NBA Brings Twitter Handles to T-Shirts in Pro Sports First

So you’re a big Kevin Durant fan. You watch his games, you wear his jersey — but do you have his Twitter-handle T-shirt?

In what’s believed to be a pro sports first, the NBA this week began selling official T-shirts that feature some of the league’s biggest stars’ Twitter handles… read more

Top 5 Podcast Apps for Android

Google Listen

If you just want a solid podcast player then try Google Listen. The app integrates with… read more

Mashable Seeks Graphic Design Rock Star

Are you a graphic designer with a portfolio full of impressive, high-quality work? If so, you’re in the right place. Mashable is adding a key position to its design team in our New York headquarters.

We are looking for a motivated graphic designer with new-media experience to… read more

RIM Doesn’t Need BlackBerry 10 — It Needs a Time Machine

Research in Motion‘s latest quarter almost doesn’t need commentary. With revenues down 19% and posting its first loss in seven years, the company is clearly on the decline. The dismal financial news follows the revelation that BlackBerry phones were no longer the device of choice even in RIM’s home country… read more

7 Apps You Don’t Want To Miss [PICS]

Pair

If you’re in a long-distance relationship, then Pair is an app you need to own. The app creates… read more

Mobile Jobseeking is Going Mainstream [INFOGRAPHIC]

Have you checked your company’s mobile job offerings recently?

While there are many people already using mobile to find their dream jobs, don’t be misunderstood — using a smartphone to check out job boards isn’t just for early adopters or technophiles. In fact, it’s quickly becoming a mainstream method of finding… read more

‘Sand Flea’ Robot Jumps 30 Feet [VIDEO]

This flea is quite a bit more powerful than the ones on mangy mutts.

Robotics company Boston Dynamics created an 11-pound robot called the “Sand Flea” that can jump 30 feet in the air and is equipped with an infrared camera.

“The robot uses gyro stabilization to stay level… read more

Tax Day On the Way: The 4 Ways You Can Tax Your LLC

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

The Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a hot business structure for startups right now — and for good reason. It offers all the personal liability protection without… read more

Forget Google Instant: In the Future, Search Engines Will Read Your Habits

When Google launched Google Instant in 2010, it claimed that providing results as users type and removing the need to hit the “enter” key saved users two to five seconds per search.

Wolfram Alpha CEO Stephen Wolfram’s vision of what the word “Instant” could mean for search is a bit more… read more

Best of the Week #216

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Top 10 iPhone Word Games

1. Words With Friends

It’s an obvious choice for the list, and with good reason. The app features Scrabble-esque… read more

This Week in App News: 26 – 31 March 2012

This week has seen quite a few updates to popular Mac apps, such as iTunes and Safari as well as a sneak preview of some new upcoming Adobe software. As always, here’s Mac AppStorm’s weekly roundup of the goings-on in the world of Mac software.

Apple pushes updates for iTunes, Safari… read more

Shoptiques Lets You Shop Boutiques Like a Local

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.

Name: Shoptiques

Quick Pitch: Shop local boutiques online.

Genius Idea: Brings an offline industry online; lets you shop by… read more

Did This Guy Just Land the Coolest Job in Sports Social Media?

Meet Austin Schindel, sports fans. You’re going to wish you had his new job.

For the next year, he’ll travel around the country to some of the country’s funnest sporting events — starting with Major League Baseball games and the NFL and NBA drafts — to tweet his behind-the-scenes experiences… read more

YouTube Earth Hour Campaigns Dare You to Take Action for the Planet

YouTube is launching a new platform called “I Will If You Will” for Earth Hour 2012, which lets users challenge others to take an environmentally friendly action for the planet.

Earth Hour, now in its sixth year, encourages people to turn off their lights for 60 minutes one day a year…. read more

‘The Voice’ Now Lets You Vote on Facebook Timeline

Fans of NBC’s The Voice can now vote for their favorite contestants via a new app for Facebook Timeline.

