Google+ Redesign: Here’s What’s New

Google’s social network got a redesign on Wednesday that makes it prettier and easier to navigate.

“It accelerates our efforts to create a simpler, more beautiful Google,” Google Senior Vice President Vic Gundotra argued in a blog post announcing the redesign.

Some of the design elements included in the update echo… read more

Interesting Things Designers Can Do With Extra Time

A little R&R can go a long way to refresh the body and fill your mind with all the great ideas you need for creative success. In this article, Divya Rawat shares a series of things you can do during your off time to keep yourself productive, energized,… read more

CSS Sprites Revisited

I’m pretty confident that I won’t surprise anyone here by saying that CSS sprites have been around for quite a while now, rearing their somewhat controversial heads in the Web development sphere as early as 2003.

Still, the CSS sprite hasn’t truly found its way into the everyday toolkit of the… read more

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Becomes a Movie Character

Emmy Award winner Anthony LaPaglia will play a detective tracking a young Julian Assange in an upcoming film that focuses on the WikiLeaks founder’s early forays into Internet hacking.

Golden Globe winner Rachel Griffiths will play Assange’s activist mother. Assange himself will be played by film newcomer Alex Williams.

The… read more

CloudOn Brings Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader To Your iPad

In January CloudOn launched its iPad app allowing you to access and work with Microsoft Office documents directly on your iPad, saving those documents to DropBox. Tuesday, the company took its app a step further, adding support for Adobe Reader as well as the ability to also store and access… read more

Daily Inspiration #1105

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

The Genius

Surreal genius.

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Olympus SZ-14 Review

This review camera dropped out of the box — in bright red! Talk about making a statement!

I’m not sure how you all feel about CICs — cameras in colours. It’s not that important to me, except for the benefit of making the control IDs more visible.

Otherwise, the Olympus SZ-14 is… read more

Presets – Update to the Ultimate Fighter Presets from Yesterday

Hey everyone. First, if you’re reading this make sure you scroll to the next post, as I’m giving away some free tickets to my upcoming Lightroom seminars. Next, I just realized that there’s two problems here on the site. 1) I named the “Ultimate Fighter” style presets from yesterday with… read more

Google Reader vs Reeder

Google Reader is one of the predominant RSS subscription apps and, for the few phases of RSS use I’ve encountered, I’ve used it. Google’s product is stellar and offers a great selection of features, but there’s always room for improvement. Unfortunately, today on the web, it’s one of the only apps… read more

‘Legend of Grimrock’ Resurrects the Old-School Dungeon Crawl [REVIEW]

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Use Dragon Logos and Create some Attraction in your Business

Use Dragon Logos and Create some Attraction in your Business

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Daily Inspiration #1104

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

Toggl: Time Tracking You’ll Actually Use

Whether you’re a freelancer, billing your clients by the hour, or are working with your team on an awesome idea, It’s always a good idea to track your time. Tracking time lets you plan your tasks better, period. But most of the apps available are riddled with bugs or confusing… read more

2.5 Million Laptops Later, One Laptop Per Child Doesn’t Improve Test Scores [STUDY]

At $200 per computer, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has sold or facilitated donations of about 2.5 million laptops to classrooms in 42 different countries.

A new study suggests those laptops do not, however, have any effect on achievement in math or language.

The study, which was conducted by development funding… read more

The Benefits of the Freelancers Union

There’s a union for every profession, and freelancers are no exception. If the thought of joining a union conjures up images of strikes, scabs and outrageous membership dues, think again! The Freelancers Union is an awesome nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting freelancers from all disciplines—and membership is 100 percent… read more

Photoshop CS6 Beta: What Makes This Update Great

Since Adobe announced the beta for Photoshop CS6 a little over a week ago, it has been downloaded more than half a million times. Even if you’ve managed to miss the onslaught of tweets and reviews, the magnitude of eager testers should indicate how anxious photographers and designers were for… read more

Giveaway: Win Impressionist UI Packs

We are again excited to present you with special, more exciting prizes. InstantShift again came up with cool freebies giveaway as promised. This is our way of saying thanks to our readers for being part of the iShift community and helping us make it to where we are right now.

We… read more

Integrating Google Calendar with your website

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James Cameron Shows What Really Happened to the Titanic [VIDEO]

Using a new computer-generated animation, James Cameron and fellow researchers fine-tune their theory of how the Titanic looked as it sank into the freezing Atlantic on April 15,1912. The two-night television event entitled Titanic: The Final Word With James Cameron starts on April 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on… read more

Daily Inspiration #1103

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.

