Daily Inspiration #1092

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

Madonna Taps Startup Fab.com to Sell Deluxe ‘MDNA’ Album for $7.99

Madonna’s web-only promotional push for her 12th studio album, MDNA, isn’t confined only to the social media big guns Facebook and Twitter. The pop megastar’s first album since 2008 came out Monday, and she’s turned to design-focused daily deals site Fab.com to offer a deluxe edition of MDNA… read more

Obama’s March Madness Bracket Is Probably Better Than Yours

Did two weekends of upsets, injuries and overall madness blow your NCAA Tournament picks to smithereens? It’s OK; you’re not alone in the world of social bracket contests.

Just 0.35% of more than 5 million March Madness brackets filled out on CBSSports.com correctly guessed the Final Four of Kentucky, Louisville, Kansas… read more

The Perfect Office #132

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

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

Mashable Connect Is More Than a Conference

Mashable’s largest conference is returning to Orlando, FL from May 3-5, and this year we will explore the future of digital with some of the brightest minds in the industry.

Why attend Mashable Connect? The real value in attending our signature conference is more than just content sessions. Here’s what… read more

Despite Bing’s Rise, Google Still Dominates Search [INFOGRAPHIC]

The tussle for U.S. search dominance over the last few years has been interesting. Google has eaten Yahoo’s lunch for the better part of a decade, but Microsoft’s Bing engine, released in 2009, has crept steadily upward. While it serves nowhere near the volume Google does, it’s interesting to see… read more

First LTE Windows Phones Will Be Available April 8

The first LTE Windows Phones will officially be available April 8 in the form of the Nokia Lumia 900 and HTC Titan II.

Booth handsets were announced earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January. The Lumia 900 will be the third smartphone released by Nokia in… read more

FTC Calls for ‘Do-Not-Track’ Internet Browser Rules, Other Privacy Changes

In its long-awaited report on consumer privacy, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called for designers of Internet browsers to stop allowing websites to collect sensitive data about users, alongside a host of recommendations for the telecommunications industry to improve user privacy and self-regulation.

The FTC wants users to be able… read more

Twitter Launches Self-Serve Advertising for Small Businesses

Twitter announced on Tuesday that a select group of small business can begin using its self-serve advertising platform to create promoted tweets and promoted accounts.

All of the companies with initial access to these promoted products will be American Express merchants and cardmembers. The credit card company partnered with Twitter… read more

Funny Underwater Dogs by Seth Casteel

Underwater Dogs is a funny series of photographs by Seth Casteel. Based in Los Angeles, Seth delivers spontaneous and priceless results to capture our favourite pets in images that will surely last forever. Some of are really funny and some a bit scary, you’ll be the judge!

For more information about… read more

80 Useful (Free) jQuery Plugins to Enrich Your Site’s User Experience

Most of you already aware that jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML. it’s also known for fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. Or in developer’s words “write less, Do… read more

State of the News Media 2012

The Pew Research Center recently released their State of the News Media study for 2012, and, believe it or not, it’s not all bad news!

The annual study is an analysis of the health of journalism in America. This year’s study includes special reports on the impact of mobile technology… read more

A Collection of Great New WordPress Themes

Every year designers are pushing the boundaries of what WordPress can do. 2012 is no different. In just a few short months we have seen a large increase in the number of premium WordPress themes being released, and the bar is certainly being raised with the new additions to the… read more

Square Renames Payment App, Improves Android Version

Square announced a series of updates Monday morning, including a new name for its Card Case payment app — now called “Pay with Square” — as well as an upgraded Android app.

Android users can now make hands-free payments with Pay With Square for the first time. An earlier version of… read more

10 Best Inanimate Objects on Twitter

1. @MarsCuriosity

After the popularity of @MarsPhoenix soared, NASA launched the official Twitter account of the Curiosity rover, the… read more

15 High Res Wallpapers Perfect for Your New iPad’s Retina Display

1. Aquarium Fish by @RetinaiPadWallpapers

We like this image — it reminds us of the first iPhone’s fish-themed wallpaper.

