StumbleUpon Hits 25 Million Users — And is Gaining 1 Million a Month

StumbleUpon passed the 25 million user mark earlier this week — that’s about one million users every month since it announced it had reached 20 million users in October.

The discovery service has existed in some form since 2001. It accepted its first round of funding in 2006, was purchased by… read more

Brought Your Kids to Work? Send Us Your Photos

Technology Editor Pete Pachal gives his son a tour of Mashable HQ

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Amazon Stock Surges on Strong First Quarter Results

Internet retailer Amazon beat analysts’ estimates for its first quarter on Thursday, prompting a 15% surge in its stock price in after-hours trading.

Net income for the quarter dropped 35% to $130 million, or $0.28 per share, compared with its 2011 figures of $201 million, or $0.44 per share.

Revenue, however,… read more

Groupon CEO Drinks Too Much Beer, Says His Site Needs to ‘Grow Up’

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason told company employees during a town hall meeting Wednesday that the daily deal site needs to grow up — right after apologizing for drinking too much beer during the meeting.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the 31-year-old CEO said the company doesn’t “have any margin for… read more

Kindle Fire Takes 54% of Android Tablet Market [STUDY]

Amazon’s Kindle Fire has taken 54.4% of the Android tablet market, leaving the number two in the category — Samsung Galaxy Tab — in the dust, according to comScore.

The Kindle Fire, introduced in November, nearly doubled its share over the last two months, comScore reports. Meanwhile, Galaxy Tab, which had… read more

Zynga’s Q1 Report Shows a Company Thriving

There’s no question about it: people love to play Zynga games. The company’s latest financial report reflects its growing fan base.

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) announced its financial results on Thursday for the quarter ending March 31, 2012, and the results are impressive: Q1 revenue of $321 million, up 32%… read more

25 ‘Green’ Photos From the Mashable Community

Sunday, April 22 marked the 42nd annual Earth Day, and more than 500 million people in 175 countries took the time to focus on the environment. In the spirit of Earth Day, we asked you to send us a photo that represented the idea of green for this week’s Mashable… read more

Hulu’s Media Owners Take Bigger Stake in the Company [REPORT]

A new report indicates that Comcast, Disney and News Corp. will soon own even more of the streaming television service Hulu.

According to Bloomberg, Providence Equity Partners — the one non-media conglomerate invested in Hulu — is close to selling its 10% stake in the company to the other owners. The… read more

Children, Puppies and Webby Awards, Oh My!

Mashable is very excited to be nominated for a Webby Award in the business category!  Today is the final day to vote and we’d greatly appreciate your help.

VOTE HERE FOR MASHABLE

While we focus on staying on top of the latest business news, we also know how to have fun!

Today, Mashable took part in “Take… read more

Etsy: A Beginner’s Guide to the Crafty Ecommerce Site

Sure, Etsy‘s been around since 2005, but not everyone is hip to the ecommerce site. No worries, we’ve provided an overview of all the great features Etsy has to offer. Just don’t blame us when you’ve logged your fifth straight hour browsing refab couch cushions. It’s been known to happen.

Etsy… read more

10 Funniest Sketch Comedy Channels on YouTube

1. Funny or Die

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Google Translate Draws 200 Million Users Each Month

Google announced on Thursday that its popular language translator service Google Translate now boasts 200 million monthly users, many of whom are accessing it outside the U.S. and via mobile devices.

The news — which comes just two days before Google Translate’s sixth anniversary — shows an increasing desire to communicate… read more

50 Remarkable Examples Of Inspiring Typography

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

We’re Now on Pinterest!

That’s right, AppStorm is now on Pinterest!

Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web, and we’ve already got a few pinboards up for you to check out! Browsing pinboards is a fun and visual way to discover new things, head over to Pinterest… read more

Gamification And UX: Where Users Win Or Lose

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

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

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

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Wallpaper Calendar Freebie for May 2012: Sea Turtle by Geno Arguelles

We’re giving our freebie calendar for May 2012 earlier than usual so you can prep up your PC, Mac, or iPad for the next month. Our in-house designer Geno Arguelles turned his summer-themed artwork SEA TURTLE into a wallpaper to warm-up your work area. You can download the wallpaper calendar… read more

The Avengers AR App Turns You Into a Superhero

Avengers Super hereo AR App Game Mode Main Menu 01

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The Avengers movie,… read more

Fetchnotes Makes Note Taking Simple and Portable

I’m always on the lookout for nice notes apps. I use Evernote, Notepad, Writeroom, Ghost Writer, and more, and will use a different notes app depending on what I want to do with the notes. The great thing about notes apps is that you can use them for so many… read more

FanCru Is a Sports Social Network With a Twist

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Quick Pitch: A place for fans to connect with other supporters of the same teams, find the… read more

9 Things Businesses Need to Know About Web Security

Incapsula co-founder and CEO, Gur Shatz, is a security industry veteran with more than 14 years of product leadership and engineering experience. Before founding Incapsula, Shatz held several key positions at Imperva.