Facebook Timeline users can begin voting for artists on The Voice on Monday, when the app will be released. Fans can also share their views with Facebook
friends, connect with others and… read more

Help Investigate ‘The Killing’ Online

As AMC gears up for season two of The Killing, the network has launched an online interactive case file so that fans can participate in figuring out who killed Rosie Larsen.

The Killing debuted last year; its story centers around the murder of teenager Rosie Larsen. Each episode encompasses 24 hours… read more

How to Enchant Your Audience With Social Media [VIDEO]

Guy Kawasaki is arguably one of the most recognized names in social media. He is a former Apple evangelist and currently a best-selling author, angel investor and entrepreneur.

Behind the Brand host Bryan Elliott talked with Kawasaki about his latest book Enchantment, in which he describes how businesses should… read more

Invoicebus: Invoicing Made Simple

Anyone doing business with clients should be familiar with the dreaded invoice. Though they signify that you’re going to be paid at some point in the near future, something you would think would be a a good thing, if you have to deal with quite a few of them on… read more

Twitter Limits TweetDeck Access After Security Fears [UPDATE]

Update: As of 9pm PST Friday, TweetDeck service has been restored. Twitter issued the following statement regarding the outage:

As soon as we learned about the issue today, we took TweetDeck down to diagnose the situation. We discovered a bug that caused a very small number of TweetDeck users to have… read more

Keith Olbermann Takes to Twitter After CurrentTV Departure

Keith Olbermann’s latest fallout with his employer is playing out all over social media. The news came out Friday afternoon that Olbermann has been replaced at Current TV by former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer. Olbermann tweeted his full statement before posting it to Twitlonger.

In an open letter to viewers… read more

7 Tools to Generate Your Random Mega Millions Numbers

Here’s a hypothetical situation: You’re offered a lot of money — say, $640 million, give or take — and you can do anything with it. Buy a mansion. Invest in Apple. Donate to charity (that’s first on your list, right?). Everything’s at your fingertips. There’s just one catch — you… read more

Groupon Revises 4Q Results Downward; Stock Falls 8.5%

Groupon on Friday cited an unexpected number of refunds in the latter part of 2011 for a surprise revision in its fourth quarter results. The announcement prompted an 8.5% drop in the company’s stock in after-hours trading.

The revisions cut Groupon’s previous 4Q revenue results by $14.3 million to $492.2 million… read more

‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ Has Earned $500,000 in 5 Years [VIDEOS]

That precocious Charlie is more than a finger-biter — he’s a moneymaker.

The family that created the most viewed amateur YouTube video ever — featuring a biting baby and his talkative older brother — has made a half-million dollars from ads surrounding that video.

Speaking to ABC’s Nightline, the boy’s… read more

Fake ID Users Beware: Face-Scanning Software Guesses Your Age [VIDEO]

Are the days of fake IDs over?

That may be so, thanks to new facial recognition software. Face.com API, used by photo apps, can now detect the ages and moods of individuals in pictures.

The API is most notably integrated in the Photo Finder and Photo Tagger Facebook… read more

RIM-sanity! Beyond the BlackBerry Bloodbath

In response to Research in Motion’s ugly quarterly earnings report, newly-minted CEO Thorsten Heins is shaking up the executive team.

Not only has Jim Ballsillie — RIM’s co-CEO until January — resigned from the board of directors, but the COO and CTO are gone too. The company continues to search… read more

Tweet to Win a Kindle!

Want to take a little more time away from your glaring computer monitor and read some books? Perhaps you want to spend less time at your business so you’ll have more time off this year? Sounds like our giveaway is exactly what you need.

