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Reporter Freaks Out on Air, Internet Laughs and Laughs [Randomly Viral]

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:28:29 +0000

Live TV can be tough, especially if you’re in a cranky mood. Case in point: WVLT TV Volunteer News reporter Gordon Boyd, whose on-air freak-out has gone viral this week.

Reporting from a courthouse in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, Boyd seems to be having a bit a trouble wrapping up a… read more

4 Fun and Crazy Chatroulette Videos

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:56:43 +0000

This is another one we already wrote about. The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart made fun of the mainstream media coverage of Chatroulette by taking a fake spin on it to chat with reporters like Katie Couric and Brian Williams. It’s funny — check it out.

Tags: chat, chatroulette, jon stewart, live… read more

Animation in Premiere

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:12:53 +0000

Practice adding animation to a video clip, adjusting position and scale, and do some experimenting with blend modes.

This video requires Adobe Flash Player.

Layers TV: Episode 128

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:24 +0000

RC talks about some of the new features in Lightroom3 Beta. Corey sits down Larry Becker to discuss the benefits of being a member of NAPP and dishes out a quick tip on creating star shapes in Adobe Illustrator.

You can download each episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes.

How to Be Corporate and Still Be Creative

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:38:50 +0000

If you’re like me, you graduated from art school and had dreams of working as an art director at a small agency. You envisioned having your own office on the top floor of a loft with 30-foot ceilings.

Designers would play ping-pong below; people were allowed to drink… read more

New Google Maps Mashup Exposes Chatroulette User Locations

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:18:13 +0000

You can now see Chatroulette users’ locations, thanks to a new Google Maps mashup that pinpoints where in the world people are signing in to the voyeuristic video-conferencing service.

The new Chatroulette Maps website presents markers of users’ IP addresses on a worldwide map, meaning less anonymity than users have… read more

GDC 2010: Canabalt postmortem

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

The Twilight Saga: “Eclipse” Trailer Is Out [VIDEO]

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:51:32 +0000

OK, Twilight fans, brace yourself because the first trailer for the upcoming third installment of the saga — Eclipse — is now available for your viewing pleasure.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is based on Stephenie Meyer’s novel Eclipse, and should be airing on June 30, 2010. However, you can have… read more

How to Take the Perfect Headshot: Six Tips

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:09:02 +0000

Wikipedia defines a headshot as: “A head shot is a photographic technique where the focus of the photograph is a person’s face”.

It would seem to be a simple project for a photographer. After all, you are only worrying about a persons face, and just maybe part of their shoulders. Seriously,… read more

Poynt for iPhone is a mixed bag

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Like some of the other iPhone search apps, you can enter the name of a business, and get a phone number, links to a website (if there is one), a mapped location, or directions. If you use the theater search, you’ll find nearby movie houses. You can also search by… read more

Create an Organic Spring Lettering Illustration – Vector Plus Tutorial

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:55:46 +0000

We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create organic lettering, with digitally drawn lettering, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. This tutorial covers all the techniques in creating this lettering illustration and gives advanced coloring… read more

Showcase of 20 Mobile-Friendly Popular Design Blogs

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:03:00 +0000

Roughly 3-4% of our readers view this site via a mobile device and that percentage is growing week-to-week. They aren’t very high percentages but it was certainly high enough to prompt me into action – I started considering a mobile version of this site.

Let me start by saying that I… read more

Forms On Mobile Devices: Modern Solutions

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:58:05 +0000

Mobile forms tend to have significantly more constraints than their desktop cousins: screens are smaller; connections are slower; text entry is trickier; the list goes on. So, limiting the number of forms in your mobile applications and websites is generally a good idea. When you do want input from users… read more

5 Copies of Delicious Library Up For Grabs

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:02:03 +0000

After reviewing Delicious Library earlier this week, I’m pleased to let you all know that we have five licences to give away to a handful of lucky readers!

Delicious Library is an app that will enable you to catalogue your books, music, software, toys, gadgets or video games. With barcode scanning,… read more

Color Isn’t Always Better

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:22:08 +0000

Do designers dream in Pantone with visions of rainbows in their heads? Color is a vital part of any graphic designer’s life – after all, they’re the ones paid to come up with pleasing color combinations that will sell a product. That’s why you often see a bold use of… read more

HP attacks Apple iPad over Flash

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:45:00 +0000

Gearing up for Photoshop World!

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:18:17 +0000

Hey everyone! Things are full speed ahead in getting ready to head out to Photoshop World March 24-26 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando! I’m pretty excited to be amongst some wonderful instructors to teach the latest and greatest in Photoshop and the web. One of… read more

15 Famous Tech Titans Hit Forbes’ Billionaire List

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:11:30 +0000

Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s billionaires and when it comes to technology, the list includes many of the same faces we see year after year.

After regaining the throne last year, Bill Gates has once again been displaced as the world’s richest man — this time… read more

Sony Answers Wii Remote with PlayStation Move

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:24:32 +0000

Sony has named its forthcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller “PlayStation Move.” The controller is Sony’s answer to Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox 360 — a way to use motion to play video games instead of (or at least in addition to) buttons.

The controller was originally… read more

Valve on Mac piques interest from other game developers

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Gas Powered Games, creator of Supreme Commander 2, Kings and Castles, and Dungeon Siege, has said of the Mac: “We, as a developer, will include a Mac platform option in all of our proposals moving forward. We’re in 100 percent support of it, absolutely.” Chris Taylor, founder of Gas Powered… read more

Google Reader Play Transforms Feeds into Entertainment Experience

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:45:31 +0000

Google has just released an alternative player for Google Reader that gives those with a penchant for browsing news the ability to do so in an image-heavy, TV-like fashion.

Dubbed Google Reader Play, the new tool is an experimental Google Labs project that presents stories one by one — based… read more

Rock Out with PixieTea and Her Amazing iPhone Band [VIDEO]

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:13:36 +0000

Remember the Stanford iPhone Orchestra and their kick-ass musical stylings? Well, there’s a new smartphone virtuoso on the scene by the name of PixieTea who could become more synonymous with the word “telephone” than Lady Gaga herself. The Chinese artist created a video and song — mostly on an… read more

Google Fiber Sparks Online Competition Between Cities Nationwide

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:58:08 +0000

It seems like every city in America wants Google Fiber. And who can blame them? Ever since Google announced its plan last month to bring ultra-high speed Internet connections (as in, up to 100x faster than what most of the country has today) to between 50,000 and… read more

SXSW 2010: The Complete Social Media Guide

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:16:01 +0000

This year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival is rapidly approaching. Beginning with the Interactive Media events on March 12th, Austin, Texas will be the place to connect with the brightest in tech and media and get the scoop on some exciting new ventures.

Whether you plan to physically attend… read more

GDC 2010: Interview with Street Fighter IV producer Takeshi Tazuka

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media Jobs

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:50:06 +0000

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to… read more

YouTube Wants You to Grill the FCC’s Chairman

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:47:55 +0000

YouTube is pushing itself further into citizen journalism with an interview with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, and just as it has in the past, the world’s largest video portal is allowing its users to submit questions via CitizenTube.

