After Labor Criticism, Apple Releases List of Suppliers for First Time

Apple released an extensive list of its suppliers for the first time ever on Friday along with its annual report on labor conditions at contract manufacturers around the world. The move reflects an apparent sensitivity to increased public criticism of the company’s level of accountability and transparency regarding where and… read more

Finding Nemo Leads Charge of Classic Pixar Films Turned 3D

Turns out that Disney loves the fishes because they’re going to be in 3D. Disney has announced that Pixar’s animated classic Finding Nemo will hit theaters this Fall for a limited, three-dimensional run. This isn’t the first time Disney has re-released 2D Pixar films in 3D. In the lead-up to… read more

iPad 3 to Have High-Def Screen, LTE Compatibility [REPORT]

Another day, another rumor about the iPad 3.

On Friday, Bloomberg reported that the next-generation iPad will feature a high-definition screen and be compatible with long-term evolution (LTE), a wireless network that gives users access to data more quickly. It will also allow users to move from app to app more… read more

This Web-Connected Robot Gives Your Tweets and Facebook Comments a Smell

A company has found a way to incorporate smells into the Internet. Imagine, your significant other mentions you on Twitter and magically you smell his/her perfume. If someone tags you in a Facebook video, the scent of buttered popcorn or fruit… read more

5 Digital Publishing App Trends to Watch in 2012

Erik Loehfelm is the executive director of user experience at Universal Mind, where he leads the design team in developing new, immersive app experiences for a variety of devices. He is also a leading voice in the digital publishing industry. Follow Erik @eloehfelm and read his blog.

Digital publishing grew tremendously… read more

1 in 10 Americans Make ‘Impulse’ Donations Via Text [STUDY]

“Impulse decision” usually has a negative connotation — except when it comes to making charitable donations via text message.

A recent study shows that almost one in 10 Americans has donated via text— and that it was an impulse donation.

The Pew Research Center surveyed the response time for donations… read more

Fluid: Creating Web Apps For Your Desktop

If you have been a consistent reader of Web.AppStorm, you know that there are some great applications out there for the web. There are many times that I wish a lot of these were actually on the desktop instead. Take for example, Pandora, I love using it, but there is… read more

A Street View for Mars: App Showcases Rover Snaps from Red Planet [PICS]

A new app that provides stunning images of the Martian surface taken by a NASA rover currently exploring the planet has been released for iPhone and Android devices.

The free Mars Images app – created by computer scientist Mark Powell of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory – allows users to browse archived… read more

Apple Is the World’s Top PC Vendor — If You Consider an iPad a PC

A Deutsche Bank analyst has circulated a research note claiming that — if you lump iPad sales in with PCs — Apple is now the world’s top vendor.

What’s more, Apple’s ascendance occurred not too long after the iPad’s release in 2010. As the company’s market share rose, all… read more

Rdio Invades Europe, Brings Unlimited Ad-Free Digital Music to Germany

Rdio is inching its way up to join the digital music mammoths that dominate the online and mobile streaming world — Grooveshark, Pandora, Spotify and Sony’s Music Service — not only in the U.S., but internationally.

Music lovers in Germany can now listen to ad-free, unlimited streaming music provided by… read more

Beautiful Time-Lapse Video Takes You Around the World in 6,237 Photos

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

This stunning time-lapse video puts you in the passenger seat of one man’s almost year-long adventure across 17 countries. In it, you’ll see 6,237 pictures spliced together to create several beautiful, fast-paced montages that surely will… read more

How to Plan Your Social Integration Strategy

Brian Sullivan is vice president of client services at Gigya, where he advises clients on implementing social technology. Gigya offers websites a suite of social technology like social login, comments, game mechanics and a social identity management platform.

No longer does a business wonder whether its site should contain social components… read more

ARM Shrugs Off Intel’s First Smartphone

LAS VEGAS — For the past several years, almost every smartphone, tablet or other mobile device has used a microprocessor based on the computer chip technology of U.K.’s ARM Holdings.

That has finally changed with the unveiling at CES of the first mass-market smartphone that packs Intel technology, and it… read more

8 Rumors About the iPad 3: What It Could Look Like, When It Could Arrive

1. Minor Upgrades

iLounge recently reported that it saw a prototype of the next-generation iPad at the 2012 Consumer… read more

5 Strategies for Creating Magnetic Online Content

Frank Marquardt is director of content strategy at The Barbarian Group, a digital services and creation company. Find him on Twitter @tralition.

