How I Shot And Edited It – Nepal Zoomable Panorama

Have I mentioned how much I love photography and technology. Here’s a good case for mixing them together.

As you say previous on the Q&A with Uncornered Market, creating panorama’s can create some amazing images. I took their methodologies and applied them to some of my own panoramas, which do not… read more

Mastering Panning – Photographing Moving Subjects

Photo by Delineated

Previously we’ve covered the topic of shutter speed and looked at how increasing and decreasing it can have a significant impact upon the images we take – particularly if the subjects in those images are moving.

Today I’d like to take a brief look at a related topic –… read more

8 Things You Should Know Before Building a Mobile App

Seth Porges is a magazine editor and the creator of Cloth, an iOS fashion app for iPhone and iPod Touch. His Twitter handle is @sethporges.

App appeal is obvious. The barrier to entry? So low! The upshot of producing the next Angry Birds or beer-chug simulator? So high! Heck, with just… read more

Apple is Censoring Music on iTunes Match

Apple is unintentionally censoring rap music and other explicit tracks downloaded using its iTunes Match service — by replacing them with the clean versions of the same songs.

According to a report in Cult of Mac — confirmed in tests by Mashable — songs uploaded to the service with explicit… read more

Sony Alpha SLT-A65 Review

Since my review of the Sony SLT-A77 hit the screens of many Digital Photography School visitors it’s obvious the company has pressed the right buttons for people wanting to lift their photo game.

Now we have ‘son of’ … a model similar in many respects, at a lower price, but with… read more

How To Shoot 360 Degree Panoramas While On The Road – With Audrey Scott And Daniel Noll Of Uncornered Market

It’s worth your while to click on the image above to be taken to the full sized 360 view of the Shah-é-Chéragh Mosque taken by Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll of Uncornered Market.com. As DPS evolves, we’ll be adding in the ability to see these immersion style Shockwave files on… read more

Silhouette Photography Technique

A great photograph is no different than any other work of art, in that it should elicit emotion and engage viewers. One of my favorite ways to engage the viewer of a photograph and encourage them to interpret the image is by utilizing silhouettes.

Silhouettes Engage Viewers

The reason silhouettes are so… read more

Clear To Do App Has Some Surprising Design Inspirations

It’s increasingly difficult to build buzz around new mobile application studios, especially when the first app on deck is something thousands of others have attempted, like a “To Do” app. Yet that’s exactly what Phill Ryu and David Lanham, the two masterminds behind Impending, Inc. have managed to do.

Ryu and… read more

Should You Really Use a DSLR for Video?

In the last few years, there has been a plethora of DSLR’s being sold with video capabilities. As well as being photographers, my wife and I also produce short travel films so in 2010 after shooting for several years on a Sony FX1 camcorder, we decided to try out shooting… read more

How I Stumbled Across an Amazing Way to Slow Down My Shooting Process

A guest post by John Davenport

I, like many new photographers, would walk around shooting everything I saw without consciously thinking about the way it was framed or the settings on my camera. If you browse through the archives of my blog you’ll see a clear pattern of growth and learning… read more

Breaking Down Apple’s Billions [INFOGRAPHIC]

It’s no secret Apple, one of the most valuable public companies in the world, is making major cash off today’s tech gadgets — but how much?

This week, the company reported a record net profit of more than $13.6 billion for its quarterly report lasting 14 weeks and ending Dec. 31,… read more

Can Regular Investors Buy a Piece of Facebook?

Now that it looks like Facebook is (finally!) going to file for an IPO, plenty of potential investors want to know how they can get in on the action.

Mashable is not a financial publication, and we’re not in the business of giving stock market tips. But we can break down… read more

Ex-Palm Chief Says Goodbye to HP, WebOS

Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm and co-developer of the Apple iPod, has left Hewlett-Packard, the company confirmed to Mashable. Rubinstein came to HP after the company acquired Palm in 2012.

The departure, which had been planned for some time, is symbolic of the trajectory of webOS, the mobile OS… read more

Is iOS the Future of the Mac?