The interview, which takes place right after the release of the National… read more

MySpace Courts Gamers and Developers with New Platform

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:35:26 +0000

One of the many initiatives on MySpace’s upcoming roadmap is a renewed focus on the applications platform, most notably surrounding games. The company announced this morning at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco the launch of a new Games Gallery experience, a gaming-specific iPhone app, and a number… read more

Video Games On-Demand from OnLive Arrive in June

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:54:04 +0000

Today at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, OnLive CEO Steve Perlman revealed a U.S. launch date of June 17 and a monthly price of $14.95 for his subscription-based, on-demand video game-streaming service.

We wrote about OnLive previously when it went into beta testing. You can think about the… read more

Lady Gaga and Rock Band Caught in a Bad Romance

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:34:21 +0000

The first Lady Gaga song pack for the Rock Band music video game is coming next week. It will include the songs “Bad Romance,” “Just Dance,” “Monster” and “Poker Face.” You’ll be able to buy each song for $2 or all of them for $6.99.

Yes, “Paparazzi” and “LoveGame” are… read more

EyeTV Hybrid shrinks down, gains Win7 compatibility

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0000

CNN Sees Facebook As Major Competitor

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:55:48 +0000

When it comes to competition, CNN president Jon Klein fears Facebook. The man at the top of the news network believes that the social network is more of a threat to his business than other broadcast media organizations.

In a recent question-and-answer session with BusinessWeek, Klein specifically states, “We want… read more

Corey Haim Dies: Fans Pay Tribute on Social Media Sites

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:37:17 +0000

Corey Haim, best known as one half of “the two Coreys,” was found dead in his home this morning at the age of 38, apparently from an accidental drug overdose.

The actor was a teen icon and heartthrob in the late 1980s, known for his roles in films like Lucas,… read more

YouTube Deploys Ads on Mobile Site

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:15:31 +0000

YouTube will now display banner ads on the mobile version of its website. Google made the announcement in a blog post today, enticing would-be advertisers to sign up by saying that users of its mobile video website are tech-savvy early adopters with cash to spend — the ideal ad… read more

WordPress vs. ExpressionEngine: Apples and Oranges?

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:43:28 +0000

This post has been a long time coming. Whether on Twitter or in the blogosphere, the question often arises, and I have been asked numerous times for my opinion on the ExpressionEngine vs. WordPress debate, and why one would choose one content management system (CMS) over the… read more

50 Examples of Creative 404 – Page Not Found Pages

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:04:23 +0000

There are two ways you can go when designing a 404 page for your website – you could go the sensible route and make it usable and try to help the reader find exactly what they were looking for or, you could design a 404 page that not only defines… read more

45+ Nice Typography Photoshop Tutorials

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:10 +0000

45+ Nice Typography Photoshop Tutorials

YouTube Darlings OK Go Say Bye-Bye to EMI

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:33:36 +0000

Welcome to Act III of the OK Go/EMI drama: According to EMI, the pop band has decided to leave the record company and form their own independent label, Paracadute Recordings, under which they will take over control of their third album, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.

Here… read more

iKat: Your New Augmented Reality Pet

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:26:10 +0000

There’s something about the idea of an augmented reality pet – and a markerless one, too – that will make the heart of every true geek skip a beat. The idea is not entirely new, but it’s still amazing to see a virtual creature hopping around on a real-life… read more

Uncovering Toy Cameras and Polaroid Vintage Effects (With Photoshop Tutorials)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:23:28 +0000

Since its emergence, the digital photography market has gradually supplanted the traditional one. APN and digital SLR cameras entered our lives, and some people announced the death of silver-based images. This is not all lie, and yet old-fashioned images have been particularly popular in the past few years. All we… read more

Typography Mania #19

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:14:34 +0000

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.

Make sure to click on each… read more

Interview with Christian San Jose

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:00:57 +0000

Christian San Jose is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Pasig, Philippines. By day he is a senior web designer for an internet marketing company, and by night he works as a freelance illustrator. His list of clients include Nike Phil., The Coca-Cola Company Phil., ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation,… read more

Now Edit And Share From Anywhere With Photoshop For iPhone

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:46:46 +0000

Earlier Adobe Photoshop was developed for the admirers of art and design professionals only. But now a days it seems like every person who even knows very little about computers no matter man, woman and child, everyone wants to use every software that are available to them or they are… read more

The Secret Behind Great Designs: A Young Web Designer’s View

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:19:33 +0000

To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about as near to a formula for success and happiness as the world provides.

One of the fortunate aspects of this formula is that, granted the right career has been… read more

MySpace Co-Presidents Reveal Company’s Plan for the Future [INTERVIEW]

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:44:17 +0000

We had a chance to step into MySpace HQ for a chat with new Co-Presidents Jason Hirschhorn and Mike Jones, who preside over the News Corp.-owned social network from a shared desk in Beverly Hills. The joint office speaks to how closely Hirschhorn and Jones are working together to… read more

Appboy Gets a New Design, iPhone App and Best Buy Partnership

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:48:31 +0000

Back in October we wrote about Appboy, a social network for mobile app developers and users. Since launching, Appboy has continued to evolve into a community for both developers and users to find and rate apps, as well as submit ideas for new mobile applications. Appboy has just rolled… read more

Watch Out, Topeka: Greenville, SC, Also Wants to be Googletown, USA

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:19:34 +0000

Google’s call for medium-sized cities to pilot its high-speed broadband network has attracted the marketing wit of another locale: Greenville, South Carolina.

Citizens of Greenville have launched the “We Are Feeling Lucky” campaign –- an obvious play on Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” button — an effort that will culminate in… read more

HOW TO: Prepare for Disasters Using Social Media

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:48:43 +0000

Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be a geek chic chick.

Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes — lately, it… read more

Lindsay Lohan Sues E-Trade Claiming Baby Ad Is a Parody of Her [VIDEO]

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:28 +0000

The Super Bowl may be long over, but Brand Battle 2010 continues to rage on, as yet another commercial is bit by the controversy bug — this time one of those adorable spots from E-Trade featuring a talking baby named “Lindsay.”

According to the New York Post, actress… read more

Slate comes to the iPhone, along with a lot of advertising

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Now, Slate has come to the iPhone in a US$1.99 app that features all the articles from the site, as well as the blog posts, staff tweets and streaming video from the Slate podcasts. Once content is downloaded you can read it off-line, which is a worthwhile feature. Access to… read more

Hulu Gets 400 Hours of NFL Video

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:12:35 +0000

Hulu struck a deal to host content from The NFL Network in January, including eight shows and highlights from every team in the National Football League. The network has been adding new content to the site ever since, and this week Hulu has posted an impressive 400 hours of… read more

How to Get Free Content and Media Hosting at Screencast.com

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:18:54 +0000

Let’s say you’ve created a video or image you want to share, but you don’t want it saved to your computer. You want to save it in a safe place, where you can access it at any time. You want some storage options, and the ability to … read more

How to Pop Color Selectively Using Channel Mixers and Layer Masks in Photoshop

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:15:28 +0000

By Jodi Friedman of MCP Actions: Photoshop Actions and Training

There are literally dozens of ways to saturate your colors in Photoshop. For this post I am going to focus on one way to pop colors using “Channel Mixer” adjustment layers.