Traditional advertising worked through distraction — an interruption to our sitcom, a page between magazine articles, a banner teasing our attention at the top of a webpage.

Then entertainment… read more

Malware Attack Targets U.S. Government Agencies [VIDEO]

Sykipot, malware believed to originate in China, has been used to target smart cards in the Pentagon and other government agencies. According to security researcher AlienVault, a new variant of Sykipot is targeting the cards government employees use to access secure… read more

How Commercial Plugin Developers Are Using The WordPress Repository

A few weeks ago I wrote about how you can put together a great readme.txt for the WordPress plugin directory. In addition to using a WordPress readme as a tool to help out your users, you can use it to promote your commercial products and services. While commercial theme developers… read more

Creative Use of Typography in Print Ads

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When it comes to advertising, what’s being said can be a bit less important than how it’s said. In no case is this more true than in the case of typography based advertisements, which are common in print advertising and gaining popularity even in television… read more

40 CSS Reference Websites and Resources

If you want to design websites or modify your existing website design, then you need to have at least a basic knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Thankfully, CSS is a very easy language to get to a grip on, however you may find it takes a little more time… read more

iTunes Match: What It Is and Why You Need It

Since the dawn of portable Apple devices, the personal computer has always been the hub we’ve used to manage and sync our media. We are accustomed to our iPods, iPhones, and iPads being bound to our computers by white cables. But when Steve announced iCloud last summer, he declared, “We’re… read more

Find Your Match on Hitch.me, the Dating Site for LinkedIn Professionals

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: Hitch.me

Quick Pitch: Hitch.me is a dating site for LinkedIn professionals.

Genius Idea: Connects the dating world… read more

New York Times ‘Truth Vigilantes’ Comment Draws Backlash, Humor on Twitter [PICS]

A New York Times column titled, “Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante?” drew heavy criticism Thursday on Twitter and even spawned a fake account parodying Arthur Brisbane, NYT’s public editor who wrote the piece.

Brisbane asked if hard news reporters should push sources like politicians and companies if they provide… read more

How the Australian Open Is Acing Digital Media

The 2012 Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament may just be the most digitally connected major sporting event of all time.

A Slamtracker already provides real-time updates of qualifying play that began on Wednesday, and fans can relive and share their favorite moments via Facebook and Twitter through a database… read more

5 Proven Ways to Generate Revenue From Facebook

Brian Carter is author of The Like Economy: How Businesses Make Money With Facebook and co-author of Facebook Marketing: Leveraging Facebook’s Features For Your Marketing Campaigns. He is a keynote speaker, trainer and consultant.

Facebook, with its 800+ million users, presents a huge opportunity for business. But the first question people… read more

And the Golden Globe for Most Twitter Mentions Goes to … Ricky Gervais

The Golden Globes are right around the corner and the Twittersphere isn’t much interested in the movies and nominees that will be vying for top prize. No, Twitter users are more likely to talk about the controversial host and funnyman Ricky Gervais.

NM Incite, a social media tracking and analysis company,… read more

The Best Airports and Airlines for Tech-Dependent Travelers [INFOGRAPHIC]

Jetsetting from New York to Silicon Valley and everywhere in between helps high-tech travelers gather a wealth of knowledge about life spent in airports and at 35,000 feet. So, if you’ve got a trip coming up, you’ll find this infographic’s insights about the most tech-friendly airports and airlines to be… read more

Charting the CES Chatter, Thursday Edition [INFOGRAPHIC]

Motorola, Twitter and OLED display technology ruled on Wednesday at CES 2012. Microsoft still has the largest share of overall tweets tagged #CES, but its grip on the conversation slipped again on the expo week’s third day. And Mashable became Wednesday’s most-tweeted news site for the CES scoop.

This is our… read more

Google: Sorry, Twitter, We Don’t Index the @ Symbol

If you haven’t noticed that Google+ pages are increasingly becoming a part of Google search results, you may have noticed Google and Twitter’s increasingly public spat about it.

Twitter argues that by promoting Google+ in search results, Google isn’t providing the most relevant social results. Meanwhile, Google has implied it would… read more

Apple’s Offshore Accounts Could Double its Cash by 2014

Apple is on track to making an even more astronomical amount of dough with its offshore accounts.

