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  • Is Twitter a Waste of Time?

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    Guest Blogger
    1 Jun 2011 | 6:04 am
    This guest post is by Dona Collins of CreditLoan.com. For anyone starting a revolution, or a business, Twitter can be a success. For the rest of the world, it can be a waste of time that doesn’t get the message out to people they want to reach. And for some, it’s no more a bunch of nonsense limited to 140 characters—as this infographic shows. I’ll discuss it in more detail below. Twitter was very popular during the crises in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen earlier this year as it worked to spread the word about where protesters could meet, and tell the world what was happening.

  • Cell phone cancer scare: what now?

    Holy Kaw!
    2 Jun 2011 | 6:41 am
    Don't throw away your cell. The classification of mobile phones as "possibly carcinogenic" isn't as scary as it sounds. The WHO has classified cell phones as "possibly carcinogenic," but there are still many open questions. Most research suggests that cell phones do not pose an increased cancer risk. If worried, people can text or use headphones to reduce radiation exposure from wireless phones.   Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • China Denies Involvement in Gmail Hacking Attack

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    Stan Schroeder
    2 Jun 2011 | 6:02 am
    The Chinese government has denied any involvement in the recent Gmail phishing attack that Google says originated in China.Google hasn’t openly accused the Chinese government of being involved in these hacking attacks; instead, it merely pointed out that the attacks originated from Jinan, China, and mentioned that some of them were pointed at Chinese political activists.Still, even the implication hit the wrong note with Chinese authorities. “Allegations that the Chinese government supports hacking activities are completely unfounded and made with ulterior motives,”…

  • The Truth Behind Gmail "Hack"

    Fast Company
    Gregory Ferenstein
    2 Jun 2011 | 7:37 am
    Phishing is not hacking. Users were tricked more than violated ... and other lessons from yesterday's made-up story. "Gmail Hack" was scattered across media headlines yesterday, inciting the rumor that Google's popular email platform had been the victim of a cyber-attack. It wasn't true. Google was not hacked, a company spokesman tells Fast Company. Some users were duped into supplying passwords to fraudulent emails masquerading as trustworthy sources (known as phishing)--a very common occurrence. The allegedly shocking news was creatively extrapolated from a blog post Google wrote to warn…

  • How to be an enchanting speaker

    How to Change the World
    GuyKawasaki
    31 May 2011 | 2:35 pm
    Want to be an enchanting speaker? This is an unbeatable deal: Buy Enchantment and get a free copy of Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds. Resisting you will be futile! Go here to learn more.
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  • Cell phone cancer scare: what now?

    2 Jun 2011 | 6:41 am
    Don't throw away your cell. The classification of mobile phones as "possibly carcinogenic" isn't as scary as it sounds. The WHO has classified cell phones as "possibly carcinogenic," but there are still many open questions. Most research suggests that cell phones do not pose an increased cancer risk. If worried, people can text or use headphones to reduce radiation exposure from wireless phones.   Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • They're men, manly men

    2 Jun 2011 | 6:40 am
    As hormones go, testosterone doesn't always have the best reputation. But without testosterone, there would be no men. The testosterone makes men "manly," but does it also make them smarter? The idea that men are better at math and science than women are is one of many stereotypes that doesn't hold up well under scientific scrutiny. In this article, we'll explore whether other common perceptions about men are accurate. Full article at HowStuffWorks.com. Total aggregation of HowStuffWorks.com. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Furniture that literally makes a statement

    2 Jun 2011 | 6:26 am
    If the only thing the furniture in your reception area is saying is “We haven’t redone this place since 1985,” then these truly unique and customizable furniture pieces by French company Tabisso can’t be beat for making sure visitors suffer no confusion about what your company is all about. You might want to make sure whatever you order, though, can’t be moved around to spell anything, well, off message, shall we say. Full story at D Blog via Neatorama. Designed for typography lovers. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • “Digital Life: Today and Tomorrow” [video infographic]

    2 Jun 2011 | 6:09 am
    What will our online lives look like by 2015? Well, it might be hard to tell since it looks more like our online lives will become such an integral part of our lives that we won’t be able to tell the difference. For better or worse, we’re diving headlong into the future, as this video infographic by NeoLabels indicates. Full story at Vimeo via Fast Company. Swept up in the cloud. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Are you ready to build a website? [flowchart]

    2 Jun 2011 | 5:58 am
    There are plenty of incredible ideas out there for websites, yet in order to make your future site a destination of choice, it’s important to have all your ducks in a line before shelling out the time and cash to make it happen. This flowchart from Vitamin Talent will give you a good idea of whether or not you’re ready to go, and the article from Mashable offers a number of resources to use once you give yourself the green light. Click the image above to access the full chart. Created by Vitamin Talent. Via Mashable. Build a better website. Permalink | Leave a…
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  • China Denies Involvement in Gmail Hacking Attack

    Stan Schroeder
    2 Jun 2011 | 6:02 am
    The Chinese government has denied any involvement in the recent Gmail phishing attack that Google says originated in China.Google hasn’t openly accused the Chinese government of being involved in these hacking attacks; instead, it merely pointed out that the attacks originated from Jinan, China, and mentioned that some of them were pointed at Chinese political activists.Still, even the implication hit the wrong note with Chinese authorities. “Allegations that the Chinese government supports hacking activities are completely unfounded and made with ulterior motives,”…

  • 4 Ways Video Conferencing Can Benefit Small Businesses

    June Bower
    2 Jun 2011 | 5:38 am
    June Bower is vice president in Cisco’s online collaboration software group. Find out more at webex.com.More and more small companies and individuals are adopting video conferencing and collaboration platforms as a way to stay connected. As working from home becomes more common and prices for videoconferencing come down, the compelling reasons for utilizing video communications technology are starting to pile up. Web meetings are not just a good way to connect a far-flung team. They also cut costs, boost productivity and more.Here are four potential benefits that self-employed professionals…

  • FaceNiff Makes it Easy To Hack Facebook From Android Smartphones

    Stan Schroeder
    2 Jun 2011 | 1:26 am
    FaceNiff is an Android application that lets users sniff and intercept web session profiles over Wi-Fi networks, stealing other users’ credentials from Facebook, Twitter and other services.The app requires root access on the user’s Android smartphone, but other than that it’s fairly simple to use, which makes it perhaps even more dangerous than Firesheep, a Firefox extension that lets users hijack Facebook and Twitter sessions over Wi-Fi networks. FaceNiff also works on WPA-encrypted Wi-Fi networks, which Firesheep doesn’t support.While we’re not suggesting that…

  • Pete Cashmore Talks Google, Nokia & Mashable Follow on Bloomberg [VIDEO]

    Ben Parr
    2 Jun 2011 | 12:00 am
    Mashable‘s Pete Cashmore paid a visit to Bloomberg’s studios this week to discuss the big buzz in tech.In this five-minute interview, Cashmore chats about Nokia’s freefalling sales, Google’s failed attempts at social, the search giant’s Groupon competitor and the new Twitter Follow button. Cashmore makes it clear that Google is a big fan of Twitter, even while Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt calls Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon the tech world’s “Gang of Four.”Cashmore ended the interview with the announcement that Mashable Follow now has…

  • Should You Build That Website You’ve Been Talking About? [FLOWCHART]

    Jolie O'Dell
    1 Jun 2011 | 10:30 pm
    So you’ve got a great idea for a website. That makes you and about 17 bajillion others.When it comes to committing to building a site or app, there are a ton of factors to take into consideration. Even if you have a killer idea or two, you still need skills, chops and a web-savvy posse to help you execute and promote your site.Here’s a handy flowchart from creative marketplace Vitamin Talent to help you decide whether it’s time to build an awesome website, time to go back to school, time to hire a dev or time to go back to the drawing board.If this flowchart is really…
 
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    Fast Company

  • The Truth Behind Gmail "Hack"

    Gregory Ferenstein
    2 Jun 2011 | 7:37 am
    Phishing is not hacking. Users were tricked more than violated ... and other lessons from yesterday's made-up story. "Gmail Hack" was scattered across media headlines yesterday, inciting the rumor that Google's popular email platform had been the victim of a cyber-attack. It wasn't true. Google was not hacked, a company spokesman tells Fast Company. Some users were duped into supplying passwords to fraudulent emails masquerading as trustworthy sources (known as phishing)--a very common occurrence. The allegedly shocking news was creatively extrapolated from a blog post Google wrote to warn…

  • Will Flip Cam Founder's New Restaurant The Melt Survive The Cutthroat Grilled Cheese Industry?