Do you want to see… read more

What to Do When A Potential Employer Asks for Your Facebook Password

Tony Morrison is the Vice President of Business Development at Cachinko. Find him on Talent Connection and connect with Cachinko on Facebook or Twitter.

Could you imagine a job interview during which your interviewer asks you for your Facebook password? Well folks, it’s happening and you should know what to do… read more

Call to Action Buttons: The Perfect Message

Call to Action Buttons: The Perfect Message

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Web Reacts to Death of ’60 Minutes’ Anchor Mike Wallace

Famed 60 Minutes broadcaster Mike Wallace died Saturday night at age 93, CBS News announced Sunday, and fans and fellow journalists quickly took to social networks to express their condolences.

Wallace was surrounded by his family at a Connecticut care facility when he died.

Wallace — one of 60 Minutes‘s original… read more

DesignChat with Dr. Stefan Bucher from The Daily Monster

Dr. Stefan Bucher joined the discussion on DesignChat on July 20th, 2011. Like the previous guest, Robert Petrick, he is a judge for the STA’s Archive 11 show and will travel to Chicago to participate in all events.

Stefan reveals that part of the motivation in using inkblots for The… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Apr 2 – Apr 8, 2012

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Create a Stylized Election Poster Using Illustrator

It’s election season! Time for graphic designers to start helping clients design posters for their upcoming campaigns. It’s a great time to be a designer as each and every city has candidates making their run for spots.

Using Live Trace and Live Paint in Illustrator makes stylized posters an… read more

43 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

If you missed any of Mashable‘s resources this week, hopefully it wasn’t because you were dealing with that nasty “Flashback” virus (make sure you check if your Mac has been infected by using this nifty script).

Once you know you’re not one of the 600,000 unlucky ones hit with the malware… read more

Video Pick: Best Tips to Work Better, Not Harder

View engaging conference lectures, interesting how to discussions, and high quality freelance advice via video here on FreelanceSwitch.

This week we look at Best Tips to Work Better, Not Harder by Lifehacker. In this video Adam Dachis and Adam Pash show us how to improve our freelance office setup, with… read more

Instagrille Is Instagram For Windows Computers [VIDEO]

A Windows application called Instagrille is bringing Instagram to your Windows computer. Able to do most of the same things you can do with the mobile version of the app –- except unfortunately upload photos — the free desktop app can be used to browse through photographs on the… read more

Best of the Week #217

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

Daily Inspiration #1102

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

9 Ways to Engage Your Employees on Pinterest

Social media is all about user/customer interaction — that much we know. But many businesses value staff engagement as well. Pinterest‘s collaborative approach encourages employees to not only get to know each other, but also to communicate their personalities and tastes to the wider public.

Marketing and communications agency Red Door… read more

Preparing for Disaster

Imagine waking up one morning, booting up your system and realizing that your hard drive is dead. Or maybe you returned from vacation to see that your office has been flooded.

These scenarios would be difficult for anyone. But, for a freelance designer, it could put you out of… read more

Americans Reading More Ebooks on Computers Than Ereaders, Phones [STUDY]

One in five Americans read an ebook in the past year, according to a 3,000-person survey released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. Of those one in five, 42% said they read an ebook on a computer, making it the most popular device for reading electronic copies of books.

It’s a… read more

Indiegogo’s New Brand Identity and Site Design

Indiegogo’s New Brand Identity and Site Design

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35 Cool Business Cards To Inspire You

35 Cool Business Cards To Inspire You

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Nobeliumful Free WordPress Theme

Nobeliumful Free WordPress Theme

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Obama Signs ‘Game-Changing,’ Crowd-Funding JOBS Act

President Obama called the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act a “game-changing” bill moments before singing it into law Thursday afternoon.

The JOBS Act is a bipartisan bill which aims to make it easier for startups to grow, hire employees and contribute to the United States’ sluggish economic recovery.

The bill… read more

Use Dingbat fonts – A Part and Parcel for your Design

Use Dingbat fonts – A Part and Parcel for your Design

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Mashable Launches New Events Board

We’re delighted to announce the launch of a new Events Board, which aims to bring together event organizers and the Mashable community.

We have long recognized that one of the great challenges for the Mashable community is that it’s difficult to discover all relevant regional, national or international events for… read more

Reddit Users Team Up to Defeat SOPA Lawmaker Lamar Smith

A group of Reddit users think that Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX.), author of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), has got to go — and they’ve formed a Political Action Committee, or PAC, to give him the boot.

