Interview with Vector Artist Alexey Oglushevich

Today our guest is a great Russian vector artist, Alexey Oglushevich who won a Grand Prize of CorelDraw International Design Contest in 2009. You would probably be surprised to know that Alexey is a metalworker by education, but he reached success and got recognition in the vector art world. Alexey… read more

Time for a Raise – 5 Tips on How to Make it Happen Painlessly

When you started freelancing, you probably set your rates at what was competitive at the time. But you may not have even noticed the years rolling by, and suddenly your rates are below where they should be. It’s easy to correct that with brand new clients, but it can… read more

Why I HATE Twitter… And LOVE It!

In a recent article, I made a generalization about Twitter only being used to drive traffic to a designer’s web site or blog. There were a couple of comments, stating I was wrong. Sure, it was a generalization to save 1,200 words, telling people what they already knew, but in… read more

3 Best Social Good Startup Accelerators You’ve Never Heard Of

Scott Henderson is managing director of CauseShift, writes about social impact for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, and is founder of NewEmpireBuilders.com, a media collaborative covering the startups, non-profits and companies making the world better.

Startups have become the darling children of the world, it seems. Aspiring Mark Zuckerbergs, Caterina Fakes and… read more

Facebook Ads Announcements: Everything You Need to Know

Facebook gathered hundreds of people into the Museum of Natural History in New York on Wednesday for its first-ever Facebook Marketing Conference. At the top of the agenda was Premium, a new suite of products for marketers designed to leverage the social network’s access to your friends and friends of… read more

12 Weird Sights From Mobile World Congress 2012 [PICS]

The Weirdest of MWC12

This year’s MWC had a fair share of cool and funny mascots.

Click here to view… read more

How Ford Kicked Its Social Marketing Strategy Into Overdrive [VIDEO]

You don’t have to look very far to notice that there are a lot of car companies trying to get in the social game — you can see plenty examples in this year’s Super Bowl ads.

It wasn’t always this way for Ford. In 2009, they recruited Scott Monty to… read more

Turn Your iPhone or iPad into a Desktop Phone for Business

Invoxia has unveiled a sleek speaker that transforms iOS devices into a desktop phone and handset that makes conference and video calls for businesses more user-friendly.

The company announced its AudiOffice product at the 2012 Mobile World Congress this week. It’s a dock equipped with speakers for Apple’s iPhone, iPod and… read more

Should You Hire a Social Media Manager?

As a freelancer, you do everything—manage the books, handle the sales, and make the coffee. All this on top of your actual job, be it writing, photography, graphic design, event planning…whatever.

There are some things you can outsource. You can hire a bookkeeper to keep your finances straight. These people… read more

Review: Enhanced Freelance

You’ve probably heard about the benefits of mastermind groups. Simply put, they’re groups of people who come together to help each other grow their businesses to greater levels of success.

Some are very informal – they get together for lunch and brainstorming once a month. Others are quite formal, with… read more

20 Modern Stationery Brand Templates Fit for Freelance Identity

Do you need to carry your freelance brand into print? If so, you can hire a professional designer to assist you with creating your identity. There is another option though. If your budget is tight and time is limited, there is no better solution than grabbing a high… read more

Design before computers ruled the universe

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Ads Worth Spreading: TED Announces Winners of 2012 Marketing Challenge

CANAL+ – The Bear

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When Does It Make Sense to Outsource Your Software Development?

Michael Schneider is CEO of Mobile Roadie, the leading self-service mobile app platform. With more than 16 million users, Mobile Roadie powers over 3,000 apps for some of the world’s most popular artists and brands.

You don’t need to own app development software — you just think you do.



Often a business… read more

Gravity Personalizes Websites Based on Your Interests

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: Gravity

Quick Pitch: Personalize website homepages for each viewer through interest graphing technology

Genius Idea: Websites using Gravity… read more

Meet the Winner of Mashable’s Facebook Short Story Contest

What would you write on Facebook if you had endless space for creativity? Well, not endless, but it seems pretty close. Facebook greatly increased its character limit to 63,206, which is the equivalent of roughly 451 and a half tweets. The increase means you could do more than just blog… read more

How Pinterest’s Female Audience Is Changing Social Marketing

Curt Finch is the founder and CEO of Journyx, a company that offers time-tracking and resource management software. Connect with him and Journyx on Facebook and Twitter.

