How Steve Jobs’ Reign has Changed the Web

Steve Jobs is perhaps best known for the groundbreaking, market-leading products he has introduced under his reign as Apple CEO. He and his team created products that have literally revolutionised industries, or even nearly created new markets for tablets and media players, and that’s what the general public recognise his… read more

Smart Converter: A Simple Solution To Video Conversion

Our Macs are capable of so much: we can play games, design graphics, record music, the list is near endless. So why is it still so awkward and time consuming to convert video and audio file formats? The answer lies with both the various proprietary licenses which each format brings… read more

Night Photography Tips

Over the last year I’ve become more and more enamored with night photography and the depth of colours offered by it. Today I’d like to share a few things I’ve learned with you and hear your thoughts on this diverse and fascinating style of photography.

What are our tools in night… read more

How To: HDR Photography

HDR Photography has been around since the days of film, but has become extremely popular in recent years. High Dynamic Range, or HDR, is essentially a way of processing photos that allows for a wider and deeper range of colors. This type of processing makes an image appear much closer… read more

Hurricane Irene: 7 Devices To Help You Ride Out the Storm

Planning to ride out Hurricane Irene this weekend? At the very least you should prepare to be inconvenienced, but you don’t have to go back to the Stone Age.

Technology is here to help — charging your batteries, illuminating the darkness and keeping you abreast of the latest weather reports.

Even… read more

Photographing The Great Ocean Road: Victoria, Australia

A Guest Post by Cliff Kolber – Photography by Cliff Kolber and Doris Kolber

Sunset at Twelve Apostles along the Great Ocean Road

Australia is an amazing country and continent. It has some of the most diverse and spectacular scenery in the world with the desolate outback, iconic red deserts, deep… read more

Understanding the Concept of ‘Copying’ in Photography

Color photography is not limited to live or solid subjects. You may occasionally be called upon to copy colored illustrations or even paintings.

A Faithful reproduction of an original picture or document is called “Copying” by photographic means. The original can be any printed matter. Drawings, handwritten document or continuous-tone originals… read more

Review of Firepole Marketing’s Online Marketing Course

Firepole Marketing Course

Online courses make me nervous. There, I’ve said it. They make me nervous because they are hard to do well, and, as a freelancer, I don’t like to waste my time (or my money) on information that doesn’t really help me.

But this marketing course by Firepole Marketing… read more

5 Industries That Steve Jobs Helped Change Forever

For the second time since its inception in 1976, Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple Inc. According to Jobs, the day has come when he can no longer fulfill his duties. He passed the reigns to Tim Cook while staying on as Chairman of the Board and… read more

What Web App Developers Can Learn From Steve Jobs

Today, the world is waking to the news that Apple’s dynamic leader, Steve Jobs, is stepping down from his position as CEO of one of the greatest companies in the world. Nearly 15 years after returning to Apple, and 11 years after becoming CEO again, Jobs is leaving Apple as… read more

10 Iconic Steve Jobs Moments [VIDEOS]

The career of one of America’s most innovative businessmen has been more than just a string of moments, but these 10 peeks at Steve Jobs’ formidable presence will remind you of why his resignation is such a momentous event.

From his cocky early days launching Macintosh, to his triumphant return to… read more

Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second and Third Acts in Business History

Earlier this evening, Steve Jobs stunned us all with the news that he is resigning from his position as CEO of Apple, Inc. Jobs took a medical leave of absence in January — his second since 2009. He will remain as Chairman and will be succeeded as CEO by Tim… read more

What Are Your Favorite Moments of Steve Jobs’ Career? [OPEN THREAD]

As soon as Steve Jobs‘ resignation announcement became public on Wednesday, the social web was flooded with emotion. Site commenters, Facebook, Twitter and Reddit users alike mourned the departure of one of the most renowned tech innovators of our time.

No doubt Jobs has made a lot of memorable moves in… read more

Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple

Steve Jobs, co-founder and two-time CEO of Apple, offered his resignation to the company’s board Wednesday.

“I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know,” he… read more

The Social Music Network: Napster Documentary in the Works

The story of Napster, the peer-to-peer file-sharing service that disrupted the music industry, will soon be told in documentary form.

