How The Roxy Became the #1 Venue on Twitter [INTERVIEW]

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

With over 26,000 followers, West Hollywood’s Roxy Theatre is the most popular club on Twitter. Just short of half a decade earlier, however, the fortunes of the historic venue and many of its neighbors on LA’s infamous Sunset Strip were waning and in need of serious attitude adjustment.

We had… read more

8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography In Your Designs

March 11th, 2010
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These details give the designer total control, allowing them to create beautiful and consistent typography in their designs. While these details can be applied across different types of media, in this articles we’re going to focus on how to apply them to web design using CSS. Here are 8 simple… read more

Barnes & Noble to Launch E-Reader App for iPad

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

Continuing with a very source agnostic digital book strategy, Barnes & Noble has announced it will soon be offering an e-reader app for the Apple iPad.

The app will be designed specifically for the iPad’s tablet form factor, and will join B&N’s existing e-reader app family already available for Mac,… read more

Reporter Freaks Out on Air, Internet Laughs and Laughs [Randomly Viral]

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

Live TV can be tough, especially if you’re in a cranky mood. Case in point: WVLT TV Volunteer News reporter Gordon Boyd, whose on-air freak-out has gone viral this week.

Reporting from a courthouse in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, Boyd seems to be having a bit a trouble wrapping up a… read more

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GREEN: Weekend Photography Challenge

March 11th, 2010
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Digital Photography School

This weekend your photography challenge is in honor of St Patricks day (next Wednesday). It is to take a photo with the theme of ‘GREEN’ and to share it with our community.

Feel free to take any approach to the theme – it might be photographing something Green, or it could… read more

10 awesome graphic designers who will blow your mind

March 11th, 2010
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Francesco Mugnai

48 images of pure inspiration…check out these great artists!

Pedro Vilas-Boas

Rik Oostenbroek

Simon Page

Jonny Wan

Rhys Owens

Anton Repponen

Alberto Cerriteño

Vicente García Morillo

Yury Ustsinau

Elzo

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I’m OK, You’re OK: It’s cool to be an early iPad adopter

March 11th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

<pled under: iPad

Is it too early to think about pre-ordering an iPad? The WSJ’s Smart Money website looks at the options for early adopters, and comes to the surprising and novel conclusion that it costs more to buy early.

I’m not sure there’s a polite… read more

4 Fun and Crazy Chatroulette Videos

March 11th, 2010
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This is another one we already wrote about. The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart made fun of the mainstream media coverage of Chatroulette by taking a fake spin on it to chat with reporters like Katie Couric and Brian Williams. It’s funny — check it out.

Tags: chat, chatroulette, jon stewart, live… read more

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GDC 2010: Backflip Studios’ year in the App Store

March 11th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

<pan Farrior hosted a panel here on day two of the 2010 Game Developers' Conference here in San Francisco, and he told a room of press and developers about his last year in the App Store. He had attended last year's conference with a partner while considering starting up an… read more

Reuters to Journalists: Don’t Break News on Twitter

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

Last night, Reuters released their social media policy, which includes instructing journalists to avoid exposing bias online and tells them specifically not to “scoop the wire” by breaking stories on Twitter.

The strict instruction makes it clear that even though news continually breaks on Twitter first — especially in disaster… read more

Showcase of Double-Sided Business Cards

March 11th, 2010
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DesignM.ag

Business cards are a necessary marketing tool for any designer, and they also provide an opportunity for the designer to showcase some creativity and to make a lasting impression.

