Kickstarter Spoof Wants Funding for T-Shirts, Beer [VIDEO]

April 26th, 2012
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Yahoo has released a hilarious video that pokes of crowd-funding platform Kickstarter, featuring a guy named Nick asking the public to help find his life.

The video — called “Nickstarter” — spoofs the popular crowd-funding platform that allows inventors, artists and entrepreneurs to fund their concepts, products and events by raising… read more

50 Remarkable Examples Of Inspiring Typography

April 26th, 2012
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Knowing how much of a hot commodity typography is for the designers and the design community; we decided to showcase a huge collection of innovative and creative typography examples for our readers. Today, typography is not only the art of rearranging the typefaces rather it has become a broad medium… read more

Gamification And UX: Where Users Win Or Lose

April 26th, 2012
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The gaming industry is huge, and it can keep its audience consumed for hours, days and even weeks. Some play the same game over and over again — and occasionally, they even get out their 15-year-old Nintendo 64 to play some Zelda.

Now, I am not a game designer. I actually… read more

Elegant Invoicing with Totals

April 26th, 2012
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Mac App Storm

These days, many people may do freelance work and regular contracting or business that requires invoicing. Getting paid is undeniably one of the most important parts of any business and invoicing is a key component of that process. Long gone are the days of handwriting invoices and mailing them. Now we have… read more

Breezi: Website Design Sans Effort

April 26th, 2012
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Web App Storm

Website creation nowadays can be a slightly gruelling task, especially given the demands on web designers and creators to produce high-quality, professional-looking and intuitive websites. Often with these kind of sites there is a steep learning curve as CSS, HTML5, and even Flash in some ways play huge roles in… read more

13 Tips to Speed Up and Optimize Your WordPress Plugins

April 26th, 2012
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A common query among the internet users is that they need to know how can they enhance the speed of WordPress apps and optimize the plugins. Frankly speaking, this is never a cumbersome process as there are certain skilled tips that work towards speeding up WordPress experience. But, in this… read more

How to Create a Fixed Navigation Bar for Your Website

April 26th, 2012
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There are many ways to approach navigation on your website and they all have their pros and cons. We have the top horizontal navigation bar, which can limit the number of links you can have before you have to resort to sub menus which, in my opinion,… read more

Websites of the Deep: A Showcase of Underwater Web Design

April 26th, 2012
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Noupe

Developing a website can sometimes be a dry process, but that doesn’t mean the finished site can’t make a splash. As the lead designer at a studio called “The Deep End”, it’s always interesting to see what others have done with the underwater web design theme, and it turns out… read more

How to Build an Accordion Image Gallery with only CSS

April 26th, 2012
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Specky Boy

Fluent animated transitions for sliding web page elements such as a menu or an image gallery, have always traditionally been implemented with JavaScript. But using the CSS3 pseudo-class :target and the negation pseudo-class :not() properties, together with the CSS3 Transition Module you can achieve the same effect, but… read more

Just Buy This Guy’s Pontiac Already [INFOGRAPHIC]

April 26th, 2012
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If you live in the Seattle area and are in the market for a new set of wheels, have we got a Craigslist deal for you. Sporting tires, doors, a steering wheel, seats, and waits for it…a radio, this 5-speed 95′ Pontiac Grand Am “eminates manliness from every loosely coupled… read more

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10 Unmissable Apps for Ipad and Iphone Photographers

April 26th, 2012
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When Apple launched the iPhone, most people realized there was about to be a revolution in mobile telecommunications, what perhaps, was not recognized was the quiet revolution in photography. Since the launch and the emergence of the iPad and Android devices, a huge number of photographic apps have become available,… read more

Bitchin’ Kitchen: How a Web Chef Cooked Up a Hit TV Show

April 25th, 2012
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Name a chef who wears green eyeshadow, sequined purple sweaters and leather pants with a zip-out crotch. Chances are, you’re still searching. That is, unless you’ve tuned in with millions of other viewers to watch Cooking Channel’s Bitchin’ Kitchen, where celebrity chef Nadia G totters around on heels higher than… read more

Stunning Drawings Put Daniel Radcliffe, Actors in Non-Cartoon Scenes [PICS]

April 25th, 2012
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Dan Radcliffe

One New York City artist has transformed celebrity actors into cartoon characters in a method that resembles… read more

Roozt Is the Etsy for Social Entrepreneurs

April 25th, 2012
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Ecommerce site Roozt is trying to become the go-to hub for socially conscious consumers. With Roozt, shoppers can browse products based on cause supported, region of the world, or products sold.