The documentary will track the rise and fall of the music network launched by college student Shawn Fanning in 1999. Alex Winter, Bill from the Bill and Ted films, will direct… read more

The Monster Collection of Moleskine Tips, Tricks and Hacks

A few times a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of FreelanceSwitch. This article by Skellie was first published July 9th, 2008, yet is just as relevant and full of interesting information today.

Freelancers are more likely than most people to love Moleskine… read more

Why One Entrepreneur Left His Dream Job to Build a Better Sharing Platform

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Posterous entered the world when self-described “Apple fanboy” Sachin Agarwal, a student of stellar product design, left… read more

The Ultimate Free Photography Software Download Pack (Updated)

Photography is one of the most expensive hobbies in the world and it ain’t getting any cheaper. Once you have your camera, there’s an almost never-ending need to upgrade lenses, bags, tripods, filters – the list goes on. But luckily one area of photography doesn’t need to destroy your bank… read more

Travel Photography and Kids: How to Juggle Yourself in Between

A Guest Post by Prita Sujudi

For an amateur who had just been introduced to photography after having had two kids of seven and six year olds, I often find travel photography can be very challenging as I never had the choice but to carry both camera and kids! But for… read more

PHOTO LOCATION GUIDE – The Streets of Sydney

As a long time resident of Sydney (1947-1984) and a constant visitor to this beautiful city, I am never short of subjects to photograph. For the tourist and photographer alike, there are always the icons of the city and the harbour in which you can while away your time with… read more

Book Review: Creating Flow with OmniFocus

This is something different for Mac.AppStorm: not a review of an app, but of a book about an app. The book is Kourosh Dini’s Creating Flow with Omnifocus. Dr Dini, a psychiatrist, musician, and author, has written regular blog posts about using OmniFocus, the Omni Group’s brilliant, but often daunting,… read more

48 Funny Print Ads that’ll Keep You Laughing…and Buying

Though hundreds of Print Ads are made each year to promote various products, not many can be considered successful based on the response of both the critics and the general public. People have seen so many advertisements that they’ll be quick to blast unoriginal or overused concepts. They… read more

Apple Cracks Down on Knockoffs in New York

In an ongoing battle against trademark infringement, Apple has filed a lawsuit against two sellers of knockoff Apple accessories based in the New York City neighborhood of Flushing, Queens, according to documents unsealed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court.

The defendants — Apple Story and Fun Zone, both owned by New York… read more

The Windows App Store: Serious Threat or Business As Usual?

Windows 8 will be chock full of shiny new features, among which is of course a centralized app store. Let’s put aside our feigned shock and awe at this announcement and discuss whether or not this represents a potential threat to OS X or if it’s merely the technology industry… read more

How Connected Devices and Streaming Video Are Changing the Way We Consume Content

The Buzzword Breakdown Series is supported by The Network, Cisco’s technology news site. The Network features technology news, trends and information on video, collaboration, core networks, mobility, security, data, Cisco culture and social media.

These days, it’s increasingly difficult to find a new consumer electronic device that can’t access the Internet…. read more

iPad Accessories: From iPad Skins To Sketch Stylus

Are you like me? Whenever I buy a new gadget; whether it be an iPad, iPod or a new iPhone, I always feel the need to customize it with my own personal touch. While surfing the Internet I found that there are many products out there today that do just… read more

Chairlift’s Aaron Pfenning Releases Acoustic Video for New Solo Project: “Rewards”

Each Monday, Mashable highlights an exclusive new video or song. Check out all our Music Monday picks.

“I like the fact that it’s almost impossible to find me if you only Google the word ‘Rewards,’” says Aaron Pfenning of his new solo project. “I kind of like being hidden in the… read more

The Perfect Office #100

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more

Mind Your En And Em Dashes: Typographic Etiquette

An understanding of typographic etiquette separates the master designers from the novices. A well-trained designer can tell within moments of viewing a design whether its creator knows how to work with typography. Typographic details aren’t just inside jokes among designers. They have been built up from thousands of years of… read more

6 Creative iPad Uses for Small Retailers

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

We all know iPads make great presentation devices and are excellent for business travel and chock-full of useful apps. Now, let’s focus on retail businesses — shops,… read more

