Better Manage Your Small Business’s Social Media Presence [APPS]

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

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

Name: Sprout Social

Quick Pitch: Sprout Social delivers comprehensive tools that… read more

Our Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: The Secrets Edition

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

Happy Labor Day weekend, folks! I’m guessing that many of you are heading home this fine Friday to dine and drink with friends and merry relations. Well, you know what happens when you get scads of loved ones together in one room? Dark truths are revealed (that and Aunt Marge’s… read more

NVIDIA Updates Mobile Lineup with GeForce 400M Series GPUs

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

Today, NVIDIA announced the GeForce 400M Series, a major addition to its lineup of mobile graphics processing units (GPUs).

The 400M series features seven new processors, including the GTX 470M and GTX 460M monsters aimed at “enthusiast users,” as well as the GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M and… read more

HOW TO: Score the Best Fashion Deals on the Social Web

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be a geek chic chick.

Just because the economy is still depressed… read more

Explore Space with NASA HD for iPad

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

NASA has just released an iPad version of its official NASA app for iPhone.

NASA HD is a free app that lets users view thousands of NASA images, information about current NASA images and videos, as well as live stream NASA TV.

The app also includes access to curated topic… read more

A Collection of PSD to HTML Conversion Tutorials

September 3rd, 2010
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A Collection of PSD to HTML Conversion Tutorials

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The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, July 2010

September 3rd, 2010
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*The Visible Measures Top 10 Webisodes Chart focuses on digital studio-driven Web series that appear on Internet video-sharing destinations and publisher microsites. Each Web series is measured on a True Reach™ basis, which includes viewership of both studio-syndicated video clips and viewer-driven social video placements. The data are compiled using… read more

Mashable Giveaway: Win A SANYO Dual HD Camera

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

We’ve partnered with SANYO to give away 20 newly released SANYO Dual HD PD2 cameras. From today until next Friday, we’ll be giving two readers a camera each day, with six winners on the final day.

So how do you win? Simple. All you have to do is answer the question:… read more

A Beginner’s Guide to Facebook Insights

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

Ekaterina Walter is a social media strategist at Intel. She is a part of Intel’s Social Media Center of Excellence and is responsible for company-wide social media enablement and corporate social networking strategy.

You have created a Facebook Fan Page. Now what? I bet these questions come to mind: “Is my… read more

40 Awesome Works of Art Made From Paper

September 3rd, 2010
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Noupe

By Tim Mercer

Paper is a humble medium. It’s often cheap and you probably have some within 20 feet of you right now. Most of us just use it for jotting down ideas, writing notes or doodling but some resourceful artists out there use it to create stunning works of art.

Often… read more

In-Depth Review of Tumblr’s Custom Theming Ability

September 3rd, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

Tumblr. If you’re a savvy tech maven, you may have heard of, or had the chance to use, this powerful microblogging platform.

No wonder; millions of people have chosen Tumblr as their blogging service, and the average Tumblr user creates 14 original posts every month. Half of … read more

Web Design Checkmate: Using Chess For Success in Web Design

September 3rd, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

The business of building websites is one of constant change, adaptation and strategy. The way designers and developers build websites is often informed by the methods of others and their own trial and error. In light of this, we can draw a number of parallels — some philosophical, to a… read more

NASA Plans to Visit the Sun

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

If you’ve seen Danny Boyle’s movie Sunshine, you may be a little disappointed: NASA’s mission to visit the Earth’s Sun won’t include sending people up there. But it will be sending a spacecraft into the Sun’s atmosphere, approximately four million miles from its surface. The project, called Solar Probe Plus,… read more

Celebrate the Cow

September 2nd, 2010
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This is an homage to a very cool Flickr group that we stumbled across recently. Our own cow mascot at Light Stalking gets quite a few comments. Here are a few more cows to lighten up your day.

Photo by Ecatoncheiras

Photo by Stephi

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HOW TO: Track Hurricane Earl Online

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Hurricane Earl is expected to wreak some havoc on the East Coast this Labor Day weekend. According to the the National Hurricane Center, Earl is expected “pass near the North Carolina outer banks tonight [Thursday]… and approach southeastern New England Friday night.”

President Obama has declared a state of emergency for… read more

Facebook Testing a “Stalker Button”

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Facebook is apparently testing a new subscription feature that would allow users to receive alerts any time a specific friend takes certain actions on the social network.