    Austin Carr
    2 Jun 2011 | 7:14 am
    Jonathan Kaplan has launched The Melt, a chow chain backed by James Beard award-winning designers, Michelin Star award-winning chefs, kitchen workflow engineers, and millions of dollars from Sequoia Capital. The Flip Cam was pretty awesome, too. How'd that end up? When I first got on the phone Wednesday with Jonathan Kaplan, founder of high-end grilled cheese restaurant chain The Melt, I immediately let him know who's boss. Sure, Kaplan sold his startup Flip Cam to Cisco for a cool $590 million in 2009, but Cisco just killed it. And sure his latest venture, The Melt, announced yesterday at…

  • iFive: Sony PS Store Back, Creative Commons On YouTube, Tenn. Law Against Sharing, Apple Malware Issue, Shaq Retires On Twitter

    Kit Eaton
    2 Jun 2011 | 6:59 am
    1. Ending weeks of offline misery after high-profile hack attacks, Sony's PlayStation Store is back online. Sony's thanking everyone for "patience" and notes the Store has been topped up with a lot of content (there's even a handy list of the new gaming goodness). But the "welcome back" free offers, given to PSN users as an apology for the extended outage, isn't yet live--it's in final testing. Presumably so Sony doesn't expose itself with yet another security hole.2. YouTube now lets you license your uploaded video under Creative Commons. Essentially this means you can choose to give…

  • Building More Roads Only Causes More Traffic

    Ariel Schwartz
    2 Jun 2011 | 6:35 am
    Expanding highways and roads increases congestion by creating more demand--and building more public transportation doesn't help the problem. A quick drive on one of Los Angeles's many freeways illustrates the fact that having more roads doesn't necessarily prevent traffic. Now a study from the University of Toronto confirms it: Expanding highways and roads increases congestion by creating more demand. And building out public transportation systems doesn't help either; there will always be more drivers to fill up any new road we build.The disheartening study used data from hundreds of metro…

  • YouEye's Cheap Eye Tracking Lets Brands Use Your Webcam to Watch What You Watch

    Elbert Chu
    2 Jun 2011 | 4:35 am
    The humble webcam has enabled many things: racy adventures on Chatroulette; Skype chats with Grandma; remote learning. With this week's launch of YouEye, the hope is that the webcam will become a powerful--and inexpensive--new tool in user-experience testing for companies looking to quickly evaluate the effectiveness of their websites. YouEye pays people recruited from the client’s site, outsourced panels, or YouEye’s panel an average of $7 each to evaluate things like online advertising and attention spans by tracking their eyeball movements via their own webcams. The Arlington,…
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    How to Change the World

  • How to be an enchanting speaker

    GuyKawasaki
    31 May 2011 | 2:35 pm
    Want to be an enchanting speaker? This is an unbeatable deal: Buy Enchantment and get a free copy of Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds. Resisting you will be futile! Go here to learn more.

  • How to enchant people with Facebook

    GuyKawasaki
    16 May 2011 | 12:17 pm
    Over at the American Express OPEN Forum, I posted instructions for how to enchant people with Facebook. Please check it out if you want to use Facebook for marketing purposes. If you want to be enchanting in general, check out my new book: Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions.

  • My visit to Notre Dame

    GuyKawasaki
    17 Apr 2011 | 6:46 pm
    Check out my pictures from my visit to Notre Dame.

  • NPR with @KerriMPR and @GuyKawasaki

    GuyKawasaki
    22 Mar 2011 | 9:47 pm
    Loved appearing on Minnesota Public Radio with Kerri Miller. In this episode of Midmorning we discussed Apple, Enchantment, and hockey—not necessarily in that order. Buy Enchantment now.

  • Enchantment hits the bestsellers lists

    GuyKawasaki
    18 Mar 2011 | 10:26 am
    After one week of availability, Enchantment has hit three bestseller lists: New York Times (Advice, How-to, and Miscellaneous), Wall Street Journal (Hardcover Business), and Publishers Weekly (Hardcover Nonfiction). I owe this success to you, my readers and reviewers. Thanks so much for making Enchantment a success. I hope it enables you to change the world! Buy Enchantment now.
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  • Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Hits NYC June 8, Everywhere Else June 17

    John Biggs
    2 Jun 2011 | 6:12 am
    Even though we have to deal with 100-degree summers and 15-degree winters, hobos on the subway, and slow-walking tourists, sometimes it really pays off to be a New Yorker. Samsung’s highly anticipated Galaxy Tab 10.1 won’t hit stores nationally until June 17, but a few lucky New Yorkers, and possibly some smart-shopping tourists, will be able to pick up a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 as early as June 8. The 10.1-inch Samsung slate will only be available at New York’s Union Square Best Buy location, and according to Samsung, there will only be a limited quantity of the WiFi edition Galaxy…

  • Push.IO Buys Mobile App Framework TapLynx From NewsGator

    Leena Rao
    2 Jun 2011 | 6:05 am
    Push IO, a startup that offers a cloud-based mobile feature platform for developers has announced the acquisition of mobile app framework TapLynx from NewsGator. TapLynx will be re-released by Push IO this month with a series of new features. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. TapLynx, which was developed by NewsGator, allows users with limited coding knowledge to easily develop iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch Apps. Beyond just developing and publishing these apps, TapLynx allows users to monetize these apps through sponsorships, ads and download fees. Push IO will be adding…

  • German Media Giant Burda Puts $5.6M In Twitter Application Developer UberMedia

    Leena Rao
    2 Jun 2011 | 5:15 am
    Bill Gross’ UberMedia has announced a $5.6 million investment from German media giant Burda Digital through its investment arm, DLD Ventures. This brings UberMedia’s total funding to $26.6 million. UberMedia actually just raised a healthy $17.5 million earlier this year, so Burda’s cash is also a strategic investment. The company has made investments in Xing, Etsy, Glam and other well-known technology companies. UberMedia says the investment will be used to further the growth of UberMedia’s user base both in the U.S. and internationally. Bill Gross’ strategy to…

  • Mindflash Raises $4 Million For Online Training Software

    Leena Rao
    2 Jun 2011 | 4:30 am
    Online training software startup Mindflash.com has raised $4 million in new funding led by the Investment Group of Santa Barbara. This investment brings the startup’s total funding to $9 million. Mindflash, which is led by Donna Wells (Mint’s former CMO), is a platform that allows businesses to train employees online. Geared towards non-technical users, Mindflash allows participants to upload and share training documents or videos on the web. They can even include quizzes and games to test employees’ comprehension of the content. The platform then manages the entire training…

  • Kodesk Is Like An Airbnb For Office Space

    Robin Wauters
    2 Jun 2011 | 3:30 am
    Just like Airbnb operates a marketplace for spaces for travelers and whatnot to stay, Kodesk aims to do much of the same for spaces for freelancers and whatnot to work. Essentially trying to build a peer-to-peer desk sharing community, Kodesk lets office space owners provide spaces to individuals in need of a temporary place to get some work done. The Belgian startup was founded just recently, so they’re still figuring out how they’ll turn the basic idea into a viable business. Currently, Kodesk is completely free for companies and individuals who share desks with others, in order…
 
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  • Selling nuts to squirrels

    Seth Godin
    2 Jun 2011 | 2:48 am
    In All Marketers Tell Stories, I argue that most organizations shouldn't try to change the worldview of the audience they're marketing to. Worldview is a term popularized by George Lakoff. It's the set of expectations and biases that color the way each of us see the world (before the marketer ever arrives on the scene). The worldview of a 45 year old wine-loving investment banker is very different from that of a fraternity brother. One might see a $100 bottle of burgundy as both a bargain and a must-have, while the other might see the very same bottle of wine as an insane waste of money.