Advantages And Disadvantages Of The Singh-Ray Vari-N-Duo Filter

One area most people don’t often experiment with is the purposeful use of long exposure times during the day. Night shots, streaking lights and star trails, are common and typically fairly easy compared to their daytime counterparts. For one thing, there’s so much light! Stopping down apertures and lowering ISOs… read more

Best of the Week #184

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

32 Fun Outdoor Photographs of Bridges

Bridges can be a great subject to practice photographic composition as they lend themselves to shots with a vanishing point, leading the eye or even sometimes s-curves. These fun shots show what you can do if you move to get a better angle and maybe make use of a tripod… read more

Personal Computers: A History of the Hardware That Changed the World

On this day in 1981, IBM launched the “Personal Computer.” Revealed at a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, the 21-pound PC cost $1,565, boasted 16K of memory, and had the ability to connect to a TV set, play games and word process.

While IBM wasn’t the… read more

iPhone 5 Could Be Revealed September 7 [RUMOR]

A report from one Japanese website marks September 8 as the date of Apple’s next media event, at which some expect the company to launch the iPhone 5.

The company has historically released its new phones at its summer Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). This year, in the wake of the Verizon… read more

How Blurb Tapped Into the Burgeoning Self-Publishing Industry

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For the last six years, Eileen Gittins has made it her mission to help anyone and everyone… read more

Cablevision & Viacom Resolve iPad Streaming Dispute

Cablevision and Viacom have announced that they’ve settled their legal dispute over Cablevision’s Optimum apps for iPhone and iPad.

In June, Viacom announced that it was suing Cablevision over its live streaming app for iOS. It allows Cablevision subscribers to use their iPad as a TV and to stream live and… read more

Kids & Technology: The Developmental Health Debate

How much screen time is appropriate for children? Should young kids be exposed to tech for any extended periods of time? The developmental debate has raged for decades, only to be reignited by the latest waves of iPads and social media.

Dr. Larry Rosen’s experience as a research psychologist and computer… read more

Cablevision Brings Live TV to the Ultra-Small Screen

Cablevision has updated its Optimum app for the iPhone and iPod touch to add support for live TV content and access to video on-demand titles.

Earlier this spring, Cablevision released Optimum for iPad [iTunes app], which allows subscribers to use their iPad like a regular television set. The app is similar… read more

Dramatic Coloring in Lightroom

A Guest Post by Post Production Pye from SLR Lounge.

Whenever I am lecturing, or speaking with other photographers, I am always trying to teach them just how powerful Lightroom 3 truly is. In fact, approximately 98% of the photos that we deliver to clients in our wedding photography studio, Lin… read more

30+ Awesome Utilities to Boost Your Mac’s Functionality

The Mac App Store has brought about a whole mess of new utilities that make your Mac more functional than ever.

Today we’re going to dive and find thirty particularly useful utilities that you’ll definitely want to check out and consider downloading.

Performance
MiStat

MiStat shows detailed information for your CPU, memory, disk… read more

8 Tips For Photographing Dragonflies

This is a guest post by the PhotoNaturalist, Steve Berardi. Check out his amazing guides on outdoor and nature photography.

Dragonflies are some of the most interesting insects found in nature. They may not look too interesting from far away, but if you look a little closer, you’ll see… read more

LinkedIn Beats Estimates, Gmail Unveils Preview Pane: This Morning’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 four particular stories of interest today.

LinkedIn Revenue Jumps 120% to $121 Million

LinkedIn generated $121 million in revenue and $4.5… read more

Researchers Discover How To Use Square for Credit Card Fraud

Researchers attending the Black Hat security conference on Thursday demonstrated two ways in which Square — a mobile gadget that enables Android, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users to accept credit card payments — can be hacked to accept stolen credit card data, with very little technical hardware required and… read more

Hand-Shaped iPhone Case is the Latest in Serial Killer Chic

Back in 1963, the Beatles crooned about wanting to “hold your hand.” In 2011, a Japanese cellphone accessory store has created the perfect remedy for that desire: the Dokkiri Hand Case for iPhone 4.

