SEC Files Charges Over Pre-IPO Facebook Trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against online trading platforms and private funds that were selling private shares in Facebook.

The SEC charged SharesPost and its CEO Greg Brogger with failing to register as a broker before offering securities. SharePost settled with the SEC, paying $80,000 in penalties.

Additionally,… read more

Can a Startup Renaissance Fix Young America?

A “startup renaissance” could finally shrink America’s record-high youth unemployment rate. At least that’s how Josh Harthorne, CEO of startup accelerator MassChallenge, sees it.

Harthorne is the founder and CEO of MassChallenge, a successful Boston-based competitive startup accelerator that grants $1 million to startups that have the “highest impact.”

Those… read more

Cadbury Makes Its Google+ Page Out of Chocolate

Cadbury loves Google+. Not only has the UK-based chocolatier launched a product through Google’s social network, has also now created a chocolate version of its Google+ page.

The confection was created to celebrate a recent milestone: 500,000 “circlers,” or fans.

Cadbury chronicled the construction of its edible Google+ page through… read more

How to Defeat the Social Media Skeptics in Your Company

For those trying to get a social media campaign going in their company, they’ll often have to deal with naysayers that question the value.

Former Kodak CMO Jeff Hayzlett says dealing with the non-believer is all part of “running the gauntlet.” He believes it so strongly that he even… read more

SXSW 2012: Nothing You Expect, Everything You Need

Serendipity: That was the buzz word at this year’s South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. It was probably the same word as last year — but I wasn’t there so I couldn’t tell you. I’d love to tell you there was one major product announcement or even trend… read more

Kevin Rose’s Oink App Folds After Five Months

Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, has pulled the plug on Oink, the first app from his new company, Milk.

“Oink was our first test and, in preparing to move onto the next project, we’ve decided to shut it down to help focus our efforts,” reads a post on Oink.com.

A… read more

NFL Star, Olympian Want to Make You ‘Untouchable’ on Facebook

NFL star Drew Brees and Olympic softball gold medalist Jennie Finch know hard work and great gear can add up to being a star on the field. Now they’re helping amateur and aspiring athletes get a leg up on the competition through a Facebook-based contest from Dick’s Sporting Goods.

You… read more

Learn From What You Love to Use

I love Dropbox. Finding this interview with one of Dropbox’s founders, Drew Houston, was like finding buried treasure.

In case you haven’t heard of Dropbox before, it’s a file-hosting service that lets people access their files from their computers, smart phones, tablets, you name it. More than 50 million… read more

How to Send Videos Through Email?

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How to Send Videos Through Email?

Due to the increasing amount of competition in the online business world, online entrepreneurs have been forced to be more creative in their marketing endeavours. Marketing your online business enables you to make… read more

How to Know and Beware of Some Bad Clients?

This article is not really a usual site. Conventionally we have been told that our dear Mr. Client is the best thing that has ever happened to us. And we must do any and everything with in our reach to make certain that the client remains gleeful and satisfied with… read more

8 Features that Make Google+ Better than Facebook and Twitter

Numbers can tell a story. As of December 2011, Facebook had 845 million monthly active users. As of September 2011, Twitter had 100 million active users. As of January 2012, Google+ had more than 90 million active users.

Facebook and Twitter reached those numbers in years. Google+… read more

WordPress for Photographers: Top Tips and Professional Resources

Believe it or not, there was a time when WordPress was regarded as a great blogging platform, but that was all. Build an entire site on it? No way!

Well, that was then, this is now. These days, WordPress is powering some of the biggest names in news, music, fashion,… read more

What To Do When Third-Party Services Go Awry

As a freelancer, it’s easy to get a bit overwhelmed when work is piling up in your queue. Sometimes, it can lead to mistakes or miscommunications with clients. It can sometimes be quite embarrassing.

Luckily, the solution is often very simple. Own up to the mistake, make sure it’s… read more

Create A Digital Marketplace with Sellfy

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, the first thing you should do is to figure out how best you can use the Internet to run your business. Running an online business can be significantly profitable and economically scalable. It comes with far less capital costs and risks.

Take the case of… read more

Harvest for Mac: Time-Tracking the Simple Way

If you are a freelancer who gets paid by the hour, you might have used time-tracking apps (like Harvest) before. In fact, you might have already gone through the majority of them and decided on your favorite, but we come here today to change that, maybe.

