence with Video
- 11 Free Services for Scheduling Social Media Updates
- HOW TO/NOT TO: Ask Someone Out Online
- 7 Services to Find and Reserve Your Name Across the Web
- HOW TO: Gracefully Promote Yourself Online
- HOW TO: Win the Search Rank Race for Your Name
- 7 Resources for Handling Digital Life After Death
- 11 Essential Apps for Managing Your Real Life Social Networks
- HOW TO: Integrate Google Buzz Into Your WordPress Blog
- HOW TO: Create a Successful Company Blog
- 10 Beautiful Free Blogger Templates
- HOW TO: Maximize Your Content’s Reach on the Social Web
- HOW TO: Rescue Your Blog From Social Isolation
- A Look Back at the Last 5 Years in Blogging
- A Brief History of 9 Popular Blogging Platforms
- 7 Perfect Posterous Themes for Multimedia Blogs
- HOW TO: Use Tweet Buttons as a Blogger or Site Owner
- 21 Creative Blogger Bio Pages
- HOW TO: Help Your Child Set Up a Blog
- HOW TO: Integrate Facebook, Twitter and Buzz into Your Gmail
- HOW TO: Make a Google Buzz Desktop App
- 4 Ways Non-Profits Can Use Google Buzz
- 12 Fresh Web Tools for Getting the Most Out of Google Buzz
- Google’s Long History of Social Media Attempts [INFOGRAPHIC]
- Why Google Wave’s Demise Is Good News for Facebook
- Which Words Does Google Instant Blacklist?
- How the Fashion Industry is Embracing Social Media
- How the Resort Industry is Using Social Media
- How Musicians Are Using Social Media to Connect with Fans
- 6 Ways Law Enforcement Uses Social Media to Fight Crime
- The Future Newsroom: Lean, Open and Social Media-Savvy
- 6 Ways Brands are Using Social Media For Real-World Action
- How Journalists are Using Social Media for Real Results
- How Freelancers are Using Social Media for Real Results
- Social Enterprise: 5 Tips for Getting Execs on Board
- How Lawyers Are Using Social Media for Real Results
- Why Social Media is the New Source of Hollywood Talent
- How Salespeople Are Using Social Media for Real Results
- Why Food Bloggers Are Here to Stay
- 6 Crucial Social Media Tips for Traditional Media
- 5 Tips for Aspiring Social Media Marketers
- Why WikiLeaks and the Mainstream Media Still Need Each Other
- How Freelancers Might Use Social Media in the Future
- The Future of Public Relations and Social Media
- How Social Data Built a Better Health Care App
- The Future of Social Media in Journalism
- The Future of the Hotel Industry and Social Media
- How Lawyers May Use Social Media in the Future
- The Future of Human Resources and Social Media
- How Investigative Journalism Is Prospering in the Age of Social Media
- How Social Media Is Changing the Way Movies are Promoted
- Why More Health Experts Are Embracing the Social Web
- Sports and Social Media: Why the Best Is Yet to Come
- The Birth of the Virtual Assistant
- The Ultimate March Madness Social Media Guide
- 5 Stellar Ways to Explore Space Using Social Media
- 6 Easy Ways to Score the Best Deals with Social Media
- 5 Free Ways to Identify that Song Stuck in Your Head
- Why Chatroulette Is More Than Just Penises
- 3 Ways Live Events Improve Online Communities
- 12 Chatroulette Clones You Should Try
- Top 10 Online Mascots
- HOW TO: Rent Anything Online
- HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Q&A Sites
- 13 Internet Slangs with Unexpected Alternate Meanings
- 5 Ways Social Media Helps Promote Good Health
- For Women, Social Media is More Than “Girl Talk”
- Inside Street Food’s Social Media Revolution [VIDEO]
- 10 Great Geek Tees For Kids
- 7 Days on Craigslist’s Casual Encounters
- HOW TO: Follow Mashable Staff Online
- The WikiLeaks Debate: Journalists Weigh In
- 7 Services That Will Suggest Things You Like
- 7 Questions With AOL Co-Founder Steve Case
- 5 Online Community Killers to Avoid at All Costs
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2010 has seen some really inspiring creative apps become available and here’s our round-up of some of the best. We’re not including expensive pro software here, just mobile and web apps that are either free or available for pocket money. Have your tried all of these?
iOS: While there was nothing new about adding cool filters to mobile photos in 2010, Instagram and the similar PicPlz did something a little different with the idea by attaching a social network to the concept.
Being able to view, ‘like’ and comment on other users’ photos in a newsfeed format has turned often throwaway mobile photos into a cult obsession for some, especially on Instagram. Matching a great photo with the perfect filter is a fine art. The ‘Popular’ board on Instagram is full of examples of that delicate balance and trying to match their efforts is truly a joy.
We said: “So why is Instagram so popular? I suspect its a combination of the app’s ease of use, simple design, and artsy filters that make crappy iPhone photos look beautiful, mysterious and engaging.”
Buildor
Browser: The idea that a browser could run a Web design application packed with pro-level features would have sounded insane but this year Buildor achieved it with its Buildor Pro app.
Currently in private beta, you’ll need an invite to try this or you can sign up for the waiting list from the website. For Web coders, the app allows you to start a new project from scratch or (most impressively) edit live sites just by pulling up the URL. You’ll need the FTP details for the site if you want to save the results though. For designers meanwhile, Buildor Pro is being pitched as a powerful way of creating HTML mock-ups with full interaction design and font rendering. All of that in a browser – impressive.