Sadly, the case only comes in two models. The first is a replica of a lady’s hand… read more

VirtualDJ Home: Awesome Free DJ Software

VirtualDJ was first released in 2003 and over the years has grown into a real success story for Atomix Productions, providing professional DJ’s and hobbyists with effective DJ software. Originally sold in shops, this multi-platform ‘Home’ version is now available for free in the Mac App Store and sees the… read more

iPhone, iPod Touch Travelers Rule the Air [STUDY]

At 30,000 feet, Apple’s iOS devices reign supreme.

According to data from Gogo, a Wi-Fi provider on several airlines including American, Delta, United and Virgin, 80% of mobile travelers connect to its Wi-Fi via an iOS device.

Breaking it down further, the iPhone, with 65% share, is the most-used mobile… read more

Adobe presenta Edge e passa da Flash ai web standards

A distanza di poco più di un anno dalla polemica aperta da Steve Jobs su Adobe Flash (con una lettera pubblicata sul sito della Apple che spiegava le ragioni del perché iPhone, iPad e iPod non supportano Flash), Adobe pare aver deciso di giocare sulla difensiva e, dopo una lunga… read more

First Look at the New iCloud Web Apps

Apple just recently opened the floodgates to their new iCloud web apps, and in short, they’re easily some of the most impressive web apps online today. There was initially some speculation as to whether Apple was going to continue the tradition of MobileMe’s web apps and let you use iCloud… read more

Bag Review: Think Tank Airport International Roller Bag V.2

Recently, the folks at Think Tank Photo sent our writer, Aloha Lavina, an “Airport Intenational Roller Bag V.2″ for review. After dragging it through half of South East Asia and North America, here’s what she had to say about it.

If you travel with a bit of gear, you’d… read more

Review: Portable Speaker Pumps Out Powerful Sound [PICS]

The portable and rechargeable Sound Freaq Sound Step Recharge is a Bluetooth speaker that lets you charge and play music from your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch in its dock, or control and play high-fidelity music wirelessly via Bluetooth.

Its wireless connectivity works with any cellphone, laptop or music player… read more

Tutti i rumors da conoscere sul nuovo iPhone 5

A distanza di circa due mesi da quella che potrebbe essere la data presunta di presentazione del nuovo iPhone 5, i rumors e gli avvistamenti di presunti prototipi dello smartphone più chiacchierato della rete continuano a moltiplicarsi.

Stando ad alcune immagini circolate nei giorni scorsi sul web, il nuovo smartphone di… read more

Tagalicious: Ordering the Chaos

I’m the kind of person that likes things to be neat and organized, but I don’t like it enough to put a lot of effort into making it happen. I’m mostly content to be moderately irritated by things being out of order in exchange for not having to waste time… read more

Startup Crisis Control: 6 Painful Lessons from Airbnb

No organization — other than perhaps the U.S. government — has been on more of an emotional rollercoaster this week than Airbnb.

It was just four days ago when the popular “marketplace for spaces” announced that it had raised $112 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, General Catalyst and… read more

Go Slow, Go Fast: How to Ease Your Way into Street Photography with a 2-Step System

A Guest Post by James Maher

So you want to be a great street photographer. You want to be able to strap your camera around your wrist and boldly walk down the streets, eagle-eyed and aware of everything around you, yet still in tune with your camera settings and its… read more

6 Tips to Capturing Gorgeous Rainforest Photographs

Rainforests are filled with abundant wildlife and rare flora, but they are among the trickiest environments to capture well. With the iffy weather, temperamental lighting conditions and animal camouflage, getting stunning photographs can be a challenge. So, much like the hidden wildlife you too have to adapt.

Photo by… read more

Airbnb Responds After Vandals Ransack User’s Home

Marketplace for spaces Airbnb is on the defensive after one user’s gut-wrenching story about coming home to find her place robbed, ransacked and destroyed caught the media’s attention.

The story, posted late last month by “EJ,” explains in vivid detail how criminals used Airbnb to rent out her place for a… read more

Plan and Time your Nature Photography Outing

A Guest post by Ray Ranga

Stunning shots can be created in the wilderness when mother nature cooperates. While I tend to agree with that mostly (look for a future article about thriving on cloudy days), its much more than just weather. Its all about Timing! There are certain tricks that… read more

Weekly Poll: What Do You Think of Natural Scrolling in Lion?

What Do You Think of “Natural” Scrolling in Lion?