  • "Don't tell me what I can't have" (unraveling a paradox)

    Seth Godin
    1 Jun 2011 | 2:09 am
    In the USA, it's quite alright for media to talk endlessly about all the things the typical person can't possibly afford. Cribs, jets, jewels, dinners with Jennifer Aniston. At the same time, you're guaranteed to get negative feedback when you talk about things people have chosen not to have. If you tout a great product that only works on a Mac or a Kindle or on Android or in Norway, all the people who have chosen to use a different piece of tech or live in a different country get angry, that special kind of angry that belongs to the pampered. It's not that they don't want to buy it, it's…

  • How to be interviewed

    Seth Godin
    31 May 2011 | 4:52 am
    The explosion of media channels and public events means that more people are being interviewed about more topics than ever before. It might even happen to you... and soon. They call it giving an interview, not taking one, and for good reason. If you're not eager to share your perspective, don't bother showing up. Questions shouldn't be taken literally. The purpose of the question is to give you a chance to talk about something you care about. The audience wants to hear what you have to say, and if the question isn't right on point, answer a different one instead. In all but the most formal…

  • The hard part (one of them)

    Seth Godin
    31 May 2011 | 2:51 am
    A guy asked his friend, the writer David Foster Wallace, "Say, Dave, how'd y'get t'be so dang smart?" His answer: "I did the reading." No one said the preparation part was fun, but yes, it's important. I wonder why we believe we can skip it and still be so dang smart.

  • Agency

    Seth Godin
    30 May 2011 | 2:50 am
    A door is not responsible if it swings and hits you in the nose. Neither is the hand of the guy who punched you. Philosphers and lawyers talk about agency. Responsibility comes with the capacity to act in the world. If you can decide, if you can act, you have agency. Life without agency would be a nightmare. Trapped in a box, unable to do anything by choice, nothing but a puppet... Why then, do organizations and individuals struggle so intently to avoid the responsibility that comes with agency? "It's not my job, my boss won't let me, there's a federal regulation, we're prohibited, it's our…
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    Wired Top Stories

  • Calling All Stalkers: Video-Recording Glasses Are Eye-Spy Wear

    Michael S. Lasky
    2 Jun 2011 | 6:00 am
    These stealthy shades, with their built-in video camera and microphone, capture everything you see and hear.

  • Book Excerpt: Always On: How Smartphones Change Policing

    Brian X. Chen
    2 Jun 2011 | 4:00 am
    The iPhone is opening the way to what Brian X. Chen calls the "anything-anytime-anywhere" future, where we'll all be constantly connected to a global internet community via flexible, incredibly capable gadgets with ubiquitous access to data. Read an excerpt from his book, Always On.

  • June 2, 1883: The 'L' Comes to Chicago ... Indoors

    Randy Alfred
    2 Jun 2011 | 4:00 am
    The world's first elevated electric railway makes a trial run. It's in Chicago, of course. It's indoors, and it won't last, but the idea will.

  • Found Contest: Imagine the Future of Doorbells

    Wired Magazine
    2 Jun 2011 | 4:00 am
    This month, imagine the future of doorbells. What will replace the simple ding dong or buzzer? Biometric facial scanners to help you dodge door to door salesman? Or will location-based apps make them totally irrelevant, because you always know who's coming?

  • Found: Sporting Event of the Future

    Wired Magazine
    2 Jun 2011 | 4:00 am
    Take a gander at the 2022 Robot Rugby World Cup. Team Google is up -- the billions of dollars they poured into AI-tackling algorithms really paid off in the last seconds of this game.
 
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  • A Blogging Exit Strategy: Sell Your Blog

    Guest Blogger
    2 Jun 2011 | 6:00 am
    This guest post is by Carl of www.freelancepf.com. Just this past February I had a guest post on ProBlogger detailing the joys of: co-blogging with your spouse.  Now here I am just a few months later with a new guest post about selling that site. What happened?  Why did I sell a blog I loved and got to work on with my wife, no less?   I’ll give you the hint that I still love blogging as much as ever.  So why?  More importantly for you, how did I sell my blog? Copyright MAMZ Images - Fotolia.comToo often I see people abandon their blogs when they tire of blogging or have to stop…

  • How a Blogger Landed His Dream Job

    Guest Blogger
    1 Jun 2011 | 12:05 pm
    This guest post is by Brad Dowdy of JetPens.com. I had no expectations when I started The Pen Addict that it would turn into anything more than a fun hobby. There were no monetezation goals, I didn’t focus on SEO, and I didn’t take my brand into consideration. But what I did have was a passion. A passion for pens, a passion for paper, and the drive to find the best products available for myself. As it turns out, there were many others out there looking for the same answers. The search for those answers led The Pen Addict to become the top blog in its niche, and recently led me to…

  • Is Twitter a Waste of Time?

    Guest Blogger
    1 Jun 2011 | 6:04 am
    This guest post is by Dona Collins of CreditLoan.com. For anyone starting a revolution, or a business, Twitter can be a success. For the rest of the world, it can be a waste of time that doesn’t get the message out to people they want to reach. And for some, it’s no more a bunch of nonsense limited to 140 characters—as this infographic shows. I’ll discuss it in more detail below. Twitter was very popular during the crises in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen earlier this year as it worked to spread the word about where protesters could meet, and tell the world what was happening.

  • How to Format Blog Posts Effectively

    Darren Rowse
    31 May 2011 | 6:04 am
    “Beyond writing good quality content, how can I format my posts so that they communicate more effectively?” I was asked the above question by a reader earlier today on Twitter and shot them back a series of DMs with the following suggestions that I thought might interest others (I’ve expanded them here). Image by Kailash Gyawali Of course, as the question implies, the most powerful communication strategy for bloggers is quality of writing—but beyond that, here are a few things I’ve found helpful over the last nine years of blogging. 1. Your blog post titles are…

  • Experiment Your Way to Blogging Success

    Guest Blogger
    31 May 2011 | 6:02 am
    This guest post is by Stephen Guise of Deep Existence. Forming an emotional attachment to any component of your website is dangerous and unwise. Did you know that the smallest changes can have a massive impact on your results? Human psychology is very sensitive to minute details—this means that your visitors are picky! If you don’t believe small details can make a difference, you probably haven’t heard about split testing. Briefly, split testing allows you to split your traffic towards two landing pages with only slight differences, and then analyze the results. Taking a look at…
 
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  • Apple Responds Quickly to Evolving 'Mac Defender' Threat With Updated Malware Definitions

    Eric Slivka
    2 Jun 2011 | 6:11 am
    Yesterday, we noted that the attackers behind the "Mac Defender" malware had moved quickly to combat Apple's new security update, within hours releasing a new variant of the malware that was capable of skirting around Apple's new protection. Xprotect.plist before (left) and after (right) latest update to address new Mac Defender variant Fortunately for users, Apple has moved almost as quickly as the attackers, quashing any potential fears that the company might be slow to respond to each new threat that appears. As reported by Italian site Spider-Mac [Google translation], Apple has already…

  • Apple Takes Control of iCloud.com

    Arnold Kim
    1 Jun 2011 | 6:22 pm
    Apple has taken ownership of the domain iCloud.com. The domain was believed to have been sold to Apple for a price tag of $4.5 million. Prior to today, the whois domain registration listed Xcerion as the owner. This change in domain registration information means Apple has control of the domain and will be able to redirect it to their own site. At present, iCloud.com still points to Xcerion's own service that has been renamed to CloudMe.com. Apple is also now listed as owner of iCloud.org as well. Apple has already confirmed that they will be introducing "iCloud" at WWDC next week. Apple…

  • Apple's Retail Stores Running Dry of AirPort and Time Capsule Stocks?