Recently, someone posted a list of 5,012 websites on a hacker forum that were vulnerable to a SQL injection… read more

60 Minutes to a More Efficient Social Business Strategy

Josh S. Peters is the co-author of TwittFaced, and is the social media manager at The Search Agency. Follow him @JoshSPeters.

Every company should run a quick social media audit each quarter to make sure content is properly optimized and every aspect of their social presence aligns with their brand. The… read more

Mom Uses Facebook to Epically Put 13-Year-Old Daughter in Check [VIDEO]

When Denise Abbott’s 13-year-old daughter Ava wouldn’t stop talking smack and stirring up drama on Facebook, the Ohio mother decided to employ a punishment to fit the crime.

Abbott replaced her daughter’s profile picture with a photo of the girl with a red X layered over her mouth. “I… read more

10 Unmissable Apps for Ipad and Iphone Photographers

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

Ex-NBA Star’s Awesomely Bad YouTube Rap Brings Out the Twitter Haters [VIDEO]

Former NBA star Steve Francis is “used to the finer things” and don’t you forget it. An awesomely bad YouTube rap video took Twitter by storm Wednesday, bringing Francis briefly back into the public consciousness. Predictably however, most of the Twitter commentary was derisive (see gallery below).

An “official” version… read more

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

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

Twitter, Times Square Billboard Call for an End to Malaria

In honor of World Malaria Day, April 25, advocates for the end of the disease are campaigning on the social web with the hashtag #endmalaria — the very hashtag responsible for propelling Ashton Kutcher (@AplusK) to become the first Twitter user with more than 1 million followers in 2009.

Lady Gaga-backed… read more

Roozt Is the Etsy for Social Entrepreneurs

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

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

‘The Muppets’ Lands Sequel After Box Office, Social Media Successes

Walt Disney Studios announced it will developing a sequel to its wildly successful film The Muppets, during the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

Thanks to a strong digital campaign that not only revived its brand but also led to huge box office sales, you will be seeing more… read more

Apple’s Q2 Earnings in a Nutshell [INFOGRAPHIC]

Apple announced on Tuesday another blockbuster quarter due largely to strong iPhone sales. Our friends at Statista put together an infographic that makes it easy to see how well the company fared.

Apple raked in 35.06 million iPhone sales in the second quarter of 2012, which marks an 88% jump in… read more

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

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

Daily Dot, Editor-in-Chief Part Ways

The Daily Dot, an online news startup launched in August that bills itself as “the hometown newspaper of the World Wide Web,” is no longer being edited by Owen Thomas, the publication confirmed in a blog post Wednesday.

“It is a bittersweet parting,” writes Dot CEO Nicholas White. “Bitter, because… read more

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Mark Cuban [VIDEO]

Jesse Draper is creator and host of “The Valley Girl Show” through which she’s become a spokesperson for startups and helped pioneer the way of new media content distribution. Formerly a Nickelodeon star, Draper is now CEO of Valley Girl™ where she oversees the show and runs technology… read more

WWDC ’12 Dates Announced By Apple

All systems are go, people. Apple has announced the official dates for their annual Worldwide Developers Conference and internet forums and Twitter feeds are already alive with predictions about what exactly is going to be announced. WWDC ’12 (with a slightly cryptic tagline It’s the week we’ve all been waiting… read more

Get To Know Your Utilities Folder: 7 Great Apps You Should Be Using

We’ve all done it. We bring home our shiny new Mac and we fire up all of the standard apps. We get our iChat account set up, link Mail.app with our mail accounts, and start putting dates into iCal. We import our music into iTunes and sync it up with… read more

8 Free Screencasting Tools For Making Video Tutorials

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

Use iTeleport: VNC To Remote Control Your Mac

With a stable Internet connection, we need not be physically present in order to control a computer, access its files and run applications. By making use of VNC (or Virtual Network Computing) technology, it’s possible to remote control not just other OS X machines with your Mac but other platforms… read more

