During Super Bowl 2012, during which our HQ favorite New York Giants barely beat the New England Patriots, a few of us got together to do a live blog with Madison Avenue advertising experts, at the same time inviting our astute commenters to join us in a chatfest about those crazy Super Bowl advertisements that made the game even more enjoyable.
Meanwhile, we found a boatload of great stories from all over the world, including excellent pics from Pinterest, an unusual batch of Top 10 Tech, and we even celebrated Facebook's eighth birthday. So join us for the Mashable Weekend Recap, where we'll catch you up on all those exciting stories and much more.
News & Opinion Essentials
Samsung’s “Thing Called Love” Ad: The Anti-Apple?
Super Bowl XLVI: The Ads [LIVE BLOG]
15 of the Most Popular Pictures on Pinterest
Giants Website Prematurely Reveals Super Bowl Winner [PIC]
Where Are the Women on Facebook’s Board of Directors? [VIDEO]
Player Cut on Super Bowl 2012 Eve Will Tweet During Game
Digital Divide: If You’re Reading This, You’re One of the Lucky Ones [INFOGRAPHIC]
Will Windows Phone 8 Launch Microsoft Back In the Game?
2012 Grammys Embrace Digital, Mobile and Social Media
Super Bowl 2012 By the Numbers
Facebook Turns 8, And Together We’ve Grown
New Study Claims iOS Apps Crash More Than Android Apps
Stylitics Is an Analytics Dashboard for Your Closet [INVITES]
Helpful Resources
How to Follow Super Bowl 2012 With Social Media
How to Recruit with Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
Top 7 Comments on Mashable This Week
5 Ways Social Media Could Be Hurting Your Job Search
4 Tools for Better Agency-Client Collaboration
35 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
Top 10 Google Chrome Plugins for Small Businesses
Super Bowl 2012: Everything You Need to Know About Watching It Online
Weekend Leisure
Turn Patriots Coach Bill Belichick into a Super Bowl Meme [CONTEST]
Super Bowl 2012: Tech Marches On [COMIC]
29 Meme-Inspired Movie Posters [PICS]