Two social media heavyweights — Lady Gaga and Zynga — will partner for GagaVille, an offshoot of FarmVille. GagaVille, a uniquely designed neighboring farm to FarmVille, that sports unicorns and crystals, according to Zynga, launches May 17.GagaVille visitors will get a first listen to unreleased... 

This year’s NFL playoff season has seen a big winner in Wiz Khalifa, the rapper whose Steelers anthem “Black & Yellow” has now hit 24 million views on YouTube and has inspired knockoffs for the Jets, the Bears and the Packers. Khalifa, a Pittsburgh resident and Steelers fan, released “Black... 

Facebook profiles are like belly buttons: Everybody’s got one. Perhaps that statement’s still a bit of an exaggeration, but by the numbers, we (that is, Internet users around the globe) are becoming more obsessed with Facebook by the day. One out of every 13 Earthlings and three out of four Americans... 

Google.com Homepage for September 7th 2010 We’ve seen a great number of cool Google logos throughout the years, but today’s doodle, available on the U.S. version, (and a few other countires) of Google’s search engine, is one of the most intriguing yet. The logo is animated, and reacts to the... 

According to a report just relased by comScore, online video viewership has seen a bit of a shakeup due to relative newcomer Vevo. Launched in December 2009, the music/online video service is fed content from Sony, Universal and Abu Dhabi Media Company. Warner is also considering putting content on... 

AT&T has announced new data plans for mobile Internet and smartphone tethering. While the company claims the new plans will make “mobile Internet more affordable to more people,” there’s also a glaring downside to the new pricing — no unlimited data plan for iPad customers. AT&T now... 

Google’s operating system Chrome OS, originally announced in July 2009, will debut this fall. There are still many unknowns about the OS, but we know that it will be a free operating system based on the Chrome browser, targeted at netbooks and designed to work with web applications. “We are working... 

Confused about how to use Google Wave, the new Google product that combines messaging, wiki-like features and group collaboration into a single app? You’re not alone. Now Gina Trapani and Adam Pash have gone a step further, releasing The Complete Guide to Google Wave. The book, which is available for... 

If you’ve hopped over to Google.com this Halloween, you might have spotted the world’s favorite search engine has a special Halloween logo. Actually, it’s not just one logo: clicking on the Google (Google) image delivers a series of images related to Halloween candy.  Read More →

The iPhone 3.0 software update hit servers a few hours ago, and we (Lifehacker) spent our afternoon playing with every new feature we could find. Step inside for a look at our favorite new iPhone 3.0 features. The Goods Spotlight Search: Possibly the best feature from a productivity standpoint, just... 

We (Mashable) reported over the weekend that the Google vs. Bing battle was heating up, as we learned that Google has been researching and exploring what threat its new Microsoft competitor poses to its market dominance. Now, Google seems to have made a rather thinly veiled counter-attack in the renewed... 

One of this week’s most widely reported and talked about stories has been the appearance of Susan Boyle, a 47 year-old singer from Scotland, on the show Britain’s Got Talent. The performance – which surprised the show’s live audience, judges, and subsequently the world – has led to appearances... 

YouTube has recently updated their site to block videos that include: “an audio track that has not been authorized by all copyright holders.” So, basically this means anything YouTube or it’s affiliates deems copywritten cannot be uploaded, well they can – but without audio....