    Eric Slivka
    1 Jun 2011 | 6:01 pm
    We've received several reports today indicating that Apple's retail stores are quickly running out of stock of the various AirPort and Time Capsule wireless networking products, hinting that a full refresh for the line could take place as part of the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote next Monday. One source has indicated that his local Apple retail store has completely sold out of both Time Capsule models, as well as the AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express base stations. A second source reported that Time Capsules are sold out at a different location, with Apple sales…

  • Microsoft Previews Windows 8 with Cues from iPad and App Store

    Arnold Kim
    1 Jun 2011 | 4:54 pm
    At AllThingsD, Microsoft previewed Windows 8 for the first time. The early look at the upcoming operating system shows some drastic changes.At the heart of the new interface is a new start screen that draws heavily on the tile-based interface that Microsoft has used with Windows Phone 7. All of a user�s programs can be viewed as tiles and clicked on with a touch of a finger.The shown Windows 8 screenshot carries over the tile-based appearance of the Windows Mobile phone, but the new operating system is said to support two types of applications. One is the classic Windows application which…

  • Twitter Debuts New Photo Sharing Integration and Improved Search Ahead of iOS 5 Introduction

    Eric Slivka
    1 Jun 2011 | 11:40 am
    Twitter today announced the debut of two new features: photo integration and improved search capabilities. On the photo front, Twitter has partnered with Photobucket to allow users to attach photos directly to their Tweets rather than having to rely on third-party image-hosting services. The capabilities will be rolling out over the next several weeks to twitter.com and the company's official apps, and the company is working with mobile carriers to allow photos to be sent via MMS. Over the next several weeks, we'll be releasing a feature to upload a photo and attach it to your Tweet right…
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  • Nancy Duarte Online at 2PM ET

    ceb
    2 Jun 2011 | 1:30 am
    Come back to THIS LINK at 2PM ET TODAY, June 2nd, to watch a video interview between myself and Nancy Duarte about presentations and how to do even better with delivering a message that matters to your buyers. We’re going to run the video feed here in a player (same URL and same link as you followed, but you’ll have to refresh your link around 2PM ET to see the new stuff (that url is http://chrisbrogan.com/duarte). Then, while you’re watching this, log into Twitter and use the hashtag #duarte to ask questions, take notes, and comment. Nancy will be live with me to answer…

  • Sally Hogshead on Kitchen Table Talks

    ceb
    1 Jun 2011 | 7:38 am
    If you don’t know Sally Hogshead, she’s a force to be reckoned with. She wrote the wildly popular book Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation (amazon affiliate link). Joe Sorge and I had a great interview with her for our show, Kitchen Table Talks on the Pulse Network, and we wanted to share it with you: EMBED CODE: If you can’t see the video above, click here. Sally participated in helping small businesses understand how to grow their business, because that’s our goal at Kitchen Table Companies, your small business advisory board. We do things with…

  • These Aren’t The Droids

    ceb
    31 May 2011 | 1:30 am
    One of these bottles says “PETROLEUM free” and the other says “this bottle is made from plants.” In one case, I’m thinking about a big plastic bottle of oil. In the other case, I’m thinking about how they could possibly turn bottles into plants and such. I learned that a long time ago with my own requests for people to subscribe to my blog via email: Subscribe via Email Enter your email address, and get ONLY the blog sent to you from that address (I respect your privacy): Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner Instead of “We won’t…

  • The Marketer’s Biggest Mistake

    ceb
    30 May 2011 | 7:57 am
    What we tend to do wrong when we market is we think we’re selling to ourselves. We think our buyer thinks like us. We believe that our buyer is us. Now, sometimes, that’s true to an extent. When Josh makes superhero tee shirts, he’s making shirts that he (and I) think are cool and that we like. But even then, does that mean we’ll know what a buyer who isn’t us will like? Does it mean we’ll understand why he or she won’t buy a certain shirt, or what assurances he or she needs? No. You Can Always Ask One way to know your buyer is to ask. At Kitchen…

  • Speech from the New England XPO

    ceb
    29 May 2011 | 6:14 am
    I spoke at the New England XPO for Business last week, and the folks at The Pulse Network were there to record it. Here’s my presentation: Hope you like it.
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    Copyblogger

  • Groupon’s Secret Sauce (And How to Get Yourself Some)

    Brian Clark
    1 Jun 2011 | 6:40 am
    Google has a secret algorithm for ranking some web pages ahead of others. Facebook has that killer network effect — the more people use it, the more people use it (see previously: the fax machine). Amazon has selection, ease of use, and the kind of trust that can’t be bought. What secret sauce does Groupon have? Umm, email? Basically, what Groupon does is send out daily emails with straight-out pitches for local deals. Now, we here at Copyblogger are also email marketers. So are many of you. In fact, wasn’t email supposed to be dead? And yet, Groupon is set to go public soon, with…

  • 16 Smarter Ways to Use LinkedIn to Build Your Business

    Sean Jackson
    31 May 2011 | 6:45 am
    With its recent IPO debut, LinkedIn is hot news this week. We’ll let the financial press drool over the rapid first day rise of its share price. There’s actually a lot more about LinkedIn you should know. While most people think of LinkedIn as a glorified job search board, this social media site is actually an amazing business-to-business marketing tool. If, that is, you know what you’re doing. With a little bit of time and effort, the following guide can help you turn LinkedIn into a lead generation engine and give you the inside track to generating more business with LinkedIn. Start…

  • Taking Time Out for Memorial Day

    Sonia Simone
    30 May 2011 | 8:00 am
    Today is Memorial Day in the U.S. — a day that commemorates those brave folks who have died in our military service. Today also unofficially kicks off the summer vacation season for us and a whole bunch of other people. So wherever you may be, we hope you’ll join us in spending a little extra time with your family and friends today. And if, for any reason, you might need a break from the relatives, or if picnics just aren’t your thing why not get started with our 20-part Internet Marketing for Smart People course? It’ll start your summer right, and it’s…

  • Copyblogger Weekly Wrap

    Johnny B. Truant
    28 May 2011 | 7:42 am
    By the time you read this, if I’m lucky, I’ve been to Blogworld Expo in New York, having presented a blockbuster session which wowed crowds who, overwhelmingly grateful, lavished much affection and chocolate on me, and have returned, safe and sound, to great fanfare and welcome. If I’m not lucky, I’m still sitting in the Cleveland airport. You know … waiting for my flight to New York, delayed due to nasty storms. Don’t let ANYONE tell you that there’s anything worse than being stuck in Cleveland. So for those of you in nicer climes, here’s what…