AllFacebook reports that it has noticed the new feature popping up on friends’ profiles. Facebook told the blog, “This feature is being tested with… read more

Liberate Your Video with Pixorial

September 2nd, 2010
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Web App Storm

We human beings have come almost a full circle in communicating with each other. From the paintings in caves during stone age, we have now come to communicating with images & combination of fast moving images (videos) in this modern age. When a picture speaks thousand… read more

JavaScript Fundamentals: Basic Types and Tools [Video Tutorial]

September 2nd, 2010
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JavaScript Fundamentals: Basic Types and Tools [Video Tutorial]

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RIP Meme: The Double Rainbow Guy Sells Out to Microsoft

September 2nd, 2010
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We were enamored of your childlike delight. We reveled in the remixes. But now, Double Rainbow Guy, we are less than amused. What’s the sure-fire way to kill a viral video? Festoon it with dollar signs.

Yup, the above video is a commercial for Windows Live Photo Gallery, and yup, the… read more

Travel Photography Subjects: Food Preparation

September 2nd, 2010
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Digital Photography School

Going hand in hand with the previous Travel Photography Subject: Food, is what goes on behind the scenes. Some will consider food and food preparation one and the same and photograph them as such. But I have often found the ceremony, skill, art and heart that goes into creating… read more

8 Funding Contests to Kick Start Your Big Idea

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

This post originally appeared on Dyn.com, a world leader in managed DNS, powering the best brands on the web including Gowalla, Mashable, Twitter, Wikia and more. Follow @DynInc on Twitter.

Taking a business from idea to reality involves a good deal of attrition, ingenuity, and compromise. But no matter how much… read more

Skype Introduces 10-Way Video Calling

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Skype — apparently pleased with its five-way beta group video-calling functionality — has just released a new version of Skype 5.0 for Windows that doubles group support. It now allows for up to 10 video callers.

Skype 5.0 beta two is already available for download; it includes 10-way video calls, automatic… read more

Google Chrome Version 6 Arrives on Browser’s Second Birthday

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since the Chrome browser first hit the web. In that time, Chrome has come to control more than 7.5% of the worldwide browser market, according to Net Marketshare. Sure, Internet Explorer and Firefox hold 60.4% and 22.9% respectively, but if one… read more

Google to Power AOL Search for the Next 5 Years

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Google and AOL have signed a deal that extends the search and advertising partnership between the two companies for another five years. The agreement also includes mobile search and adds a content sharing partnership with YouTube.

In a statement, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said that, “After nearly a… read more

10 of the Web’s Most Insightful News Infographics

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

A picture is worth a thousand words. But if you include an entire database, make it interactive, and add filtering options, the word-to-picture exchange rate is even better.

Infographics at their best are more than just pictures — they can provide new understandings, succinct summaries, or just plain old fun.

In that… read more

45 Fantastic and Splendid Digital Painting Tutorials

September 2nd, 2010
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Noupe

We all have our spirit of imagination from our childhood — we give a shape to our thoughts by drawing image on school yard, on a piece of paper or on a digital tablet. Photoshop, Wacom and Illustrator are beautiful tools that help us transform our imagination into beautiful drawings…. read more

30 Fantastic and Splendid Digital Painting Tutorials

September 2nd, 2010
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Noupe

We all have our spirit of imagination from our childhood — we give a shape to our thoughts by drawing image on school yard, on a piece of paper or on a digital tablet. Photoshop, Wacom and Illustrator are beautiful tools that help us transform our imagination into beautiful drawings…. read more

Morning Brief: iTunes 10 & Ping Now Live, Samsung Unveils Tablet, Twitter’s iPad App

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of social media and technology.

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in… read more

Showcase Of Appetizing Restaurant Websites

September 2nd, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

They say the first bite is taken with the eye. If so, these appetizing restaurant websites succeed in whetting our appetites, inviting us to a savoury next bite. In these designs, color scheme and introductory copy show vastly different aspects of the restaurant experience. Moody warm tones create atmosphere, vibrant… read more

Creating Psychedelic Character Art Using Adobe Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial

September 2nd, 2010
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Vector Tuts

We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to make a psychedelic comic style character and background with Adobe Illustrator, then we have an awesome tutorial for you.

This Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques

Starting with a hand… read more

Samsung Officially Unveils Galaxy Tab

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Samsung has finally spilled the details about its long-awaited tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab, during a press conference at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin.

Samsung calls its tablet a “smart media device,” and Galaxy Tab definitely has the specifications to back it up: Android 2.2 support, a Cortex A8… read more

Competition Responds to Apple TV and Ping

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Apple made a lot of announcements today, from the new Apple TV to the Ping social network for music built into iTunes 10.

Because Apple is entering some new market segments (or, in the case of Ping, some new markets, period) Apple is now a direct competitor to a number of… read more

20 Useful Free PDF ebooks for Designers and Bloggers

September 2nd, 2010
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Specky Boy

Over the years I have a saved a decent sized library of useful design and blogging related PDF ebooks, I love them. I have voraciously collected them, and all stored on my mobile for whenever the chance of quick read arises. In this post I would like to share my… read more

Twitter’s iPad App: All the Bells and Whistles

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Twitter has just announced the service’s official iPad app.

It’s free and comes with a slew of touch interface bells and whistles built right in. The app is intended to allow for seamless navigation between tweets, photos, web pages, videos and other media and updates. It’s also usable even for those… read more

10 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins

September 2nd, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

When it comes to adding JavaScript functionality to a website, jQuery has become the solution of choice for web designers and developers. With it’s ease of use and ever-growing selection of plugins, there’s really no point to look elsewhere. Awesome jQuery plugins are popping up everyday, and we’re always on… read more

Secure Your Data in the Cloud with CloudSafe

September 1st, 2010
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Web App Storm

Everything’s stored online nowadays. Contact information, bank details and even your files. But just how secure are those backups?

CloudSafe helps to secure online files by the use of heavy encryption. In this article, I’m going to be showing you how to set up a virtual safe where you can store… read more

Pay for Starbucks Coffee with Your BlackBerry

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

Mocha frappuccino and soy latte lovers rejoice: Starbucks is rolling out its Starbucks Card Mobile App for BlackBerry tomorrow, September 2.

In September 2009, Starbucks introduced its Starbucks Card Mobile app for iPhone and iPod touch, enabling the owners of those devices to reload their Starbucks payment cards, monitor their rewards… read more

iTunes 10 and Ping Are Here, Bringing Mixed First Impressions

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

iTunes 10 is now live and available for download. It comes bundled with its own killer feature: music-centric social network Ping.

Announced just this morning, the new iTunes/Ping one-two combo pack a mighty punch. But can this dynamic duo deliver on its promise to revitalize music-based social networking? And will Ping… read more

Morning Brief: iTunes 10 & Ping Now Live, Samsung Unveils Tablet, Twitter Releases iPad App

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of social media and technology.

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in… read more

How Mastering Motion Blur Can Make You a Better Photographer

September 1st, 2010
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One of the great things about stepping up from compact cameras to SLRs is the amount of extra control you get over the final shot. While that control can be used in an almost infinite set of combinations, one of the more popular and effective ways to… read more

Quick Tip: What you May Not Know About JavaScript’s Logical AND Operator

September 1st, 2010
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In today’s video quick tip, we’ll be reviewing JavaScript’ logical AND operator. Those of you who are just beginning to get into JavaScript, or even a library like jQuery, might not realize that they can even be used as micro if statements! Subscribe to our YouTube page to watch all… read more

QR Codes Help Consumers Shop for Wine

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

Selecting the right wine for every occasion is a form of art most of us only pretend to understand. That’s why Lion Nathan Wine Group, a wine owner and importer, has put QR codes on wine bottles to help everyday wine buyers make better selections.

Cellar Key, a joint initiative between… read more

We Have a Winner: The Snazzy Napper Parody Contest [VIDEO]

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

The other week we called upon you, gentle readers, to create a parody commercial for the Snazzy Napper — or Snuggie 2.0, as we have dubbed it. Although three of you stepped forward to assume to mantle of director, veritable Scorseses of schlock, in the end — as Highlander says… read more

Beautiful Illustrations by Simon Fernandes

September 1st, 2010
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Abduzeedo

Simon Fernandes is an art director, designer and illustrator from Sao Paulo, Brazil with a really cool style, his portfolio has illustrations with different styles, from the very clean vectors of the Agua Viva artwork to the sort of retro style of the Copo poster. We were really impressed with… read more

New Apple TV Adds Netflix, iTunes Rentals and iPad Streaming for $99

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

At Apple’s special event today, the company announced a redesigned and re-formulated Apple TV. As expected, the new device comes with support for Netflix, streams content and offers affordable rental pricing for TV shows.