We’re bringing you a look… read more

The 17th Exhibit: Illuminate IV by The Luminarium

The online art group named the Luminarium just released their 17th exhibit entitled Illuminate IV. From science fiction to stunning landscape photography, this exhibit will surely offer something for everyone. Hope you will enjoy them and get inspired!

For more information about the Luminarium and their artists, you can visit … read more

Creating a Productive Home Office Setup

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Working from home is like playing a whole different ball game than at the office. You’re always around the house and prone to distractions such as dishes or phone calls. Because of this it’s important to have a room you can feel productive working any hour… read more

50+ Fresh & Exceptional Business Card Designs

50+ Fresh & Exceptional Business Card Designs

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How Facebook Sponsored Stories Can Boost Engagement

Matt Lawson is the vice president of marketing at Marin Software, the largest paid search management provider.

In the wake of its $100 billion IPO filing, Facebook is busy bolstering its advertising options. For one, Facebook is hanging its future hopes on “sponsored stories.”

Sponsored stories depart from the typical Facebook ad… read more

Wifarer Offers Turn-by-Turn Directions Inside Large Venues

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: Wifarer

Quick Pitch: Indoor positioning technology app guides users through large venues.

Genius Idea: Wifarer is partnering… read more

Freelance Training from Tuts+ Premium

Are you a passionate freelancer, or looking to make the leap into freelancing full time? We’re excited to announce that FreelanceSwitch has partnered with Tuts+ Premium to offer in-depth video courses and eBooks for freelancers as part of a monthly membership.

What you’ll get:

Freelance Bootcamp video course from James Clear… read more

Respect Thy Typography

Good typography shouldn’t have to rely on ornamental crutches to stand tall. Yet despite all the tools and knowledge available to us, we readily embrace a flourishing, decorative typography, with cheap tricks used in a misguided attempt to make it “pop”. This ancient art may rapidly be gaining popularity, but… read more

How Intel Wants to Replace Your Cable Box

The wait for Internet TV could finally be over.

Intel Corp. is preparing to dive into web-based cable TV, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. According to that report, Intel’s online TV subscription service may be available by the end of 2012.

Intel plans to offer online access to U.S…. read more

Antarctica: Photographing the End of the World

As perhaps the worlds last remaining unspoiled and intact wilderness, Antarctica has many rules and regulations governing how people must behave in this pristine land, the one that always sticks with me is “Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints”. Despite it’s remoteness, more and more photographers are taking… read more

Apple Subpoenaed By FTC in Google Antitrust Investigation [REPORT]

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed Apple to gather more information for its investigation into Google’s business practices, according to a report by Bloomberg.

The agency is especially interested in the agreements that made Google the preferred search engine in Safari for iPhone and iPad, according to Bloomberg’s anonymous… read more

Pinterest to Release New Profile Pages This Week

Pinterest is planning to release redesigned profiles this week, according to CEO and co-founder Ben Silbermann.

“I’m so excited about it,” said Silbermann (pictured, left), who spoke at the South By Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday. “We wanted to make it more beautiful … to make your profile different… read more

50 Amazing Business Card Designs

50 Amazing Business Card Designs

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What Role Web Design Can Play to Reflect the Image of Your Business?

What Role Web Design Can Play to Reflect the Image of Your Business?

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20 Cool and Creative Business Card Designs

20 Cool and Creative Business Card Designs

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Homeless Hotspots: Not a Terrible Idea

A couple of days into my first-ever SXSW experience, I remarked on Twitter how awesome the Wi-Fi connectivity was at the convention center. Perhaps that’s why I never saw the Homeless Hotspots; I was never desperately searching for connectivity. I did see homeless people—much as you would in any major… read more

The Pull of Procrastination

I try very hard not to procrastinate. I’ve been this way my whole life. In college, I’d work ahead of the syllabus just so I knew I would get everything done. For my job at the magazine, I work months, maybe a good year, ahead of time to plan… read more

I Don’t Do any Advertising; All I have is a Blog

A Guest Post by Elizabeth Bull

I don’t consider myself to be a blogger, but I’ve found that my business blogs are my most powerful marketing tools. This may be quite a strange concept in the digital world, with the likes of real-time website analytics, visitor tracking and such, but in… read more

Community Project: Custom Skateboard Jam, Round 2

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 2 of the Custom Skateboard Jam. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump.

Create Your Own Skateboard Design, Round 2

The… read more

12+ Top Resources for Beginner Web Developers

Welcome to development 101. If you’ve been eyeing Ruby on Rails or HTML/CSS freelance positions popping up across the web, but don’t have the full skills yet, here are the best resources to help you gain trust, experience and know-how.

