The Internet will need to see some ID, please. Online payment company Jumio has announced the launch of Netverify: an image recognition technology that allows merchants to remotely scan credit cards and IDs with a webcam or phone.

Tech evangelist, blogger, and author Robert Scoble will deliver the opening keynote at this year's AllFacebook Marketing Conference. How many times have you said “Just Google it” or “Facebook him to find out who he is"? Join us in San Francisco on June 28-29, and hear Robert Scoble discuss how the verbification of brands has gone mainstream. Early bird pricing is available for only $399 through March 14. Register today!

Atlassian, a global software company, has acquired HipChat, the hosted private chat service whose customers include Groupon, HubSpot, and WIRED. The terms of the sale were not disclosed, but the HipChat founders were told there would be beer.

Spotify‘s digital jukebox offers the most infectious listening experience since Pandora. In November, the music app that got its big break on Facebook launched a series of third-party apps of its own. Spotify’s director of platform, Sten Garmark, shared four that stood out among the rest:

Launched in August 2010, BranchOut connects employers and professionals through one of the Internet’s most personal networks: Facebook. Many people recoiled at the idea of keeping their resumes so close to their nightlife and baby pictures, but when I got an invitation from a friend this morning, I was curious.

Over the coming weeks YouTube is planning to roll out some pretty major changes to their video player. Rumors have been flying about a new player complete with thumbnail previews and storyboards, but now those rumors are about to become a reality. Here’s a sneak peak of what’s in store.

Walk into a Walgreens, pull out your mobile phone, check in to Foursquare and get 50% off an Arizone Ice Tea.  That’s the new experience being offered by a partnership between Walgreens and Foursquare, and it seems pretty attractive.  New uses of social media like this provide a win-win-win situation, where foursquare gets another check-in [...]

A new infographic from MDG Advertising takes a look at how social media played into fundraising in the 2008 elections and what we can expect on the political fundraising front in 2012.

Jamie Rosenberg, Google’s Director of Digital Content, recently posted on Google’s official blog about the new Google Play integrated service.  It allows you to store your books, movies, apps and games on the cloud, and then lets you access them from whatever Google device you desire.  This is a smart move that not only helps [...]

The Internet will need to see some ID, please. Online payment company Jumio has announced the launch of Netverify: an image recognition technology that allows merchants to remotely scan credit cards and IDs with a webcam or phone.

Image-based sites like Pinterest have recreated online the simple pleasure of cutting pictures out of magazines for inspiration. But even those who like to DIY sometimes feel the urge to b-u-y. If you like Lucky Magazine, you’ll love Fancy.

As the Election 2012 shenanigans get underway the usual influx of crazy political ads has begun flooding YouTube, but none sillier than the Senatorial campaign for Hank, a 9-year old Maine coon with a heart of gold and a passion for politics.