Insider New jobs to make you jealous: Eytan Oren, Senior Lab Associate at IPG Media Lab As the creative economy continues to evolve & expand, a bevy of new job opportunities have burst onto the scene — many placing young talent in roles that use technology, products, and even words that didn’t exist 5 years ago. I caught up with Eytan Oren of the IPG Media Lab in the first installment of my quest

Summer storms got you down? Have you forgotten how we used to pass the time before the days of Instagram, Netflix and Pinterest? Here's an idea: catch up on Mashable's features coverage from the last week and check out some resources you may have missed. Saturday marks the third annual Social Media Day -- so get in the spirit with stories on turning social media relationships into IRL ones, the st

Texting and driving a car at the same time is a dangerous and irresponsible combination -- but people do it anyway. A series of sparse, haunting public service ads from AT&T provides a spooky reminder that even sending or receiving short messages can lead to death or lifelong crippling injury. The numbers back this up, too. Results vary, but some studies have found that upwards of 20% of all car a

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For Kristi Yamaguchi, Social Media Reshapes the Olympics Yamaguchi became a household name and global celebrity. But without Twitter, Facebook and other platforms, that experience was much different for her than it will be for this summer's Olympic stars. "Social media has changed so much," Yamaguchi told Mashable in an interview. "It's incredible that you can actually send an athlete a message no

Instagram has been insta-tripping since Friday night and here's why: A powerful storm in northern Virginia took out the servers it runs on. Maybe you're wondering how a storm on the East Coast killed access to your favorite photo sharing app, which is based in San Francisco. That's because Instagram, like many major web companies, uses an even bigger web company -- Amazon -- to host its traffic an

Are you the kind of fashionable individual who accessorizes her accessories? Then, my friend, you need to get yourself a phone charm -- pronto. We have found 10 examples of kawaii charms that fit neatly into your handset's 3.5mm headphone jack -- meaning no dangly bits to jeopardize your cell's screen.

Users can now pay $5 to have one of their Tumblr posts pinned at the top of their followers' blogs for 24 hours. Their followers can make the posts disappear by clicking on a red push-pin icon. While Tumblr and its founder David Karp aren't fans of traditional ads, they are willing to try ads that are masked as product enhancements. "Pinned Posts" are one of the more in-your-face promotions the co