The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Amazon Says Kindle Sales Set a New Record on Cyber Monday”.Todd Wasserman says, “Amazon says it set a one-day record for Kindle sales on Cyber Monday as consumers flocked to a $129 offeron the Kindle Fire.The company also broke its Black Friday record for Kindle sales and Kindle products occupy the top four spots for overall sales for Amazon. As usual, the company declined to provide exact figures for sales.In the fourth quarter of 2011, Amazon sold about 6 million Kindles, according an estimate by Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Google Launches ‘Defend Your Net’ Campaign in Germany”.Alex Fitzpatrick says, “In its latest effort to bring attention to government action it considers threatening to the open web, Google is warning German citizens and lawmakers of the potential dangers posed by copyright changes being considered in Germany’s parliament.The campaign and petition is called Verteidige Dein Netz, German for “Defend Your Net.” Its target? A proposed law which would allow German publishers to charge Google for the short excerpts seen on sites... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Gmail Users Now Can Send 10GB Files”.Emily Price says, “Google announced Tuesday that it will be integrating Google Drive into Gmail, a move that will make it possible to send files up to a massive 10GB in size over email.A new button in the Gmail compose window will give users the ability to attach a file from their Google Drive account rather than attaching the file itself to the message.Once it’s attached, Gmail will ensure that your recipient has permission to view the file in your Drive account -– or will prompt you to grant... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Announcing the Nominees in Mashable’s 2012 Innovation Index”.Lauren Drell says, “Mashable’s Innovation Index celebrates recent tech, digital and social innovations that have redefined your world. It is comprised of 15 categories, each of which is curated by an expert Mashable selected because of their work in the space. Each curator will select five nominees — companies, products, events or technologies — that are pushing the boundaries in an ever-evolving digital landscape. Once we announce the five nominees, we’re looking to... [...]

The Practical eCommerce website has published a list of 10 social sharing alternatives, helpful plugins and other (non-WordPress) solutions for adding sharing buttons to a website. Paul Chaney, the author of the article, reports that he has tested these products and concluded these 10 are the best options currently available.Some only support a few top social sites (the ones used by most people); other support as many as 36 social sites.You can read the original article here: http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/3817-Top-10-Social-Sharing-Buttons-for-Your-WebsiteChaney points out that,... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “$700 Hack Threatens Millions of Yahoo Mail Users”.Ben Weitzenkorn says, “The calendar year wouldn’t be complete without a few social media fails.In 2012, plenty of big brands and organizations suffered serious backlashes on social networks like Twitter andFacebook for offensive tweets, questionable ad campaigns or controversial company statements. Some, like McDonald’s, attempted good-natured social media campaigns that simply took unexpected turns. Others, like StubHub’s and KitchenAid’s Twitter accounts mistakenly send out... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Twitter Generated Zero Percent of Black Friday Sales”.Neha Prakash says, “Looks like social media stayed at home this Black Friday.An IBM study found that shoppers referred from social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube generated only 0.34% of online sales on Black Friday — a decrease of more than 35% from the year before.Twitter literally contributed nothing (0%) to the revenue.Though shoppers weren’t using social media to find items, they were using the medium to express satisfaction with purchases. The report... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Tumblr Breaks Into Top 10 U.S. Sites”.Zoe Fox says, “Tumblr is now one of the top 10 most-trafficked websites in the U.S. and has a worldwide audience of nearly 170 million people.Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp posted the news on the company’s staff blog Monday, citing Quantcast data.“This isn’t meant to be a brag — though you should definitely try our new Android and iOS apps if you haven’t yet — but a credit to all of your brilliant creative efforts,” Karp wrote. “You guys have earned an audience bigger than... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Is Like a Credit Card and That’s Why It’s Here to Stay”.Seth Fiegerman says, “For much of the Thanksgiving weekend, I was surrounded by friends and family who have either abandonedFacebook or who never joined it in the first place.It’s not that they haven’t heard of Facebook, or that they doubt its potential to be useful. Instead, it typically came down to a fundamental concern about sharing their personal information and a fear that it would turn into a distraction that eats away too much of their time.My girlfriend,... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Black Friday Prank Dupes Target Shoppers”.Kenneth Rosen says, “On Black Friday, the plan was simple for a couple of pranksters — go to Target dressed as employees and have a little fun with shoppers. The faux workers, sporting Target-red t-shirts, pointed customers in the wrong direction and offered everything but a Kindle when asked about the tablet.While these tricky fellows shouldn’t expect Target to extend job offers, the duo did provide some much-needed tension breaking on the fiercest shopping day of the year”.Black Friday... [...]