30 Unusual, Fresh and Creative WordPress Site Designs 9

30 Unusual, Fresh and Creative WordPress Site Designs 9

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15 Professional Fonts for Web and Graphic Designers

15 Professional Fonts for Web and Graphic Designers

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Do You Have a Favorite Landscape Photography Destination?

Is there a place that you love to go shoot landscapes?

I’d love to hear about your favourite landscape photography destinations – particularly I’d like to hear any the following:

where is it (give us a country/state etc – remember our audience is global so don’t assume everyone will know exactly where… read more

Top 10 Google Chrome Plugins for Small Businesses

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

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

Super Bowl 2012: Everything You Need to Know About Watching It Online

This year’s Super Bowl marks a digital first: The game will be the first Super Bowl that you can watch online — legally. NBC, the broadcast partner for this year’s game, is going to stream the game live.

NBC has actually been streaming some NFL games online since 2009, though never… read more

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

Valentine’s Day Heart Card Vector

Valentine’s Day Heart Card Vector

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Free Grill Photoshop Layer Style

Free Grill Photoshop Layer Style

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4 Ways to Tweet as a Visual Brand

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

Companies that rely on a visual or photographic web presence often find it difficult to convey their media on Twitter. Take, for instance, apparel brands that need… read more

Smartphone Sales Overtake PCs for the First Time [STUDY]

If you bought a smartphone in 2011 — and didn’t buy a PC — you were part of a history-making trend.

For the first year ever, total PC sales around the world were outpaced by total smartphone sales, in units at least, according to data released Friday by market… read more

Daily Inspiration #1048

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, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

How Tech Can Prepare You for Extreme Weather

Steve Rubel is EVP of global strategy and insights for Edelman, the world’s largest public relations firm. Rubel studies the future of media and helps clients unify their communications strategies across traditional, emerging, owned and social channels.

Modern technology can’t actually fix the weather — at least not yet. However, social… read more

Steve Appleton, CEO of Micron Technology, Dies in Plane Crash

Steve Appleton, the chairman and CEO of Micron Technology, has died in a plane crash, the company confirmed Friday. He was 51.

Appleton was reportedly flying the small plane when something went wrong and the plane caught fire. He was the only person on board the experimental fixed-wing plane when it… read more

Anonymous Strikes Again, Releases Massacre Marine’s Emails

Anonymous released sensitive documents Friday from the law firm that represented the U.S. Marine who led the 2005 Haditha massacre, which left 24 unarmed Iraqis dead.

The law firm’s website, Puckettfaraj.com, was vandalized in the same style as an earlier attack on the Boston Police Department.

The attack coincided with… read more

1000 Stock Photos for only $9

1000 Stock Photos for only $9

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Can The Huffington Post Reinvent Cable News?

The Huffington Post Media Group revealed more details about its upcoming online news channel, the Huffington Post Streaming Network.

The announcement takes place just days before Huffington Post celebrates its first anniversary since its acquisition by AOL. AOL purchased The Huffington Post on Feb. 2, 2011 for $315 million and made… read more

How To Use Custom Post Types To Organize Online Marketing Campaigns

Custom post types add a level of flexibility to WordPress that makes this open-source Web development platform more useful on many levels. Whenever I have been faced with a Web-based task, especially one that involves organizing information, the first thing I do is examine WordPress to determine if it can… read more

Meet the Developers: Dustin MacDonald of Acrylic Software

Acrylic Software is known for their beautiful and useful apps for the Mac and iOS. We got a chance to speak with Dustin MacDonald, the company’s Founder, Designer & Engineer. In our interview, we touched on a number of topics ranging from the history of Acrylic Software to their view… 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

22 Examples of Love and Dating Logo Design

22 Examples of Love and Dating Logo Design

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Marine and Wildlife Photography by Manchester Creative Ryan Johnson

Marine and Wildlife Photography by Manchester Creative Ryan Johnson

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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

73 Links and Photos That Will Make Your Photography-Loving Head Explode

It’s been a truly wonderful week online in the world of photography, and Toad Hollow Photography has been busy collecting the best set of links to tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone.  This is a really great list highlighting wonderful work by some of the best… read more

Microsoft Has Huge Changes in Store for Windows Phone 8 [REPORT]

Brace yourself, Windows Phone users, because everything’s going to change.

