70 Digital Resources You May Have Missed

It looks like spring has finally sprung over different parts of the United States, and if you’ve been outside enjoying the bursts of sunshine you probably haven’t had time to check out some of the developments in tech and social media.

As always, we at Mashable have been hard at work, gathering all the updates and breaking news from Facebook’s Home announcement for Android, to Disney announcing the sequel “Finding Dory”, to hit theaters in 2015

So kick back, and read on to get yourself caught up on this week’s features.

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  Disney Pixar’s ‘Nemo’ Sequel ‘Finding Dory’ Arriving in 2015
  Ellen DeGeneres confirmed a sequel to 2003′s Finding Nemo will splash into theaters in 2015. Dubbed “Finding Dory,” the flick will star DeGeneres as Dory.

  
  


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  Use 5 or More Social Networks? You’re a Better Employee
  Hey, bosses who block employees from using social media at work: You’re doing it wrong.

  
  


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  Introducing Mashable Choice
  Mashable has been reviewing products, apps and services for years, and we work hard to let you know when we like these products (and when we don’t). For a clear answer to “Should I buy it or use it?” we’re now providing Mashable Choice. Read more…

  
  

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70 Digital Resources You May Have Missed

Vine Launches Trending Hashtags

Vine hopes to make exploring content easier with the launch of trending hashtags.

The new feature allows users to easily see what the community is Vining about. The hashtags featured are those rising the fastest in popularity, rather than just the most popular overall. Vine cofounder and CTO Colin Kroll announced the addition on the company’s blog.

SEE ALSO: Is This the Greatest Vine of All Time?

Kroll noted that great six-second content doesn’t always get its deserved time in the spotlight because it may not fall into any of the app’s popular sections. The expansion into hashtags — which is not surprising, considering Vine’s Twitter roots — should bring focus to a greater variety of Vine content and users. Read more…

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Vine Launches Trending Hashtags

Samsung’s Preliminary Q1 Earnings Dazzle Wall Street

On Friday, Samsung provided a preliminary financial update for the first quarter of 2013 and Wall Street reacted with exuberance. The South Korean tech giant reported sales of approximately $46 billion, which is 15% higher than earnings recorded in Q1 of 2012. Of critical importance is Samsung’s operating profit of $7.7 billion. This figured topped [...]
Samsung’s Preliminary Q1 Earnings Dazzle Wall Street

BlackBerry Shuttering BBM Music Service in June

BlackBerry is ready to rock out. This June, BlackBerry will close its cloud-based BBM Music service. The closure of the service after only two years in operation comes as a surprise to many who expected its revitalization in light of BlackBerry’s renewed market momentum stemming from its refreshed smartphone line this year. “BBM Music service [...]

BlackBerry Shuttering BBM Music Service in June

Google Adds Voice to TV Remote App for Android

Google has updated its TV Remote app for Android, delivering new features like voice search support. Use your Android device as a Google TV remote! You can also send videos and web pages to the TV, and even use your own voice to search for content. In the past, restrictions born of older hardware didn’t [...]

Google Adds Voice to TV Remote App for Android

#BackIn7thGrade Brings Up Crushes, Braces and Awkward Dances

Trending topics hit Twitter every day. In this recurring series, “Behind the Hashtag,” we take a look at the most intriguing ones — of any nature — being tweeted across the web

One of today’s most popular hashtags, #BackIn7thGrade, is all about nostalgia. For some, myself included, 7th grade was the time when kids from different schools from across the city merged into one, stress-inducing jail cell called “middle school.” It was a nerve-wracking, make-the-wrong-move-and-you’re-socially-dead kind of pressure that a full set of braces and paralyzing fear of the opposite sex only made worse

The insecurity, the dances, the growth spurts and the hormones … oh, God, the hormones Read more…

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#BackIn7thGrade Brings Up Crushes, Braces and Awkward Dances

ITC Judge Rules Against Samsung in Preliminary Verdict

On Friday, news surfaced that an ITC judge has ruled against Samsung Electronics, claiming the electronics device maker has infringed on “a key portion” of an Apple patent. The International Trade Commission judge said in a preliminary decision that the infringement relates to Samsung’s inclusion of a text-selection feature in its popular line of smartphones [...]

ITC Judge Rules Against Samsung in Preliminary Verdict

How to Avoid PR Disaster With a Social Media Policy

To reduce the risk of social media blunders gone viral, develop a company-wide policy that defines acceptable (and unacceptable) social media behavior, and dictates how employees can effectively communicate your brand culture, voice, and message.