  • Check Out the New StudioPress.com

    Robert Bruce
    27 May 2011 | 7:00 am
    Sometimes your house needs a cosmetic update. Other times you just want one. This is one of those times. We recently unveiled a brand spanking new design for our StudioPress WordPress theme shop, and invite you all to head on over and check it out. If you’ve been over to StudioPress before, you’ll certainly notice the new light and bright look. This is a near top-to-bottom re-imagining of the site design and a stand-alone showcase of what’s possible with the Genesis Framework. So make sure to take a look. And, if you’re so inclined, feel free to pass it on to a friend…
 
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    ReadWriteWeb

  • Thanks to RWW 2WAY Summit Sponsors

    2 Jun 2011 | 7:00 am
    Excitement is building for the upcoming RWW 2WAY Summit in New York on June 13th and 14th. As a reminder, this is our biggest live event to date. If you haven't yet, please check out the program and consider registering! We wanted to take a moment and thank our sponsors as the event truly wouldn't be possible without them! Sponsor Qualcomm - Reception Sponsor Qualcomm is sponsoring the attendee after-party reception after the first day of of exciting conversations on the future of the Web. The Qualcomm team also will be doing a fascinating breakout session led by Sayeed Choudry, director of…

  • A More Social Workplace, According to Palo Alto Networks

    2 Jun 2011 | 6:34 am
    A research report released by Palo Alto Networks last month describes trends in application traffic that the vendor observed crossing their enterprise firewalls in more than 1,200 of their customers. This is the latest and largest monitoring of applications trends from the company, and it provides some interesting tidbits. For example: Sponsor Social networking is complementary to instant messaging, not replacing it. IM traffic, as a percentage of overall traffic has more than doubled, and webmail and social networking traffic has increased nearly five fold. Facebook accounts for 80% of…

  • Serial CEO Judy Estrin On Startups and Innovation

    2 Jun 2011 | 6:00 am
    Judy Estrin is a serial entrepreneur, having started seven tech companies since 1981. She was the former CTO of Cisco Systems from 1998-2000, and is on the boards of Disney and Packet Design and was a board member at Sun and FedEx for many years. She wrote Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy back in 2008 and now runs her own firm JLabs speaking and advising businesses on innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship. Sponsor I spoke to Estrin - someone who's career I've followed for decades -- this week about her life in startups and some of her…

  • Microsoft Brings Touchscreen to PCs & Laptops to Challenge Apple - But Will it Work?

    1 Jun 2011 | 11:36 pm
    Today at the D9 conference, Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its Windows operating system. Code-named Windows 8, in a surprise move Microsoft is incorporating touchscreen technology into the Windows UI. Windows 8 will be used across a wide range of computing devices - PCs, laptops, tablets and more. One OS for all of those devices. This runs counter to Apple's philosophy, which has separate OS's for its desktop / laptops (Mac OS X) and tablets / mobile phones (iOS). Sponsor In short, Apple does not believe that touchscreen interfaces are appropriate for PCs and desktop computers. PC…

  • TechCrunch is Wrong About Mobile Startup Quipster

    1 Jun 2011 | 7:25 pm
    A mobile location startup called Quipster launched today and TechCrunch panned it. In fact, author Leena Rao may have panned an entire sector, starting out her review with the sentence "Do we really need another mobile check-in app?" Rao went on to criticize Quipster for a shortage of differentiation. I think she's wrong about that; I think Quipster is a very interesting product with some important differentiation that points toward the future of mobile social media. What Quipster deserves to be slammed for is having a terrible launch marketing strategy. Sponsor The Good News Quipster is a…
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  • Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: June 2011

    Smashing Editorial
    31 May 2011 | 7:38 am
       We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one — desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for almost two years now, and we are very thankful to all designers who have contributed and are still diligently contributing each month. We continue to nourish you with a monthly spoon of inspiration. This post…

  • Free WordPress 3.1 Theme: Splendio (With PSD Sources)

    Smashing Editorial
    30 May 2011 | 10:27 am
       Today, we are glad to present a new freebie: a beautiful theme, designed by Vlad and Elena Scanteie which was developed exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers. As usual, the theme is free to use in both private and commercial projects. The theme is based upon the Twenty Ten WordPress theme and requires WordPress 3.0 to run. Visit the demo or a large view. The upper area contains a slider where you can place extra emphasis on your most important pages. The main area can include the content of your latest blog posts. On the right side you’ll find an overview of…

  • Ten Oddities And Secrets About JavaScript

    Andy Croxall
    30 May 2011 | 5:11 am
       JavaScript. At once bizarre and yet beautiful, it is surely the programming language that Pablo Picasso would have invented. Null is apparently an object, an empty array is apparently equal to false, and functions are bandied around as though they were tennis balls. This article is aimed at intermediate developers who are curious about more advanced JavaScript. It is a collection of JavaScript’s oddities and well-kept secrets. Some sections will hopefully give you insight into how these curiosities can be useful to your code, while other sections are pure WTF material. So,…

  • Getting Started With Defensive Web Design

    Ian Lurie
    27 May 2011 | 5:58 am
       Nothing ruins a great website UI like people using it. At least, it often feels that way. You put in days or weeks building the interface, only to find that a vast majority of visitors abandon it partway through the process that it supports. Most of the time, visitors leave because they’ve hit a roadblock: a problem that lets them go no further. They typed their credit card number wrong or clicked the wrong link or mistyped a URL. And it’s not their fault. What exactly is meant by defensive design? Image by Richard Winchell A good design assumes that people make mistakes.

  • Design is Life

    xheight
    26 May 2011 | 6:46 am
       Design is life. I always liked to believe that I was meant for a lot more than what my societies perception of life thought it should be like. I come from a culture with very little appreciation for passion and the arts, and from a very young age I knew deep down in my heart that [...] © SM-Network-xheight for Smashing Magazine, 2011. | Permalink | Post a comment | Smashing Shop | Smashing Network | About Us Post tags:
 
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    CNN.com

  • Is E. coli hitting Europe a new strain?

    2 Jun 2011 | 6:06 am
    Russia has announced a ban on fresh vegetable imports from the European Union in the wake of a deadly outbreak from an apparent new E. coli strain hat has swept across parts of Europe.

  • Massachusetts twisters kill 4

    2 Jun 2011 | 5:19 am
    Rescue crews are going house-to-house hunting survivors after tornadoes cut through western Massachusetts. As many as 19 communities reported damage.

  • Ex-bin Laden associate arrested

    2 Jun 2011 | 4:38 am
    A former associate of Osama bin Laden, described by authorities as a "Pakistan-based attack planner," has been arrested in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the NATO-led coalition said Thursday.

  • Armed tribesmen enter Yemen's capital

    2 Jun 2011 | 3:58 am
    A group of about 1,000 armed tribesmen were seen by residents entering the capital of Yemen early Thursday saying they are supporting Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ahmar, a leader of a tribe who has been in street battles with government forces recently.

  • Dozens killed in clashes in Syria

    2 Jun 2011 | 3:40 am
    Dozens of people have died in clashes with troops in western Syria, where government forces reportedly shelled homes in one town, protest organizers and a human rights official said Thursday.
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    Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider Blog » Photoshop & Digital Photography Techniques, Tutorials, Books, Reviews & More

  • Scott & Matt Talk Retouching!

    Brad
    1 Jun 2011 | 9:02 pm
    Hey gang, Brad here to share with you a short (about 4-minute) video of Scott talking with Matt about his Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers Using Photoshop book. Enjoy!

  • It’s (Semi-Lame) Pimpy Thursday!

