Web Based Microsoft Office 2010 Soon To Be Launched

A new productivity suite of Microsoft windows is soon to be fully launched for everyone who uses computers, it will be a successor of Microsoft Office 2007. Yes, it is Microsoft Office 2010 and this time it will be free to use and a web based application. Microsoft has somehow assured… read more

Details: Twitter’s New @Anywhere Platform

Twitter CEO Evan Williams just announced at SXSW that his company is taking another step to integrate with the rest of the web with a new platform called @anywhere. Operators of third-party websites will be able to plug in @anywhere to integrate some basic Twitter functionality without requiring their… read more

“Titanic” to Return to Theaters in 3D

Jeffrey Katzenberg was right: 3D is the future of movies. USA Today interviewed Avatar director James Cameron about this new era of filmmaking, and the director revealed plans to bring a certain unsinkable hit back to theaters in 2012, this time in 3D: Titanic.

Because of the success… read more

Print May Be King, But The Future is Digital

Going Digital

People are consuming information much differently these days and it’s your responsibility to make sure your content is available for the most popular forms of consumption. Here, we’ll take a look at distributing content through everything from Zinio to Amazon’s Kindle to Apple’s iPhone.

Personally, I’ve been a fan of… read more

Found Footage: VMware gets schooled by Parallels in MacTech benchmarks

Many Mac owners who install Windows do so for gaming. Those uninterested in Boot Camp can try out virtualization software, which lets you run Windows in a virtual environment on a Mac. The two most popular are VMWare Fusion and Parallels. Before making a purchase decision, wouldn’t it be great… read more

GDC 2010: Ngmoco’s Neil Young on how freemium will change the App Store world

<phe third day of GDC 2010, Ngmoco's Neil Young took the stage in one of the largest rooms at the conference to talk about what his company had "unlearned" in its time in the App Store. Ngmoco has become a large and polarizing figure in the world of App Store… read more

Windows Phone 7: New Details and App Partners Revealed

Microsoft has just announced an avalanche of new details surrounding its Windows Phone 7 Series due to launch this year, including that the phone will support multi-touch and that Pandora, Foursquare, Seesmic, Netflix and the AP are among its development partners.

The new information, revealed during Microsoft’s presentation at Microsoft’s… read more

NY Times details Google/Apple relationship souring

In 2006, Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt joined Apple’s board of directors. Google and Apple collaborated on the iPhone’s mapping services, and a year later, Schmidt joined Jobs on stage during the iPhone’s introduction at Macworld Expo. The two men were all smiles and compliments, and the venture looked bright.<br… read more

GDC 2010: The Parrot AR.Drone’s augmented reality

<pctually got to play with the iPhone-controlled Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter back at Macworld a little while ago, but we didn't get a chance to see the "AR" part of it (augmented reality, of course) until GDC last week. Parrot pulled out the AR targets for us, and while the games… read more

MySpace’s New Tech Strategy, and Who It’s Hiring to Implement It

Ever since Owen Van Natta stepped down as CEO of MySpace last month, there has been a lot of speculation surrounding the future of the social networking site. Can it function with two co-presidents? Can it turn things around and restart its growth? Can it remake… read more

Quick Window Management With Cinch

That little green ‘zoom’ button at the top of windows in Mac OS X has always puzzled me; it almost never seems to do what I want it to, and so I generally leave it alone. There are, however, some great applications out there which strive to make… read more

Apple App Store Has Twice as Many Apps as Facebook [STATS]

A study by mobile application analytics company Flurry reveals that Apple’s App Store now has more than twice the number of applications as the Facebook Platform, despite Facebook’s much larger market of users.

Flurry estimates that as of its eighteenth month this January, the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch… read more

CSS Bugs and Inconsistencies in Firefox 3.x

There aren’t many articles covering incompatibilities, or CSS differences in Firefox alone — and for good reason.

Firefox has always done an excellent good job of supporting both CSS and JavaScript in a standards-compliant manner without too many awkward bugs.

