Want to update your Facebook status? There's an app for that. Looking to placate your baby with a dancing Teddy bear? There's an app for that too. And believe it or not, there are some iPhone apps that will actually help you save a few bucks. Over at CNN

Web video is expanding right now, and though a lot of attention is paid to episodes of network TV shows like Lost or The Office that you can stream online, there’s an emerging wealth of content made just for the web. There’s going to be even more of it

Life can get a little humdrum sometimes, so why not shake things up with an IRS audit? You can't just check off a box and get an audit, you've got to earn it. You've got to provoke them. Here's 10 ways to get some IRS agents knocking on your

Whether you’re planning a four hour road trip or catching a flight to the other side of the world, you have limited space in your suitcase.  So pack these practical, space-saving, multi-function items and you’ll always be prepared without the hassle of lugging around additional gear. 1.  Smart Phone

All right, so maybe all the coverage isn't quite as good as being in Vancouver...but at least you'll stay warm when you check out the Olympics online! As with the Super Bowl, you can't watch officially watch the entire...

Smartphones can do some amazing things these days, and the Android Market has quickly become a sandbox for some clever developers, as well as Google Inc. itself.We’ve already touched on some popular Android apps for Twitter, some for news, and some great multiplayer games, but not all apps have

We cover mostly productivity-related iPhone apps around these parts, but if you've got a little one who could use some educational—or just distracting—games, MetaFilter founder, blogger, and dad Matt Haughey has rounded up 14 kid-tested, parent-approved iPhone games for kids.It started out innocuously. We were waiting for a table at

How do you normally spend your lunch hour? Wait, let’s back up a bit: do you even take a lunch hour? A lot of us end up grabbing a sandwich at our desks, checking emails or maybe surfing the net a bit during our lunch break. Often, the best-case scenario

It's easy to take for granted the technology that makes our lives fun, productive and efficient. But there are products coming out every day that soon will be the things we just can't live without! So from the super fun...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.Web forms can be a great asset on your business site. They let you collect pertinent data and contact information from your visitors without exposing your

There are some very good paid instant messaging apps for the App Store, and plenty of free options too. Meebo is the first that manages to be both, with almost no compromise.Meebo was one of the first companies out of the gates with an instant message web app for the

It would be great if everyone could work from home - think of all those greenhouse gas emissions we'd save by not commuting! Alas, to prevent the economy from falling into an even deeper recession, most of the American workforce...

Tony Robbins is an infamous American self-help author and one of the top motivational speakers in the world. His bestselling books include Unlimited Power and my personal favorite Awaken the Giant Within.Robbins began his career promoting seminars for motivational speaker Jim Rohn. He began working for Jim when he was

While "the XXI Olympic Winter Olympics are euphemistically being called the 'Social Games'" (via InventorSpot), The Wire is cranky about NBC's "infuriating Olympics tape delays": "We don't want to watch NBC's 'Olympics show'.  We want to watch The Olympics...right now, for us, NBC isn't the network that brings us

Investing works best if you set it and forget it.  However, at least once a year every investor should set aside some time to review their investment activities from the previous year.  February is a great time to do this investment review because if you wait too long you’ll find

Over the past year, one of the frequent questions I get is: “Where I can safely invest my money to get a decent return?” For example, Joseph wrote in November: Around February/March I should have $5,000 to invest. My debts are under control and my wife and I have lowered

I'm sorry, Cupertino, but Microsoft has nailed it. Windows Phone 7 feels like an iPhone from the future. The UI has the simplicity and elegance of Apple's industrial design, while the iPhone's UI still feels like a colorized Palm Pilot. That doesn't mean that the Windows Phone 7's user experience

You probably know Maggie from one of her many websites where she writes about her life, kids, vintage finds, and DIY projects. You also might remember when her San Francisco home was featured on AT a couple years ago. This year, she came up with a list of 100

What's coming from Google? Something exciting and Twitter-killing, which will be announced in a press conference today. Anticipation is building fast. The Wall Street Journal announced yesterday that Google is adding a new feature to let Gmail users view media and status updates from their friends. "If Google is

Filed under: Internet, Security, Features, Browsers Today is Safer Internet Day, an annual event coordinated by the folks at InSafe -- who are all about promoting responsible Internet use. We've covered a number of great tools in the past that have the same aim, so what better day to take

For all the complaining you hear about kids these days watching too much television, you'd think they would actually be, well, watching television. But many of them aren't. As it turns out, young people are increasingly turning off the...

The 2010 Technology Entertainment Design conference will be kicking off tomorrow in Long Beach, California, bringing the leading minds of many fields together to talk shop about innovation, change, and what the future holds.As social media has become a game changer for industries across the board, you can bet the

Last year we saw a flurry of green innovation in consumer electronics, but that's nothing compared to what's in the pipeline for 2010. From chargers that harvest energy from human movement to street-ready electric vehicles, oh-ten is sure to revolutionize...