In this post we’ll feature 25 examples of double-sided business cards for your own inspiration. There are a lot of different approaches… read more

Pink Floyd Wins Legal Battle Against Single Track Downloads

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

A judge has taken Pink Floyd’s side in a court battle between the band and its label, EMI, and digital downloads are at stake. The band says its 11-year-old contract only permits EMI to sell complete albums, not individual tracks, but the label has been offering downloads of individual… read more

5 Can’t-Miss Usability Tips for Mobile Website Designs

March 11th, 2010
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5 Can’t-Miss Usability Tips for Mobile Website Designs

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More suggestions of multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0

March 11th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

9to5 Mac reports on a new line found deep within the latest iPhone SDK. Specifically, SpringBoard.js has a reference to a “multitasking dialog box” that did not appear in version 3.1.3 of the SDK; it seems that it’s new to version 3.2. Of course, there’s no assurance that this refers… read more

How to Troubleshoot A Slow loading Site and WordPress blog

March 11th, 2010
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How to Troubleshoot A Slow loading Site and WordPress blog

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Animation in Premiere

March 11th, 2010
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Practice adding animation to a video clip, adjusting position and scale, and do some experimenting with blend modes.

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Apple tops Consumer Reports’ tech support survey, second place not even close

March 11th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Consumer Reports asked 7,000 subscribers about their satisfaction with their computer companies across categories like problem solved, phone waits, phone staff and online support. Each answer was issued a point value, with a maximum of 100 points.

Among laptops, Apple scored 86 points. The second place finisher, Lenovo, accumulated… read more

Multitasking Headed to iPhone 4.0 [RUMOR]

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

With iPad preorders officially starting tomorrow, attention has shifted to iPhone 4.0 software and what features it might bring to both the iPad and future iPhone models.

Apple Insider is now adding fuel to the long-standing rumors that the next big update to Apple’s iPhone OS will feature support for… read more

Layers TV: Episode 128

March 11th, 2010
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Layers Magazine

RC talks about some of the new features in Lightroom3 Beta. Corey sits down Larry Becker to discuss the benefits of being a member of NAPP and dishes out a quick tip on creating star shapes in Adobe Illustrator.

You can download each episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes.

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Find Your Favorite Design Communities on Facebook

March 11th, 2010
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Find Your Favorite Design Communities on Facebook

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What Type of People Want iPads? [STATS]

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

If you’re a Facebooker who’s lusting after the Apple iPad (so much so that you’ve joined a Fan Page), then chances are you’re aged between 18 and 25 and have an interest in popular culture — or so says RapLeaf, a company that analyzes social media stats to draw… read more

25 Inspiring Fire Adverts

March 11th, 2010
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25 Inspiring Fire Adverts

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Mac Pro ‘hexacore’ Xeon Core i7 debutes Tuesday?

March 11th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Code-named “Gulftown” the 32nm, six-core i7-980X will be labeled as the i7x (”Extreme Edition”). It will be the first dual-socket, six-core processor from Intel. With 6 cores and 12 threads, a dual-configured, i7-980X Mac Pro will sport 12 physical cores and 24 logical cores with a top frequency of 3.33GHz.<br… read more

Web Entrepreneurship: Does the City You Live in Matter?

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

One of the most powerful aspects of social media and the web is the fact that it isn’t specific to any location. So long as you… read more

How to Be Corporate and Still Be Creative

March 11th, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

If you’re like me, you graduated from art school and had dreams of working as an art director at a small agency. You envisioned having your own office on the top floor of a loft with 30-foot ceilings.

Designers would play ping-pong below; people were allowed to drink… read more

21 Beautiful Creative Typographic Wallpapers

March 11th, 2010
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21 Beautiful Creative Typographic Wallpapers

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OpenGL 4.0 announced during GDC

March 11th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Mac OS X includes OpenGL, and the iPhone runs an embedded version of OpenGL called OpenGL ES. The mobile ES version remains in its 2.0 release and is expected to move to OpenGL ES 2.1 in the near future.

The updated OpenGL release includes enhanced shaders, better texture support,… read more

New Google Maps Mashup Exposes Chatroulette User Locations

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

You can now see Chatroulette users’ locations, thanks to a new Google Maps mashup that pinpoints where in the world people are signing in to the voyeuristic video-conferencing service.

The new Chatroulette Maps website presents markers of users’ IP addresses on a worldwide map, meaning less anonymity than users have… read more

Pro Bono and Free Services: Is It Possible To Give Too Much?