Front-End Web Development

Front-end development seems like the early tie in… read more

Market Yourself Visually With VisualCV

For the modern career seeker, having a visually compelling résumé is important. This importance is magnified for anyone with a career involving multimedia in any form. Whether you are a graphic designer, video editor, or writer, having a simple way to provide a resume and basic portfolio in one simple… read more

When The Project Is Over – Getting Rockin’ Referrals

For freelancers who provide professional services, testimonials are an important tool. So are their first cousin – referrals. As a matter of fact, RainToday’s 2009 study, “How Clients Buy”, showed referrals from colleagues and other service providers topped the list at 79% and 75%, respectively, outpacing personal recognition/awareness (73%)… read more

iPhone App Proves Your Musical Coolness

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: Tastemaker

Quick Pitch: Users place bets on undiscovered bands and their favorite artists in this social… read more

Council Created to Regulate Aggregation, Bloggers

Information hits the Web and just like that the news spreads like fire. Stories are frantically re-reported and some are missing an important detail — attribution.

David Carr, media reporter for The New York Times, wrote an article on Monday about a group of editors who plan to establish guidelines for… read more

Jason Mraz Picks Instagram Contest’s Best Snapshots [PICS]

Jason Mraz’s Instagram Challenge

Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz gave a verbal thumbs-up to Instagram and printing services that bring the… read more

Do You Make These Catastrophic Mistakes in Family Photography?

Family portraits that may be hanging in your grandparents house probably don’t look very fun, but you still enjoy them because they are photos of your loved ones.  It seems that having a formal family photo taken every year or every few years comes into vogue as soon as it… read more

Posterous Joins the Flock at Twitter

Posterous is now part of Twitter.

The 4-year-old blogging platform officially announced the acquisition Monday afternoon on its company blog, noting that “the opportunities in front of Twitter are exciting, and we couldn’t be happier about bringing our team’s expertise to a product that reaches hundreds of millions of users… read more

Yahoo Sues Facebook Over 10 Patents

Yahoo on Monday made good on its promise to sue Facebook, alleging in a complaint that Facebook violated 10 patents.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., makes a case that Yahoo innovated on several fronts, including messaging, news feed generation, social commenting advertising display, preventing… read more

Yahoo! avvia un’azione legale contro Facebook per violazione dei propri brevetti

Scott Thompson, il nuovo CEO di Yahoo!, lo aveva preannunciato la scorsa settimana: sarà guerra se non si troverà un accordo. E dopo il fallimento della trattativa privata tra i due giganti del Web, Yahoo! ha appena depositato, presso la corte federale, un’azione formale contro Facebook per violazione di alcuni… read more

8 Best Practices for Food Brands on Pinterest

Janet Helm is the chief food and nutrition strategist of North America for Weber Shandwick. She is the author of the blog Nutrition Unplugged and co-founder of the Nutrition Blog Network and Healthy Aperture. She has been a contributor to Cooking Light magazine and is currently partnering on a book… read more

12 Tips on Creating the Ideal Business Card

12 Tips on Creating the Ideal Business Card

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How Kids Fit Into Your Freelance Life: Part 1

Rabia Mughal and her son, Mikail.

Many work from home freelancers (especially moms) have to juggle caring for their families as well as their clients. It’s not easy! The great myth that freelancers who work from home can save oodles on child care while running a successful business is just… read more

A Dad’s Plea To Developers Of iPad Apps For Children

I spend a lot of time buying and testing iPad apps for kids. To be more specific, I lovingly do this for a certain two-year-old girl who is currently on a very successful #OccupyiPad mission in my house. Through extensive observational research, I’ve discovered what works and doesn’t work for… read more

Should I Continue Freelancing or Find a Full Time Job?

Who am I? I’m Allan, a designer who went from freelancer who was grinding out a meager living to co-founding a highly profitable web shop, now we build our own apps, we host conferences and workshops.