When I used an iPad for the first time, I couldn’t help but think that it felt like the future of computing. The iPad not only impressed me with its beautiful interface, but also delighted me with an effortless user experience. No matter how much I used the device, it… read more

Cable Networks Embrace Social TV, Creating New Social Apps

As the mid-TV season continues to roll out, cable networks like FX and USA are doubling down on social TV campaigns and show integrations.

Using mobile apps and tablet apps, social networks such as Facebook and check-in services like GetGlue and Miso, cablers are focusing on connecting fans with show… read more

Multi-Screen iPhone Game Expands Your Playing Space

All of Apple’s iDevices — iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches — are a ton of fun, but for the most part that fun happens on a tiny screen (iPad excepted, we know).

Now one gaming app is expanding the view with some fancy Bluetooth technology that allows a shared-screen experience across… read more

Jailbreaking Exemption Law Could Expire Soon

Protection granted by the U.S. Copyright Office for people who modify their iPhones and other iOS devices so they can install apps not authorized by Apple (known as “jailbreaking”) is set to expire soon. That’s why the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)… read more

Sony NEX-7 Review

This is a big gun in a small package. Considering the sensor has been ported from the A65 and A77 you would expect a fairly zinging performance and you’re not wrong!

The interchangeable lens, magnesium alloy bodied NEX-7 would also seem to gain from the absence of a partially-silvered mirror in… read more

Find Your New Favorite Artist with Discovr Music

Keeping up with music can sometimes feel like a chore, especially if you aren’t in your younger years of exploration anymore. Currently, with the Internet providing us with the opportunity to meet so many new artists from around the world, we have so much music at our disposal, and we’re… read more

12 Apps That Should Be in the Apps Starter Kit

If you are searching for good apps at the Mac App Store, chances are you’d take a look at the featured app categories on display.

I’m talking about the “Apps for Writers,” “Get Stuff Done,” “Better Together,” and “Great Free Apps” categories where apps similar to one another are grouped together… read more

Shooting at Shadows: The Secrets to Great Silhouettes

This is a guest post by Phil Hill, a travel photographer from the UK based in Australia. You can see more of Phil’s great work at his travel photography blog or follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

I was going through my archive the other day, organizing some latest images for… read more

Apple’s First Quarter Earnings: The Unbelievable Numbers

Apple‘s blowout first quarter was notable for many reasons, not least of which was the company’s record revenues of $46.3 billion.

But the quarter was remarkable for several other reasons as well. Apple, which is known for keeping its affairs close to the vest, released a raft of… read more

Apple Tests Hundreds of Product Packages in Secret Unboxing Room [VIDEO]

Apple makes its product packaging with stealthy love. An advanced copy of Adam Lashinsky’s book, Inside Apple, reveals product packaging is another thing Apple keeps under lock and key. The tech giant has a secret room — accessible only by security… read more

Facebook Timeline Roll Out: Everything You Need to Know

Facebook announced Tuesday that profiles, as many of us have known them for years, will be gone in a few weeks — replaced by Facebook Timeline.

Facebook Timeline, the new interface equipped with a plethora of features, was introduced last September at the annual f8 conference in San Francisco. Eager… read more

Helicon Focus Pro X64

Create Sharp Focus Throughout Your Images

Ansel Adams was part of a group of San Francisco realistic landscape photographers who called themselves Group f/64. The name came from their desire to achieve maximum depth of field (DOF). However, attaining maximum DOF can be challenging, especially in macro photography. Stopping a… read more

The Ultimate, Expandable Expedition Camera Backpack: f-stop Satori [REVIEW]

My history of cameras and backpacks goes back a couple of decades to my first year out of high school. It was then that I fell in love with hiking and camping outdoors and the obvious choice to bring along a camera to capture some of that beauty on film…. read more

How Kodak Squandered Every Single Digital Opportunity It Had

Kodak has finally formalized what had been expected for years — it’s gone bankrupt. In the past 15 years, digital technology changed photography dramatically, and Kodak, a former heavyweight in the analog film business, got left behind.

