The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Online Holiday Spending Tops $40 Billion for First Time Ever”.Seth Fiegerman says, “U.S. consumers spent $42.3 billion online during the holiday season, the first time online spending has ever topped $40 billion for that time period, according to comScore’s latest shopping data for November and December.While online sales grew by about 14% from the previous holiday season’s total of $37.2 billion, sales still fell short of the $43.4 billion (or 16% growth) that comScore had forecasted”. Online Holiday Spending Tops $40... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Starts Sending Out Notices for Sponsored Stories Settlement”.Christina Warren says, “If you receive a message purporting to be from Facebook with the subject “LEGAL NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION” — don’t worry, it’s legitimate.Facebook is sending proposed settlement notices to members of a class-action lawsuit against the company’s use of Sponsored Stories. Facebook’s offer of $20 million to settle the case was granted preliminary approval by the courts in December”.... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Jumps 5% As Wall Street Learns to Like the Stock Again”.Seth Fiegerman says, “Facebook is off to a good start this year. The stock jumped by more than 5% on Wednesday to close at $28 a share, pushing the company’s market cap back above $60 billion.Several other big Internet stocks like Google and Yahoo also enjoyed gains on the first day of trading this year thanks to renewed investor confidence following the news that the U.S. Congress had approved legislation to avert the worst of the fiscal cliff”. Facebook Jumps... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Is Snapchat the Next Frontier for Marketers?”.Todd Wasserman says, “In what may be a first for the platform, a New York frozen yogurt chain is leveraging Snapchat for a promotion that presents users with a coupon that self-destructs within 10 seconds.The idea came about when the chain — 16 Handles — noted that a lot of its young users were using their Snapchat handles to interact on social media. The program works like this: If you snap a pic of you or your friends at a 16Handles location tasting one of their flavors,... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “World’s First Eye-Tracking PC Accessory to Launch in 2013”.Pate Pachal says, “Eye-tracking technology has been slowly emerging as a viable technology the last couple of years, and it comes in real handy when you want to know which parts of a Facebook profile people actually look at. One of the leaders in the space, Tobii, is set to bring the tech to consumers in 2013 with a peripheral that works with any Windows 8 PC.Tobii will show off its eye tracker, called the REX, next week at CES. The REX is a strip that attaches beneath... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “‘Tumblr’ Now More Popular Google Search Than ‘Blog'”.Fernando Alfonso III says, ““Tumblr” has surpassed “blog” as one of the most searched terms on Google.Tumblr overtook blog in December for the first time since the microblog network was started in February 2007, tweeted Laura Olin, Outbound social media director”.‘Tumblr’ Now More Popular Google Search Than ‘Blog’Mashable.com [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “WordPress Blogs at Risk Due to Plug-In Flaw”.Ben Weitzenkorn says, “A security flaw in the default configuration of a popular plug-in for WordPress has put blogs hosted on the platform at risk of data theft.The flaw, discovered by researcher Jason Donenfeld, is in W3 Total Cache (W3TC), a plug-in to the blog-hosting platform that caches content in order to speed up request times.Since data are stored similarly and in searchable form, Donenfeld says it’s possible to extract sensitive information like password hashes and database... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “6 Ways to Recharge Your Business in 2013”.Nellie Akalp says, “For the entrepreneur, this time of year typically means a mad dash to wrap-up remaining projects, close deals, and squeeze in time for family and friends. As the days get shorter, it starts to feel like time accelerates faster than ever — leaving you less and less time to accomplish your year-end goals.However, amidst the holiday chaos, it is possible to stay grounded and set the foundation for a successful year to come. Here are six ways to help you recharge your business... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Score Your Next Job With LinkedIn Premium”.Lauren Drell says, “Is your new year’s resolution to get out of your dead-end job, or to find a job in the first place? There are myriad tools and tricks of the trade to help you score a gig, but perhaps none is better than LinkedIn. The site boasted the best revenue growth of any tech company in early 2012, andnearly hit 200 million members, proving to be a professional networking powerhouse.The site is free, but if you’re gung-ho about job seeking in 2013, you might consider... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Remembering 2012 in Tweets”.Matt Silverman says, “Life gets busy and information moves fast. Sometimes it’s hard to remember all the big news that came down over the course of a year. Twitter is a record, but sifting through it is nearly impossible.One intrepid curator by the name of Jeremiah Warren has been collecting noteworthy tweets throughout 2012 and created the video retrospective above”. Remembering 2012 in Tweets Mashable.com [...]