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  • Why social music matters [infographic]

    Holy Kaw!
    24 Feb 2012 | 1:00 am
    (Click on the infographic below to learn more.) Via Column Five for G+ Like infographics? So do we. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Apple Halts iCloud Push Email in Germany due to Motorola Lawsuit

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    Stan Schroeder
    24 Feb 2012 | 3:56 am
    Apple’s iCloud and MobileMe push services have been taken down for users residing within Germany due to a patent lawsuit from Motorola, the company has announced. “Affected customers will still receive iCloud and MobileMe email, but new messages will be downloaded to their devices when the Mail app is opened, or when their device periodically fetches new messages as configured in iOS Settings. Push email service on desktop computers, laptop computers, and the web is unaffected, as is service from other providers such as Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync,” says Apple on its…

  • Apple Buys App Seeker Chomp, Dropbox Focuses On Photos, Motorola Suit in Germany Blocks Push Notifications

    Fast Company
    Nidhi Subbaraman
    24 Feb 2012 | 5:30 am
    Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Apple Buys App Seeker Chomp. Apple has bought app searcher experts Chomp for a reported $50 million. Word is, Apple is looking to retool the search on its hugely popular (closing in on 2.5 billion downloads) massive (550,000+ app strong) App Store. --NS Dropbox Focuses On Photos. Dropbox has updated its Android app (with plans to update the iOS app) to include a photo saving function called Camera Uploads. As advertised, the feature automatically pulls pictures you've snapped on your smartphone into a private Dropbox…

  • Motorola Gets Its Way In Germany: Apple Disables Push Email In Patent Dispute, Says It’s Appealing

    TechCrunch
    Ingrid Lunden
    24 Feb 2012 | 4:36 am
    Another development in the very long and winding road of mobile patent disputes: Apple has now had to disable the mobile push email function used through MobileMe and iCloud, after a court ruled earlier this month that Apple had infringed on a Motorola patent claiming IP on push email. A spokesperson from Apple told TechCrunch that the turn-off happened overnight, and that it will be appealing the ruling. The block was first reported by the German blog Mobiflip. As Apple did when the decision against it was first handed down earlier this month, it is once again downplaying the impact of not…

  • The Trip Advisor tail wagging the real world dog

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    Seth Godin
    24 Feb 2012 | 4:32 am
    More than fifty years ago, Duncan Hines (a real guy, unlike Betty Crocker), turned the restaurant business upside down. He began certifying restaurants as clean and safe, offering a sign for roadside diners that wished to welcome travelers from out of town. The existence of his certification changed the way restaurants did their job. Today, it's sites like Trip Advisor and Yelp (among many others) that are transforming the way service businesses operate. Here's how it works: at first, a business might try to ignore the system, but then they notice their customers talking about the reviews and…
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  • Why social music matters [infographic]

    24 Feb 2012 | 1:00 am
    (Click on the infographic below to learn more.) Via Column Five for G+ Like infographics? So do we. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Shins's new music video for "A Simple Song"

    24 Feb 2012 | 12:57 am
    Awhile ago, we posted about the neato website for the Shins' new single, "A Simple Song." Well, now there's a neato video! It's shot in the style of a home video and tells the story of a cruel father (played by lead singer James Mercer) playing one last practical joke on his family, which just happens to bring them all together: Full story at andPOP. Top music news. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Construction paper stars in clever music video

    23 Feb 2012 | 11:17 pm
    The intensive process to create Josh Ritter's new music video for his song, "Love Is Making Its Way Back Home," included 12,000 laser-cut pieces of construction paper and a big team of talent. A team of nearly twenty artists, editors, directors and product assistants ushered the video into being. The group started with storyboarding and computer animation before converting the digital graphics to paper cutouts (frame by frame), photographing those 12,000 cutouts and then stitching them together into four minutes of paper animation. Via This is Colossal. Art and music make a lovely pair.