There are, however, a few CSS properties and… read more

Photoshop Plugins: 3D and Beauty

Over the last years Adobe Photoshop’s developers have been integrating some powerful 3D tools. Many of them require you to import a model from a 3D software or to gain profound knowledge of the software and its terminology. If you wish to move forward a little faster, then take a… read more

Showcase Of Web Design In China: From Imitation To Innovation

China is a country with five thousand years of civilization. It is a multi-national entity extending over a large area of East Asia. China’s cultural influence extends across the continent, with customs and writing systems adopted by neighboring countries including Japan, Korea and Vietnam.

China has gone through numerous ups and… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media & Web Events

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s… read more

The Fully Sick Rapper: Viral Vids Are the Remedy [INTERVIEW]

What would you do if you found out that you had an extremely contagious disease that required you to remain in quarantine for the several months? If you’re like most people, you would probably cry and cry and cry… and then curl up in the corner and commence eating… read more

Ultimate Photoshop Tutorials to Enhance Your Skills

Ultimate Photoshop Tutorials to Enhance Your Skills

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How to Make an Inspired, Golden Painting in Illustrator

In this tutorial we will travel back in time to recreate the painting style of one of the most outstanding symbolism artists – Gustav Klimt. His works are full of warm golden colors, simple ornaments, irregular patterns, natural symbols, and asymmetric shapes. We will work to produce this style with… read more

17 Logo Design Case Studies

Although there are a lot of quality tutorials available for designing logos, case studies from real-world projects can prove to be even more valuable as a learning resource. Case studies are excellent for showing more of the entire process, the steps that are involved, and putting it into the context… read more

Song Downloads Coming to Next Version of Rhapsody

Real Networks’ Rhapsody is a mobile app that lets you stream music (they’ve got some 9 million tracks in their library) directly from your iPhone, for a $15 monthly fee.

It was once thought that Apple would never allow such an app, but it has, and now Rhapsody prepares to… read more

15 CSS3 Navigation and Menu Tutorials and Techniques

CSS3 is slowly but surely creeping into mainstream web design, more and more designers are using it, albeit in small doses, but it is certainly gathering momentum. It really is an exciting time for web design.
A few weeks back we published an article called 20 CSS3 Tutorials and Techniques… read more

Western Spaghetti Movie Posters

Today I’m going to post some cool Western Spaghetti movie posters in the blog. For those who are not familiar with the genre, Western Spaghetti it’s a kind of western made in late 70′s by italian directors, in italian locations. The most memorable characteristic of Werstern Spaghetti is the long… read more

Funny Or Die Outtake Reunites SNL’s George W. and Bush Sr. [VIDEO]

An extended outtake sequence from director Ron Howard’s “Funny or Die’s Presidential Reunion” featuring Will Ferrell as George W. Bush and Dana Carvey as George Bush Sr. is making the rounds on the Internet. The original clip has attracted almost three million views.

This new outtake clip is an extended… read more

9 Ways to Geek Out Your T-Shirt Collection

A t-shirt isn’t just a cotton garment, it’s a form of communication, a personal billboard that lets you get a message out to the world in a medium that offers the minimum of effort.

Whether your geek tendencies lean towards gaming, Apple, space, film or social media, we’ve got a… read more

44% of those who own a Digital Camera with Video Never Use it

Over the last few weeks we’ve been asking readers whether they use the video feature on their digital camera.

While the largest response was ‘My Camera Doesn’t Have Video’ (35%) the break down between the other three responses was interesting. Here is the breakdown of responses from those who DO have… read more

UN Social Media Envoy to Raise Awareness for Malaria

Tomorrow, the United Nations will be announcing a special Social Media Envoy group that will use the power of social media over the next year to raise awareness for malaria control in African countries.

The special envoy is made up of well-known figures from both the social web and broadcast… read more

Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Mar 7-Mar 13, 2010

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

New Version of Digg Revealed

At the “Bigg Digg Shindigg” event at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference (SXSWi), Digg CEO Jay Adelson revealed that the popular social bookmarking site is getting a major overhaul, teasing the audience about new features such as personalized feeds and the return of the Digg leaderboard.

The new version… read more

50 Hot New Tutorials (Part2)

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of February. You’ll find everything from a super easy neon… read more

5 Must-See Google Easter Eggs

There’s no doubt Google has a sense of humor — its excellent April Fools jokes are a testament to that. But there’s a wealth of funnies that can found any time of the year too. Here we pull together a handy list of Google “Easter eggs” that you can… read more

Pete Cashmore Talks Foursquare, iPad, and Location on Bloomberg

If you had to pick the one buzzword that’s dominating social media chatter today, it would have to be location. Just over a year ago, Foursquare burst onto the scene at the SXSW conference in Austin, TX. Since then, it’s only grown dramatically.