How to Avoid PR Disaster With a Social Media Policy

Want to Speak at SES Toronto 2013? Submit Your Pitch By April 12 #SESTO

With another successful SES New York in the books, the SES Conference & Expo is now gearing up to head north to Toronto from June 12-14. The SES Toronto agenda is live, and the SES team is still accepting speaker proposals until April 12.

Want to Speak at SES Toronto 2013? Submit Your Pitch By April 12 #SESTO

Facebook Welcomes Home, A New Social Phone for Android

The Facebook phone will arrive on April 12, giving the social network giant a new window into its users’ mobile habits and a more consistent, always-on connection for members of the Facebook community. Search won’t be exclusive to any one provider

Facebook Welcomes Home, A New Social Phone for Android

Sunday’s WrestleMania Expected To Be One of Social Media’s Biggest Events

Regardless of whether you’re a fan of sports entertainment and WWE programming, you have to admire the tremendous power and poise behind the WWE’s social media presence. The WWE’s proficiency will be on full display this weekend as the company presents WrestleMania 29. According to ESPN, the WWE and its performers have made more than [...]

Sunday’s WrestleMania Expected To Be One of Social Media’s Biggest Events

Samsung and Best Buy Announce New Retail Partnership

This week, Samsung Electronics confirmed what’s being called a “unique” new relationship with Best Buy, the consumer electronics retailer. The deal is centered on retail innovation for customers, helping them to explore, purchase, activate and service the broadest portfolio of Samsung mobile products and accessories. In part, the deal will help Samsung achieve the “in-store [...]

Samsung and Best Buy Announce New Retail Partnership

The Web Rallies for a Better World With Momentum1000 Campaign

In September 2000, leaders from around the world convened at the United Nations headquarters in New York City to adopt the Millennium Declaration, through which they committed their countries to a partnership in solving key global issues by the end of 2015. The leaders agreed on eight goals — known as the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) — that range from ending extreme poverty and hunger to reducing child mortality.

Friday marks 1,000 days until the target date for reaching these goals. As a result, the U.N., the U.N. Foundation and other international organizations have initiated Momentum1000, a global 1,000-minute "digital media rally" to raise awareness and galvanize people into action during the next two and a half years and beyond. Read more...

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The Web Rallies for a Better World With Momentum1000 Campaign

How to Kill Self-Reported Data

Companies must strive to create a more accurate picture of the channels and campaigns that are creating engagement and revenue. Here are the three ways to get a clear and more reliable picture of the channels that are driving business.

How to Kill Self-Reported Data

Reaching the Golden Mean of Branded to Non-Branded Traffic

Traffic Marketers from strong brands pursue the 60/40 percent ratio of branded and non-branded traffic. They recognize the value of long-tail visitors, whose net-new traffic spikes traffic by 50 percent or more. Here are a few tips to attract new customer

Reaching the Golden Mean of Branded to Non-Branded Traffic

KAON providing DTH and Hybrid DTH/IP STBs to Brazil's GVT

KAONMEDIA (KOSDAQ: KAON Media) has announced that it will provide DTH and Hybrid DTH/IP set-top boxes to Brazil's GVT. First products will hit the market during the 1st half of 2013.

KAON providing DTH and Hybrid DTH/IP STBs to Brazil's GVT

Nearly 80% of U.S. Smart TV owners are regular app users

New industry research from Parks Associates shows app developers are targeting the smart TV platform as the next significant growth area as nearly 80% of smart-TV owners regularly use apps.

Nearly 80% of U.S. Smart TV owners are regular app users

Fewer problems than forecast with TV reception during UK 4G test

at800 has completed its first live test to help assess the extent to which Freeview could be impacted when 4G mobile services at 800MHz are launched. Fifteen households in the test area reported problems with TV reception rather than the 120 predicted.

Fewer problems than forecast with TV reception during UK 4G test

Microsoft Readying Challenge to Google Glass

In February, Google opened our eyes to the great many possibilities born of a remarkable wearable technology that is being hailed as one of the most significant advancements in personal computing in recent years. We’re referring, of course, to Google Glass – a sleek technology designed for the human face. Google Glass delivers a remarkable [...]

Microsoft Readying Challenge to Google Glass

'Game of Thrones' Social Media Fandom: As Big as Westeros

OK, Game of Thrones nerds, we know: there is no official population number for Westeros. The books, which thoroughly inhabit their medieval world, tell us that no census has been taken, though you can sort of figure it out from the sizes of cities. “The population of Westeros extends into many millions:” that’s the best estimate over at the Game of Thrones wiki.

