Top 10 Google Chrome Plugins for Small Businesses

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

The Google Chrome Web Store has made it easy for anyone to stay organized, and the browser has gotten much faster, as we’ve noticed in the beta… read more

Hype: A Worthy Flash Alternative?

Hype, by developers Tumult, seems to have a rather appropriate title. There has been a great deal of talk about this web animation app since its release some months ago, and that can hardly be a surprise, given that it claims to allow the user to create “beautiful HTML5 web… read more

40+ Tips to Get the Most Out of Web Apps

There’s so many things you can do from your browser, you could get by quite nicely without any other native apps. The internet is full of amazing web apps, ranging from powerful tools for enterprises to little tools that do one thing great.

While the web apps and sites we love… read more

New developer tools in Firefox 10 and 11

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Useful CSS Snippets for Your Coding Arsenal

CSS is a beautiful language but it can also be frustrating at times. Certain CSS solutions don’t work on certain browsers (cough Internet Explorer cough) and much of your time can be spent debugging code.

Thankfully there are lots of great CSS snippets available online that fix common problems and design… read more

Make Time for YOU – Part Two

It’s the beginning of the year and things are slow. You are hustling to get work and the work that comes your way you don’t feel you can turn down. By the time summer rolls around, you have been working your butt off and let things—like life outside of… read more

20 Must Have Alfred Extensions

One of the first few apps I downloaded was the popular Alfred launcher. Being able to launch apps, open files, shutdown and restart my laptop with just a few taps on the keyboard intrigued me, so I decided to give it a shot. And hey, who can resist that adorable… read more

5 Firefox Add-Ons for Increasing Productivity

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

The Internet is a black hole of procrastination. It’s a rare occasion when we open up our web browsers and just do work without checking Facebook or… read more

Quick Look: Balance Forecasting Web

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 Balance Forecasting Web. The developer describes Balance Forecasting Web as a tool to help you… read more

Win $1,000 in PSD to HTML services!

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What else does HTML5 need to defeat flash? (Part 1)

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Nowadays, HTML5 is like a shining star in the webs sky. However, is HTML5 ready to take the overall crown? From 2 aspects, we are going to discuss what else HTML5 needs to defeat Flash.

Technically:

First of all, I’d like to emphasize that HTML5 and Flash… read more

Mozilla Challenges Prove Crowdsourcing Still Works for Fundraising

The Mozilla Firefox Challenge has named a winner — but the real champion is the public, who yet again proved that crowdsourcing and grass roots campaigns are an effective way to raise money for charity.

The Challenge, hosted on the Crowdrise fundraising platform, pitted 12 celebrities in a race to see… read more

9 Tech Millionaires Under Age 30 [INFOGRAPHIC]

For those of us who weren’t born with prerequisites for professional sports or rockstardom, entrepreneurship is probably the best bet for becoming fabulously wealthy before hitting our mid-life crises.

Just take a free idea, mix in some free time and possibly free Internet (depending on whether you like coffee), and poof!… read more

Resolution Independence With SVG

In this article, we’ll look at Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), one of the most underused technologies in website development today.

Before diving into an example, let’s consider the state of the Web at present and where it is going. Website design has found new vigor in recent years, with the evolving technique… read more

16 Most Useful Firefox Add-ons for Web Designers

16 Most Useful Firefox Add-ons for Web Designers

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40 CSS Reference Websites and Resources

If you want to design websites or modify your existing website design, then you need to have at least a basic knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Thankfully, CSS is a very easy language to get to a grip on, however you may find it takes a little more time… read more

Nuke the Net: How to Get the Mainstream Talking About the Dangers of SOPA

If you’re like most Mashable readers, you know plenty about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sister bill in the Senate, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). And you’re probably plenty outraged about it, too. And rightfully so.

If enacted, SOPA/PIPA could have disastrous consequences for the basic infrastructure of… read more

We have $700 worth of services from PSD2HTML.com to giveaway

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If you’re a busy web designer or web developer, this week’s competition is the perfect solution for your PSD to HTML slicing needs. PSD2HTML.com are giving away $400 worth of services for the winner and $300 for the runner-up.
All you have to do… read more

In Tiff With Google, Twitter Turns to Wrestling

In the latest episode of public bickering between Twitter and Google over the search engine’s new Google+ integration, Twitter general counsel Alex Macgillivray has turned to wrestling.