  • Is your company offering enough paid leave? [infographic]

    23 Feb 2012 | 11:14 pm
    (Click on the infographic below to learn more.) Via Column Five for Mindflash Like infographics? So do we. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Why you should care about the Strait of Hormuz [infographic]

    23 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pm
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  • Apple Halts iCloud Push Email in Germany due to Motorola Lawsuit

    Stan Schroeder
    24 Feb 2012 | 3:56 am
    Apple’s iCloud and MobileMe push services have been taken down for users residing within Germany due to a patent lawsuit from Motorola, the company has announced. “Affected customers will still receive iCloud and MobileMe email, but new messages will be downloaded to their devices when the Mail app is opened, or when their device periodically fetches new messages as configured in iOS Settings. Push email service on desktop computers, laptop computers, and the web is unaffected, as is service from other providers such as Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync,” says Apple on its…

  • LG to Unveil Stylish New Lineup of Smartphones

    Samantha Murphy
    23 Feb 2012 | 11:25 pm
    LG is gearing up to unveil a new line of smartphones that will be focused on sleek design. The company will be revealing three smartphones under a new line called L-Style next week at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Android-powered devices include the 3.2-inch Optimus L3, the 4.0-inch Optimus L5 and the 4.3-inch Optimus L7. The Optimus L3 will debut in the European market in March, while the other two devices are expected to become available in the first half of 2012 and will run on Android’s latest mobile operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) 4.0. “Design is…

  • World’s First Live-Tweeted Open-Heart Surgery is a Success [PICS]

    Sam Laird
    23 Feb 2012 | 10:48 pm
    Doctors at Houston’s Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital have made medical and social media history by live-tweeting an open-heart surgery for the first time. Yes, you read that correctly. On Tuesday, Dr. Michael Macris performed a double-coronary artery bypass on a 57-year-old patient. Dr. Macris’ colleague, Dr. Paresh Patel, provided 140-character updates throughout the procedure and answered questions submitted by followers of the hospital’s @houstonhospital Twitter account. Dr. Macris also wore a camera attached to his head, according to Texas Monthly, and Dr. Patel…

  • Apple Adds ‘Mastered for iTunes’ Section With Better Sound

    Todd Wasserman
    23 Feb 2012 | 10:25 pm
    Audiophiles take note: Apple has quietly added a new section to iTunes called “Mastered for iTunes” that promises music the way “the artist and sound engineer intended.” The new section, which was added this week and brought to light by a New York Times report, includes Nirvana’s Nevermind, Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die and Beck’s Sea Change, among other popular music titles. It also features a host of classical albums such as Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 9 and Holst: The Planets. All the titles sell for the same amount as their non-Mastered…

  • Facebook Murder-For-Hire Plot Lands Two People in Prison

    Kate Freeman
    23 Feb 2012 | 10:01 pm
    A murder-for-hire plot that started with a Facebook message resulted in a prison sentence for Ohio residents Christine Metter and her 77-year-old father. Metter stared at the courtroom floor on Thursday when a judge sentenced her to 10 years in prison for attempting to hire a man on Facebook to kill her ex-husband. Metter, 41, of Ohio and her father Al Zombory, 77, were convicted of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder in January. Zombory was sentenced to nine years in prison on Tuesday. It all started with a conversation Metter had on Facebook with a friend from high school. Metter…
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  • Apple Buys App Seeker Chomp, Dropbox Focuses On Photos, Motorola Suit in Germany Blocks Push Notifications

    Nidhi Subbaraman
    24 Feb 2012 | 5:30 am
    Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Apple Buys App Seeker Chomp. Apple has bought app searcher experts Chomp for a reported $50 million. Word is, Apple is looking to retool the search on its hugely popular (closing in on 2.5 billion downloads) massive (550,000+ app strong) App Store. --NS Dropbox Focuses On Photos. Dropbox has updated its Android app (with plans to update the iOS app) to include a photo saving function called Camera Uploads. As advertised, the feature automatically pulls pictures you've snapped on your smartphone into a private Dropbox…

  • With 50 Million Tickets Sold, Eventbrite Finds Fresh Chunks Of Ticketmaster's Ankles Ripe For Nipping

    David Holmes
    23 Feb 2012 | 4:40 pm
    After achieving two important milestones, what's next for Eventbrite?The last time Fast Company caught up with the folks at Eventbrite, the online ticketing service was celebrating the opening of its first international office in London. Now, it has two more benchmarks to be proud of: It issued its 50 millionth ticket, and CEO and cofounder Kevin Hartz tells Fast Company that the company has hit a half-billion-dollar gross run-rate based on weekly sales. For the uninitiated, Eventbrite aims to disrupt the online ticketing industry, which Hartz describes as "one of the last…