Brent Freeman founded Roozt about three years ago with the idea of creating an Etsy-style marketplace for social… read more

How a Social Network Helps Families Coping With Autism

April 25th, 2012
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Autism Awareness Month may be coming to a close, but by using the social network MyAutismTeam, parents of children with autism spectrum disorder can spread awareness and find support throughout the year.

MyAutismTeam is a part of the MyHealthTeams network, online communities for people living with or caring for those… read more

Girl on Phone Falls Through Pavement Into Sinkhole [VIDEO]

April 25th, 2012
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A surveillance video in Xi’an, China captured footage of a teenage girl falling into a 20-foot-deep sinkhole while she was walking and looking at her cellphone. The clip has gone viral around the world.

The sinkhole was reportedly caused by underground water erosion. In the video, you can… read more

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Google Photo Tours Take You to 15,000 Destinations [VIDEO]

April 25th, 2012
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Upload your travel photos to Picasa or Panaromio? Those images might now be used in Google photo tours — a new feature that turns dozens of still pics into a photo gallery for more than 15,000 destinations.

Similar images are shown one after the other to give the viewer… read more

Stunning 3D-Printed Guitars Will Blow You Away [PICS]

April 25th, 2012
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1. Spider 3D Printed Guitar

This intricate and beautifully crafted guitar is a 3D-printed design that is completely playable…. read more

Get started with Pinterest – 45 useful articles and How-Tos

April 25th, 2012
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Get started with Pinterest – 45 useful articles and How-Tos

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Why Great Design Is the Future of Content Marketing

April 25th, 2012
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Chuck Longanecker is the founder of Digital-Telepathy, a user-experience design company passionate about creating products, like SlideDeck and Impress. Follow him at @dtelepathy.

Although it’s still early in 2012, the importance of visual storytelling is clearly one of the year’s breakout trends. Facebook Timeline, Pinterest, and Instagram are forcing brands to… read more

Kickstarter Project Wants to Socialize Tabletop Games [VIDEO]

April 25th, 2012
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Tabletop gamers from Wichita, Kan., are hoping to change the world of online tabletop games with their Kickstarter-backed project called “Roll20.” Other online gamers clearly believe in the cause — with five more fundraising days to go, 902 backers have raised 439% of the team’s $5,000 goal.

Roll20 will… read more

A Pure CSS3 Cycling Slideshow

April 25th, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

Thanks to CSS3, we can create effects and animations without using JavaScript, which will facilitate the work of many designers.

But we must be careful to avoid abusing CSS3, not only because old browsers do not support all of its properties. In any case, we all see the potential of CSS3,… read more

Build a Better Freelance Business with Strategic Branding

April 25th, 2012
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When I first started freelance writing, I thought branding for businesses merely referred to having a consistent “look and voice”. With my partner, we put together a website, designed a logo, added social media accounts– and called it our branding strategy. But I learned that these are just functional… read more

8 Free Screencasting Tools For Making Video Tutorials

April 25th, 2012
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Smashing Apps

Screencasting tools are used to show other people what exactly is happening on your computer like you see in video tutorials. Screencasting tools come in handy enormously as they allow you to demonstrate a product along with all its features, let you broadcast your preferred software hack, share a how-to-do… read more

Planboard: Letting Teachers Organize Their Days On the Web

April 25th, 2012
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Web App Storm

Although I love writing for the AppStorm network, I do have another full time job as a teacher. One of the biggest things that I have learned over my 7 years as a teacher is to be organized and to always plan ahead. Not only do you want to plan… read more

