Ben Parr

Ben Parr is a respected technology journalist, web entrepreneur and aspiring world changer. He is best-known as the Editor-at-Large of Mashable, the world’s largest independent digital news website focused on social media and web technology. With more than 18 million readers and 45 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the leader in reviewing new websites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s hot on the web, and offering comprehensive resources for the digital space.

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It was done purposefully, because everyone had a different dumbphone model.

"A million tweets isn't cool. Do you know what's cool? A billion tweets."

No, they only announced they're having an event about the iPhone. No mention of an iPhone 5 anywhere.

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Thanks for killing that awkward comment silence. With 20 comments and counting, you’re a real conversation starter!

Based on our research, we think Facebook has tested similar features in the past, but this exact feature we think is new. Facebook is constantly rotating features though, so it can be tough to trac...

Good point. Hangouts is the only truly innovative thing G+ has going for it at the moment.

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You’ve shared your 10th story - Gesundheit! Or, as pandas like to say, “Muuuuuueehhhrrrrr.”

Thanks, fixed. Sometimes I write too fast for my own good!

Ben Parr started following stories about Google Plus
Google+, a social network operated by Google, Inc., launched on June 28th, 2011 with integrations across a number of Google products, including Buzz and Profiles. One key element of Google+ is a focus on targeted sharing within subsets of yo...

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Thanks for the comment. To set the record straight: the reason we decided to run this story was because we determined this event and this story was of high consequence and significant imp...

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