A Kindle … and 5 Quote Roller… read more

Lightroom 4.1 Release Candidate is Up on Adobe Labs

I’ve heard from a few people having issues with Lightroom 4 so I figured I’d let you know that Adobe has a Release Candidate up on the Adobe Labs website. Here’s a link to the page that talks about fixes in the release candidate. Some of the fixes include:

• Lightroom 4… read more

Easily Import and Export Presets in Photoshop CS6

If you work on multiple machines or if you are planning to upgrade to Photoshop CS6, then you might dread the idea of transferring all your presets and settings to the new machine. Photoshop CS6, however makes this process really easy. In this episode of our Introduction to Photoshop CS6… read more

Angry Birds Space: To Pigfinity and Beyond

Angry Birds needs little introduction, it is without doubt one of the most popular games for iOS, Mac and Android platforms, with the total number of downloads exceeding 500 million. It is easy to play, fun and addicting. For those readers who aren’t familiar with the concept, you control a… read more

30 Bright & Energetic Logo Designs

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If you’ve ever had to give a logo a lively, energetic feel while working with, for instance, a juice bar or sports organization as a client, you know it can be difficult to pull it off with the inanimate logo. Energy is all about movement and animation…. read more

To Revamp or Not to Revamp?

I guess everybody can think of site revamps that went terribly wrong and of revamps that really improved a site. However, when you discuss somebody else’s site it is much easier than when you need to decide if your own site needs a revamp.

There are times when you… read more

Flow: One Solid FTP Client

When it comes to FTP clients, there are too many of them to count. You could go with FileZilla, since it’s free, but it’s really not the greatest solution out there since it lacks quite a few features that advanced users seek. Cyberduck, on the other hand, is another great… read more

Mashable Photo Challenge Results: What’s In Your Laptop Bag?

Mashable’s first weekly photo challenge is complete, and the photos are in. We asked you to show us What’s in Your Laptop Bag?

Photos were taken with a range of different devices — which is an important aspect of our weekly challenge. Whether your camera of choice is a $3,000 DSLR or an… read more

Online Tools Reveals How Politicians Will Affect Your Wallet

Five different candidates for president means five very different economic plans. But whose would really benefit you?

You can find out with Politify, a new online tool that encourages users to “rethink democracy.”

Politify is simple: Enter your income, martial status, age, ZIP code, number of children and students in your… read more

‘Wonders of the Universe’ Lets You Explore Space On Your iPad

HarperCollins released a new iPad app Thursday that will set you off on a 3D exploration through space using high-resolution visuals specifically optimized for the new iPad’s Retina display.

Called Wonders of the Universe, the iPad application incorporates 210 full-color articles, hundreds of photos and two and a half hours of… read more

Apple Employees Like Tim Cook a Little Better than Steve Jobs

The late Steve Jobs may be as venerated within the company he founded as he is outside it. But that doesn’t mean his successor is suffering by comparison.

In fact, according to anonymous employee posts on the employer reviews website Glassdoor, Cook has the highest approval rating of any CEO… read more

Publish What You Learn

I don’t think anyone can deny that the Web has changed the way people teach, learn, and do research. Of course, this doesn’t mean that everything we read online is true and accurate—far from it. But I believe that through honest discussion and objective collaboration, accurate and useful information is… read more

Twitter Scam Targets ‘Draw Something’ Lovers [VIDEO]

A new scam has surfaced on Twitter that targets Draw Something players. Setting its sites on people who have tweeted about the game, the scam sends the tweeter a message claiming that he or she has won a prize.

A URL on the message sends “recipients” to drawsomethingwinner.com where… read more

‘American Idol’ Curve Ball Gets Lukewarm Reaction From Social TV Fans

American Idol‘s attempt to mix things up — by having the final 9 singers sing as trios in addition to their individual performances — fell flat Wednesday night among users of Peel’s Idol Interactive Experience, a second-screen engagement platform that lets viewers “cheer” or “boo” contestants and judges in… read more

Apple Supplier Foxconn’s Violations: How It Plans To Solve Them

Corporate public relations rule numero uno: When a scandal occurs, admit you were wrong and say you’re sorry. Apple is doing just that with the help of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), which released its audit of Apple’s factories in China on Thursday. Apple and the FLA pledged to amend… read more

Squillions of Photography Links for True Photography Lovers

Another truly incredible week in the world of photography passes us by, and Toad Hollow Photography has been busy compiling a list of the best tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone.  This weeks list contains some really great works by some really gifted photographers and artists,… read more

RIM to Refocus on Enterprise, Will No Longer Try to Be ‘Everybody’s Darling’

It’s tough times for Research in Motion. That was the clear message from RIM’s newbie CEO, Thorsten Heins, during a call about quarterly company earnings Thursday afternoon.