Maximum Clarity – 3 Essential Ways to Think For Your Users

April 25th, 2012
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Specky Boy

We’ve all been there: a client really, really wants to make a change to your design that, as a designer, you can immediately tell will result in disaster. It happens to every designer, and, as far as I can tell, there’s no real way to avoid it. However,… read more

Products and Packages with Fantastic Typography

April 25th, 2012
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Noupe

Sometimes the most appealing products are not those that are priced the most reasonably, but the ones whose packaging goes beyond functionality and crosses over to the artistic. Alberto Alessi said it best when he described his reason for his own aesthetic designs:

“More and more people buy objects for intellectual… read more

Google Adds a ‘Share’ Button for Google+

April 25th, 2012
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Lost amid the hysteria over Google‘s powerful new Drive cloud-storage service was another product introduced by the Mountain View tech giant on Tuesday — a Google+ “Share” button.

The new button enables website operators to more easily encourage visitors to spread content among connections on Google’s social network. It’s the… read more

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This High-Tech Plane Flies Non-Stop From Boston to Asia [VIDEO]

April 25th, 2012
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The first ever non-stop flight from Tokyo to Boston, via Japan Airlines, took place on April 22 using the 787-8 Dreamliner. As a result, the East and West got a little more “connected.”

The flight not only marks the first commercial use of the 787 Dreamliner in the U.S., but… read more

How a British Marathoner’s Death Inspired Over $825,000 in Online Donations

April 24th, 2012
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The death of a British runner during Sunday’s London Marathon has inspired over $825,000 in online donations for Samaritans, the charity she was was supporting.

Claire Squires, 30, a hairdresser from Leicestershire, England, was just one mile away from the finish line when she collapsed. Squires was pronounced dead on the… read more

3 Reasons the Call Center Is Far From Dead

April 24th, 2012
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Jeff Valentine is senior vice president of product at M5 Networks, ShoreTel’s cloud division, and is responsible for bringing new M5 products and services to market.

Zor Gorelov, CEO of Speech Cycle, recently wrote an article in which he suggested that the call center “will cease to be the… read more

July 9: Doomsday for Your PC or Mac If It Has This Malware

April 24th, 2012
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Mashable

There’s a trojan out there that tricks computers — both PCs and Macs — into redirecting all their Internet traffic through malicious servers. Even though the trojan’s creators have been stopped and arrested, millions of PCs could still be infected. For those machines, the Internet will cease to exist on… read more

A Closer Look At Font Rendering

April 24th, 2012
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The Web font revolution that started around two years ago has brought up a topic that many of us had merrily ignored for many years: font rendering. The newfound freedom Web fonts are giving us brings along new challenges. Choosing and using a font is not merely a stylistic issue,… read more

The 15-Step Freelance Writers’ Guide to Writing for Magazines

April 24th, 2012
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Freelanceswitch

Do you have this dream? You go down to your nearest big newsstand one day and check out all those big, glossy magazines. You flip one of your favorites open…and there’s your byline.

You’ve cracked the competitive world of writing for national magazines.

The good news is, this is not a… read more

Create a Website Planning Spec Before You Build

April 24th, 2012
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InstantShift

Successful website design requires both skill and creativity. Another BIG piece that I think separates successful website developers from unsuccessful website developers is the ability to Plan. Website Planning is one of the most critical pieces of website development, yet it’s the piece that I see Website Developers skipping over… read more

Migrating Side Projects into your Work Schedule

April 24th, 2012
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To work as a freelance web designer requires a lot of patience and perseverance. You need to wake up every day and tackle problems one after another until you can successfully complete your projects. There is a lot of stress and turmoil which goes into this… read more

50 New Takes on the Crest Logo

April 24th, 2012
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Crests and shields are a popular choice for logo designs — they’ve been around for longer than anyone cares to think about and impart a sense of tradition and gravitas. A crest offers a royal, memorable and strong appearance with great impact for the customers and potential… read more