Click… read more

10 Ways to Re-Live the ’90s Online

“Exciting. Confrontational. Visually interesting. Action-oriented. And capable of producing emotional moments.” These are the lines from a script for an American Gladiators commercial from the early ’90s. It’s also a great way to describe the ’90s themselves.

It’s certainly a decade near and dear to our hearts. Many of us straddled… read more

10 Amazing Slow Motion Videos of Everyday Things

We live in a fast-paced world. Maybe that’s why slow motion videos are so appealing to us. Using cameras with ultra-high frame rates reveals details that are usually invisible to the naked eye. In 1878, a camera that could capture images at a higher frame rate even settled a bet… read more

Natural Light Techniques to Make Amazing Travel Portraits

Being on the road often limits the amount of gear we want to take with us as photographers. By learning and getting more comfortable with natural light we can not only help lighten our bags, but it’s one of the most powerful ways to create dramatic images. Depending on the… read more

Daily Inspiration #1091

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

Clever App Finally Cracks the Code for Facebook Dating

Huffington Post alumni Rob Fishman and Jeff Revesz launched a matchmaking app for Facebook this week designed to help you meet your friends’ single friends. The app’s feature set is rather limited, but compared to the other Facebook dating apps I’ve seen, Yoke shows the most promise.

Signing up is… read more

7 Ways to Rescue Your Crucial Social Media Data from Oblivion

The pace of social media has become so rapid that a tweet could get lost in mere seconds. While real-time data has become increasingly important for businesses to keep up with trends and provide accurate reports, your company’s history is still relevant — the tweets you sent six months to… read more

20 Unique ‘The Hunger Games’ Items on Etsy

Do you want to own a unique piece of The Hunger Games?  The popularity of The Hunger Games film has created a boom around mockingjay-related merchandise.  Instead of going to your local retail store and purchasing a mass-produced product, check out these The Hunger Games-inspired items created by the online community at Etsy.

Etsy is filled… read more

Instagram Sign-Up Page Now Beckons Android Users

The day when Android users will first lay hands on the red hot photo-sharing app Instagram just got even closer. Late Saturday, a sign-up page appeared on Instagram’s website, inviting all those of the Android persuasion to sign up to be notified when the app is first available for that… read more

5 Stealthy Ways to Find a New Job with Social Media

Gerrit Hall is the CEO and co-founder of RezScore, a free web application that reads, analyzes and grades resumes instantly. Gerrit has successfully combined his passion for computer science and the careers space by helping job seekers write the best resume possible. You can connect with Gerrit and RezScore on… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Mar 19-Mar 25, 2012

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This Week in App News: 19 – 25 March 2012

This week saw some pretty big announcements in the world of Mac software, especially with the release of Photoshop CS6 beta on Thursday with a completely revamped interface and tonnes of new features aimed at making editing photos an absolute breeze.

However, Adobe news aside, let’s take a look at what… read more

Wallpaper of the Week 196 by Timothée Mathelin

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Timothée Mathelin. A graphic designer from France. His influences are from everywhere, from skies to David Lynch and The Designers Republic to Baroque.

My main influences come from everyday’s life. Just a bird on a wire or a falling leaf… read more

For Love or Money: Does Online Dating Really Work? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Online dating is booming. The industry has doubled since 2007, currently boasting 40 million users and $1.9 billion in annual revenue, according Match.com.

But does online dating really work for the lovelorn? Or does it just help companies rake in heaps of cash?

Some 17% of married couples say they met… read more

Internet-Based Theater Company Lives Between Cyberspace and the Stage

A small Philadelphia-based company called New Paradise Laboratories is re-creating theater for the connected generation. It’s incorporating social networks like Facebook, Skype and Chatroulette into the production and presentation of shows, pulling theater into the virtual space.