Not only are revenues down — $4.2 billion from $5.2 billion last quarter — but former co-CEO Jim Balsille has now officially left the… read more

10 Ways to Humanize Your Brand On Social Media

Joe Chernov is the VP of Content Marketing for Eloqua. He is responsible for creating, distributing and measuring content that increases awareness and drives demand.

Marketers are suckers for a catch phrase, from “join the conversation” to “think like a publisher.” Now, thanks largely to Facebook Timeline for brand pages, the… read more

Shipping Receipts Hint at New iPad Sales Trends

Apple isn’t one to elaborate on sales of its new products, but a startup called Slice that handles online shopping data has captured an interesting snapshot of new iPad sales nonetheless.

New iPad buyers, according to this snapshot, have so far been most likely to opt for the classic black model… read more

Swole.me: Simple Automatic Diet Planning

In this day and age, everyone knows how hard it is to maintain a balanced diet and keep up with exercise. With fast food, donut shops, and frozen dinners tempting us at around every corner, it’s no wonder! Luckily, for those of us who’ve decided to put our foot down… read more

Apple’s Auditor Finds ‘Significant Issues’ at Foxconn Factories

The organization hired to audit Apple’s factories in China released its report on Thursday stating it found “significant issues with working conditions at three factories in China operated by Apple’s major supplier Foxconn.”

The Fair Labor Association (FLA) said its nearly month-long investigation uncovered overworked employees, health and safety problems,… read more

Ryan Seacrest Sketches Lady Gaga in ‘Draw Something’ [PIC]

Radio and TV host Ryan Seacrest is a man of many talents. Now he apparently can add Draw Something illustrator to his impressive résumé after drawing Lady Gaga using the popular mobile game.

Seacrest posted his creation of the pop megastar Thursday on Facebook, where it gained 3,000 Likes… read more

Mashable Connect Agenda: 15 Exciting Sessions to Learn From

Mashable’s largest conference, Mashable Connect, is returning to Orlando, FL from May 3-5, and this year we’ll bring together the brightest minds to discuss key trends on the horizon and what digital professionals are thinking for the future.

We’re excited to announce the Mashable Connect 2012 agenda. This year’s lineup of… read more

Video Inspiration #62

Video Inspiration is a weekly(ish) post where we either feature a specific artist or show a sort of “best of” list of videos we’ve discovered during the week. Everything here may not be brand new, but we felt it worth sharing with the community. If you have good… read more

iPhone 4 Owners, Get Your $15 ‘Antennagate’ Settlement [VIDEO]

If you’re an iPhone 4 owner who didn’t receive a free bumper case from Apple during “Antennagate,” you can now get $15 from the company as compensation.

When gripped a certain way, the AT&T version of the iPhone 4 can potentially reduce the phone signal down to nothing.

The… read more

Fujifilm X-Pro1 Review

When I first heard about this little number I was sceptical: Why? Whaffor? What’s doing?

Then, when I actually held the magnesium alloy bodied, mirrorless interchangeable lens camera in my sweaty palms at a spiffy harbourside press preview, the penny finally dropped.

It comes at a time when some camera companies are… read more

Clorox Smells a Winner with Bacon-Scented Cat Litter [VIDEOS]

Everybody loves the smell of bacon, right? And everyone hates the odor of kitty litter. So, Clorox put two and two together — and got bacon-scented Fresh Step.

As this video demonstrates, the local news is already on to this story. Moira Langford, Fresh Step’s VP of consumer… read more

Microsoft: Metro’s Not Just an Interface, It’s a Philosophy

Long-time Microsoft watchers like me are marveling at the company’s transformation. Slowly but surely, the siloed behemoth that once couldn’t get its desktop and mobile operating system teams to talk to each other is now starting to glide forward as one vast entity. The most visible refection of this sea… read more

50 Fresh Icon Sets For Developers And Designers

Icon sets although are very small design elements but hold great importance when it comes to overall design. Having a high quality collection of icon sets come in handy at the time of need. This is the reason why designers believe that having a freebie collection of icon sets is… read more

Facebook Applications: How to Use Default and Custom Applications for Business Pages

Facebook Applications: How to Use Default and Custom Applications for Business Pages

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Showcase of Websites Inspired by Apple

Showcase of Websites Inspired by Apple

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The Global Impact of the Internet: What Would You Give up to Keep it Around?

