Tuesday Total Textures #8

Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can use in your projects. Check out this week’s textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection.

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Some things we may not see again from Apple

Conan O’Brien once had a recurring segment on Late Night called “Guests We Won’t Have Back,” during which he would look back at guests (who were fake) that he regretted having on the show. There was bug expert Sara Wiggins, who ate a live beetle in front of the camera…. read more

Free Music Monday: Get 10 Free Downloads Right Here!

Greetings and salutations, music fans! Please join us for Free Music Monday this week, wherein we offer you 10 free downloadable MP3s or full albums for your eclectic listening pleasure. If you haven’t hung out with us before, we’re giving away free and legal tracks in honor of the… read more

Viral YouTube Video Gets Crying 3-Year-Old Fan a Justin Bieber Visit

A viral video of a 3-year-old crying fan caught the eye of pop star Justin Bieber (and/or Jimmy Kimmel producers), who paid the girl’s entire family a visit this past Friday. He also tweeted about the meet and greet and posted a photo to showcase the tear-free face-to-face gathering… read more

15 Useful Premium Plugins for WordPress

In the past few years the growth of the premium/commercial WordPress theme market has grown exponentially. While there are also premium plugins available, they generally get far less attention than premium themes. The right plugin will allow you to improve your site through specific functionality that might otherwise take a… read more

10 Reasons You Should Attend or Watch a Global Ignite Week Event

What was once just a Seattle event — first started by Brady Forrest of O’Reilly Media and Bre Pettis of Etsy.com in 2006 — Ignite has grown to become an ongoing series of International geek gatherings where the brightest minds get five minutes of stage time to make their… read more

Upgrading to Windows Phone 7 May Not Be Possible

Yes, most of us want Windows Phone 7 to be very different from Windows Mobile. And Microsoft promised that it will, indeed, be different, closer to the latest generation of Zunes than to a Windows Mobile 6.x phone. But it comes with a price: chances are owners of Windows… read more

Awesome T-shirt Designs

Everyone likes to wear tees and why not have some awesome tee to go with your personality. I selected a few awesome tees I found over at emptees, and you can take a look, get inspired and go after the ones you liked the most. Enjoy!

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We7 Gives UK Users Another Music Streaming Option on the iPhone

Peter Gabriel-backed UK music streaming service we7 just launched an iPhone app which lets Premium+ users listen to music on their iPhone, ad-free.

We7 gives several options to users: free service is ad-supported, and works worldwide, Premium option is UK-only and lets you stream music (without ads) from your PC,… read more

The Future Of CSS Typography

There has been an increasing and sincere interest in typography on the web over the last few years. Most websites rely on text to convey their messages, so it’s not a surprise that text is treated with utmost care. In this article, we’ll look at some useful techniques and clever… read more

The Perfect Office #26

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?

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5 Best iPhone Apps For Controlling Your Mac or PC

With more than 140,000 apps in the iPhone App Store, finding task-specific apps or utilities for your iPhone or iPod touch (and soon iPad) isn’t the hard part. The hard part is finding the best app for the job. That’s why we’re launching a new series here at… read more

10 Firefox Add-ons to Beautify Your Browser

You’ve clearly made an educated decision in choosing the Firefox browser, so why not make further decisions about how it looks? As you may know, Firefox can give you a totally personalized browser experience, with plenty of options to customize its look and feel.

We’ve trawled the plethora of available… read more

4.35 Million Watch Chile Earthquake and Hawaii Tsunami Video Streams

Yesterday video streaming site Ustream ran live video of local news broadcasts covering the earthquake in Chile and the ensuing Hawaii tsunami warning. Today Ustream announced that it has delivered 4.35 million streams related to the events.

Some streams were news station broadcasts, but some were live streams from cell… read more

My on-again, off-again Apple relationship

The Apple IIe was the only computer I used in school through 1990. I spent most of seventh grade cooking up little text-based adventure games in BASIC, and I even learned some rudimentary drawing and audio programming, all of which I forgot long ago. In mid-1990, the school revamped our… read more

Thanks to the Mac.AppStorm Sponsors

We’d like to say a big thank you to this month’s AppStorm sponsors, and the great software they create! If you’re interested in advertising, you can order a slot through BuySellAds.