Gigzilla: An Interview with JP Cuison on the Art of the Gig Poster

April 24th, 2012
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You can tell by the number of music-related articles on our blog that it’s one of our favorite topics. It’s not unusual for graphic designers to have a few gig posters included in their portfolios. We scoured the internet for designers with awesome work, and found one whose posters we… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.129)

April 24th, 2012
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This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

Meet the Internet Hall of Fame Inductees, From Al Gore to Craigslist’s Founder

April 24th, 2012
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1. Ray Tomlinson

Where would we be today without Ray Tomlinson? He is the inventor of email and chose… read more

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The More You Sit, the Sooner You’ll Die [VIDEO]

April 24th, 2012
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Yet another reason to push for stand-up desks: A recent study by Australia’s Sax Institute says sitting down for several hours a day could bring you to an early grave, even if you already exercise.

The study followed more than 200,000 Australian adults aged 45 and older from 2006 to… read more

Weekly Web Developers Kit – vol. 6 (4-20-2012)

April 24th, 2012
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Weekly Web Developers Kit – vol. 6 (4-20-2012)

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Open Atrium: Collaboration, Free and Flexible

April 23rd, 2012
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When it comes to general group and project management apps, there are plenty out there to choose from. In that sense, it really comes down to what each organisation or group wants to achieve from the use of the app and this can really help to cement that decision. Another… read more

Country Star Jason Aldean Tweets Video to 7-Year-Old Fan With Brain Cancer

April 23rd, 2012
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Country crooner Jason Aldean turned to celebrity social network WhoSay on Monday to post a video message directed at 7-year-old fan Tyson Zimmer, who has brain cancer.

Tyson’s mother Liz Duering told KOLN-TV in Nebraska over the weekend that her son is dying of cancer and “if Jason Aldean even… read more

Yelp Spam Begone: Software Weeds Out Fake Reviews [VIDEO]

April 23rd, 2012
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Software engineers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a spam-detecting algorithm that uncovers bogus reviews on popular review sites such as Yelp or Amazon.

The program called GSRank — Group Spam Rank — targets groups who work collaboratively to write fake reviews.

“People try to game… read more

Craigslist Founder Will Donate $1 if You Tweet About Squirrels

April 23rd, 2012
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Mashable

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has launched an experimental social media fundraiser.

Newmark will donate $1 to the National Wildlife Federation for each mention of the hashtag #Squirrels4Good on Twitter or his Facebook Page, up to 5,000 mentions. He’ll also give $1 for each new follower he gets over the next few… read more

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CS6 and the new Creative Cloud

April 23rd, 2012
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Specky Boy

After making us go through a maze of previews and sneak peeks, Adobe has finally detailed its pricing plans regarding the Creative Suite 6.

CS consists of multiple applications, including the likes of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and several others.

The CS6 Standard package will cost $1299 whereas the Master Collection… read more

Is Apple Killing the 17-Inch MacBook Pro? [VIDEO]

April 23rd, 2012
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Apple may be dropping the 17-inch MacBook Pro from its products lineup this year, according to an industry analyst.

KGI Securities research analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts Apple is cutting the largest laptop it sells because of weak sales.

The 13-inch (starting at $1,199) and 15-inch (starting at $1,799) MacBooks… read more

Adobe Launches $50-a-Month ‘Creative Cloud’ With CS 6

April 23rd, 2012
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Mashable

Adobe has announced a significant switch to a cloud-based version of Creative Suite alongside the launch of the latest version of its popular line of design software.

Unveiled at an event in San Francisco on Monday, Creative Cloud represents a shift for Adobe after years of simply selling packaged software…. read more

Absolutely Fresh And Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

April 23rd, 2012
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Smashing Apps

Adobe Illustrator does not need any introduction. It is the most powerful and basic tool used in the designing industry. With the help of Adobe Illustrator you can create several design elements that are required in a web page design. If you know how to use it properly, you can… read more

Awesome HTML5 and CSS3 Website Inspirations

April 23rd, 2012
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Awesome HTML5 and CSS3 Website Inspirations

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Stop Shouting. Start Teaching.

