The great American road trip tradition gets a modern twist tomorrow with the kickoff of Ford’s social media-connected, cross-country journey. Two Ford Fiestas bedecked with a suite of custom-built online applications will depart from the University of Michigan in Ann…

With over 26,000 followers, West Hollywood’s Roxy Theatre is the most popular club on Twitter. Just short of half a decade earlier, however, the fortunes of the historic venue and many of its neighbors on LA’s infamous Sunset Strip were…

As the tweets pour in, Wordpress confirms that the Wordpress.com hosted service is down.The company is working on restoring the service as we speak. We’ll update this post with more news about the downtime as it comes in.Do you have…

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Each Friday we choose a Lunchtime Poll topic to get a sense of how Mashable readers feel about the chosen topic of the week. Below are the results from last Friday’s poll, where we asked your favorite blogging platform.Is your…

Happy Friday, folks! That means it’s time once again for the weekly Lunchtime Poll!Last time we asked about your favorite video sharing sites — be sure to check out the results of Mashable readers’ video sharing favorites to get caught…

It’s that time once again: time for another head-to-head in our weekly Faceoff series! Last week’s winner in the exciting Twitter vs. Facebook was Facebook, and this week we turn our attention to blogging platforms.Both have their die-hard fans. Both…

There’s no doubt about it: TV is getting way more social. A recent patent filed by IBM reveals that Big Blue wants to help it get even more social, by developing a remote control that will automatically blog and/or microblog…

Ford has generously offered to make a donation to Mashable’s Summer of Social Good Charity Fund. 50 of their Ford Fiesta Movement Agents will be donating $2 per retweet for this post up to 3,000 retweets.We’ve shown you simple…

You don’t have to subscribe to the cult of GTD, shave your head and donate all your possessions to David Allen to improve your blogging workflow. Even taking a small amount of time to add some new discoveries to your…

Nothing makes a blog post more eye-catching than a great header image, but not all publishers have artistic talent. And even accomplished digital creatives often crave some found material to start from or work with in a project. Luckily for…