Good news for everyone out there who’s ever thought to themselves: “A 10-minute video of my cat eating ribs on the kitchen floor is just too short .” YouTube announced today that it has increased its upload limit from 10 minutes to 15 for non-partners. So get kitty lookin’ pretty and start rolling! So why add the extra five-spot now? Well, on the YouTube blog , the video-sharing site explains that it’s been beefing up its copyright protection tools of late, i.e

Another rad browser plugin called Google Alarm hit the Internets this week, which alerts you every time your personal info is sent to Google’s servers. How? Via notifications, a running tally of dangerous sites and, naturally, a super annoying, vuvuzela -like alarm

What do you get when you put a black rhino, a watermelon and Mashable in the same room? We didn’t know the answer either — at least until today.

Disney has officially acquired Playdom , the makers of popular social games like Social City and Sorority Life , for $563.2 million, with an additional $200 million that could be paid out based on performance.

Ahoy, social sailors! Hop aboard for another round of Internet catch up, courtesy of the good ship Mashable.

As widely expected, Facebook has announced that it has passed the 500 million member mark. In a blog post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg writes that, “I could have never imagined all of the ways people would use Facebook when we were getting started 6 years ago

Google is launching a new tool on Monday that lets anyone create an app for Android phones. Google App Inventor claims to enable non-coders to develop complete, working Android apps by connecting a series of “blocks.” Google has been testing App Inventor in schools for a year, reports The New York Times .

Apple ’s iPad is the little device that could. Any scepticism about Apple’s tablet technology was largely erased as the iPad took touchscreen technology to a larger, more robust high. We’ve tracked the iPad through its first months in public hands with a slew of features and resources

The Mashable team is hosting our U.S. Summer Tour stop in Seattle tonight with networking, an open bar and awesome prizes. We’re also excited to be joined by Rachel Sklar , who will be interviewing attendees on our Watchitoo live stream

Google is reportedly partnering with FarmVille and Mafia Wars game-maker Zynga to launch a hub where you’ll be able to play social online games. The source of the rumor is the tech blog TechCrunch , which claims to have confirmed the story with multiple sources.