That’s the example he tweeted Wednesday afternoon to demonstrate the inefficiency of Google’s latest changes, at least. “Folks asked for examples,” he wrote…. read more

Are You Using Gmail to Your Best Advantage as a Freelancer?

Many freelancers use Gmail but have you considered sprucing up your settings so that each email looks more professional? Wouldn’t you prefer to have your customers and clients receive emails from your name @ your domain name dot com instead? This is really simple to set up and gives… read more

Why a Web designer Should not Ignore the Importance of HTML5 in Designing

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The answer to the question; why a web designer should not ignore the importance of HTML5 in designing is actually very simple. HTML5 is the language of the future when it comes to web designing. Move over Flash, HTML5 is here. But why is this language being… read more

Be Ready When Someone Asks, “What Do You Do?”

I really like the 60-Second Solutions videos on Entrepreneur.com. I thought that the recent video by communications coach Carmine Gallo on creating a 60 second strategy to tell your story was especially useful.

Sometimes it’s hard to explain to people what it is you really do. Many people hear the… read more

Adventures In The Third Dimension: CSS 3D Transforms

Back in 2009, the WebKit development team proposed a new extension to CSS that would allow Web page elements to be displayed and transformed on a three-dimensional plane. This proposal was called 3-D Transforms, and it was soon implemented in Safari for Mac and iOS. About a year later, support… read more

Create a Full Page Background Image with CSS3

The other day we looked at 10 Awesome Websites With Full Screen Background Images.  At the beginning of the article I had mentioned that there were a few ways of approaching this effect, some developers prefer to do it with jQuery, some with CSS, and others with Flash.  In this… read more

Citelighter Is Like a Highlighter for the Internet

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: Citelighter

Quick Pitch: Citelighter keeps information from multiple web sources in one place.

Genius Idea: Making it easy… read more

Best of AppStorm in December

We’ve collected the top four reviews, roundups and how-to articles from across the AppStorm network in February. Whether you’re interested in Mac, iPhone, Web, or Android apps, there’s bound to be something you didn’t spot over the course of the month. Now would be a good time to explore a… read more

Coolest Apps From 2011 You Would Never Want To Miss In 2012

The year 2011 has ended. We have explored and reviewed so many useful tools and resources for you all the year. Today, we are going to take a look on few of the web apps we have featured that we think you would like bookmark for 2012. I hope designers,… read more

Dashlane: Web Logins and Checkouts at Light Speed

Managing your various accounts, passwords, IDs and other sensitive data is a tricky situation. You want it to be both accessible and secure, two goals that are by nature at odds with each other.

Today we’re going to give you a sneak peek at Dashlane, an app that promises to… read more

10 Firefox Add-ons to Level Up Your Freelance Efficiency

Mozilla Firefox is a real treasure for freelancers worldwide. Why? It’s an advanced, fast and secure web browser.

In the last 7 years the open source browser has proved – it’s more than a web surfer. Mozilla Firefox is translated into over 70 languages, enriched with dozens of extensions, and… read more

Share Your Presentations With SpeakerDeck

Enterprise software market is a lucrative cash cow. Once you get the professional types start using your apps, you are probably set for life. They don’t usually change their course midway and are accustomed to familiarity. But when it comes to presentations, office dwellers always look for ways to make… read more

The 20 Best Mac Apps of 2011

As we bid farewell to 2011 and greet 2012, we always like to take a look back and see which apps really stood out over the last year. There’s never a shortage of amazing apps to discuss, the hardest part of this post is simply narrowing down the options to… read more

Facebook Timeline Doesn’t Show in Internet Explorer 7

If you don’t like Facebook Timeline, all you have to do to get rid of it is use Internet Explorer 7 — but be prepared for a buggy experience. Facebook’s latest profile redesign is not visible in IE7, and the company might soon completely phase out support for the aging… read more

20+ Useful Firefox Add-ons for Web-developers

20+ Useful Firefox Add-ons for Web-developers

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YouTube in 2011: How Its Busy Year Affects You

Much has changed for YouTube since it launched in 2005. But in 2011, we saw Google’s video-sharing service undergo more tweaks, spit out more new features and reach more major milestones than in previous years.