An internal Microsoft video that was supposedly leaked to a website reveals that the entire mobile operating system will be revamped later this year to better integrate it with the upcoming Windows 8. Many abilities will be added and some… read more

Hands On With Microsoft Surface 2

Touchscreens are so yesterday’s news, but 40-inch HD displays that can handle 20 or more fingers of touch and real-time interaction with people, objects and tags? That’s something to get excited about. It’s also pretty much the description of Microsoft’s Surface… read more

Apple Employee’s iPhone Messages Accidentally Broadcast to Bloggers [VIDEO]

A glitch with an Apple store employee’s iPhone SIM card has allowed his personal life to be spied on by tech bloggers.

The incident happened after the employee inserted his personal SIM card into a customer’s broken iPhone to repair it. The… read more

Steve Jobs Mocked in Ad for Android Tablet [VIDEO]

Steve Jobs, sporting a halo and wings, extols the virtues of an Android tablet in a Taiwanese ad that’s getting attention in the U.S. for its disrespectful treatment of the late Apple cofounder.

The 20-second ad, which hit YouTube this week, features Taiwanese comedian and impersonator Ah-Ken. Clad in… read more

Freebie: St. Valentine’s Day Icon Set (10 PNG/PSD Icons)

Every now and then, we release useful freebies for all of our highly valued readers. Today, it is our pleasure to present to you Cuberto‘s fantastic St. Valentine’s icon set  —  exclusively designed for Smashing Magazine and its loyal readers. The icons presented are available in transparent PNGs as well… read more

Focus on Street Photographer Eric Kim ~ In your face with a smile!

If you shoot street photography, you have most likely heard of California based photographer Eric Kim. He is so active in the social media and blogging world that it is virtually impossible to miss him and his big grin. Who is the person behind the Leica? I had the pleasure… read more

Email Guidelines

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Email Guidelines

Granted, the social media hit the World like a Big Bang. Anyone who is anyone is now a chronic blogger, and anyone who is not in it looks like a dead man walking. This may very well be, but one… read more

Valentine’s Day PSD

Valentine’s Day PSD

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Instagram Users Snap Spectacular Shots at Sailing’s Toughest Event [PICS]

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An AbuDhabi highway shot by Liam Goslett, a 19-year-old photographer from Toronto whose Tumblr blog is called Liam… read more

YouTube’s 20 Most-Shared Ads in January [VIDEOS]

From last year’s Super Bowl to the upcoming big game, here are the 20 most-shared ads from January, 2012.

Advertisers are increasingly catering to the web before taking commercials to television. Teasers or previews to advertisements are becoming as common as movie trailers. Last year, Volkswagen showcased a teaser to its… read more

Colbert’s Super PAC is Back, But Who’s the Biggest Donor?

One video game developer is hungry to see a “Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” as soon as possible.

Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC (Political Action Committee), “American’s for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” has raised more than $1 million since its creation in June, 2011. A… read more

Facebook IPO Filing Flings Open the Social Network Kimono

Facebook Wednesday filed for an initial public offering (IPO), seeking to raise $5 billion. But the company also revealed some big numbers via the SEC filing, from how many active users are on the site to how much the executives are getting paid.

Facebook — which earned $1 billion on… read more

Daily Inspiration #1046

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, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

60 Incredible Photos of the Day by National Geographic

60 Incredible Photos of the Day by National Geographic

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Typerighter: Typing in your Browser, the Righter Way

Writing from your browser doesn’t have to be difficult, confusing, or cluttered. Actually, writing online should be much simpler, since all you need is a browser and Internet connection, and your writing isn’t tied down to an app or device. If you’re writing in a native app, you’d better remember… 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

Best of Tuts+ in January 2012

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!

Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials

Create… read more

What’s So Great about Digital Photography?

Before digital cameras, the only way to get a digital image was to take a picture with a film camera, get the film developed, then have the photographic print or slide digitized using a scanner.