TestPAC was first formed in January in the aftermath of the Internet community’s… read more

Giveaway – 2 Premium Themes from PurtyPixels and WPCrown Magazine

Giveaway – 2 Premium Themes from PurtyPixels and WPCrown Magazine

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Key tips to become professional logo designer

Key tips to become professional logo designer

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The Art Of Launching An App: A Case Study

You’ve made your first app!

Now what?

Anyone in the app business knows that marketing an app is tough. And according to a recent article on TechCrunch, “Getting a mobile app noticed in the increasingly crowded mobile app market is more difficult than ever.” Some titles and concepts are truly unique. Angry… read more

10 Best HTML5 Audio Players

10 Best HTML5 Audio Players

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Adobe Camp Brazil

Due to great success in 2010 and 2011, Flash Camp Brazil got bigger and now is Adobe Camp Brazil, with talks and workshops on Design, Development and Digital Video. Some of the best professionals in the world, coming from companies like Google, Adobe, QNX, Conspiração Filmes, PontoMobi Group, Sencha and… read more

Go Forth and Sell!

I got a call from a friend a few days ago and it seems his small business is getting smaller by the minute. Not only is he on the brink of collapse financially, his one major customer looks like they will be folding up shop soon and that will… read more

iOS Apps That Could Still Make It to the Mac

There has been some heated debate over the extent to which iOS and OS X will merge in the coming years. Whatever Apple has up its sleeves for the future, it is undeniable that the company is at least trying to make its apps and branding more unified across both… read more

19 Bold Examples of Typography in Web Design For Your Inspiration

19 Bold Examples of Typography in Web Design For Your Inspiration

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Jeremy Lin Holds Post-Surgery Facebook Chat, Throws Up in the Middle of It

“just woke up. lets do this Q&A before i get on my video games lol”

That’s how famed basketball star Jeremy Lin began his online Facebook Q&A just hours after undergoing knee surgery. As of this writing, nearly 50,000 people had liked the status update.

An MRI last Monday revealed the New… read more

Free Premium Files For April 2012

Free Premium Files For April 2012

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Use Grunge Brushes in Photoshop and Explore your Skills

Use Grunge Brushes in Photoshop and Explore your Skills

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Morgan Spurlock’s Comic-Con Movie: How to Support a Screening Near You

Morgan Spurlock’s latest film may not have the mass appeal of a flick like Hunger Games — but he still wants fans to have the chance to experience it on the big screen.

The film, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope chronicles the cultural phenomenon that is San Diego Comic-Con…. read more

Facebook vs. Yahoo Round 2: Social Network Files a Suit of Its Own

The Facebook-Yahoo grudge match continues.

Now Facebook is countersuing Yahoo, denying Yahoo’s allegations that Facebook infringed on the company’s patents — and claiming Yahoo is actually infringing on Facebook’s patents.

Facebook’s counter-claim, filed Tuesday, denies Yahoo’s statements that many of Facebook’s tools and features on the site stem from developments… read more

LG Viper Will Be Sprint’s First LTE Phone

The LG Viper will be Sprint’s first LTE handset. Sprint announced Tuesday that pre-orders for the handset will officially begin on April 12, with the phone becoming available on a yet-to-be-announced date later this month.

The LG Viper was announced at CES in January. The 4-inch touchscreen handset comes running… read more

Weekly Poll: Did You Ever Get a Chromebook?

<a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/6104021/”>Did you ever get a Google Chromebook?</a>Oh Google. You startup so many new projects, and yet fail to see so many of them through to the end. Case in point, at least possibly: Chromebooks.

Chromebooks were supposed to be a new category of netbooks that only ran Chrome. They were… read more

Drop Caps: Historical Use And Current Best Practices With CSS

The practice of using a large letter to mark the start of a text has been around for almost two thousand years. Illustrated caps increased usability by marking important passages and guiding readers through the text. Unlike their historic counterparts, drop caps on the Web don’t add value in terms… read more

Change Your Point of View for Success

I really liked what blogger Emily Heyward had to say on her recent FastCompany.com blog post called Desks, Where Creativity Goes To Die. The SXSW attendee stepped outside of her comfort zone at the conference and learned a thing or two.

Initially, I tried to attend talks or panels directly… read more

10 Free Little Known WordPress Plugins to Enhance Your Site

Since 2003, WordPress has helped build and run over 72 million sites worldwide with their simple yet incredibly powerful platform. You can create a blog in minutes and fill it with the content you want, or you could spend hours finding the perfect theme and plugins to make your site… read more

Create a Vector Tape Measure in Illustrator CS5

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a vector tape measure. Learn to use professional pixel perfect vector shape building techniques, break shapes apart as needed with Pathfinder tools, and color your graphic elements with highlights and gradients, resulting in a metallic tape measure illustration.

