If learning to code is one of your goals or New Year’s resolutions, then Code Year is a program for you. The initiative, provided by previously mentioned webapp Codecademy will email you free interactive programming lessons each week.
I use SoundHound on my iPhone now instead of Shazam. In my experiences, it has performed better than its competitor. Apparently many people out there in the world do as well as they have signed up 50 million users. If you want more on the story, or want to know more about Soundhound, you can read my source at TechCrunch.com by clicking on the heading above this paragraph.
![WATCH: Steve Jobss Biographer on 60 Minutes [VIDEO]](http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/125,jobs-sitting-360.jpg)
60 Minutes has posted its two-part interview with Walter Isaacson, the authorized biographer of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, which aired at 7 p.m. local time Sunday evening. We’ve embedded parts one and two below. You can also check out some of the highlights from the transcript here. …
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo shared some interesting stats about Twitter’s growth, including that it has more than 100 million active users and that signups via iOS device have tripled since the launch of iOS 5. Twitter has been on a roll in recent months. The company surpassed 200 million tweets…
California’s governor has chosen a day to dub as Steve Jobs Day: Oct. 16, the same date Apple will hold a memorial at Stanford University. In a tweet sent to his more than 1 million followers Friday night, Gov. Jerry Brown said, “This Sunday will be Steve Jobs Day in the State of California.” …
![From Brick to Slick: 38 Years of Cellphone Evolution [INFOGRAPHIC]](http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/125,cellphone-infographic.jpg)
Ah, the good old days, when cellphones were the size of bricks. Some were so big you had to carry a separate bag containing their electronic innards, and if you weren’t careful, you might end up with a dislocated shoulder by the end of the day. They generally weren’t called cellphones at all -…
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and longtime rival of Steve Jobs, has issued a statement expressing his sadness at the passing of Steve Jobs. In it, Gates describes their relationship as one of “colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives.” Gates’s fu…
Steve Jobs, chairman of the board of Apple and industry icon for decades, has died, according to the AP. Here is the statement from Apple: We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countle…
