YouTube’s Advice: Dispute Hitler “Downfall” Parody Takedowns

Two days ago, several of the popular Hitler Downfall parody videos were pulled from YouTube because owner Constantin Films claimed they infringed on the copyright. YouTube indirectly responded on its blog today by encouraging its users to dispute the takedowns through a process it already has in place for… read more

Showcase Of Web Design In Netherlands

The Netherlands, also known as the “Low Countries,” is a small, crowded, muddy piece of land through which a few big important rivers fortunately run. In this country, you can find coffee shops, wooden shoes, tulips, windmills and a lot of water.

And everything is rather small! Well, at least most… read more

Hollywood and “The Cove” Join Forces for Dolphin Awareness PSA [VIDEO]

Hollywood is coming together to spread the word about the brutal slaughter of dolphins off the coast of Japan. In the Academy Award winning documentary The Cove, these practices are exposed from the perspective of those that are working to put a stop to it.

In honor of Earth Day,… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Job Listings in Social Media

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

Facebook’s Open Graph Personalizes the Web

Facebook has created a platform that allows sites and apps to share information about users in order to tailor offers, features and services to each one’s interests and tastes — even if that individual has never visited the site before.

When you’re signed on to Facebook, participating websites like CNN.com… read more

8 Social Media Strategies to Engage Multicultural Consumers

Jessica Faye Carter is an award-winning author and columnist. Her company, Nette Media develops social media technologies for women and multicultural communities, and she blogs at Technicultr.

Recently, more companies than ever have begun using social media to reach multicultural consumers. If you’re wondering what’s behind the trend, it stems… read more

Hospital Outfits Staff with 100 iPads

A hospital district in Visalia, California, has ordered 100 iPads to provide staff with access to rudimentary applications like e-mail, as well as X-ray images, EKG results and patient monitoring programs around its five sites.

Nick Volosin, the hospital’s director of technical services, thinks the iPad is a superior alternative… read more

5 Ways Classrooms Can Use Video Conferencing

The author of two books, 12-year-old Adora Svitak published her first, Flying Fingers, at the age of seven. In addition, she has spoken at some of the nation’s pre-eminent education conferences and taught students around the world via her video conferencing programs. Most recently, she spoke at the TED… read more

New Google Chrome Ads Show Off Extensions and Translate [VIDEOS]

Google has just lreleased two new ads on YouTube to show off Chrome features. Extensions and Translate are two components that flesh out users’ browsing experiences while simplifying online actions at the same time.

The spots were created by agency BBH, and they’re drop dead adorable.

The first illustrates how users… read more

4 Tips for Tapping Into Twitter Conversations

Leyl Master Black is a Managing Director at Sparkpr, one of the world’s top independent PR agencies. Leyl has more than 15 years experience driving high-impact communications programs for emerging technology companies.

At any given time, there are thousands of conversations happening on Twitter. I’m not referring to… read more

YouTube Removes “Downfall” Parodies

The movie studio responsible for the award-winning, German-Austrian film Downfall (German: Der Untergang) has asked YouTube to take down several videos from the massively popular subtitled “Hitler finds out…” meme, and the site has complied.

Search YouTube and you’ll still find hundreds of Downfall parodies, but click thru to some… read more

Amazing Portraits Drawn With… Cassette Tapes!

This post is our first of the series “Talented Designers and Artists” where we feature creative and beautiful artworks produced by designers and artists worldwide. Today we feature Erika Iris Simmons (@iri5 on Twitter), is a kind of artist that you won’t usually meet on an occasional art exhibition.

Her… read more

Stylish Re-Envisioned Movie Posters

Posters of famous and classic movies are very popular on the internet, however I’ve been noticing more and more designers doing reinterpretations of these posters, most of them are simply awesome I could say that much better than the original ones because they sort of manage to convey the ideas… read more

How Companies Can Use Sentiment Analysis to Improve Their Business

Maria Ogneva is the Director of Social Media at Biz360, a social media monitoring, measurement and engagement platform. You can follow her on Twitter at @themaria or @biz360, or find her musings on the company blog and her personal blog.

Automated sentiment analysis has recently been the focus of an… read more

How Recruiters are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

A recruiter’s job is to find the best employee for a position…. read more

Showcase Of Beautiful Vertical Navigation Designs

Go to any website and you’re guaranteed to find one thing: a navigation menu. Navigation menus enable visitors to move from page to page; without them, we would have no way to conveniently explore websites. Perhaps this is why designers, information architects, usability researchers and user experience specialists invest so… read more

Make Your Desktop Come Alive with GeekTool

GeekTool is a really neat preference panel that allows widget-like functionality on a highly customizable level.

