Google is celebrating its 15th birthday Friday. To mark the occasion, the company has a special, interactive Doodle on the homepage, letting you break a star-shaped birthday pinata However, Google has added another birthday surprise to its search engine. Type "Google in 1998" into Google Search and you'll see how the site looked 15 years [...]
The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Shopular One-Liner Pitch: Shopular notifies users about deals at nearby retail stores based on their interests and current location. Why It's Taking Off: The startup is [...]
Major League Baseball is launching a major initiative to make attending games at stadiums a completely interactive experience for fans. Taking advantage of Apple's iBeacon indoor mapping, a new feature in iOS 7, the MLB plans to customize its At the Ballpark app for everyone that walks into any of its stadiums nationwide See also: [...]
Ready to build the next addicting mobile game? We've got some tips for you. The latest installment in our Ask a Dev series discusses ways developers can start designing games for iOS and Android platforms. See also: How Apple's New iPhones Will Change Mobile Gaming iOS architect Conrad Stoll explains that the framework you pick [...]
Bill Gates said that a convoluted login screen was a big design flaw for Windows, but he's not taking credit for it. The Microsoft co-founder revealed in a speech at a Harvard University fundraiser that forcing users to use the control-alt-delete key combination to log into their PCs was a mistake — one made by [...]