CleanMyMac – CleanMyMac represents a sophisticated all-in-one-suite utility that helps keep your Mac clean and healthy.

MiniBooks – A handy… read more

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: March 2010

Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months. And to make them… read more

Android 2.1 Coming to All U.S. Android Phones? [RUMOR]

Version 2.1 of the Android operating system (which currently powers newer handsets like the Nexus One) may be coming to older Android phones in the U.S, according to a report. This corroborates some earlier rumors, and comes despite speculation that 2.1 simply wouldn’t fit on older hardware like… read more

Found Footage: Google’s ad, Mac style

Happy weekend! Google may have won some hearts with its Super Bowl ad a little while back, but we all know that Apple is the king of advertising when it comes to technology, so YouTuber allenmonroeiii decided to make a little parody of the Google ad and promote the Mac… read more

Google Nexus One Comes to Verizon March 23 [RUMOR]

Google’s Nexus One is coming to Verizon on March 23, according to a report. The launch announcement is expected during CTIA Wiresless 2010 in Las Vegas.

The device recently passed FCC inspection for use on Verizon’s CDMA network, reports Neowin, citing an anonymous Googler as its source. The… read more

88 Ultimate Round-Up of Photoshop Photo Manipulation Tutorials

When it comes to Image editing or photo enhancement, Adobe Photoshop is usually the primary option to consider. However, the software package itself is a quite hard to learn — and extremely hard to master.

Display beautiful images is a potent element in web and graphic design, where there is less… read more

Photofont WebReady: A Revolutionary Font Converter

Photofont WebReady is a revolutionary technology for website typography. Fontlab’s Photofont WebReady can be called a font converter meant for Windows and Mac OS X systems, which can help you customize the fonts on a web page. Since the main technology lies in the conversion of texts into Flash objects,… read more

TUAW redux: The future of iPhone OS and Mac OS

This is a familiar viewpoint to us here on TUAW. Last year, I asked whether the future of the Mac OS would turn out to be the iPhone. In my write-up, I pointed out that the iPhone OS was built from scratch to work with Objective C 2.0 with its… read more

Apple files for ‘Magic Trackpad’ trademark

No one knows exactly what this thing is for, or where it might be used. It could be for the new iPad, or something for the upcoming laptop refresh. It could well be an extension of the work Apple has done on multitouch, or something completely different. Apple has filed… read more

People Searching for Footage of SeaWorld Tragedy Hit with Viruses, Rickroll [VIDEO]

If you’re one of the many searching for footage of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau (who was killed by Tilikum the whale during a show), be warned: You could be vulnerable to viral attack, or, at the very least, a Rickroll.

Ever since the tragic incident at SeaWorld on… read more

Yelp CEO Denies Extortion Scheme

Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppleman has just released a passionate statement denying all wrongdoing on Yelp’s part, addressing a class action lawsuit filed on Tuesday that purports that Yelp is running an “extortion scheme.”

In the statement, Stoppleman begins by addressing “the long history of people accusing Yelp of monkeying around… read more

Daily Inspiration #443

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

Interview with Dan Noe of Noe Design Studios

I recently had the opportunity to interview multi-media designer Dan Noe. Many DesignM.ag readers have probably seen Dan’s portfolio site for Noe Design Studio showcased at various design galleries or blogs. Dan works at Screenscape Studios in Des Moines, Iowa. I hope you’ll find Dan’s insight and experience to be… read more

Social Media Analysis: The 2010 Winter Olympics

Teresa Basich is the Content Marketing Manager at Radian6, the social media monitoring and engagement platform. She blogs at Writing On Purpose and is @TransitionalTee on Twitter.

The Olympics. They’ve been talked about, reported on, blogged about, tweeted, YouTubed, Facebooked, Flickred, and then some. A sporting event of this magnitude… read more

Ask TUAW: Shopping for new Macs, iPhone home screens, home folder on external disk, and more

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you’re using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we’ll assume you’re running Snow… read more

Wildfire’s Hot Campaign Winners

We recently reviewed Wildfire, an amazing web application for creating branded interactive promotions like sweepstakes, contests and giveaways with the viral features of the social web. Wildfire was kind enough to give three Premium campaigns away to our readers, each valued at more than $250. Thanks Wildfire team!