That’s the story of Kodak in the broadest of strokes, though it doesn’t capture… read more

Samsung Super Bowl Ad Going for Apple Tackle [VIDEO]

Samsung, which tweaked Apple fanboys and iPhone-mania with a well-received ad last November, will go after the tech behemoth again in an upcoming Super Bowl ad.

Samsung’s first Super Bowl ad will build on the creative concept of that ad, according to a report by The Huffington Post. The… read more

How to Take Good Sports Photographs

Shooting sports pictures can be very exciting and fulfilling experience, provided you have patience and necessary skills. A fundamental knowledge of the game definitely helps in sports photography.

Browse a lot of sports magazines or photography websites to get an idea and feel of the game.

Things Which are Important
Camera

Camera can be… read more

The Sweet Spot Lens Setting That Will Give You Sharper Photographs

In many photographic situations, you are going to want to either open your aperture right up (to minimise depth of field) or close it right down (to maximise depth of field). And while the effects of doing this can be great, the great irony of lens construction is that sharper… read more

‘Inside Apple’ Extracts Published By Fortune Magazine

Its products are ubiquitous around the world and each announcement from the company generates huge press attention, frantic tweeting and unparalleled excitement. But up till now, hardly anything is known about what actually goes on inside Apple’s core and how the company functions. The company is known for being one… read more

Jerry Yang si dimette dal consiglio di amministrazione di Yahoo!

Jerry Yang ha dato le dimissioni dal consiglio di amministrazione di Yahoo! e da tutte le altre posizioni da lui ricoperte nella compagnia da lui fondata nel 1995 con David Filo, a seguito della nomina a Chief Executive Officer di Scott Thompson.

Yang è stato CEO di Yahoo! da giungo 2007… read more

33 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

Did you keep yourself busy this week reading about all things CES? Well, just in case you missed anything outside of Vegas, it’s time for the weekly features roundup.

We have tips for navigating the dating scene with digital media, tricks for making your Pinterest cutting edge and pointers for getting… read more

ThinkTank Shape Shifter Review

I’ve come to a grim realization recently and that is: There is no perfect camera backpack out there. And while that sounds like a bad way to start off a review, let me follow up my last statement with this one: The Shape Shifter is as close as I have… read more

iTunes Match: What It Is and Why You Need It

Since the dawn of portable Apple devices, the personal computer has always been the hub we’ve used to manage and sync our media. We are accustomed to our iPods, iPhones, and iPads being bound to our computers by white cables. But when Steve announced iCloud last summer, he declared, “We’re… read more

Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC Piezo Lens [REVIEW]

When I review lenses I take a look at who they are built for. I realize not every DPS reader wants to lug around a 5lb lens worth a couple month’s rent. While I love my main lens, it’s not for everyone and I’d be a fool to tell you… read more

5 Alternatives to Consider After Spotify’s Free Music Cutoff

If you’re an early Spotify user, you may be looking for a new, free music-streaming service as Spotify’s six months of free listening comes to an end.

Trendsetting music lovers who signed up for Spotify when it first hit the U.S. on July 14, 2011 will soon encounter roadblocks. For instance,… read more

8 Apple Accessories at CES [PICS]

Behringer Soundscape Dock

While this may look like your standard iPhone/iPod dock, Behringer built an audio system with speakers… read more

Photographic Levitation – The Prop Method

Remember this article? Here’s one of the follow-ups! Today, I’m going to show you how to use props to aid you in your flying ambition.

What you will need:

A camera
A tripod
A prop to sit/stand/recline on

Optional:

Trigger release
Flash (entirely up to you)
Other props to add to the look of the photo

So what can… read more

Everything You Need to Know About Travel Photography

Travel photography is inspirational and exciting by its very nature. The prime goal of travel photography is satisfaction and enjoyment one can get out of it.