Well, the size of its fan base on social media has now also been estimated in the millions — only it’s a little more census-like. There are 5,493,248 of you nerds, according to Facebook likes and Twitter followings gathered by analytics firm SocialBakers Read more…

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'Game of Thrones' Social Media Fandom: As Big as Westeros

13 Essential SEO Power Tools

Looking for a nice selection of SEO power tools that will help diagnose technical issues and optimize your website, or perhaps gain insight on what your competition is doing? Here are 13 helpful SEO tools (many of them free) worth your time.
13 Essential SEO Power Tools

Google AdWords vs. Yahoo Bing Network – A PPC Performance Comparison

AdWords is the logical first choice for paid search advertisers for its superior impressions and click-through rates. However, YBN’s advantages – lower CPCs and CPMs and less competition for ad position – offer a ripe, incremental opportunity.
Google AdWords vs. Yahoo Bing Network – A PPC Performance Comparison

Tweet Your Black Thumb Issues to Britain's Oldest Gardener

You're never too old for Twitter. Britain's oldest gardener, 104-year-old Ralph Hoare, is using his green thumbs for more than pruning by answering horticultural questions on the social network

Furniture Village, a UK retailer, identified Hoare as the country's oldest active gardener to coincide with the launch of a new collection of garden equipment. His gardening answers will be posted on the company's Twitter account, @OfficialFV

Hoare has been gardening since 1914 and says he considers the hobby the key to his long life. Roses are his favorite, with more than two hundred bushes in his yard Read more...

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The Story Behind the Hashtag: #BestLieEver

Trending topics hit Twitter every day. In this recurring series, "Behind the Hashtag," we take a look at the most intriguing ones — of any nature — being tweeted across the web

One of today's most popular hashtags, #BestLieEver, is all about stretching the truth to friends, family and, yes, even yourself.

It started early Thursday by Jai Brooks, one of five members of Melbourne, Australia-based YouTube comedy group The Janoskians. The original message, below, was retweeted more than 5,500 times

#BestLieEver of course i read the terms and conditions!

— Jai J.D Brooks ⚓ (@JaiBrooks1) April 4, 2013 Read more...

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The Story Behind the Hashtag: #BestLieEver

comScore: iOS Further Eroding Android’s U.S. Market Share

On Thursday, comScore published new data from the comScore MobiLens service for the three month average period ending in February 2013. As of late February, 133.7 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones, which represents 57% market penetration. Since November 2012, smartphone ownership in the United States has grown 8%. And judging by today’s update [...]

comScore: iOS Further Eroding Android’s U.S. Market Share

New Infographic Reveals How We Use Social Media

According to the findings of a new study on social media usage, the time spent on major social networking sites ballooned between 2011 and 2012, expanding by approximately 30 billion minutes. “While Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest remain popular with users aged 30 and over, it’s the formerly niche social platforms such as Reddit, Github and [...]

New Infographic Reveals How We Use Social Media

Mark Zuckerberg Moonlights as a Middle School Teacher

In case this Facebook thing doesn’t work out, Mark Zuckerberg can always fall back on his second job: middle school teacher.

The Facebook CEO disclosed to Wired that he teaches a class every week to a middle school in East Menlo Park, Calif. Zuckerberg says he was influenced by his wife, Priscilla, who went into teaching after graduating from Harvard. Zuckerberg says the class is “on how to build a business.”

“Every Tuesday we go over one skill, and each group has a side project,” Zuckerberg told Wired. “When the class ends, they’ll come to Facebook and sell the products they’ve made, like they’re marketing them.” Read more…

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Mark Zuckerberg Moonlights as a Middle School Teacher

Roger Ebert Remembered as a Tech and Social Visionary

On Thursday, Roger Ebert, the legendary film critic and Pulitzer Prize winner, sadly passed away at the age of 70. Although most fans recognize Ebert’s iconic body of work in terms of his equally famous “thumbs up” accolade, the venerable Chicago Sun-Times columnist was also a visionary in technology and social networking. A prolific early [...]

Roger Ebert Remembered as a Tech and Social Visionary

Facebook Home: A Really Nice Screensaver

We came in to Thursday’s press event in Menlo Park expecting a “Facebook phone,” and in the HTC First we got one. Kinda

But there was a reason Mark Zuckerberg devoted little more than five minutes at the end of the event to the First. He wants us to focus on Facebook Home. The $99 First is little more than a low-cost LTE Android phone with Home pre-installed.

And what is Home? How would you describe it in a few seconds to someone who knows nothing about this kind of thing and hasn’t read a dozen posts on it already?

Having played with Facebook Home for a while, here’s how I would summarize it: it’s a screensaver for Android phones Read more…

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Facebook Home: A Really Nice Screensaver