Along with a ton of great new features, OS X Lion brings about at least one fairly controversial change: the default behavior for scrolling has been reversed. It used to the case that if you wanted to scroll down… read more

Timelapse Photography: A Complete Guide for Beginners

If you’re not familiar with timelapse videos, you’ve probably already seen them but just aren’t aware of it. With timelapse photography, you can take sequential photos captured over a period of hours and compress them into a video of only a few minutes in length – this allows… read more

4 Ways iPads Are Changing the Lives of People With Disabilities

Noah Rahman has moderate Cerebral Palsy affecting his communication, cognition and upper and lower body movement. When he turned two, his language, cognitive abilitity and fine motor skills were diagnosed by a developmental specialist as being at least 12 months behind. Then Noah got an iPad.

Four months later, his language… read more

5 Tips For Capturing Great Street Portraits

A Guest Post by Desmnd Louw

I just love street photography and with this comes street portraiture.

It can be a bit daunting to go up to a stranger and ask them to take their photo, but after a day or two it becomes addictive!  Here are some tricks that might… read more

Sonos Play:3 Wireless Speaker Delivers Big Sound In a Smaller Package [PICS]

Sonos released its smaller but still powerful Play:3 all-in-one speaker this week. We tried the new speaker side-by-side with the larger Sonos Play:5 (formerly the S5) to determine if there’s any sacrifice to spending $299 on a Wi-Fi compatible speaker compared with the Play:5′s $399 price.

These wireless (except for an… read more

View From Above: First Space View of Shuttle Reentry [PICS]

Soon after the space shuttle Atlantis pulled away from the International Space Station for the last time, the space station crew took this first-of-a-kind shot of the shuttle’s fiery reentry.

As NASA described it:

This unprecedented view of the space shuttle Atlantis, appearing like a bean sprout against clouds and… read more

An Artistic Look At The iPhone 5 Speculation [Infographic]

Apple products like Mac, iPhone, iPod, iPad etc always keep their positions in the technology news. Now a days, everyone is looking at the upcoming release of iPhone 5 and many people has different insights about it which they are sharing with the world. These unofficial insights about iPhone 5… read more

Is the New MacBook Air the Best Laptop That Apple Has Ever Made?

In addition to the long-awaited launch of OS X Lion, Apple gave us another surprise this week in the form of an update to the MacBook Air. New processors and a Thunderbolt port are just two of the exciting features in the newest models.

However, there are still plenty of doubts… read more

Are You a Dexter Fan? Ask Michael C. Hall Your Social TV Questions

Anyone who’s watched Showtime’s Dexter has likely wondered what goes on in the creepy yet charming mind of the serial killer of serial killers.

Now’s your chance to find out. 

Mashable’s Jennifer Van Grove will interview Dexter actor Michael C. Hall tomorrow at Comic Con, along with fashion designer and entrepreneur Mark… read more

Do It (Tomorrow) – A Beautiful and Simple Task List

In today’s mobile and tablet-centric world, it often feels like the best apps come out only for smartphones. Web apps and traditional PC apps often aren’t as fancy as their mobile counterparts. Plus, they’re often much more expensive than the dollar or two you might pay for a high quality… read more

How to Set Up a Lighting Studio for Macro Flower Photography

Like sunsets and the grand-kids, flowers are up there as a popular subject for photographing. They also suit close inspection with the macro lens, extension tubes or whatever you use for your close-up work.

Photo by tom dinning

But getting in that close can be a bit of a… read more

32 Enticing Photos of Romania

Romania is one of those mysterious destinations that not many folks know a lot about. But what emerges when you start looking at photographs of the country is that the opportunities for travel photography are spectacular and that this is a destination you might want to consider. So… read more

Carmageddon Approaches: Here’s What It Will Look Like [VIDEO]

Carmageddon: It’s a wonderful neologism that Los Angeles residents have coined to describe this weekend’s planned closure of the 405 Freeway, a road that carries more than 280,000 cars per day across L.A. The city plans to close a 10-mile section of Interstate 405, starting at 7 p.m. Friday and… read more

Apple iOS 4.3.4 Update Available, Prevents Hacking & Jailbreaking

Apple has released a software update for its iOS devices, including the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, iPad and generation 3 and 4 of iPod Touch. Available now, it’ll bring your device to version 4.3.4.