The new Apple TV will be available later this month (you can pre-order it now) for $99.99…. read more

Apple’s Xbox Live-like Game Center to Launch Next Week

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

Next week, Apple will launch Game Center for the iPhone and the iPod touch. The app and platform will allow video game players to track one another’s achievements, create multiplayer matches and discover new games.

The features are comparable to those found in Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network and Steam —… read more

Cee-lo’s Viral Hit “F**ck You” Gets an Official Music Video

September 1st, 2010
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So fall’s official jam (no, really, it was even playing in a super hipster Brooklyn club last weekend), Cee-lo Green’s “F**ck You,” officially has a video.

Just last week, a stripped-down video featuring merely the song’s lyrics officially went viral, in part because of the catchiness of the song, it part… read more

HOW TO: Follow the US Open with Social Media

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

It’s US Open time in New York, which means tennis fever has officially hit the city that never sleeps. As the final major tournament in professional tennis, the US Open always draws a healthy audience, nationally and abroad.

Maybe you’ve been waiting for the US Open tennis tournament since Wimbledon ended… read more

Ping Is the Last Nail in the Coffin for MySpace

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

If I were MySpace, I would be shaking in my boots.

Earlier today, Apple launched iTunes 10, the latest rendition of its wildly popular music software. Really though, iTunes 10 is just a vessel for Ping, Apple’s new music-centric social network. Available immediately to iTunes’s 160 million+ users through… read more

Apple Overhauls iPod Lineup

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

Lots of news came out of today’s Apple press event, but in the words of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, iPods were “the entree of the day.” The iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano and iPod Touch each received significant cosmetic and feature updates, while the iPod Classic was removed from the lineup.

iPod… read more

We’re Hiring! 50+ Job Vacancies in Social Media, Web Design, and More

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

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

Justin.tv’s Android App Lets You Broadcast Live Video Anytime, Anywhere

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

Imagine streaming video from your Android phone to the web at the click of a button — no Wi-Fi needed, no painful upload times, no maneuvering back and forth between a handful of apps to shoot and share your video. Today, Justin.tv is making all that possible.

Its Android app is… read more

iOS 4.1 and iOS 4.2 On the Way: HDR, Game Center and iPad Support

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

At Apple’s special event today, the company announced its next two iOS releases: iOS 4.1 and iOS 4.2.

Apple will be releasing iOS 4.1 next week as a free update for the iPhone and iPod touch, fixing some bugs and adding new features like HDR photos, Game Center, TV show rentals… read more

Thank You Our Valued Sponsors For Being With Us In The Month Of August

September 1st, 2010
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Smashing Apps

This is a post in which we want to say a big Thank You to the SmashingApps’ fastest growing community for regularly visiting our blog. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and be the one… read more

Salesforce and Jigsaw Help Keep Business Data Up-to-Date in Real-Time

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

Enterprise cloud computing company Salesforce.com is introducing the newest component to its platform, Jigsaw for Salesforce CRM.

Jigsaw for Salesforce integrates the Salesforce CRM and Salesforce Chatter experience with Jigsaw’s crowdsourced business data service. Salesforce acquired Jigsaw in April; this is one of the first big developments from that acquisition.

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Typography Mania #44

September 1st, 2010
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Abduzeedo

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography work on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration.

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Click here to check out all the previous Typography Mania

Make sure to click on each… read more

Creative Bookmarks: Best of August 2010

September 1st, 2010
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Tutorial9

August was another awesome month with great tutorials and articles oozing from everywhere. Here’s Creative Bookmarks August!

Quick Nav:

Photoshop TutorialsIllustrator TutorialsWeb/Blogging TutorialsFreebies, Inspiration, & ResourcesPhotoshop TutorialsHow To Create The Expendables Winged Skull Poster Art

In this tutorial, by Chris Spooner, you’ll learn how to re-create the sinister and gun-crazy poster for the… read more

How to Become a Pro Photographer: Part 1

September 1st, 2010
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Digital Photography School

Image by Romain Guy

As lovers of photography – we can all admit to dreaming of chucking in the day job and setting up shop as a professional photographer, but for many of us it can remain just that – a dream. But for those with the talent, support system and… read more

Morning Brief: Apple Live Event, Amazon TV Subscription Service, New Sony E-Readers

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of social media and technology.

