In terms of brand recognition, it’s hard to top a huge live display billboard in Las Vegas . But Foursquare has managed to do it. As you can see above, they now have a massive, multi-level and multi-angle display practically screaming about the... 

Editor’s note : The following guest post is by Nikhyl Singhal , the co-founder and CEO of voice-application startup SayNow . Is it conceivable that one of our greatest inventions, the phone number, is about to face extinction? Just ask Mark Zuckerberg.... 

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. . If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here... 

The 2010 Mashable U.S. Summer Tour came to a triumphant close Wednesday at the Crystal Ballroom of Chicago’s Hyatt Regency hotel. Hundreds of guests from all over the Midwest joined us in the Windy City to cut loose, have a few drinks and put the... 

I’ve had a very full schedule recently. Last Sunday I was in Amsterdam. On Monday I was “on a boat” off the coast of Texas and then zipped over to Dubai to check out the Ritz-Carlton hotel. By Wednesday I was in New York visiting the... 

An interesting post just went up on the Twitter Engineering blog. Usually, that blog contains posts that are more interesting to developers working on Twitter’s platform. And this post is that as well, but it also states two much larger things.... 

Guest post by Cyan Banister… I’ve met a lot of engineers and entrepreneurs from Detroit and there’s an underlying vibe that resonates from all of them: a specific attitude or work ethic – possibly left over from the automotive... 

It’s rare that good news can come from a free service turning to a paid subscription service, but Hulu has done it. So far. That’s because Hulu’s new subscription service isn’t really the same as its popular free service–it’s... 

The recently unveiled Motorola Droid X will be coming a little too early for Android 2.2. It will, however, get the upgrade before the summer’s out. New rumors today indicate that the next Droid in the family will be launching right in time to... 

So, along with the Slingplayer Mobile app, there’s apparently some more tasty media happenings in store for the Android. Well known mobile television provider MobiTVhas announced development on an Android extension of their software. Currently...