This innovative experience takes audiences through a rabbit hole on a visually stimulating… read more

How to Leverage Your Personality Type to Nail the Interview

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

With the competition in today’s job… read more

Jessica Alba’s Startup Honest.com Raises $27 Million in Funding

A little honesty goes a long way. For Jessica Alba, Golden Globe-nominated actress and founder of baby products e-retailer The Honest Company, that statement rings truer than ever.

The site just secured over $27 million in funding to grow the baby products space online. And Honest.com investors have quite a… read more

Top 5 Mashable Comments of the Week

We’re back with our weekly top comments from the Mashable community.

In this column, we showcase the best comments we see from our readers, on our site as well as from our Facebook page. We’re always looking for insightful contributions that spark discussion, add unique perspective, or simply make us laugh.

This… read more

4 Ways to Optimize Your iPad For 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.

Are you thinking about snapping up a new iPad? The post-PC lifestyle is especially intriguing for business owners who travel on a regular basis and want to… read more

15 Hilarious Sports Parody Twitter Accounts

1. @NotBillWalton

NBA legend and hardcore Grateful Dead fan, Bill Walton is known for his sometimes curious verbiage and… read more

Social Media and Trayvon Martin: Why Did It Take So Long to Care?

We’re all talking about Trayvon Martin now. But why did it take so long, and where was social media when Martin’s family needed it most?

As I write this, Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old African American teenager who was shot and killed in Florida by a neighborhood watchman is the Number 11… read more

Former Major Leaguer Starts Fundraising Site With Youth Sports Focus

Need a uniform? Need funds to travel to a tournament? How about money for college? Try asking your Twitter followers or Facebook friends. A new fundraising website, SimpleWayToFundraise, launched this week in beta mode. The site was created by former professional baseball player Jason Romano, who says money for sports… read more

Best of the Week #215

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

Using an Anchor Colour to Make your Images Come To Life

A Guest Post by Shariq Siddiqui

Do you identify and use a certain colour as an anchor colour in your photographs? Here’s how you could use this simple concept to add extra appeal to your images.
 
Do you often find some images grab your attention more than others without your… read more

11 Hilarious ‘Mad Men’ Parody Twitter Accounts

1. Don Draper

The creative director for the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (SCDP) advertising agency attends events like SXSW,… read more

Mashable Is Seeking a Director of Sales Development

Interested in joining Mashable‘s growing sales team?  We’re expanding and we have an opening for our first ever Director of Sales Development.

As the Director of Sales Development, you will be part of a growing Mashable team focused on the development of innovative sales and marketing solutions that will drive revenue… read more

8 Unexpected Moments From SXSW [PICS]

South by Southwest can be a stimulus overload. With so much to see and do crammed into such a short period of time, it’s easy to forget to stop and take in the smaller details.

Some of the most interesting moments happen outside of the panels and official festivities, and… read more

Meet the $25 Musical Button Seducing Corporate America

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

Quick Pitch: A stripped-down iPod-like device that plays the equivalent of a full album and retails for… read more

3 Key Metrics for Evaluating Your Mobile Ecommerce Site

Although the mobile web has become mainstream, not all websites have kept pace with the eager throngs of mobile shoppers.

After all, mobile traffic is projected to surpass desktop traffic by 2015 — the stakes couldn’t be higher for optimizing your site for mobile.

When a mobile user reaches your… read more

Aziz Ansari: Turning Fans Into Customers, One Tweet at a Time

There’s no rest for the online entrepreneurs of comedy these days. Standups like Louis C.K. and Aziz Ansari are among the first to break out of the traditional distribution methods for comedy specials.

Louis C.K. knocked it out of the park with his DRM-free $5 special, earning $1 million in less… read more

In a Long Distance Relationship? This App Is for You

Oleg Kostour moved from Canada to Mountain View to build a 3D software startup. Instead, he built an app to stay in touch with the girlfriend he left behind in Canada.

