Adam Ostrow
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Google and the AP Renew an Old Content Deal
Jatin Mahindra &bull Aug 30, 2010Google and the Associated Press have renewed their content-licensing deal, which will enable Google to continue serving hosted AP stories to Google News readers, and possibly users of other Google services. We've extended our existing licensing agreement with the Associated… Full Story »
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Announcing Mashlanta 2.0: Mashable Returns to Atlanta
Mashable &bull Aug 25, 2010
Ask and you shall receive. Mashable is excited to announce Mashlanta 2.0 in partnership with Regator. After an amazing event last year, we've gone bigger (200 to 300 more tickets), longer (an extra hour) and we've added a venue with… Full Story »
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Daily Bizcard 045: Adam Ostrow
Boxxet &bull Jun 28, 2010
Mashable, as you probably know, covers everything to do with new media and Web 2.0. Nobody owns that space as firmly as they do. And when I think of new nedia and Web 2.0, I think of aSmall Pieces, Loosely… Full Story »
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Foursquare announces World Cup badges with CNN, testing badge rewards
Venture Beat &bull Jun 8, 2010
Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley joined Mashable's editor-in-chief Adam Ostrow on stage to talk about his location startup at the Mashable Media Summit today in New York. Among many topics, Crowley announced a partnership with CNN for the World Cup, and… Full Story »
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Foursquare Now Experimenting with Badge Rewards
Mashable &bull Jun 8, 2010
These interesting tidbits were revealed today when Foursquare Co-founder Dennis Crowley took the stage at the Mashable Media Summit to field questions from our Editor-in-Chief, Adam Ostrow. Crowley used Internet Week as an example, stating that users who check-in at… Full Story »
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Your Small Business's Twitter Account Is About To Get An Upgrade
Silicon Alley Insider &bull May 20, 2010
According to a post on OPEN Forum by Mashable's Adam Ostrow, Twitter is planning to launch some new features later this year that should greatly improve the way business's use the service. Contributors: This tool will allow you to grant… Full Story »
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Overheard: Qwotebook Goes Live for Notable Quotables
Louis Gray &bull May 18, 2010
Following the site's March debut, Qwotebook has been racking up an archive of interesting quotes - from history and from the present - as the site's earliest users stored interesting quotes from friends, from public figures, and random strangers who may have said something remembering. Tonight, and you can… Full Story »
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Accept Fan Breaks Twitter
Jatin Mahindra &bull May 10, 2010Lots of abusers were quick to take advantage of the exploit. Mashable's Adam Ostrow pointed out that Conan O'Brien, who famously only followed a single person, had his follower count changed to 14 (it's back to 1). Still, it is… Full Story »
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Mashable's Adam Ostrow Talks Twitter Ads on FOX Business
Mashable &bull Apr 14, 2010
This week's biggest social media news so far has been the launch of Twitter's ad platform. Now that Twitter's business model has been revealed, we can finally ask: will it actually turn Twitter into a cash cow? Yesterday, our Editor-in-Chief… Full Story »
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Yelp Makes Big Changes in Effort to End Extortion Claims (Adam Ostrow/Mashable!)
Techmeme &bull Apr 6, 2010
Discussion:PC World, Windows Phone Secrets, Gizmodo, All about Microsoft, CNET News, ITworld.com, FoneGrove, VentureBeat, Microsoft Watch, Yahoo! HP Slate to cost $549, have 1.6GHz Atom Z530, 5 hour battery? Well, well - what's this? We just got our hands on what looks like an internal HP Slate presentation given to cool down some of the iPad hype amongst HP… Full Story »
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Motorola Developing a Google Phone
Boxxet &bull Jan 28, 2010
Written by Adam Ostrow Reviews: Android, GoogleTags: android, Google, Motorola Motorola plans to launch a device with Google later this year that will be sold directly to consumers, the same strategy we saw with the Nexus One. Reviews: Android, Google… Full Story »
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Will Twitter Crumble Under the Apple Tablet's Weight?
Boxxet &bull Jan 27, 2010
Written by Adam Ostrow Of course, such issues are far from undocumented in the brief history of Twitter. It was a little more than two years ago that a Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld brought down Twitter, then in its… Full Story »
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Yelp Brings Location Check-in Data to Its Web Reviews
Boxxet &bull Jan 22, 2010
Written by Adam Ostrow Yelp also sees check-ins as being a “lightweight” way for people to participate in the site, according to mobile product manager Eric Singley. In other words, you no longer have to write reviews to participate in… Full Story »
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Seesmic Look Tries to Take Twitter to the Masses
Boxxet &bull Jan 21, 2010
Written by Adam Ostrow Reviews: Seesmic, TweetDeck, Twitter, WindowsTags: seesmic, social media, software, trending, twitter Twitter, Microsoft, and Hardware Makers Can Seesmic Take Twitter Mainstream? Tags: seesmic, social media, software, trending, twitter Original story at Mashable! . View our complete… Full Story »
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Mashable Holiday Party NYC 2009: 20 Tickets Left!
Mashable &bull Dec 3, 2009
Come join the Mashable crew including Adam Ostrow (Editor-in-Chief), Sharon Feder (Managing Editor), Adam Hirsch (COO), Tamar Weinberg (Community Manager), Matt Silverman (Associate Features Editor), Brenna Ehrlich (Editorial Assistant) and Brett Petersel (East Coast Director)... in addition to the New York tech and social media community for an intimate 150 person all-you-can-drink networking event at the Roger Smith Hotel ( @rshotel ). Limited tickets are now on sale through Eventbrite or below. Note: the event was exclusively launched to… Full Story »
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Stay Classy San Diego: Mashable's Got a Blogger for That
Boxxet &bull Nov 5, 2009
Written by Adam Ostrow A popular subject at Mashable has been how mainstream media is adapting to the world of social media. Our recent feature – 4 Ways News Organizations Are Using Twitter Lists – is a great example of… Full Story »
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#Hyatt4Good Mashable Tweetups Denver Tonight LA Tomorrow
NoBosh Business Tech News &bull Aug 7, 2009
Mashable’s #Hyatt4Good Tweetup Tour is on the road. Don’t miss us in Denver tonight and LA tomorrow! Following this week we’ll be in DC and then Boston. Each event is free or 100% donation to our Summer of Social Good charity fund benefiting Livestrong Oxfam America WWF and Humane Society. Please RSVP if you plan on attending.Also we’re proud to have local Ford Fiesta Movement agents at each event offering rides and… Full Story »
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Twitter Adds SMS Support for O2 Customers in the UK
Boxxet &bull Jul 28, 2009
Written by Adam Ostrow Both deals follow Twitter removing SMS for all UK users last year because the cost of providing the service was simply too excessive. Since then, Twitter has been on a business development binge, not only bringing… Full Story »
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Microsoft Office 2010 Puts Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on the Web
Boxxet &bull Jul 27, 2009
Written by Adam Ostrow Unfortunately, there isn’t anything to try out yet – Microsoft says that the new version of Office and its accompanying Web version won’t be available until the first half of next year. For now, the company… Full Story »
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Coming Soon: A New Twitter Homepage
Boxxet &bull Jul 24, 2009
Written by Adam Ostrow Twitter is now moving fast to address this problem. Last night, they launched “Twitter 101 for Business,” a getting started guide that discusses the very basics of Twitter in an especially thorough way. Next week, the… Full Story »