    Brad
    31 May 2011 | 9:01 pm
    Hey gang, Brad here with this week’s pimpy stuff. If you’ll watch the video above, you’ll see us at the beginning of the shoot we did yesterday. As much as we always enjoy a good fashion shoot, we were exhausted by the end of the day. And today we’re doing the NYC Light It. Shoot It. Retouch It. Live! seminar. Thus, today is Semi-Lame Pimpy Thursday. Which means I’m just hitting the bullet points and links to the good stuff and not worrying about all the witty, informative descriptions. Enjoy - Another Day With Jay Maisel Live Webcast: First ever free public…

  • It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring David Hobby!

    Brad
    31 May 2011 | 9:01 pm
    Find a Niche — And Fill It As much time as editorial photographers spend bitching and moaning about how things just aren’t the way they used to be, you’d think we were witnessing the death of an entire genre. Personally, I think nothing could be further from the truth. I actually think we are in the midst of a renaissance that will prove to have been one of the most exciting times to have ever been a photographer. True, newspapers and magazines cry poor house as the pool of available assignments slowly drains. That’s because along with the digital explosion there has…

  • How I Create Those Photo Book Layouts

    Scott
    30 May 2011 | 9:10 pm
    Hi Gang: I had a lot of folks asking about how I create those photo book layouts that I showed here on the blo from my trips to Denmark, and more recently London. I start in Lightroom, and then I use Apple’s iPhoto software for the actual book layouts. So, I made a short video (above) that shows you how it works, and it gives you some tips on how to layout the photos themselves, no matter which program you’re using. Also, I mention in the video two links to videos I did in 2008 that show how to do similar things in Lightroom 2 (link), and Photoshop CS4 (link). Hope this helps.

  • My Tour is in New York City This Thursday. Come and Join Me For The Day.

    Scott
    30 May 2011 | 9:06 pm
    My Light it, Shoot it, Retouch It Tour is in New York City on Thursday, with around 900 or so photographers who will be there and I want you to be there too!!! It’s not to late if you want to snag one of the remaining seats. It’s only $99 for the full day, including a detailed step-by-step workbook that follows right along with what I’m doing all day, plus some other goodies I can’t tell you about until the workshop (by the way, it’s only $79 if you’re an NAPP member, so you gotta go!). It’ll be a blast, plus you have no risk at all, because we have a…
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    Digital Photography School

  • LowePro SlingShot 302 AW Camera Bag – Review

    Peter West Carey
    1 Jun 2011 | 1:05 pm
    The LowePro SlingShot 302 AW fits a niche in the photo bag market, specifically for quick outings with essential gear. This bag is one of three in the line of SlingShot AW (All-Weather) bags and is the biggest brother in the updated line. The SlingShot concept is that, with only employing a single strap, the bag can be quickly brought around from the back to the front for easy camera and storage access. Indeed, the bag has a side zippered entry for the main camera area which, when slung forward, faces up, making camera storage and retrieval simplified. Before using the bag for a couple of…

  • Editorial Travel Photography – Telling the Story of a Location

    Matthew Dutile
    1 Jun 2011 | 7:07 am
    If you’re ever given a travel assignment by a magazine – or hope to get one – you need to learn how to tell the story of a location. Flip through the pages of any of your favorite travel magazines and you’ll see exactly what I’m talking about. It’s all the elements that come together to show what tourists want to see – the places, people, food and culture of a location. Sometimes you’ll be given a very narrow assignment to stick within – a local restaurant or district – and other times you have to capture the essence of an entire city in maybe only 4-10 frames. Here are a…

  • Be Aware Of The Light Source Hitting Your Screen

    Peter West Carey
    31 May 2011 | 12:57 pm
    Pop Quiz: What is the color temperature of the light hitting your monitor right now? Followup Question: Do you know why it matters? Many people do not give much thought to the light hitting their monitor while editing photos. Yet it is critically important if color accuracy is important in the least.  Let me show you the importance with a few shots. See if you can guess the color temperature of the light hitting the each screen. Know that my office is a small 5′ x 8′ room, off-white walls and a skylight overhead. (Exposure of each shot was balanced in post production with only…

  • 5 Top Tips for Lightroom Develop Presets

    Helen Bradley
    31 May 2011 | 7:05 am
    Develop Presets are powerful Lightroom tools. You can use them to quick start your editing in Lightroom and to apply creative fixes to your images. You can create your own presets and you can download them from the web. Here are my top five tips for harnessing the power of Develop Presets. 1. Create Disconnected Presets Instead of creating a preset which, for example, applies a split toning effect as well as a vignette to an image, split this into two separate presets. Then you can use the split toning effect as well as the vignette if you want to do so but you also have the ability to apply…

  • Photography Essentials Full Frame [Book Review]

    Barrie Smith
    30 May 2011 | 1:12 pm
    I approached this book with a little scepticism: it looked like another coffee table book, large format, stacked with beautifully rendered photographs of exotic landscapes and little else. But then I skimmed David Noton’s introduction and gathered that he feels digital cameras have opened a whole new world of photographic opportunities “that would not have been possible in the film era.” He then proceeds to offer information on his working methods and philosophy. He finds colour in Morocco’s towns with a shot of a yellow-orange clad washer woman against a vibrant indigo. No filters.
 
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    TUAW

  • Apple's restrictions on iPad and iPhone giveaways

    Kelly Hodgkins
    2 Jun 2011 | 7:30 am
    Philip Elmer-DeWitt has an interesting article over at his Fortune Apple 2.0 blog that discusses Apple's restrictions on iPad and iPhone giveaways. It's not well-publicized or even strictly enforced by Apple, but the Cupertino company has a two-page policy governing the giveaway or promotion of its iOS devices. The policy prohibits you from using the word "free" as an modifier of an Apple products name in a prominent way. You still can run an iPad or iPhone giveaway, but you have to use the word free in a less prominent way and submit all the promotional materials to Apple for review. A…

  • Taptu 1.5 adds Instapaper saving, search option

    Michael Rose
    2 Jun 2011 | 6:00 am
    We first looked at the newsviewer app Taptu a couple of months ago when the iPad version launched. Its combination of social streams and curated news feeds makes it a strong contender in the crowded news reader space of iOS apps. The latest version, 1.5, launches today and adds a few key features to the product on both iPhone and iPad. Search capabilities have been souped up to include searching keywords within feed content along with feed topics. This helps with story discovery, especially with far-ranging/eclectic sites like Boing Boing. Readers can also save stories to Instapaper for…

  • Gameloft's Order and Chaos MMO for iOS makes $1M in 20 days

    Mike Schramm
    2 Jun 2011 | 5:00 am
    Some people might have chuckled at the resemblance of Gameloft's Order and Chaos Online to the popular World of Warcraft. It's actually a near clone of the very popular Blizzard Entertainment title, squeezed down into the iPhone. But it turns out Gameloft will be the one who laughs last. The game has reportedly already brought in a million dollars in revenue, just in its first 20 days of existence. That's pretty impressive. I presume that total includes the game's actual sale price of US$6.99, along with any other in-app purchases made. Of course, that initial revenue will probably be hard to…

  • New York's Tekserve gets major facelift

    Michael Rose
    2 Jun 2011 | 12:35 am
    It's one of New York's great indie Mac retailers, made famous by Sex and the City and made successful by thousands of loyal customers... but, if we're going to be frank about it, it was a little bit cluttered and cramped. That's why the team at Tekserve spent most of the Memorial Day weekend ripping out the furniture and refreshing the store layout from the (newly sanded) floorboards up. Store manager Paul Rechsteiner showed me around this week, pointing out the custom product tables (topped with wood recycled from the Coney Island boardwalk), the expanded staging area for repair…