By 2016, there will be three billion Internet users across the globe, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group. That’s half the world’s population!

The study focused on Internet use by consumers and businesses in the G20 countries, which includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the EU,… read more

Get Your Worm on With Ironworm

What happens when you put together a worm, a heavy metal frontman and a good old fashioned mace? The newest game from 10tons, apparently. Ironworm is a 2D platformer in which you must swing your mace to smash insects and complete levels.

From the graphics and storyline to the main character,… read more

Make Employee Reviews Quick and Useful with 15Five

You’ve got the perfect idea for a business, and are excited about building a product that your customers will love. You work nights and weekends, feverishly, trying to turn your dream into reality. It’s too big of a project for you to do on your own, so you start hiring… read more

Into the Light: A Collection of Light Fixed Photomanipulations

With so many talented artists working in the photomanipulation arena, the internet is positively teeming with amazing works. Some artists decide to opt for darker, more macabre imagery and pieces, while others tend to turn towards the light. Weilding this element with authority and oh, so much talent to bring… read more

Activist Group Says Apple Hired Auditors As PR Move [REPORT]

Activist group SumOfUs is preemptively contesting the validity of an audit by the Fair Labor Association (FLA), saying Apple’s hiring of the organization is simply a public relations front.

Expect the audit, which will be released this week, to be critical of the factories, but as far as making impactful… read more

Is Kickstarter the Future for Tech Hardware Entrepreneurs?

Lance Parker is building something he says will bring a new level of convenience and security to on-the-go computing — and he’s funding the project through Kickstarter.

His product is called Compude, a tiny device that allows users to take a data-locked version of their personal computers’ contents with them,… read more

10 Classic Gadgets Upcycled Into Fashion Accessories

1. Floppy Disk Bag

Whether you use it as a lunch box, a purse or a knapsack, this floppy… read more

Examples of iPhone iOS UITabBar Interfaces

Examples of iPhone iOS UITabBar Interfaces

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Korrio: Safe Web Tool Helps Parents Manage Kids’ Sports Teams

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.

Name: Korrio

Quick Pitch: An all-in-one planning and organizing solution for parents or coaches of youth athletes

Genius… read more

Oh iMac, Where Are You?

If you take a look at the Buyers Guide on MacRumors, you’ll notice that the iMac has been lying dormant for just under a year (since May 2011 to be precise), the longest period of silence since before 2008. The site recommends that any potential iMac buyers hold off for… read more

Wind Map of the U.S. Will Blow You Away

Ever wondered what the wind would look like if you could see it in action from above? You’re about to find out.

A new project posted online Wednesday by a pair of Google computer scientists, called simply Wind Map, has to be clicked on to be believed.

The wind information, updated… read more

10 Tips for Raising Money on Kickstarter

Rusel DeMaria is the author of more than 60 books, and currently runs the High Score 3 Kickstarter project. Follow him on Twitter @DeMaria.

Double Fine, the game developer, raised $3.3 million for its adventure game, Double Fine Adventures. InXile, a game development company, made $500,000 in 17 hours for its… read more

Twitter War Heats Up Over Health Care Law

While the United States Supreme Court forbids tweeting from its courtroom, thousands of people elsewhere have taken to Twitter to talk about the legal battle surrounding the Affordable Care Act, including top Republicans and Democrats. The two parties are now engaged in an all-out digital war to get more support… read more

Beyond Likes: How Google and Adobe Aim to Measure Your True Social ROI

Measuring marketing spending used to be pretty easy, at least in theory: You’d run a big ad campaign and then see if your sales rose. If they did, great. If not, then you wasted your money.