As the new kid in town, Pinterest is poised to make some major waves in the social media scene. Facebook, Twitter and Google+, watch… read more

6 Tips for Better Facebook Parenting

Monica Vila is co-founder of TheOnlineMom.com, an organization that provides technology education to families and helps moms connect with brands they can trust.

Recently, many people chimed in about the “Laptop Shooting Dad‘s” reaction to his 15-year-old daughter’s Facebook posts. Not only is the subject of social media parenting popular, but… read more

The Marketer’s Guide to Pinterest [INFOGRAPHIC]

Pinterest, the darling digital pin board that’s turned the social media world upside down, is now a top traffic driver for brands. That’s a good sign marketers should get their butts up to speed on the latest pinning tips and tricks.

Fortunately for you, MDGadvertising has created an infographic explaining the… read more

2012 US Election Campaign Logos – Who Will You Support?

2012 US Election Campaign Logos – Who Will You Support?

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Don’t Want Your Video to Become a Viral Sensation? Givit Controls Who Sees It

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: Givit

Quick Pitch: Givit is private video sharing made easy.

Genius Idea: Desktop and mobile apps designed to… read more

Interview with Vector Artist Caramelaw

Today we have a special guest here at Abduzeedo, I’m proud to present this interview with Sheena Aw, also known as her illustrator alias Caramelaw. She told us more about her story, her creative process and other cool topics. Check it out.

You can see more of Caramelaw’s work at her… read more

Twitter Is Selling Your Old Tweets

Twitter has sold a bunch of old tweets to a firm called DataSift, which will analyze them for marketing purposes.

The Mail Online reports that DataSift is the first such company to get access to the tweets, which go back two years. Another 1,000-plus companies are on DataSift’s waiting list.

DataSift… read more

LowePro DSLR Video Fastpack 350 AW [REVIEW]

Use In Real Life

I know those numbers often don’t mean a lot without real world use. I’ve tested a number of LowePro and other packs and my expectation for this pack as that I could carry my main body with power grip and longer lens plus a couple of lenses…. read more

The Top Myths About Working From Home

I found an article on startupsmart that I couldn’t resist reading and sharing with you. The story is about the top home-based business myths and I know you freelancers out there will be able to connect with at least one of these.

The Hours are Easy

PLEASE! If anything, the hours… read more

Avoid Translation Mistakes When Designing for Foreign Markets

The process of designing a website can present enough pitfalls at the best of times. A good site presents quality content that informs, engrosses and still delivers SEO, all served up in easily digestible, well ordered chunks. It should be clear and easily navigable, with graphics that catch… read more

25+ Professional Resources for Getting Started as a Freelance Editor

Launching into a career as a freelance editor is relatively easy. Unlike our web and graphic design colleagues, editors can start working on their own without too much investment in expensive software or equipment.

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The Ghostwriter, The Sculptor, and The Diplomat

If you can write in someone else’s voice, writing for voice –e.g., scripting or outlining speeches and presentations for corporate executives, small business owners, and public officials — can be a lucrative niche. One of the great things about it is that once an executive (or that person’s “handlers”)… read more

Logo Design in 2011, A Case Study

2011 was the year that defined the importance of HTML5 and CSS3 and the best proves are the websites and applications based on these. In spite of this fulminate ascension, many other web design domains exploded or continued the expansion in the previous year. Logo design is one of… read more

Graphic Design Software & Skills: You The Designer’s 1st Infographic!

If you were with us back when we first launched our Graphic Designer Survey, we’re glad to let you know that we’ve just released the first of a series of infographics we’ve made from the survey’s results! This one is about popular graphic design software we use today, and statistics… read more

Booklet: Advertisement Tool for your Business

Booklet: Advertisement Tool for your Business

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With Second Cohort, NewMe Continues Accelerating Minority Entrepreneurship

In a tech world where just 1% of startup founders are African American, it’s easy for young minority entrepreneurs to feel discouraged trying to navigate Silicon Valley. But that sense of alienation is on its way out if the digital minds behind the accelerator NewMe have their way.

With its… read more

This Calendar Fills Itself Based on What You Like

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: UPlanMe

Quick Pitch: UPlanMe is an online notification system that filters upcoming events and specials… read more

20+ Free Photoshop Business Card Templates

20+ Free Photoshop Business Card Templates

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Move Over, Super Bowl. Spectator Gaming Reaches Millions Online

Ten years ago, Sundance DiGiovanni set out to standardize competitive gaming. He wanted to create a “world-class organization” type of league that would bring in players from around the world into the living rooms of rabid fans.