10 Simply Amazing Logos

Branding a business can be quite the difficult task, regardless of if it’s your own or a clients.  One of the most difficult things to do in this process is come up with a logo.  A sole image, or tag of some sort, that will effectively portray what that business… read more

Products and Packages with Fantastic Typography

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

‘Portlandia’ Needles Kickstarter With $25,000 Music Video Campaign [VIDEO]

If something’s cutting edge or contains an element of hipster culture, chances are the comedy show Portlandia will incorporate it into its sketches. In season 2, episode 6 of the hit IFC show, actors Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen play a musician and director aiming to raise $25,000 for a… read more

Jay-Z Launches Facebook Game ‘Empire’ for You to Take Over the World [PICS]

Empire Facebook Game

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Empire, a new Facebook game from Jay-Z, wants your virtual… read more

4 Tips for Keeping Your Gamified Community Motivated

Shannon Duffy is the president of marketing at Data.com, a Salesforce.com company. Follow her @sullytoduffy.

Everyone agrees: Gamification is hot. So hot that the market is expected to hit $2.8 billion in revenue by 2016. Naturally, companies are taking a long look at how to capitalize on this trend.

If you’ve… read more

20 ‘Edible’ iPhone Covers

1. Campbell’s Soup

Go pop art with a can of Campbell’s “apple” soup.

Cost: $11.99

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Do… read more

How Digital Journalists Used Data to Report on Murdoch Scandal

Innovative digital journalism played a starring role in the wake of a massive document release during an inquiry into British media ethics.

The Leveson Inquiry, a judicial investigation into the culture, practice and ethics of the press, was originally called to examine the widespread phone hacking that took place at… read more

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

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

Are Brain Waves and Heartbeats the Future of Passwords? [VIDEO]

James Bond who? As badass as retinal scanners and fingerprint IDs are in movies, the next generation of password technology is even more advanced — it reads your brain.

Numerous researchers are looking into ways to use brain waves and heartbeats to identify individuals.

“There will come a… read more

The Decline of KONY 2012: Where Did the Online Buzz Go?

KONY 2012, the most viral video of all time, took the web by storm in March. Yet KONY 2012 couldn’t sustain its momentous social buzz until its day of action on April 20, called Cover the Night.

Kony-related topics received 74,000 total Twitter mentions on April 20 — less than half… read more

Coming Soon: Planet Earth, Live-Streamed from Space [VIDEO]

Wouldn’t it be amazing to sit aboard the International Space Station, watching Earth’s continents and oceans pass by as you orbit the planet?

If a startup called Urthecast has its way, you’ll soon be able to replicate that experience from your computer, thanks to HD cameras mounted on the station… read more

Twitter Is Not Feeling Brian McKnight’s Explicit New Music

Brian McKnight is known for the R&B music he has recorded over the past 20 years. His hits “Anytime” and “Back to One” are considered such romantic standards that his tracks are regularly used as wedding songs.

Because McKnight’s musical reputation is built on love songs, his fans were surprised to… read more

How Does Google Drive Compare to the Competition?

Amazon Cloud Drive

Storage: 5GB free (purchases from the Amazon MP3 Store don’t count towards storage limit)
Mobile Integration: Cloud… read more

Apple’s Q2 iPad Sales Weren’t So Insanely Great

Despite the gloom surrounding its stock price of late, Apple delivered another blowout quarter on Tuesday, thanks in large part to iPhone sales. But if you took the iPhone out of the equation, the overall numbers were just OK as Macs had a so-so quarter and iPad sales fell… read more

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

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

Apple Sells 35.1M iPhones, 11.8M iPads in Q2

Apple on Tuesday announced it sold 35.1 iPhones and 11.8 iPads in its fiscal second quarter. Analysts had expected Apple would sell about 30.5 million iPhones and 12.3 to 13.5 million iPads.

Earnings for the quarter were $12.30 a share on revenues of $39.2 billion. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had… read more

3 Reasons the Call Center Is Far From Dead

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

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

Weekly Poll: Should Dashboard Widgets Be in the Mac App Store?

Should Dashboard Widgets Be in the Mac App Store?