For any worthwhile photography, a deliberate and conscious choice is a must. This choice can be of the right film, right shutter speed, right depth… read more

8 Responsive jQuery Slider Plugins

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Whether you’re already a pro at creating responsive web sites or your just learning what it’s all about, it’s good to have some scripts handy that you can easily integrate into your site. We all know how popular image and content sliders are now, and for… read more

Canon PowerShot G1X Announced

Another new camera announced today comes from Canon – the Powershot G1X. This camera too comes with a larger CMOS sensor – however unlike many other cameras with larger sensors is an all in one camera with no interchangeable lenses.

Canon are billing it as an alliterative to a DSLR… read more

How To Use Zoom Blur To Add Action In Your Photos

Most of us own a zoom lens of one type or another. While I have no specific stat, I’ll say 98% of us do. It seems like a good number and might even be low.

With nearly all of you armed with this type of lens, let’s take a look at… read more

Weekly Photo Assignment : Fresh Start

Welcome back to the weekly photo assignments “from the forum” and, as it is our first of this year on the blog, it works well that the theme was “Fresh Start”

We are looking at some slightly different formats for our forum assignment this year, so keep your eyes open for… read more

Destroying the Dust Bunnies!

It happens to us all, at first you don’t notice it, then it begins to bug you,, finally it’s time to do something about it. The devilish dust bunnies or sensor spots to give it it’s more common name. So what can you do about? Well these days, there are… read more

Fun with Macro Photography

Macro photography has been on my bucket list of photography genres to experiment with for a long time. Unfortunately, a good macro lens is not cheap and, since I have no use for it for my commercial work, it is not an expense that I can easily justify. However, I… read more

eBay Instant Sale Pays You in Seconds for Old Electronics and Unwanted Gifts

Out with the old and in with shiny new gadgets. If you’re among those gadget-owners getting rid of the “old,” plenty of retailers offer ways to sell back your unwanted electronic holiday presents and old gadgets. Here’s another: eBay Instant Sale.

The eBay Instant Sale service lets you skip the… read more

Catch that Shot! 10 Tips for Weekend Warrior Sports Photographers

A Guest Post by Deb Scally

Many of us spend plenty of time on the weekend watching our favorite sports from the sidelines and, as photographers, we yearn to be able to capture that awesome moment when something great happens. But it’s rarely as easy as it might seem. All the… 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

Apple’s Jonathan Ive Is Now a Knight

Jonathan Ive, designer of Apple’s best products over the past 19 years, has been knighted. Whether you call him Jonathan Ive or Jony, you’ll have to put a “Sir” before it, because now he’s officially a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), giving him the right to be called… read more

Biscotti: The Best Product Packaging Since the iPod?

Biscotti TV Phone Box

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A cookie-shaped, easy-to-use, $199 video-conferencing solution is impressive, but… read more

Cognitive Dissonance: Why Your User’s Brains Hurt

Cognitive Dissonance and The Choice Paradox

Cogni-Huh What-O-Nance?

A powerful cause of dissonance is an idea in conflict with a fundamental element of the self-concept, such as “I am a good person” or “I made the right decision”. The anxiety that comes with the possibility of having made a bad decision can… read more

Dropbox Tests Automatic Camera Uploads

Beta builds of the Dropbox software for Mac, Windows and Linux has added a nifty new feature to the cloud-storage service: Automatic photo uploads.

The new feature tries its hand at one of iCloud’s most appealing new features: Photo Stream.

With Photo Stream, Apple makes it easy to access photos from your… read more

Religious Americans Just as Tech-Savvy as Others [STUDY]

There may be preconceptions that faithful Americans skew older in age and are traditionally set in their ways, but according to a new study, religious Americans embrace technology just as much as those who are less religious.

A new report from the… read more

20 More Rockstar Mac Software Developers and Their Apps

At AppStorm, when we get excited about great Mac software, we love to give the developers who worked hard to bring it to us the credit and recognition they deserve. Back in 2010, we ran a post highlighting some awesome software developers and the apps they make that we love to… read more

YouTube’s Best Christmas Videos

Dancing With An iPod In Public – Christmas Edition

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Action Movie FX App is Awesome, Free Fun

Admit it, you’ve always wanted to be an action star. I mean, who wouldn’t want to effortlessly dodge flying cars, helicopters and missiles? Now, thanks to action auteur J.J. Abrams’s new free app, Action Movie FX, and a little help from… read more

It Doesn’t Matter If RIM Is Lying, It’s Still in Deep Trouble

When Research In Motion (RIM) announced that BlackBerry 10 devices would be delayed until late 2012, co-CEO Mike Lazaridis blamed the delay on needing to wait for dual-core, dual-mode LTE chipsets.

