1. Feb Photo a Day Blogger @fatmumslim (4500+ followers) started the #febphotoaday trend on Twitter by creating a “photo challenge” where Twitter users share a picture on every day in February, displaying the subjects mentioned on this image… Tweet This Post

1. Hands Pinterest via Edris Kim.Click here to view this gallery.If you’re like us, you’re obsessed with Pinterest. You get excited when you find pictures you love and pin them to your online bulletin boards with a sense of pride that they are yours… Tweet This Post

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Companies that rely on a visual or photographic web presence often find it difficult to convey their media on Twitter… Tweet This Post

In a hard-hitting interview (sarcasm), I dug up some exclusive responses from Groundhog Day‘s world famous critter, Punxsutawney Phil. Twitter account @GroundhogPhil, which has 4,400 followers, reveals how he really feels about the Feb… Tweet This Post

The explosive growth of social media over the past four years has drastically changed how the Giants and Patriots market themselves and connect with fans compared to the two teams’ most recent Super Bowl trips… Tweet This Post

South Korea has detained a man for retweeting a message about the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il. 24-year-old Park Jeonggeun is being held by authorities for spreading the communist North Korean government’s Twitter message, “Long live Kim Jong-Il… Tweet This Post

In a new business-oriented social media site, Reuters (NYSE: TRI) aims to index “the most talked-about news, companies and influencers across the Web.” A better definition might be “what people are doing on Twitter… Tweet This Post

If we’ve learned anything from massive campaigning on the Internet recently, it’s that the Web has the power to get things done. The latest campaigning effort comes in support of Britney Spears, as many tweeted on Tuesday to let the pop superstar appear on popular TV show Modern Family… Tweet This Post

While we nerds may best remember LeVar Burton as a VISOR-clad Starfleet officer, he also spent much of the 80s and 90s instilling in children an appreciation for reading. In fact, Burton is still stuck to the idea of encouraging childhood literacy — he launched a new company called RRKidz this past September that’s currently [...]

The Florida primary is shaping up to be an important battleground in the war for the Republican presidential nomination, and it’s getting plenty of attention on social media. Mashable asked social media analysis company Fizziology to determine the sentiment around each of the remaining candidates and compare it to recent polling data… Tweet This Post

It remains to be seen whether all social networks can be profitable on advertising alone—and crucially what formats will work best alongside people’s communications with each other—but for now we are at least seeing some big growth in the space… Tweet This Post

“I really think 2012 is going to be the Twitter Election,” Dick Costolo said on stage at AllThingsD‘s media conference in Laguna Nigel, Calif., Monday evening. It was an unusually confident declaration from a CEO who has hitherto appeared remarkably modest in his communications… Tweet This Post