HOW TO: Gracefully Promote Yourself Online

Recently, my Stuff Hipsters Hate co-blogger and I received the following netiquette question from a relatively self-aware reader: “how do I get my music blog out there (as it is fairly new) and make it accessible to my friends…

How Independent Media Can Aid World Development [VIDEO]

An independent and well-supported media is an essential tool for developing nations, said the World Bank’s David Nelson and Internews’s Tara Susman-Peña on stage at Mashable and 92Y’s UN Week Digital Media Lounge Wednesday morning.

Get Your Fix of What’s Happening at Google in One Place

Are you obsessed with everything Google? Do you stalk the pages of Mashable just to be first on the latest Gmail update? Then you’re going to love Google New.

How Musicians Use Social Media to Inspire Activism [VIDEO]

A panel of musicians joined the UN Foundation’s Executive Director of Global Partnerships Elizabeth Gore to explore how musicians and other celebrities can use social media to drive support for social issues.

Online Banking Startup Think Finance Secures $90 Million Line of Credit

Think Finance is a Sequoia-backed startup that provides banking services to the underbanked and unbaked. The company has been around since 2001, but they’ve operated very much under the radar by design until now.…