  • Iran's "Second Internet" Rivals Censorship Of China's "Great Firewall"

    Neal Ungerleider
    23 Feb 2012 | 4:14 pm
    Iran is unveiling a nationwide "Halal Intranet" this spring that will try to seal the nation off from the corrupting influences of Google, Facebook, and Twitter. But can it work?Iran's long-awaited “Halal Internet”--a nationwide intranet that will be heavily monitored and cut off from the rest of the world--finally has a launch date. According to Iranian Telecommunications Minister Reza Taghipour Anvari, Iran's new Internet will be launched in late May or early June. The project is the most ambitious effort yet by any government to censor the Internet, with the exception of China's…

  • Alex Peake's "Code Hero": How To Scale Education The Right Way

    Dale Stephens
    23 Feb 2012 | 3:18 pm
    Thiel Fellow Dale Stephens explains how "Does it scale?" applies to education. In Silicon Valley, one often hears the question, "Does it scale?" What a technologist means by this is: How can a specific technological innovation be applied in a broad manner to affect a wide range of people? If Google only searched two websites it wouldn't be terribly useful. But because Google scaled effectively to search the entire Internet, it became extremely engaging. Technologists wonder the same thing about education. And projects like the Khan Academy have risen to prominence because they scale--a…

  • The Smartphone Revolution Is Over (For Now)

    Kit Eaton
    23 Feb 2012 | 3:13 pm
    Ahead of the Mobile World Congress event next week dozens of new smartphones are being revealed or teased to stir up the tech press, get potential customers excited, and, of course, drum up sales. Among the varied designs, operating systems, and technical specifications coming from a long list of manufacturers, one thing is clear--there's really not an enormous amount of innovation going on. The smartphone, it seems, has hit an evolutionary dead end.As a case in point, look at the behavior of Chinese firm ZTE, which has revealed eight new phones ahead of the MWC show. With names like…
 
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    TechCrunch

  • Motorola Gets Its Way In Germany: Apple Disables Push Email In Patent Dispute, Says It’s Appealing

    Ingrid Lunden
    24 Feb 2012 | 4:36 am
    Another development in the very long and winding road of mobile patent disputes: Apple has now had to disable the mobile push email function used through MobileMe and iCloud, after a court ruled earlier this month that Apple had infringed on a Motorola patent claiming IP on push email. A spokesperson from Apple told TechCrunch that the turn-off happened overnight, and that it will be appealing the ruling. The block was first reported by the German blog Mobiflip. As Apple did when the decision against it was first handed down earlier this month, it is once again downplaying the impact of not…

  • Evertale, A Social Network For The Less Proactive, Gets Seed Funding From Mangrove

    Ingrid Lunden
    24 Feb 2012 | 4:07 am
    If you like the idea of charting your life in a diary, and possibly sharing that detail with others, but lack the motivation to do all that logging yourself, then this might just be the social network for you. Evertale, a service that automatically logs your activities through your mobile device , has picked up seed funding from Mangrove Capital — early backers of Skype, shopping sites Brands4Friends and KupiVIP, and a number of other European startup — and is now preparing to launch its app, which is still in beta. We are still trying to get the exact amount of the investment.

  • Daily Crunch: Periodic

    Bryce Durbin
    24 Feb 2012 | 3:00 am
    Here are some of yesterday’s posts on TechCrunch Gadgets: The Tale Of A Wolfram Research Co-founder And His Beloved “Periodic Table Table” [Video] NVIDIA Rebrands The Tegra 3′s Architecture, Wants Everyone To Now Call It A 4-Plus-1 SoC Proview Thwarted In Chinese iPad Trademark Suit, Brings Case To U.S. Shores These iOS vs. Android Flame Wars Have To Stop

  • Dropbox Can Now Automatically Sync Your Android Photos (And It Has More Up Its Sleeve)

