The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “UN’s WCIT Conference: What You Need to Know”.Alex Fitzpatrick says, “By now, you’ve likely heard something about a United Nations meeting revolving around, and possibly determining, the future of the Internet. It’s called the World Conference on International Telecommunications, orWCIT, and it started Monday. Here’s what you need to know”.UN’s WCIT Conference: What You Need to KnowMashable.com [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Don’t Miss These Highlights From Mashable Media Summit 2012”.Matt Petronzio says, “During Friday’s 2012 Mashable Media Summit, renowned journalists, media influencers, brand executives and more gathered to discuss how new forms of technology and innovative business models are transforming the media landscape.The event, which garnered a full house at the TimesCenter in New York City, featured speakers and panelists from across the media world, including Facebook, The New York Times, Hearst, Reddit, Tumblr, NPR, Condé Nast, PBS... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Can Ecommerce Keep Magazines Afloat?”.Seth Fiegerman says, “The CEO of online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter announced last week that it will launch a print publication within the next 12 months. It’s the next logical step for the ecommerce company, which has become a destination for its original editorial content as well as its retail offerings. However, it once again raises an important question for traditional fashion publications: If ecommerce websites can find success as publishers, can publishers find success as ecommerce websites?During... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “4 Ways to Use Social Data to Close Sales”.Shannon Duffy says, “Technology drastically changed the sales world over the past 15 years. If Tommy Callahan from Tommy Boy or Ricky Roma from Glengarry Glen Ross joined your sales team today, they would quickly discover how tech evolved to influence each and every step of closing a deal — well, it might take Tommy Boy a little longer to sort things out.The always-on, interconnected web caused a complete power shift in the sales world in favor of the buyer. Before Facebook, Twitter or Yelp,... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “How Valuable is a Social Media Audience, Really?”.Spencer Richardson says, “Much has been said about the state of digital audiences today, and even more about the myriad ways to build and engage these loyal consumers across social environments like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Pinterest and more. Promises of overnight brand scaling, more authentic audience relationships, and infinitely deeper behavioral data — made by the first wave of social middleware players like Buddy Media, Wildfire, Vitrue and dozens of other social CRM solutions... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Mark Zuckerberg Made $3.5 Billion Last Month”.Seth Fiegerman says, “November was a good month for Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg.Facebook‘s stock shot up from $21.08 a share on the first day of trading in November to $28 a share at the end of the day Friday, its highest price since July. Zuckerberg, who owns about 504 million shares of Facebook stock, gained about $3.48 billion as a result.When Facebook first went public at $38 a share in May, Zuckerberg’s shares were worth $19.1 billion”.Mark Zuckerberg Made $3.5 Billion... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “What’s Your Country’s Risk of Internet Blackout?”.Megan Garber says, “What happened in Syria this week — a wholesale disconnection from the Internet — could happen anywhere. But it’s more likely to happen in some countries than others.The web services firm Renesys often analyzes that risk — for, say, companies that are deciding which countries might make good hosts for data centers”.What’s Your Country’s Risk of Internet Blackout?Mashable.com [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “The Most-Tweeted Words on Black Friday Were … [INFOGRAPHIC]”.Brian Anthony Hernandez says, “Shoppers braving long lines to snatch up Black Friday sales had coffee on their minds.A word cloud from digital marketing technology provider Silverpop lists “coffee,” “deals” and “sale” among the words Twitter users said the most on the popular post-Thanksgiving shopping day”.The Most-Tweeted Words on Black Friday Were … [INFOGRAPHIC]Mashable.com [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “How to Avoid Your Own Email Replyallpocalypse”.Bob Al-Greene says, “For some, it’s a nightmare as horrifying as going to class pantsless: the dreaded email thread faux pas.When a student at NYU attempted to forward an email from the college bursar’s office to his mother, he instead hit “reply all” and exposed a bug in the school’s email system.The result? He directly emailed almost 40,000 of his fellow students. When some of those students realized this bug in the email system was oh-so-exploitable, all hell broke loose”.How... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Amazon’s Massive Distribution Network Kicks Into Holiday Gear”.Todd Wasserman says, “From late November on, Amazon‘s network of 80 global distribution centers kick into overdrive. There, a portion of the company’s 69,000 employees plus another 50,000 seasonal workers load orders from giant conveyor belts. The facilities run 24/7 and stocks everything from soccer balls to tablecloths, according to ABC News.The work conditions can be brutal, but Corporate VP Craig Berman told ABC, “We are a company of constant improvement so... [...]