Three months ago, Major League Gaming‘s StarCraft 2 Pro Circuit National Championship had… read more

How Startups Can Build Lasting Relationships With Journalists

Dmitry Dragilev is the marketing lead at ZURB, the interaction design firm behind ZURBapps, a suite of apps that helps people quickly design great products through rapid prototyping, iteration and user feedback.

It’s a week before launch and you’re hoping to score some awesome traffic from a well-known publication. Here is… read more

47 Amazing Letterpress Business Cards – Light Color

47 Amazing Letterpress Business Cards – Light Color

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U.S. Online Retail Sales to Reach $327 Billion by 2016 [STUDY]

The future of ecommerce looks bright. After topping $200 billion for the first time, online retail sales in the U.S. are forecast to reach $327 billion by 2016, a study from technology and market research firm Forrester says. Overall share of the retail market is expected to increase from 7%… read more

Email Overload? This Startup Lets You Unsubscribe to All Mailing Lists at Once [INVITES]

Yesterday I was subscribed to 271 newsletters. Today, after putting about 10 minutes of effort, I’m subscribed to just the 17 of them I find useful — and they arrive at my inbox packaged in a single email.

Hallelujah.

Unroll.me, which started as a simple hack for unsubscribing to emails, is… read more

How to Turn Off Google Search Plus Your World Results [VIDEO]

If you are tired of seeing the pileup of social content from Google+ friends every time you use Google, you can now do something about it. Here’s how to get old Google back and block the personalized results that Google Search, plus Your World spews up.

When the Google… read more

How to Turn Social Feedback into Valuable Business Data

Joshua March is co-founder and CEO of Conversocial, a provider of integrated social CRM and marketing software for Facebook and Twitter. He resides in London.

You’ve set up your company’s Facebook Page and Twitter account, pulled together a social media team to start generating engagement, and now you’ve got a decent… read more

Online Marketing for Photographers: The Lessons I Paid For

A Guest Post By Kristen Simental

Image by Stian Eikeland

When I decided to get serious about marketing, I did some research and felt that online marketing was the way to go. All right, I saw that everyone else was doing it. In the course of a year, I thought I was… read more

Niche Media, Gilt to Launch Shoppable Luxury Magazine

Niche Media, publisher of high-end regional magazines including Gotham, Hamptons and Ocean Drive, is launching yet another luxury lifestyle title, this time in partnership with Gilt Groupe and Hudson News.

Du Jour, scheduled to launch this fall, promises to be multi-platform from the get-go, spanning print, web, mobile, social and email… read more

Washington Post Launches Presidential Election iPad App

Good news, tablet-owning politics junkies! The Washington Post has released a brand-new interactive iPad app that’s chock full of graphs, polling data, video and up-to-the-second news from the campaign trail.

The “WP Politics” app collects the newspaper’s politics coverage in one convenient location optimized for tablet viewing. When users open the… read more

Groupon Reports Mobile App Growth, International Expansion Plans

Groupon announced at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday that it experienced a record-breaking month in December among mobile app users, as one quarter of all Groupon vouchers were purchased via a mobile device.

The deal-of-the-day site said usage of its mobile app more than tripled… read more

Learn to Leverage Twitter

Freelancers and small business owners can learn a lot from how bigger businesses use their social media. You’re not going to be able to capitalize on everything these larger companies can, because your business model is different. However, there are some things big companies do to leverage their Twitter… read more

When The Project Is Over – The Follow-up Meeting

At the end of a project, there are a couple of things you can do. You can hand the files or materials off to the client, a printer or upload them to a server. Then, you bill it and forget it.

Bad idea.

A better idea is to conduct a follow-up… read more

Tuts+ Premium Pack – Business Icons

Today we have a unique Tuts+ Premium Pack, which is created in Illustrator by Anastasiia Kucherenko. It’s filled with 10 illustrated business icons. Each is completely vector, available in AI and EPS formats. Log in or Join Now to get this exclusive download. Learn more at the jump!

New Tuts+ Premium… read more

Things I Hate about My Clients

In the Things My Clients Hate. What about Yours? article I discussed 5 things my clients hate. Now, let me present the other side of the story – i.e. 5 things I hate about clients. Well, with so much hatred, it might sound like we freelancers and clients… read more

9 Ways 3D Printing Can Change the World

What once seemed like something straight out of The Jetsons has become a very common utility across all industries — 3D printing could very well revolutionize the way we manufacture, research and fix things.

Although this new(ish) form of technology is widely recognized as a way to produce mass amounts… read more

What is SEO and how does it affect my business?

