Break Into the Venture Capital World with Enloop

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

Changing Hair and Makeup to Create a Retro Style in Vector Portraits

By making simple changes to hair and make up, you can alter a vector portrait to create a retro or vintage style. In today’s tutorial I show you how to recreate a 20s and 60s style on a vector portrait.

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If you’ve been a reader of Vectortuts+ for a while, you… read more

Freelance Freedom #249: Gourmet Dinner

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

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What’s new for designers, March 2012

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Website Speed Part 4 : PHP Programming for Speed

Programming for speed is not what most coders think of. What they tend to consider first, and usually only, is getting it working. Sometimes people will talk of refactoring to reduce the amount of code, but again this is usually only for those that suffer with the luxury… read more

To Use or Not to Use a CMS

As web designers, we all are aware of the importance of CMSs. Simply put, a CMS helps in managing the website in an efficient manner. If you are running a photo gallery, a blog, a news site or any similar website that requires constant updates, nothing beats the ease which… read more

Take Smarter Screenshots with Voila

As a writer, and specifically one who reviews apps, a rock solid screenshot utility is absolutely essential. Sure, I could use the good old fashioned ⌘⇧3 or ⌘⇧4 keyboard shortcuts that are built into OS X, but sometimes “fullscreen” and “area” aren’t enough options. Also, those screenshots are saved to… read more

50 Legendary Logos with Mythical Creatures

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

3 Ways to Woo a Startup Into Hiring You

With the unemployment rate hovering at 8.3%, there’s a lot of competition for jobs. You know you’ve got the right attitude, the right qualifications and the passion a young tech startup needs. So how can you convey that to a company? By standing out.

Engineer Loren Burton created a website to… read more

10 Awesome Accessories to Organize Your Office

1. LEGO Stationery Art Carousel

Add a colorful dash of blocky fun to your desk with this organizer. It… read more

Aperture Part 4 – Metadata, Rating and Searching

One of the most powerful features of Aperture and indeed Adobe’s equivalent, Lightroom are their powerful key-wording and rating systems. In this tutorial we will have a basic look at Aperture’s metadata and rating system.

Image Information in Browser Mode

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49 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

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

Survey: Telecommuting Becoming More Prevalent [INFOGRAPHIC]

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

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

Instagram Announces Android Version

Android users, the time has almost come. Instagram, the popular photo-filtering and sharing app, is on its way to Google’s mobile operating system.

Co-founder Kevin Systrom announced at SXSW Sunday that the long-awaited Android version of Instagram is nearly here. He teased the version on stage, but didn’t provide a… read more

Rainn Wilson Talks Altruism on the Web — And Then Smashes a Guitar at SXSW

Rainn Wilson is best known for playing the foolish villain Dwight Shrute on The Office. Dwight is constantly jockeying for position at Dunder Mifflin, confident in his skills and his alone.

In real life, Rainn Wilson is none of these things. Well, maybe he shares Dwight’s nerd-love of technology, but… read more

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

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

How Cut the Rope Made it to Windows 8 Consumer Preview Edition

Cut the Rope is one of those $0.99, ridiculously entertaining and addictive games/physics lessons on the iPad and iPhone. The app, which involves candy, a rope, a hungry green blob and your ability to both hit the floating stars and feed the blob, has been downloaded more than 60… read more

Tether For iPhone Returns For $30 a Year

iTether is back for the iPhone and iPad. But this time it comes with a new name — Tether for iPhone — and in the form of an HTML5 app that circumvents Apple’s App Store entirely.

iTether originally launched an iPhone app last November. The $14.99 app allowed you to tether… read more

Gowalla Is Officially Shut Down

Three months after its acquisition by Facebook, Gowalla has officially shut down.  Gowalla was a location-based check-in service that directly rivaled foursquare. Both Gowalla and foursquare launched at SXSW in 2009.  Three years later during SXSW 2012, the plug has officially been pulled on Gowalla’s service.

After Gowalla’s acquisition by Facebook, former CEO of Gowalla… read more

5 Free Animated GIF Creators You Can Use Online

1. LooGix

LooGix lets you make GIFs from a minimum of two frames to a maximum of 10. You… read more

What Are Burning And Dodging And How They Can Help Your Photos

When teaching modern digital photography I often forget those new to the general art of photography might not be familiar with classic terms and techniques and I need to take a step back. This post is for those who might have always wanted to ask, “What do people mean when… read more

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

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

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

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

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

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Our favorite tweets of the week Mar 5-Mar 11, 2012

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Web Design Resources Futurico UI Pro And Sociality

Web Design Resources Futurico UI Pro And Sociality

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Water Brushes Vol. 3

Water Brushes Vol. 3

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Top Online Resources for Free Photoshop Scratch Brushes

Top Online Resources for Free Photoshop Scratch Brushes

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Daylight Saving Time: The Only Clock You’ll Need

Daylight Saving Time can make waking up the morning after “springing forward” or “falling back” the most confusing times of the year. Fortunately, the Internet is now home to an absurdly accurate clock that can instantly put any confusion to rest.