March 11th, 2010
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Pro Bono and Free Services: Is It Possible To Give Too Much?

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Real-Time Phone GPS Tracking with InstaMapper

March 11th, 2010
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Web App Storm

Have you ever taken a trip to see friends or family and during the trip you’re called several times being asked, “Hey, where are you at? Are you close?” Or maybe you’re taking a solo trip and you would like people to know your last recorded location in the event… read more

Review: Knights of Charlemagne card game is simply simple, and we like it like that

March 11th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

The clever 2006 card game Knights of Charlemagne has made it to the iPhone and iPod touch as a simple little number placing app [$1.99, iTunes link]. We don’t mean simple in that it’s easy to beat or uninteresting. We mean that the game is clearly designed and plays quickly…. read more

Conan Launches TeamCoco.com to Promote 30-City Comedy Tour

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

We now know how Conan O’Brien plans to leverage the huge swell of support he found online in the wake of being forced out at NBC: a nationwide comedy tour.

The comedian announced on his Twitter account this morning the launch of TeamCoco.com, where fans can buy tickets to one… read more

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GDC 2010: Canabalt postmortem

March 11th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

<pt kinds of games do you like?" Adam "Atomic" Saltsman asked of his panel audience at the Canabalt postmortem during the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco. "Role-playing" was yelled out, as was "puzzler," and eventually Saltsman picked "platformer" as the genre. Without another word, he quietly went to work… read more

The Twilight Saga: “Eclipse” Trailer Is Out [VIDEO]

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

OK, Twilight fans, brace yourself because the first trailer for the upcoming third installment of the saga — Eclipse — is now available for your viewing pleasure.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is based on Stephenie Meyer’s novel Eclipse, and should be airing on June 30, 2010. However, you can have… read more

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Garage Project by IdeaFixa

March 11th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

IdeaFixa is a super cool Brazilian project based on collaboration of visual artists to promote ideas, talents, initiatives and professionals for all the creative fields: Photography, Design, Arts, Illustration, animation, 3D and others. So, IdeaFixa and Inesplorato are launching a new project called Garage Project.
About the Project

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Inspiration: 31 Great Examples of Vintage Photography

March 11th, 2010
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Inspiration: 31 Great Examples of Vintage Photography

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Facebook Threatens to Sue Daily Mail Over Sex Predator Claims

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

According to the Guardian and Global Dashboard, Facebook has threatened to sue Daily Mail over an article which wrongfully claimed Facebook makes it easy for older sex predators to approach and seduce minors.

Daily Mail’s article, which can (in edited form) be found here, was written by a former police… read more

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Create Twitter-Style Dropdowns Using MooTools

March 11th, 2010
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One of Twitter’s stylish touches is the “Login” dropdown on their homepage. I’ve taken some time to duplicate that functionality with MooTools. read more

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How to Take the Perfect Headshot: Six Tips

March 11th, 2010
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Digital Photography School

Wikipedia defines a headshot as: “A head shot is a photographic technique where the focus of the photograph is a person’s face”.

It would seem to be a simple project for a photographer. After all, you are only worrying about a persons face, and just maybe part of their shoulders. Seriously,… read more

Amazing Design Freebies #3

March 11th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

There are thouasands of amazing freebies for Graphic Designers on the internet. We will hand select a collection of freebies from various websites that you can use in your designs every other week. They will include vectors, textures, brushes and more. Abduzeedo has you covered on getting you the very… read more

13 Colorful Spring Themes to Download

March 11th, 2010
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13 Colorful Spring Themes to Download

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Poynt for iPhone is a mixed bag

March 11th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Like some of the other iPhone search apps, you can enter the name of a business, and get a phone number, links to a website (if there is one), a mapped location, or directions. If you use the theater search, you’ll find nearby movie houses. You can also search by… read more

Create an Organic Spring Lettering Illustration – Vector Plus Tutorial

March 11th, 2010
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Vector Tuts