What is SEO and how does it affect my business?

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Top 3 Mistakes Job Seekers Make on Facebook Timeline

Tony Morrison is the Vice President of Business Development at Cachinko, a unique professional community where social networking and job opportunities come together. Find him on Talent Connection and connect with Cachinko on Facebook or Twitter.

Eventually, Facebook’s 845 million users will have to climb abroad the Facebook Timeline hub.

There will… read more

34 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

This year’s Mobile World Congress is fast approaching — are you caught up on all of Mashable‘s digital media resources? If not, don’t fret. Here’s our convenient and comprehensive weekly features roundup.

This week we have a list of free Android apps you’ll use every day, tips for reaching voters successfully… read more

Gogobot is Like Pinterest for Your Travels

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: Gogobot

Quick Pitch: A travel planning site sourcing recommendations from your social network.

Genius Idea: Gogobot is… read more

15 Tips for Low Light Landscape Photography

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Capturing scenes in low light remains one of the most challenging aspects of photography, yet the results when executed well can be truly captivating. Whether it’s an energetic cityscape or ethereal seascape the possibilities are endless. Here are a few essentials points to consider before you begin.

It’s a… read more

UrbanSitter Helps You Find and Book Babysitters Online

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: UrbanSitter

Quick Pitch: Find a babysitter through your friends and others’ recommendations.

Genius Idea: As any parent well… read more

Good Karma Clothing Is a Netflix for Baby Clothes

You can subscribe to just about anything on the web — toiletries, beauty products, organic snacks — and now, one mom has created an online subscription service for baby clothes, Good Karma Clothing.

“This wouldn’t work in a small community,” Sharon Schneider, Good Karma founder and CEO, told Mashable…. read more

Upset About AT&T Throttling Your Data? You May Be in for a Payday

At last there’s some recourse for consumers upset about AT&T‘s decision to throttle their data: small claims court.

A precedent at least has been set by a California judge who ruled in favor on Friday of a man who sued AT&T charging its practice of slowing down data violated the terms… read more

Tell Location-Based, Multimedia-Rich Stories With Moveable Feast

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.

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10 Things to Plan for When Developing a Mobile App

David Tucker is a principal architect at Universal Mind. As the resident Apple and Adobe expert, he works closely with Universal Mind’s clients to develop rich user experiences that leverage many of today’s exciting new development platforms. Follow David on Twitter @mindmillmedia.

Many companies have mobile apps at the top of… read more

Facebook Unfriending and Reputation Woes on the Rise [VIDEO]

Facebook users have to work harder to keep their friend count up these days. A majority of adults on social networking sites have no bouts with deleting former “friends.”

Women more than men are restricting their profiles, deleting comments and tailoring their profiles due to privacy and reputation concerns, according… read more

Meet the Developer: Ilan Abehassera of Producteev

Being in the business of developing apps is not a walk in the park. Thanks to excellent open source frameworks and mushrooming tech incubators, though, it doesn’t take much for a developer to turn an entrepreneur. And if you look at the task management domain, there probably is a new… read more

Happy Birthday, Steve Jobs: A Look Back at the Man Who Changed Tech

Today would have been the 57th birthday of Apple co-founder and visionary Steve Jobs, who died on Oct. 5, 2011, after a long battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer.

Social media users have been extremely active in wishing the late media mogul a happy birthday, and “Happy Birthday Steve… read more

Pinterest Pins Are on 9% of the Top Online Retail Sites

Consumers aren’t the only ones getting Pinterest fever. About 9% of the top online retailers are offering Pinterest pins on their sites, according to a researcher.

The Find, a vertical search engine, analyzed the top 300 online retail sites and found around 28 had Pinterest pins. Among the list, which… read more

Apple’s iPad Trademark Dispute Comes to U.S.

Apple’s iPad trademark dispute, previously limited to China, has crossed the ocean and landed in Santa Clara, Calif.

Proview International Holdings, which has been suing Apple in Chinese courts over the name of its tablet, filed a lawsuit Friday in a California court seeking to halt shipments of Apple’s iPad… read more

Why Stunts Drive Clicks for Gen-Y Auto Marketers

The Digital Marketing Series is supported by HubSpot, an inbound marketing software company based in Cambridge, Mass., that makes a full platform of marketing software, including marketing analytics tools.