To start with, locate an image that could benefit from more… read more

PlayStation First to Sell HD Movies from All Major Studios

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:03:15 +0000

Sony Computer Entertainment is proudly shouting “FIRST” (YouTube commenter-style) with an announcement that claims the PlayStation Network is the first online service to sell high-definition movies from all the major movie studios: Universal, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Walt Disney, Warner Bros and, of course, Sony Pictures.

Some of the content… read more

Found Footage: Deconstructing the iPad Ad

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Neil Curtis, the guy behind the adjective-filled iPad mashup video we presented last month, has taken the iPad commercial shown on the Oscar broadcast and clarified it. Our own Sang Tang did a graphical breakdown of the ad’s focus earlier today, so this is a nice companion piece.

In… read more

FileMaker 11 now available with charting, reporting improvements

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0000

Launch

Right off the bat, the introduction screen is new (after the splash screen “wobbles” into view). It’s wider with more options, like a link to the online resource center. There you’ll find video tutorials, starter solutions (more on that later) and access to consultants. They’re all extremely useful… read more

Win a Bokeh Kit: Competition

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:17:50 +0000

Today we’re giving away 6 great little kits to help you create some stunning Bokeh effects from Bokeh Masters Kit. Thanks to Udi Tirosh (follow him on Twitter here) for this offer. Here he is to introduce the concept behind the kits and to introduce the competition.

The Challenge

A while back… read more

“Tron Legacy” Trailer Featuring Jeff Bridges Hits the Web [VIDEO]

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:15:25 +0000

New Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges reprises his role as arcade regular and computer programming genius Flynn in the trailer for Tron Legacy, which just made its official web debut today. The film is a long-anticipated sequel to the 1980s geek classic Tron, and this is the first full-length trailer.

The… read more

Found Footage: iPad intro video as captioned by Google

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Auto-captioning, introduced last year by YouTube in a pilot test, uses voice recognition to create text captions for uploaded videos (via the same massively distributed approach that Google uses for machine translation, and with the same underlying engine that Google Voice uses to transcribe voicemail). Just last week the feature… read more

Cisco CRS-3: Download Library of Congress in Just Over One Second

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:37:10 +0000

Cisco has announced a new routing system that they say is going to speed up the Internet in a big way. Dubbed the Cisco CRS-3, the company claimed that the new system – currently being tested by AT&T – is three times faster than its predecessor, which was… read more

25 Useful CSS3 Techniques and Tutorials

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:39:00 +0000

It is essential today for a web designer to know about CSS3 and there are many tutorials and resources for the CSS3. Below i’ve listed 25 Useful CSS3 Techniques and Tutorials to get you started with CSS3, hope you find this collection useful read more

How to Make an Attractive Vector Butterfly

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:40:57 +0000

In this tutorial I will show you how to make a vector butterfly using the blending mode from transparency box and the gradient mesh. The techniques shown in this tutorial will help you make shades on objects and liquid transition of colors. Believe me it is very easy.

Step 1

Let’s start… read more

50+ Free Resources for Charts and Graphs Solution

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:08:21 +0000

A chart or a graph is a visual representation of data, in which “the data are represented by symbols, such as bars, lines, or slices”. These symbols can represent tabular numeric data, functions or some kinds of qualitative structures. For one reason or another, a lot of freelancers use Charts… read more

A look at the framework of Apple’s iPad ad

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000

In making his case for the iPad, Apple CEO… read more

CBS Sports March Madness app will stream your games live

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Astounding Ajax/CSS Forms: 30+ Modern Trends , Tips and Techniques

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:20:00 +0000

This article with the title 30 amazing css ajax form will explain the various techniques, tutorials, examples relating to the form. read more

Motion Graphics And 2-D Animation: 10 Tips For A Clean Workflow

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:45:07 +0000

By Melinda Rainsberger

More and more, designers, illustrators and coders are being asked to animate. Animation adds energy to a brand and heightens a customer’s emotional response. The software to do it is reasonably priced, and Internet connections can now deliver high-quality video. For these two reasons, animation-based advertising is booming… read more

8 Mac Apps to Embrace Minimalism

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:36:09 +0000

We posted earlier this year about how to clean up your Mac, but today I thought it would be interesting to share a selection of applications that can really simplify your Mac experience. While being “minimal” isn’t everything – and nor is it for everyone – it’s a fun exercise… read more

Top 8 Dreaded Favors Asked of Web Designers

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:30:02 +0000

Long before you officially take the profession of graphic or web designer, your friends and family will support your ambitions by developing your talent. At first, your loved ones inspect your work and if they like what they see, you’ll get flooded with their requests for one page flyers, t-shirt… read more

50 Hot New Tutorials (Part1)

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:52:40 +0000

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of February. You’ll find everything from a stunning retro futuristic… read more

Oscars Fashion, Winners and Speeches: Google Names the Search Leaders

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:43:05 +0000

Google’s latest blog post has revealed what Oscars-related searches topped the hot search list during the Oscars.

This is probably no surprise to most of you: some of the most popular searches were related to stars’ fashion choices? So who topped the list? The leading fashion-related searches were… read more

HP Slate Demo Shows Off Flash Support [VIDEO]

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:31:29 +0000

One of many upcoming tablet alternatives to the Apple iPad, HP’s forthcoming Slate device was teased briefly by Steve Ballmer at Microsoft’s CES keynote earlier this year. HP and Adobe teamed up to offer a couple of video demos of the HP Slate (embedded below), with an emphasis on… read more

Did Blog Buzz for “Hurt Locker” Predict Its Oscar Win?

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:01:40 +0000

The blogosphere was literally split down the middle in terms of online buzz around the 82nd Academy Awards Best Picture nominees. Both Avatar and The Hurt Locker each maxed out with three quarters of a percent (.75%) of blog post buzz across the web.

The data in question comes from… read more

Online Video’s Rapid Growth Hits a Speed Bump [STATS]

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:47:39 +0000

comScore just posted its monthly report on online video viewership, and the total number of videos viewed in January slipped slightly as compared with December.

In December, 179 million people watched 33.2 billion videos. In January, it was 173 million people and 32.4 billion videos. It’s not a big decline,… read more

Daily Inspiration #451

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:34:29 +0000

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

Is Google Search Coming to Your TV?

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:30:28 +0000

Google is testing a new television programming search service in conjunction with Dish Network, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The service, which appears to be very much in a limited testing phase, runs on a special set-top box and apparently searches content from both the Dish programming guide, as… read more

Free Music Monday: 10 Free Tracks

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:03:54 +0000

Hey there, music fans! Thanks for joining us for Free Music Monday this week, where we offer you 10 free downloads for your eclectic listening pleasure. If you haven’t been with us before, we’re collating free and legal tracks in honor of the #musicmonday tradition on Twitter.

We happily accept… read more

Tweeting Bike Keeps Festival Goers Updated [VIDEO]

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:11:47 +0000

An ongoing festival in London is offering a unique way of keeping up with happenings: following a tweeting bike on Twitter.

The East Festival — boasting a “uniquely rich creative mix of East London” — will be documented in part by the “Twike”, a two-wheeled creation from Pete Fowler, who… read more

iPad Gets a Doritos-Themed Parody [VIDEO]

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:48:16 +0000

College Humor is out with a video that gives new meaning to that super annoying superlative: Snacky. In a truly inspired mashup, CH equates the iPad with Doritos, creating a commercial parody for something called Spice 2.0.