Unfortunately, if you aren’t particularly geeky, this app can be a bit confusing to get up and running. Luckily enough, here at AppStorm there’s definitely no shortage of geeks such as myself to help… read more

Robert Lindström: Illustrator, art director and designer.

Robert started his career as an Art Director at Paregos in 1998. He quickly created himself a name as a talented designer by winning the Prix D’Italia award in 1999 for Best innovative solution with the website of the Swedish TV-show Mosquito . Since then he founded his own interactive… read more

Best of the Week #115

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

Interview with Tony Soh

To many in the vector community Tony Soh needs little introduction. Tony runs an excellent vector blog called Vector Diary and is an all-around great illustrative designer. In addition to this, he also wrote the first tutorial for us here at Vectortuts+ and regularly contributes to various creative blogs… read more

5 Ways For Small Companies To Better Engage Reporters

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

While a good public relations person can do wonders for any business, some smaller companies just don’t have the budget, especially at early stages when every… read more

Get Business Buzzing with a Buzz Piece

Photo by JSmith Photo.

Most business models can attest to the power of a buzz piece. This marketing tool provides valuable information for prospective clients, the ability to transform readers into customers and a ton of exposure. So if you don’t have one, you should absolutely consider it.

Here’s what you… read more

Adobe Production Premium CS5 by Seagulls Fly

Seagulls Fly is one of the most creative studios I know, I simply love those guys and everything they do. They are from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and are specialized in state-of-the-art manipulation, photo retouch, 2D and 3D illustration, animation, web design and post production. We have already posted about… read more

Steve Jobs Show Premieres Off Broadway Next Week

The CEO of Apple is certainly no stranger to the stage, being known for giving keynotes that typically have the effect of rendering tech geeks into little piles of goo after the announcement of a new product. But now Mr. Jobs — or at least, the story of his… read more

Creating Personal Character Designs with Precision

Designing a character can apply to both personal and professional projects. The character can be a mascot that works in the context of a multi-national brand, or it can simply be inspired by a well-known character within pop culture. The later is usually referred to as “Fan Art.” The character… read more

The Future of Twitter’s Platform [INTERVIEW]

Twitter has stolen the spotlight in the last week. It started off with the launch of a Twitter-built BlackBerry App and then escalated with the acquisition of Tweetie and the launch of Twitter’s ad platform.

Now the spotlight is shining brightly at Twitter’s Chirp conference in San Francisco. … read more

35+ Rockstar Mac Software Developers and Their Apps

Every time I find an application that I really like, I immediately check out the other applications from the same developer. You’ll find that more often than not, there is a theme (visual or practical) that ties all their applications together in such a way that if you like one… read more

Twitter Gives Developers Their Very Own Website

Today at Chirp, the Twitter conference for app developers, Twitter Platform Director Ryan Sarver announced the company would be giving developers their own sandbox for developing apps and getting more and better information about the Twitter APIs and roadmap.

Currently, the site at dev.twitter.com has information on @Anywhere (an important… read more

Twitter’s Executives Answer Everybody’s Questions [LIVE]

At the final panel of the night for the Chirp Twitter conference, Twitter’s key executives are answering the audience’s questions. It’s a free-for-all of Q&A.

The executives on stage: VP Product Jason Goldman, COO Dick Costolo, Director of Platform Ryan Sarver, CEO Evan Williams, and Co-Founder Biz Stone.

Here are… read more

Did Twitter Betray App Developers? [VIDEO]

While at the Chirp conference for Twitter developers, we ran into iPhone developer Brett McLean, whose startup had been rightfully optimistic about their Twitter app — that is, until three days ago, when they got word that Twitter had acquired top iPhone app Tweetie and designated it the official… read more

HOW TO: Prevent and Report Online Stalking

David Perry is Global Director of Education for Trend Micro, where he represents the company’s Internet security awareness endeavors as a leading authority on computer virus prevention. For ongoing updates on the latest threats, check out the Trend Micro microsite.

The social web is not just a model of our… read more

Martin Scorsese’s Next Film to be Released in 3D

The next big name director to follow in the 3D footsteps of Avatar director James Cameron is Martin Scorsese. Variety reports that the Oscar-winning director’s next project, The Invention of Hugo Cabret will be shot in 3D.