The free update fixes a vulnerability in the way PDF files handle… read more

Vitaminwater Bus Station Ads Can Charge Your Phone

At last: advertising you’ll be glad to see.

Vitaminwater is highlighting its “energy-boosting” properties with bus shelters in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston with a 5-volt battery-powered USB port. Using the port, consumers can charge their phones, iPods and gaming devices.

The effort is the first from… read more

Finally, Spotify Hits the U.S.

For those of you from the U.K. and other fortunate regions that have been enjoying Spotify for years, this is a non-event. However, for any readers from the U.S., this is huge news. Get ready to completely neglect Grooveshark, Pandora, Last.fm and any other Internet radio you listen to. Spotify… read more

The Secrets Behind Successful Design Podcasts

In a time when designers are often too busy to network and seek further education, podcasts have become available to teach so we can learn while we go about our business. I recently “met” Kitty Florido on Twitter when I asked for graphic design podcast recommendations. Florido is a graphic… read more

12 Ways to Add Randomness and Creativity to Your Photography

Photo by Wam Mosely

One of the wonderful things about digital photography is the creativity that you can engage in once you’ve got your image on your computer and in Photoshop. All kinds of effects can be achieved to make your shots look any number of ways.

But what about in-camera techniques… read more

Useful Resources for Learning to Build Mac Apps

If you’re a regular Mac.AppStorm visitor, then you probably love apps as much as we do. You might even have some ideas floating around in your head for an app that you’d like to build whether for your own purposes or to strike it rich on the Mac App Store.

The… read more

A Snapper’s Guide to Street Photography

One of the exciting things about photography is the anticipation of ‘the shot’ – hunting down the moment in time that is worth recording and being there with your camera poised when it happens.

Photo by tom dinning

No genre of photography creates this anticipation like ‘Street Photography’; moving… read more

Simplify File Sharing With UploadingIt

Over the past few months I’ve realized that I don’t have a go-to site or app for sharing large files online. That’s probably because most of the popular services currently available are either slow, clunky or just forgettable. Most of them don’t allow users to keep track of what happened… read more

Plex: Your Media Library, Turbocharged

Despite Apple’s near-domination of the digital media world with iTunes, Macs have never really had a stand-out solution for watching video – iTunes supports approximately 0 codecs, Front Row is pretty cumbersome, and standalone video players like QuickTime or VLC require far too much rooting around in my movies folders… read more

How to Photograph Star Trails: The Ultimate Guide

Photographing the night sky can be a surreal experience, and star trail photography is highly rewarding if you have a bit of patience. Those 2 hour long single exposures can turn an otherwise mundane day shot into an otherworldly image.

Racing Stars by Andrew Stawarz, on Flickr

When photographing… read more

6 Tips for Photographing the Churches of Europe

This last winter I had the great experience of going to Europe exclusively to visit and photograph the old Cathedrals and churches there. This trip was full of both adventure and serenity, and every day I had the opportunity to learn more about myself and my craft.

Photographing these old… read more

Up to 25% of Accidents Are Associated With Gadgets

A new study from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) highlights the impact that cellphones and other gadgets can have on car crashes. According to the study, as many as 25% of U.S. car crashes are associated with drivers distracted by a cellphone or gadget.

Produced using a… read more

Olympus SZ-10 Review

And on they come! Compact maxi zoom digicams.

This one has an 18x optical zoom, equating to a 28-504mm lens as 35 SLR equivalent, As I’ve said before, try to fit out a DSLR with an 18x zoom and you hit a brick wall!

The SZ-10 is nicely configured and slips… read more

4 Fresh Ways to Share Video on Twitter

If tweets showcase 140 characters and pictures are worth a thousand words, where do videos fit into the grand scheme of visual pleasures?

This year — on Twitter at least — videos have taken a backseat due in part to the increasing popularity of photo-sharing services like Instagram… read more

Free Beats Paid in Generating Revenue on Apple’s App Store [STATS]

Here’s something that might seem counter-intuitive. Free iPhone and iPod touch games generate more revenue than their paid counterparts on Apple’s 15 billion download-strong App Store.

