Social Media Observatory

The Daily Show‘s “Old Man Stewart” has expressed again his opinion on kids and the media using the Internet. This time he’s covered nearly all of the bases: Twitter, Facebook, Google, Instagram and YouTube. Jon Stewart has previously expressed how he feels about broadcasters and politics in social media. In his most recent rant, he covers all of the social platforms — including newscasters pulling quotes from Twitter users with…

Do you love to shop for clothes, but worry what people will think of your sartorial choices? Now some real time fashion feedback has arrived in Brazil via Facebook. Retailer C&A has started a marketing push there that mar

In a remarkable video created specifically for Star Wars Day, talented vocalist Nick McCaig created this 90 track tribute to film composer John Williams and his iconic Star Wars theme. According to McCaig, he spent 300 hours of p

President Obama launched his 2012 pitch to voters with this 7-minute video that introduced a new slogan, “Forward.” The ad unveils what is likely the narrative of Obama’s reelection campaign: A president who was handed

The weekend flew by here at Mashable, where we encountered a variety of stories and topics. Taking those topics and creating features, reviews, roundups, videos and posts for you resulted in this burgeoning Mashable Weekend Recap. Missed

“Light painting” is a photographic technique that uses a light source and long exposure to create the effect of “painting” with light. As with other forms of animation, it can be used very creatively as it’s not li

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins who claimed to have played a big part in starting up Facebook and sued CEO Mark Zuckerberg for their share, have now become venture capitalists, announcing their new firm Friday morning on the C

It’s a play straight out of a video game, movie or dream: A college football running back catches a pass out of the backfield, sizes up an onrushing defender, front-flips over his head, then continues chugging on toward the endzone.

When is the last time you gave a complete stranger a compliment? What about a whole bunch of strangers? That’s what Timothy DeLaGhetto set out to do in California when he hooked a megaphone up to his car. His motive? “Ho

With the northern hemisphere of the good earth in the full bloom of spring, social media, tech and all things digital were blooming all weekend at the same time. Count the 49 ways with our Mashable Weekend Recap. While you were out enjoy