The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has most of its money in overseas investments — $54 billion of its $85 billion in cash is kept out of the United States, according to a story on… read more

4 Short-Form Blogging Networks Perfect for Customer Engagement

Anne Buehner is the associate social media strategist at Red Door Interactive, a strategic partner dedicated to ensuring businesses acquire, convert, retain and engage their customers wherever they are. Email her at abuehner@reddoor.biz.

Toasting the new year is not what it used to be. Which comes first – a kiss from… read more

Facebook Sees Its First Live Theater Performance

If Facebook can host presidential debates and Twitter can host live concerts, why can’t theater appear on social media?

Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater proved Facebook can be home to a live theater experience Monday, in what it calls Facebook’s first performance. Twitter saw its first performance last year with the Royal… read more

Privacy Watchdog Complains to FTC: Google’s Social Search is Unfair

Twitter isn’t the only party that thinks merging Google+ with Google search results is an abuse of its monopoly power in search.

Privacy watchdog EPIC filed a complaint with the FTC on Thursday, saying that Google is using its search engine to create an unfair advantage for its social… read more

I Can Has Cheezburger Turns 5, Plans to Go Black to Protest SOPA

Exactly 14,683 “lolz” after launching in 2007, I Can Has Cheezburger is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week, just before all Cheezburger sites will go black Jan. 18 to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

The humor website features the lolcat meme — photographs of cats with text placed on… read more

Can Siri Control Your Home? [VIDEO]

A small company in Arkansas is showing an unexpected side to Apple’s voice-based intelligent assistant Siri. This YouTube video shows various home appliances being controlled via voice command on the iPhone 4S, from adjusting the thermostat and light dimmers to turning on Blu-Ray DVD players.

Little Rock-based Carnes Audio, which custom… read more

Nuke the Net: How to Get the Mainstream Talking About the Dangers of SOPA

If you’re like most Mashable readers, you know plenty about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sister bill in the Senate, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). And you’re probably plenty outraged about it, too. And rightfully so.

If enacted, SOPA/PIPA could have disastrous consequences for the basic infrastructure of… read more

Use an Alias, Leave Better Comments [STUDY]

Commenters who use pseudonyms tend to offer better comments, a study Disqus suggests.

The study, drawn from commenting platform Disqus’s 60 million-plus user base and nearly half a billion comments, finds that pseudonymous users — that is, those who use an alias on Disqus rather than identify themselves via Facebook, or… read more

SlideMyPics: Create and Share Photo Slideshows for Free

Slideshows are a great way to showcase images on digital displays. Whether it’s a collection of old family photos, snapshots from my last vacation, or even my portfolio of professional photography, I always try to put together a picture slideshow for my audience.When the images advance in sequence by themselves,… read more

3 Major Concerns for Brands Over ICANN’s New Domain Registry Options

Jeff Ernst is a principal analyst at Forrester Research, serving CMOs and marketing leaders.

One thing’s for sure: ICANN’s gTLD program is a game-changer. The introduction of new .brand and .category gTLDs represents the biggest change to the Internet naming system since, well, since we’ve had websites.

The Internet Corporation for… read more

Foxconn Resolves ‘Mass Suicide’ Dispute With Workers

After reports that some workers threatened to throw themselves off of a roof in protest of unfair treatment, the largest technology manufacturer in the world says it has solved the dispute.

Foxconn Technology said in a statement that the dispute involved about 150 workers and was resolved peacefully. Earlier reports had… read more

College Football Recruiting via Twitter? Check Out DirectSnap

The bubble of American college football recruiting has few parallels in the sports universe. Millionaire coaches fervently woo teenage boys. Jobs, reputations and big-money contracts are on the line. Rabid fans pay for exclusive information from scouting services as the young players struggle to chart their futures.

It has practically… read more

Google Science Fair 2012: Now More Global

The second annual online Google Science Fair competition is getting even more global this year, allowing teenagers between 13 and 18 to submit entries in 13 languages for projects that could make a practical difference in the lives of a group or community.

