Social Media News

• 10 Free WordPress Themes for Small Businesses
  This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.There are a lot of WordPress themes out there. Whether you’re looking… […]
  Zachary Sniderman
• Announcing the 4th Annual Mashable Awards [Help Shape the Categories]
  Mashable is proud to present the fourth annual Mashable Awards (formerly known as Open Web Awards). The Mashable Awards celebrate major innovations and achievements in the digital and social media landscape by companies, people and projects via an… […]
  Adam Hirsch
• Samsung Fascinate Coming to Verizon Stores on September 9
  Samsung has announced that the Samsung Fascinate, the Verizon-branded version of the Galaxy S, will be available online on Wednesday, September 8 and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on September 9 for $199.99.Samsung Galaxy S is one of… […]
  Stan Schroeder
• The Future of Ad Agencies and Social Media
  This series is supported by Gist. Gist provides a full view of the contacts in your professional network by creating a rich business profile for each one that includes the most news, status updates, and work… […]
  Jolie O'Dell
• Social Good Summit: Tackling Global Challenges with Social Media
  Mashable is proud to be partnering with the UN Foundation, 92Y, Livestream.com, CNN and a host of teams and organizations to produce a unique opportunity to make UN Week accessible to the public — both online and offline.Today the… […]
  Pete Cashmore
• Morning Brief: Google Music for Xmas, Mark Hurd to Oracle, Samsung Fascinate Available Tomorrow
  This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The "First to Know" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology. […]
  Lauren Indvik
• Google Logo Turns into Animated Particles
  We’ve seen a great number of cool Google logos throughout the years, but today’s doodle, available on the U.S. version of Google’s search engine, is one of the most intriguing yet.The logo is animated,… […]
  Stan Schroeder
• New Zealand Earthquake Visualized in Google Earth
  A strong earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand on September 4 was one of the worst to hit New Zealand in 80 years. No deaths have been reported, but the earthquake caused devastation throughout the region of Canterbury.Flickr… […]
  Stan Schroeder
• BaseApp Brings Easy Basecamp Alerts to Mac OS X
  If you’re a Basecamp user running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, you just might love the new menu bar application BaseApp.BaseApp is a lightweight utility that sits in your menu bar and monitors the activity from your… […]
  Christina Warren
• Former HP CEO Mark Hurd Joins Oracle as Co-President
  Former HP CEO Mark Hurd is joining business software and hardware firm Oracle as Co-President, the company announced today, confirming yesterday’s rumors.Oracle CEO Larry Ellison publicly defended Hurd after he resigned under pressure from HP’s board… […]
  Pete Cashmore