Running a business is crazy hard. Freelancers fail for so many reasons. We often… read more

QR Codes and Microsoft Tags: New Promotion Generation

MS TAG PRO and CONS

Feature
Pro
Cons

CMYK colors
More attractive
More expensive to be printed

Small footprint
Less invasive, more info in smaller area to cover
Not really useful, particularly if displayed on screen, posters or billboards

New technology
Appealing and visual based
Less supported

The content is on MS servers
More detailed metrics
You can change the content whenever you… read more

Break Into the Venture Capital World with Enloop

Running a business takes money. In most cases, you need quite a lot of it, and at times the revenues won’t be enough to keep the business afloat. Sure, you can dip into your savings or get a loan, but the ideal solution would be to bring in investors to… read more

Freelance Freedom #249: Gourmet Dinner

Once a week, we feature a fantastic freelance-themed comic from the talented N.C. Winters. Why not also take a look at our comic archive?

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50 Legendary Logos with Mythical Creatures

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A successful logo design always depends on being able to reflect the entire personality of a company into a single, symbolic design. Since ancient times, people have managed to capture, define and conceptualize human emotions, strengths and weaknesses into creatures of legend and myth that impersonate exaggerated… read more

49 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

This has been quite a week in digital culture. Between Apple‘s revealing of the new iPad and the beginning of the 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, Mashable has a multitude of new digital media resources for you. Don’t worry if you’ve fallen behind — here’s our weekly features… read more

Daily Inspiration #1079

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

Survey: Telecommuting Becoming More Prevalent [INFOGRAPHIC]

Working from home is on the rise, and more companies are trusting their employees to be more productive in their own home offices than they might be at the workplace.

Digging deeper, Wrike, a company that makes collaboration software (so it has a stake in this game), conducted a survey with… read more

Pinterest’s First Investor Explains the Secret to the Startup’s Success

“I was Pinterest’s first investor.” That’s a sentence I bet you wish you could say. Here at SXSW, I find myself sitting opposite angel investor Brian Cohen who happily owns that distinction. In other words, he found, as he calls them, a couple of young guys from NYU (Ben Silbermann… read more

Nike Releases FuelBand API at SXSW Music Hackathon

Nike will unleash the application programming interface (API) for NikeFuel — the company’s metric for tracking physical activity — during a music hackathon Sunday at South by Southwest.

NikeFuel is the technology behind Nike’s FuelBand, a waterproof wristband introduced in January that measures a user’s movement and syncs with an iPod… read more

Skillshare Launches ‘Schools’ for Brands

Whether they’re teaching classes about authentic Moroccan tagine cooking or how to live rent-free in New York City, peer-to-peer learning startup Skillshare lets its users market their classes online.

Now it also wants to be a place where brands, small businesses, non-profits and other organizations can market classes taught by… read more

To Follow or Not To Follow: Should Small Businesses Follow Everyone Back on Twitter?

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

Marketers know that Twitter is a valuable tool used to reach out to thousands of customers. But it’s not just the output of content that’s valuable —… read more

Linkswitch #97, Analytic Tricks, Fun Website Design, Your Path

Every other week we roundup some of the highest quality articles and resources that benefit freelancers from across the web. We present these articles here on various helpful topics. This week we have articles on Google Analytics tricks, a fun approach to websites, and finding your own path.

11 Google… read more

Happstr, the App That Finds Your Happy Place … Literally

Looking for happiness? Now there’s a map for that.

Mobile web app Happstr lets users mark the locations at which they’re happy on a map and browse for happy spots left by others nearby.

It was built last week during a mobile hackathon called The Startup Bus. The team of six entrepreneurs… read more

26 Sample Business Card Designs with Awesome Typography

26 Sample Business Card Designs with Awesome Typography

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Beware: Top 10 Scams of the Year [INFOGRAPHIC]

Scams, much like viral cat videos, are a staple of the Internet. Even the savviest of Internet users can still get tangled in the web’s latest harmful trick — such as these 10 highlighted from the past year.

The Better Business Bureau has released this infographic, charting the biggest consumer… read more

Here’s What Happens When You Hate Your Job

Brent Daily is finally contributing to the GDP again as a founder of RoundPegg, a company culture intelligence platform that quantifies culture to help companies hire for culture fit and engage employees.

You’re really good at what you do, but you were just passed over for a job that you would… read more

Everything Your Employees Need to Know About Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

Who needs an expensive social media consultant when you can train your employees in Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn best practices yourself?

This Mindflash infographic breaks down the types of social media users you’ll find in your company — the digital native, savvy technologist, reluctant user, digital newby and digital contrarian —… read more

Why Videos Go Viral – Video

View engaging conference lectures, interesting how to discussions, and high quality freelance advice via video here on FreelanceSwitch.

