The Best Viral Video EVER: “Scarface” School Play

First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the… massive pile of popcorn. Behold, “Scarface School Play,” quite possibly the most majestic piece of theater we have ever seen. Ever.

To our surprise and delight, this bizarre vid of a rather twisted school… read more

Facebook Wants You to “Like” Brands

Facebook’s making a small wording change with some potentially big implications. Now, instead of clicking a button that says “become a fan” to start following a given brand, users will simply have to “like” them.

According to an email obtained by MediaMemo, Facebook is alerting advertisers to the impending… read more

File Transfers Coming to Gmail Chat

Today Google has revealed that users can now transfer files via chat in iGoogle and Orkut.

This is good news for web users with a preference for software-free chatting, but the better news is that Google promises to bring the same functionality to Gmail, which already supports voice, video and… read more

10 Amazing iPad App Video Demonstrations

Apple’s iPad hits stores this Saturday. Of course, the App Store is a big reason the iPhone has been such a huge success, so many of us are really excited to get a glimpse at what apps for the iPad will look like.

About ten days ago, developers got the… read more

EXCLUSIVE: Lou Reed’s New Commercial for Lou Zoom iPhone App [VIDEO]

Lou Reed isn’t the first legendary musician to make his own iPhone app, but he is probably the first to make one that renders your contacts “beautiful, huge and legible.”

Lou Zoom [iTunes link] is available in the App Store now for $1.99 and performs one simple task effectively: It… read more

Daily Inspiration #469

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

Free Music Monday: 10 Totally Free Track Downloads

Welcome, music fans! Thank you for joining us for this week’s edition of Free Music Monday, where we offer you 10 free tracks, sets or albums in honor of the #musicmonday tradition on Twitter.

Read on, right-click and enjoy some free tunes collated eclectic-style. If there’s a genre you’d like… read more

Adobe Flash to Come Bundled with Google Chrome [RUMOR]

Abode may have a new ally in its battle with Apple over Adobe Flash: Google Chrome.

According to a report from ZDNet, Google intends to bundle the embattled Flash platform into future builds of the Chrome browser — no plugin installs necessary. Chrome is the world’s third most popular… read more

Video of the Week #55

This weeks video is from an filmmaker I really admire. Sebastian Abes produced some of the nicest skate videos out there. He now works with his creative company “Smog Films” on crazy stuff. This is their showreel of 2009.

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Smog Demoreel 2009 from Sébastien Abes @ Smog Films… read more

5 Big Twitter Trends to Follow Right Now

As Twitter celebrates its fourth birthday, we thought it appropriate to take another step back from the day-to-day happenings of the Twitterverse and analyze some of the bigger trends. There are many indicators that can clue us in to what’s in store for the social network.

This time we’re… read more

Twitepad Brings Twitter to the iPad [VIDEO]

InfoXenter has released the first screenshots for its upcoming Twitter application for the iPad, Twitepad.

Twitter apps are one of the hottest categories in the App Store, so it’s no surprise that we’re seeing some iPad-specific apps as we approach the Saturday release date.

Apple started accepting submissions to the… read more

The iTunes App Store Comes to Facebook

Interacting with the iTunes App Store just got easier, thanks to the new App Store Facebook page.

Developed and powered by Vitrue, the new page puts the App Store inside Facebook — making it easy to search for apps, share them with friends, find out which apps are… read more

How Startups are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

For startups, the amount of money you have to burn before you… read more

YouTube Highlights Your Facebook Friends’ Activity

YouTube recently started promoting a lesser-known feature that allows users to connect their Facebook accounts to the video-sharing site and view their friends’ recently favorited videos.

The underground feature is finally ready for primetime usage, which means members will now notice a new Facebook Connect call to action under… read more

A Look at the New MSN.com Design

Since March 9 of this year Microsoft has been rolling out their new design of MSN.com.

Backed by countless hours of testing and roughly 70,000 pieces of feedback from their users, the design has been tweaked over the last four months to its current state.

Visitors who cannot yet… read more

Growing Your Business: 5 Tips From the Founder of Foursquare

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

As founder of the Internet’s hottest startup, Foursquare, Dennis Crowley knows a thing or two about growing a small business.

Foursquare is a location-sharing mobile app that… read more

Cast Official Votes for “American Idol” via Facebook

Idol Fanatic promises to do what FOX’s television enterprise American Idol never has: It lets fans vote for their favorite contestants via a Facebook application — at any time.