Based on a best-selling children’s book, Cabret is about a 12-year… read more

Twitter Announces User Streams: No More Rate Limits

Twitter has just announced a new feature and API for desktop applications: users streams. The revelation was made by Twitter’s Director of Platform, Ryan Sarver, at the Chirp conference.

The new API is focused around pushing out data to desktop applications in real-time. There will no longer be… read more

Twitter to Developers: Attach Any Data You Want to Tweets

Metadata has long been part of Twitter applications. Viewing conversation threads or learning about a user’s location has changed how users interact with content and have provided third party app developers with great opportunities to innovate on Twitter’s platform.

Ryan Sarver, Twitter’s Director of Platform, announced today at Chirp, the… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Social Media Job Listings

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

WordPress Caching: What’s the best Caching Plugin?

Your WordPress blog getting sluggish? Caching is a great technique for speeding up your blog and the WordPress community has a lot of caching plugins to choose from. Lets review each one and find out which caching solution will work best for your WordPress blog.

Quick Nav:

What Is Caching?Benchmarking?WordPress Caching… read more

Typography Mania #24

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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The Streamy Awards: How to Unwreck the Car [OPINION]

In the small world of made-for-the-web TV, industry figures and fans alike hoped that the 2010 Streamy Awards would prove to mainstream audiences that made-for-the-web television is the next big thing — an industry of serious artists, fine entertainment and ultimately, booming profits. After a crowd of professionals in… read more

Design Makeover: High-flying Redesign

Client:
Good Bird Magazine! www.goodbirdinc.com

BEFORE
I don’t have a huge number of subscribers, but the ones I do have are really into their birds.

Good Bird Magazine! is just one part of Good Bird Inc., a source of information for owners of parrots and similar birds. The complete product line includes DVDs,… read more

Baseball Teams Logo Inspiration

We have been posting about logos and logo inspiration articles of all sorts. Paulo Gabriel has provideded us with a great selection of styles so I decided to select some baseball logos to enrich the that list. What I really like about Baseball logos is that they are a great… read more

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.32

This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources, freebies and good reading articles that we have shared via Twitter and Facebook in the past week.

If would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can… read more

10 Great iPhone Apps for Growing a Garden

It’s hard to believe, but it looks like we’re finally out of the doldrums of winter. For those who live in climates with more distinguishable seasons, April bears witness to the emergence of the warmer sun, longer days, and the promise of summer — all ushering in the start… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Upcoming Social Media 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 to establish… read more

Yahoo Opens New Firehose of Social Media Data to Developers

Today, Yahoo is releasing a new service: Firehose, a real-time, searchable index of social content aggregated from around the web.

Accessible via YQL, Yahoo’s SQL-like query language, the Firehose will gather data from status updates, user ratings and reviews, comment threads, Google Buzz, Flickr, Delicious, Twitter, YouTube, Last.fm and a… read more

Interview: Kevin Pollak Loves Twitter, Fears Facebook [VIDEO]

Kevin Pollak, comedian and star of film, television and the popular web series Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show, spoke to us at last night’s Streamy Awards, an event that honors the best in web TV.

Check out the interview below, wherein Kevin dishes on what he likes about doing web series,… read more

How Journalists are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

Journalists are, by nature, crafty folk who are wonderfully adept at stalking… read more

Wallpaper of the Week #95 – Justin Maller

The wallpaper of this week is a beautiful image created by Justin Maller, a freelance illustrator and art director based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been creating digital art for over eight years, and has produced professionally in both a private and studio based capacity for the last three.

For more… read more

5 Must-Have Firefox Extensions For Bloggers

Do you own a website or blog? Does your job involve search engine optimization of any sort? If you answered yes, then Firefox should be your default internet browser. I say this because of Firefox’s amazing array of add-ons to make life easier for bloggers and webmasters.

If you need some… read more

How Publishers Plan to Monetize iPad Content

Macala Wright Lee is the Founder of FashionablyMarketing.Me, one of the web’s leading digital marketing blogs for fashion, luxury and lifestyle industries. You can follower her on twitter at @FashMarketing or @Macala.

Apple announced earlier this week that it had sold more than 300,000 iPads in the U.S. on the… read more

Lessons from Hollywood: On Getting Projects Green-Lit & Spec Work

For over a year now I’ve been working with a well-known producer/writer/director as his Internet marketing manager on two movies; one in development and the other now in pre-production. It is an interesting experience that has taught me loads about what not to do as a freelancer as well… read more

LinkedIn Adds Former Ask.com CEO to Its Board of Directors

LinkedIn has added Skip Battle, the former CEO of Ask.com and a current board member of Netflix and Expedia.com, to its board of directors. Battle is the first independent director to join LinkedIn.