Although the parodies have yet to start pumping out in the… read more

How Job Seekers Are Using Social Media for Real Results

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:09:33 +0000

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.

Whether you’re looking for your first job, exploring a career change, or… read more

“The Cove” Movie Uses Oscars to Promote Social Media Activism

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:01:10 +0000

One of the men responsible for The Cove — 2010 Oscar winner for best documentary — used the Academy Awards stage to promote a web and mobile-based activism campaign tied to the film’s save-the-dolphins subject matter.

During the acceptance speech, dolphin activist Ric O’Barry held up a sign saying, “Text… read more

3 Things to Do Before MashBash SXSWi This Sunday Night

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:58:49 +0000

MashBash SXSWi 2010, Mashable’s annual event at the SXSW festival in Austin, is less than 1 week away! Here’s a checklist for those wishing to attend:

1. RSVP on Eventbrite and the Facebook event page so your friends know you’re coming.

2. Add yourself to Austin Realtime, our growing directory… read more

Steam Brings Portal 2 and Half-Life Series to Mac

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:47:57 +0000

Massively popular online games distribution platform Steam is headed for computers running Apple’s Mac OS X in the near future. Developer Valve Software plans to release native Mac versions of all of its games, including the upcoming and highly anticipated Portal 2, which it will release for Mac and… read more

Enter to win Trip Journal 4.0 for the iPhone DO NOT POST

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0000

Sandra Bullock Oscar Acceptance Speech in Hot Demand [VIDEO]

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:18:06 +0000

The 82nd Academy Awards were last night, and it wasn’t just about iPad commercials and pissing matches between media conglomerates; actual awards were given out, too.

Although The Hurt Locker might have taken home the most gold statues (six wins out of nine nominations), one of the most talked-about moments… read more

Why Designers Shouldn’t Settle

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:47:29 +0000

Ugly designs abound on the web, and behind each and every one of them is a “designer”.

In many of these cases the designers behind the sites are simply incompetent.

They’re often amateur designers or those who have little or no design training or people who design their own… read more

Final Cut dominant among Oscar documentary nominees

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Cnet reports this morning that the majority of the “Documentary Feature” and “Documentary Short” nominees — 9 out of 10 in fact — were made using Final Cut Studio, Apple’s professional video editing package. Cnet spoke with some of the filmmakers, including Dan Wilken, online editor of “Food, Inc,” who… read more

Social Media Dorks Get an Anthem [VIDEO]

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:28:08 +0000

Remember the Pantless Knights of “I’m on a Mac” fame? Well, they’re back today with a new vid titled “The New Dork,” a parody of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’s “Empire State of Mind” that pays tribute to social media adherents and hipsters alike.

With shoutouts to Zuckerberg, Mashable,… read more

Bing Takes On “Goliath” Google with Huge UK Ad Campaign

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:37:54 +0000

It’s a bit funny to hear Microsoft referring to any other company as the “Goliath,” but when it comes to the business of search, there’s no doubt that Google has managed to overshadow Microsoft’s efforts, which prompted Microsoft to ditch Live Search and start anew with Bing.

It’s therefore no… read more

New & Amazing Portfolio of Emeric Trahand

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:59:39 +0000

Graphic designer, Art director, Illustrator, Emeric Trahand works with a special emphasis on aesthetics, creative ideas and communication goals, with a very high attention to details. Inspired by everything, everywhere, interested and enthusiastic, he is in complete love with visual creation.

To check out more of his new works visit… read more

Draw a Glowing, Vector Pocket Watch – Front and Back

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:28:49 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn how to draw the front and the back side of a pocket watch from scratch. This tutorial is detailed and by the end you will know how to draw all kinds of shapes, like cog-wheels and small screws. You’ll learn to create the scatter… read more

Delicious Library: Catalog Your Media in Style

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:45 +0000

Have you recently bought a book, DVD or a CD you already own, but had forgotten about? No? But you do know every single book, DVD, game, CD, gadget or toy you own?

If you just screwed up you forehead trying hard to think of everything, maybe Delicious Library is something… read more

Progressive enhancement: pure CSS speech bubbles

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Speech bubbles are a popular effect but many tutorials rely on presentational HTML or JavaScript. This tutorial contains various forms of speech bubble effect created with CSS2.1 and enhanced with CSS3. No images, no JavaScript and it can be applied to your existing semantic HTML.

14 Free Mobile Application Development Icon Sets

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:14:15 +0000

The gap between the desktop/laptop and the mobile device is becoming smaller and smaller, it has never been a better time for mobile app development – The market is huge, very lucrative and highly profitable. Our ever growing appetite for more powerful and better mobile devices has pushed the demand… read more

40 Outstanding Photo Manipulation Tutorials

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:02:27 +0000

Photo manipulation is an art that requires lots of patience along with the expertise in Photoshop and other photo editing tools. With your creativity and imagination, you can manipulate any photograph the way you want! Now it’s all about your imagination and using Photoshop’s effects and other tools cleverly.

You simply… read more

Iron Man 2 Trailer Hits YouTube

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:47:09 +0000

It’s here: the biggest action movie for gadget geeks, Iron Man, returns with a sequel, and you can see just how high-tech it’ll all be in the Iron Man 2 trailer, now available on YouTube.

Besides a long-haired, electric whip-wielding Mickey Rourke, the movie features more iron man suits than… read more

Tumblr Hits Major Milestones, Plans to Start Generating Revenue

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:17:39 +0000

Tumblr, one of the simplest blogging platforms around, is doing really well. Situated between Wordpress, which requires a bit more effort to create and organize content, and Twitter, which requires almost no effort but also doesn’t offer many features, Tumblr is the perfect tool for users who want to… read more

First iPad Commercial Airs During the Oscars [PIC]

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:01:50 +0000

The iPad is breaking out in a very mainstream fashion: an ad for the Apple device just aired during the Oscars.

The ad explains why Apple CEO Steve Jobs was spotted on the red carpet earlier. We’ve got a screenshot and we’ll post video as soon as it comes… read more

Oscars Live Video Stream – Watch Online [Academy Awards]

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:46:46 +0000

As a result of failed contract negotiations, Disney pulled New York affiliate ABC7 off of cable company Cablevision’s channel lineup early this morning, leaving over 3 million people without a channel to watch the Oscars on tonight unless they tune in over the air.

We’d like to offer those 3… read more

“Alice in Wonderland” Has Record-Breaking Opening Weekend

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:10:56 +0000

Entertainment Weekly reports that Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland drew almost $40 million in box office revenue on Friday, setting the stage for what will likely have been a $100 million (or more) weekend. The film will definitely beat the previous record for this weekend of the year —… read more

Quick Tip: Working With Illustrator’s Workspaces

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:05:35 +0000

Learn how to work with Workspaces in Adobe Illustrator. Workspaces allow you to arrange the Panels and other interface elements in Illustrator. Learn to work with the built-in default Workspaces Illustrator CS4 comes with, as well as how to customize your own workspaces to suit the type of job you’re… read more

Interview with Dacosta!