This year, Chevrolet‘s Super Bowl ad for its Sonic hatchback had its share of white-knuckle stunts. For those who missed it, the… read more

The Rise of the Startup Political Candidate

Nick Przybyciel is a graduate degree candidate at Northwestern University’s Medill School, where he is studying the intersection of technology and journalism as an interactive publishing student. You can connect with him on Twitter @nicprz.

It wasn’t too long ago that Simon Ribeiro would have been considered an odd political candidate.

Ribeiro’s… read more

7 Tips to Help Make Your Content Go Viral

‘Content is King’ is a cliche in social media nowadays. Having great content doesn’t guarantee your work will appear in front of billions web users. It requires additional work to get this content in front of an audience.

With high quality content at hand, the next step is make your… read more

7 Winning Facebook Page Strategies Every Company Should Know

By now you’re probably well aware of social media’s power to grow your business. Odds are you went ahead and tossed up a few social media profiles. Twitter, Google+, and probably a Facebook page.

Once they’re up, how do you make the most of them though? How do you… read more

Gearing up to Become a Professional Freelancer

A freelancer is somebody who is self-employed or works from his or her own space. Over the years, freelancing has emerged as a professional designation throughout the world. A huge number of freelancers make an living from their own cozy comfort. Ample offers are available for freelancers, ranging from writing… read more

Interview with Kristina Halvorson

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25 Creative and Funny Business Cards

25 Creative and Funny Business Cards

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Truly Executive Plastic Business Card Designs

Truly Executive Plastic Business Card Designs

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How to Fix Microsoft With Marketing

Alex Goldfayn’s new book is called Evangelist Marketing: What Apple Amazon and Netflix Understand About Their Customers (That Your Company Probably Doesn’t). He is CEO of the Evangelist Marketing Institute, a marketing consultancy with clients that include T-Mobile, TiVo and Logitech.

Microsoft’s stock price today is approximately half of what it… read more

BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0: Much Better, Yet Not Good Enough

Installing PlayBook 2 on PlayBook 1

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Blackberry Playbook 2.0, which arrived earlier this… read more

KickStumbler, a StumbleUpon for Kickstarter, Will Steal Your Day

At some point, Kickstarter became more than just a way to fund art, music and other creative endeavors. It became entertaining content in itself.

A new website called KickStumbler plays up the entertainment value of Kickstarter projects by applying a StumbleUpon concept to them (StumbleUpon declined to comment on what… read more

NCAA Lets Facebook Fans Pick March Madness Field

It’s an annual rite for college basketball fans to grumble about how they would have done a better job than the NCAA’s official selection committee when picking the March Madness tournament field.

This year, a team of ten Facebook-savvy fans gets a chance to prove what they know, and demystify… read more

5 Exciting Speakers Join Mashable Connect

Mashable’s largest conference, Mashable Connect, is returning to Orlando, FL from May 3-5, and this year we will explore the future of digital with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re pleased to announce five digital leaders have joined our dynamic list of speakers.

Additional Confirmed Speakers

Duane… read more

Video Inspiration #57

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

Hey Pinterest, This Fancy Startup Actually Lets Us Buy Stuff

A familiar-looking site called Fancy has beaten Pinterest to the punch — by monetizing its user-curated collection of images.

Fancy, which lets users organize images from around the web into “lists,” announced Thursday that it would begin conducting transactions directly on its site. Previously, users could click on a link listed… read more

2020: The Rise or Demise of Wireless Carriers?

Kolja Reiss is Managing Director for mopay Inc., one of the world leaders in mobile payments technology reaching more than 3.3 billion consumers in 80 countries.

Smartphones and tablets have improved customer convenience and have fostered an economic boon for wireless carriers, ecommerce sites and app manufacturers. And thanks to their… read more

5 Essential Mobile Apps for Keeping Up With U.S. Politics

1. Political Fury

In this corner: the elephant. And in this corner: the donkey. Let’s get ready to rumble!… read more

Redefining Hick’s Law

Hick’s Law has always been a popular reference point for designers. You’ll find it cited in the endless lists of basic laws and principles that all designers should be familiar with. Given our assumed comfort level with this design cornerstone, I am surprised to see so many people getting it… read more

The 10 Best WordPress Plugins for Online Entrepreneurs

Stop! Don’t leave this page just because it’s a plugin list for WordPress. There are some surprises here. First of all, no Akismet and no All in One SEO Pack … you didn’t see that one coming, did you?