According to Reuters, the 66 year old former executive joined the LinkedIn board several weeks ago,… read more

6 Free Vector Seamless Backgrounds (+ source files)

The free beautiful vector seamless background pack (+ source files) that we have on offer today have been designed by Cip (from Vectorious, and can be used within almost any aspect of design – they could be used as a seamless web background, cool apparel design, an elegant flyer …… read more

FTC Close to Challenging Google’s Acquisition of AdMob

Staff at the Federal Trade Commission are poised to recommend that the U.S. government challenge Google’s acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob for antitrust reasons, according to multiple reports.

Yesterday a report from the Wall Street Journal indicated that the FTC has assembled a litigation team that could be utilized… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Web Development and Social Media Job Listings

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

Plan What Happens to Your Online Accounts Post-Mortem with Entrustet

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

Name: Entrustet

Quick Pitch: Free service helps you take… read more

How to Find Local Clients for Your Freelance Business

Finding clients is one of the toughest things for most small businesses. Many people are looking for projects online these days with the widespread use of Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites that allow you to connect and chat about business opportunities. These are great ways to find new… read more

Topnotch Microblogging with Tumblr

In a world where even adults have the attention span of a three year old, conventional blogs with thousand word posts will not cut it. Blogs are very effective for professional bloggers and blogging networks like Envato, Techcrunch, etc. However, when it comes to personal weblogs, blogs are going fast… read more

Automatically Generate a Photo Gallery from a Directory of Images

The following code will show you how to create a beautiful photo gallery by simply dumping your photos in a directory. Lightbox and thumbnail generation included! read more

Mashable’s Guide to Upcoming Events in Social Media

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 to establish… read more

DesignChat Guest: Design Revolution Road Show

DesignChat is a weekly live-video chat with the design community and a special guest. This post will also be a weekly event, appearing on Mondays to introduce the special guest and show some of their work. Join us on Wednesday, April 7th for a live video broadcast with the Design… read more

Backup, Sync and Sharing with SpiderOak

There’s an abundance of data backup and sharing apps, regardless of which platform you use. However, there are only so many that do a great job and run on all the major platforms (OS X, Windows and Linux). If you’re seeking a quality backup and sharing app, you might consider… read more

Weapons Of Mass Creation Festival

Cleveland’s progressive design firm, Go Media, is pleased to announce the first annual Weapons of Mass Creation Festival. On May 22 and 23 this two-day art, film, and music event will highlight work from both local and national talent, a celebration of creative visionaries who defy the hand they’re dealt…. read more

How a Facebook Group Helped Reunite a Band for Charity

Josh Sternberg is the founder of Sternberg Strategic Communications and authors The Sternberg Effect. You can follow him on Twitter.

In July 2008, David Katz, an investment firm employee in New York City, searched for one of his favorite bands, God Street Wine, on Facebook to see what he could… read more

How 5 Brands Are Mastering the Game of Foursquare

With its game mechanics and spunky badges, Foursquare could easily be mistaken for a frivolous mobile application with little to no value for businesses. As the startup races to the million member milestone, however, nothing could be further from the truth.

We’ve already written about Foursquare’s savvy relationships with major… read more

25 High Quality Gradient Sets for Photoshop – 750+ Gradients

Having a good and quality collection of gradients at your disposal should be paramount for any designer, they are not only a great time-saver, they can also give your designs the simple illusion of depth, make the rough areas of your design appear to be smooth and can even have… read more

Twitter: The Killer Box Office Predictor?

Twitter can predict box-office takings better than other industry-leading data sites, according to research just released by HP. Between the sentiments expressed and the rate at which buzz builds, the microblogging service outperforms other forecasting mechanisms for the film industry.

When compared to industry favorite The Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX),… read more

HOW TO: Integrate Paid Search and Social Media for Better Marketing Results

Matt Lawson is director of marketing for Marin Software, provider of the leading enterprise-class paid search management application for advertisers and agencies.

Paid search and social media are both extremely important marketing channels. But how can brands combine the two distinctly different tactics –- the bid-based, conversion-obsessed, ROI-driven world of… read more

Butterfly Attack: The Making of Qualcomm’s Viral April Fool’s Day Joke

On March 30, footage from two separate savage butterfly attacks were leaked to the web, stirring up speculation about “butterflies gone wild.”