We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create organic lettering, with digitally drawn lettering, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. This tutorial covers all the techniques in creating this lettering illustration and gives advanced coloring… read more

45 Free High Quality Apple Wallpapers

March 11th, 2010
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YouTheDesigner

One of the most well-known multinational company in the world is Apple inc. It is a corporation that that designs and manufactures consumer electronics, computer software, and commercial servers. Among its best-known hardware products are the Macintosh computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Because of its… read more

WDL Premium: Scrolls Vector Pack

March 11th, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

Today we’re releasing another high quality vector pack for our WDL Premium Members from the talented people at Go Media.

These scrolls are very organic, and have that “old-world” style that you have been looking for. A lot of these were created by hand and leave room for you to type… read more

Showcase of 20 Mobile-Friendly Popular Design Blogs

March 11th, 2010
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Specky Boy

Roughly 3-4% of our readers view this site via a mobile device and that percentage is growing week-to-week. They aren’t very high percentages but it was certainly high enough to prompt me into action – I started considering a mobile version of this site.

Let me start by saying that I… read more

GDC 2010: How to develop an app with EA Mobile

March 11th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

<pthe first panel of day two here at the 2010 Game Developers Conference's iPhone gaming track, Oliver Miao of Centerscore Studios took the stage to talk about working on Surviving High School for the iPhone as a part of Electronic Arts' Mobile division. As Miao made clear early on, he's… read more

5 Ways to Regain Your Creative Joy

March 11th, 2010
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Freelanceswitch

One of the most difficult parts of freelancing is the tendency of the freelancer to eventually lose joy for the work. You may have come, like me, from a gig that paid well but didn’t fully capitalize on your talents. You decided to start working as a freelancer in order… read more

29 Premium-Like Free But Extremely Tremendous Portfolio Wordpress Themes

March 11th, 2010
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Smashing Apps

As you people already know about wordpress that it is one of most popular blogging service, so we are not going into its detail. It is so popular because of its highly useful plugins and readily available free themes that make blogging absolutely interesting and pleasing experience. For a web… read more

Forms On Mobile Devices: Modern Solutions

March 11th, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

Mobile forms tend to have significantly more constraints than their desktop cousins: screens are smaller; connections are slower; text entry is trickier; the list goes on. So, limiting the number of forms in your mobile applications and websites is generally a good idea. When you do want input from users… read more

5 Can’t-Miss Usability Tips for Mobile Website Designs

March 11th, 2010
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We’re going to cover a few simple, yet prominent steps to designing a much more effective interface and increasing the quality of a mobile websites usability. read more

44 Impressive Examples of Reflection Photography

March 11th, 2010
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Noupe

By Bhanu Ahluwalia

Reflection Photography can spice up an otherwise lifeless photo and turn it into amazing shots. And the good thing is that this kind of photography can be explored on easily available things like Glass, Water or any shiny and reflective surface. Reflection photography is an art because you… read more

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Take a Virtual Walk Through Hong Kong With Google Street View

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

If you’ve never been to Hong Kong, and you’ve heard legends about the busy streets of the city, you can now see how it looks for yourself without leaving your comfy chair, as Google has launched its Street View service for Hong Kong.

The huge city has been covered extremely… read more

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5 Copies of Delicious Library Up For Grabs

March 11th, 2010
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After reviewing Delicious Library earlier this week, I’m pleased to let you all know that we have five licences to give away to a handful of lucky readers!

Delicious Library is an app that will enable you to catalogue your books, music, software, toys, gadgets or video games. With barcode scanning,… read more

Brand Spankin’ New Google Chrome Extensions

March 11th, 2010
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There are twenty-three Google Chrome extensions and two themes to try out. The following extensions are no more than a few weeks old, and thus, it’s highly unlikely that you’ve seen them yet. read more

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Opera Mini 5 Beta Comes to Android

March 11th, 2010
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Mashable

Opera Mini 5 Beta was first introduced about 5 months ago, but owners of Android-based smartphones had to wait until now to get their hands on Opera’s nifty mobile browser.