    Jason Kincaid
    24 Feb 2012 | 12:39 am
    Last year, Dropbox raised a whopping $250 million funding round at a valuation in the ballpark of $4 billion. The raise had been rumored for months so it didn’t come as a huge surprise, but it still raised plenty of eyebrows. Because while Dropbox is totally awesome (I use it every day), at this point people see it as a convenient way to sync their files between computers — which it already does pretty well. So what’s all the money for? Today, we’re getting our first taste of what’s next, and what cofounder and CEO Drew Houston calls Dropbox’s mission to solve…

  • Votizen Raises $750k From Sean Parker, Others, To Turn Elections From Fundraising To ‘Friendraising’

    Ingrid Lunden
    24 Feb 2012 | 12:20 am
    Just in time for the Presidential and general elections coming up later this year, Votizen, the social media site that helps like-minded voters get together and influence how those elections go, has raised $750,000. And while that may sound like a modest number, in true influencer fashion, it’s the backers that are going to count here. They include Sean Parker, Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, A-Grade Investments (Ron Burkle), and Lady Gaga’s manager, Troy Carter — a group whose value in raising a voting startup’s profile in an important election year could carry more…
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  • The Trip Advisor tail wagging the real world dog

    Seth Godin
    24 Feb 2012 | 4:32 am
    More than fifty years ago, Duncan Hines (a real guy, unlike Betty Crocker), turned the restaurant business upside down. He began certifying restaurants as clean and safe, offering a sign for roadside diners that wished to welcome travelers from out of town. The existence of his certification changed the way restaurants did their job. Today, it's sites like Trip Advisor and Yelp (among many others) that are transforming the way service businesses operate. Here's how it works: at first, a business might try to ignore the system, but then they notice their customers talking about the reviews and…

  • Ad agencies don't run many ads for themselves

    Seth Godin
    23 Feb 2012 | 4:41 am
    Spending money on your own account is a difficult psychological hurdle. Lots of small businesses get stuck in this chasm, happy to pitch, to network, to send out proposals and to work far into the night, but hesitate when it comes time to pay actual cash money for marketing, trade show booths or other sorts of media. For the bootstrapper, for the woman who has worked so hard to get to positive cash flow, it feels dangerously daring, on the verge of insanity. The question is: do successful businesses spend money on media, or does spending money on media make you successful? (I think it's some…

  • Engaging with criticism

    Seth Godin
    22 Feb 2012 | 4:03 am
    If you need to find out how your audience is receiving your work, it's worth considering how you've structured the interactions around criticism. Sometimes a customer has a one-off problem, a situation that is unique and a concern that has to be extinguished on the spot. More often, though, that feedback you're getting represents the way a hundred or a thousand other customers are also judging you. Some random ideas: If you defend yourself to the customer, quickly explaining precisely why the policy is the way it is, why the product is the way it is, you are pushing the criticizer away…

  • The map has been replaced by the compass

    Seth Godin
    21 Feb 2012 | 4:23 am
    The map keeps getting redrawn, because it's cheaper than ever to go offroad, to develop and innovate and remake what we thought was going to be next. Technology keeps changing the routes we take to get our projects from here to there. It doesn't pay to memorize the route, because it's going to change soon. The compass, on the other hand, is more important then ever. If you don't know which direction you're going, how will you know when you're off course? And yet... And yet we spend most of our time learning (or teaching) the map, yesterday's map, while we're anxious and afraid to spend any…

  • Too far from the center?

    Seth Godin
    20 Feb 2012 | 4:20 am
    The action used to happen at court. In France, if you wanted to get ahead, you put on your outfit, called in favors and hung out near the King, because proximity was all. If you're in Kibera, are you too far from Silicon Valley to write an app? If you live in New Zealand, are you too far outside the mainstream music world to perform a hit song? What about an author who lives 3,000 miles from New York? The magic of our new form of communication is that it's no longer one-way. If you consume an app, you can write one. If you can read a blog, you can publish one. If you can grab an ebook, you…
 
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    Wired Top Stories

  • Rant: I Love Photography

    Allen Murabayashi
    24 Feb 2012 | 5:30 am
    This blog post was originally posted by PhotoShelter CEO and founder Allen Murayabashi on the PhotoShelter blog. Murayabashi was kind enough to share it with Raw File readers.