Time.is tells you whether your computer clock is… read more

Here’s What Happens When You Hate Your Job

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

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

Creative Timeline Cover Photo Layout Designs

Creative Timeline Cover Photo Layout Designs

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

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

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

Introduction to Taking Great Underwater Photos

Absolutely anyone can take pictures underwater, either with a cheap disposable or with a standard digital camera inside a waterproof plastic housing. It’s not easy to get really amazing shots with a disposable camera (as with all things, you get what you pay for) but good quality housings are available… read more

Quick Look: Hike Video App

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review!

In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting Hike Video App. The developer describes Hike Video App as an app that offers more… read more

More than 170 best and fresh WordPress resources and blogs, 2012 edition

More than 170 best and fresh WordPress resources and blogs, 2012 edition

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Mind Blowing Photo Manipulations of Asile

Asile is a photo retouching and 3D/CGI studio based in Paris, France founded by Photoshop Artist, Christophe Huet. Their CGI and creative photo retouching work is some of the best that you will ever see. In this article, we will feature some of our favorite pieces from their portfolio. Let’s… read more

Give Yourself Assignments And Get Out There!

Are you in a photographic rut? Shooting the same subject over and over?  Seeing the same people, the same streets, the same scenery day in and day out?

How about an exotic, inspiring, stimulating vacation to perk up your pixels!  Not an option right now?  Well, you can still change the way… read more

Why Videos Go Viral – Video

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

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

Best of the Week #213

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Mousterpiece: Create a Piece of Art While You Work

Since the advent of the App Store for iDevices, there has been an influx of apps that serve a very particular niche and perform a single, basic function. This trend has started to move towards the Mac in a very noticeable way, and the Mac App Store has facilitated the… read more

TweetStarGame a Modern Database for Modern Sports

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

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

Facebook Co-Founder Takes the Reins at ‘New Republic’ Magazine

Chris Hughes, 28-year-old new media mogul and Facebook co-founder, is now the publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic after buying a majority stake of the long-standing progressive magazine.

Hughes revealed his plans for TNR in a letter Friday:

“Most of us get our news from social networks, blogs, and daily aggregators…. read more

What Happens If You Lose Your Smartphone? [VIDEO]

It’s a nightmare scenario — you lose your smartphone. Wallets are no longer the only item in our purses, bags or back pockets that need protecting. Most peoples’ smartphones contain personal information — like account passwords that can easily make financial transactions.

Norton AntiVirus maker Symantec employee Kevin… read more

Apple Patent Suggests ‘iWallet’ Is Headed To the iPhone

A new patent awarded to Apple this week hints that the company may be adding mobile payments to the next version of the iPhone.

The patent is called “Parental Controls,” and it deals specifically with controlling how children (who aren’t the ones paying the bills) and are able to use… read more

Emma: Communicate in Style

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

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

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

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

Catch Every Great March Madness Moment With Thuuz App

March Madness: so many games, so little time. The tournament begs an obvious question — how do you separate the “meh” from the must-watch?

The mobile app Thuuz (pronounced “thooze,” like enthusiasm) can do that for you. The app uses algorithms to rate games in real time according to excitement… read more

CardFlick Puts Your Instagram and Facebook Pictures On Virtual Business Cards

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

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

10 Innovative Uses of Facebook Timeline for Brands

1. Fanta

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

40 Best Ever CSS3 Practices That Will Improve Skills

40 Best Ever CSS3 Practices That Will Improve Skills

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How Windows 8 Tablets Could Seriously Challenge the iPad

Now that the new iPad has been revealed, everyone’s chiming in on whether it’s a disappointing incremental upgrade or a fantastic breakthrough. None of that matters to its success, of course. If every single previous iPhone and iPad product launch is any indication, Apple is going to sell truckloads of… read more

Can Social Networking Enhance the Theater? [VIDEO]

An avid theater goer and critic at Canada’s Globe and Mail is proposing making the theater a more social place with Facebook and Linkedin. While using mobile devices with show-stopping LCD screens may be frowned upon, social networking may turn out to be a real experience enhancer.

The Guardian… read more

March Madness: 6 Sites for Creating Your Ultimate Bracket

Time to iron your favorite jersey, slap some war paint on and dust off that foam finger: March Madness is about to begin! Whether you’re an NCAA Basketball superfan or a casual bystander, everyone can get swept up in the magic and drama of the Big Dance. Of course, one… read more

Twitter Engineer Builds Tool for Event Backchannels

A new tool makes Twitter a better backchannel for events and panels.