Congrats to our… read more

Mac 101: Navigating OS X with your keyboard

Enter the world of keyboard shortcuts. A keyboard shortcut is exactly what the name implies: a way of using the keys on your keyboard to quickly perform tasks that typically would require multiple steps using a mouse. Before we dive in to the magic keystrokes, let’s take a quick look… read more

First Glimpse of Nokia’s Symbian 4 Operating System [VIDEO]

Besides being the most awkwardly named mobile operating system ever, Symbian^4 (that’s the official name) is also a very important step for Nokia, who (although Symbian still dominates the worldwide smartphone market) has been struggling to make Symbian competitive with touch-friendly Android and iPhone OS.

Now, Fierce Wireless has managed… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #37

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#37 and make sure to comeback… read more

Rumor: Steam coming to the Mac?

<ptale Games recently held a Mac revolution, and that was a nice piece of news for Mac gamers, but this would be a "game-changer": Valve may be considering bringing their Steam platform over to the Mac. They released the beta version of the new UI for their digital game delivery… read more

Palm webOS 1.4 Update Comes Today, Brings Video Capture, Flash 10 Support

The folks at Engadget have managed to dig up a full changelog of the upcoming Palm Pre and Pixi webOS update, version 1.4, and it’s definitely an interesting one.

Besides bringing a couple of bug fixes, it’s also quite loaded with new feature, some of which long-awaited, such as video… read more

Breathtaking Masterpieces Of Creative Photography

Today, we are showing you another great collection of Breathtaking Masterpieces Of Creative Photography. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not… read more

Plants vs. Zombies breaks records on the iPhone

<pap has released some sales information on their latest iPhone game, Plants vs. Zombies, and it's a runaway hit: the game has sold over 300,000 copies in just the nine days it's been out on the App Store, which means the company has garnered over $1 million in sales already…. read more

Daily Inspiration #442

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

Has Digg Found the Winning Formula for Ads?

Digg took a big risk when they added in-line advertisements that users could digg or bury. Four months later, however, early signs indicate that DiggAds are a win for all parties involved: users, advertisers, and especially Digg.

This latest bit of information was shared in a blog post earlier today… read more

Opera 10.5 Beta for Mac Adds Multi-Touch Gestures

Opera just released the 10.5 beta version of its web browser for Mac computers — the fifth most popular browser on the market. We previously covered the Pre-Alpha version of 10.5, but this beta release is likely far more stable.

There’s a complete change log online if you want to… read more

25 of the Best Blogging and Social Media Icon Sets

Icons are a favorite free resource of designers and bloggers. There are tons of quality, free icon sets out there and in this post we’ll feature 25 that are great for blog design. These icons sets include the those that are great for use with blogs and social media.

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Know Your Rights – A follow-up & a very disturbing video

Are you a photographer hell-bent on striking terror into your community?

One of my very first posts here on DPS was called “I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist – How to Shoot in Public With Confidence“. Since the induction of Section 44 The Anti-Terrorism Act, photographers allover Britain have been treated… read more

Leaked file might be the first promo list of iPad books

<pauthors include Stephen King, Timothy Ferris, Malcolm Gladwell, Dubner & Leavitt, Kennedy, Agassi, Palin and Beck. There's bestselling fiction (The Lovely Bones), fact (A History Of Modern Britain) and autobiography (Wishful Drinking). The prices range from $14.99 (for Too Big To Fail) all the way down to the magic of… read more

Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone: 9 Days, $1 Million in Sales

More than 300,000 iPhone and iPod touch owners have shelled out to download Plants vs. Zombies since its App Store debut nine days ago.

The popular game from PopCap, priced at $2.99, has in fact netted the developer more than $1 million so far, leading to the claim that it… read more

Awesome & Radical Snowboard Photography

Snowboard season is not over yet, to inspire the ones that love it I selected some amazing photographs to represent it. Whether you get inspired by the photography or the actual sport, get out there and let this inspiration take action.