  • Tar Pit Tour: The Ice Age Miracle From Miracle Mile

    Chuck Squatriglia
    24 Feb 2012 | 5:30 am
    For more than a century, scientists have excavated fossils from the La Brea tar pits. It's a paleontological treasure chest, a snapshot of the late Pleistocene and Ice Age California. That picture is growing sharper by the day as paleontologists dig into Project 23, a huge cache uncovered almost six years ago during the construction of what would become a parking garage.

  • Wired's Oscar Picks, Where Math Nerds, Hackers and 3-D Spectacles Win

    Angela Watercutter
    24 Feb 2012 | 5:30 am
    The Oscars are great, but let's face it: It's a party for Hollywood's most pretty, popular kids. And at the end of the night, they ? not the dweebs ? take home most of the little gold men. Not if we ran the show.

  • Feb. 24, 1938: Americans Can Now Stop Chewing on Pig Hair

    Matt Simon
    24 Feb 2012 | 5:30 am
    The first nylon-bristled toothbrushes go on sale, a welcome alternative to chewing on sticks or scrubbing the teeth with ground-up oyster shells.

  • Easily Pronounced Names May Make People More Likable

    Dave Mosher
    24 Feb 2012 | 5:30 am
    Though it might seem impossible, and certainly inadvisable, to judge a person by her name, a new study suggests our brains try anyway. The more pronounceable a person's name is, the more likely people are to favor her.
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  • Discover the Secrets of 9 Productive Bloggers: Blog Wise

    Darren Rowse
    23 Feb 2012 | 4:25 pm
    79% of ProBlogger readers identify ‘finding time to blog’ as one of their biggest challenges. Last year I ran a survey among ProBlogger readers to identify what the biggest challenges that bloggers face are. A number of common themes emerged – one of the strongest can be summed up in these comments from readers: I just don’t have time to blog like I know I should I can barely post once a week… how do you guys do it? After a day of work, kids and keeping a house running my blogging is getting neglected ‘Finding Time to blog’ was a massive emerging theme…

  • What Did You Think of Blog Smarter?

    Darren Rowse
    23 Feb 2012 | 2:06 pm
    Today marks the close of our Blog Smarter mini-series of posts, which explain a variety of techniques for scalable blog monetization. In case you missed them, the posts were: Blog Smarter: Don’t Just End Up Trading Hours for Dollars Blog Smarter: A Step-by-step Guide to Boost Your AdSense Earnings Blog Smarter: Turn Your Blogging Skills Into Successful Affiliate Promotions Blog Smarter: 9 Ways to Make Money from WordPress … Without Having a Blog Blog Smarter: 5 WordPress Plugins to Help You Make Money From Your Blog Blog Smarter: Invest in Your Own Success This little series hints…

  • Blog Smarter: Invest in Your Own Success

    Guest Blogger
    23 Feb 2012 | 8:05 am
    This guest post is by Jeff Nickles of MySuperChargedLife.com My blog grew by leaps and bounds in 2011.  It was exciting! But it wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t made a few smart investments in my blog—investments, you could say, in my success. I’m a regular guy and a part-time blogger just like many of you.  I’ve learned how to grow my site through trial and error.  Over the last four years, I have probably made more mistakes than the average joe.  I’ve done a lot of the wrong things, but occasionally I get it right. I’ve benefited tremendously from the experience…

  • Blog Smarter: 5 WordPress Plugins to Help You Make Money From Your Blog

    Guest Blogger
    22 Feb 2012 | 2:08 pm
    This guest post is by Louise of MoneySupermarket.com. Why do we blog? Perhaps you feel you have things to say which the world would be interested in, or maybe you’re very passionate about a topic and your friends are sick of hearing you talk about it! I have a blog like that; it’s simply a sounding board for me to jabber on about a particular hobby of mine which none of my friends take part in. But the main reason for blogging, I think, is to make some money out of it. Let’s face it, we all enjoy blogging and we all enjoy making money, so why not combine the two? But as we…