Earlier today, Qualcomm held an emergency press conference to reveal that the two men attacked by the butterflies had stolen two mirasol display prototypes from a Qualcomm lab… read more

5 Ways to Go Green for Earth Day with 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.

Last week’s World Water Day and Earth Hour began a big green spring online that will culminate in April 22nd’s 40th annual celebration of Earth Day. Coinciding with… read more

How Photoshop CS4 Saved the Day: 7 stories of triumph

How Photoshop CS4 Saved the Day: Seven stories of triumph by design

Last August, Adobe teamed up with Layers magazine to learn how our readers have used Photoshop CS4 to either get out of a jam at work, come in with a win under a tight deadline on a project, or… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Job Board Listings in Social Media

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

The Future of TV?: The Story Behind Crackle’s “The Bannen Way”

Since The Bannen Way leapt into our monthly webisodes chart and was nominated for several Streamy Awards, we decided it would be a good idea to find out what the fuss is about.

We caught up with The Bannen Way’s executive producer and star Mark Gantt — who co-created the… read more

WolframAlpha Drops iPhone App Price by 96% to $1.99, Offers Refunds

Last year, WolframAlpha made waves with its $50 iPhone app; today the company is announcing a new overall strategy and its starting by launching a new mobile optimized website and dropping the price of the iPhone app to just $1.99. This is all part of WolframAlpha’s new strategy to… read more

12 Fresh Web Tools for Getting the Most Out of Google Buzz

Jacob Gube is the Founder/Chief Editor of Six Revisions, a popular web development and design site and the Deputy Editor of Design Instruct, a web magazine for designers. He has over seven years of experience as professional web developer and has written a book on JavaScript…. read more

The Mashable Twitter List Directory Launches!

Twitter lists are a great way to find new groups of people to follow on Twitter, and share your favorite follows with friends. To help you find and follow interesting lists, we’ve created the Mashable Twitter List Directory.

The idea is pretty simple: With help from our partners TLISTS,… read more

Beautiful Skateboard Deck Designs

We have already posted some skateboard deck designs, and we also gave away a really cool book about last year, the Inspiration from Skateboard Graphics – Book Giveaway, however, it has been quite a long time since that post and that’s why we decided to show a collection of great… read more

EXCLUSIVE: “Scarface School Play” Creators on Manufacturing Viral Success [VIDEO]

As posited by several commenters, the “Scarface School Play” video that was uploaded to YouTube yesterday was not, in fact, a real theatrical performance. The video was created by director Marc Klasfeld of Rockhard Films, who also has directed videos for artists like Beyonce and Eminem, and was made… read more

5 Big Twitter Trends to Follow Right Now

As Twitter celebrates its fourth birthday, we thought it appropriate to take another step back from the day-to-day happenings of the Twitterverse and analyze some of the bigger trends. There are many indicators that can clue us in to what’s in store for the social network.

This time we’re… read more

How Startups are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

For startups, the amount of money you have to burn before you… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Calendar of Social Media 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

7 Situations When Designers Outsource (To Other Designers)

Have you ever missed a client deadline because you were too busy?  Ever had a client request a type of design that you don’t offer?  One of the best kept secrets of successful designers and studios is ‘designer-to-designer’ outsourcing.  Designer-to-designer outsourcing involves one designer (such as a web design firm… read more

Bulletproof Email Marketing: Overview, Tips and Tools

We all know, that today is the era of online marketing. Without neglecting how the traditional marketing system started and work as well, we still cannot assume that online marketing is a thing in vain. More than that, online marketing can make thing more efficiently, short, and more real time… read more

See Yahoo’s Sketch-a-Search in Action [VIDEO]

Earlier this week, Yahoo launched a new iPhone app called Sketch-a-Search that allows you to trace an area with your finger to get restaurant results in a specifically defined region.

We had a chance to sit down with Director of Product Management Ariel Seidman for a demo of Sketch-a-Search,… read more

Building Your Freelance Business Around WordPress

WordPress has been nothing short of spectacular for freelancers and clients alike. Of course, we all know it’s the go-to system for blogging, but these days it’s much more than that.

In this post, I’d like to cover how different types of freelancers can build their businesses around this great… read more

The History of Online Shopping in Nutshell

The Electronic commerce or e-Commerce as is known today evolved as businesses (end to end process) started to shift from real time market to digital market. All of the business today as we see is done over the internet and anything which is not there is meant to be wiped… read more

“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” Trailer Hits the Web [VIDEO]

The trailer for the most recent Michael Cera vehicle — Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – has hit the Internets hard, and apparently people are excited.