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in… read more

Android Gets Tough with Rugged Motorola Defy

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

Motorola’s new Android-based smartphone, the Defy, boasts an interesting combination of solid features and ruggedness that will appeal to users prone to splashing, dropping and scratching their phone.

If you saw the Defy and read its specifications, you’d think it’s just another Android smartphone: it sports a 3.7” touchscreen display with… read more

Top Articles On The Web Design Billboard In August’10

September 1st, 2010
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InstantShift

A perfect layout, A Good Design and Nice Resource can produce a creative output. Layout, textures, typography and patterns are used more often than one may think but the outcome of different combination can result verity of excellent designs. Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. However, When it comes… read more

Sexual Assault Case Against WikiLeaks Founder Reopened

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

Sweden’s chief prosecutor has reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Recently, Assange was accused with crimes of molestation and rape by the Swedish authorities. Assange has denied the allegations, claiming they are “without basis,” and later calling the case a “smear campaign” against him and WikiLeaks.

The rape charges… read more

51 Tutorials For Creating 3D Animations And Artworks

September 1st, 2010
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51 Tutorials For Creating 3D Animations And Artworks

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20 Useful Graphic Illustration Tutorials in 3D Style

August 31st, 2010
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20 Useful Graphic Illustration Tutorials in 3D Style

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Apple to Provide Live Video Stream of Tomorrow’s iPod/iTV Event

August 31st, 2010
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Mashable

Apple has announced that it will be live streaming its September 1 “special event,” where the company is expected not only to reveal a new line of iPods, but a new version of Apple TV as well

The announcement is surprising. Historically, Apple has not provided live video for any… read more

Japanese Resort Caters to Men with Virtual Girlfriends

August 31st, 2010
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Mashable

File this one under “only in Japan”: A beach town near Tokyo has begun catering to a specific segment of young men, ones who play the game Love Plus and have a strong desire to take their virtual “girlfriends” from this game on a romantic holiday in the real world.

Love… read more

Digg Crowns Former Amazon Exec New CEO

August 31st, 2010
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Mashable

Digg has confirmed that it has hired Matt Williams from Amazon to replace Kevin Rose as CEO. Rose says that he will “remain actively involved in the product” but is handing over “day-to-day running of the business” to Williams.

This news comes five months after Rose announced former CEO Jay… read more

Recovering lost or deleted files – Backing Up & Saving Your Images: Part 4

August 31st, 2010
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Digital Photography School

This post is the final part in our Backing Up and Saving Your Images series. See previous posts on Backing up and Saving Your Images – External Hard Drives – Online Storage Sites and Software Solutions.

That crushing, sickening and agonising feeling of realising your memory card has corrupted or for… read more

Vexel Art Inspiration by ChewedKandi

August 31st, 2010
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Abduzeedo

ChewedKandi is the name of artist/designer Sharon Milne. She lives in the North East of England and has a passion for vector art. Sharon has been interviewed and featured on a variety of websites. She has recently began writing tutorials for VectorTuts+.

Since 2001, she has been creating and appreciating digital… read more

10 Useful iPhone Shortcuts, Tips and Tricks

August 31st, 2010
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Mashable

Here at Mashable, we’ve been putting the iPhone 4 through its paces, and have come up with some handy tips and tricks that can help you get more out of your Apple-flavored mobile.

We’ve covered all kinds of basics, like making search results more relevant, creating shortcuts for your favorite websites,… read more

Real-Time Analytics Provider Chartbeat Raises $3M from All-Star Investors

August 31st, 2010
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Mashable

Boasting a star-studded roster of investors, New York-based startup Chartbeat has raised a $3 million Series A.

The cash infusion is led by Index Ventures and rounded out by the likes of Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Jason Calacanis, Chris Sacca’s Lowercase Capital and Betaworks.

Betaworks is the NYC-based startup incubator and investment… read more

Announcing the UN Week Digital Media Lounge

August 31st, 2010
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Mashable

In conjunction with the Mashable & 92Y Social Good Summit, we are proud to be working with the United Nations Foundation and 92nd Street Y to host the first ever UN Week Digital Media Lounge.