  • Blog Smarter: 9 Ways to Make Money from WordPress … Without Having a Blog

    Guest Blogger
    22 Feb 2012 | 8:08 am
    This guest post is by Sean Platt of outstandingSETUP. The Internet is flooded with too many blogs. It probably doesn’t need yours. It’s not that you don’t have anything to say—you probably do. And it’s not that you couldn’t develop an audience, or eventually monetize that audience—you probably could. It’s definitely not that you’re not smart enough. There are plenty of people less intelligent than you already killing it online. Unfortunately, it’s no longer 2007. There are now millions of blogs. Most of them fail, and few make any money. Advertising rates are scraping so…
 
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  • Apple Suspends iCloud/MobileMe Push Email in Germany Due to Lawsuit

    Arnold Kim
    24 Feb 2012 | 3:35 am
    As noted by Engadget, Apple has informed customers that Push email service has been suspended for iCloud and MobileMe customers in Germany due to successful patent litigation by Motorola Mobility.Affected customers will still receive iCloud and MobileMe email, but new messages will be downloaded to their devices when the Mail app is opened, or when their device periodically fetches new messages as configured in iOS Settings. Push email service on desktop computers, laptop computers, and the web is unaffected, as is service from other providers such as Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.Mail…

  • Proview Sues Apple in U.S. Over Alleged Deception in iPad Trademark Purchase

    Eric Slivka
    23 Feb 2012 | 8:57 pm
    Reuters reports that the dispute over the iPad trademark in China has taken an interesting turn, with Proview Technology filing suit against Apple in the United States over alleged deception related to the deal between the two companies. Apple set up a dummy corporation known as IP Application Development Ltd (IPAD) to conduct negotiations with Proview over the trademark back in 2009, and Proview's suit alleges that Apple's efforts to keep its identity secret amounted to fraud.In its filing, Proview alleged lawyers for IPAD repeatedly said it would not be competing with the Chinese firm, and…

  • Apple Readying Miniaturized Dock Connector for Future iPhones?

    Arnold Kim
    23 Feb 2012 | 6:45 pm
    iMore claims that Apple may be transitioning away from the standard 30-pin dock connector to something more compact in the very near future.An updated “micro dock” could make room for bigger batteries, 4G radios, and other components far more important to the iPhone and iPad in a PC free world.As the site points out, Apple has worked hard to miniaturize other components in their iOS devices. Apple was one of the first to adopt the micro-SIM and has even proposed an even smaller SIM card design so they could make even thinner designs. As iMore points out, the current dock connector isn't…

  • Apple Acquires Chomp to Recreate App Store Search and Discovery [Update: Paid About $50 Million]

    Jordan Golson
    23 Feb 2012 | 6:09 pm
    Apple is acquiring three-year old startup Chomp and plans to use the company's technology and expertise to improve the App Store's search and app discovery technology, according to a report from TechCrunch. We first covered Chomp in November 2009 to announce their seed funding. Since then, they’ve grown their scope to include not only iPhone apps, but Android apps as well. In fact, Chomp currently has a deal with Verizon to power all of their Android-based app searches. That relationship, obviously, is going to get a bit awkward with this acquisition. My understanding is that such deals…

  • Apple Shareholder Meeting: No Dividend or Stock Split, Majority Vote Requirement for Directors

    Eric Slivka
    23 Feb 2012 | 1:31 pm
    Apple's annual shareholder meeting has just concluded at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, with the company declining to make any major announcements related to its operations. One of the biggest questions on the stock side has been speculation about a dividend, buyback, or stock split, and while Apple has indicated that it is continually evaluating the best uses for its cash stockpile, the company has not decided to adopt any of those strategies so far. CNBC posted a live blog of the meeting, outlining the formal agenda, brief statements from Tim Cook, and a brief Q&A session with…
 
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  • Never Fall In Love With the Medium

    ceb
    20 Feb 2012 | 5:02 pm
    There’s something sexy about the old way of doing things. In an age where we jot notes on our laptops and phones, we still buy journals. As digital cameras improve, we still get excited about low-tech methods of creating. Just posting this picture of a cassette tape might get someone to feel a bit sentimental about the old days of making tapes (did you ever splice any? So fun!). Switch this mindset to how you perceive your use of social media. “I’ll never go over to Google+. I’m too into Facebook.” I’m so thrilled with that perspective. “I’ll…