Google may unveil a new social feature to Gmail as early as this week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The feature would closely mimic status updates like those popularized by Facebook and Twitter, and while Google hasn't confirmed anything at this point, we'd guess such a feature would also

I often hear about fun things going on about town, but I'm not ready to schedule them into my day/week/month. Other times, I find myself and my kids with a free hour or afternoon and wonder, "What can we do...

Most of us remember Windows System Restore as a lame-duck feature from Windows XP; when it seemed we might benefit from using it, it never quite worked how we expected. That's no longer the case.Windows System Restore is an awesome system recovery tool, and it's included with Windows for free.

Each month, our partner Visible Measures compiles a list of the top ten most popular web video series, and we share those results with you and provide analysis.In January, the threshold for entry into the list was the highest it’s ever been, but viewership for the top 10 shows dropped

If you were to build your personal finances from the ground up, the checking account would be the first “product” you’d pick. If you’ve ever drawn your financial network map, you’ll remember that the checking account is the spoke in your primarily hub-and-spoke layout. Your paycheck is deposited into your

Astronauts can now use Twitter to send pictures like this, of the Maldives, with their new Internet connection in space. Photos via Soichi Noguchi In what is perhaps the final frontier for Internet access, Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi shared photos he had taken of Earth from the International Space

Jalen Rose is a former 13-year NBA star and current ESPN sports analyst but may be best known for being a member of the famous University of Michigan Fab Five.The big game is this weekend. Super Bowl XLIV will feature the Indianapolis Colts, from the AFC, and the New Orleans

Cutting your cable subscription doesn't mean you have to miss your favorite shows. There are more ways than ever to watch TV online; we've outlined our ten favorites below. Best of all, lots of content is completely--and legally--free. ...

Whether your “real” work is a full-time day job, an academic course, or taking care of kids, you might have a few hours to spare each week which you’d like to use productively. Have you ever thought about starting a side business?A few years ago, I thought that “business” was

Fans and bloggers have one word about last night's episode of Lost, the premiere of Season 6: WOW. "Well, it's back! And back in full force, I might add--I loved the season premiere, though I had a lingering sadness throughout the episode that this was the last LOST season

Amybeth Hale is a Talent Attraction Manager with AT&T’s Interactive Staffing team. She uses social technology to help drive awareness of job opportunities as well as interact with candidates. Connect with her on Twitter at @researchgoddess.Want to know what it takes to start, and develop, a successful career path in

Are you super-charging your mind with good brain food? Our brains are the engines that power our lives.  We get out of our minds what we put in.  Do high-performance race cars run on the same fuel as a Volkswagen Bug?  No way!  They would never win. If we

As far as Valentine's Day goes we're into the idea of showing your love year round and that, often, a gesture means more when it's not on the big day. Sure flowers are nice, but fixing that leaky faucet and taking out the trash-unexpectedly-can sometimes be even sweeter. Read Full

Keeping your home electronics and computer equipment in tip-top working order usually takes minimal maintenance. But every so often you'll need to do more than just a simple wipe down: new memory installation, cleaning out the whole keyboard inside out, or worst case scenario, something breaks within and you've got

You might not know this, but there’s a hidden Labs widget in Gmail that lets you perform Google searches without leaving your e-mail interface. The news today is that it just got a whole slew of useful new features.Many Google employees get to spend 20% of their time brainstorming and

"Sure," you say as you sift through all the Sundance Film Festival coverage at Cinematical and elsewhere on the Internets. "This looks like a lot of fun for the people in Park City. But what about me? Which of these should I pay attention to? Which movies are liable

Ann Charles is Founder and CEO of BRANDfog, an NYC-based company offering Social Media Branding and Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies for C-Suite Executives.In December, I read a story about social scientists who believe that humans have evolved to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive. This was

You can't know for certain that your tax returns will be audited, but you can be certain that you're always a candidate. The IRS itself has laid out a few tips on what triggers their audit sensors.Photo by alancleaver_2000. Originally laid out at the IRS.gov site and picked up by

Associated Press What’s on your to-do list? Making more to-do lists is constantly on my to-do list, you might say. I keep meaning to do it, and make a halfhearted start every now and then, but I tend to fall back into not creating or checking whatever’s my latest

iPhones are often criticized as expensive and ostentatious. Why buy a smart phone when you can make calls from a $10 pay as you go phone? It may seem like a waste of money, but used properly an iPhone can be a powerful tool in your personal finance arsenal. Here is

Moving your home cross country can be a huge feat, but staying online to work during the whole ordeal doesn't have to be. With the right gadgets you can log in just long enough that your boss won't even know you're emailing from Interstate 40. Plus, all that extra surfing