Let’s rewind and reminisce as I highlight key moments in YouTube‘s eventful year that involved… read more

Google Nails 2011: Portrait of a Banner Year

It has proven to be a monumental banner year for Google. It’s hard to believe that one year ago, things such as Google+ and the now all-familiar +1 button were nonexistent. The company has come far from being just a search engine. For some, it is an office suite, email… read more

LastPass and Xmarks: Keeping Me in Sync

With my job and a passion for tech, I have a home computer, work laptop, iPhone, iPad, and am often at a variety of other computers throughout the week. With so much bouncing around, I realized that I needed two things readily accessible on any device that I was on,… read more

10 Must Have Firefox Plugins

10 Must Have Firefox Plugins

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20 Best Firefox Skins To Customize Your Browser

20 Best Firefox Skins To Customize Your Browser

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GoDaddy CEO: ‘We’re Not Cynical Folks’

In an interview with Mashable shortly after GoDaddy announced its withdrawal of support for the Stop Online Piracy Act, new company CEO Warren Adelman said that the web hosting and domain registration service was acting purely in the best interest of its customers and would now “let others carry the… read more

Should all Browsers Use WebKit?

Web standards are an ever-evolving entity, with new syntax and functions being added all the time. The buzzwords of the year are HTML5 and CSS3, evolutions of the already-existing languages that most people are familiar with. Unfortunately, getting a function added to the standards is only half the battle; you… read more

As Users Rail Against GoDaddy, Unpacking the SOPA Supporter List [VIDEO]

GoDaddy is one of more than a hundred companies catching flak online for supporting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Many website operators have threatened to move their domains away from GoDaddy, and Y Combinator founder Paul Graham has said… read more

The Mac Browser War: Safari vs. the Competition

When you purchased your Mac, you probably wanted the best web browser offered, whether it be Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, or some other worthy candidate. After all, quality hardware should also contain quality software. There has been much controversy on what truly is the best browser available for a Mac…. read more

Christmas & New Year Special Giveaway: Prizes Worth Over $20,000

The end of this year is almost coming and Christmas is already on our doorsteps. It’s never too late to hang your stockings, keep milk and cookies and wait for Santa to drop in at your home with lots of gifts and Christmas cheer. It’s time for Santa’s gifts, for… read more

2011: Tech’s Biggest Winners and Losers

Time is a funny thing. One minute I’m standing in a crowded room fondling HP’s new 10.1-inch TouchPad tablet, the next, I’m writing its obituary, and a moment later I’m marking the rebirth of its OS as an open source platform. That’s not really how it happened. This course of… read more

How to Make Your Website More Accessible

Constant improvement is imperative to a world of progress, including the web world. Designing an effective website requires a lot of techniques, skills and testing. Testing determines the usability of the website, which ties into accessibility. Thus, one of the most important things to consider when creating a website is… read more

Web design predictions for 2012

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House Delays Taking Action on SOPA Until Dec. 21

The House Judiciary Committee on Friday postponed debate on the contentious Stop Online Piracy Act until Wednesday.

Initial reports indicated that voting on the measure — which if passed would create a “blacklist” of websites that infringe on copyrights — would be pushed back to 2012.

However, Rep. Darrell Issa has… read more

The Comprehensive Guide of a Guest Post Writer

Few days ago I read an interesting article that presented in detail the total income of a freelance writer and the figures make me think twice about the actual job I have. Yes, working a lot in addition to a smart strategy of gaining more clients could bring a serious… read more

Fight Against SOPA Intensifies Surrounding House Debate

The House Judiciary Committee met to debate changes to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) on Thursday as the public debate between players with deep pockets on both sides reached new heights.

If the bill at issue, SOPA, were to become law, it would create a “blacklist” of websites that infringe… read more

Mozilla Firefox Challenge Pits 12 Celebs in Battle of the Most Charitable

Mozilla is hoping people see the socially-minded side of its popular Firefox web browser with a new celebrity-fueled charity campaign called the Mozilla Firefox Challenge.

The Challenge, hosted on the Crowdrise fundraising platform, pits 12 celebrities in a race to see who can raise the most money for their cause. Users… read more

Six CSS Layout Features To Look Forward To

A few concerns keep bobbing up now and then for Web developers, one of which relates to how to lay out a given design. Developers have made numerous attempts to do so with existing solutions. Several articles have been written on finding the holy grail of CSS layouts, but to… read more

Get the Most Out of Your Bookmarks With Kippt

We’re coming to the end of a wonderful year and I’ve realized that I’ve read far more content online this year than any other. That being said, I’ve also accumulated long lists of articles that I haven’t gotten around to reading and I attribute this to two factors: constant distractions… read more

Interarchy: The Simpler Way to FTP

Just like email, the file transfer protocol (FTP) has been around for a long time, making it indispensable for those dabbling with web servers. Now that the entire World is swearing by the cloud, the significance of FTP has gone up exponentially. Tons of FTP clients – free, open source and premium… read more

Web Design Trends in 2012

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It’s that time of year again, where we look into our crystal ball to see what will be the hot trends in web design for the upcoming year. It’s no secret that trends come and go, with some hanging around longer than they should. (Yes, splash… read more

15+ Best Desktop Publishing Resources and Beginner Tips

Desktop publishing has become a critical business skill today, and the use of the Internet means that creation of print content is no longer the only consideration.