  • Good Service is Like a Great Steak

    ceb
    17 Feb 2012 | 3:30 am
    I swear I’m not obsessed with food, but I am obsessed with service. In an older post about room service, specifically, I wrote about how Warm Bread is Not Toast. Well, here I am again with a room service post. In my most recent stay at my favorite hotel in Las Vegas, I needed to order some lunch around 11am Vegas time. I wanted steak and asparagus (or some other suitable green). So, I called room service with Joe Sorge standing by, waiting to do our show. Me:I was hoping to order steak for lunch, but I don’t see that you serve it until 5pm. Room Service:Steak and eggs? Me:No, you…

  • Access Is An Asset

    ceb
    15 Feb 2012 | 2:26 am
    I was fortunate to have dinner last night with some brilliant leaders and professionals. I won’t name names, but some were friends from great companies, and others were new friends with amazing ideas. I’ll also divulge that I got to ask a question that interested me to Marc Ragan, CEO of Ragan Communications, that gave me some new perspective. This comes coupled with a line I blathered out in a speech yesterday that suddenly stuck to me like glue. The experience of enjoying dinner conversations about business and pursuits with smart people, plus talking about some of my past…

  • Happy Birthday to Love

    ceb
    14 Feb 2012 | 2:00 pm
    Ten years ago today, Tim Sanders launched his book, Love is the Killer App. It is a book I love written by a person I love. I’m not just saying this. Tim is lovable. He’s smart. He’s ultra passionate, and he’s been preaching a secret that people just refuse to accept is as important as it is. With love, I tell you to check out Tim’s post about his groundbreaking work turning 10. Happy Birthday to love!

  • Three Minutes On Social Media

    ceb
    12 Feb 2012 | 10:30 am
    I had the pleasure of talking to deputy editor Teri Evans at Entrepreneur Magazine after keynoting their Growth Conference in Long Beach. This ends up being a few tips about small business and social media. Hopefully there’s something useful in here. (Oh, and for a behind-the-scenes detail, check out what I shared with people on Google+ about the day we shot this.) Can’t see the video? CLICK HERE To see more from the series, click here.
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  • How to Build a Legendary Copywriting Career

    Robert Bruce
    24 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am
    John Carlton is a force of nature. He’s that rare breed who can write fascinating copy, and is just as fascinating to listen to. Every story ends up a great story. Through the lens of his remarkable journey to and through the copywriting trade, John delivers practical business tips and killer copywriting advice in this first half of a two-part interview I did with him. Whether you’re a veteran writer, or just starting to learn your craft, the next 30 minutes with this outspoken ad man is a worthwhile spend … In this episode we discuss: How to go from slacker to pro Why…

  • Introducing Entreproducer: The Business of Independent Digital Media with Brian Clark

    Brian Clark
    23 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am
    I get three questions a lot: Why aren’t you writing more? When are you putting out a book? What’s with referring to yourself in the third person in the headline? I have no good answer for the third one. Let’s move on. For the other two, the answers can be found at the site of my new multimedia email newsletter, Entreproducer. I’ll be writing there weekly about the business of independent new media content, and why every smart startup is a digital media company. It’s been over 6 years since I started Copyblogger as a one-man blog. Things have progressed amazingly since then, all…

  • Why Blind Obedience is Killing Your Business

    Johnny B. Truant
    22 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am
    Picture three men racing through a tall hedge maze. The first man runs off and begins following paths randomly, hoping to stumble upon the exit. The second man is more methodical. He puts one hand on a wall of the maze and resolves to keep moving forward slowly, never taking his hand off the wall. Eventually, thanks to the rules of topology, he knows he’ll find the outside. The third man pushes and shoves directly through the hedges in a straight line, finishing in thirty seconds flat and declaring himself the winner. Did the third man cheat? Maybe. But he also won. How to cheat in…

  • 22 Ways to Create Compelling Content When You Don’t Have a Clue [Infographic]

    Brian Clark
    21 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am
    Yep, we’re introducing the first-ever Copyblogger infographic. It’s about our favorite topic — creating great content. And, as has been our style since the beginning, we’re practicing what we preach. This infographic demonstrates how to repurpose existing content in a different media format, get more bang from your archives, and reach new and different audiences in the process. The graphic is based on 21 Ways to Create Compelling Content When You Don’t Have a Clue by Copyblogger guest writer Danny Iny. We’ve re-imagined the way to present these…