The iPhone app, Pair, launched in the app store this week. It creates a private shared timeline for couples that… read more

Twitter Reviews ‘The Hunger Games’ in 140 Characters or Less

The Hunger Games grossed $19.7 million from its midnight showings across the U.S., making it the seventh highest grossing midnight showing ever — and the highest-grossing non-sequel.

The film has garnered a massive amount of buzz on social media through Lionsgate’s online promotion campaign. In addition to its hype, The Hunger… read more

You Must Remember These: 17 Unforgettable Viral Videos

Ahh, memories. Remember the simple days of the Internet when we all laughed at videos of a dancing baby? Oh, that’s right, we’re still doing that.

Regardless, memes have changed a bit since the old days. Today, they’ve become so widespread, it’s difficult to distinguish the vintage from the modern.

If you’re… read more

Did Rick Santorum Really Fix His ‘Google Problem’?

Has Rick Santorum finally fixed his “Google problem”, as the candidate claims? Sort of.

The campaign announced its triumph over a satirical site designed to redefine the candidate’s last name during a Friday morning breakfast at Google’s Washington, D.C. office, according to The Daily Caller.

For years, searches for “Santorum” on… read more

Happy Puppy Day! Top 10 Dogs to Follow on Social Media

1. Boo

Found Online: Boo’s Facebook
Followers: 3.7 million
Typical Update Adorable pictures of him in a bear suit

The number one… read more

Jolicloud Me: Making Your Own Personal Cloud … From All the Other Clouds

Remember that picture you shared last fall? Or the link you shared in 2009? How about the note you write in CloudApp and shared on Twitter? Or that article that was about … ramen noodles. You shared it, you’re sure. Now how in the world can you find it? Facebook… read more

Daily Inspiration #1090

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

8 Compelling Content Sessions to Expect at Mashable Connect 2012

Our largest conference, Mashable Connect, is returning to Orlando, Fla., from May 3-5, and this year we will explore the future of digital with some of the brightest minds in the industry.

An array of digital leaders will be speaking on topics ranging from new digital business models, mobile networking,… read more

Twitter Does Not Actually Predict Box Office Sales [STUDY]

Twitter has developed the reputation of being able to predict the future — from box office sales to presidential primary results and even the stock market. But according to researchers at Princeton University, Twitter might not be able to foretell how well films will perform after all.

A new report called… read more

Obama’s Trayvon Comments Ignite Social Surge

Trayvon Martin was just another face in the crowd until a month ago. But now the teen’s name is a household one. Fueled by a racially charged social media outcry, the story of the 17-year-old from Sanford, Fla., who was shot and killed by a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain, is… read more

Legislators: Employers Shouldn’t Ask for Your Social Media Passwords

Two lawmakers are taking a stand against companies that have been demanding access to employee’s social media accounts.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D.-Conn.) will introduce a bill preventing companies from snooping on your Facebook page, Twitter profile or other sites. He told Politico that the practice is an “unreasonable invasion of privacy”… read more

Black and White Landscapes: Weekly Photogrpahy Challenge

Earlier today we published a collection of 27 Black and White Landscape images. So it seemed appropriate to make this weeks challenge on that theme – Black and White Landscapes.

While black and white might not necessarily always come to mind for landscapes I think it’s a great challenge to play… read more

5 Productivity Tools to Make Your Job Easier

Eric Siu is vice president of SEO at Evergreen Search Marketing, where he writes on topics such as minimum viable SEO. You can follow him on Twitter @ericosiu.

No matter what line of work, there’s guaranteed to be many different processes involved.

For example, we’re seeing the roles of SEOs… read more

Fantastic Movie Posters by David Amblard

Who doesn’t like movie posters? Probably very few people, because as far as I know, people love an awesome poster hanging on their walls. David Amblard definitely love to put his own vision on some classic movies.

David Amblard is a French illustrator, and his posters are really, really stylish. His… read more

5 Interesting Pinterest Marketing Campaigns

Pinterest is so new that a lot of major brands still don’t know what to make of it. However, there are a few outliers who have found creative ways to exploit the potential of the new social media destination.