April 23rd, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

Imagine you are in a classroom. Let’s say a high school classroom. You’re sitting at your desk, listening to your favorite teacher—the one who inspired you, the one who got you excited about that thing you love for the first time.

You’ve stopped taking notes because your body just can’t quite… read more

Mental Model Diagrams (Cartoon)

April 23rd, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

We tend to carefully create our HTML and CSS, and meticulously place every pixel to our designs. We plan exactly where our content should be placed on a particular site. Among many other decisions we need to make, we always keep in mind to craft a great experience for all… read more

23 Inspiring Examples of Contact Pages

April 23rd, 2012
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When designing a website we need to think about every aspect, from header to footer, from landing page to about us page, and even the contact page. It’s important to make sure the design is great all the way through. So today we decided to gather… read more

Adobe officially announces Creative Suite 6

April 23rd, 2012
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Mac App Storm

After several sneak previews and a fully-functional beta version, Adobe has today officially announced the latest reincarnation of its popular Creative Suite software package, version 6, which sports among other things a whole wealth of new features, a massive overhaul to the default user interface and integration with Adobe’s new… read more

How to Find and Land Clients For Your Business

April 23rd, 2012
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Christmas is always a particularly fun time of year for me.  Sure, there are the obvious reasons of family, gifts, music, movies, eggnog and all that good stuff.  But for me it has more to do with the questions I’m asked by family members and I couldn’t help but laugh… read more

A Collection of Beautiful Joomla Templates

April 23rd, 2012
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Noupe

Originally a fork of Mambo, Joomla has grown into the second most popular Content Management System (CMS) on the web behind WordPress. In January 2012 Joomla was upgraded from 1.7 to version 2.5. It brought a lot of great new features such as notifications for easier updates, multi database support… read more

Helpful Code Paradigms for Frontend Web Developers

April 23rd, 2012
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Specky Boy

Coding a website takes a lot more time than just a simple design. You have to consider how each HTML element will be placed in the document and how you need to style them using CSS. Not to mention there are at least 4 browsers you should test… read more

Perch’s Interactive Displays Could Change the Way You Shop for Shoes [VIDEO]

April 23rd, 2012
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Digital technology is making increasingly frequent appearances in offline retail environments. Those installations — think TopShop’s augmented reality fitting room in Moscow, PayPal’s “mobile shopping walls” in Singapore and Sephora’s iPad-enhanced makeup counters in the U.S. — tend to be fun and interactive, drawing in shoppers through novelty of experience.

This… read more

MediaElement HTML5 Audio Player

April 23rd, 2012
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MediaElement HTML5 Audio Player

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Image of WordPress in comparison of other blogging platforms

April 23rd, 2012
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Image of WordPress in comparison of other blogging platforms

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Web Design Inspiration: Large Photo Backgrounds

April 23rd, 2012
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Web Design Inspiration: Large Photo Backgrounds

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10 Uses of Google Earth That Have Made Positive Impacts on the World

April 22nd, 2012
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Mashable

When Google acquired Keyhole — the tool that would become Google Earth — in 2004, the company believed it would become the ultimate video game. Google thought travelers could peruse potential vacation destinations and movie makers could use the detailed satellite imagery as a backdrop in films.

But Google had… read more

Create Gothic Bloody Text in Photoshop

April 22nd, 2012
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Create Gothic Bloody Text in Photoshop

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5 Ways Preparing Your Resume is Like Doing Taxes

April 22nd, 2012
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Mashable

Josh Tolan is the CEO of Spark Hire, which combines a video job board and online interviewing platform to enrich interaction between job seekers and employers. Connect with him and Spark Hire on Facebook and Twitter.

As we bid adieu to yet another tax deadline, it got me thinking about… read more

This Olympic Moms Video Will Make You Cry

April 22nd, 2012
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As athletes get ready to take the global stage during the London 2012 Olympic Games less than 100 days away, Procter & Gamble has released a new ad praising mothers worldwide. Press play and cue the waterworks.

