CRM Update – Apr 10 : 1:32 pm

Toshiba Excite Tablets

The Toshiba Excite 13 (bottom right), with a 13-inch screen, is the world’s biggest mass-market tablet, dwarfing its brothers in the newly christened Excite lineup, the Excite 10 (bottom left) and Excite 7.7 (top).Click here to view this gallery.Up till now tablets have generally been in two size classes: smaller models like the Kindle Fire whose screens measure 7 inches or less, and large-size models like the iPad that are in the 10-inch range…

Last week, Microsoft quietly released a public beta of Bing Desktop, a toolbar that brings Bing searches to your desktop (as long as it’s Windows 7, at least — the program isn’t available for earlier versions of Windows).
And if that’s not quite enough to interest you, then the program can also double as a wallpaper changer, with its option to download and use the daily Bing image.
Bing Desktop’s implementation seems a little odd, at first. The program runs all the time, for instance. That’s not unusual in itself (and it’s only using 7-8MB of RAM), but its icon wastes valuable real estate on your taskbar, rather than living in the system tray…

On the same day that President Obama is scheduled to speak about the topic at Florida Atlantic University, the White House has released a report on the so-called “Buffett Rule,” the proposition that households earning more than $1 million a year should not pay less than their fair share of federal income taxes.

According to the White House, “fair share” means no less than 30% of household income for those earning over $2 million. Households earning between $1-2 million would see an increased tax rate…

Have you ever dreamed of becoming one of the top blogs in your space?Are you wondering how some bloggers find success and why others struggle to survive?If so, keep reading as I reveal five tips and techniques that have helped large blogs (such as Social Media Examiner) grow into influential and widely read publications.First, Rethink What it Means to BlogWhen I started Social Media Examiner back in October 2009, I made the decision not to call our site a blog.Instead, I opted for the phrase online magazine…

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
The world of personal finance is slowly experiencing an Internet revolution, but many people still rely on the old brick-and-mortar shops for advice about investing, mortgages, retirement accounts and other complex financial processes.
Personal Capital, a California-based startup, is seeking to change all that by fusing the worlds of finance and technology…

Next month, Facebook will go public on NASDAQ in an IPO that could be worth as much as $5 billion. In light of the huge buzz surrounding the long-awaited IPO, an enormous concentration of news media attention has focused on the social networking giant regarding possible major announcements.
On Monday, a monumental announcement came when Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg confirmed his company’s pending acquisition of Instagram, the popular photo sharing service.
But eCommerce wasn’t a factor in the announcement…

According to researchers from an identity protection company, publicly available tax forms have potentially put hundreds of thousands of identities at risk, publishing 472,866 Social Security Numbers in a five-year span. Charities unnecessarily included the numbers in 990 forms, which are part of public record.

The figures come from Identity Finder, which sifted through nearly 3 million 990s from 2001 to 2006 to dig up SSNs from scholarship recipients, donors, trustees and others associated with the nonprofits…

A few days ago, I was walking around the George Eastman Mansion in Rochester, NY, blissfully unaware that Facebook was preparing to buy Instagram for $1 billon dollars. I loved the tour. Eastman and his company, Kodak, turned early photography, an incredibly a cumbersome and rarified process in the mid 1800s, into a portable, easy-to-repeat consumer obsession. Today, the obsession continues but largely without Kodak, which is now mired in bankruptcy. In its place is, I guess, Instagram, the $1 billion-dollar baby…

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories.
Facebook Acquires Instagram for $1 Billion
Reactions to yesterday’s news that Facebook plans to acquire Instagram for $1 billion are still piling up. While we hope that Facebook won’t ruin Instagram, we already dug out some alternatives to the popular photo sharing service…

If the coming centennial of the sinking of the RMS Titanic has got you feeling nostalgic, perhaps you might consider taking in the ultra-blockbuster 1997 version of the movie. In that case, Paramount wants to make sure you head to a theater to see the re-released 3D version. The movie is tough to find at home, and nearly cost-prohibitive if you can manage to dig up a copy.

As NPR reports, the movie isn’t available at iTunes, popular streaming services or many video rental stores that have somehow managed to stay open…

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