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:24:55 +0000

Dacosta is an independent artist currently based in Vancouver and is the founder of Chocolate Soop, Inc. He specializes in vector graphics and character design. This self-taught designer has over 10 years of professional experience. He’s influenced by Japanese culture, graffiti and industrial design. He works in a variety of… read more

8 Great Spotify Hints, Tips and Tricks

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:59:06 +0000

We’ve already brought you a how-to guide to get started with Spotify (read that first if you don’t know what it is), but now we’re delving a little deeper into the music streaming software with a look at some hints, tips and tricks that will help you get the… read more

Playing with Watercolor Brushes and Masks in Pixelmator

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:25:08 +0000

I have already created some tutorials about watercolor effects; however, I also want to create a workflow that is extremely simple but that produces a beautiful result. Therefore, I invented this tutorial, which uses only basic watercolor brushes, a photo, and a layer mask.

This tutorial is part of a series… read more

Leica S2 – First Impression Review

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:05:40 +0000

This Review of the Leica S2 is a guest Post by Justin de Deney from Camera Advice.

Invitation to Leica

A Lamborghini speeds by as I cross Berkley Square, on my way to the Leica showroom in the heart of Mayfair, central London. I have received an invite to view the new… read more

Another iPhone video conferencing rumor surfaces

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Note that third-party sellers regularly advertise features for Apple’s products well in advance of their actual release based on a “best guess” approach without any verifiable foreknowledge of the devices — Best Buy’s recent page update listing i7 processors for the upcoming MacBook Pro update is a perfect example –… read more

Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Feb 28-Mar 6, 2010

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:43:23 +0000

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

Hobbyists Build Google Android-Powered Robot [VIDEO]

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:04:30 +0000

Enterprising hobbyists Tim Heath and Ryan Hickman have created cellbots — with names like Tankbot and Truckbot — that are simply robots powered by Android devices.

With just $30, an Android device, and a little creativity the pair were able to create the cellbots which process commands via telnet on… read more

The Dave Hill Look in Lightroom

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:00:47 +0000

Dave Hill is a genius. Period. I could look at his images all day long and his behind the scenes videos are strangely addictive. Naturally, thousands want to create his hyper-real, painterly, utterly hypnotising look on their images.

The first observation one can make about his method is the painstaking attention… read more

Apple’s video advertising options detailed in patent application

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:00:00 +0000

Found Footage: Say hello to ePad

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Apple is definitely one of the world’s most admired companies, but their lofty ambitions, high visibility, and easy-to-identify style also makes them ripe for parody, as in this very funny video by the UK’s E4. They’re boasting about a madeup device called the ePad, which will wow you with its… read more

Handy Tools and Tips for E-Commerce Websites

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:47:49 +0000

Running an e-commerce website is a never-ending task, from trying to squeeze that extra bit of conversion rate out of the check-out page to figuring out which referrers give you the best traffic. There’s also a plethora of tools out there to help you achieve your goals. But which ones… read more

Xbox LIVE Beats PlayStation Network in Reader Vote

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:52:45 +0000

We had a very hotly contested matchup this week in our long-running Faceoff series, with Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE going up against Sony’s PlayStation Network for favorite online console gaming service. After an astounding 35,055 votes we’re ready to declare the winner…

… and Xbox LIVE takes the win! They’ll obviously… read more

FRIDAY POLL: Will Desktops Be Irrelevant Soon?

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:33:06 +0000

Happy Friday, people! Along with the venerable tradition of Follow Friday, today also marks this week’s edition of the Friday Poll.

Last week we wanted to know if location checkin services freak you out in terms of privacy concerns. Reactions were pretty mixed, although many of you felt like services… read more

The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, February 2010

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:04:34 +0000

*The Visible Measures Top 10 Webisodes Chart focuses on digital studio-driven Web series that appear on Internet video-sharing destinations. Each Web series is measured on a True Reachô basis, which includes viewership of both studio-syndicated video clips and viewer-driven social video placements. The data are compiled using the Visible Measures… read more

Granny DJ Spins the Internet into a Frenzy [Randomly Viral]

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:27:31 +0000

This little news item has yet to go totally viral, but it’s definitely on the cusp: Behold DJ Ruth Flowers, a 69-year-old world-spinner, groove-shaker, beat-maker from Paris, France.

This CBS News story hit YouTube yesterday and has so far garnered nearly 10,000 views, but its burgeoning popularity on… read more

Daily Deals for March 5, 2010

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:15:00 +0000

The Apple Store again has six factory-refurbished Apple Mac Pro workstations on sale in its Special Deals… read more

revMobile: write iPhone and iPad apps without knowing Objective C

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Daily Inspiration #449

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:59:57 +0000

LEAKED: More Juicy Microsoft Courier Details and Pics

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:57:14 +0000

We’ve been following the rumor mill avidly on Microsoft’s alleged “digital journal” device dubbed Courier, and today sees another spate of leaked images and details courtesy of Engadget.

The Courier is a hinged device that combines elements of a tablet, an e-reader, and a netbook (sans physical keyboard). It’s reported… read more

Freebie: High Res Spray Paint Textures

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:56:08 +0000

Today we have a high-quality set of 8 spray paint textures to release to DesignM.ag readers. The textures are from Sebastiano Guerriero of WeGraphics. This is a follow up to the first set of spray paint textures released at WeGraphics.

The textures are free for personal or commercial purposes (which includes… read more

10 Free 8×5.5″ Photo Albums by Pixable

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:00:50 +0000

Taking pictures of every moment in life is the norm these days, now that we have cameras in our phones, laptops and other mobile devices—not to mention ever smaller dedicated point and shoot cameras. You share all those photos on Facebook, Picasa, Flickr and similar sites, but what about doing… read more

Hulu Users Tag Leno’s Return as “Vomit Inducing” (and Much Worse)

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:59:52 +0000

Before NBC heralds Jay Leno’s triumphant return to late night (the TV ratings are great) it might want to check out The Tonight Show’s Hulu tag pages. The show has garnered seven pages of astoundingly negative user-created tags — think “sellout,” “craptastic,” “vomit-inducing,” and “coco crybaby” — that speak… read more

A Look Through 14 Beautiful Video Game HUD Designs

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:30:45 +0000

A Look Through 14 Beautiful Video Game HUD Designs

Jersey Shore Parodies The Oscars [VIDEO]

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:15:02 +0000

The Academy Awards are this Sunday and that means that there are plenty of awesome opportunities for funny (and sometimes not so funny) attempts to parody the films nominated for the film industry’s top prize. The kids from Jersey Shore have been featured in a slew of Oscar videos… read more

Microsoft Allows Xbox LIVE Users to Express Sexual Orientation

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:46:46 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it has changed a controversial policy for its Xbox LIVE service that banned people from expressing their sexual orientation in their user profiles.

Said to have been originally put in place to prevent the use of such terms “as insults or slurs”, it was a step… read more

Why I’m Banking on Facebook

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:27:35 +0000

A new Facebook app launched this week that lets you send small sums of money to friends – the London-based company allows payments to be sent in US dollars or Euros.

Beyond sharing links, photos, videos and status updates, is the exchange of real money a logical next step for… read more

YouTube Revenue Approaching $1 Billion Per Year [REPORT]

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:09:06 +0000

YouTube may be closing in on $1 billion in annual revenue according to some new research performed by a Wall Street analyst.