In three days, the video has received over 700,000+ views on YouTube. P&G,… read more

Bounce Back from Freelance Business Failure

April 22nd, 2012
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Specky Boy

When you started off as a freelancer, did it cross your mind that you might not make it? Did you consider the possibility of failure? If you’re like many first time freelancers, you didn’t.

It’s not that surprising that so many freelance businesses go under, when many freelancers don’t… read more

Robot Red-Light Districts By 2050? [VIDEO]

April 21st, 2012
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Robots are slowly taking over many human jobs — even those in the sex industry.

Two researchers from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand predict that robot prostitutes may be commonplace by 2050. The researchers, futurist Ian Yeoman, and sexologist Michelle Mars, say the robot sex trade could result… read more

Nyan Cat Gets a Soundtrack Album [REVIEW]

April 21st, 2012
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Mashable

Nyan Cat has just gotten its paws on a belated birthday gift: music tailor-made for the 8-bit animated feline.

The Nyan Cat Adventure Soundtrack hit iTunes this week, giving avid fans seven new songs to get their fix of the Pop-Tart-shaped viral sensation. Nyan Cat turned 1 on April 5.

21st… read more

10 Office Gadgets to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

April 21st, 2012
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Mashable

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

With the breadth of innovations in green technology, it seems that we should all have solar-powered laptops by now. Unfortunately, that’s yet to be the case. In… read more

9 Digital Ways to Make a Difference This Earth Day

April 21st, 2012
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Mashable

Are you busy preparing for Earth Day this Sunday? Are you worried that you’ll end up being a slacktivist when it comes to saving the planet? Don’t fret — there’s plenty you can do to make a real difference, even if it’s only from your computer or mobile device.

Check out… read more

WDL Premium: 20 Ultimate Button Styles

April 21st, 2012
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For our WDL Premium members, here’s a set of 20 button styles from WeGraphics. The set includes Photoshop PSD and ASL styles for laying out design comps.They also have included coded HTML and CSS for each button. Check it out!

Be sure to check out WeGraphics for… read more

Brain Electrodes Could Mean Movement For Spinal Injury Patients [VIDEO]

April 21st, 2012
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Imagine moving an object by simply thinking about that action. It’s not telepathy, but a recent development by researchers might give hope to patients with paralysis due to spinal cord injuries.

In a recent issue of Nature magazine, a team of researchers at Chicago’s Northwestern University discovered they could… read more

Cadillac Teases ‘Super Cruise’ Semi-Autonomous Car [VIDEO]

April 21st, 2012
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Cadillac took a step closer to the self-driving car, showing off Super Cruise, encompassing way-cool features that edge ever-so-closer to automatic pilot on the highways.

It’s not nearly as advanced as Google’s self-driving vehicle. Cadillac warns that this new semi-autonomous driving tech only works under certain optimal conditions, assisting… read more

Best of the Week #219

April 21st, 2012
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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

50 Great Examples of Wildlife Photography

April 21st, 2012
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50 Great Examples of Wildlife Photography

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How Streaming Video Is Killing the DVD [INFOGRAPHIC]

April 20th, 2012
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Will the DVD die off like the LaserDisc and VHS Tape before it?

There’s a compelling case that streaming video is killing its predecessors. This year, it is estimated, there will be 3.4 billion movie views online, compared with 2.4 billion disc views.

Streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime… read more

Create a website to go with Sidengo

April 20th, 2012
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Web App Storm

In this day and age, establishing your identity online is becoming almost as important as having a mobile phone. Whether you’re an individual looking to impress potential clients and employers, or a brand that wants to engage its audience on the web, an online profile is a must. Thankfully the… read more

15 Free High Quality ToolTip PSD’s

April 20th, 2012
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Smashing Apps

A tooltip or infotip can be defined as a graphical hint that is incorporated with the website design element usually with the cursor or a pointer and provides some information when a website user hovers the pointer over that particular item without even clicking it. Or in simple words, it… read more

15 Amazing App Themes for WordPress

April 20th, 2012
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Web App Storm

While WordPress is commonly used as a backend for blogs, it can be used for a number of other purposes such as eCommerce and other types of webpages which serve a specific purpose. To build these sites within WordPress, you will need to download a specific theme which fits your… read more

Decoupling HTML From CSS

April 20th, 2012
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For years, the Web standards community has talked about the separation of concerns. Separate your CSS from your JavaScript from your HTML. We all do that, right? CSS goes into its own file; JavaScript goes in another; HTML is left by itself, nice and clean.