This version is nearly identical to the Opera Mini 5 Beta for other handsets; biggest improvements are speed dial, tabbed… read more

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Revamped Foursquare for iPhone Hits the App Store

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

Last week, an App Store error got the latest version of Foursquare for the iPhone into a few users hands a little bit early.

That hiccup resulted in the app briefly disappearing from the App Store before finally returning early yesterday. Now the newly designed version of the app is… read more

Color Isn’t Always Better

March 10th, 2010
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Fuel Your Creativity

Do designers dream in Pantone with visions of rainbows in their heads? Color is a vital part of any graphic designer’s life – after all, they’re the ones paid to come up with pleasing color combinations that will sell a product. That’s why you often see a bold use of… read more

Share Your Latest Purchases With Scordit

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: Scordit

Quick Pitch: A social site where you… read more

Logo Design: Animals – Part 2

March 10th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

The Logo Design series is up and running! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new ways to sort these listings. Today, it’s all about animals. I gotta say that this is probably the listing with most matches ever…

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There are so many that we had to break it and… read more

HP attacks Apple iPad over Flash

March 10th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

<puring CES 2010, HP gave the public a slight tease of its upcoming slate device. The touchscreen device, which runs Windows 7, sports a form factor similar to Apple's iPad, as well as similar uses; it supports eBooks, music, videos, and of course, the Internet. But wait, there's more. According… read more

Gearing up for Photoshop World!

March 10th, 2010
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Layers Magazine

Hey everyone! Things are full speed ahead in getting ready to head out to Photoshop World March 24-26 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando! I’m pretty excited to be amongst some wonderful instructors to teach the latest and greatest in Photoshop and the web. One of… read more

The Truth About the Average Twitter User [STATS]

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

A new study from security firm Barracuda Labs provides some interesting insights into the state of the Twitterverse. Unfortunately for the microblogging startup, the stats say that most of its users aren’t very active.

The study looked at around 19 million Twitter accounts (PDF) in order to figure out… read more

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15 Famous Tech Titans Hit Forbes’ Billionaire List

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s billionaires and when it comes to technology, the list includes many of the same faces we see year after year.

After regaining the throne last year, Bill Gates has once again been displaced as the world’s richest man — this time… read more

Twitter’s Website Now Attaches Location to Tweets [PICS]

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

Twitter has just flipped the switch on geolocation within Twitter.com. Now at least some users can pull up location-based information from individual tweets on the microblogging website.

While attaching locations to tweets has been possible for several months now through third party apps, Twitter.com itself hasn’t done much geolocation… read more

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Sony Answers Wii Remote with PlayStation Move

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

Sony has named its forthcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller “PlayStation Move.” The controller is Sony’s answer to Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox 360 — a way to use motion to play video games instead of (or at least in addition to) buttons.

The controller was originally… read more

How To Organize Calendar, Tasks Manager, Address Book And Notes Modules The Easy Way

March 10th, 2010
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Smashing Apps

For the person who wants to use his/her computer as an interactive personal diary, there are many options available. There exist countless applications for each of the following tasks: organizing your calendar events, scheduling your tasks, recording your contacts, and taking down notes. Freeware programs available on the internet specialize… read more

Valve on Mac piques interest from other game developers

March 10th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Gas Powered Games, creator of Supreme Commander 2, Kings and Castles, and Dungeon Siege, has said of the Mac: “We, as a developer, will include a Mac platform option in all of our proposals moving forward. We’re in 100 percent support of it, absolutely.” Chris Taylor, founder of Gas Powered… read more

Top 10 Free WordPress Frameworks for Designers

March 10th, 2010
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These WP frameworks and pseudo-frameworks range from the gorgeous to the, well, plain, but all provide strong starting points for WP theme design, saving you time. read more

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Google Reader Play Transforms Feeds into Entertainment Experience

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

Google has just released an alternative player for Google Reader that gives those with a penchant for browsing news the ability to do so in an image-heavy, TV-like fashion.