Touted as the world’s largest online science fair,… read more

Klout Founder Joe Fernandez Answers Your Questions [LIVE CHAT]

Joe Fernandez is the founder and CEO of Klout. While his jaw was wired shut for nearly three months after surgery, Joe began to develop a deep fascination with the evolution of influence within the social web. The way individuals could instantly broadcast questions, opinions, and ideas to their trusted… read more

Bing Overtakes Yahoo as the Number Two Search Engine [STUDY]

Microsoft’s Bing overtook Yahoo in market share in December for the first time, making Bing the number two search engine next to Google, according to comScore.

The researcher found that Bing’s rise that month, to 15.1%, was due mostly to a 0.6% drop in Yahoo’s market share. The rankings come after… read more

Girl Scout’s Call for Cookie Boycott Goes Viral. Is It Hate Speech? [VIDEO]

UPDATE: Shortly after this story was posted the video was made “private.” The number of views on YouTube jumped to 234,787 since we published this story.

In a recent video gaining traction on the web, a teenage Girl Scout calls for a boycott of their famous cookies after a 7-year-old… read more

Worldwide Photography #53: Panama

Worldwide Photography is a series of posts where every week we’re going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Panama, Panama.

For the next week we’re going to feature Belgrade,… read more

Congratulations To The Winners Of DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro (The World’s Biggest User Interface Elements Pack) Giveaway

Thanks to all of the participants of contest in which DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro (The World’s Biggest User Interface Elements Pack) were givingaway. We ran the MySQL random query and selected these comments to give them DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro.

Winners of DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro

Tracy Robinson
Giang
Peter Steven
Monique
Gareth

Futurico UI Pro is the… read more

Inclusive Design

We’ve come a long way since the days of the first Macintosh and the introduction of graphical user interfaces, going from monochrome colors to millions, from estranged mice to intuitive touchscreens, from scroll bars to pinch, zoom, flick and pan. But while hardware, software and the people who use technology… read more

Create Elegant Leafy Lettering in Photoshop – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

Illustrator and Photoshop work extremely well together. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Alex Beltechi will use both apps to produce elegant leafy lettering that can be used for a variety of projects. This tutorial is available exclusively to Tuts+ Premium Members. If you are looking to take your typography… read more

Treehouse: Learning to Code

With so much of our information being pushed to the Web, not knowing the basics of web coding is going to become more and more of a hindrance. If you don’t know what a h1, h2, or blockquote is you’re going to find yourself at a severe disadvantage in the… read more

Winamp: Feel The Power of Music

Choosing a media player – a music player, to be precise – for a Mac is a no brainer. iTunes is the crowd favorite and has the chops to entertain both an audiophile and the casual listener. Despite becoming bloated and unduly heavy over the years, iTunes is more or less… read more

How To Monetize Your Website With Google AdSense

If I had a euro for every time I heard one of those folklore stories of the guy who knew a person who talked to a guy whose roommate in college had a study group with someone’s cousin who made a website that earned him a million euros a month,… read more

Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC Piezo Lens [REVIEW]

When I review lenses I take a look at who they are built for. I realize not every DPS reader wants to lug around a 5lb lens worth a couple month’s rent. While I love my main lens, it’s not for everyone and I’d be a fool to tell you… read more

350+ Free Graphics: Vector Arrow Symbols and Shapes

If you’re looking for arrow graphics, with various styles, such as flat silhouettes that curve, hand drawn elements, or sharp edged classic designs, then you’ve found a compilation worth downloading. We’ve collected an assortment of arrow symbols, shapes, and icons, all available for free download.

Grab a multitude of arrow vector… read more

Announcement: Winners of Christmas & New Year Special Giveaway

Few week ago, we created a contest at instantShift called Christmas & New Year Special Giveaway had announced the giveaway of some of the most famous hardware and design related prizes worth Over $20,000.

We’ve got more than 600 response comments. After voiding spam and non-legit comments we have left with… read more

We have $700 worth of services from PSD2HTML.com to giveaway

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If you’re a busy web designer or web developer, this week’s competition is the perfect solution for your PSD to HTML slicing needs. PSD2HTML.com are giving away $400 worth of services for the winner and $300 for the runner-up.
All you have to do… read more

5 Alternatives to Consider After Spotify’s Free Music Cutoff

If you’re an early Spotify user, you may be looking for a new, free music-streaming service as Spotify’s six months of free listening comes to an end.