The application uses Ribbit — a web-based phone service à la Google Voice — to dial in user votes during American Idol’s… read more

Lady Gaga + Sesame Street = Out of this World Mashup [VIDEO]

The latest in a long string of Lady Gaga viral videos is a Sesame Street mashup starring the Yip Yip aliens as backup singers.

Gaga is the most popular brand in viral video history, thanks mostly to her hugely successful Vevo music videos. Mashups, covers and spoofs from both professionals… read more

Become a Social Network Ninja with Seesmic

In the Twitter ecosystem, Seesmic has carved a niche for itself with its apps deployed across various platforms: desktop, mobile and web. Seesmic’s web app was launched to much fanfare and gets feature upgrades on a regular basis. The web app is boasted as being a tool to manage and… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Calendar of Social Media Events

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

Awesome LeParkour Action Photography

In this post you will see some awesome action shots of LeParkour athletes flying every way you can imagine. These photographies show what the sport is all about from a close view. If you like action shots this is a must see. Enjoy!

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Suppliers Expect to Ship 8-10 Million iPads in 2010 [REPORT]

The first batch of iPads is in the mail, and everyone is wondering how many of them Apple will manage to sell in the upcoming months. There is reason to believe that Apple has sold out all the iPads it had in stock – some estimate the number… read more

Free Printable Sketching, Wireframing and Note-Taking PDF Templates

Sketching and wireframing are a specialized style of drawing, used for fleshing out preliminary complex ideas, group brain-storming, a lo-fi method for evaluating interaction concepts, and as a way of roughly perfecting a design technique.

Sketch and wireframe paper is essentially drawing paper that is designed specifically for this purpose. You… read more

Showcase Of Formula 1 Website Designs

By Callum Chapman

The 2009 Formula 1 season had an audience of over 520 million viewers, most of whom stayed up to date with the latest news on the official Formula 1 website, as well as their favorite teams websites, and even the track websites to find out current conditions and… read more

Bulletproof Email Marketing: Overview, Tips and Tools

We all know, that today is the era of online marketing. Without neglecting how the traditional marketing system started and work as well, we still cannot assume that online marketing is a thing in vain. More than that, online marketing can make thing more efficiently, short, and more real time… read more

Was Twitter’s Success Hard to Predict in 2006? Apparently, No [VIDEO]

In September 2006, when Twitter was still in its infancy (and MySpace reigned the social networking space), 747 Media conducted a feasibility study for Twitter, describing what the service is about to 20-somethings and asking them what they thought.

You can see the answers in the video below, and they’re… read more

DesignChat Guest: Plural

DesignChat is a weekly live-video chat with the design community hosted by Ryan McGovern and a special guest. This post will also be a weekly event, appearing on Mondays to introduce the special guest and show some of their work. Lets get on with it!

Plural is a Chicago–based creative… read more

50 Retro and Vintage Web Designs to Inspire You

Last week, Henry posted an article with 30 Fonts Perfect for Vintage and Retro Style Design and I simply loved the first font of the list, the matchbook typefaces. By the time I saw it I could think of several good ways to use it in web design, print design… read more

The Perfect Office #30

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

Browsing the iPad App Store [VIDEO]

Feverishly awaiting the release of the Apple iPad and all the goodies that go along with it? Well, now you can take a virtual tour of the iPad App Store, via a video that purports to depict the storied place.

Today, Mac Stories posted a video that an… read more

5 Essential Apps for Your Business’ Facebook Fan Page

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

If you’ve already searched for some Fan Page inspiration and undertaken the task of building a custom landing page for your business’s Facebook presence, you may… read more

5 Essential Apps for Your Business’s Facebook Fan Page

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

If you’ve already searched for some Fan Page inspiration and undertaken the task of building a custom landing page for your business’s Facebook presence, you may… read more

See Yahoo’s Sketch-a-Search in Action [VIDEO]

Earlier this week, Yahoo launched a new iPhone app called Sketch-a-Search that allows you to trace an area with your finger to get restaurant results in a specifically defined region.

We had a chance to sit down with Director of Product Management Ariel Seidman for a demo of Sketch-a-Search,… read more

Building Your Freelance Business Around WordPress

WordPress has been nothing short of spectacular for freelancers and clients alike. Of course, we all know it’s the go-to system for blogging, but these days it’s much more than that.