Dubbed Google Reader Play, the new tool is an experimental Google Labs project that presents stories one by one — based… read more

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More Thoughts on Language and Coding for the Web

March 10th, 2010
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More Thoughts on Language and Coding for the Web

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Brizzly Launches a Guide to Twitter Trends and iPhone App

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

Web-based Twitter client Brizzly has three major developments to report: a new free iPhone app, a new Brizzly Guide (which gives trending topics on Twitter their own hub pages as permanent resources for information on the top Twitter discussion items over time), and the acquisition of WikiRank.

The Brizzly Guide… read more

Count The Beats: Inspiration… two apps for the musician on the move

March 10th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

This is what I found that worked well for me.

1. TonePad and TonePad Pro

The iTunes Store describes TonePad Pro as “…the easiest way to make music. Discover the inner musician in you. Create songs by simply touching.” And this is exactly what I found. With a… read more

Burnt Wood Text Effect – Photoshop Tutorial

March 10th, 2010
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Burnt Wood Text Effect – Photoshop Tutorial

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Google Apps Marketplace: 6 Great Apps to Try Now

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

Last night at its Campfire One event, Google officially launched the Google Apps Marketplace. The Google Apps Marketplace offers third-party developers and services a way to integrate directly with the Google Apps platform and sell that integration at whatever price point they choose. This is a huge win for… read more

Rock Out with PixieTea and Her Amazing iPhone Band [VIDEO]

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

Remember the Stanford iPhone Orchestra and their kick-ass musical stylings? Well, there’s a new smartphone virtuoso on the scene by the name of PixieTea who could become more synonymous with the word “telephone” than Lady Gaga herself. The Chinese artist created a video and song — mostly on an… read more

How to create a distinguishable textured web layout in Photoshop

March 10th, 2010
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How to create a distinguishable textured web layout in Photoshop

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GDC 2010: Call of Duty: World at War Zombies postmortem

March 10th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

<pell Clarke of Ideaworks Game Studio hosted a post-mortem report near the end of the first day of GDC 2010 about Call of Duty: World at War Zombies for the iPhone. The game was one of the first big brand hits on the App Store — it successfully brought a… read more

Google Fiber Sparks Online Competition Between Cities Nationwide

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

It seems like every city in America wants Google Fiber. And who can blame them? Ever since Google announced its plan last month to bring ultra-high speed Internet connections (as in, up to 100x faster than what most of the country has today) to between 50,000 and… read more

Daily Inspiration #453

March 10th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

17 Creative Bubblegum Ads From Around The World

March 10th, 2010
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17 Creative Bubblegum Ads From Around The World

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iPhone devsugar: Unit testing for iPhone view controllers

March 10th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

In response to these discussions, iPhone developer Jonah Williams has written up a view controller unit testing how-to over at the Carbon Five web blog. His write-up offers examples that show how to incorporate some best practices into your code.

Williams points out how broken NIB bindings are a… read more

SXSW 2010: The Complete Social Media Guide

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

This year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival is rapidly approaching. Beginning with the Interactive Media events on March 12th, Austin, Texas will be the place to connect with the brightest in tech and media and get the scoop on some exciting new ventures.

Whether you plan to physically attend… read more

Google and Facebook Sued for Mobile Patent Infringement

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

Facebook may have secured a patent for its news feed technology, and Google for location-based ads, but that doesn’t make the two companies immune to other patent challengers. In fact, both Google and Facebook are being sued by Winksite over mobile social networking technology.