As the following list shows, there are many ways to do this…. read more

Job Wars: How Google Stacks Up Against Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]

Google employees are slightly more satisfied with their workplace lifestyle compared to Facebook for the first time in four years, a new study suggests.

A new infographic from career and workplace community Glassdoor pits Google againts Facebook and compares how employees and candidates view the company.

The data was collected from… read more

Soon You May Be Able to Buy – Not Just Rent – Movies From Google [REPORT]

Google is in talks with film studios to begin selling movies through Google Play, the search giant’s recently redesigned hub for exploring and buying apps, movies, books and music, a new report indicates.

Currently, consumers can only rent movies through Google Play, although they can purchase digital downloads of films… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #145

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#145 and make sure to comeback… read more

Your Social Media Persona

I got a call yesterday from a publishing house in New York City. One of my former interns had given them my contact information to use as a reference for the job she was applying for. I was pleasantly surprised to get the call.

A lot of the former interns… read more

Useful WordPress Tools, Themes And Plugins

If you’re looking for some great ways to improve your WordPress workflow, read on for a massive collection of free themes, plugins, tools and tutorials. These resources were all linked via the Smashing Magazine Twitter stream, Facebook stream, and other social-media streams around the Web.

These awesome resources have now been… read more

Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers: Good and Bad

As bloggers, we face a wide variety of tasks each day related to managing and building our blogs. Productivity and efficiency are vital, especially for part-time bloggers. A number of extremely addictive and time-consuming habits stand in the way, though.

I’m sure all bloggers wonder, “How did others make it to… read more

Create Stellar Prototypes with Antetype

There are so many among us with a ton of ideas for the next Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. But, ideas are practically worthless unless you have at least a prototype in place. If you think it would be a good idea to entrust someone to make your vision for the… read more

Creative Fuel #2: Letter-cutting, Presidential Logos, Responsive Design & Chat UI PSD

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Creative Fuel is a periodic collection of design and creativity awesomeness found around the web. Find out about new apps and services, the best freebies, and other significant news from the design community!

Letters & Stone

I Love Typography has an absolutely fascinating feature on Fergus Wessel. Fergus is… read more

Kids Build ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Viper Simulator in Garage [VIDEO]

Here is a list of some of the geekiest things in the world: Flight sims. Kickstarter projects. Maker Faire projects. Battlestar Galactica fans who know the 1970s series as well as the 2000s version. And high school students who engineer projects in their spare time, in their garage.

Put… read more

Why ‘World of Warcraft’ Might Get You More Dates Than Match.com [INFOGRAPHIC]

Most guys aren’t grinding away at their Level 45 Battle Mage in order to meet the ladies. But online gaming across the board is becoming more mainstream, and lots of people spend lots of time in virtual worlds — men and women alike.

Despite the growing popularity of online dating networks,… read more

On Intern Sushi, Applicants Submit Videos Instead of Resumes

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: Intern Sushi

Quick Pitch: Intern Sushi is a new way to find, apply for and manage internships… read more

Angry Birds Theme Parks Coming to Europe

Angry Birds might be coming for the little green pigs near you. Rovio Mobile, makers of the worldwide mobile game phenomenon, are in talks to open a theme park in the U.K. and additional parks in the U.S. and China at a later date, further expanding the Angry Birds empire… read more

10 of the Weirdest Pins on Pinterest

Pinterest has quickly become a hot social site for curating themed boards for things like wedding planning, recipes and fashion. Among the pretty pin boards, there are also a lot of weird photos that kind of make us go, “WTF?”