In this post, I’d like to cover how different types of freelancers can build their businesses around this great… read more

Why Chatroulette Is More Than Just Penises

Five months ago, right around the time that Andrey Ternovskiy was building Chatroulette, no one could have predicted that being “nexted” would become the modern day equivalent to a rite of passage.

But after three days of coding, Ternovskiy introduced his pet project for random video chat to friends, then… read more

Violent Flash Mobs Becoming a Problem in Philly

Flash mobs are usually associated with randomized fun (or pantlessness), but in Philly, they’re basically akin to randomized violence. Last night, Mayor Michael Nutter and District Attorney Seth Williams took to the streets to spread a message to the city’s young, social media-savvy inhabitants: Flash mobs will not be… read more

Turtles: So Hot Right Now [Randomly Viral]

Watch out cats and kittehs everywhere — your spot atop the heap of most viral animals is about to be usurped by a whole legion of heroes on a half-shell. That’s right — for some reason that I have yet to ascertain (aside from the obvious, “I like turtles”… read more

Daily Inspiration #468

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

5 Excellent Text to Voice Free Applications

Many computer users take advantage of text-to-voice programs to make their computer tasks easier. With a voice command we can execute a task which otherwise might take a combination of keyboard-key presses and mouse clicks.

For my readers who have not yet tried out text-to-voice applications or are looking for something… read more

A Beginner’s Guide to Vivid Shots that Pop

Someone asked me this on Twitter:

Q. I am interested in colors! I want to shoot vivid pics with personality

A. Excellent! First things first, though. To wrap our brains around producing photos with the wow factor, you have to get acquainted with (at least) basic post production (aka: ‘editing’) methods…. read more

Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Mar 21-Mar 27, 2010

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

Wallpaper of the Week #93 – FreshForDeath

The wallpaper of this week is an image sent to us by FreshForDeath, a freelance graphic designer based in Jakarta, Indonesia. For more information about his work check out his website at http://www.freshfordeath.com or his Behance profile page at http://www.behance.net/suckerhead

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50 Absolutely Stylish Vintage and Retro Graphic Wallpapers

Here is a new addition to our wallpapers collection that is based on Retro and vintage wallpapers. These two fundamentals are becoming more and trendier and have been used in a variety of design contexts. So here we are presenting a memorable image of Retro and Vintage years that usually… read more

10 Must-See Google Street View Sightings

While we brought you 15 amusing Google Street View sightings when the service launched back in 2007, in the last few years Google has expanded its coverage around the globe, which also means expanding the chances of humorous photo captures.

Here we bring you ten more funnies from around the… read more

15 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed

It’s happened again. Another week, jam-packed with expert insights, has flown by. You’ve probably caught a few of the week’s essential resources, but there’s always that chance you missed something that could transform your social media or business strategy.

Here at Mashable, we don’t like to take those chances,… read more

HOW TO: Support Earth Hour With Social Media

The World Wildlife Fund’s now annual Earth Hour campaign is great way for individuals to take a stand against climate change. Something as simple as switching your lights off for one hour can make a visual statement of your support for the global sustainability movement.

Begun back in Australia in… read more

Best of the Week #112

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

Exclusive: Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher Launch Campaign to Ban Child Slavery

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have just launched a social and global campaign to raise awareness about child slavery in Haiti with the goal to completely ban the “restavec” system that is promoting it.

In an exclusive interview with Mashable, the couple explained to us exactly what is happening in… read more

“Apple vs. Predator” Parody Highlights Apple’s Legal Woes [VIDEO]

Hey! You know what’s a new and different observation? The iPad is, like, totally just like that thing in Minority Report… and Harry Potter… and Star Trek… Yeah, I think we’re all getting sick of the comparisons/lawsuits at this point, which is what makes this new parody video,… read more

10 Essential Money-Saving iPhone Apps

Luke Knowles is the founder of numerous money-saving websites including Coupon Sherpa, Gift Card Granny and Mr. Free Stuff. In 2008 Luke founded Free Shipping Day, now a red-letter discount date for online holiday shopping.

Despite a recession allegedly in our rear view mirror, frugality remains a hot, dare I… read more

Daily Inspiration #467

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

Facebook Proposes Revisions to Privacy Policy, Hints at More Location Features

In keeping with a new tradition, Facebook is ready to alter its Privacy Policy and Statement of Rights yet again, but it’s asking for user feedback before making the changes permanent.