Now the documents you create likely have to be displayed in both print and on the web.

This article looks at how to determine… read more

What’s new for designers, December 2011

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Review: Radiant CMS — A Simple, User-Friendly CMS

Radiant CMS is a simple Content Management System built using Ruby on Rails. It is licensed under the MIT Licence, which means it is freely redistributable and can be employed for both commercial and non-profit usage. Radiant CMS is ideal for small enterprises and teams.

INTRODUCTION

Radiant has a fairly simple and… read more

Congratulations To The Winners Of SyncMate Expert (All-In-One Sync Tool) For Mac

Thanks to all of the participants of contest in which SyncMate Expert (All-In-One Sync Tool) For Mac were givingaway. We ran the MySQL random query and selected these comments to give them SyncMate Expert for Mac.

Winners of SyncMate Expert (All-In-One Sync Tool) For Mac

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With SyncMate you can sync data between… read more

20 Amazing Implementations of HTML5 Canvas

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In this article, we explore some of the most awe-inspiring implementations of HTML5′s canvas element so far. From all of the new HTML5 tags, canvas is likely to be the most powerful.
In a nutshell, the canvas element is a drawable region defined in… read more

StumbleUpon Launches Major Redesign, Welcomes Brands

StumbleUpon completely revamped its website Monday — adding a new logo, design and a channel feature that gives brands a non-intrusive role in the service.

“Really this is the biggest refresh in terms of look and feel that we’ve ever had on the web,” StumbleUpon CEO Garrett Camp told Mashable.

While the… read more

Auto-Save User’s Input In Your Forms With HTML5 and Sisyphus.js

Editor’s note: This article is the third in our new series that introduces new, useful and freely available tools and techniques, developed and released by active members of the Web design community. The first article covered PrefixFree; the second introduced Foundation, a responsive framework that helps you build prototypes and… read more

Integrating Amazon S3 With WordPress

Computing is full of buzzwords, “cloud computing” being the latest one. But unlike most trends that fizzle out after the initial surge, cloud computing is here to stay. This article goes over Amazon’s S3 cloud storage service and guides you to implementing a WordPress plugin that backs up your WordPress… read more

10 New Google Analytics Features You Need to Start Using

Rachael Gerson spearheads the Analytics division at SEER Interactive. Follow her on Twitter @rachaelgerson.

Over the past eight months, Google has steadily released one revolutionary new feature after another. On March 17, the company announced a new version of Google Analytics. Up until this point, users could decide whether they preferred… read more

The Perfect Paragraph

In this article, I’d like to reacquaint you with the humble workhorse of communication that is the paragraph. Paragraphs are everywhere. In fact, at the high risk of stating the obvious, you are reading one now. Despite their ubiquity, we frequently neglect their presentation. This is a mistake. Here, we’ll… read more

40+ Useful and Fresh jQuery Plugins

Plugins are there to assist you and let you perform the desired action in a more convenient and speedy manner. Therefore, today we decided to come up with an exciting and interesting collection of 40+ fresh and cool jQuery plugins for our reader’s convenience. This compilation is targeted at the… read more

SyncMate Expert (All-In-One Sync Tool) For Mac Giveaway

Eltima Software is running a contest, where 5 licenses of SyncMate Expert Edition are givingaway. Well, you guys know what is SyncMate? Let’s say it once again for n00bs.

With SyncMate you can sync data between your Mac and various devices and accounts within one app. You don’t need to install… read more

How To Set Up A Print Style Sheet

In a time when everyone seems to have a tablet, which makes it possible to consume everything digitally, and the only real paper we use is bathroom tissue, it might seem odd to write about the long-forgotten habit of printing a Web page. Nevertheless, as odd as it might seem… read more

How To Create Web Animations With Paper.js

The Web is just starting to use animation well. For years, animated GIFs and Flash ruled. Text moved and flashed, but it was never seamless. Animations had boxes around them like YouTube videos. HTML5 canvas changes everything about Web animation.

