A Gift to Google+ on Its Third Birthday: No More Facebook Comparisons

Google+ turns 3 years old on Saturday, a birthday the service is celebrating with little fanfare (if at all)

Google didn't make any major announcements or release any special features to commemorate the moment. Google+ didn't even rate an appearance at Google I/O, the company's biggest tech conference, which wrapped up on Thursday

See also: Sorry, Google+, We Still Won't Come to Your Party

Google, for whatever reason, seems to be content to let the event pass. The birthday is just happening: another year older, another year wiser. That's why I believe Google+ deserves a special gift from the rest of us: Let's stop comparing it to Facebook Read more...

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Entrepreneur Barbie Joins LinkedIn

Facebook or Twitter? Here's What 4,700 People Say

Most people use two to three social media networks. And though Facebook ranks as the most popular, it's also the network that people say they could live without

Mashable asked 4,700 people from 120 countries about their social media habits — from favorite platforms, to number of networks — in an effort to understand how we use these tools in 2014. Our effort is in celebration of our fifth annual Social Media Day, which is on June 30. All of the results are illustrated in the video above.

See also: 8 Global Social Media Day Events You Should Attend

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I Almost Won the First $500k Winner-Takes-All Open Basketball Tournament

I felt like I had been hit by a truck. My left calf twitched, an unrelenting ache lived somewhere within my right ankle, and the thought of stairs made me quiver. I fidgeted on my barstool unable to escape the discomfort.



We were driving back to New Hampshire following an overtime loss in the semi-finals of The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a startup 32-team, single-elimination, $500,000 winner-takes-all tournament in Philadelphia. The first of its kind. And the finals are Saturday.

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We exited 95 in New Haven, Connecticut and stopped at the first sports bar we could find. Game Two of the Spurs vs. Heat series was on — my brother (Matt Bonner) was playing on the biggest stage basketball has to offer, the NBA Finals. Meanwhile, I tried to make sense of the past month: temporarily escaping my sedentary office lifestyle to play in one of the most unique, bizarre and mind-boggling basketball tournaments few but hardcore basketball fans even knew about Read more...

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New Barbie Means Business

There's a new Barbie in town, and she has a smartphone AND a tablet!

Elliott is still at Vidcon, but Becca Frucht from Pop Sugar was able to spare 60 seconds and offer her thoughts on the new Entrepreneur Barbie.

Yesterday, Becca took a look at all the new emoji that'll swarm us soon

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The 10 Most Passive-Aggressive Things You're Doing on Social Media

Being a source of negative energy on social media is more than just starting arguments, posting unappealing content and being a generally unpleasant person.

In fact, you may not realize that what you're doing is maddening to those subjected to see it.

See also: 20 Things Your Most Annoying Friends Do on Facebook

Here are 10 ways you could be ruining your social media presence without even knowing it

1. The sub-post

Talking about someone behind his back isn't new, and neither is doing it in a place where he can hear it. Naturally, this prime method of passive-aggressive behavior has translated to social media — through the sub-post Read more...

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Should I Yo? A Guide to Proper Yotocol

It is one of the greatest questions of our time: Yo or no?

The inanely simple messaging app Yo has raised — or perhaps lowered — the bar on conversation by allowing you to send a single word to your contacts with one click. For those who haven't already guessed, that one word is "yo." That's it. That's all you're allowed to say.

See also: Stephen Colbert's First Reaction to Yo App: 'Y?'

It's good news for those who have trouble starting a conversation, or are just incredibly lazy. But when you're unsure about when to send a Yo, it's tough to know what's acceptable in every situation. Is it ok to Yo? Probably not. Read more...

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