We R Interactive, a London-based online games publisher, has turned on the lights, and is on a mission to give birth to a “new generation of interactive and social games that allow players an unprecedented level of control, influence and engagement across multiple platforms”. The company is headed by former PlayStation and Eidos executive David [...]

While earlier today we had a quick hands-on with the 3DS, I’ve now had the chance to play a number of actual games. My verdict? It’s a clever, occasionally brilliant system. And no, you haven’t seen anything quite like it. More » Gizmodo: top

Fans of the Richter Scales’ work will love this, too. Last year investment banker Terence Kawaja had a music video produced (to the tune of American Pie) celebrating the death of old media. This year he turned things up a notch and went upbeat – lip syncing entrepreneurs singing a song called Tech Star – [...]

At first glance, Trazzler— a travel site that focuses on unique, local destinations— doesn’t seem like an obvious bet. With a handful of employees sprinkled across Florida, California, and Spain, it’s a small startup that operates in a highly competitive market. Its co-founder, Adam Rugel is well aware that it will never be able to [...]

Back in January, we noted that Loopt was sending around a deck to advertisers showing off a new product. The product was focused on check-in specials (the kind popularized by Foursquare) and was entirely built on top of Facebook’s social graph. Finally, nearly 6 months later, that app is here. Loopt Star is in some ways [...]

Location-based social service Loopt is launching a new mobile rewards game called Loopt Star. Loopt Star will let users check in to different locales to… Mashable!

Phoenix Sun’s power forward Amar’e Stoudemire has teamed with AtCost.com and Razorgator Tickets to turn his Facebook Page into a… Mashable!

Happy Star Wars Day! Today marks the 30th anniversary of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and in celebration, LucasArts and the folks from JibJab have teamed together to create funny customizable Star Wars videos. Similar to JibJab favorites like Elf Yourself, the Star Wars Starring You videos take your own photos (uploaded [...]

The Force is strong with JibJab. The humor site, which often puts together goofy animated adventures that you can customize with photos of your friends’ faces, has really outdone itself this time: in honor of the 30th anniversary of the release of The Empire Strikes Back, the site has gotten the rights to re-create the [...]

Here’s a little watercooler chat for your office: B.J. Novak — of TV’s The Office — will be hosting the 14th Annual Webby Awards on June 14 in New York City. The Webby Awards, which highlight excellence in web content, has become basically the Oscars of the Internet. Over the years, it has come to [...]