Bill Couch, a software engineer at Twitter, demoed the new tool at SXSW on Friday during the “Design from the Gut” panel.

Panels often use a Twitter hashtag as a way to accept audience-submitted questions. The problem, however,… read more

Google+ Executive to Critic: ‘Make Sure You’re Using It Correctly’

Google+ has more than 100 million active users, as long as you count them correctly. In a fireside chat at SXSW, Google+ Lead Vic Gundotra said Google’s social network enjoys 50 million users who sign in once a day and 100 million who sign in once a month, calling it… read more

Crowdsourced Philanthropy: Is It Worth the Risk?

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

As brands look for ways to… read more

Here’s How Apple Put a Retina Display in the iPad

The so-called “retina” display for the new iPad is by far its most obvious — and technologically remarkable — feature. After all, the upgraded screen crams more than 3 million pixels in an area smaller than a piece of paper. How did Apple do it? A display analysis company has… read more

Tips for Designing a Compact Website Layout

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It can take a lot of additional effort to build mobile-specific website templates. HTML and CSS have come a long way but there are still plenty of standards and loopholes to jump through. And with the mounting increase of various mobile devices there are more platforms… read more

What Paula Deen’s Cookin’ on Pinterest, Y’all

Paula Deen, the sassy, southern sweetheart of the Food Network, was one of the first “celebs” on Pinterest. I put “celeb” in quotations because the chef’s digital presence is actually managed by a team of two.

Jonathan Able and Lisa Scarbrough oversee Deen’s social media activity, which means curating content,… read more

INSTABOOM! Instagram per Android: a 48 ore dal lancio. Forse…

Instagram su Android. Se ne parla da mesi. Era stato annunciato imminente a dicembre dello scorso anno. Smentite, mezze conferme, rumors, continui rimandi.

Kevin Systrom, fondatore e CEO della popolare applicazione di photo sharing per piattaforma iOS, aveva confermato con un laconico “ci stiamo lavorando”. Tante speculazioni, pochissime certezze, Nessuna… read more

Fashion Advice App Fashism Dives Into Ecommerce, Launches on Android

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

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

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

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

U.S. Appoints New Chief Technology Officer

President Obama has appointed Todd Park as the new U.S. Chief Technology Officer (CTO) on Friday.

Park previously served a three-year tenure as the CTO for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. While there, he helped launch HealthCare.gov, a website that allows American citizens to compare public and… read more

Magician Turns Isis Mobile Payment System Into Magic

Here at South by South West (SXSW), it takes a lot to stand out from the crowd. Some companies use free bikes and coffee, others crazy in-booth games. Isis, the mobile payment system brought to you by T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon is using magic to turn heads.

Cyber-illusionist Marco Tempest… read more

Predict Apple’s Next Game-Changing Innovation [CONTEST]

IPad launch day has come and gone. The flurry of excitement surrounding the big Apple product announcement has died down, at least until the new iPad releases on March 16.

The new device is an upgrade to the previous iPad 2, offering new features like the retina display, 4G LTE… read more

3 Tradeoffs Your Startup Should Consider Before Partnering

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

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

FBI Uses Social Media to Catch Murder Suspect Who Stole $2.3 Million [VIDEO]

The FBI is asking for Facebook and Twitter users to help find a 22-year-old man who is wanted for stealing $2.3 million out of his employer’s armored car and fatally shooting a Garda Cash Logistics employee.

The face of Kenneth John Konias has been displayed all over the news… read more

Daily Freebie #36: Colorful Puzzle Pieces

Daily Freebie #36: Colorful Puzzle Pieces

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HowAboutWe’s New Site Helps Couples Discover Outings

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

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

BBC Planning iTunes Competitor for TV Shows [REPORT]

The BBC has plans to create an online hub where customers can download both new and old TV shows, a report is claiming. Such a service would be a direct competitor to the TV offerings from Apple iTunes, and the BBC is said to be offering content creators better incentives… read more

Sass vs. LESS vs. Stylus: Preprocessor Shootout

Wielding the true power of a CSS preprocessor is an adventure. There are countless languages, syntaxes, and features, all ready for use right now. In this article, we will be covering the various features and benefits of using three different preprocessors—Sass, LESS, and Stylus. Introduction Preprocessors produce CSS that works… read more

20 Impressively Inspirational Email Newsletter Designs

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

The Smashing Book #3 Cover Design

Around the end of October last year, Vitaly Friedman of Smashing Magazine asked me if I would be interested in contributing to the new Smashing Book #3. There were a few options as to how I could contribute to it. But since my days were already filled until Summer 2012,… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #143

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#143 and make sure to comeback… read more

Quick Tip: Create Realistic Shoelaces From Scratch in Photoshop

In this quick tip tutorial we will explain how to create realistic shoelaces from scratch in Photoshop. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Cloth Pattern Texture 5559 Scratch Textures Grunge Textures Step 1 Start by creating a new document in… read more

Creative Freelancers Unite! Preview of Photoshop CS6

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

Book Suggestion – Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design

The book suggestion of this week is about colors, one of the most important skills for any designer. The book is called Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design and it’s not only a very useful book, it’s a very well designed one.