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Quicken Essentials for Mac now available

After a four year absence, the next version of Quicken for the Mac is here. It’s called Quicken Essentials for Mac and is a ground up Cocoa rewrite. I’ve been using the program for a few weeks now. Is it worth the wait? Well that depends what you need in… read more

Showcase of Beautifully Designed Brochures

Brochure design is a key component to the marketing of many businesses large and small. A well-designed brochure can present a positive image of the business while providing helpful information about the products or services offered.

In this post we’ll showcase 25 examples of well-designed brochures for your own design inspiration…. read more

It’s 5 PM ET. Come join us for TUAW TV Live… and bring popcorn

We have lots to talk about, as usual, and it’s easy for you to provide your input. If you’re not familiar with our format, just click the “Read More” link below to bring up the video feed (it will show older episodes until we go live) and the chat screen…. read more

10 Essential Chrome Extensions for Web Developers

This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

As a web developer, you’re probably among the earliest adopters of new browser technologies. Google’s relatively new Chrome browser is one of those products that developers jumped all over as soon… read more

Software Development for the iPhone: How to Integrate In-App Purchases

Software Development for the iPhone: How to Integrate In-App Purchases

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10 Ways to Trick Out Your Barnes & Noble Nook

Before the Apple iPad stole the ebook media limelight with its iBookstore, the Barnes & Noble nook was the most eye-catching e-reader on the market thanks to its second color LCD screen.

Although out of stock over the crucial Christmas period, Barnes & Noble has now caught up with demand… read more

PC World study: AT&T network has undergone “drastic makeover”

<pccording to AT&T's commercials, they provide both "a better 3G experience" as well as "the nation's fastest 3G network." And, based on PC World's latest 3G wireless performance study, they've got more meat and potatoes (as if Luke Wilson wasn't enough) to back up their claims.

The study, a collaboration between… read more

Tim Cook: Yes, we’re a “mobile device company”

Pass, says Apple. Tim Cook confirmed at a Goldman Sachs press conference yesterday that Apple is calling themselves a “mobile device company” officially. The “traditional model” of having companies sell different things — hardware, software, peripherals — just doesn’t work on today’s world, according to Cook. So Apple is no… read more

How To Design a 3D Glass Icon in Photoshop

Learn How To Design a translucent 3D Frosted Glass Box based on the Safari Icon in Adobe Photoshop.

Quick Nav:

TutorialDownload the PSD (Source Files)Step 1: Setting Up

Make a new document with these settings:

Next, select the fill tool (G) and fill it with #626262. Now, we need to make a new… read more

Typography Mania #17

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography work on the web, from videos to images everything is full of great design and inspiration. Check out this weeks Mania and comeback in 7 days for more.

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The AIDA Marketing Model in Web Design

By Louis Lazaris

If you’ve been formally educated in marketing, more than likely you’ve learned about a marketing model called AIDA. AIDA is an acronym that represents the different steps involved in selling a product or service. Very often, the principles of AIDA are applied naturally when a useful product or… read more

Smashing Newsletter Challenge… And Giveaway!

It’s time for something brand new and exciting on Smashing Magazine. Actually, we have quite a few things in the works, and today we are happy to reveal one of them. Over the years, we have published many lengthy articles, and now we want to write some shorter ones for… read more

Web Faceoff: Adobe Flash vs. HTML5

Every week, we pit two web apps or companies against each other in our web faceoff series. In the past, we’ve put Android vs. iPhone, Digg vs. Reddit, and Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard order to see which one was truly the people’s choice.

This week, we’re tweaking the… read more

How to Get Creatively Inspired

How to Get Creatively Inspired

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5 tips for switchers

<pvery now and then I'll have an "I never knew about that" moment as I come across a setting or nuance in Mac OS X that I never realized existed. Take, for instance, character viewer, which allows you to display a variety of characters in your document. Whether you're a… read more

Tears for Fears’ Curt Smith Talks Twitter and Solo Career [INTERVIEW]

Musician Curt Smith, otherwise known as half of the international hit group Tears for Fears (along with Roland Orzabal), took a unique approach to finding a collaborator for a recent solo project: he used Twitter. Still touring with Tears after an early ’90s breakup and early 2000s reunion, Smith… read more

Windows 7 Commercial Gets the Perfect Parody [VIDEO]

You know those Windows 7 commercials where everyone’s joyfully finishing each other’s sentences, musing about what they want out of an operating system? Yeah, well, that now-ubiquitous format was due for a parody, and College Humor was only too happy to oblige.