Early Thursday, Boy Genius Report refuted that story. Citing an unnamed “high-level RIM employee,” BGR said that the real… read more

Steve Jobs Wins a Grammy

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will honor Steve Jobs with a Grammy Award, naming him a Trustees Award honoree on Wednesday.

This 2012 Special Merit Award will be presented posthumously at an invitation-only ceremony to be held on February 11, 2012, with a formal acknowledgment made during… read more

10 Most Popular Actors on IMDb’s Website and Apps

The crown for Internet Movie Database’s most-visited profile no longer belongs to perennial chart-topper Johnny Depp.

Natalie Portman attracted the most page views on IMDb.com and the service’s slew of mobile apps, making her the queen bee on IMDb’s Top 10 Stars list this year.

But why Portman? “You can see… read more

Kindle Adds Periodicals to iOS Apps: But Will Consumers Read Them?

Amazon updated its Kindle app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Wednesday, giving users access to their periodical subscriptions and cloud-stored documents for the first time. Previously, users could only use the Kindle app to read — and, before Apple changed its guidelines, buy — ebooks on those devices.

Having… read more

Tech Creeps Into Top Toy Trends of Past 30 Years [INFOGRAPHIC]

When it comes to the most-wanted toys of the holiday season over the past 30 years, one thing is clear: The toy market has become way more tech-centric.

Between 1981-1990, Donkey Kong, Lazer Tag and Nintendo’s Game Boy stood out as the lone tech toys desired by kids. In the following… 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

Sony NEX-5N Review

They’re all looking pretty much of a muchness. Peas in a pod. Hard to tell one from the other: mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras.

Sony’s NEX approach broke from cover soon after Olympus and Sony had got going with their Micro Four Thirds models. It soon achieved some notice and not a… read more

Weekly Poll: How Do You Share Holiday Pictures With Others?

How do you share holiday pictures with others?

The Christmas season provides us with plenty of “Kodak Moments”: the kids with grandma and grandpa, someone eating fruitcake, mistletoe disasters. Odds are, though, your “Kodak Moments” now are captured on your smartphone, digital camera, or possibly even tablet, and they’re likely… read more

Last Minute Gift Guide For The ‘Design Snobs’ In Your Life

Ok ok, we aren’t ALL snobs, but we know what we like and there isn’t anything wrong with that. We enjoy well designed products and we get giddy when we see beautiful & functional accessories. We like things that look good on our desk, next to our bed, travel with… read more

10 Great Gifts For Photographers Under $20

It’s that time of year again – the time when most of us photographers find friends, family, and co-workers asking us what photo related gifts we’d like to receive. As much as we’d love to say, “Oh I wouldn’t mind a EOS-1D X or a Nikon D700,” the cold, hard… read more

16 Digital Photography Tips for Christmas

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It’s just a few days until Christmas so I thought a quick tutorial on the topic of Christmas Photography might be appropriate. Hopefully this will give you some good Christmas photo ideas.

Here are 16 Christmas Photography tips and ideas to try that come to… read more

Steve Jobs: 20 Life Lessons

My feelings about Steve Jobs have always been a little mixed. I long admired his entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen and was in sheer awe of his natural instincts for what appeals to consumers. On the other hand I bristled at what I saw as his — and by extension… read more

The 10 Craziest Kickstarter Projects of 2011

Kickstarter’s prominent crowdfunding platform has made it possible for just about anyone to raise money and awareness about his project. We’ve seen a multitude of success stories — whether it’s a cool wristwatch, a great story or an entire web service.