CSS Zen Garden proved that we… read more

Freelancers’ Guide to Balancing Work and Life

April 20th, 2012
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InstantShift

Balancing work and life is very important, and it is necessary to manage both sides perfectly to ensure success in the professional world. Although it sounds simple, managing both sides can be very difficult at times. This is more difficult for freelancers because they need to manage their own time… read more

The EU Cookie Law

April 20th, 2012
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Specky Boy

In a little over a month, some major changes will be occuring in the European Union in regards to Internet privacy protection. On May 26, sites that fail to comply with the EU ePrivacy Directive disclosure requirements could be subject to fines up to £500,000.

These changes were outlined… read more

Waste a Few Hours With This Huge Collection of Photography Links

April 20th, 2012
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Another incredible week rolls by and we find the Toad busy hopping all over the internet searching for tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone.  This week’s list presents a serious compilation of the best links he could find from some really incredibly talented photographers and artists. … read more

Next iPhone to Be Made of ‘LiquidMetal’, Arrive in October [REPORT]

April 19th, 2012
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Mashable

Apple’s next iPhone will be available in October, according to Gene Munster, analyst for Piper Jaffray. Munster also says the phone will have a redesigned body, and will run on 4G data networks such as LTE.

The analyst predicts the phone will be available in October based on a statement… read more

How 3 Mashable Readers Landed Jobs Via Social Media

April 19th, 2012
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Mashable

At Mashable, we believe that our community is our biggest asset. We love it when you tell us your success stories. Part of our mission is to empower people through social and digital media.

As Alyssa Milano wrote in her TIME 100 article on Pete Cashmore, Mashable “gives voice to… read more

Four Things to Consider When Designing A Logo

April 19th, 2012
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Four Things to Consider When Designing A Logo

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Airliner’s Close Call Blamed on Pilot’s Texting [VIDEO]

April 19th, 2012
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A pilot’s preoccupation with his cellphone caused his crew to forget to lower the landing gear just 500 feet above ground, according to a report issued Thursday by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

The close call on Jetstar flight JQ57 on May 27, 2010 from Darwin to Singapore began… read more

Viral Video: ‘We’re Not Young’ Parody Teases Getting Older

April 19th, 2012
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Sometimes, growing up sucks. “We’re Not Young” — a depressing but funny viral video that turns indie pop band Fun’s “We Are Young” smash hit on its head — captures the conflicts people encounter in their 30s.

Part of Yahoo’s Sketchy comedy series, the parody lampoons 30-year-olds’ drinking problems, married friends,… read more

Google Offering Analytics for Your Email Inbox

April 19th, 2012
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Want Google to analyze your email habits? The search engine giant highlighted on its Official Blog on Thursday a program called Google Meter that allows Gmail users to learn more about their inbox, from whether they’re more likely to write long emails to information on how long it takes you… read more

40 Creative Examples Of Transparent Business Cards

April 19th, 2012
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Business card is your business identity that helps other people to memorize your name and business. Getting a transparent business card is the latest and modern trend in the industry. Though this trend has been in the industry since long and it tried so hard to be prominent yet could… read more

Tech Leaders Top Time’s 100 Most Influential People List [VIDEO]

April 19th, 2012
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Several tech leaders including Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg landed on Time‘s 100 Most Influential People in the World list, announced Wednesday.

Both Cook and Sandberg have been in the spotlight in the past year. Cook has had a lot thrown at him since he… read more