Social media has muddied the waters. A campaign may not do much for sales, but… read more

How to Fake Motion Tracking in Time-lapse Photography on a Mac

Most of us have seen those fantastic time-lapse sequences doing the rounds of the internet at the moment. The really high end ones introduce motion tracking to the scene, making the video’s even more compelling. For most of us however, purchasing and carrying around a motion tracking rig is a… read more

Turn Your Tweets Into Toilet Paper — for $35 a Pack [VIDEO]

Last year Bill Gates announced plans to revolutionize the toilet. Now one startup is attempting to revolutionize toilet paper -– by putting tweets on it.

The service, called Shitter, will take one or more feeds from your Twitter account and print those tweets on toilet paper you can then display… read more

Facebook to Halt Trading of Shares in Secondary Market This Week [REPORT]

Facebook will halt trading of its shares in secondary markets by the beginning of April, according to a report.

Citing unnamed sources, Bloomberg reports that Facebook representatives told firms participating in trades in such markets to stop trading this week.

Facebook reps declined comment on the report.

The social networking giant filed… read more

The Future of Funny: How Old and New Media Collaborate on Comedy

Comedy has undergone a transformation over the past few years thanks to digital and social media. From standup comedians breaking out on Twitter to television networks adapting to new viewer habits — there’s a blending of old and new media that’s thrown all the old rules of production and talent… read more

Trayvon Martin Petition Is Fastest-Growing in Change.org History

The Change.org petition created by Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton calling for the prosecution of their son Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, has become the fastest-growing campaign in the site’s history.

The petition called “Prosecute the killer of our son, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin,” has gained over 2.1 million signatures since its… read more

Facebook Friended by a Pervert? This App Lets You Know

So you get home from the gym to find a Facebook friend request from that cute guy you were flirting with by the elliptical machines. He’s nice, he’s charming, but something about him seems a little bit … creepy. How do you know he’s not a sex offender?

Well, now there’s… read more

10 Best Camera iPhone Applications

10 Best Camera iPhone Applications

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Justin Bieber Gets Hacked, #Biebermyballs Goes Viral [VIDEO]

Justin Bieber is the latest celebrity to have his Twitter account hijacked, joining a long list of previous hacked victims from Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears to President Obama.

A hacker accessed Bieber’s Twitter account early on Wednesday morning and began to unfollow and block some of the pop… read more

Twitter Admits ‘Unfollow Bug’ Exists [VIDEO]

Having some trouble with Twitter lately? The company has recently confirmed a “follow bug” that causes some users to automatically stop receiving updates from the feeds they follow.

The admission first came from a Twitter spokesperson speaking to The Telegraph. “This is a bug, and our team is working to… read more

Half of U.S. Households Own at Least One Apple Product [SURVEY]

Apple has taken firm root in America. Just over half of all households in the country own at least one Apple product, a new survey says, showing just how far the reach of the company has come in the last decade.

At the turn of the 21st century, Apple was in… read more

How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls of Mobile App Development

The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits, a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

Mobile development has come a long way in the past few years…. read more

Quick Look: Beetil Service Management

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review!

In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting Beetil Service Management. The developer describes Beetil Service Management as an app that simplifies IT… read more

Martha Stewart Sets Up House in Zynga Facebook Game CastleVille

Martha Stewart is setting up house on Facebook.

From now until mid-April, players of Facebook game CastleVille will be able to interact with a virtual (and much younger-looking) caricature of the American entrepreneur, TV personality and author through a partnership between Martha Stewart’s company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and online gamemaker… read more

SleepTime Uses Your iPhone To Track Your Snooze [INVITES]

Sure you sleep at night, but are you really getting a good night’s sleep?

A new app launching today, SleepTime, works as both an intelligent alarm clock and sleep analysis solution to analyze your latest snooze and make sure you’re getting most out your time between the sheets.

Placed beside you… read more

Fuze Wants You to View Your Next Meeting in HD

FuzeMeeting has updated its video conferencing software, now optimizing the experience for the new iPad’s retina display, A5X chipset, 1080p camera and 4G data.