That’s exactly the sentiment Allison Tyler had, which inspired her to… read more

The $175 Speaker That Lets You Direct Sound Like a Laser Beam

You can already buy a special kind of loudspeaker that directs sound with the precision a flashlight beam. These gadgets can send messages to people on the street without disturbing neighbors or create audio explanations for multiple museum exhibits in one room without worrying about a clash of sound. Or… read more

How Tech Will Transform the Traditional Classroom

Ben Jackson is a writer and app developer living in Brooklyn, NY. He likes clean typography, dirty language, strong coffee, apple pie and comfortable chairs, and he writes about his obsessions at 90WPM.

As the post-PC era moves from interesting theory to cold, hard reality, one of the most pressing questions… read more

Greece Brings Crowdfunded, Face-Filled Billboard to Times Square

A crowd-funded campaign is placing a giant billboard in Times Square Friday, urging tourists to visit Greece.

The billboard, which is designed to highlight Greece’s beauty, was organized by volunteer group “Up Greek Tourism” on crowd-funding platform LoudSauce.

The campaign raised $20,000 in 20 days, exceeding its $15,000 goal. About 50%… read more

The Tech Behind ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ [EXCLUSIVE]

The premise behind the new film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: a bold attempt to bring the sport of fly-fishing to the deserts of Yemen.

The film, which stars Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor, might be fiction, but the filmmakers employed real fish experts to see if it would… read more

Netflix To Make Own Horror Show — and Pick Up Terra Nova, The River?

Netflix is bringing an original horror series to subscribers early next year as the company builds out its catalog of original content.

The streaming video and DVD rental service is also reportedly in talks to acquire two broadcast dramas facing cancellation from their networks.

Netflix describes the 13-episode horror series, Hemlock… read more

Daily Inspiration #1089

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

Resfly: One-Click Job Publishing

Hunting for a job is a tough task. There are way too many job boards to keep track of and nowadays, there are job listings in popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Then comes the resumes and interviews. While not as tough, employers face a tough time with the… read more

Mashable Photo Challenge: What’s In Your Laptop Bag?

The social web is becoming an increasingly visual place. Facebook users alone upload 250 million photos every day.

One of the things we love most at Mashable is seeing the world as our readers encounter it, through their photos and videos. For this reason, we are excited to announce a new… read more

How Private Are Your Apps? Congress Investigates

Just what information is software sold in Apple‘s App Store collecting about its users? Two members of Congress are trying to find out.

Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) have sent letters to 34 top mobile software companies to find out “what, if any, information these particular apps… read more

Feel Your Facebook Pokes With This Poking Machine [VIDEO]

What is the purpose of a poke you can’t feel? That’s what occcured to the creators of a device called, appropriately enough, the poking machine.

Netherlands-based student inventors Jasper van Loenen and Bartholomäus Traubeck constructed an armband that physically pokes you when someone pokes you virtually on Facebook. … read more

5 Ways TV Newsrooms Use the Facebook Cover Photo

Kim Wilson is the founder of SocialNewsDesk, a social media management solution created for newsrooms. Connect with her on Twitter @kimsnd.

In TV news lingo, the cover photo is the lead story. And in the competitive world of journalism, newsrooms are all vying for the best lead. I tell my newsroom… read more

Video Inspiration #61

Video Inspiration is a weekly(ish) post where we either feature a specific artist or show a sort of “best of” list of videos we’ve discovered during the week. Everything here may not be brand new, but we felt it worth sharing with the community. If you have good… read more

Apple Outsells RIM in Canada for First Time

Canada’s hometown smartphone manufacturer is no longer its favorite.

California-based Apple shipped more smartphones in Canada than Waterloo, Ont.-based RIM did last year, according to data compiled by IDC and Bloomberg. While Apple shipped 2.85 million units, RIM shipped 2.08 million.

This is the first time Apple surpassed RIM on its… read more

5 Ways Spotify Is Pioneering the Hyper-Social Business Model

Patrick Salyer is CEO of Gigya, which provides websites and apps with end-to-end social infrastructure through products like Social Login, Social Plugins, Social Identity Management and Social Gamification. Patrick can be reached on Twitter @patricksalyer.