The result has been a… read more

‘Predators’ Preview Debuts at SXSW

SXSWi (the South by Southwest Interactive conference) is certainly our favorite track of the SXSW experience, but it’s not the only portion of the festival taking place this weekend. Film goers are out en masse in Austin too, and directors — both big and small — are using the… read more

Best of the Week #110

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

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (7-13 Mar ‘10)

Weekly Assignment

This week we repeated an old assignment that we had a lot of fun with the first time around, Jump. We wanted you to get your feet (or someone elses’ feet) off the ground and into the air. We wanted to see people jumping and having fun, and let… read more

Plasticine Art Showcase: Shape Your Imagination

Do you remember?.. The first time you played with pieces of modeling clay, melting them in your hands and going deeper and deeper into the colourful plasticine world where your imagination was the only limit. Since the 19th century, when Franz Kolb and William Harbutt independently of each other invented… read more

Keyboard Cat: The Next Generation [VIDEO]

For years now we have all found solace and joy in Charlie Schmidt’s “Keyboard Cat,” a musically inclined feline with Beethoven-sick skills and a mischievous mien. Now, a new kitty is on the scene: Bento. And believe you me, this Cat’s got synth-drenched magic coming out of his claws.
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Why Sex-Ed Remains a Challenge for Social Media

Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.

Addressing the very private nature of intimacy remains the most difficult aspect of sex-ed on the social web. While “Public Health 2.0″ is a top priority for related… read more

iPad 101: iPad AppleCare pros & cons

Many Apple aficionados tend to avoid buying AppleCare for robust devices like the Mac mini series. Those units tend either to die right away or last forever. They are highly self-serviceable for anyone who has a reasonable degree of comfort with a screwdriver.

The iPad and the iPhone,… read more

How Musicians Are Using Social Media to Connect with Fans

Greg Rollett runs a music marketing company from his laptop in Orlando, FL. He is an advocate of the New Music Economy and very hopeful that artists can still live the rock star lifestyle in the digital age. Connect with Greg on Twitter, @g_ro.

Today’s musicians, both mainstream and indie,… read more

The iPad: A Pre-Order Preview

The iPad is now officially available for pre-order, which means that news is going to be flowing in all day about its various specs and features. We’ll keep you updated on said news with this handy-dandy, ever-changing post. Keep your eyes here for the latest.

If you’re still… read more

Rock Climbing Photography [Video and Tips]

Building on our recent poll that explored whether readers are using the video feature on their cameras I thought today I’d share this video by Nikon and Australian rock climbing photographer Simon Carter – a video that was shot purely with the Nikon DS3.

For best viewing watch it in HD… read more

StumbleUpon’s New Ad Platform: An Inside Look

Earlier this week, the social discovery tool StumbleUpon revamped its advertising platform.

These changes don’t so much change the basics of how StumbleUpon Advertising works, as much as they add additional tools and metrics for advertisers to better track and understand the results of their campaigns.

I got to speak with… read more

4 Ways to Effectively Use Social Media as a Catalyst

Chris Allison is a social media strategist at NeboWeb, where he helps clients make the most of the social web. You can follow him on Twitter as the voice behind @Neboweb.

As social media marketing becomes more widely practiced, the questions of the day are less frequently focused on the… read more

90+ Smoking Cinema 4D Tutorials and Best Techniques

Cinema 4D is a 3-D application that is popular amongst matte painters in film production, largely due to the BodyPaint 3D functionality. It is equally popular amongst motion graphics artists, thanks to its excellent integration with compositing application pipelines, and a very artist-friendly, customizable workflow and interface. It has been… read more

Spot Color: From Photoshop to InDesign

In this tutorial, Dave takes an image and uses Channels to create a spot color version which he then takes over to InDesign to ready for printing.

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Google Wave Keeps Rolling with New Extensions Gallery

Google has just rolled out the first version of the Google Wave extensions gallery, making it easier for users to take advantage of some of the cool add-ons developers are building into the service.