FuzeBox customers currently host more than 76,000 online meetings per day, in 122 countries and in 10 different languages. The company’s new iPad app allows people to… read more

Give Your Website Soul With Emotionally Intelligent Interactions

What is it that makes us loyal fans of the websites and apps we love? When we sat down to answer this question for ourselves, we found that the websites and apps we truly love have one thing in common: soul. They’re humanized. They have emotional intelligence designed into the… read more

10 Personal Finance Apps to Help You Manage Your Money

Freelancers are often frustrated by fluctuating income. And when you don’t have the luxury of getting regular paychecks, there is the tendency to make money mistakes. But you can avoid overspending and make better use of your money by practicing good money management.

Reaching your financial goals doesn’t mean… read more

Read Your DRM-free eBooks Anywhere With Booki.sh

I’ve started noticing an odd trend: DRM used to bug me to death, but it hasn’t seemed nearly as frustrating lately. I’ve never purchased music with DRM, choosing instead to rip CDs (that I’d legally bought) until iTunes quit DRM-locking their songs. But then it has increasingly become apparant that… read more

Managing Your Company Sales Online with Square

Centuries ago, you might have traded a load of wood for some grain you needed. Paper money and coins solved that hassle, and for years, receiving payments was as simple as exchanging money. Then, credit cards came, and messed it all up again. Now it was expensive and difficult to… read more

30 Ways Your Business Should Leverage Social Media This Year

Social media is big in business circles and every business is scrambling to implement social media strategies to take advantage of this new opportunity. If your business is not already on the social media bandwagon, you still have time to create a social media strategy and start getting social.

Here is… read more

WordPress Wallpapers: Show Your Love for Design & WordPress

At Envato, we love WordPress. In fact, we love it so much that the entire Tuts+ network and the majority of our blogs run on heavily customized WordPress installations. We want to share that love with the wider WordPress community by creating a gallery site full of beautiful and free… read more

5 Outliner Apps for Mac Compared

Have you ever worked on a larger project and at some point wished that instead of a giant box of notes you had some shorter, more accessible overview of the entire thing? The run-down of a lecture series, the step-by-step process of realizing a website overhaul, the hierarchical overview of… read more

45 Logos Inspired by Famous Proverbs

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Proverbs are often metaphorical expressions, most of which are well known by all of us, and are pithy ways to express truths in a way that is memorable to enable that wisdom to be passed on.

In this article, we look at remarkable logo designs through the lens… read more

Design Trends: The Present, The Future, and You

Whether you agree with them or not, design trends can teach us important lessons on what works and what doesn’t for users. They’re popular for a reason. The true value of a trend, however, lies in its longevity. If you can identify trends that have the potential to… read more

Bring a Vintage Feel to Your Pictures with Instant

You’re surely no newcomer to the fad of vintage photography, led most notably by the iOS app Instagram. I’m a big fan of the app and the ease with which it lets you share cool looking pictures to all of your social networks in a matter of seconds. However, the… read more

Google Now Accepting Student Applications For Its 2012 Summer of Code

Google has officially opened registration for this year’s Summer of Code. Started in 2005, the program offers paid internships for students who want to code open-source projects.

The three-month-long global program pays university students a stipend to work on open-source projects with mentors in the field. Students apply to be part… read more

This Plastic Can Repair Itself Using Light and Temperature [VIDEO]

Call it superhero plastic. Researchers at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society introduced plastic that can repair itself when temperatures change or if it’s exposed to light. The substance could potentially have numerous valuable purposes, one of those being it could signal the… read more

Introducing Tello — a Faster Way to Solve Customer Service Issues

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.

Name: Tello

Quick Pitch: Review and talk to businesses about your experience from your smartphone or tablet

Genius… read more

Second-Screen Experience Gives Snowboarding Fans a Shredder’s-Eye View [VIDEO]

Extreme sports fans and Shazam app users planning to watch the Red Bull Supernatural snowboarding competition this month are in for a second-screen viewing treat.

Here’s how it will work: Fans watching the event on NBC on March 31 will occasionally be shown a Shazam logo on their TV screens… read more