This week we look at Why Videos Go Viral by Kevin Allocca. He is YouTube’s trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. In this talk from TEDYouth, he… read more

Best of the Week #213

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

5 Free Business Cards Mockup

5 Free Business Cards Mockup

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TweetStarGame a Modern Database for Modern Sports

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.

Quick Pitch: A one-stop, constantly updating database of social media’s most influential athletes in different sports and… read more

Emma: Communicate in Style

I like email better than any other means of communication. It’s simple, quick and cheap. Unlike a telephone call or a face to face meeting, you can handle emails at your own convenience too. If you take spam and email overload out of the equation, I’m sure a lot of… read more

Domain Names 101: How to Avoid Dot-Com Disasters [INFOGRAPHIC]

The overflow of quick and witty reaction tweets to the new iPad name proves a name is never just a name. This applies for domain names, too. Here are tips to help you avoid these classic dot-com disasters — poolife.com, therapistsfinder.com or IPallover.com.

DomainNameSales.com, a name registration and web hosting company,… read more

CardFlick Puts Your Instagram and Facebook Pictures On Virtual Business Cards

Virtual business card company CardFlick is giving its products a new look with the introduction of InstaCards, a web-based feature that now allows you to create virtual business cards using your Facebook and Instagram photos.

Cards created using the service can be shared — or “flicked” — to others who are… read more

10 Innovative Uses of Facebook Timeline for Brands

1. Fanta

The soda company’s branded Facebook Timeline page took advantage of the Leap Year by pretending that the… read more

Crowdsourced Philanthropy: Is It Worth the Risk?

Kellie Clapper is an assistant vice president of public affairs at State Farm Insurance. She is helping State Farm launch Cause An Effect, the company’s first crowdsourced philanthropy program, which gives people a chance to bring home one of 40 $25,000 grants to their neighborhood.

As brands look for ways to… read more

Would You Subscribe To Your Own Cereal Creation?

Puffed quinoa? Mini cookies? Maybe throw in some blueberries, cinnamon or chia seeds? Whatever you want in your breakfast bowl, a newly hatched startup called Cerealize wants to sell you a subscription to it.

The startup’s eleven founders met at the start of an unusual hackathon called The Startup Bus… read more

Daily Inspiration #1078

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

Fashion Advice App Fashism Dives Into Ecommerce, Launches on Android

Fashism, a website and mobile app that lets users solicit community feedback on style, is diving into ecommerce with the launch of an accessories shop. Now, when users are told to “add a belt” or “toss in some bangles” to spruce up their outfits, they can act immediately on that… read more

KONY 2012 May Be Flawed, But Slacktivism Isn’t the Enemy

Unless you’ve spent the past week unplugged from the social web, you’ve probably made note of an exceptionally viral 30-minute documentary called KONY 2012.

The film aims to make Joseph Kony, the leader of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) famous for his crimes against humanity, particularly kidnapping and abducting children,… read more

3 Tradeoffs Your Startup Should Consider Before Partnering

Omar H. Téllez is founder/CEO of SCHEDit, a “hyper-social” events calendar that recently partnered with Boston.com to launch My Events. Called “Twitter for events” by Mashable, SCHEDit helps users connect with the right people, the right places at the right time.

As entrepreneurs, we typically face more questions than answers. Then,… read more

HowAboutWe’s New Site Helps Couples Discover Outings

Online dating site HowAboutWe faces the same paradox as any matchmaker: “The better you do at your job,” explains co-founder Brian Schechter, “the more likely that your customers will never come back to you.”

The startup announced Friday it will launch a new site targeted at committed couples that could help… read more

Self Magazine to Launch Facebook Diet Program and Social Game

Women’s health and fitness magazine Self is upping its investment in Facebook. The publication is launching a social game and diet program on the social network next week.

The “Self Workout in the Park Social Game” developed by the magazine’s VP and publisher Laura McEwen is inspired by the exercise-themed events… read more

20 Impressively Inspirational Email Newsletter Designs

In this collection, you will find some inspiring email newsletter designs that we have collected by browsing through hundreds of websites to find out the cream of the crop. Email newsletters serve as an exceptionally excellent way that lets you stay connected with your customers, subscribers or community members. With… read more

Creative Freelancers Unite! Preview of Photoshop CS6

I’m going to tell you a little secret that causes me some embarrassment. I still use Photoshop CS3. I’m going to chalk it up to the fact that I am skeptical of constant software upgrades and the fact that I’m not a graphic designer. Still…I’m so behind the times…. read more

Finding Your Voice – Learn How to Stand Up and Speak Up to your Clients

Some clients already know what they need. Others don’t. So what should you do when a paying client knows what they want, but not what they need?