After making a big slash at Google I/O last year, Google Wave (the real-time communication… read more

45 Fresh Useful JavaScript and jQuery Techniques and Tools

Yes, this is another round-up of fresh and useful Javascript techniques, tools and resources. But don’t close the tab yet, as you might find this one very useful. In this selection we present calendars, forms, buttons, navigation, debugging, optimization and compatibility tables as well as handy resources and tools.

We also… read more

Product Review: Lightscoop

Do you hate the look of on camera pop-up flash? Do you avoid taking photos indoors because of harsh shadows and completely insane looking eyes? Fret no longer – Professor Kobre’s got your back.

Professor Kobre’s Lightscoop is an amazing little invention. Another of those ‘why didn’t I think of that?!’ moments. It’s… read more

SyncMate Is Giving Away 15 Single User Expert Edition Licenses

Eltima Software is running a contest, where winners will get 15 Single User licenses of SyncMate Expert Edition (worth $39.95 each). Well, you guys know what SyncMate is. Lets say it once again for n00bs.

SyncMate is probably the only sync tool which allows syncing your Mac with multiple devices simultaneously… read more

Advance Level PHP Tutorials & Scripts

Advance Level PHP Tutorials & Scripts

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ClickToFlash 1.6b7 solves YouTube’s “Old Flash? Go upgrade!” message

<ps you might expect, you don't need to upgrade Flash, but you do need to upgrade ClickToFlash. The current version is ClickToFlash-1.6b7-upload1.zip, but you may have go to the Github page for ClickToFlash to download it.

Jonathan Rentzsch explained that he hasn’t been able to update it himself due to illness…. read more

How To Create a Steel Wristwatch in Corel Draw

In this tutorial we will learn how to create a steel wristwatch using Corel Draw. The basic technique used in this tutorial is the x, y coordinates position. The x, y coordinates position is very important to obtain symmetrical results. We will also use some gradients to create the steel… read more

The Importance Of Customer Service To Your Freelance Business

By Robert Bowen

Once upon a time, when the Internet was dialed-up and 36,600 KBPS was like lightning, I was living in a small town working for a computer retailer and Internet service provider. My boss at the time was… well, let’s just say that customer service was not his priority…. read more

Quick Tip: Working with the Group Selection Tool

A quick look at the little-known, but very useful Group Selection tool in Adobe Illustrator. This tool allows you to select individual object within groups, as well as sub groups within groups. Watch the demonstration video to learn the usefulness of this tool and how to work with it.

Subscribe to… read more

Beautiful Artworks by Carmelo Di Lorenzo

Carmelo Di Lorenzo is an art director, designer and illustrator, from São Paulo, Brazil. Carmelo worked with Adhemas Batistas, one of his greatest influences, a few years ago and now he is working as Senior Art Director at Wunderman. Also he decided to put more time into illustration and design…. read more

Lady Gaga and Beyonce’s “Telephone” Premieres on Vevo [VIDEO]

Fresh off having the most popular music video in YouTube/Vevo’s history (“Bad Romance” with 140 million views and counting), Lady Gaga’s latest – “Telephone” – featuring Beyonce, has made its debut on the Web.

The video is choc-full-o Lady Gaga shock value, and at more than 9 minutes in length,… read more

TheMacSale Bundle Offer

Although the recent MacHeist bundle is now over, there is still another great deal going on over at TheMacSale. You can pick up ten popular Mac applications for $49 – a remarkably low price, considering what’s on offer.

Here are the applications included in the bundle:

PathFinder – The ultimate file manager… read more

PlayStation Move: We Take It For a Test Drive [VIDEO]

If you’re a gamer, you might have heard about yesterday’s news about the PlayStation Move, Sony’s answer to the Wii Remote and Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal motion controller. In a demonstration yesterday, the company showed off the device, which utilizes remote-like controllers and the PlayStation Eye camera to… read more

Twilight Super Fan Goes Crazy Over “Eclipse” Trailer [Viral Video to Avoid]

If you’re one of those folks who responded to news of the Eclipse trailer today with a disgusted, “No thanks,” you really won’t want to watch this.