The complaint, first reported by Bloomberg,… read more

GDC 2010: Interview with Street Fighter IV producer Takeshi Tazuka

March 10th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

<ptopped by the Capcom Fight Club party here at GDC 2010 last night, and in addition to playing the new game, we also got to talk to producer Takeshi Tazuka. Actually, we got to talk to his translator — Tazuka only speaks Japanese, and I only speak English, so the… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media Jobs

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to… read more

YouTube Wants You to Grill the FCC’s Chairman

March 10th, 2010
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Mashable

YouTube is pushing itself further into citizen journalism with an interview with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, and just as it has in the past, the world’s largest video portal is allowing its users to submit questions via CitizenTube.

The interview, which takes place right after the release of the National… read more

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MySpace Courts Gamers and Developers with New Platform

March 10th, 2010
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One of the many initiatives on MySpace’s upcoming roadmap is a renewed focus on the applications platform, most notably surrounding games. The company announced this morning at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco the launch of a new Games Gallery experience, a gaming-specific iPhone app, and a number… read more

MacHeist nano bundle adds Tweetie for final day

March 10th, 2010
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First, all the initial applications have been unlocked; both Tales of Monkey Island and RapidWeaver are fully present and accounted for. Second, there’s been a last-minute addition to the roster; Tweetie for Mac (normally $20 on its own) is now part of the bundle.

If you’re Macheisting this year,… read more

Photo Trekking: A Traveling Photographer’s Guide to Capturing Moments Around the World [Book Review]

March 10th, 2010
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Perhaps one of the best features of the widespread availability of digital cameras is the ability to capture our vacations and trips across the globe. Never has it been easier to photograph and share with our friends and family the unique cultures, monuments, people and wonders of the world we… read more

FarmVille Adds Facebook Credits Payment Option

March 10th, 2010
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The Facebook platform game FarmVille now supports the Facebook Credits virtual currency.

The popular online game uses two units of in-game currency: Farm Cash and Farm Coins. Previously, you could buy them with a credit card or PayPal. Now the game offers Facebook Credits as an option.

Facebook Credits are the… read more

Decorative Elements Pack – 33 Free Vectors, Brushes, and Images

March 10th, 2010
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Decorative Elements Pack – 33 Free Vectors, Brushes, and Images

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GDC 2010: Ngmoco justifies the freemium model

March 10th, 2010
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<popular as Ngmoco and its games are, whenever we seem to post about them, the subject of their business model seems to rise to the top again. While they have emerged as one of the iPhone's top original developers, they've also lost a lot of fans by sticking with a… read more

Video Games On-Demand from OnLive Arrive in June

March 10th, 2010
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Today at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, OnLive CEO Steve Perlman revealed a U.S. launch date of June 17 and a monthly price of $14.95 for his subscription-based, on-demand video game-streaming service.

We wrote about OnLive previously when it went into beta testing. You can think about the… read more

Lady Gaga and Rock Band Caught in a Bad Romance

March 10th, 2010
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The first Lady Gaga song pack for the Rock Band music video game is coming next week. It will include the songs “Bad Romance,” “Just Dance,” “Monster” and “Poker Face.” You’ll be able to buy each song for $2 or all of them for $6.99.

Yes, “Paparazzi” and “LoveGame” are… read more

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Round-up of awesome eroded & grunge style fonts

March 10th, 2010
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Round-up of awesome eroded & grunge style fonts

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15 Typographic Designs from Behance (that make you say ’schweet!’)

March 10th, 2010
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15 Typographic Designs from Behance (that make you say ’schweet!’)

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EyeTV Hybrid shrinks down, gains Win7 compatibility

March 10th, 2010
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<pame price, same features (mostly) but a sleek and slender new look: yesterday Elgato introduced the latest revamp of its EyeTV Hybrid USB tuner for high-definition digital television. The US$150 widget gives you the option of watching over-the-air digital television in full HD glory, and can also tune in unencrypted… read more

CNN Sees Facebook As Major Competitor

March 10th, 2010
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When it comes to competition, CNN president Jon Klein fears Facebook. The man at the top of the news network believes that the social network is more of a threat to his business than other broadcast media organizations.

In a recent question-and-answer session with BusinessWeek, Klein specifically states, “We want… read more