Trendsetting music lovers who signed up for Spotify when it first hit the U.S. on July 14, 2011 will soon encounter roadblocks. For instance,… read more

10 Awesome Accessories Featuring the Vintage Apple Logo [RAINBOWS]

1. Apple Logo iPhone Sticker

This desirable decal also features the similarly classic “Think Different” slogan.

Cost: $9.99

Click here to… read more

Fisker Karma Electric Supercar Struts Its Stuff at CES 2012 [PICS]

LAS VEGAS — The Fisker Karma is an electric car on a nationwide tour, and one of its stops was at CES 2012. We got a chance to sit in it and experience all its luxury appointments, both interior and exterior.

Easing our 6-foot+ frames down into the vehicle, we… read more

Sh*t Nobody Says: Will This Video Stop the Viral Madness?

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

Have you ever heard someone say “can I burn a copy of your Nickelback CD?” or “my Bazooka gum still has flavor!” We didn’t think so.

The latest installment of the “Sh*t [insert stereotype] People Say”… read more

Apple’s Textbook Venture: What’s the Big Idea?

The latest scuttlebutt on Apple’s big education announcement next week: the company is venturing into textbooks.

An industry insider confirmed to the New York Times that Apple will, in fact, be partnering with textbook publishers. No new devices will be shown, the source says, but Apple will discuss their new… read more

Charting the CES Chatter, Wednesday Edition [INFOGRAPHIC]

What were the hottest topics among techies on Twitter during the first official day of CES 2012 on Tuesday?

OLED display technology has had people buzzing about its potential for HDTVs, while ultrabook laptops and tablet devices are also hot. Microsoft has the largest share of tweets tagged #CES this… read more

Ericsson’s Future Vision: Better Broadband, Tweeting Trees

LAS VEGAS — Ericsson, the Swedish company that invented Bluetooth and whose technology provides 40% of the world’s network infrastructure, gave its first-ever CES keynote on Wednesday to share its vision of a connected world.

CEO Hans Vestberg was big on mobile broadband, and not just for its own sake… read more

Swivl Robotic Cameraman Keeps You Framed Up Wherever You Roam

LAS VEGAS — Swivl is a personal robotic cameraman that’s smart enough to pan and tilt on its own, keeping whoever is holding its electronic marker in the frame.

As you see in the video, you mount an iOS device such… read more

8 Apple Accessories at CES [PICS]

Behringer Soundscape Dock

While this may look like your standard iPhone/iPod dock, Behringer built an audio system with speakers… read more

In Tiff With Google, Twitter Turns to Wrestling

In the latest episode of public bickering between Twitter and Google over the search engine’s new Google+ integration, Twitter general counsel Alex Macgillivray has turned to wrestling.

That’s the example he tweeted Wednesday afternoon to demonstrate the inefficiency of Google’s latest changes, at least. “Folks asked for examples,” he wrote…. read more

Why I Don’t Buy Books From Bookstores

I want to make this crystal clear: I love bookstores. I love going to them and checking out the bookshelves and the magazine racks, and finding some good things to read. I discovered a bunch of books and magazine because of bookstores, including the .net Magazine, the best web development… read more

Ford Brings iHeartRadio to Vehicles

Ford announced on Wednesday at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show that it is bringing iHeartRadio to its vehicle lineup, allowing drivers to access the popular radio service via voice commands.

Ford will be the first auto company to offer cars access to iHeartRadio, featuring more than 800 of the top broadcast… read more

What to Expect From Mobile Marketing Tech in 2012

Matthias Galica is CEO of ShareSquare, the leading platform among brand and entertainment marketers for incentivizing offline-to-online consumer engagement.

As new technologies emerge that seek to bridge the real world with the digital, the offline-to-online marketing learning curve only gets steeper.

For instance, what is the future of the QR code, and… read more

Meme Machine: 5 Hilarious Videos Trending Right Now

The Mashable Meme Machine is a daily look at five hilarious viral topics spreading across the web right now.

The cogs never stop on Mashable‘s Meme Machine so let’s relish in what’s lighting up the Internet today.

Catching our attention at the moment is a potpourri of laugh-inducing YouTube clips featuring U.S…. read more

High-End Brands Are Missing the Boat on Mobile, Study Finds

Prestige retailers are largely failing to keep pace with developments and consumer demand for mobile shopping capabilities, a new study from New York research firm L2 suggests.