Super Twilight fan and YouTube star NuttyMadam3575 recorded her reaction to the Eclipse trailer, unloading it to the Internet to the joy of… read more

12 iPhone Apps for Surviving Conference Season

Amybeth Hale is a Talent Attraction Manager with AT&T’s Interactive Staffing team. She uses social technology to help drive awareness of job opportunities as well as interact with candidates. Connect with her on Twitter at @researchgoddess.

As conference season is upon us (including SXSW, of course), I began thinking about… read more

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

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

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

4 Fun and Crazy Chatroulette Videos

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

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

Animation in Premiere

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

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Layers TV: Episode 128

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

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

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How to Be Corporate and Still Be Creative

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

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

New Google Maps Mashup Exposes Chatroulette User Locations

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

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

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

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

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

How to Take the Perfect Headshot: Six Tips

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

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

Poynt for iPhone is a mixed bag

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

Create an Organic Spring Lettering Illustration – Vector Plus Tutorial

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

Showcase of 20 Mobile-Friendly Popular Design Blogs

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

Let me start by saying that I… read more

Forms On Mobile Devices: Modern Solutions

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

5 Copies of Delicious Library Up For Grabs

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

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

Color Isn’t Always Better

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

HP attacks Apple iPad over Flash

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

Gearing up for Photoshop World!

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

15 Famous Tech Titans Hit Forbes’ Billionaire List

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

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

Sony Answers Wii Remote with PlayStation Move

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

The controller was originally… read more

Valve on Mac piques interest from other game developers

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

Google Reader Play Transforms Feeds into Entertainment Experience

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

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

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

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

Google Fiber Sparks Online Competition Between Cities Nationwide

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

SXSW 2010: The Complete Social Media Guide

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

Whether you plan to physically attend… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media Jobs

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

YouTube Wants You to Grill the FCC’s Chairman

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

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

MySpace Courts Gamers and Developers with New Platform

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

Video Games On-Demand from OnLive Arrive in June

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

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

Lady Gaga and Rock Band Caught in a Bad Romance

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

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

EyeTV Hybrid shrinks down, gains Win7 compatibility

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

CNN Sees Facebook As Major Competitor

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

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

Corey Haim Dies: Fans Pay Tribute on Social Media Sites

Corey Haim, best known as one half of “the two Coreys,” was found dead in his home this morning at the age of 38, apparently from an accidental drug overdose.

The actor was a teen icon and heartthrob in the late 1980s, known for his roles in films like Lucas,… read more

YouTube Deploys Ads on Mobile Site

YouTube will now display banner ads on the mobile version of its website. Google made the announcement in a blog post today, enticing would-be advertisers to sign up by saying that users of its mobile video website are tech-savvy early adopters with cash to spend — the ideal ad… read more

WordPress vs. ExpressionEngine: Apples and Oranges?

This post has been a long time coming. Whether on Twitter or in the blogosphere, the question often arises, and I have been asked numerous times for my opinion on the ExpressionEngine vs. WordPress debate, and why one would choose one content management system (CMS) over the… read more

50 Examples of Creative 404 – Page Not Found Pages

There are two ways you can go when designing a 404 page for your website – you could go the sensible route and make it usable and try to help the reader find exactly what they were looking for or, you could design a 404 page that not only defines… read more

45+ Nice Typography Photoshop Tutorials

45+ Nice Typography Photoshop Tutorials

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YouTube Darlings OK Go Say Bye-Bye to EMI

Welcome to Act III of the OK Go/EMI drama: According to EMI, the pop band has decided to leave the record company and form their own independent label, Paracadute Recordings, under which they will take over control of their third album, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.

Here… read more

iKat: Your New Augmented Reality Pet

There’s something about the idea of an augmented reality pet – and a markerless one, too – that will make the heart of every true geek skip a beat. The idea is not entirely new, but it’s still amazing to see a virtual creature hopping around on a real-life… read more

Uncovering Toy Cameras and Polaroid Vintage Effects (With Photoshop Tutorials)

Since its emergence, the digital photography market has gradually supplanted the traditional one. APN and digital SLR cameras entered our lives, and some people announced the death of silver-based images. This is not all lie, and yet old-fashioned images have been particularly popular in the past few years. All we… read more

Typography Mania #19

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography work on the web, from videos to images everything is full of great design and inspiration. Check out this weeks Mania and comeback in 7 days for more.

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