This video is pretty spot-on in terms… read more

Apple earns 5.5 percent total market share in France

Overall PC sales declined throughout Europe in 2009, while Mac sales in the U.K. increased from 3.8 percent in 3Q 2008 to 5 percent in 3Q 2009. Gartner attributed the increase partly to the “halo effect.” That’s the common term for increased sales of Macs from PC owners who have… read more

Stylish Artworks by Kervin Brisseaux

Kervin Brisseaux is a graphic designer from Spring Valley, NY, United States with a very impressive portfolio. Kervin is also member of the always cool DEPTHCORE Collective and The Keystone Design Union. Besides creating cool designs he likes to play Street Fighter and FIFA :)

For more information check out Kervin’s… read more

CSS3 Dropdown Menu

CSS3 Dropdown Menu

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Tuesday Total Textures #7

Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can use in your projects. Check out this week’s textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection.

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15 Notable Note Taking Apps for Mac

Ever wanted to keep your notes together and not create a bunch of text files which would eventually be strewn across your hard drive? Ever wanted more than just the ability to enter text, but also the possibility to include photos or other media in your notes?

If that’s the case,… read more

13 Useful Google Chrome Extensions for Web Developers

Google Chrome, like Firefox, has the ability to increase its functionality and capabilities through the use of extensions. If you’re a web developer, Google Chrome comes with a nice set of developer tools built in that will make your life easier. But there are also a number of extensions… read more

Twitter Perceptions of Google Buzz Over Time [INFOGRAPHIC]

Social media monitoring and analytics company Viralheat put together this graphic that shows the initial positive response to Google Buzz on Twitter, followed by shifts in opinion based on events in the developing privacy story.

The graph categorizes the Buzz-related tweets that went out during the first few days after… read more

HOW TO: Build a Facebook Landing Page for Your Business

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

Facebook is known for its uniformity. You can post all sorts of content, but the actual design and layout of your profile is the same… read more

Rob Griffiths leaves Mac OS X Hints

<pve to admit that I don't always use them, but I do always enjoy reading the hints over at Mac OS X Hints — there probably isn't a more eclectic or helpful mix of random hints about how to use your Mac or iPhone available on the Internet. So I… read more

Apple Looking to Bring iPhone OS to More Devices

A recent Apple Inc. job posting has revealed that the company intends to focus on bringing the iPhone OS onto new gadgets, devices and platforms.

The job posting from the Cupertino, CA, company specifically calls for an engineering manager to handle “platform bring-up.” In the job description, Apple states… read more

Looking forward to Macworld Expo 2011, despite John Dvorak

Longtime PC Magazine writer John Dvorak took the decidedly negative path in a recent post titled “Macworld Expo’s Iffy Future.” Based on a single quick walk through of the Expo captured on video, he concluded that the show is dead: “Last one? I think so.”

After spending a few… read more

Turn that old Mac into a functioning clock

<ps say you have a Mac collecting dust in the corner of your garage. Rather than succumb to your spouse's demands and send the old friend to computer heaven, why not re-purpose that Mac into something both functional and beautiful?

Cult of Mac points us to one enterprising hardware… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Social Media Conference Guide

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s… read more

Graffiti Brazil: Ronah Carraro

Ronah Carraro is 32 years old, born and raised on the traditional area of Mooca, Sao Paulo. Graduated in arts, very urban, amazed by the big concrete buildings that scrape the sky of the enormous Sao Paulo. Work as a designer and passes by different supports with his creations. From… read more

Rush Now To Enter In Logo Redesign Contest For Smashing Apps And Get A Chance To Win $200

Now a days we are in the process of our makeover with more stunning features, robust content and creative design. So we are starting this process with logo design. For this reason we would appreciate the involvement of the community who loves Smashing Apps and we were in the search… read more

55 Examples of Huge Typography in Web Design

Choosing the correct typography for your website is a very important part of the design process. And as a website is also a communication tool – a very powerful one – you can use the typography to help you on exposing your ideas! Using HUGE typography, for example, you will… read more

The Perfect Office #25

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?

