The Socially Awkward

Next time you write an email subject line, think twice about the words you’re using. Loading your message with words such as “confirm,” “join,” “press,” or “invite” is not a good idea if you want a response, says data from Baydin, the makers of email plugin Boomerang. Baydin recently extrac…

As if monogrammed luggage and luxury garments weren’t enough, Louis Vuitton has since put their name on something a little sweeter. After discovering hundreds of thousands of bees and their functioning beehives on the rooftop of their Paris headquarters, who would the executives at Louis Vuitton be if they didn’t capitalize on the product? Two years later, Louis Vuitton presents La Belle Jardiniere, a honey the label says is “limited” in quantity. We can envision the designer honey going on back order already.

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Each weekend, Mashable handpicks a few startups that we think are building interesting, u…

At last: advertising you’ll be glad to see. Vitaminwater is highlighting its “energy-boosting” properties with bus shelters in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston with a 5-volt battery-powered USB port. Using the port, consumers can charge their phones, iPods and gaming devices. …

A new mobile app for iPhone and Android hopes to make it easy for people to share what they are eating, while rating what food is good — and what dishes to avoid. Nosh.me bills itself as a cross between Foursquare and Yelp. The idea behind the app is to allow people to share “what’s good here…

A count down of the top ads of the 20th century. A look at advertising genius that got us to open up the wallets and spend that coin.

Location-based service Foursquare is adding a new marketing component to its popular mobile apps. Soon, the startup will be incorporating daily deals from partners such as Groupon, LivingSocial, Gilt Groupe and others into its product. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Foursqua…