The new finding comes from mobile analytics company Flurry. It analyzed the revenue generated by the top 100 grossing games on the… read more

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Store Sets Secret Service on Spy Camera Artist

Artist Kyle McDonald installed a program on computers in two New York Apple Store locations that automatically takes a photo every minute. Now his personal computers have been confiscated by the U.S. Secret Service.

McDonald’s project was to capture people’s expressions as they stare at computers, a subject… read more

Apple App Store: 15 Billion Downloads & Counting

Apple’s App Store has generated 15 billion downloads since its launch in July 2008, Apple has announced.

The App Store now offers more than 425,000 apps, 100,000 of which are created specifically for Apple’s tablet, the iPad.

Apple has paid developers more than $2.5 billion to date. Given Apple’s… read more

Video Chat, Meet Facebook: The New Face of Facebook Chat

Last week when Google+ launched, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook was going to make a very exciting announcement this week. They recently held their conference and the announcement was indeed big news! On top of some really nice improvements to Facebook Chat, they announced a partnership with another… read more

How to Photograph the Blue Hours With Amazing Results

While you’ve most likely heard of the golden hours – that time right after sunrise or before sunset where the outdoors turn into a golden paradise – the blue hours are also a fantastic time to photograph under dramatic lighting.

Chances are you’ve seen examples of blue hour photography… read more

Smartphone Attachment Diagnoses Cataracts

Researchers at MIT’s Media Lab have created a smartphone attachment called Catra that can diagnose cataracts in a matter of minutes. The screening tool is currently being tested on subjects.

Catra clips on to devices such as phones and iPods, and scans the lens of the eye to… read more

Creating a Home Photography Studio on a Budget

A Guest post by Kimberly Gauthier from Through the Lens of Kimberly Gauthier

I live in the Pacific Northwest and every now and then we have days when the weather isn’t ideal. Overcast days are fantastic for photography, but the rainy days drive me inside. I have a sleeve for my… read more

15 Fresh jQuery Menu Plugins and Tutorials

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We haven’t actually taken a look at what new techniques and plugins are available for building menus with jQuery in quite a long time. For the most part, the plugins below are a great platform/canvas for you to build your navigation by offering fantastic customization options… read more

Review: Two Blood Pressure Monitors for iPhone & iPad [VIDEO]

Now you can check your blood pressure using your iPhone or iPad with two products that make it easy — download an app onto your iOS device, put on a blood pressure cuff, tap the touchscreen, and soon you have a blood pressure reading… read more

Future Design: Could This Be the Perfect Multitool? [VIDEO]

The age-old screwdriver has met its match with this design concept called Coral Tools. The multicolored multi-tools look like tripods, but each leg is actually a cover that conceals a flat head screwdriver, a Phillips-head screwdriver, a nail-steadying device to hold a nail while you hammer it… read more

Happy Birthday Sony Walkman: 10 Retro Accessories for Cassette Connoisseurs [PICS]

On this day in 1979, the TPS-L2 went on sale in Japan. It was a notable milestone for music and gadget lovers everywhere as the first affordable portable audio cassette player — Sony’s first Walkman.

Years after the “Walkman” name was as synonymous with personal music players as “iPod” is today,… read more

Watch the iTunes Festival Across All Apple Devices

The fifth annual iTunes Festival kicks off on July 1 in London, but you can watch it from anywhere via iTunes on your computer, or on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with the app.

The festival runs from July 1 through July 31 and will feature more… read more

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 Review

This camera in Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds series is highly desirable from a number of angles, not least of which is the touch screen system. And you can buy it in three body colours: black, red and blue

The test camera was supplied with the f3.5/14-42mm kit zoom lens, an average… read more

Designing For Android

For designers, Android is the elephant in the room when it comes to app design. As much as designers would like to think it’s an iOS world in which all anyones cares about are iPhones, iPads and the App Store, nobody can ignore that Android currently has the majority of… read more

50 Illustrated Desktop, iPad and iPhone Wallpapers

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Your desktop wallpaper probably says a lot about who you are. It could be your ideal holiday destination, a beautiful picture that you’ve taken or your beloved family members. Your desktop wallpaper can represent that whimsical side of yourself that just wants to break free… read more