The proposed changes encompass an array of things, including location (another sign of things to come), new language related… read more

FRIDAY POLL: How Did You Celebrate Twestival?

Yes, it’s that time once again, folks — time for the Weekly Poll!

Yesterday, thousands of people in more than 175 cities got together to celebrate the second annual Twestival, an event that has (at the time of this posting) raised $311,696 for Concern Worldwide, an organization that works to… read more

Nokia Focuses on the Mobile Web with New Acquisition

Mobile phone/telecom corporation Nokia has acquired Chicago-based Novarra, a mobile web browser provider that is the creator of the Vision Mobile Browser, which has been used in everything from old Palm Tungsten PDAs to Alltel and U.S. Cellular phones.

According to Nokia’s announcement, Novarra’s mobile browser platform will become part… read more

5 Ways Non-Profits Can Increase Engagement With YouTube

Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.

According to ForeSee Results’ 2010 Social Media Study, YouTube is the second most powerful social network for consumer engagement. This critical component of the social web remains vital… read more

Check.in Aims to Support Universal Location Checkins [INVITES]

Location-sharing is all the rage, but those of us who spread our checkins across a handful of sites are already starting to find the process daunting. Check.in, a mobile app for any phone that supports HTML5 (it looks great on the iPhone), solves that problem: It’s the first app… read more

600+ Communities Are Fighting for Google Fiber Internet

Ever since Google announced last month that it would build its own high-speed fiber optic Internet network, there has been a fierce competition between countless cities and communities to become ground zero for the Google Fiber experiment.

Earlier today, the technology titan posted an update on the status of the… read more

WARNING: Tweeticlub Spam Invades Twitter Trending Topics

While Twitter’s efforts to reduce spam may be working, the scammers are resilient. Their newest attack surrounds spamming Twitter with TWEETICLUB links that lead to products that are most likely scams to take your money.

Tweeticlub has been trending for over an hour now (Update: It’s been removed from… read more

Awesome: iPhone App Created to Control Mars Rover [VIDEO]

We already have a game for the iPhone that lets you play pretend at controlling the Lunar rover, but how would you like to mess about with the real deal? A creation by attendees of this year’s EclipseCon2010 indicates that an iPhone-controlled rover might not just be a flight… read more

10 Fantastic Websites for Spotify Fans

With Spotify bound for the U.S. later this year, now is the time to start getting ready for all that music goodness. Which is why, in addition to our getting started guide to Spotify, and our hints, tips and tricks for getting the most out of the music streaming… read more

Feed My Inbox Giveaway Winners

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Feed My Inbox (FMI) giveaway, generously sponsored by the FMI team! Read inside to see if you’ve won.

Not long ago we also reviewed Feed My Inbox, a great way to receive RSS feeds via email. If you haven’t read the review yet, be… read more

More Google TV Details Emerge

It’s still too early to comment on the new Google TV offering that the big G is prepping in partnership with Intel and Sony, but we’re finally finding out more details about how the system might work.

VideoNuze has done some digging and it looks like, for now, the Android-… read more

The Magnificiently Captured Beautiful Places On Earth (Earth Hour Special)

Earth Hour is globally celebrated environmental event organized by World Wide Fund for Nature. This is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #41

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#41 and make sure to comeback… read more

4 Tips for Reducing Social Media Stress

Soren Gordhamer is the organizer of the Wisdom 2.0 Conference, April 30th-May 2nd in Silicon Valley, which brings together staff from Google, Facebook, and Twitter, along with Tony Hsieh from Zappos and many others, to explore living wisely in our modern age. Mashable readers can use code Mashable for… read more

Adoptabots by Brian Marshall

Brian Marshall is a Delaware based middle school teacher with one of the coolest hobbies ever. Using found objects, he dreams and builds “Adoptabots”.

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This isn’t even close to all of them. Brian has an extensive body of work, so be sure to check out his flickr for more creations.

“For as… read more

The History of Online Shopping in Nutshell

The Electronic commerce or e-Commerce as is known today evolved as businesses (end to end process) started to shift from real time market to digital market. All of the business today as we see is done over the internet and anything which is not there is meant to be wiped… read more

CSS Sprites: Useful Technique, or Potential Nuisance?