  • iOS and Mac App Store updating may be fubar'ed

    Michael Rose
    1 Jun 2011 | 10:35 pm
    Having trouble updating to the new versions of GarageBand and iMovie for iOS, or seeing the Twitter for Mac update download over and over again in the Mac App Store? You're not alone; we've seen several reports of issues getting apps updated properly, starting earlier today, and it's hitting our team as well. No word yet about what might be causing the issues, but hopefully they're just transient growing pains; we'll check again in a couple of hours.iOS and Mac App Store updating may be fubar'ed originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of…
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    Strobist

  • Rethinking the Freelance Model

    1 Jun 2011 | 11:33 am
    I'm guest posting on over on Scott Kelby's blog today, about evolving the traditional freelance model into one that is more proactive and entrepreneurial. For those of you interested in that sort of thing, it is here.-30-__________ New! Watch the Lighting in Layers Trailer:

  • Lighting in Layers Update: Wider Availability, Download Version and a Trailer

    31 May 2011 | 5:59 am
    First, thanks for the kind words from many of you who already have purchased Lighting in Layers. We worked very hard on the project; the notes, comments and reviews are much appreciated. A trailer has now been posted to give people a better idea of what LiL is about. The hard copy DVDs are now available at Midwest Photo, Adorama, Amazon, Gulf Photo Plus and Souq.com. And … the downloadable ($99.95 USD) version is live, here. I know many non-US readers were waiting on this. It is the same drag-and-drop (iPhone/iPad/iPod, laptop, Android, etc.) file set that is included along with the $159.95…

  • Announcing: BC3:2L

    31 May 2011 | 5:58 am
    It's been a while since our last lighting Boot Camp, so what the hell. Let's dust off the speedlights and give them a little workout.As with previous bootcamps, there will be assignments, reviews, people complaining that they can't figure out how to post photos to Flickr -- and, of course, prizes. And given the experience range of readership on the site, we're gonna do something just a little different this time, too. Each assignment will be limited to using a maximum of two speedlights, so a certain someone won't have an undue advantage.Thus, Boot Camp III: Two Lights, or, BC3:2L.Speaking of…

  • Sidewalk Art

    26 May 2011 | 6:00 am
    Food for thought: Next time you clamp up a few speedlights on a public street, it could lead you all the way to the state Supreme Court. Got your attention? Keep reading...__________Earlier this week, my friend JoeyL tweeted about NYC photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia, and it really got me thinking.A few years ago DiCorcia clamped strobes up under a scaffolding on a New York City sidewalk, thus turning the space into his own private public studio. He then photographed people as they passed through, making a series of beautiful portraits that were at once banal and thought-provoking.And…

  • Lighting 101 Update: Evolving Umbrellas

    23 May 2011 | 6:00 am
    One long-overdue item on my To-Do list has been to add more current info to some of the Lighting 101 posts that have become a little dated.High on that list was the post on umbrellas. My thinking on the cheap, portable light sources has changed drastically since Lighting 101 debuted in 2006. As such, I have added a significant update to the original post.-30-__________ New! Watch the Lighting in Layers Trailer:
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    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Sony World Photography Awards 2012 opens for entries

    1 Jun 2011 | 2:21 pm
    The Sony World Photography Awards have started accepting entries for the 2012 competition. The award categories have been revised for the latest competition and are split between 'professional' and 'open' categories. Submitted photos must be taken during 2011 and can be submitted at any point between now and Jan 4th 2012. Enthusiast photographers are welcome to enter either the professional or open competitions but not both. 2012 sees the introduction of a youth competition in which photographers under the age of 20 can submit images that suit the themes: 'environment,' 'portrait' or…

  • Nikon films latest D5100 advert using D5100 DSLR

    1 Jun 2011 | 12:54 pm
    Nikon is promoting its latest US TV advert starring Ashton Kutcher, pointing out that the spot was filmed using the D5100 it promotes. This isn't the first time such a claim has been made, of course - Olympus promoted its PEN series of mirrorless cameras with adverts shot using its product. Still, it makes clear what's possible with the latest generation of 1080p-shooting DSLRs, if you're an award-winning director of photography with access to professional actors.

  • Sigma announces 120-300mm OS price and availability

    1 Jun 2011 | 12:42 pm
    Sigma has announced the pricing and availability of the stabilized versions of its 120-300mm F2.8 telezoom lens. The 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG OS APO HSM will have an MSRP of $4,700. The lens, which features Sigma's latest FLD low-dispersion glass is available now in Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts.

  • Just posted: Our Nikon Coolpix P300 review

    31 May 2011 | 4:41 pm
    Just Posted: Our review of the Nikon Coolpix P300. The P300 is interesting in the way it straddles camera classes - offering enthusiast camera features such as twin control dials and PASM shooting modes but built around a smaller sensor than its apparent peers. This smaller sensor and inability to record Raw files mark it out from the likes of the Canon S95 and Samsung's EX1 but, then again, so does its much more affordable price tag. So does this leave the P300 with the right balance of price and capability or leave it falling short of expectations? Read our concise review to find out...

  • Fujifilm confirms X100 firmware update coming

    31 May 2011 | 11:58 am
    Fujifilm is to update the firmware of its X100 large-sensor compact camera to address some of the criticisms raised in our review. The statement from Fujifilm Japan says: 'Fujifilm is planning to release a new version of firmware in the near future. The new firmware will include and respond to some of functionality posted by dpreview.' We will, of course, revisit our review in the light of these changes, when the update becomes available.
 
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    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

  • Lightroom Video – Moving Your Develop Presets

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    1 Jun 2011 | 9:03 am
    Hey folks. Here’s a quick video for you on moving presets. Say you get a new computer and you install Lightroom. Well, your old computer has all of your presets on it right? Once you know where they are, moving your presets from one computer to another is really just a drag-and-drop process. In fact, you can move more than just your Develop presets – you can move all of the presets you’d create in Lightroom (Print, Slideshow, Watermarks, Metadata templates, etc…) because they’re all stored in the same folder. I hope you enjoy!

  • Lightroom 3.4.1 is Now Available

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    27 May 2011 | 6:14 am
    Hey folks. Last week I mentioned a rare bug in Lightroom 3.4 that had to do with JPEG photos. It only affected a very small amount of people with a certain camera though. Nonetheless, if you were one of those people then it was definitely a problem. Anyway, Adobe has quickly released an update that addresses the issue. It’s available for download now in Lightroom under the Help menu. Also, you can read more about it over at Tom Hogarty’s blog (Lightroom Product Manager).

  • Are you a Lightroom Flagger or Rater Recap

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    24 May 2011 | 9:30 pm
    Last week I wrote a post about 3 (and a half) reasons to use Flags Instead of Ratings in Lightroom. Then I asked whether or not you were flaggers or raters. I was pretty surprised at how many comments came up (over 100). So, first of all – thank you. As I’ve said before, it’s the community here that makes a site like this possible, and I’m always grateful that you spend some of your valuable time here. Since there were so many comments, I figured most of you wouldn’t (or couldn’t) have the time to read through all of them. But there was a lot of really…

  • Lightroom Public Service Announcement Day

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    20 May 2011 | 6:21 am
    Hey folks. Thought I’d give you two quick Lightroom-related public service announcements today: 1) I realize most of you reading probably own Lightroom. If you do, you’ve also probably been telling your photography buddies that they need to get it. Well B&H Photo has Lightroom 3 on sale for $100 off. That makes it $169. Not to shabby huh? Offer ends on June 4 so tell them to download the free 30-day trial. They have plenty of time to check it out, before June 4, to see if they like it. 2) Adobe has issued a warning about a potential JPEG bug in Lightroom 3.4 and Camera Raw…