The conversation about the world’s biggest challenges no longer belongs to a small set of… read more

YouTube to Live Stream President Obama’s Iraq Address [VIDEO]

August 31st, 2010
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Tonight, U.S. President Barack Obama is slated to address America from the Oval Office via a live stream on YouTube, a speech during which he is expected to announce the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq.

Before you check out the live stream tonight at 8 p.m. EST, YouTube… read more

70 Tutorials For Learning And Mastering Light Effects In Photoshop

August 31st, 2010
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70 Tutorials For Learning And Mastering Light Effects In Photoshop

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Borders Slashes E-Reader Prices to $99

August 31st, 2010
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Mashable

Following similar moves by Amazon and Barnes & Noble, Borders has announced that it will also be cutting the prices on some of its e-readers.

Beginning Wednesday, September 1, the prices of the Kobo e-reader and the Aluratek Libre eBook Pro will drop from $149.99 to $129.99 and from $119.99 to… read more

20 Fresh Must See Illustrator Tutorials

August 31st, 2010
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20 Fresh Must See Illustrator Tutorials

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Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic

August 31st, 2010
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Layers Magazine

ADD CREATIVE EFFECTS TO YOUR IMAGES BY SOFTENING THE FOCUS

The creative folks at Lensbaby have been busy coming up with more lenses for their innovative Optic Swap System. According to Lensbaby, the Soft Focus Optic “…creates a velvety soft image perfect for portraits, flowers, landscapes, or any subject that… read more

Improv Everywhere Takes Formal Wear to the Beach [VIDEO]

August 31st, 2010
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Improv Everywhere is probably best known for being underdressed — you know, riding the subway in their skivvies — but recently the comedy troupe got suited up to go beaching at New York’s Coney Island. And by “suited up,” we don’t mean “in their bathing suits.”

A month ago, Improv Everywhere… read more

40 Tutorials and Techniques for Creating Business Logos

August 31st, 2010
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YouTheDesigner

A logo alludes to its company’s identity in its appearance and visual impact; that’s how it starts branding. Seeing how important it is, we designers must not underestimate the potential of this simple graphic, and instead hone our skills as much as possible in creating and polishing logos,… read more

Social Network Unites Writers and Fans of Short Fiction [INVITES]

August 31st, 2010
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Mashable

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

Name: Fictionaut

Quick Pitch: A social network for writers that doubles… read more

Video of Girl Throwing Puppies in a River Causes Social Media Uproar

August 31st, 2010
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Mashable

A video of a young girl in a red sweatshirt throwing several puppies into a river has caused a huge social media backlash on sites like 4chan, reddit and Facebook.

The backlash is similar to the one caused by the Cat Bin Lady, a woman who was caught on video throwing… read more

40 Creative Flash Preloaders For Your Inspiration

August 31st, 2010
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40 Creative Flash Preloaders For Your Inspiration

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Best of the Web – August 2010

August 31st, 2010
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As you know, each month, we round up some of the best Photoshop-related content from around the web. This month, there were some excellent Photoshop tutorials, articles, and freebies to choose from. Please take a moment to review our favorites from August 2010. Tutorial Wrap Paint With Fire In real… read more

The Complete Overview of Indie Graphics Software for Mac

August 31st, 2010
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Mac App Storm

Everyone knows about the big guns in the graphics field. Adobe is pretty much the unchallenged master of image editing with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks. Adobe’s InDesign shares the digital publishing field, albeit grudgingly, with Quark’s QuarkXPress. Serious graphic designers find themselves stuck between these two large corporations, due in… read more

Best of the Vector Web – August 2010

August 31st, 2010
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Vector Tuts

As you know, each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we found some really great tutorials on vector character design, creating charts in Illustrator, and vector skulls among others. We’ve also expanded this month’s offering…. read more

Appbistro: Supermarket for Facebook Apps

August 31st, 2010
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Web App Storm

Just like Android apps, Facebook apps are growing exponentially in number. But just like the Android platform, Facebook app platform is also bogged down by the lack of a great centralized repository from where people can find, read about & install apps and comment on the usefulness apps as well.

Enter… read more

How to Make an Internet Web Page

August 31st, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

Do you browse the internet often? Are you amazed at how many internet web pages there are in the world today? Don’t you wish you could get a piece of that action?

You’re probably thinking that in order to build an internet web page, you have to… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.53)

August 31st, 2010
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Specky Boy

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week.