Ah, the ubiquitous CSS sprites — one of the few web design techniques that was able to bypass “trend” status almost instantly, planting itself firmly into the category of best practice CSS. Although it didn’t really take off until well after A List Apart explained and endorsed it, it was… read more

Keys to Getting Your First Web Design Clients

I receive a lot of emails and comments from designers who are just getting started in their work as a freelancer and looking for advice. With that in mind I thought it would be helpful to many readers to provide some tips or pointers for getting those… read more

Sites of the Week #95

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Super User Studio and Bounty Bev. Also we’re featuring the Neography portfolio and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be more… read more

Funny Freakish Manbabies

It’s time for some Friday fun! Yeah, I know what you thinking: this is completely retarded. And yes, it is, but I actually find these pretty darn funny! Besides, we get to see some Photoshop skills here and there.

It actually gets funnier if you pay more attention to the men… read more

“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” Trailer Hits the Web [VIDEO]

The trailer for the most recent Michael Cera vehicle — Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – has hit the Internets hard, and apparently people are excited.

Earlier today, MTV reported that director Edgar Wright (of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead fame) heralded the coming of the… read more

Daily Inspiration #466

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

Friendgiftr Lets You Buy and Send Gift Cards on Facebook

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

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Quick Pitch: This app allows you to… read more

13 Essential Social Media Lessons for B2B Marketers from the Masters

This series is supported by the MarketingProfs B2B Forum, where you’ll learn the ins-and-outs of social media as part of your overall B2B marketing mix. Register today!

Social media marketing might feel simple for the B2C crowd, but with B2B, it’s an entirely different beast. Businesses are entities that are… read more

CTIA Roundtable: Biz Stone, Aneesh Chopra and James Cameron

Wrapping up this year’s CTIA mobile show here in Las Vegas is a special round table of thought leaders: Twitter’s Biz Stone, U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra and filmmaker James Cameron came together with host and CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera to discuss the impact of mobile technology on business, media… read more

Bush Wipes Hand on Clinton’s Shirt, Internet Goes Wild [VIDEO]

Oh, man — it’s time for another viral video depicting a politician doing something potentially unseemly: On a recent trip to Haiti, BBC news cameras caught George W. Bush wiping his hand on Bill Clinton’s shirt after shaking hands with a Haitian man. Let the video-sharing and inevitable outcry… read more

Why #Twestival Matters

Twestival, a global fundraising event organized via Twitter, takes place in more than 175 cities tonight. At the time of writing, the campaign has raised $262,000 for Concern Worldwide, helping to build schools for children without access to education.

Why does Twestival matter? And what’s Twitter’s role in… read more

Internet Hearts Pi-Reciting, Book-Balancing Rubik’s Cube-Solving Girl [Randomly Viral]

This just goes to show: There’s a viral video crush for everyone. First there was the Fully Sick Rapper, then Merton, and now there’s this chick, whose mad multitasking skills are winning the hearts of nerds everywhere.

Although “booksonmyhead,” who appears to be an 18-year-old named Lauren (if… read more

3 Useful iPhone Apps to Help File Your Taxes

Tax season is upon us, and the iPhone is here to take the sting out of Uncle Sam’s April chore. The current arsenal of App Store software is useful for both simple and complex tax processes, and is generally cheaper than desktop equivalents.

While there are a variety of… read more

37signals Makes iPhone Debut with Highrise App

In the past, 37signals — purveyor of popular business-friendly web applications — has stayed out of the mobile application business, leaving that task to enterprising third parties. That all changes today as the company’s first official iPhone app — Highrise for iPhone — has landed in Apple’s App Store.

Opting… read more

6 Easy Ways to Score the Best Deals with Social Media

Sara Dunham is the community manager at online coupon site and community Savings.com.  You can read more of Sara’s posts on the Savings.com coupon blog or fan Savings.com on Facebook.

We all want to save some cash. Social media-savvy shoppers know that right now there are more opportunities than ever to… read more

No Plans Tonight? Play Chatroulette Bingo! [PICS]

Have Chatroulette dating, pranks and random musical interpretations all lost their luster for you? Have no fear, now you can turn the random video chat site into a super fun game — like Bingo! Or Bingo Black (i.e. Bingo that involves liquor). Check out three Chatoulette Bingo boards after… read more

Flickr, Picasa and SmugMug Shootout

Flickr, Picasa or SmugMug—which is best? Which one best suits your needs and your budget? What kind of professional level features do you get with each? These are questions I’ve been asking for awhile and it’s now time to compare three of the most popular photo storage and sharing services… read more

Line2 Adds a Second Line to Your iPhone [VIDEO]

Line2 is a mobile app from Toktumi that’s a refreshing option for iPhone users who need to maintain a separate personal and a business phone number.