The canvas element makes it possible to integrate drawings and animations… read more

25 Google+ tips and tricks

Google+ unveiled itself to the public amidst a chorus of praise and adulation from techies all over the globe. Unfortunately, it also earned a good amount of scorn from individuals who were not ready to grasp the unique philosophy Google+ was promoting. That philosophy is one of openness.

Unlike Facebook, Google+… read more

How to Enable the New YouTube Design Now

Word on the street is that YouTube has a slick new design. It’s a revamped homepage with some pretty tight Google+ social integration and content discovery features.

But if you’ve fired up your trusty Internet machine and the new YouTube hasn’t yet appeared for you, don’t fret. Our friends at The… read more

Spool: Save the Web

You’re a busy person. I’m a busy person. There’s no way that we could possibly get through all of the amazing things that we find on the web every day, as we’re constantly bombarded by new links and amazing new Google search results.

Luckily, there are are couple of ways to… read more

HTML5 Semantics

Much of the excitement we’ve seen so far about HTML5 has been for the new APIs: local storage, application cache, Web workers, 2-D drawing and the like. But let’s not overlook that HTML5 brings us 30 new elements to mark up documents and applications, boosting the total number of elements… read more

Stop Online Piracy Act: What You Need to Know [INFOGRAPHIC]

Wondering what’s going on with the Stop Online Piracy Act, otherwise known as SOPA? Here’s an infographic that boils it all down to the key points for you.

Protests against the bill now under consideration by the U.S. House of Representatives have reached a fever pitch today, kicked off by a… read more

Tumblr, Firefox and Reddit Censor Websites to Protest SOPA

Tumblr, Firefox and Reddit drew broad black lines on their websites Wednesday to protest a proposed U.S. law that Internet companies have dubbed “censorship” and entertainment companies “piracy protection.”

Their symbolic design tweaks coincide with what several open Internet advocacy organizations have declared American Censorship Day — a day some of… read more

Evernote Launches Browser Extension to Remove Clutter From the Web Reading Experience

Evernote has unveiled a new browser extension that removes ads and other distractions from the web-reading experience.

Evernote Clearly, which is now available for Chrome and soon other browsers, is a simple, one-click button that creates an alternative view of the content you’re reading online. It removes all the extra clutter,… read more

Proof: Saul Bass Was the Godfather of Typography Videos

The name Saul Bass may not ring a bell, but you definitely know the man’s work. Bass was one of the most respected graphic-designers in the film business. He was most well-known for his inventive and striking title sequences for films such as Psycho, The Man with the Golden Arm,… read more

Pursuing Semantic Value

Disclaimer: This post by Jeremy Keith is one of the many reactions to our recent article on the pursuit of semantic value by Divya Manian. Both articles are published in the Opinion column section in which we provide active members of the community with the opportunity to share their… read more

Best of the Week #196

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

Redesigning The Country Selector

The country selector. It’s there when you create an account for a new Web service, check out of an e-commerce store or sign up for a conference. The normal design? A drop-down list with all of the available countries.

However, when conducting a large session of user testing on check-out usability… read more

Firefox Turns 7, Releases a Polished Firefox 8 [REVIEW]

It’s a big week for Mozilla, as Firefox celebrates its seventh birthday and Firefox 8 hits the interwebs.

In recent years, Firefox has lost ground to browsers such as Google Chrome. Yet Firefox remains a significant and important part of the browsing landscape.

Firefox 8 is Mozilla’s fifth major release in 2011…. read more

The 12 best jQuery image sliders of the 2011

Wave Display Effect with jQuery and CSS3

“The idea is to initially have some smaller thumbnails rotated and placed in the shape of a sine curve. When clicking on a thumbnail, we’ll “zoom” in to see a medium sized version. Clicking again will make the large content area appear; here we… read more

Establishing Your Grid In Photoshop

Creating a grid is typically one of the very first things you do when starting a design comp. After all, it provides the basic structure on which the rest of your design will lie. In this article, we’ll provide two different methods for efficiently establishing a grid. These methods enable… read more

Kindle Cloud Reader Comes to Firefox

Kindle Cloud Reader, Amazon’s HTML5 app that lets you read Kindle books both online and offline from your browser, is now available for Firefox.