We said: “While it remains to be seen whether pro developers will take to browser-based development en masse, there’s a real chance of Buildor disrupting the market if it gains traction.”
Soundcloud
iOS and Android: Instant mobile podcasting apps like Audioboo and Cinch are a useful and fun way of recording interviews, speeches or random thoughts and sharing them online from wherever you are. Soundcloud took things a step further with the launch of its iPhone and Android apps this year.
Not only can you instantly record audio and share it to your social networks immediately, by uploading to Soundcloud you get the benefit of the service’s platform. This means that your mobile audio can instantly be used with the wide range of apps that are built to use the Soundcloud API, which opens up a world of possibilities. This is especially useful for musicians, as the service has primarily been music-focused to date. However, with mobile recording, there’s real potential for it to be adopted by a wider range of users.
We said: “SoundCloud has developed into what is now a highly flexible way of working online with any type of audio.”
Camera+
iOS: As great as the iPhone 4′s camera is, Camera+ does an excellent job of making it even better. Taking good-looking photos is made easier with the app’s stabilizer, timer and burst features and a fantastic array of image editing and effects tools are built right in.
While it may have been unavailable for much of its life (thanks to an Apple-displeasing ‘Easter egg’ feature that allowed you to use the phone’s volume rocker as a zoom control) that only added to the allure of this app which has been reaping healthy financial rewards for its creators since it returned to the App Store earlier this month.
We said: “The favorite camera app of many is back in the app store and ready to rock your photography world again.”
Whiteboard
iOS: Finger-drawing app Whiteboard became a universal iOS app this year, opening it up to use on the iPad and making collaborative drawing even more fun.
Yes, Whiteboard’s greatest appeal is drawing with friends, either via WiFi or by working together on the same screen – something that’s much easier on the large iPad screen. While you’re never going to paint a masterpiece of contemporary art with this app, it’s possible to lose yourself for hours while you scribble away creating cartoon characters or “improving” photos of friends by adding comedy moustaches and the like.
Air Harp
iOS: Plenty of musical instrument apps have been released for the iPad this year, but one that really caught our eye early on was Air Harp. Offering ample on-screen space for the harp’s fifteen strings, for the first time on a mobile device this really felt like a real instrument.
With its slightly melancholy sound, its can feel a little like a lone minstrel on a hillside at sunset while playing Air Harp. Unlike novelty instrument apps, Air Harp feels like something that you can take the time to learn properly before serenading a loved one with your musical skills. Easy-to-read sheet music makes it simple to play well-known tunes even if you’re far from being a virtuoso.
Nanostudio
iOS: Squeezing an entire music production studio into an iPhone app is a huge achievement, and that’s exactly what Blip Interactive has done with Nanostudio.
Unlike many of the apps on the list, it assumes a certain amount of prior knowledge of how music production works if you want to dive right into it. However, even if you’re a rookie you can get a lot out of this app – you’ll be creating fantastic sounding electronic music in no time.
We said: “The level of control on this app is amazing, every imaginable parameter can be easily edited and controlled – you can even easily move sound files from your PC or Mac via a wireless connection.”
Adobe Photoshop Express
iOS and Android: While a mobile photo editor isn’t going to rival a full desktop experience any time soon, Photoshop Express does a brilliant job of covering the basics of tweaking photos on the go, and for free.
Multitouch gestures let you rotate, crop, straighten or flip images and there are controls for adjusting the tint, saturation, contrast among its useful tools. As with many mobile apps on this list, the iPad version offers more space for controlling your edits while on iPhone and Android handsets it’s simply more convenient as that’s where most of the photos you’ll need it for will be created.
We said: “For a free app, it’s great.”
Soundation
Browser: If it looks like there are a lot of audio-related apps, it’s because there’s simply been so much happening in the space this year. Soundation is a cloud-based multitrack recording app and what really makes it stand out is that it offers audio recording right from the browser.
Yes, in addition to importing audio and using the many thousands of loops available within the app, you can plug a microphone right into your computer and sing, play or speak whatever audio you like – another leap forward in what’s possible in the humble Web browser.
SumoPaint
Browser: There are plenty of browser-based image editing tools out there and SumoPaint is up there with the best of them.
Regularly updated with new features, this app is pure pleasure to use and you’ll have to keep reminding yourself that you’re not running a separate app. Layers, blending modes, drop shadows and a wide range of brushes are among the features you might not be used to seeing in browser-based image editors. While professional Photoshop users won’t be ready to switch to the cloud just yet, most beginner and intermediate users will find everything they need here.
Don’t miss our 10 Best Productivity Apps of 2010 and 10 Best Social Mobile Apps of 2010.
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Year's Worst Ads Get What's Coming to Them - AOL <b>News</b>
The year's worst ads get honored with a very dubious award: a Tracy Award.
Fox <b>News</b>, Hypocrisy, And “Politically Correct” Journalism
My earlier post about Megyn Kelly's absurd equation of illegal immigration and rape in a discussion about changes to the Associated Press Style Guide.
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Law enforcement officials says Fox News' report of a probe into a Indiana grandmother for alleged terrorist ties was taken out of context and that the reporter based her report of an investigation off her own tip.
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