Spotify has experienced meteoric growth since integrating with the new Facebook Open Graph in September. It… read more

Angry Birds Space is a Stellar Game — Even for Angry Bird Haters [REVIEW]

Rovio released its highly-anticipated Angry Birds Space on Thursday — and its easily the most inventive game in the franchise yet.

I should add that I’m no fan of the original. Angry Birds never grabbed me; after a few levels the content felt recycled. As far as mobile puzzles go, there… read more

World Water Day: How Social Media Campaigns Are Making a Splash

World Water Day, celebrated annually on March 22, draws attention to the global water crisis and the importance of water to public health.

Organizations fighting for water sanitation use the day to spotlight their best efforts, many of which take place in the social space. This year, we took a… read more

How Google’s Semantic Search Will Change SEO

Erin Everhart is the director of web and social media marketing at 352 Media Group, a digital marketing agency that also provides web and mobile app development. Connect with her on Twitter @erinever.

While the SEO game has changed drastically over the past months, one thing has remained fairly consistent: It’s… read more

Twitter Updates TweetDeck, Allows Users to Edit and Retweet

Still struggling in the wake of its acquisition by Twitter, TweetDeck has just issued an update to its desktop, Chrome and web apps that adds support for better list management, inline media support and improved retweeting support.

The first Twitter-branded version of TweetDeck was released in December, and the reaction was… read more

Logo Design: Cherries

We keep going through our weekly journey checking out great logos! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new topics, good ones, to share with you guys. Last week we had a great post about logos with scissors, and today it’s all about logos with cherries!

Every week we search… read more

Device-Agnostic Approach To Responsive Web Design

This is a different take on Responsive Web design. This article discusses how we can better embrace what the Web is about by ignoring the big elephant in the room; that is, how we can rely on media queries and breakpoints without any concern for devices.

The Challenge

Let’s start our journey… read more

WDL Premium: Work – An Elegant WordPress Theme

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Today, for our WDL Premium Members, we have a beautiful premium WordPress theme for your blog. The Work theme from Theme Trust is An elegant portfolio theme built for showing off your work. This theme has a clean and professional style that is perfect for displaying… read more

7 Ways to Toughen Up Your Freelancing Game

Working as a freelancer may not conjure up images of being a tough cookie, but being a one-person show at your own business takes remarkable creativity, discipline, and good old-fashioned moxie. The Atlantic called freelancing the “next industrial revolution” of our time.

Freelancers, from independent creatives to technical consultants, juggle… read more

Cobook – A Better Address Book?

In some ways, the built in Mac OS X Address Book wears like an old pair of sneakers – comfortable and familiar. What it lacks in style and features, it makes up for in dependability. Over the years, updates to Mac OS X have brought numerous improvements and enhancements…. read more

What’s Working in Digital Non-Profit Fundraising [INFOGRAPHIC]

On April 5, M+R Strategic Services, a public relations and communications firm working with leading non-profits, and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), a membership organization of non-profit professionals who use technology for their causes, will release their sixth annual eNonprofit Benchmarks Study of what is working today in online advocacy,… read more

Google Maps Posts New Images of Amazon [VIDEO]

Nothing seems out of reach for Google Maps. More than 50,000 images of the world’s largest tropical rainforest — more than a billion acres of lush jungle teeming with abundant animal life — is now available for anyone to view on Google Maps.

The photos went live Wednesday and were… read more

LCD Style Effect in Pixelmator

Digital LCD effects are very common but they still impress me especially in terms of light effects. The way the light gets blurry on the edges and super strong in the center is simply amazing. I have been doing this kind of effect for quite a long time but… read more

Marquette and VCU Dominate Second Round March Madness Buzz

After a pair of thrilling second-round games, Marquette and Virginia Commonwealth University top Sunday’s mRank, Mashable‘s social media buzz-tracker for March Madness.

Both teams played frenetic, up-and-down games Saturday — with Marquette moving on to the Sweet 16 and VCU getting knocked out of the tournament — and the excitement… read more