Watch this video with Anne Curry and Jim Cramer and then realize that the only safe investment you can make in the foreseeable future is in yourself! And that investment needs to be in something that is strong, viable, and eminent. The best place for your money is backing you right now [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jim Cramer: Take your money out of stocks if you need it in next 5 years",

Hakia recently announced an outreach to librarians and information professionals to help make its results even more credible. The company will be expanding its focus beyond the medical scope and wants the assistance of professionals to make sure that the next market it turns its focus on delivers results as trustworthy as its health results have been.Hakia has been around for a while, offering use

eBay just became an even stronger player when it comes to online payments and classifieds. The company has announced two acquisitions today: the first one is U.S.-based online payments business Bill Me Later for approximately $820 million in cash and approximately $125 million in outstanding options. The second acquisition is Denmark’s leading online classifieds site dba.dk, as well as vehic

If you’re a Google Docs user, you may have noticed that Google Spreadsheets’ menu has been a little inconsistent with the rest of the Docs suite. Now, Google decided to reorganize the interface a bit and give it a real menu. The menu now gives you the pretty standard “File, Edit, Format, Insert, Tools, Form, Help,” options which is the basic menu we’ve all grown accus

Here’s Mashable’s latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. Not on this list? Contact us and let’s establish a media partnership. October 6-7, 2008: The hands-on Aloha Social Media Summit will be in Boulder, Colorado, and 25 special people get to learn about social media strategy from pros such as Charlene Li, Peter Shankman, Om Malik, and Biz Stone

Rising gas prices have made mass transit an increasingly important mode of transportation. Though in the United States there isn’t a subway station every two feet. How do you find them? How do you know their schedules? When is your city going to finally get an updated public transit system? Here are 12 resources to help you answer these questions.What sites do you use to navigate your loc

CompanyLizzer20-Word DescriptionLizzer is the easiest way to add links and embed content on the Web.CEO’s PitchNeed to find interesting links and content for your blog, email, or site? Lizzer is a bookmarklet (and site) that makes it easy for anyone to find and insert links, images, and videos. Here’s how:1. Launch the bookmarklet2. Enter a term in the find links bar3. Identify and cho

Mashable is proud to announce The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards. The Mashable Open Web Awards is the only multilingual international online voting competition that covers major innovations in Web technology. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements in 26 categories. The firstOpen Web Awards achieved over 250,000 votes combined bet

Research in Motion plans to counter Apple (and Google) by launching its own app store – dubbed BlackBerry Application Center. Judging from the early screenshots and feature list from Crackberry.com, the store will be a mix of free applications – like Facebook for BlackBerry – and paid applications – like Telenav, the GPS driving directions app long offered with supporting BlackBerry devic

This is part of an ongoing series about government 2.0 written by Dr. Mark Drapeau. To view previous posts in the series click here.Abraham Lincoln once said, “With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.” These words are no less true today, over 150 years later. But now there are many new technologies and tools available that can be used to measure and influence