We’ve gathered some of this year’s craziest Kickstarter projects, from… read more

Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 5000 Offers Comfort and Portability [REVIEW]

The Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 5000 works with any Bluetooth-equipped laptop, but it really shines when used with an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch or Android tablet or smartphone, giving you a comfortable keyboard that’s truly portable.

So what’s this mean for you? Instead of hunting and pecking on the keyboard of… read more

Best Of 2011: 40 Detailed Photoshop Icon Design Tutorials

Icons are an imperative fraction of web design. In a lot of cases you can pay money for icons or download free ones, however every now and then you may require generating custom icons to acquire exactly what you want. Luckily, there are loads of tutorials out there that get… read more

Nightscapes: Photographing the City at Night

By Joseph Eckert

The idea of taking photographs at night can be counterintuitive to the novice photographer. After all, photography is an art, a craft, a technology that is wholly built on light. Film or digital, it doesn’t matter: we need light to make a photograph—it is as simple as that.

Night,… read more

Flipboard Has 5 Million Users, iPhone App Gets Million Downloads in First Week

Flipboard’s social reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch devices has been downloaded more than one million times in its first week, bringing the total number of Flipboard users up to 5 million.

Engagement with the app has also tripled: Users are set to flip two billion pages this month, up… read more

6 Mobile Apps to Simplify Your Holiday Shopping

1. Christmas List Gift Planner

Was it Tom who wanted the iPod touch? Or was it Kristy? … read more

Microsoft Brings iPad Support to OneNote

Microsoft just updated its OneNote iOS app to support the iPad. The new version, OneNote 1.3, works on any device running iOS 4.3 or later, including the iPad and iPad 2.

Far from being just adding device support, the iPad version of OneNote makes full use of the tablet’s larger screen,… read more

OneUp Turns Live Football Into a Game of Play-Making Bingo

For many, watching a sporting event in person or on TV is an all-consuming experience — coaching decisions spark heated debate, scores force spasmodic bellows or groans, and the external world dims out of focus. So will fans be willing to add another social layer to the sports they love?… read more

Lens Loop – A Review

A review of “Lens Loop” by Wulf, one of our excellent forum moderators!

What is a Lens Loop? It is a replacement camera strap made the same kind of nylon webbing used for vehicle seatbelts with a sturdy clip-hook hanging off the bottom. It also comes with a metal hoop attached… read more

High-Tech Adidas Soccer Shoe and App Track Your Performance

Your days of phony hustling on the soccer pitch — appearing to exert maximum effort while actually conserving energy — are over, thanks to a new shoe and app recently introduced by Adidas.

Released this month, the free miCoach Soccer app for iPhone and iPod touch collects and visualizes data… 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

Zee Patel
Hugo
Cheryl
Buddy
Jawor5

With SyncMate you can sync data between… read more

What Should You Get Mom for the Holidays? [GIFT GUIDE]

If it wasn’t for your mom, you wouldn’t even exist. Think about it!

Doesn’t she deserve the best from you this holiday season?

But shopping for mom — especially in the tech department — can be a challenge. Will she even use that fancy ereader six months from now? Will she appreciate… read more

Future Tech: 8 Ways We Could Recycle Our Wasted Heat

Julian Taub is a freelance science writer and performance poet in the East Village of NYC. He writes a nanotechnology blog called Julian’s TechSplurge, and runs Late Nite Labs’ science blog. You can follow him on Twitter: @JulianTaub.

Every electrical appliance — from a humble light bulb to a MacBook Pro… read more

Apple, Nintendo and Kodak: Three Innovators and How They Faced Extinction

Today I’d like to talk about three tech companies that have each had their ups and downs. Apple, Nintendo and Kodak: How are these companies alike? How are they different?

We’ll discuss how an industry leader falls from grace and whether or not it’s possible to be saved once that happens…. read more

Home Photography Project: How to Make a Light Stencil

This is a guest post from Light Stalking’s Light Painting group admin, Todd Edson. Check out Todd’s photography site or follow him on Google + and Facebook.

