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HeyWire Debuts Landline Texting For Businesses

What if there was a way to send and receive text messages via your business landline? Would you use it? A Cambridge, Mass. company is betting you and millions of others will.

Viral Dove Campaign Becomes Most Watched Ad Ever

The Dove Real Beauty Sketches clip that went viral on YouTube just one month ago has become the most watched video ad of all time, Dove announced Monday.

Yahoo Acquires Tumblr, Promises 'Not to Screw It Up'

The speculation is overYahoo has acquired Tumblr, according to official statements from Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Tumblr CEO and Founder David Karp


In a somewhat odd press release, Yahoo promises it will not "screw up" the popular microblogging service


"Per the agreemen

5 Money-Saving Tools for the Cheap Traveler

Summer isn't just the season of love — it's also the season of travel. If you're planning a getaway in the next few months, either large-scale or small, you most likely have a budget to abide by (if not, you might want to look into drafting one.

Samsung's New 13-Inch Display Has a Crazy 3,200 x 1,800 Pixel Resolution

Samsung will be displaying some of its latest and greatest notebook and tablet screens at the Society for Information Display's Display Week 2013.

Pinterest Partners With Brands to Add Information to Pins

Pinterest just got an upgrade that could make it easier for users to gather information by navigating in its site. Instead of exclusively linking back to the original source, pins from certain brands will now display information such as recipes, movie reviews and price information.

5 Mobile Marketing Tools to Reach Customers on the Go

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

YouTube: 100 Hours of Video Are Uploaded to the Site Every Minute

YouTube has just turned eight, and the company is marking the occasion by sharing a couple of cool stats about the service


Users of the world's most popular video sharing service upload 100 hours of video to the site every minute.

Is This the World's First Liquid-Cooled Smartphone?

If you've ever had your smartphone feel too hot after a long bout of Facebook, email, and taking photos or video, NEC hopes to solve that with its new liquid-cooled smartphone.


The NEC Medias X 06E sports a liquid cooling pipe behind the display and next to the processor.

8 YouTube Covers So Nerdy You'll Scream

YouTube is the land of the amateur music cover. Anyone with a webcam and a hunger for the spotlight can arrange “Call Me Maybe” and launch it onto the video site, hoping to become the next Lana Del Ray or Karmin.