Since Halloween weekend is currently in full swing (despite the snowy weather in the U.S. Northeast), we know many of you are probably busy modeling your costumes in front of your mirror in preparation for tonight’s festivities. Before you put your masks and wigs on, Mashable wants to share a roundup of the week’s special features with you.
From the Netflix downturn to the spooky Halloween tech-inspired pumpkins, this list has it all.
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- 9 Incredible Tech-Themed Halloween Costumes The year 2011 has never seen so many tech-inspired Halloween costumes. Homemade, assembled or bought, these costumes represent tech innovation and digital trends from the past and present.
- 13 Free Halloween Fonts We’ve found 13 fearsome fonts that will scare the spooks out of you!
- 10 Free Halloween Ecards [PICS] Celebrate your Halloween with these spooky Ecards!
- What Google+ Brand Pages Could Look Like [PICS] Mashable asked some ad agencies to imagine what Google+ brand pages could look like. Here are some examples.
- YouTube Cover Song Face-Off: Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” Each week, we pick a popular song, find 10 covers of it and ask you to vote for your favorite. This time, we chose Foster The People’s “Pumped Up Kicks.” Which one do you like best?
- Why Slacktivism Is Underrated Slacktivists take easy, social actions in support of a cause. However, they may be far more valuable than some claim.
- 5 Best Practices for Financial Institutions on Facebook Banks are not always known for their social media savvy, but these 5 examples show how a little Facebook outreach can go a long way for financial institutions.
- Social Consumers and the Science of Sharing [INFOGRAPHIC] This infographic analyzes the differences between high and low shares and various purchasing decisions.
- 8 Spooky Sets of Social Halloween Icons We’ve found eight great collections of social media icons that will add some spook to your site.
- 8 Amazing Social Media & Tech-Inspired Jack-o-Lanterns [PHOTOS] These social media and tech-inspired Jack-o-Lanterns were found to be the most inspired.
- How to Time Your Facebook Posts to Reach the Most Fans How frequently should you post to your Facebook page? Check out these tricks and metrics to help boost your social engagement on the world’s largest social network.
- Why Coldplay and Adele Aren’t Bringing New Albums to Spotify Coldplay and Adele have opted not to have their albums available on Spotify and other streaming music services. Could this be a new trend with established artists?
- Should the New Facebook Gestures Allow a Dislike Button? “Dislike” is on the no-no list of custom Facebook gestures developers will begin to explore with the new, improved social graph. But why?
- Schmap Releases Tool to Break Down the Demographics of Your Twitter Followers Know Your Twitter Followers is an automated freemium service that allows any individual, company or brand immediate access to acquire a demographic analysis of their Twitter followers.
- Is There Room for a Klout for Professionals? Klout no longer has that market to itself — here comes PROSkore, a sort of Klout for professionals.
- Siri, Seriously: 10 Ways We’re Really Using Apple’s Voice Assistant [POLL] How are you really using Siri in your everyday life? Let us know.
- Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS] It was a busy week in the gadget world, and I’ve boiled it all down into the top 10 most unusual, groundbreaking, futuristic and just-plain-weird gadgets I could find for you, all wrapped up right here in a easily digested package.
- 3 Neat iPhone Apps Designed to Entertain Here we’ve selected three iPhone applications for your weekend enjoyment and entertainment.
- Is Tech Too Damn Distracting? I’m a bad person. I simply do not pay attention the way I used to, and it’s all because of technology, which constantly distracts me. How about you? Shall we blame technology?
- 10 Retro Games for the Modern Mobile Retro has been reborn on iOS. Here are 10 throwback games you’ll love.
- Top 12 Mashable Infographics Because a picture is worth a thousand words.
- The Impact of the iPod On the tenth anniversary of the iPod, we analyze the unprecedented influence of Apple’s portable digital music player.
- The Evolution of the iPod [PICS] Join us on a look back through the last 10 years of the iPod.
- 11 Apps and Services for Sharing, Discovering and Organizing Music The digital music revolution might have started in the late 1990s, but in the last few years, the way we find, share and organize music has undergone major changes.
- The Evolution of the iPod [PICS] Mashable takes a look at the evolution of the iPod.
- So This Is How Nokia N9 Is Made [VIDEO] Video shows how the Nokia N9 is made.
- 5 Tech Breakthroughs Bringing Clean Water to the Developing World Take a look at these five inexpensive clean water technologies.
- Nokia Lumia 800: What You Need to Know Here are the details on the specs, form factor and special features on your Nokia Lumia 800 device.
- Top 10 iPhone Apps for Halloween These iPhone apps are a great way to get you into the Halloween spirit!