This group exercise is going to show you how to create a light stencil box & stencil to use with your long exposure low… read more

Google+ for iOS Gets Search and Big Pics

Google+ for iOS just got a little more useful with the addition of Search and the ability to upload full-resolution photos directly from your iOS device. These features, which Google added on Monday, work on all iOS 4.0 and later devices, including the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad tablet. No,… read more

Tiny Gadget Hooks You Up With Like-Minded People Nearby [VIDEO]

Why sort through online dating profiles when a device could alert you when a potential good match is nearby? Instead of setting your gaze permanently at nametag level during conferences, you’d receive a text message when someone with a relevant business opportunity enters the room. And at a concert, you’d… read more

The Politics of Typography

Graphic designers will already appreciate the important role of typography in delivering a message, and that throughout the ages the character and form of typography has often reflected the historical and political spirit of the epoch in which it was created.

While the use, context and meaning of different typefaces often… read more

i1Display Pro

Color Accuracy for Screen and Projector

In addition to calibrating displays, X-Rite’s i1Display Pro also calibrates projectors, measures ambient light, and corrects for glare (for displays lacking a hood). The i1Display Pro comes with X-Rite’s new i1Profiler software.

The i1Display Pro instrument is faster and with better quality than the i1Display… read more

Showcase Of Unusual And Creative Product Designs

Today we are bringing a collection of some unusual and creative product designs that we collected from the net. This is the fact that bizarre and unusual things and designs sooner or later always get the attention regardless of where they are placed. This is the reason why some extremely… read more

The Quandary of the Apple Television

Join us as we take yet another walk through recent Apple history and set the stage for the imminent arrival of the Apple television. We’ll take a look at how Steve Jobs went from denying that televisions and computers would ever merge to personally fueling the fire for the next… read more

It Happened in Australia: Could Your iPhone Self-Combust?

Among techies and fans of weird Internet news, it’s become a relatively familiar story: An Australian domestic flight lands in Sydney on Friday. Then a passenger’s iPhone 4 goes wild. There’s “a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow” from the phone, according to a press release… 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

Focus On: Design Trends in Mobile Apps for iOS

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Apple’s mobile operating system has gained a huge following in just a few short years. Although it can take months of dedicated study to even begin programming iOS apps, there still seems to be a solid market of intelligent developers. In the last year alone we’ve… read more

Weekly Poll: Did You Buy Any Apple Products on Black Friday?

Did You Buy Any Apple Products on Black Friday?

For the most part, Apple’s prices on its main products are fairly static (at least for individual purchasers). Students and teachers can get an education discount, and occasionally Apple will toss in an iPod or a printer for free, but generally… read more

Apple iPhone 4 Self-Combusts on Australian Flight

Passengers on Australian flight Regional Express ZL319 had an unfortunate surprise Friday, when a passenger’s iPhone 4 started emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow. Luckily, no one was harmed, according to a Regional Express press release.

According to the report, the iPhone 4 mishap occurred as… read more

Creating Pixel-Perfect UI for iPhone Applications

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Developing apps for the iPhone or iPad can be a tricky process. You need to understand not just the programming libraries, but also design standards and common themes in user interfaces. This entire skillset would require months of study just to build your first live… read more

Taking a Walk With Your Three Legged Friend

If you haven’t guessed, I am talking about tripods. I have a little confession to make, I don’t like tripods, I find them a pain in the proverbial, cumbersome, heavy and awkward. I still use them though, not every time, but I make a judgment as to when a where… read more

Apple Black Friday Sale Now Live

Apple’s Black Friday sale is less surprising than ever this year, since a leaked brochure informed us on all the discounts two days in advance. As usual, the discounts are nice, but far from amazing, with most price cuts being in the 10-15% range.

Now, Apple Black Friday is officially… read more

Funny Logo Parodies That Will Bring a Smile to Your Face

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I’ve always appreciated logos as creative by-products of companies to present themselves visually – from simple vector graphics to intricate designs reminiscent of medieval coat-of-arms. Interestingly, logos prove that human beings are indeed visual beings. We easily recognize something based on its color, shape, and… read more