Digital cameras eliminate the time needed for developing and scanning. When you own a digital camera,… read more

30 Incredibly Useful Apps for Video Pros and Novices

The Mac has long been the homestead for effective and easy video editing, graphic design, and video compressing for many professionals and novices alike. If you are at all interested in getting your creative juices flowing, video wise, you will absolutely love this roundup. Many people know the big video… read more

10 Tips and Tricks for the Facebook iPhone App

1. Change Your Cover Photo on the Go

You can now change your cover photo from the mobile app.

Head… read more

Facebook to File for $5 Billion IPO on Wednesday [REPORT]

Facebook will file a preliminary prospectus for its long-awaited IPO Wednesday morning, but the company will raise less than expected — $5 billion — according to a report.

International Financing Review cites “sources close to the deal” who say the company is planning to raise half of the previously reported $10… read more

40+ Tips to Get the Most Out of Web Apps

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

While the web apps and sites we love… read more

20 Best Online To Do List Apps for Freelancers

To do list task managers and full productivity software is essential to a freelancers business. The style of design your looking for in a to do list app will differ based on the size of your small business, the nature of the services you offer, and your personal preferences.

You… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.118)

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

Another 11 Unmissable Games Available on the App Store

Back when the Mac App Store launched we gave you a roundup with all the great games available in it. Things change pretty quickly, and tons of new games have been added since then to the App Store. So, we decided to give you a second iteration of the roundup…. read more

A New Glance towards the Typography – Importance for Web

A New Glance towards the Typography – Importance for Web

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Landing Pages: 30+ Wickedly Awesome Template Designs

Ever been overwhelmed with your workload and concerned about meeting a project deadline?  If you’ve been a reader of Designrfix for a while now you know we feature the best the web has to offer and typically it’s for free.  While we always want to save you a buck, sometimes… read more

Microsoft Begins Private Preview of Office 15

Microsoft says it’s started a private preview program of the next version of Office to a “select group” of customers. Going far beyond just refining and enhancing existing applications, the next version of Microsoft Office, codenamed “Office 15,” will unite the software suite with the company’s cloud and mobile platforms.

Announcing… read more

How Mobile Games Leapt From Cult to Cultural Phenomenon

Although they’re played on small devices, mobile games are becoming a huge deal — and they’re not just confined to smartphones anymore.

Games like Doodle Jump and Pocket God were some of the first to expand into multimedia and merchandise markets. And Angry Birds has become ubiquitous enough that retailer… read more

Fantastic Female Body Painting

Fantastic Female Body Painting

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Apple Could Sell 40 Million iPhones in China in 2013 [REPORT]

Apple could move as many as 40 million iPhones in China in 2013, according to one analyst’s prediction.

As first reported by AppleInsider, Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty issued a note to investors Sunday that touches on the “vast untapped potential” for the iPhone in China.

As Apple CEO Tim Cook noted during… read more

30 Examples of Impressive Concept Art

For both video games and comic books, concept artists are necessary to create the aesthetically-pleasing visuals that enhance the storyline’s action and drama. From simple pencil sketches to 3D models, detailed character turnarounds to costumes, fantastic vehicles to intricate weapon design, the possibilities are endless.

These are some examples of impressive… read more

How the Peace Corps is Building a Community of Volunteers Online

When volunteers return home from service with The Peace Corps, they often want to stay in touch with fellow Corps members. Can social media help them do that?

Yes, says Erica Burman, director of communications at The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA).

The Peace Corps, a U.S. service program, sends Americans… read more

10 Hysterical Political Parodies on Twitter

There are countless parody accounts on Twitter — musicians, celebrities, cartoon characters and religious figures can all grace your feed with their presence. The most entertaining parodies, however, may be those of politicians around the world.

For some people, real politicians who utilize Twitter can be overwhelming with constant campaigning and… read more

Tweet Your Best Shot to Make NBA’s Curry Your Voicemail Assistant

How would you like to put an NBA star to work as your own personal phone operator?