Earlier today, MTV reported that director Edgar Wright (of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead fame) heralded the coming of the… read more

13 Essential Social Media Lessons for B2B Marketers from the Masters

This series is supported by the MarketingProfs B2B Forum, where you’ll learn the ins-and-outs of social media as part of your overall B2B marketing mix. Register today!

Social media marketing might feel simple for the B2C crowd, but with B2B, it’s an entirely different beast. Businesses are entities that are… read more

YouTube Star “Fred” to Get TV Movie on Nickelodeon

Fred, the squeeky six-year old played by 16-year old web video star Lucas Cruikshank, has found a home for his feature film debut. Variety reports that Fred: The Movie will air as a TV movie on Nickelodeon, but not in theaters.

A theatrical release was hard to picture, given the… read more

Book Review: Logo Design Love

Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities by David Airey is a fantastic place to start if you’re interested in creating logos that aren’t just visually appealing, but are also memorable, easily recognizable, and timeless.

The book includes a ton of real-world examples from a… read more

Personal Branding for Web Designers

“It doesn’t matter how good you are. What matters is how good you are at showing it!” This statement represents the ABCs of personal branding, self marketing or whatever you prefer to name it. As a designer, you are so fortunate that your work is pure creativity. As a result,… read more

Give Finder a Turbo Boost With TotalFinder

The Apple experience is pretty slick, but one thing that frustrates many users is the Finder. Although it gets the job done, it hasn’t evolved a great deal in recent years and is missing a few widely-requested features.

As an integral part of OS X, the aptly named ‘Finder’ is used… read more

What Makes A Great Cover Letter, According To Companies?

Ah, the dreaded cover letter. Boring to write, difficult to get right, and you’re usually preoccupied by other things (such as the portfolio and resume, which are also really important). Unfortunately, your cover letter is a company’s first exposure to you, and it determines whether your application is trashed or… read more

Android Tablet Prototypes Support Flash [VIDEO]

Drooling over tablets, but worried about lack of Flash support on the iPad? Sit tight, because a slew of tablets running Android will be emerging shortly with full Flash support, thanks to the NVIDIA Tegra platform team’s work with Adobe.

As we’ve said before, the age of the tablet is… read more

5 Ways to Get Involved With Twestival

On Thursday, March 25, the second annual Twestival Global charity event will kick off in over 175 cities across the world. Thousands of people will get together at events around the globe to help raise money for Concern Worldwide, and help the estimated 72 million children around the… read more

How Pixar Creates Great Films and Balances Art, Tech and Success

Here at The Economist Innovation Conference in Berkeley, California, hundreds of thought leaders have gathered to discuss the process, politics, and economics of innovation.

How do you create an innovative technology? How do you balance innovation and economics? What fosters great ideas? On stage earlier today was… read more

Facebook Blamed for Rise of Syphilis in UK

Health experts at NHS Hartlepool in Britain are claiming that Facebook played a role in the recent fourfold increase in cases of syphilis in Teesside, Durham and Sunderland.

Director of Public Health Peter Kelly told the Telegraph research points to sites like Facebook “making it easier for people to meet… read more

Photoshop Tutorial – Face Transform with Type

In this tutorial, written again by Violet Bag, you are going to learn how to change a normal and basic image of a little kid and transform his face so that it appears to be constructed with text.
There are fifteen easy to follow steps to complete this tutorial… read more

Why Doing Your Homework Leads to More Sales

I recently received a prospecting e-mail from a Tucson photographer I’ve never heard of. His message noted that I’m included in the website developers directory in this city’s Book of Lists.

If you’re not familiar with these books, they’re published by the weekly business journals in many American cities. They list… read more

Tumblr Starts Offering Premium Themes

Remember that little payment widget on Tumblr we talked about a couple of weeks ago? One of the things it’s used for are premium themes, which are (besides the fee for getting your blog featured in Tumblr’s blog directory) Tumblr’s first revenue generator.

Although monetization on blogging and microblogging networks… read more

Create A News Aggregation Website With PHP RSS Reader

Imagine if there was a way to provide new, relevant content from thousands of different sources every minute, automatically on your website. How much more eager would a user be to come back for more? This is exactly why PHP RSS Reader was created, to give you the opportunity to… read more