  • 3 (and a half) Reasons to Use Flags Instead of Ratings in Lightroom

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    17 May 2011 | 9:30 pm
    Are you a flagger or a rater in Lightroom? You know, how do you sort your photos? If you’re a flagger, you go to Photo > Set Flag and choose Pick, Reject, or Unflagged. If you’re a rater then you to to Photo > Set Rating > and choose 1 to 5 stars. So which do you use? Personally, I stopped rating a long time ago and just use flags. First, I think flagging is just simpler. You’ve got 3 choices. I like it. I don’t like it. Or, I’m just not sure yet. In many cases, simple is better, and I think this is one of them. Next, when it comes to finding your…
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  • iMovie for iOS Gains Audio and Video Output Improvements and Other Enhancements

    Eric Slivka
    1 Jun 2011 | 2:23 pm
    In addition to today's update to GarageBand for iPad, Apple has also pushed out an update to iMovie for iOS devices [App Store], bringing several improvements and enhancements.What's New in Version 1.2.1 - Audio plays from your HDTV when using the Apple Digital AV Adapter. - Video plays full screen from Marquee to your HDTV when using the Apple Digital AV Adapter. - Resolves some cases of missing media in projects. - Provides more accurate clip grouping by date in Video browser. - Fixes an issue where a project's background music would not fade in or out. - Additional performance and…

  • GarageBand for iPad Updated With Audio Output, File Import, and Audio Copy and Paste

    Eric Slivka
    1 Jun 2011 | 1:59 pm
    Apple today pushed out an update to GarageBand [App Store] for iPad, adding a number of new features including audio output via AirPlay, Bluetooth, and HDMI, import of various audio file types including Apple Loops, and the ability to copy and paste audio files from compatible applications.What's New in Version 1.0.1 - Support for audio output over AirPlay, Bluetooth devices and HDMI with the Apple Digital AV Adapter. - Import of AIFF, WAV, CAF audio files and Apple Loops (16 bit, 44.1 kHz). - Allows copy and paste of audio from supported apps into GarageBand. - Addresses occurrences of…

  • Apple Still Not Budging on 'Offer Wall' Apps

    Eric Slivka
    1 Jun 2011 | 11:15 am
    Back in April, Apple began cracking down on so-called "offer wall" services for iOS applications that incentivize users with virtual currency or other compensation for downloading and installing other applications. The services have been cited as a mechanism for unfairly boosting app download numbers and thus chart performance. GigaOM follows up with Mihir Shah of Tapjoy, one of the major players in the incentivized install market, and learns that Apple has yet to yield on the issue, despite several proposals by Tapjoy that the company believes would address Apple's concerns over tainted…

  • Apple Finally Trying to Acquire 'iPods.com' Domain Name

    Eric Slivka
    1 Jun 2011 | 8:22 am
    TechCrunch notes that Apple has finally gotten around to trying to acquire the ipods.com domain name, fully nine years after the domain was registered by another entity. The move comes in the form of a complaint filed under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy yesterday.It apparently took the Cupertino company a little over 9 full years to decide that, instead, it should be the rightful owner of the domain name, which until earlier this morning took people to some shady mp3 download site (though it no longer resolves, it seems). Yesterday, Apple lodged a complaint, positing that…

  • 'The Heist' Hits 500,000 Sales in One Week

    Eric Slivka
    1 Jun 2011 | 7:57 am
    tap tap tap and MacHeist report that they have reached over 500,000 paid downloads of their new iOS game, The Heist, released just one week ago.In just a little over 6.5 days, The Heist has racked up a staggering 501,813 sales at 99�, totaling well over $300,000 in revenue. To put that in perspective, our last chart-topping app, Voices, managed to clear 300,000 sales... in its first month, meaning The Heist has been outselling it at a rate of nearly 8 fold!In the blog post, Phill Ryu takes a look at how the developers were able to take the established MacHeist brand and build enthusiasm…
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  • USE OVERLAY IN THE CLONE SOURCE PANEL

    Web Editor
    1 Jun 2011 | 8:15 am
    Have you ever used the Clone Stamp tool and wondered what exactly you were going to paint in the area? Wonder no more. Now you can turn on the Show … Continue reading →

  • THE CLONE SOURCE PANEL

    tmaloney
    31 May 2011 | 8:08 am
    This panel has a couple of neat features for people who spend a lot of time in cloning. You can now set up a series of preset areas in the … Continue reading →

  • BLACK AND WHITE 101

    Web Editor
    27 May 2011 | 8:15 am
    Black and white could not get any easier. Open an image. Choose Image>
Adjustments>Black and White. Instead of using all of the sliders that are in the resulting dialog, click on … Continue reading →

  • My All New Makeup Course Is Live!

    Corey Barker
    27 May 2011 | 8:06 am
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  • RESET A DIALOG

    Web Editor
    26 May 2011 | 8:15 am
    If you are working with any dialog that has an OK and a Cancel option, you don’t always have to cancel out to get back to the original state of … Continue reading →
 
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  • Seal Teams

    Joe McNally
    1 Jun 2011 | 3:12 am
    The Navy SEALs have been in the news a lot lately, something they regard as a dubious blessing, I’m sure. Navy SEAL Team Six went in and dropped a hurt on bin Laden and created a legend. You know you’ve hit the big time when Disney tries to trademark the rights to your team. The Mickey Meisters backed off when they became the centerpiece of virtually every late night comic’s routine out there. It wasn’t a good move. When the troops you can muster on your side have names like Goofy, Ariel and Tinker Bell, you should think twice about messing with the SEALs, right?

  • Welcome Summer…..

    Joe McNally
    29 May 2011 | 6:24 pm
    Claire at the shore….awaiting a storm. And memories of the Jersey Shore. Quite a number of years ago, a photo magazine sent me a query about my favorite place to go in the world. It was, I believe, further refined a search than that. It was, as I recall (and my memory may be a tad awry here) about my favorite place, at my favorite time of year. Something like that. They evidently sent it to numerous photogs, a survey, if you will, seeking their thoughtful, well traveled wisdom. I believe they sent it to some pretty high falutin’ shooters, and I can only imagine the responses they…

  • The Language of Light DVD Page Is Up!

    Joe McNally
    23 May 2011 | 3:12 am
    Thank goodness. It’s been a long, but fun road. It has been out for a while, of course, circulating around on this bus thing:-) But Drew, the gang here at the studio, and our friends over at Few Loose Screws, really took some time to work on a great page that has trailers, pieces of lessons, and just about everything you could want to know about the new DVD…check it out HERE, or, if you’re reading this on the blog, just scroll right and click on the Language of Light image up top for more info. From one light to a whole bunch, from an empty white wall in a studio to busy…

  • Shadows on the Concrete….

    Joe McNally
    15 May 2011 | 11:01 pm
    Hey gang….blog’s been, well, a little light lately. Truth be told, I had a hard book deadline to meet, so I shot 13 portraits (none of which I can show here quite yet) in 17 days, then jumped on a plane and headed out to California for a Digital Landscape Workshop Series stop. Whew! In between finishing the portrait series and coming out here, I managed to spend a wonderful day with Scott Kelby and a video crew from NAPP. They started in my studio, and my garage, and shot everything about that day in the field from the conceptualization of it, to the lens selection, to the packing…

  • Louie Called Yesterday….

    Joe McNally
    3 May 2011 | 5:30 am
    First thing he said was, “It’s a good day, pal.” Louie is an extraordinary guy, and an average one at the same time. Average in that he immigrated here from Italy as a youngster, and made a life, as many have done. Extraordinary in his decency, humanity and good will. On 911 all those years ago, he took extraordinary to another level. Trapped in a smoky stairwell, he slipped and slid down railings, past hundreds of terrified people, to reach a door leading to the lobby of the still standing tower. It was jammed. The lobby was filled with debris from the already collapsed…
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