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Build Your Empire with Rome Total War Gold

Rome Total War was originally released on PC back in 2004, but for many years Mac owners were unable to get in on the action and enjoy this game which combines elements of classic turn-based strategy and live battle. Luckily for us, Feral Interactive eventually stepped in and ported a… read more

15+ Brilliant Magazine and Layout Design Tutorials

15+ Brilliant Magazine and Layout Design Tutorials

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Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom Is Back Online, Working on an Album

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is back online.

A New Zealand judge on Monday granted the file-sharing demigod Internet access and swimming privileges, as well as permission to finish an in-progress music album and hold weekly meetings with his Megaupload co-defendants.

Dotcom was granted bail on Feb. 21, but that came… read more

iPhone Documentary Takes on Syria: Is This the Future of Journalism?

An anonymous undercover reporter for Al Jazeera has captured the Syrian uprising in a first-of-its-kind-documentary — recorded on an iPhone.

The 25 minute documentary, “Syria: Songs of Defiance,” aired on Al Jazeera’s show People & Power earlier this month. Al Jazeera has not released the reporter’s name for safety reasons…. read more

Fear the Unibrow! NCAA Star’s Epic Eye Hair Dominates Internet [PICS]

1. Y U NO?!?

A meme hasn’t truly arrived until it gets the “Y U NO” treatment.

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60 HD iPad Retina Wallpapers

60 HD iPad Retina Wallpapers

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Best of Tuts+ in March 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

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Demystifying Facebook: Do’s and Don’ts of Facebook

Your social graph is determined by the quality of conversations, people on the network and information exchanged you and your network members. Hence, it’s important to adopt some best practices (Dos) and refrain from indulging in certain kind of untoward behavior (Don’ts) while interacting on a day-to-day basis. Though, you… read more

Turning propaganda poster images into modern web design

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NBA Brings Twitter Handles to T-Shirts in Pro Sports First

So you’re a big Kevin Durant fan. You watch his games, you wear his jersey — but do you have his Twitter-handle T-shirt?

In what’s believed to be a pro sports first, the NBA this week began selling official T-shirts that feature some of the league’s biggest stars’ Twitter handles… read more

Sea side Wallpapers – A Great Glimpse of Nature

Sea side Wallpapers – A Great Glimpse of Nature

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Best of the Week #216

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

This Week in App News: 26 – 31 March 2012

This week has seen quite a few updates to popular Mac apps, such as iTunes and Safari as well as a sneak preview of some new upcoming Adobe software. As always, here’s Mac AppStorm’s weekly roundup of the goings-on in the world of Mac software.

Apple pushes updates for iTunes, Safari… read more

Shoptiques Lets You Shop Boutiques Like a Local

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.

Name: Shoptiques

Quick Pitch: Shop local boutiques online.

Genius Idea: Brings an offline industry online; lets you shop by… read more

This Camera Lets You Take Photos With Your Hands

Researchers at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences have created a prototype for a new type of camera called Ubi-Camera that lets you snap a photograph by creating a rectangle with your hands.

Here’s how it works: Connect the device to your index finger and then form a rectangle… read more

Daily Inspiration #1096

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

U.S. Ambassador: I’ve Been Hacked By Russian Journalists

Michael McFaul, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, took to Twitter Thursday night to accuse Russian media organization NTV of hacking his cell phone and email account.

McFaul was about to meet with a Russian human rights activist in Moscow on Thursday evening when NTV reporters confronted him, according to The Telegraph…. read more

Exceptional Dribbble Invite Shots

Dribbble is one of the most famous online designers community. It’s an amazing gallery where people can show screenshots of their recent or upcoming works and share high-quality freebies with others. But Dribbble is not only place where you can show off your skills, it is also a source for… read more

To Revamp or Not to Revamp?

I guess everybody can think of site revamps that went terribly wrong and of revamps that really improved a site. However, when you discuss somebody else’s site it is much easier than when you need to decide if your own site needs a revamp.

There are times when you… read more

RIM to Refocus on Enterprise, Will No Longer Try to Be ‘Everybody’s Darling’

It’s tough times for Research in Motion. That was the clear message from RIM’s newbie CEO, Thorsten Heins, during a call about quarterly company earnings Thursday afternoon.

