Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog , where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be a geek chic chick. Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes — lately, it seems like there’s a new natural disaster wreaking ..Read More

We’ve already brought you a how-to guide to get started with Spotify (read that first if you don’t know what it is), but now we’re delving a little deeper into the music streaming software with a look at some hints, tips and tricks that will help you get the most of the service. Have a read below to see ..Read More

We certainly wouldn’t advocate turning your office, cubicle or home office into some kind of over-the-top dork theme park, but a few witty items carefully placed here and there can brighten up the dullest work space with some geek chic. Having an office gives you the chance to display things you might not get away with (or indeed, want ..Read More

When Microsoft unveiled its plans for Windows Phone 7 Series last month, one part of Microsoft’s long-rumored mobile strategy was revealed. However, the second part, Project Pink — a rumored Windows Mobile/Zune mash-up with a heavy emphasis on social networking — wasn’t mentioned at all. Today Gizmodo is reporting that they have confirmation that Project Pink not only exists, ..Read More

For the moment, the valuations we have for private companies like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are based mostly on what we know from venture capital investments that have been made in the companies. SharesPost, however, is a company that lets owners of shares in private companies sell them to prospective buyers, and they’ve just released an index detailing valuations ..Read More

Comedy site Funny Or Die has brought together current and former stars of Saturday Night Live (plus Jim Carrey) to create a skit called “Presidential Reunion” that has racked up more than one million views in less than 24 hours. The skit features Fred Armisen, who currently plays Barack Obama on SNL, Will Ferrell bringing back his George W. ..Read More

This series is supported by Rackspace , the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here . We searched forums, blogs, and Twitter to find out which Firefox add-ons are most popular with web developers, and we came up with this top 10 list. Every plug-in on the list offers outstanding utility to developers who ..Read More

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. As a business owner, you know your product, service, market and customers. But sometimes one of the most challenging aspects of operating a business is employees. Not because the employees themselves are a challenge ..Read More

You know you’ve considered quitting Facebook in the past, except you couldn’t manage to stay off the site. Three years ago, when I really started to investigate the social networking phenomenon, only a handful of my friends were using Facebook.  Years later, after a successful appeal to users’ emotions and hopes for online social interactions, the tool has grown indispensable. ..Read More

The Android Market may still lag behind the iPhone App Store in terms of variety and quality, but there is something to be said for the Android operating system’s extremely tight integration with existing Google products, and the wide choice of devices and carriers. There’s no question that the iPhone has many wonderful apps, but Android’s smart syncing with ..Read More