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7 Spectacular Fireworks Shows on YouTube

Mashable  Jul 04 09

They sparkle, they shimmer, they explode, and they come out every 4th of July: fireworks! It’s the Independence Day holiday weekend here in the U.S., and the celebrations are about to begin.

But if you can’t wait for the fireworks spectacular, or if you just love fireworks and aren’t from the U.S., then lucky for you, there’s everybody’s favorite social media video website, YouTube, to help fill in the gaps. Partially because it’s a holiday weekend but mostly because we’re attracted to sparklers and pretty lights, we’ve gathered seven of our favorite July 4th YouTube fireworks videos. Full story...

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A New iPhone Worm is Here, And This Time it’s Malicious [WARNING]

Mashable  3 hours ago

A couple of weeks ago, the first iPhone worm appeared, spreading on jailbroken devices with the SSH application installed (vulnerability being the fact that many users haven’t changed the default root password).

Spotify Now Works on Symbian Smartphones

Mashable  6 hours ago

Spotify, the European music service that attracted attention by launching the first streaming music app for the iPhone, now has a version for Symbian smartphones.

Pearltrees Visualizes How You Organize the Web

Mashable  9 hours ago

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups.

Roku Adds Channel Store with Facebook, Flickr, Pandora, and More

Mashable  11 hours ago

Internet-enabled set-top box makers Roku (who we wrote about in our top 10 gadgets for social media addicts feature recently) have some welcome announcements today about 10 new, free content partners being added to the platform in an also new Roku Channel Store section.

Microsoft and News Corp in Discussions to Remove Newspaper Content from Google

Mashable  14 hours ago

Yes, really. Rupert Murdoch’s crusade to blame Google for the failing newspaper business model continues today, as it emerges that News Corp has conducted talks with Microsoft about de-indexing the company’s sites from Google and (presumably) being paid to include them in Bing instead.

American Music Awards Pre-Show Streaming Live on Facebook Now [AMAs]

Mashable  15 hours ago

For those who’d like to turn the American Music Awards into a more social experience, don’t forget that the pre-show is streaming live on Facebook today, with full integration of Facebook status updates.

AT&T Hits Back at Verizon with Another Luke Wilson Ad [VIDEO]

Mashable  15 hours ago

It all started with Verizon’s “There’s a map for that” ads that emphasized the poor 3G coverage provided by AT&T.

Depressed Woman Loses Health Benefits for Happy Pics on Facebook

Mashable  18 hours ago

A Canadian woman claims she has lost her health benefits after her insurance company used her Facebook pictures as evidence that she was no longer depressed.

Man Arrested for Not Tweeting?

Mashable  19 hours ago

In a bizarre case involving teen YouTube sensation Justin Bieber and a riotous crowd of his fans, a record exec from Island Def Jam Records was arrested Friday for, among other things, failing to Tweet when told to by authorities.

How Google Wave is Changing the News

Mashable  21 hours ago

It’s not too often that legacy media learns a new mass communication tool along with its audience.



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