Amazon made the Kindle Cloud Reader available to users of Chrome, Safari for desktop and Safari for iPad in August. The launch of the iPad version stirred… read more

Nook Color 2 Reveal, Firefox 8 Release, Disney-YouTube Deal: Today’s Top Stories

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on five particular stories of interest today.

Barnes & Noble to Announce Nook Color 2

Barnes & Noble is expected to unveil… read more

Firefox 8 Officially Arrives Nov. 8, But It’s Available to Download Now

The new major release of Mozilla’s web browser, Firefox 8, officially launches Nov. 8. However, as usual, it’s available to download on Mozilla’s servers a bit early, meaning you can install it right now.

The Windows version of Firefox 8 is here, while the Mac version can be downloaded here…. read more

What’s new for designers – Nov. 2011

The November edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, frameworks, some JavaScript tools and resources, some great project management tools, and a number of great new fonts.

Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to… read more

45+ Must Have Firefox Addons for Web Developers and Marketers

45+ Must Have Firefox Addons for Web Developers and Marketers

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6 Ways to Make the Web Easier to Read

Sometimes it seems that writing is more important today than it’s ever been in history. From Facebook status updates to txt messages, we’re all writing and reading almost more than we’re talking and listening. And while the internet has hastened print media’s troubles, many of us still read tons of… read more

“Do a Barrel Roll” on Google, and You Won’t Be Disappointed

“Do a barrel roll” has become a trending topic on Twitter and elsewhere, thanks to an easter egg on Google Search.

Type the phrase in Google, and the screen will tumble around (it’s a barrel roll, after all). The same thing happens if you search for “Z or R twice.” If… read more

“But The Client Wants IE 6 Support!”

Frequently, when I discuss CSS3 with other developers, the issue of stubborn clients comes up. They tell me that even though they personally don’t think a website should look the same in all browsers and they’re eager to try all of these new techniques, their clients insist that their website… read more

FREE PSD to HTML GIVEAWAY from ShopHTML.com!

Today we are excited to bring you an awesome giveaway from ShopHTML.com who is giving away free PSD to HTML to 2 lucky winners.

About ShopHTML.com

ShopHTML.com helps web designers convert their marvelous artwork into a standard compliant and cross-browser compatible XHTML/CSS markup and professional CMS theme.

With many years of experience, unmatched… read more

Internet Explorer’s Share of Web Traffic Drops Below 50%

Internet Explorer can no longer claim more than half of the web’s traffic, as of October, ending more than a decade of the default Microsoft browser’s reign.

Safari’s hold on 62.17% of mobile traffic has reduced IE’s overall share of web browsing, despite still claiming 52.63% of desktop traffic, according… read more

Paymo: Time Tracking Done Just Right

To freelancers, time tracking is probably the most important aspect of any project. It helps you keep track of exactly how much time you are spending on a particular project, how productive you are and, most importantly, how much you are owed when it comes to payday at the end… read more

Best of the Week #194

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

Useful Coding Tools and JavaScript Libraries For Web Developers

Everyone who is a regular Smashing Magazine reader will know that we have a traditional habit of regularly researching the latest resources, tools and services out there on the Web, as productivity is a crucial asset of professional Web designers and developers. We could, and should, all integrate workflow optimization… read more

40 Unbelievably Interesting Google Earth Photos

Google Earth lets the user explore rich geographical content and find out the places they plan to go. Google Earth provides users with satellite images, maps, landscapes and 3D building view to give them a better understanding of the surroundings.

One can search anything whether it is a building, a road,… read more

40+ Amazing Desktop App Alternatives

We all love our desktop computers. The comfortable keyboard and mouse combination coupled with a large screen display beats out a laptop or tablet every single time. However, the nature of our work takes us to a variety of places with no desktop or a completely different setup than what… read more

Schmap Releases Tool to Break Down the Demographics of Your Twitter Followers

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: Know Your Twitter Followers

Quick Pitch: Know Your Twitter Followers takes Twitter one step further.

Genius Idea: Providing… read more

Quick Look: Fellowstream

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 Fellowstream. The developer describes Fellowstream as the to-do list you share with your team. … read more

Google Chrome Browser Has 200 Million Users

Google‘s 3 year-old Chrome browser just hit the 200 million user mark, CEO Larry Page announced Thursday.

The fast-growing browser had about 160 million users in May, up from 120 million in December 2010, according to eWeek, which correctly predicted Chrome would hit 200 million users in October.

Chrome’s growth had been… read more