Remember Dashboard widgets? Long before the iOS app gold rush, there was another little burst of developer activity in the Mac community: Dashboard Widgets. These mini-apps used to be all the rage with waves of new widgets hitting Apple’s featured collection… read more

More Video Comes to Mashable

Over the last few months you may have noticed more video appearing on Mashable. We’re currently producing original content to complement our news coverage, shows like “World at Work” that dive deeper into a given topic (social entrepreneurship in this case), and specials like “Leaders in Digital” that go… read more

Google Drive Goes for a Spin [HANDS-ON]

Getting Access

Sign in here to see if you have access to Drive. If you do, you’ll need to… read more

Indie Band Metric Wants You to Rock Out on Interactive Site for New Song

The members of Canadian indie band Metric want you to rock out with them. In anticipation for the May 1 release of their “Youth Without Youth” single, they are encouraging fans to create their own versions of the song before they even hear the original.

How? On interactive website ILoveMetric.com, fans… read more

Ivy Bridge Processors Released, New Mac Range Coming Soon?

Intel has officially launched its new range of Ivy Bridge quad-core processors and some sources have revealed that Apple is busy eyeing up the new chips for use in its new range of iMacs and MacBook Pros, which are expected to be released this summer. Five new processors are due… read more

You’re on the Air! 5 Great Apps for Podcasters

Podcasting is all of rage these days. Podcasts are professional and fun, and have become easier to create with the right apps. The Mac has always been a creative tool and with the apps in this roundup, it can become your own radio headquarters and production studio.

To make the process… read more

Weekly Poll: How do you Save Articles to Read Later?

How do you save articles to read later?

You’ve heard people debate for years the merits of Macs versus Windows PCs, with the occasional Linux user letting you know why they’d use neither. Nowadays, it’s much more common to hear people debating the merits of iOS versus Android, with the… read more

A Closer Look At Font Rendering

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

Cubemen: A Real Time Strategy/Tower Defense Hybrid

I’ve been a gamer for a long time. I’v always been interested in heavy duty PC gaming and console gaming. However, the more time I spend on my Mac and various iOS devices, the more I find that my gaming focus is shifting to lighter weight games that require less… read more

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

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

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

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

Kaka to Be World’s First Athlete with 10 Million Twitter Followers

Brazilian soccer star Kaka is on the verge of becoming the world’s first athlete to amass 10 million followers on Twitter.

The midfielder, who plays for Spain’s Real Madrid club team, was about 30,000 followers short of the milestone as of late Monday afternoon. If Kaka maintains his recent pace, his… read more

Watch Out, Dropbox! Microsoft Updates SkyDrive, Offers Up To 100GB Storage

Microsoft announced an update to its SkyDrive service Monday. Among other features, Microsoft integrated the drive into Windows Explorer and Apple’s Finder so the drive works as an extension of your desktop, and added the ability to access files stored on your drive from the iPad as well as the… read more

7 Tips for Women in the Tech Industry

Being a female entrepreneur in the male-dominated tech industry is challenging, and comes with a distinct set of barriers. Thankfully, there are several female-led organizations that are working to bring more women into the tech fold.

I asked a panel of successful young female entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit… read more

Caregiver Site Helps Families Sync Schedules

One quarter of Americans act as a caregiver to a family member — and that number will only increase as the baby boomer population ages.

So how does one balance the emotionally demanding job of caring for your loved one? Hopefully, you can have others help with tasks such as… read more

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

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

4 Tips for Picking the Right Crowdfunding Platform

Ryan Caldbeck is the founder and CEO of CircleUp, an equity-based crowdfunding platform. Prior to CircleUp, Caldbeck was a private equity investor at Encore Consumer Capital and TSG Consumer Partners.

Raising capital is one of the most important, and intimidating, decisions in the life of a young company. Founders have long… read more

Startups Make Their Pitch to Get Into TechStars [VIDEO]

One of the biggest moments in an entrepreneur’s life can be their pitch to a potential investor. In order to get into TechStars, one of the leading startup accelerator programs, companies must first stand out from hundred of applicants and be chosen to present their idea in-person to the program’s… read more

What Movies Are Getting the Most Online Buzz?

Mashable’s mRank is presented by the Samsung Galaxy Note, a smarter phone for a smarter world. Check it out here, follow @SamsungMobileUS or join the conversation via #benoteworthy on Twitter.

Mashable‘s mRank leaderboards track the most buzzed-about movies across the social web. mRank’s technology analyzes a particular term — in this… read more

Netflix Adds 3M Streaming Subscribers in Q1, Now Has 26M Total

Netflix added close to 3 million streaming subscribers in its first quarter for a total of 26 million, but lost 1 million DVD subscribers and posted a loss.

The company’s net loss of $5 million, or 8 cents a share, for the quarter is less than analysts predicted, but Netflix’s… read more

Startup Improves Google Social Search

A startup called Wajam has created a more useful social search experience for Google than Google could.