In a ranking of 100 well-recognized fashion, beauty, hospitality, watch and jewelry, and retail brands, nearly half were deemed “feeble” in their efforts. Only… read more

SPIN to Review Most Albums Via Twitter

Long-winded music reviews are getting a tune up. SPIN announced on Wednesday that it will be squeezing the majority of its album reviews into 140-character tweets.

SPIN is pulling most of the reviews out of its print magazine and will be tweeting them instead under the handle @SPINreviews.

Senior editor Chris Weingarten… read more

10 Social Good Kickstarter Projects Seeking to Change the World

Everyone wants to change the world, but the money to do so is rarely available. That’s where Kickstarter comes in.

Although Kickstarter is primarily a funding platform for entrepreneurs of all kinds, activists, humanitarians and other pioneers of social justice can tap this fundraising community to share their projects —… read more

Quick Tip: Never Forget Your Memory Card Again

It finally happened. Recently I became a victim to one of the most heinous errors any digital photographer can make. I left behind all my digital memory cards.

Not just one. I own maybe a dozen. I left them all behind. You see, seven were set aside after a recent trip… read more

LL Cool J Drops Track at CES to Promote His Music Social Network [PICS]

Move over, Justin Timberlake. You’re not the only multi-talented musician with a social network to promote at this year’s CES.

LL Cool J demoed Boomdizzle, the social network he founded in 2008 that encourages musicians to collaborate across the web with each other. He said his goal is for up-and-coming artists… read more

Apple Announces ‘Education’ Event for Next Week

Apple has invited media outlets for a special event on Jan. 19 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

The invitation mentions an announcement about education. The event begins at 10 a.m. ET.

Mashable speculated earlier this month that the event would revolve around the publishing world. Perhaps… read more

Quick Look: ZoomShift

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 ZoomShift. The developer describes ZoomShift as an easy to use online employee scheduling software that… read more

‘Risk’ for Facebook Pits Cats Against Zombies Against Robots [REVIEW]

Risk: Factions

Risk makes its Facebook debut with Risk: Factions, a social update to the XBLA game of the… read more

How an Injured NFL Hopeful Made a Fortune on LinkedIn Instead

Lewis Howes is a world record holder and former professional football player who got injured in his rookie season, lost everything and then used LinkedIn to become an Internet millionaire in 2 years. After hitting rock bottom and living on… read more

Book Suggestion: Why We Buy – The Science of Shopping

The book of this week is not a design book per se but it’s an incredible book. I have just finished it and I got so much valuable information that can be applied in my day to day job as designer. The book is called Why We Buy: The Science… read more

30 Super Oversized Footers in Modern Web Layouts

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Designing a working footer layout can be difficult. There are so many styles and attributes including columns, link lists, bylines, and custom illustrations. My personal favorite trend is the oversized layout style which leaves plenty of room for custom link menus.

Thus I’ve collected a wonderful set… read more

Check Out Who’s Visiting your Website with Gaug.es

Knowing how many people are viewing your site can either be a fun distraction or the difference between making an appropriate amount of money from all your work and going broke. There are plenty of solutions available, some commercial and some free or integrated with another service.

Gaug.es, an analytics tool… read more

How to Overcome the Worst Moments in Your Career

The web design blogs assure to any web designer the needed tips, resources and information for being able to create websites and online applications at the highest standards. Some of the most talented designers entertain the web design blogosphere and it’s a good guaranty that the huge majority of the… read more

50+ New and Free Photoshop Brush Packs

Nearly every designer loves freshly-made, free Photoshop brushes that can be used in your designs as it is one of the most widely used graphics programs on the market. It is what some would call an incontrovertible truth. This is the reason why designers are constantly browsing the web in… read more

What Happened To TweetDeck?

On December 8 of last year, TweetDeck, one of the most popular multi-platform Twitter clients was relaunched as part of a redesign by Twitter. The new TweetDeck featured an interface similar to the old version, only with less features and less customization possibilities. The new version certainly hasn’t gone down well… read more

Cellphone Users Like to Be Drunk [STUDY]

If you’re trying to drink less booze in the New Year, you might want to put down your cellphone.