Using MySpace’s estimated CPMs and YouTube’s estimated page views, Mark Mahaney of Citigroup calculates that Google’s video site generated $727 million in revenue for 2009, and will pull… read more

Ask TUAW: File ownership and permissions, converting FLV and OGG, extra displays, and more

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000

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

Top 20 Free Windows Mobile Social Media and Networking Apps

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:58:22 +0000

There are thousands and thousands of social networking and media apps for the iPhone and for Android, we all know that. But what about all the apps for Windows Mobile? Certainly, Win Mob is no where near as popular within the mainstream of mobile users as the other two, but… read more

How to Create a Shiny Vector Strawberry – Vector Premium Tutorial

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:23:39 +0000

We have another great Vector Plus tutorial available exclusively for Plus members today. If you want to learn how to control the lighting in your illustrations while creating a juicy strawberry, then we have an awesome tutorial for you.

This Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques

In this tutorial we will learn… read more

Jon Stewart Blows the Lid Off Chatroulette [VIDEO]

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:11:17 +0000

Tags: chatroulette, television, video

Get Your Oscars Red Carpet Livestreams Right Here! [VIDEO]

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:32:29 +0000

The Oscars will air on ABC this Sunday, March 7, but if you’re really into movies (or at least celebrities and fashion), you’ll want to watch the red carpet and backstage coverage on the web too. To that end, we’ve found three live video streams that will accompany the… read more

Print Magazines for Web Designers, Digital Artists, and Photographers

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:32:54 +0000

Although much valuable information for all sorts of web and print professionals can be found online, it is often difficult to weed through all the noise and find good quality content. I believe it’s vital that professionals in different creative fields supplement their online learning and research through well-edited and… read more

A New Meme is Brewing: YouTube Caption Fail

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:54:46 +0000

Don’t get us wrong, we love YouTube’s new automatic captioning feature. A couple of years ago it was almost unimaginable that someone (or something) could take videos, convert speech to text, then translate that text into 20 or 30 languages, and do it all automatically, in a blink of… read more

Redesign and Other Tuts News

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:52:15 +0000

Over the last three days we’ve been steadily rolling out a new Tuts+ theme across all 8 sites. The new design is a refinement more than a big change, with lots of little improvements in usability and more suited to big screens. Read on to learn more about the redesign… read more

Nintendo not concerned about competition from Apple

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:45:00 +0000

Nintendo certainly has room to feel comfortable, at least for now. In terms of units sold, the DS has been the most successful gaming system in history, and the iPhone and iPod touch aren’t even primarily focused on gaming. If anything, Apple’s success in gaming came almost accidentally; it’s only… read more

Join Over a Quarter of a Million Photography Enthusiasts and Improve Your Photography Today

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:39:42 +0000

One of the most popular parts of dPS is our weekly newsletter. Each Thursday/Friday (depending where in the world you are) we send it off to 276,501 subscribers (that number is going up every minute or two as new people join).

The free weekly newsletter is:

a recap on the newest tips… read more

Sony Working on a PSP Phone and iPad Competitor

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:35:13 +0000

Consumer electronics juggernaut Sony is apparently stepping up to the plate to tackle Apple’s iPhone (and soon iPad) pantheon with a PlayStation Portable Phone, sources tell The Wall Street Journal.

If you haven’t been following the vicissitudes of the mobile rumor mill for as long as we have, you might… read more

Apple Tops Google and Amazon on “Most Admired Company” List

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:55:59 +0000

In Fortune Magazine’s annual ranking of “most admired companies”, Apple has once again walked away with the top spot. Apple was voted #1 for the third year in a row in a poll of executives, industry analysts and company directors. This year, Apple actually took pole position by its… read more

Suze Orman Advises Mark Zuckerberg Against Buying Twitter [SPOOF VIDEO]

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:02:32 +0000

Twitter may be valued at $1.4 billion, but it’s definitely not a smart buy in Suze Orman’s opinion. Well, that is if you’re Mark Z., a 25 year-old degree-less professional with $300 million in liquid assets, $4 billion in Facebook stock, $2,500 in monthly expenses, and no debt.

In her… read more

Omoby: Visual Search for the iPhone

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:58:38 +0000

Omoby can essentially be summed up in four words: Google Goggles for iPhone. The visual search app allows you to snap a pic of any object and get back a list of convenient search results, retailer pricing, and information about that product.

The technology behind the app is visual object… read more

HOW TO: Get Started With Spotify

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:44:53 +0000

Spotify is a free, legal, cloud-based streaming music service delivered via desktop software with a nice social twist. A Swedish start-up with offices in London, it launched back in 2008 in Europe and now boasts around five million users and around six million tracks from the major labels as… read more

Shooting for Stock Photography Sites

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:13:29 +0000

Love them or hate them image libraries are a great way of generating an extra revenue stream, and because the websites don’t discriminate against people who aren’t classed as ‘professional photographers’, advanced enthusiasts and amateurs have just as much chance of selling as the pros. But as with all areas… read more

Boxee Adds “Funny or Die” to Its Lineup

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:51:23 +0000

Boxee has added popular comedy site Funny or Die to the repository of video content offered on its cross-platform home theater software.

Boxee is a software application for home theater PCs (Apple TV, Mac, Linux or Windows) that brings web-hosted content to the TV screen and has a BitTorrent client… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media & Web Development Jobs

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:50:06 +0000

Send Email and SMS Messages Using Voice Commands With Vlingo for iPhone

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:56:01 +0000

Since Vlingo first introduced its voice control app for the BlackBerry more than a year and a half ago, smartphones and voice-to-speech technology have evolved quite a bit. Today, the company has launched a pretty major update to its iPhone app, adding the ability to send e-mail and SMS… read more

YouTube Launches Auto-Captioning for Videos

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:32:08 +0000

I’m here at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California for a press conference called by the Google-owned video website. In a room reminiscent of a U.N. meeting, a group of speakers from YouTube, Google, Stanford, Berkeley, and the California School for the Deaf (CSD) are about to speak… read more

Simple File Sharing and Collaboration with drop.io

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:00:57 +0000

While visiting my apartment leasing office, I was randomly asked if I knew anything about computers. This question is always an interesting one as it tends to go in so many different directions. The issue at hand involved sending a ~90MB video to the corporate office of the leasing agent…. read more

3 Crisis Survival Lessons for the Social Media Age

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:04:55 +0000

Dallas Lawrence is Chair of the Social and Digital Media Practice at Levick Strategic Communications, the nation’s top crisis communications firm. He blogs on emerging digital media trends and best practices for social media engagement on Bulletproof Blog. Connect with him on Twitter @dallaslawrence.

If there was any doubt… read more

Dear John Makinson and Penguin, please don’t “reinvent” books

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000

paidContent:UK has an article on a presentation by Penguin Books’ CEO John Makinson gave here in London on Tuesday. Makinson presented ideas on how publishers might approach Apple’s iPad and the iBookstore. Makinson revealed “We will be embedding audio, video and streaming in to everything we do. The .epub format,… read more

The Inspiring Work of Sam O’Hare

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:38:56 +0000

Earlier this morning I saw a really cool video from Sam O’Hare over at koikoikoi.com – a site filled with inspiring stuff. The thing is that Sam’s video was so cool that I decided to search more about his work to show here to you, besides the video, of course…. read more

The Inspiring Work of Sam O’Hare

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:38:56 +0000

Microsoft’s First App for Android is Called Tag

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:24:55 +0000

Admit it: seeing Microsoft release an application for Google’s operating system seems a little weird, doesn’t it? Still, it’s true; Microsoft has launched its first Android app, called Tag.