In this article, Eric Karkovack offers advice on speaking up when a client doesn’t actually know what they need.

In 1996, I was… read more

Enhance Your Freelance Writing Career with These 5 Tips

Every writer requires some new input at whatever stage they are in their career. Constant improvement, or kaizen as the Chinese call it, must become a part of the writer’s lifestyle. A serious writing career has demands, just like any other, and requires deliberate action towards a targeted end…. read more

How To Do Keyword Research (What You Need to Know?)

Search-engine optimization (SEO) is a main ingredient in website upkeep and an inescapable part of online marketing. The process of keyword research is vital to good SEO. Keyword-stuffing used to be the master card in terms of SEO, but those days are gone. Keyword research still carries weight, and website… read more

Free Retro Business Card Design and Mockup

Free Retro Business Card Design and Mockup

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Apple’s 2012 Fiscal Year Rides on New iPad

Apple has a lot riding on the success of the new iPad. It’s the company’s only big launch this year until the iPhone 5 is expected to launch in October.

Apple’s quarters are different from most companies — its fourth quarter ends in September, so sales of the new iPad… read more

How Product Announcements Affect Apple’s Stock Price [CHARTS]

Much of Apple’s market value hinges on the reception of its products. Will people love the new iPad? Will the next iteration of the iPhone change the mobile game?

Product announcement events are so important to Apple’s marketing that they can really move the needle on the company’s stock price.

SEE ALSO:… read more

Uberlife Makes Hanging Out Offline Easier

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: Uberlife

Quick Pitch: Uberlife lets users create real-world hangouts, share them instantly with their social networks and… read more

4 Ways Restaurants Should Use QR Codes

Hamilton Chan is CEO and founder of Paperlinks, which provides the leading QR code infrastructure for businesses. Codes generated through Paperlinks app can be scanned by the free Paperlinks iPhone app or by any QR code reader on any smartphone platform.

Despite criticism, the QR code continues to be a major… read more

Why Some Musicians May Not Own Their Social Media Followers

Max Blau is Paste Magazine‘s multimedia editor, where he oversees all audio, video and photo content on the website. He is also a freelance writer, photographer and videographer. Follow him at @MaxBlau or check out his blog.

When fans communicate with their favorite musicians on Twitter or Facebook, they rarely ask,… read more

How NFL Legend Warren Sapp Tackles Social Media

Warren Sapp spent 13 years as one of the NFL’s most talented, verbose and entertaining players. The intimidating mountain of a defensive tackle played in nearly 200 career games, registered nearly 100 regular season sacks and made seven Pro Bowls — numbers that may well lead to a Hall of… read more

New iPad: Is Your Content Ready for the HD Tablet Revolution?

David Clarke is CEO and Co-Founder of BGT Partners, a 2011 and 2010 Ad Age Best Place to Work in the U.S. BGT creates interactive marketing and technology solutions for global corporations that strengthen brands, develop more engaging relationships and transform businesses.

It’s time to take tablet design seriously and evaluate… read more

Daily Inspiration #1077

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

GE Wants You to Play With Power Tools at SXSW

Ever used a laser cutter? How about a cold saw, ironworker, injection molder or 3D printer? If not, do you want to?

No matter your power-tool qualifications (or lack thereof), GE wants to give you a chance to get some hands-on time with them.

The company is launching a series of pop-up… read more

SXSW Networking: 6 Ways to Up Your Game

Scott Gerber is the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, a nonprofit organization that promotes youth entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment and underemployment. The YEC provides young entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship, and resources that support each stage of a business’s development and growth.

On Friday, the ultimate crossroads… read more

Video Inspiration #59

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

Sorry, New iPad, I’m Still Hunting for a Cheaper Old Model

Last week I insisted I wouldn’t drop $500 on the new iPad even if it shot laser beams and turned into a flying car.

Now we know the new iPad does have some neat features: a super-high resolution retina display (it’s “resolutionary,” according to Apple‘s oddly punning marketing), a new camera… read more

New Site Helps You Control Google Search Results for Your Name

Potential employers, clients and dates are all Googling your name. BrandYourself, a new website launching Thursday, helps make sure they find what you want them to.

The website guides you in search optimizing the links you want to push up in Google results for your name.

Here’s how it works: You choose… read more