It’s also useful — and potentially revolutionary — for iPhone owners who want to cut down on their monthly voice minutes by allowing them… read more

Super Realistic 3D Work of Max Wahyudi

It’s been sometime since we had a computer graphics post. This week we got to see the amazing work of a canadian, who shows us the development of a model of the Joker which pretty much is waaay sick.

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If they ever get to clone Heath Ledger, this is probably how… read more

Back to the 80′s

Pepe Cardoso will bring us back to the 80′s with some amazing digital illustrations that bring the feel and the style of the good old 80′s. He’s work is totally amazing and the style is just timeless. Enjoy!

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AdMob: Smartphone Usage Up, iPhone and Android on the Rise

AdMob’s Mobile Metrics report for February focuses primarily on smartphones, a category of mobile phones that has seen tremendous growth in the last year. In February 2010, smartphones accounted for 48% of AdMob’s worldwide traffic, up from 35% in February 2009.

The really big news, however, is the stellar rise… read more

Personal Branding for Web Designers

“It doesn’t matter how good you are. What matters is how good you are at showing it!” This statement represents the ABCs of personal branding, self marketing or whatever you prefer to name it. As a designer, you are so fortunate that your work is pure creativity. As a result,… read more

Back to the 80′s

Pepe Cardoso will bring us back to the 80′s with some amazing digital illustrations that bring the feel and the style of the good old 80′s. He’s work is totally amazing and the style is just timeless. Enjoy!

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We Interrupt Our Regular Programming: YouTube Is Down [UPDATE: It's Back]

At the moment, YouTube is not available, displaying only a “500 Internal Server Error” or an “Http/1.1 Service Unavailable” message. Users all over the world have noticed the error, and Twitter and Facebook are swarmed with messages related to the outage. At the time of writing, according to user… read more

What Makes A Great Cover Letter, According To Companies?

Ah, the dreaded cover letter. Boring to write, difficult to get right, and you’re usually preoccupied by other things (such as the portfolio and resume, which are also really important). Unfortunately, your cover letter is a company’s first exposure to you, and it determines whether your application is trashed or… read more

50 Stunning Typography Wallpapers For Inspiration

Typography is said to be the backbone of web design, but it’s also considered art all by itself. And, let’s face it, most designers are obsessed with it. No surprise then that in the right hands it can be very powerful. Whether it’s to improve the looks of a website… read more

The Definitive Color Wheel

Selecting a color has not always been a few clicks away. Color used to be collected from pigments of the earth and then died into fabric. You had to collect the berries to make the purple-ish/reds or dirt to get a brown. Color, binds the creative realm together be it… read more

Logo Design: Flowers, Plants and Trees

The Logo Design series is up and running! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new ways to sort these listings. Today, it’s all about plants, trees and flowers… and there’s some pretty cool stuff here.

As usual, we’ll search for logos in these galleries: Logopond, Logo Faves, Logo Moose,… read more

Mysterious Monkey of Tampa Bay is a Facebook Phenomenon

A monkey has gone viral … on Facebook. The story dates back more than a year, when numerous sightings of a mysterious monkey were first reported around the state of Florida.

Since then, the local media has latched onto the case, with the St Petersburg Times devoting a microsite… read more

iPhone hacked at Pwn2Own contest

<pPhone got hacked in just 20 seconds at this week's Pwn2Own hacking contest at CanSecWest 2010, reports Ryan Naraine for ZDnet. Hackers Vincenzo Iozzo and Ralf Philipp Weinmann demoed an exploit that allowed them to send a target iPhone to a web site that they'd set up online, and then… read more

WordPress Founder: Open Source Is About People, Not Technology

We’ve discovered a lot of great ideas here at The Economist Innovation Conference in Berkeley, California. Pixar’s President spoke on how the company creates great films and Paola Antonelli of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) discussed the history of the @ symbol, among other presentations and workshops.

Now… read more

Naked Apartments Strips the Hassle out of Real Estate Hunting

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: Naked Apartments

Quick Pitch: The Match.com for NYC… read more

Online Dating Is Bigger Than Porn [Infographic]

Online daters should no longer be considered a desperate minority that trolls the web for love. In fact, a fascinating infographic from Online Schools reveals the truth about online dating — it’s booming and might even be bigger than porn.

Per the graphic — which pulls data from a number… read more