Anyway, let’s start with an explanation. How are online entrepreneurs any different… read more

Easily Create Custom Invoices With Pricetag

Many businesses, small and large, frequently have to create quotes for services that they are providing for potential clients. No matter the service being provided, there are a number of similarities in any quote. While it doesn’t have to be that complex, if you’re having to create multiple quotes for… read more

Ask FreelanceSwitch: Hosts with Bad Design Services and Freelance Skill Levels

In this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, we look at boycotting hosts with automated design services and how skilled you need to be to start freelancing. Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about… read more

Dossier: The Smart Way to Get Organized

I’m sure all of us deal with a fair share of documents. In the past couple of years, a lot of innovation has helped us move our document creation, storage, backup and sharing to the cloud. And in particular, there has never been a better time to collaborate extensively on… read more

Use Online RSVP Tool to Help Your Party Make A Splash

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: Splash

Quick Pitch: Splash offers a simple way for event planners to manage and share events with… read more

Google to Launch TV Service

Google is looking to get into the paid TV business.

The company filed an application last week to provide video service to residents of Kansas City, Mo., according to The Wall Street Journal. If approved, the service could launch as soon as a month from now, according to the article, which… read more

Microsoft Accuses Motorola of Being a Patent Bully [VIDEO]

Irony, thy name is patent law. Microsoft filed a complaint with the European Commission against Motorola for aggressively asserting its patents, charging that Motorola ignored commitments it made to support industry standards. The filing comes shortly after Apple registered a similar complaint.

In a post titled “Google: Please Don’t Kill… read more

Apple Investigator Has His Doubts About Nightline’s Foxconn Report [INTERVIEW]

ABC’s Nightline offered viewers a rare glimpse inside the Foxconn plants that produce Apple products Tuesday night.

Apple has faced increased criticism concerning the working conditions within its factories. Fair-labor and human-rights groups have petitioned Apple to change its policies. And much of the credit for that goes to monologuist… read more

10 Staggering Facts Behind Apple’s Foxconn Factory

1. Hourly Wages

Foxconn workers get paid $1.78 an hour.

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ABC’s behind-the-scenes look at… read more

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Announces Social Media-Driven Music TV Channel

Sean “Diddy” Combs took to YouTube, Twitter and Facebook this week to announce the launch of REVOLT TV — a new socially connected music and news-driven cable channel coming to the Comcast-NBC network in 2013.

Combs, the founder and CEO of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group and hip-hop artist, says he… read more

LinkedIn Buys Smart Email Startup Rapportive

Rapportive, a startup that makes a Gmail add-on that displays social media info about contacts as you email them, confirmed on Wednesday that it had been purchased by LinkedIn.

Rahul Vohra, CEO of Rapportive, confirmed the acquisition on the company’s blog. “In business, partnership is dating — and we went on… read more

Zipcar Wants to Make Your Car Part of its Fleet

Zipcar’s 673,000 subscribers currently share its fleet of 8,900 vehicles. But what if they could also rent yours? The company announced on Wednesday that it’s taking a first step toward finding out.

Zipcar has led a $13.7 million round of funding in a peer-to-peer car rental startup called Wheelz.

Like similar… read more

Apple’s Foxconn Operations Exposed in ABC Report [VIDEO]

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In case you missed last night’s report on ABC’s Nightline, the video above provides a rare glimpse into Foxconn plants in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, that create various Apple products, including the iPad.

As Nightline anchor Bill Weir told Mashable on Tuesday, the full 17-minute report (the… read more

The Benefits of Working in Short Time Blocks: Part 1

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog post on how freelancers can tackle projects like a software developer using a trend in software development called “Agile”, which calls for compressing development projects into short pieces.

Well I found another article, this time at The 99%, that calls for… read more

Profile: Freelance Writer and Entrepreneur Thursday Bram

Around here, Thursday Bram is best known as the one who answers questions sent to Ask FreelanceSwitch.

But did you know that she’s been writing since high school? That she came from a family of entrepreneurs and has always expected to run her own business? And that the deal-breaker between… read more

5 Ways to Strategically Price Your Freelance Rates

How you price your services makes a big difference in how your business is viewed by prospective clients. For freelancers, especially those just starting out, the tendency is to price work on the low end to generate client leads and interest. But what freelancers end up doing is attracting… read more

Web-Drawing Throwdown: Paper.js Vs. Processing.js Vs. Raphael

Before drawing anything in a browser, ask yourself three questions:

Do you need to support older browsers?If the answer is yes, then your only choice is Raphaël. It handles browsers all the way back to IE 7 and Firefox 3. Raphaël even has some support for IE 6, although some of… read more