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

Daily Inspiration #438

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

30 Wallpapers Inspired by Sci-Fi Movies

30 Wallpapers Inspired by Sci-Fi Movies

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116 Creative and Funny Advertisements for Inspiration

116 Creative and Funny Advertisements for Inspiration

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60 Excellent CSS3 Tutorials and Techniques You Should Know

60 Excellent CSS3 Tutorials and Techniques You Should Know

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Best of the Week #107

It’s time for our best news of this week, the first one of 2010. 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… read more

Comics of the Week #13

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.

The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.

These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile… read more

7 Operating Systems You Probably Never Heard Of

This is one of the very best list of its kind where you can find out of the box operating systems that you probably never heard of and these would be great enough to bookmark or just for knowledge. I hope everyone of you will like this list, you can… read more

Find My iPhone now works in Mobile Safari

Apple’s MobileMe site at me.com used to be completely useless on the iPhone or iPod touch in Mobile Safari — you’d get a splash page telling you to set up your contacts, calendars, and mail accounts, but that was about it. No webmail access, no direct access to galleries, iDisk,… read more

FarmVille Wins Social Networking Game of the Year Award

The 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony was held last night as part of the video game industry’s Dice Summit conference in Las Vegas, NV. Games.com reports that the top honor in the “Social Networking Game of the Year” category went to Zynga’s massively popular Facebook game FarmVille.

It was… read more

iPhone accessories from Toy Fair 2010

<p.com is one of my favorite sites on the entire Internet — not only do they offer some great deals, and not only are they witty folks, but they're from my original hometown of St. Louis, MO. They recently went to the Toy Fair 2010, and in their roundup of… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #36

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#36 and make sure to comeback… read more

60+ Latest High-Quality Free WordPress Themes

WordPress! is an award-winning CMS, which enables you to build Blogs, Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made WordPress the most popular blog software available. Best of all, WordPress is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.

There are… read more

How Robbers Did Their Dirty Deeds Before Foursquare

There’s a very easy way to find out if someone is home or not: you phone their fixed phone number. If no one answers, chances are the house is empty. If you really want to make sure, you can simply check if the lights are on.

And yes, robbers actually… read more

Can E-readers and Tablets Save the News?

Sales are robust for e-readers and there is no shortage of tablets yet to launch, including the new Apple iPad. But will strong sales translate into a boost for the media industry?

If media organizations do it right, the potential could be there for e-readers and tablets to become… read more

Daily Inspiration #436

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

Ngmoco cancels Rolando 3, says it can’t fit into a free-to-play model

<p's some unfortunate news out of Ngmoco: The company tells IGN that while there was a Rolando 3 (the second sequel to the very popular and excellent rolling iPhone platformer) in progress, the game has been essentially canceled, and will never see release in its current form. Why? The second… read more

21 Samurai Digital and Traditional Art Examples

21 Samurai Digital and Traditional Art Examples

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4 Digital Photography Tips for the Year Ahead

Once in awhile, we all need to step back and take stock of where we are and where we’re going.  As readers of DPS, you probably do this periodically in pursuit of better photographic skills.  Photography should be a fun, creative outlet and way to express yourself.  Unfortunately it’s easy… read more

Apple’s obsessive secrecy hurting relations with overseas suppliers

A new report from Reuters offers more insight into Apple’s cloak and dagger world. Confidentiality agreements are only the beginning when it comes to Apple’s tactics with its overseas suppliers. Apple contacts suppliers at the last minute, often only weeks before a product’s release, and provides information about its products… read more

Inside the Studio of Jet Black Tribal Ink

Jet Black Tribal Ink is a four man design boutique and advertising agency located in South Africa. The works that come out of this studio are totally awesome and as they say: “is a collective consciousness of four uniquely talented creatives”.

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The Challenge

The challenge was the fact that there was… read more