Since color… read more

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

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

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

In 1996, I was… read more

Enhance Your Freelance Writing Career with These 5 Tips

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

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

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

Top Non-Destructive Photoshop Techniques

The creative process is not a linear one. As artists and designers, we often set off in one direction only to decide that the proper solution lies somewhere else completely. Unfortunately, many of the creative software packages we use (Photoshop in particular) can be pretty unforgiving when in comes to making changes… read more

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Crossing Over: Showcase of Inspired Bridge Photography

Both architecturally and metaphorically speaking, bridges are such amazing structures. Representing an unstoppable desire to move forward and crossover what gaps lay before us, they stand as sturdy testaments to our ability to solve problems. Also demonstrating our resolve to create shortcuts where needed. So they can stand for so… read more

Say Hi To Anchor – A Super-Tiny CMS

I’m going to make a bold assumption here, but I bet you’ve got a blog. If you do, then you join a crowd of millions, all penning their deepest thoughts and documenting their life. It really is hard to stand out from the crowd though.

Anchor aims to fix… read more

MightyDeals Giveaway – The New iPad

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Once again it’s Friday and once again we have a great giveaway from MightyDeals.com for our readers. This time MightyDeals – a flash sales platform for digital goods aimed at web professionals – is offering one of our readers the brand new iPad that Apple launched… read more

How to Use Terminal: The Basics

Glowing monitors filled with lines of scrolling green text aren’t limited to The Matrix; most IT gurus and power users prefer working with the command line over clunky graphical user interfaces because the CLI allows the user to operate directly with the system.

While the command line can seem terrifying at first,… read more

Find My Mac and Sosumi: Keep Your Mac Secure

Even if you don’t have a portable Mac, you should be aware that stuff happens, and even if you think that it’s never going to happen to you, thefts are not as unusual as you might think. I’ve been there, and I can tell you it feels awful having no… read more

Apple’s 2012 Fiscal Year Rides on New iPad

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

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

Uberlife Makes Hanging Out Offline Easier

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: Uberlife

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

Tweet-A-Beer Lets You Buy Drinks for Twitter Pals

Buying someone a drink in person is a nice gesture, but buying someone a drink via Twitter is, well, not something you do often.

Online networking app Tweet-A-Beer hopes to change that and make paying for other Twitter users’ drinks more of a habit. The web tool officially rolls out at… read more

25 Wonderful Black and White Countryside Landscapes

Something about getting out into the countryside makes us all want to pull out a camera. The open fields and fresh air are great, but they also allow a lot of opportunity for great photography. These shots show what can be done in black and white with a little talent… read more

4 Ways Restaurants Should Use QR Codes

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

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

Apple Quietly Rejects Google Maps in iPhoto for iPad

When Apple unveiled iPhoto for iPad, it demonstrated the many departures from the desktop version, including the the multi-touch editing, visual brush palette and AirPlay slideshow streaming. What Apple didn’t mention was that it wasn’t using Google Maps anymore.

When you check a photo’s location data in the OS X version… read more

In the Middle East International Women’s Day Is Documented on Social Media

Countries worldwide are honoring International Women’s Day, and the nations of the Middle East and North Africa are no exception.

On Thursday, Egyptian women protested in Cairo to demand more representation in the constitutional assembly. According to Daily News Egypt, “eight women elected and two appointed women make up less… read more

5 Social Media Campaigns Rocking International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day, celebrated annually March 8, focuses on empowering women around the globe. It has has evolved into a massive day of social media activism, with campaigns popping up throughout the social web.

In many parts of the world, women are more likely to never receive an education, live… read more

‘American Idol’ Judge Turns To Pinterest After Sparkly Pin Ignites Buzz

American Idol veteran judge Randy Jackson fittingly used Pinterest to react to the heavy online buzz surrounding the sparkly beaded pin he wore during Wednesday’s live show.

Jackson and his team, who are making a bigger than usual social media push in Idol‘s 11th season, noticed during the episode’s first… read more

Why Some Musicians May Not Own Their Social Media Followers

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

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

How NFL Legend Warren Sapp Tackles Social Media

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

Great Photography Links to Procrastinate With!

The Toad has been busy hopping all over the internet this week finding the best links to tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone.  This weeks list showcases a series of really great images and blog posts sure to be enjoyed by the photography fan in all… read more

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

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

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

SXSW Networking: 6 Ways to Up Your Game

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

On Friday, the ultimate crossroads… read more