- How the U.S. Consumes Real-Time Entertainment Online [INFOGRAPHIC] Online entertainment as an all-streaming entertainment cornucopia is rapidly approaching. You might be surprised how quickly the transition is taking place.
- Steve Jobs, Human Being: 10 Quirky Details From the Bestselling Biography The past few days have felt like belonging a worldwide book club. So here are a few discussion points we’d like to bring up at the meeting.
- iPhone vs. Android: The Social App Activities That Set Users Apart [INFOGRAPHIC] Just how different are iPhone and Android owners when it comes to the social apps they use?
- Why Digital Medical Records Could Save Your Life The average patient sees 19 different doctors in his lifetime, and transferring paper records can be costly and dangerous. Cloud-based medical records are making doctors’ offices more efficient, one chart at a time.
- I Want My Siri TV: Is Apple Aiming to Make the Remote Obsolete? Could an Apple television be coming — and could it be controlled using Siri, the cutting-edge, intelligent agent baked into the iPhone 4S?
- How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates [INFOGRAPHIC] Social media monitoring service Reppler surveyed more than 300 hiring professionals to determine when and how job recruiters are screening job candidates on different social media sites.
- How to Provide Social Media Support to an Executive Some executives are very socially sophisticated, while others may require extra coaching. Learn how to help guide your execs’ social efforts.
- Meet Shelby, Your Personalized Channel For Web Video Shelby.tv collects content your friends share on your Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr feeds and makes it easy to view in one place.
- 3 Innovative Ways Non-Profits Are Leveraging Blogs Most non-profit websites have some blog components — posting updates, news, photos, videos, etc. — to keep their fans informed. We dug a little deeper and found unique ways non-profits are sharing content.
- 3 Ways Content and Commerce Are Colliding In Online Retail We’ve identified three sites that thoroughly integrate editorial content into an engaging and meaningful retail experience.
- 5 Ways Netflix Can Stop the Bleeding Some have called Netflix’s recent travails merely a blip in an otherwise successful run. Others think Netflix’s current decline (which has now lasted for months) is unstoppable. We at Mashable have ideas for the company’s quick recovery.
- 9 Sites That Measure Companies’ Social Responsibility Want to find out if the company you’re buying from is socially responsible? Check out these apps and websites that will make your research easier.
- Timeline: How Netflix Lost Two-Thirds of Its Value in 3 Months Here’s a look back at the events that contributed to Netflix’s sharp downturn.
- 4 Free Ways Your Startup Can Recruit Top Talent How does a new company find top talent before someone else does, and with as little cash as possible?
- 5 Ways Advertising Is Changing in a World of Non-Linear Media Five key ways advertisers and brands are changing it up.
- How Gamification Can Make News Sites More Engaging See how gamification is transforming online news into an engaging, social and fun activity.
- Startup Success: How 7 Top Angel Investors Do Business To help build your own investment strategy, first learn from the pros. We summarize the tactics of some of the most successful angel investors.
- Create & Publish a Web Page in Seconds with Pen.io What started as a fun weekend project back in February has literally become the quickest way to publish on the web. No joke.
- Beware the Digital Disruptors: They’re Coming for Your Industry Beware the Digital Disruptors: They’re Coming for Your Industry
- 5 Foundations Supporting Social Good Entrepreneurship We’ve highlighted five foundations on the web that are supporting social entrepreneurship and innovation.
- 6 Pro Tips for Marketing to Digital Natives Most 17 to 34-year-olds who came of age with the Internet don’t consume media and advertising the same way their parents did. If you want to reach them, you’ll need to note these key strategies.
- Snip.it Lets You Collect and Share Web Content That Matters to You [INVITES] Snip.it, a startup launching this week in private beta, helps you collect web content you want to save with your voice.
- 3 Tips for Improving Customer Engagement in SaaS Applications Correct interpretation of consumer actions is the basis for running a successful SaaS business. Here are three tips to improve customer engagement.
- Why Hasn’t Yahoo Been Acquired Yet? Despite the alleged intentions of its board, as well as rumored interest from Google and Microsoft, momentum for a potential acquisition of Yahoo has stalled.
- How Hotels and Travel Companies Are Nailing Social Media It might be scary to share all your online reviews, but some hotel and travel destinations have embraced social media chatter — good and bad — and seen surprising results.
- How Brands Can Maintain Loyalty Among Fickle Digital Consumers Find out how technology both eroded and reestablished brand loyalty in today’s consumer marketplace.
- 9 Ways Top Brands Use Social Media for Better Customer Service There’s a lot to be learned from how the big brands handle their customers on social media channels. These 9 examples should be part of your customer service playbook.
- 6 Great Alternatives to Netflix Are you one of the 800,000 subscribers who quit Netflix this year? Here are 6 alternatives that offer streaming movies, videos and TV shows.
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