That’s more or less the idea behind a Twitter-driven contest by Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry. Curry has called for fans to tweet him video clips their best moves from the game H-O-R-S-E,… read more

10 Blogger Widgets/Plugins Everyone Should Have

10 Blogger Widgets/Plugins Everyone Should Have

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20+ Colorful & Cute Websites Designed for Kids

20+ Colorful & Cute Websites Designed for Kids

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Best of the Week #207

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

Disassembly Art by Tod McLellan

Disassembly Art by Tod McLellan

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50 Best High Resolution Photography Wallpapers From National Geographic

50 Best High Resolution Photography Wallpapers From National Geographic

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30 Artistic Examples Of Typography Wallpapers

30 Artistic Examples Of Typography Wallpapers

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Happy 2nd Birthday, iPad. What Will This Toddler Be When it Grows up?

Two years ago Friday — Jan. 27, 2010 — Apple unveiled the iPad to the world. At the time, critics and analysts were quick to mock the name, criticize the devices shortcomings and predict that while the Apple name would sell the product, it wouldn’t create a new market.

Boy, were… read more

Why Facebook Is Really Worth $100 Billion

You know what hurts? Being wrong, that’s what hurts. Not just a little wrong, but $85 billion wrong.

Five years ago I laughed — dare I say chortled — over the idea that Facebook was worth $15 billion. Now it’s queuing up for the biggest Initial Public Offering in tech… read more

Seinfeld’s Kramer Reacts to Hearing Skrillex [VIDEOS]

A familiar Seinfeld clip of “hipster doofus” Cosmo Kramer has been set to dubstep beats from electronic music producer Skrillex — continuing the [Person] Reacts to Dubstep meme bumping loud (see other videos below).

The altered footage shows Kramer driving and then entertainingly reacting to hearing dubstep. People have already watched… read more

Daily Inspiration #1042

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, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

12 Rack Cards Design that will inspire you

12 Rack Cards Design that will inspire you

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Facebook to File for IPO Next Week [REPORT]

The long-awaited tech IPO of the year — perhaps of the decade — is on. Facebook will file its paperwork for an Initial Public Offering on Wednesday, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

If it comes to pass,… read more

A “Happy Snap” Lightroom Workflow

At Halloween last year I was asked to photograph some kids I’ve shot from time to time since they were born. Basically their mum likes to have some up to date photos of the kids and Halloween seemed like as good a time as any to get some shots.

When… read more

15 useful plugins for multi-author blogs

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CSS3 breadcrumbs

CSS3 breadcrumbs

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Free High Quality Grass Textures Collection

Free High Quality Grass Textures Collection

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Daily Inspiration #1041

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, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

How to Create Your Own UI Planner in Photoshop

How to Create Your Own UI Planner in Photoshop

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7 Ways to Follow ‘The Hunger Games’ Movie on Social Media

1. Capitol Couture

The newly launched Capitol Couture blog is dedicated to the styles featured in the upcoming film…. read more

Nokia’s Windows Phones Rising Slowly, CEO Hints at Tablet

The reinvention of Nokia is going slowly, if the last financial quarter is any indication. The Finnish cellphone giant lost nearly a billion euros in Q4 2011, or $1.3 billion. On top of that, Nokia sold 31% fewer smartphones than over the same period last year.

Despite those troubles, the company’s… read more

7 Key Tips for Leveraging Big Data

Dan Kimball is the Chief Marketing Officer of Kontagent, and an advisory board member for AppNation. Follow Dan on Twitter at @dmkimball05.

One of my company’s clients, the CEO of a top social and mobile game publisher, recently commented: “When you’re learning how to ski, you learn pretty quickly that… read more

Creative Uses for QR Codes

Nowadays we look around and all over the places see QR codes embedded into the ads, buildings, billboards, newspapers, cups, clothes and even into the roads.

The usage of QR (Quick Response) codes in promotional marketing is a great idea and just one more awesome way to engage people… read more

How to design Wide Screen Laptop in Photoshop

How to design Wide Screen Laptop in Photoshop

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Monday Inspiration #10 Light and Minimalist Websites

Monday Inspiration #10 Light and Minimalist Websites

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Google Thinks I’m a Middle-Aged Man. What About You?

I’m a woman who is too young to remember the Reagan administration, but Google has me pegged as a middle-aged man.