Google’s own three-month-old social search product is called “Search Plus Your World.” But given the absence of Twitter and Facebook updates in the product’s results, it would be more appropriate to call it “Search… read more

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

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

How Google Searches the Entire Web in Half a Second [VIDEO]

It only takes half a second for Google to return a search based on keywords you type in, but there’s a whole lot more happening behind the scenes to give you the results you need. Google on Monday launched a video that explains the science behind how the massive search… read more

Facebook to Investors: Here’s Why We Bought Instagram

Facebook’s updated S-1 filing has offered some new details on its recent Instagram purchase, including structure of the payment.

The social networking giant paid $300 million in cash for Instagram and about 23 million shares of common stock. In addition, Facebook has agreed to pay a $200 million termination fee to… read more

Why You Should Get an Ivy Bridge PC

Why Ivy Bridge?

Intel’s 22-nanometer processor tech promises better performance, with more features (like security) built right into the… read more

The Perfect Office #136

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

Using Simplenote and Wunderkit to Keep on Task

When it comes to writing, the hardest part for me is getting new ideas for articles. I used to just hope I’d remember them long enough to either start writing about them when I had the chance or write down the idea itself in a list. That’s when I started… read more

That’s a Photoshop!

A Post by George Maciver from the Highlands of Scotland Photography

‘That’s a Photoshop!’ she cried, and left the group.

The photograph in question had been popped, but that was all. Well, I didn’t really know what to say. I mean, every photographer on the planet uses photo editing software, even the… read more

Thanks to Our Weekly Sponsor: Instant

Our featured sponsor this week is Instant, an awesome app that brings the fun of Polaroid instant cameras to your desktop.

There was something great about the old instant Polaroid cameras, an allure that still lasts to this day. Instant is an officially licensed Polaroid app that seeks to… read more

Scribe – Outlines With A Little Extra

As a writer about Mac, iPhone and iPad applications you sometimes think you’ve seen it all, apps being very similar, especially when they perform basically the same tasks. I should know better – it’s the details that can make all the difference and I tried to highlight that fact in… read more

Vintage Vector Design Workflow: Creating a Retro Flyer Design

This tutorial will cover the process of creating a vintage inspired retro flyer design. There are four main areas of concentration to achieve this look and feel: color, type, character and texture. We’ll review a complete vintage vector design workflow to create this retro flyer design. Let’s get started.

Flyer Design… read more

Adobe officially announces Creative Suite 6

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

A Collection of Beautiful Joomla Templates

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

5 Ways to Lose Your Dream Job During the Interview Process

Mona Abdel-Halim is the co-founder of Resunate, the makers of the Apply widget for startups. You can start attracting top talent free by getting an Apply widget for your company at Resunate.com/employers. Connect with Resunate on Facebook and Twitter.

If you’ve been on the job search for a while, it’s likely… read more

Valve’s Hilarious Employee Handbook Reveals Amusing Secrets [VIDEO]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work for game developer Valve? You might have thought the company was highly unconventional, but a peek inside its employee handbook gives you a better indication of just how deep that insouciant peculiarity goes within the organization.

Valve Software is… read more

Daily Inspiration #1115

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Dream Career: How to Become a Professional Photographer

Dream Career: How to Become a Professional Photographer

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The Ultimate Digital Customer Service Guide

In our recent Customer Experience Series, Mashable dove deep into the mysterious alchemy of customer service. Those who own their own business will tell you: Getting (and keeping) customers is not easy. There are so many different factors that must work together perfectly within a company to ensure that fans… read more

5 Ways Preparing Your Resume is Like Doing Taxes

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

Music Festival Tech Changes Drastically Since Woodstock [INFOGRAPHIC]

Concerts have changed a lot since the Woodstock days of the late 1960s. Here’s an infographic that compares how technology is used by fans at music festivals such as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California compared to the iconic Woodstock festival held in 1969.

Now, concerts incorporate… read more

Happy Earth Day! Celebrate With Google Doodles [PICS]

2001

Two globes are featured in Google’s first ever Earth Day Doodle.

Click here to view this gallery.

Happy Earth Day!… read more

Norway Massacre Survivor Does Reddit Q&A

Anders Behring Breivik, the shooter behind Norway’s July 2011 massacre, is currently on trial in Oslo criminal court.

Thursday, while Breivik calmly explained how he gunned down and killed 69 people at a political youth camp on the island Utøya, a 17-year-old survivor of the attack held a Reddit Q&A…. read more