If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even… read more

Gmail Priority Inbox: 5 Tips for Better Productivity

August 31st, 2010
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Mashable

With the launch of Priority Inbox, a radical new way to sort mail, Google has hugely changed the way you can process and manage email. As Gmail Product Director Keith Coleman says, “Once you go priority, you never go back.”

The set-it-and-forget-it solution has actually existed in various states of completion… read more

Refreshing styles of Corona

August 31st, 2010
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Fuel Your Creativity

Advertisements take us away to far off places and far off lands theres not much more refreshing than being whisked off to a far-off beach with a nice cold one. Corona advertising has been synonymous to simplicity, bright colors and lots of beer and limes. With bright blues and clean sandy beaches… read more

Voice Faceoff: Skype vs. Google Voice

August 30th, 2010
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Mashable

With the help of Gmail, Google has turned Google Voice into a legitimate Skype competitor. Is it enough to make people abandon Skype for Google Voice calling?

The Skype software application has been around since 2003. Since its launch, it has garnered hundreds of millions of users because of… read more

DesignChat Guest – Quite Strong

August 30th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

This week DesignChat welcomes the design collective Quite Strong to the conversation. They’re made up of 5 strong-minded women in Chicago who have combined forces to rule the design world. I’m not sure how this conversation is going to go between myself and five freaking guests, but its sure to… read more

Gmail Priority Inbox Launches: Your E-mail Will Never Be the Same

August 30th, 2010
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Mashable

Today, Google will begin rolling out Priority Inbox for Gmail, a new feature for managing massive amounts of e-mail. Your inbox will never be the same again.

Priority Inbox is Google’s attempt to solve the e-mail woes of Gmail power users. At its core, it’s an algorithm; Priority Inbox… read more

“The Social Network” Movie Launches a Facebook-Themed Website

August 30th, 2010
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Mashable

Columbia Pictures has just launched the official website for The Social Network, 500MillionFriends.com. David Fincher’s take on the Facebook story is highly anticipated by film fans and social media addicts alike.

The site opens into a large-form portal with photos, videos and cast information, all arranged in a very Facebook-like collage.

The… read more

Introducing the Tuts+ Marketplace – Making Premium Accessible to Everyone

August 30th, 2010
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We’ve just launched the Tuts+ Marketplace, where Premium quality tutorials – both from our Tuts+ Premium program and from unaffiliated authors – are available to purchase individually. Our Tuts+ Premium program will still stay exactly the same – you’ll get all the same things, for the same price. But now,… read more

Skype Tries Its Hand at VoIP for Business

August 30th, 2010
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Mashable

Skype has formally announced its newest product for business users, Skype Connect.

Skype Connect, formally Skype SIP, is Skype’s play at the IP-enabled PBX and Unified Communications (UC) market. With Skype Connect, businesses can now integrate the service into their existing PBX systems.

In addition to making outgoing calls at Skype rates… read more

MTV Teams Up with Foursquare for VMAs

August 30th, 2010
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Mashable

Hey Foursquare junkies, here’s another merit badge to add to your digital belt: MTV has teamed up with Foursquare to award users who check in to a music venue with the 2010 MTV VMA Moonman Badge.

Yeah, a rad badge is all well and good, but what’s in it for you?… read more

3 Winning Alternatives to Online Sweepstakes

August 30th, 2010
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Mashable

Meaghan Edelstein has gained national media attention through her blog, I Kicked Cancer’s Ass, which she started to document her battle with end stage cancer. She is an attorney, the founder of the non-profit organization Spirit Jump, and works for the Real Time Marketing Group.

For some time now, companies have… read more

Nikon Coolpix P100 [Review]

August 30th, 2010
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Digital Photography School

I fondly remember earlier digicams like the Coolpix 5400 way back in 2003, complete with 5.1 million pixels, a 4x zoom lens and a vari-angle LCD viewfinder. Dirt cheap at AUD1599!

In terms of the Coolpix 5400, the new Nikon Coolpix P100 is definitely retro style-wise, with a severe kick up… read more

Users Revolt Against New Digg

August 30th, 2010
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Mashable

Since launching its new version last Wednesday, Digg has been met by a slew of criticism from users unhappy with the latest iteration of the social news site. In a current Mashable poll (open until September 1), the majority of users are saying they prefer the old Digg over… read more