We wrote about Tag a couple of weeks ago; simply put, it’s an app that lets you link physical objects with… read more

Dear Aunt TUAW: Does size matter (when it comes to iPads)?

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

I am planning on getting an iPad WiFi+3G when they become available, but I am still undecided on which (storage) size I should get. I currently have a 16GB iPhone 3GS which comfortably, for now, holds all my media needs. While I have a lot of music and photos and… read more

Beautiful Illustrator Artworks By Artists Around The World

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:10:02 +0000

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful software for illustrating that allows users to produce beautiful artwork, technical illustrations, and even graphics for both print and the web. Adobe Illustrator is a multipurpose vector illustration tool and its versatility makes it the most preferred choice among many professional artists and designers.

In the… read more

Falling Off the Wall Text Effect – Photoshop Tutorial

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:02:40 +0000

At some time or another we have all seen it – neighbourhood walls with old and deprecated graffiti or, just as common, you may have seen some flyers or posters that have been stuck for so long on these walls that they start to peel and hang on by their… read more

Google: Desktops Will Be Irrelevant in Three Years’ Time

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:06:56 +0000

Speaking at the Digital Landscapes conference at UCD, European director of Google’s online sales John Herlihy said that Google is mostly oriented towards mobile devices, claiming they’ll become more important than desktop PCs.

“In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most research is done today on smart… read more

Funny Or Die Presidential Reunion Unites SNL Stars for Web Hit [VIDEO]

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:44:26 +0000

Comedy site Funny Or Die has brought together current and former stars of Saturday Night Live (plus Jim Carrey) to create a skit called “Presidential Reunion” that has racked up more than one million views in less than 24 hours.

The skit features Fred Armisen, who currently plays Barack Obama… read more

Google Kansas II: Duluth Strikes Back [VIDEO]

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:13:11 +0000

Ever since Google announced that it intends to build an ultra-high speed fiber optic network capable of delivering web content at 100x the speeds of typical U.S. connections, city after city has made a pitch to become ground zero for Google’s experimental network. Ann Arbor (Michigan), Palm Bay… read more

Valve to Bring Steam, Half-Life, and More to the Mac?

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:36:42 +0000

Valve Software, creators of seminal video games Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress 2 and more, also owns and operates Steam, one of the most popular PC gaming digital distribution networks. For now that service remains accessible from Windows operating systems only, relegating would-be Mac gamers to dual-booting using Boot Camp… read more

Put yourself in the picture with PixyMe

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:30:00 +0000

PixyMe (US $1.99) brings a static version of this technology to your iPhone or iPod touch. This beautifully designed and rendered app lets you incorporate any name or short phrase seamlessly into an eCard or postcard, appearing as though it were part of the photograph. The resulting personalized photo can… read more

Adobe Demos Flash 10.1 for Android on the Nexus One [VIDEO]

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:28:30 +0000

Yesterday, we brought you an exclusive interview with Aaron Filner, group product manager of Flash, in which we discussed the fuss around Apple, HTML5 and Adobe’s multimedia platform. We learned that Adobe’s belief that HTML5 is at odds with Flash is a misperception, and we learned what to… read more

Need Interactive Charts For Your Personal Website? Try Highcharts

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:22:33 +0000

If you have a non-commercial website and you need to add charting capabilities in your website, Highcharts may suit your needs. Highcharts is a free charting control developed purely with Javascript so that you can show interactive charts on your website. Since its purely developed with Javascript, you don’t need… read more

Weird Al Has an Unconvential Sex Tape [VIDEO]

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:19:06 +0000

We don’t usually report on sex tapes over here at Mashable — standards, people — but when we heard that “Weird Al” Yankovic launched his own on his YouTube channel this past Monday, we took notice. Luckily, the vid is completely safe for work — unless you work in… read more

Bride and Groom Send Out 8-Bit Wedding Invitations

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:03:44 +0000

Two betrothed German geeks/gamers just upped the ante when it comes to wedding invitations.

The pair, who shared their story with Offbeat Bride, programed two versions of a Mario-inspired 8-bit video game as their wedding invitations and sent them out to friends and family. Guests are also challenged to beat… read more

(Not) live from New York — it’s TUAW TV Live!

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:50:00 +0000

It’s time for another chapter in the ongoing technical soap opera known as TUAW TV Live. This afternoon’s show, beginning at 5 PM, has content to dazzle and amaze you. To avoid any broadcast nightmares this week, Steve will be doing the show solo in order to keep things simple.read more

Robot Teachers Enter the Education Workforce [VIDEO]

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:18:29 +0000

You may have had some instructors during your school years that seemed like they were simply carrying out pre-programmed, robotic orders, but not quite as literally as these profs. Singularity Hub reports that robot teachers have successfully passed a first round of testing in Korean and Japanese classrooms.

Thanks to… read more

10 Popular Firefox Add-ons for Web Developers

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:53:42 +0000

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We searched forums, blogs, and Twitter to find out which Firefox add-ons are most popular with web developers, and we came up with this top 10 list.

Every plug-in on the list… read more

MashBash SXSWi: 3 Things to Do Before You Set Off

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:38:23 +0000

MashBash SXSWi 2010, Mashable’s annual event at the SXSW festival in Austin, is less than 2 weeks away! Here are 3 things to do before you set off:

1. RSVP on Eventbrite and the Facebook event page so your friends know you’re coming.

2. Add yourself to Austin Realtime, our… read more

The Top 10 Apps for Music Streaming

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:00:56 +0000

Whether you’re at home, work or on the road, music surrounds us. In the age of the internet though, we’re no longer limited to the radio you hear in the elevator, in your car or maybe while you’re at your desk working. Not only are we no longer limited by… read more

Voalté One iPhone and iPad apps streamline healthcare communications

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:30:00 +0000

The free Voalté One app works to integrate VoIP calling, text-messaging, and all of the alarms and alerts from patient monitoring systems onto an iPhone or iPod touch. Of course, there’s more to using this than just installing the app on an iPhone — the company designs and builds communication… read more

Quick Tips for When to Use Your Flash and How to Avoid It

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:20:51 +0000

Quick Tips for When to Use Your Flash and How to Avoid It

GetGlue Add-on Brings Social Recommendations Across the Web

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:08:39 +0000

Social recommendation service GetGlue, which started out as a browser plugin, has recently added some new features to the Firefox and Google Chrome GetGlue add-ons, including a service called “Glue Tips.”

How the GetGlue add-ons traditionally work is that when you are on a page like IMDB or… read more

Coming up later today — TUAW TV Live

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0000

Barring any unforeseen catastrophes (Steve is wrestling with a server problem at this point), the show will last about an hour and will cover a variety of topics:

iPad availability (when and how many)
A couple of Mac application demos
… read more

WordPress Goes Real-Time With PubSubHubbub

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:56:39 +0000

WordPress.com‘ 10.5 million blogs are about to get a whole lot more real-time, thanks to a new behind-the-scenes development.