Not only are revenues down — $4.2 billion from $5.2 billion last quarter — but former co-CEO Jim Balsille has now officially left the… read more

Facebook Adds Yahoo Patent Lawsuit to IPO Filing

Facebook updated its $5 billion initial public offering (IPO) filing this week to include the details about its patent battle with Yahoo.

This is the third time Facebook has amended its S-1 form. The list of lawsuits against the company seems to grow as the company gets closer to becoming… read more

6 Ways to Acquire New Customers via Social Media

The Customer Experience Series is supported by Webtrends. Get insider tips and a step-by-step guide to acquiring, engaging and nurturing fans. Download the Playbook.

We all know social media is an important tool for brand awareness and customer acquisition — but how exactly are you supposed to convert random Twitter… read more

Creative Logo Design: 20 Bird Logos for Inspiration

Creative Logo Design: 20 Bird Logos for Inspiration

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Activist Group Says Apple Hired Auditors As PR Move [REPORT]

Activist group SumOfUs is preemptively contesting the validity of an audit by the Fair Labor Association (FLA), saying Apple’s hiring of the organization is simply a public relations front.

Expect the audit, which will be released this week, to be critical of the factories, but as far as making impactful… read more

40+ Coffee/Espresso Logo Designs for Inspiration

40+ Coffee/Espresso Logo Designs for Inspiration

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Is Kickstarter the Future for Tech Hardware Entrepreneurs?

Lance Parker is building something he says will bring a new level of convenience and security to on-the-go computing — and he’s funding the project through Kickstarter.

His product is called Compude, a tiny device that allows users to take a data-locked version of their personal computers’ contents with them,… read more

10 Classic Gadgets Upcycled Into Fashion Accessories

1. Floppy Disk Bag

Whether you use it as a lunch box, a purse or a knapsack, this floppy… read more

Oh iMac, Where Are You?

If you take a look at the Buyers Guide on MacRumors, you’ll notice that the iMac has been lying dormant for just under a year (since May 2011 to be precise), the longest period of silence since before 2008. The site recommends that any potential iMac buyers hold off for… read more

35 Extremely Sexist Ads That You Should See

35 Extremely Sexist Ads That You Should See

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Beyond Likes: How Google and Adobe Aim to Measure Your True Social ROI

Measuring marketing spending used to be pretty easy, at least in theory: You’d run a big ad campaign and then see if your sales rose. If they did, great. If not, then you wasted your money.

Social media has muddied the waters. A campaign may not do much for sales, but… read more

My Favorites From Photoshop World Washington DC

This was one of the most fun, most inspirational, most friendly Photoshop World’s I’ve been to. I’m not sure if it was because the location was new which meant more people (and new people) could come, or because of the great weather that the northeast has been having, but Photoshop… read more

Samsung Ships 5 Million Galaxy Notes in 5 Months

Samsung announced on Wednesday that it has shipped more than 5 million units of its part-phone, part-tablet device, the Galaxy Note.

Samsung revealed on the company’s Korean site that more than 5 million Galaxy Note devices have been shipped to retailers and other partners since its October launch. However, Samsung didn’t… read more

A Showcase Of Outstanding 3D Digital Renders

Here we come with an outstanding round up of 3D digital renders for you. 3D rendering gives your digital work a boost up that they require to rise off from their virtual canvases. This post will definitely serve as an inspiration booster as you will see some amazing digital works… read more

40 free high resolution leaf textures

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35 Beautiful Panorama Photos

35 Beautiful Panorama Photos

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Introducing Tello — a Faster Way to Solve Customer Service Issues

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.

Name: Tello

Quick Pitch: Review and talk to businesses about your experience from your smartphone or tablet

Genius… read more

Google Docs vs Microsoft’s SkyDrive Apps

The options for your word processing, presentation making and spreadsheet creation needs have expanded significantly with the advancements of technology, both in native and web-based apps. The apps you need for your business work and more are available now not only on traditional personal computers, but also on mobile devices and the… read more

How Ghana Is Using Social Media to Promote Voter Registration

Ghana’s general elections are coming up this December, and to help streamline the voter registration process, the country is now implementing its first-ever biometric voter registration — in other words, using fingerprint technology to help verify identity. Ghana is also using social media to publicize the process, correct misconceptions and… read more

‘Eat It Don’t Tweet It’ Music Video Mocks Food Pornographers [VIDEO]

You know those people who insist on whipping out their smartphones to take photos of everything they eat then immediately share the pictures across social networks? That culinary paparazzi takes a verbal beating in this music video.

Dubbed “Eat It Don’t Tweet It,” the hilarious song tells the story… read more