Given my habit of browsing technology websites, the search engine probably placed me in my father’s demographic a long time ago. But it didn’t break the news to me until… read more

Boxee With Live TV Is a Cord Cutter’s Dream [REVIEW]

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The home screen in Boxee 1.5 now has a new “Live TV” option when the Live TV dongle… read more

Perfect Portrait 1

Better Portraits in Less Time

Perfect Portrait 1 is a huge timesaver for portrait photographers. It automatically identifies faces and features, and with a press of a button, eyes become whiter and clearer, teeth become whiter, lips have greater definition, wrinkles are softened, and shine and blemishes are reduced. In… read more

6 Ways the Media Is Using Digital Tools to Cover the Election

Politicians have been deploying digital tools in new and innovative ways this election season, and the media outlets and journalists covering them have been doing the same. Throughout the 2012 battle for the White House, media outlets have been designing web apps dedicated to political coverage, while individual journalists have… read more

Twitter’s Newest Impostor: Celebrity Chef Bobby Flay’s Wife

Twitter has another celebrity impostor — someone pretending to be actress Stephanie March, wife of chef Bobby Flay.

On Tuesday morning, Flay addressed the many questions swirling around on Twitter regarding the @StephanieCMarch account, which launched Jan. 21 and racked up roughly 1,300 followers before Flay dubbed it inauthentic.

The impostor profile… read more

iPad to Kindle Fire: You’re Irrelevant

Apple just had its best quarter ever. While it was expected to have a great holiday season, no one saw the unbelievable numbers coming: 37 million iPhones sold, 140 million downloads on Christmas Day, $97 billion in the bank. A good chunk of that success was fueled by the iPhone… read more

Make Time for YOU – Part One

Many freelancers are stuck in a rut. We don’t dare pass up work because we aren’t confident it will keep coming in.

We forgo weekend plans and even vacations because we are busy. But guess what? All work and no play leads to burnout.

It’s important not to forget that… read more

Solar Storm Puts Beautiful Northern Lights on Display [VIDEO]

The solar storm that showered the Earth on Tuesday, Jan. 24, was one of the strongest such occurrences in recent years.

It was only a minor nuisance for people on Earth, but for some, it was a great chance to catch northern lights or aurora borealis, a natural light effect… read more

A Showcase of Typography in Webdesign

Functional web typography is, of course, key to the usabilty of any website. But functional does not mean boring.
Big, loud and attention grabbing typography does have the presence and magnificence to truly grab the attention of your visitors.
It does not quite shout at your… read more

“What if…” Some Popular Movies Were Made in Different Eras

“What if…” Some Popular Movies Were Made in Different Eras

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Bill Gates Recalls Final Talks With Steve Jobs

Bill Gates reflects on the death of his longtime friend and rival Steve Jobs in an upcoming interview with Nightline’s Bill Weir.

“You gotta pick important stuff because you only have a limited amount of time,” Gates says, reflecting on Jobs’ passing, mortality and his own philanthropic… read more

25 Superb WordPress Premium Themes To Get Inspired From

25 Superb WordPress Premium Themes To Get Inspired From

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Why Social Media Needs to Get More Personal

Patrick Moorhead is president and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, a highly regarded high-tech industry analyst firm focused on the disruptive ecosystems of smartphones, tablets, personal computers, living room devices and social media.

New social media service Path promises to bring your true friends (not just acquaintances) together in a much more… read more

Creative Coffee and Tea Logo Designs

Creative Coffee and Tea Logo Designs

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Time Warner Helps Social TV Startup Bluefin Labs Raise $12 Million in Funding

Social TV analytics startup Bluefin Labs has raised $12 million in a Series B round of funding, which means the company will be expanding its resources to help TV networks and marketers keep track of how audiences are responding to shows via social media sites.

Time Warner Investments led the round… read more

Freebie: Colorful 3D UI Kit

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We have a fantastic freebie for all of you web designers out there, you’ll love this:)
Designed by Land-of-Web, the Colorful 3D UI Kit comes in .psd format and is full of beautifully designed modern web elements covering almost all aspects of web design,… 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

What Apple Earnings Will Tell Us About iPad 3 and the Tablet Market

When Apple releases its earnings for the first fiscal quarter of 2012 late Tuesday, we’ll learn just how much the tablet market has changed since the release of the Kindle Fire in November — one of the main reasons tablet ownership shot up over the holiday season.

With its bargain-basement… read more