A study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control shows that cellphone users are more likely to binge drink than other groups surveyed. The study points to the fact many… read more

Find the Status of Job Applications and Improve Your Search for Employment on StartWire

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: StartWire

Quick Pitch: StartWire is an Internet job search organizer.

Genius Idea: Closes the “résumé black hole” by… read more

Giveaway: 3 Stock Photo accounts worth $99 each by Pixmac

Giveaway: 3 Stock Photo accounts worth $99 each by Pixmac

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What Techies Are Buzzing About at CES [INFOGRAPHIC]

More people tweeted about Microsoft than any other tech brand Monday at CES 2012, but people who tweeted about Google had the most followers on average. Ultrabook computers, tablet devices and OLED display technology were by far the most-mentioned digital trends on Twitter. And Mashable had the second-most tweeted domain… read more

Sharp 80-Inch HDTV Just Got Even Better, Still Value-Priced

I like what Sharp is doing with its HDTVs. Every new model the company is releasing in 2012 will be 60 inches or larger.

The flagship of the fleet is the 80-inch s LC-80LE632U, similar to the 80-inch HDTV the company began selling in September. But this one’s sporting a… read more

Photographic Levitation – The Prop Method

Remember this article? Here’s one of the follow-ups! Today, I’m going to show you how to use props to aid you in your flying ambition.

What you will need:

A camera
A tripod
A prop to sit/stand/recline on

Optional:

Trigger release
Flash (entirely up to you)
Other props to add to the look of the photo

So what can… read more

Your Smartphone Is One Step Closer to Becoming Invincible

It seems technology companies are finally tuning in to that most basic of tech consumer problems: dropping devices in the toilet. Unveiled this week at CES, Liquipel is a clear coating that protects smartphones from dying in a watery grave. And if Liquipel can connect with enough smartphone vendors this… read more

Reddit Announces Blackout to Protest SOPA

Reddit, in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), will be shutting down normal operations on Jan. 18 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET.

During that window, visitors to the site will find a message about SOPA and its sister bill in the Senate, the Protect IP… read more

Crunch: a LESS/CSS Editor and Compiler

Sometimes over here at Web.AppStorm we look at apps that are built using Adobe AIR, a cross-platform solution that allows you to easily create and install apps that will work on Windows, OS X, and Linux. Crunch is a CSS editor/compiler built using AIR, and is definitely worth a look.

Built… read more

Spotify to End Unlimited Free Streaming for Some Users Next Week

Spotify’s unlimited free streaming and sharing service was music to American ears when it launched in July 2011. Now comes a dissonant note: ten-hour monthly caps will be implemented on all free accounts when the six-month promotional period comes to an end for early adopters next week.

“All new Spotify… read more

Did 300 Workers at an Xbox 360 Factory Threaten Mass Suicide?

Three hundred Chinese factory workers who manufacture Microsoft Xbox 360s threatened mass suicide last week, according to unconfirmed reports.

The Foxconn employees threatened to throw themselves off of a factory roof due to a payment dispute, according to Record China and Want China Times. According to these reports, the incident began… read more

10 Classic Video Games You Can Play Online for Free

Fire up your time machine and visit your 12-year-old self. Tell him that all the computer games he’s saved his hard-earned allowance for will one day be free. Stick around to watch him cry, but try not to create any time-space paradoxes — we’ve got gaming to do.

Below, check out… read more

How to Get Into the Sold-Out MashBash Party at CES

Bummed you didn’t get a ticket to the sold-out MashBash event at CES? You may be in luck.

Skullcandy is giving away 20 passes to Mashable readers at CES who missed the ticket boat. Here’s how you can win them:

Visit the Skullcandy booth, located in the South 1 Exhibit Hall in… read more

Tablets Will Replace Laptops, Say 46% of Americans [STUDY]

A full 46% of Americans think tablets will replace laptops in the future, according to a poll of 1,155 American adults.

This is especially true among adults ages 30 to 64. Young adults (ages 18 to 29) and those older than 65 are a little more skeptical. Only roughly a third… read more

Daily Inspiration #1028

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

Comcast App for iPad Lets Users Watch Live TV

Comcast has started rolling out a new service that allows subscribers to turn their iPad into an extra TV screen to watch live shows.

The company launched a set-top box called AnyPlay at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. The box allows Comcast customers with Xfinity Internet service to watch live TV… read more