The WordPress team has announced in a blog post that the company has turned on support for PubSubHubbub (try saying that fast five times), a move that will get blog content… read more

25 Mega Menus for Your Design Inspiration

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:47:44 +0000

Navigation is a critical element to any website. Mega menus are a current trend that take drop down menus a step further in attempt to make it easier for visitors to navigate through a large site.

In this post we’ll showcase 25 examples of mega menus in use. For more, see… read more

How to Kill the Design Community

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:37:42 +0000

Recently, the notion of killing the design community has come up on a few blogs (sometimes indirectly), creating many intense conversations on the direction the design community has taken over the past couple of years, and what can be done about it.

The possibility that such discussions… read more

TiVo Introduces New Internet-Connected DVRs

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:06:08 +0000

TiVo has updated its offerings, introing two new set-top boxes, the TiVo Premiere and the TiVo Premiere XL, which will finally bring high-definition to the DVR range.

In a nutshell, the web-connected TiVo Premiere boxes offer cable TV, movies on demand (from Netflix, Amazon and Blockbuster) and web videos from… read more

NCAA Vault Streams a Decade of Major Plays from March Madness

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:51:17 +0000

The NCAA has launched NCAA Vault, a new website with videos of nearly a decade of games from the annual NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Users can isolate a specific play from each game, and share links to their favorites with friends.

Videos don’t appear to be embeddable, but you can… read more

Web Tools – Support Details

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:51:01 +0000

Hey guys, it has been a while…I’ve been doing a lot of cool stuff lately. Stuff that I will soon post about but for now I just wanted to post something that I came across while browsing the internet. It’s called Support Details, it’s an awesome web application that gives… read more

Slow Motion Dog Treat Commercial Beguiles Internet [Randomly Viral]

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:33:13 +0000

For some reason, a Pedigree commercial featuring dogs leaping through the air in super slow motion has taken the Internet by storm, appearing on multiple video-sharing sites and racking up the YouTube views.

According to Creativity Online, the video was shot with a Phantom camera at 1,000 frames… read more

Virgin America dumps Flash over lack of iPhone support

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000

As the smack down between Apple and Adobe continues, Virgin America has dumped Flash from its website because of the lack of iPhone support. Virgin’s new website, which launched Monday, replaces Flash with HTML to give users the ability to check in via their iPhones in the future. Virgin plans… read more

Google and PayPal to Support New Government Login System

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:00:11 +0000

Open Identity Exchange (OIX) is a newly founded non-profit organization, launched today at the RSA Conference 2010 by Google, PayPal, Equifax, VeriSign, Verizon, CA, and Booz Allen Hamilton. The aim of this new organization is exchange of online identity credentials across public and private sectors; in other words, it… read more

Typography Mania #18

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:47:12 +0000

Make sure to click on each… read more

Found Footage: Apple designs in 3D

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:30:00 +0000

Transparent House, a San Fransisco-based 3D design and visualization studio, has created this stunning video that showcases some of Apple’s best designs over its 34-year history. Ground-breaking products from the Apple I in 1976 to the iPad in 2010 are shown.

What makes this video so impressive… read more

All About Transformation in Adobe Illustrator

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:28:52 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn everything you ever wanted to know about one of the most powerful Adobe Illustrator Tools – Transformation. Discover how it works, learn multiple ways of transforming objects, study the tools of transformation, and many other useful techniques.

Tutorial Details

Want access to the full Vector Source… read more

I have seen the future and it’s SSD

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

On the Macworld show floor, I really didn’t see one product that blew me away, but what I did see is conceptually, the next big thing that’s going to not only blow all of us away, but it will change the way we relate to our computers. It’s the SSD… read more

Get Noticed And Grow Your Business With MyTemplateBox

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:07:38 +0000

The Internet is filled with useful resources for business owners and especially for web designers and developers. From free icon sets to CSS templates, and from web design inspiration to stock images, websites like these have everything one may need. There are a number of tools, useful pieces of advice,… read more

How To Market Your Mobile Application

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:59:23 +0000

App Store is a competitive environment. Against more than 140,000 apps, all screaming for attention, how do you make sure your app gets its time in the spotlight? What does it take to get good media coverage? How do you get people to talk about your app—and, ideally, how do… read more

Extend the Firebug Console with these 15 Extensions

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:53:39 +0000

There are a lot of useful tools for web designers and developers, they do tend to come and go and it usually depends on personal preference whether or not any tool is used. There is only one tool that has lasted the test of time and is not only universally… read more

Skype for Symbian Now Live in Nokia’s Ovi Store

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:04:11 +0000

Skype for Symbian has gotten out of beta and appeared in Nokia’s Ovi Store today, enabling users of Nokia’s Symbian-based smartphones to make free voice calls over 3G or WiFi connection.

Besides free Skype to Skype voice calls, the app enables you to send and receive instant messages, share… read more

Tales of an Ex-designer

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:54:12 +0000

Tired of clients? Sick of toeing the line between artist and “mad man” (without the added bonus of the martini lunches)? Want to get paid? Want to get paid on time?

Me too.

photo by yushimoto

I was sitting on the plane from New York to Los Angeles racing to finish a project… read more

Skinput Turns Your Body Into a Touchscreen [VIDEO]

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:58:59 +0000

Forget LCD, OLED, and AMOLED: the next trend in touchscreens could be your skin. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft’s Redmond research lab have developed a working prototype of a system called Skinput that effectively turns your body surface into both screen and input device.

Skinput makes use of… read more

Virgin America Ditches Adobe Flash for New Site

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:17:47 +0000

As the battle between HTML5 and Adobe Flash continues to heat up, Virgin America has chosen a side: their brand new web site design ditches Flash in favor of HTML.

The reason? The startup airline plans a big push into mobile this year and wants to be sure iPhone users… read more

Roger Ebert “Speaks” on Oprah [VIDEO]

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:35:41 +0000

In 2006, film critic Roger Ebert underwent surgery to remove cancer near his jaw. There were complications and his carotid artery burst. As a result, Ebert can no longer eat, drink or speak. At least, he can no longer naturally speak. Today, on Oprah, Ebert showed off his new… read more

Apple Wants to Bring Hollywood Into the Cloud, Too

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:50:53 +0000

A couple of months ago we discovered Apple was in talks with major music labels about securing their permission and support for storing iTunes users’ music in the cloud. Now it looks like the company is also making the rounds with film studios, eyeing the parallel goal of allowing… read more

MLB.com At Bat 2010 out now

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:15:00 +0000

There’s no lite version yet, but last year MLB released a free version sans audio and video, so if you just want the scores, you can wait and see when that one shows up.

Meanwhile, if you want official baseball info beamed straight to your phone all year long,… read more

Premiere: Hulu’s Social Media-Infused “If I Can Dream” [VIDEO]

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:10:09 +0000

Hulu’s first foray into original programming — a reality show called If I Can Dream — premiered today with a 25-minute pilot episode. We’ve embedded it below so you can watch it right here. The premiere was accompanied by a big roll-out of features that set the series apart… read more