  • The Downton Abbey Guide to Irresistible Narrative Marketing

    Matthew Gartland
    20 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am
    Every content marketer needs to build relationships with readers. To have a chance at achieving your marketing goals, you need readers who love what you do. What if there were a blueprint for telling irresistible stories, for making almost everything you write have an impact in the hearts and minds of your readers? Look no further than Downton Abbey for that blueprint. What can a once-obscure period television drama teach us about effective writing, content marketing, and engagement online? Turns out, just about everything … What is Downton Abbey? The British television mini-series is a…
 
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  • Daily Wrap: The Facebook Class Action Lawsuit and more

    23 Feb 2012 | 8:03 pm
    Murphy P.A. files a class action lawsuit against Facebook. This and more in today's Daily Wrap. Sometimes it's difficult to catch everything that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We give you a daily recap of what you missed in the ReadWriteWeb Community, including a link to some of the most popular discussions in our offsite communities on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ as well. Sponsor

  • What Apple's Chomp Acquisition Means For the Future of the App Store

    23 Feb 2012 | 7:13 pm
    Whenever somebody we know gets their first iPhone, it seems the first question out of their mouths is always the same. "What apps should I get?" It's seldom anything about how the phone's user interface works or how to do certain day-to-day tasks. That much tends to be obvious once even the least tech-savvy person gets their hands on an iOS device. When it comes to finding applications, however, things are not always as straight forward. The iTunes App Store makes it easy to find the most popular apps or break them all down into general categories. If you've been using the device for awhile,…

  • Chill: It's Like Pinterest For Video

    23 Feb 2012 | 6:31 pm
    Pinterest has been blowing up all over the Internet. Pinterest is focused on images, although you can pin videos too. Chill however is a video-only pinboard site, which is its differentiation. Based in Los Angeles, the site launched in its current iteration one month ago. It has received more than 500,000 unique visitors in the first month. Every day, users share 4,000 videos on the site. But should Chill really be called "the Pinterest of video"? "It's not an unfair comparison given we both utilize the masonry user interface and emphasize the sharing of interesting content," says Founder…

  • Why You Shouldn't Give Up Twitter For Lent

    23 Feb 2012 | 5:30 pm
    If you're thinking about giving up Twitter for Lent, here's one reason not to. This year the Pope will be tweeting Gospel themes or message every day for the next 40 days. His goal is to attract the social media-savvy generation, attempting to get them interested in 140 characters or less. "Many of the key Gospel ideas are readily rendered in just 140 characters," Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Monsignor Paul Tighe tells News.va. "The idea was very simply to try and use Twitter to share with people the essence of the Pope's message for Lent. Doing it in a way so…

  • Expert: Microsoft's P3P "Ineffective," Google's Privacy Bypass Unhelpful

    23 Feb 2012 | 5:00 pm
    "I think, at the end of the day, privacy has never been a priority for the developers of Web browsers," states Dr. Lorrie Faith Cranor. She's an associate professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, but more importantly for this discussion, she's a contributing architect and former W3C working group chair for the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P). It may or may not be at the center of the latest privacy controversy surrounding Google's alleged thwarting of Web browser privacy policies, depending on whether you see things from Microsoft's perspective. Privacy may indeed…
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  • Redefining Hick’s Law

    Jason Gross
    23 Feb 2012 | 8:48 am
       Hick’s Law has always been a popular reference point for designers. You’ll find it cited in the endless lists of basic laws and principles that all designers should be familiar with. Given our assumed comfort level with this design cornerstone, I am surprised to see so many people getting it wrong. What we think we understand about Hick’s Law as it pertains to Web design is oversimplified and incomplete. We need to more deeply investigate what Hick’s Law can do for Web design. In the end, we will see why this design principle is undervalued, and we will see how we have…

  • Web-Drawing Throwdown: Paper.js Vs. Processing.js Vs. Raphael

    Zack Grossbart
    22 Feb 2012 | 5:49 am
       Before drawing anything in a browser, ask yourself three questions: Do you need to support older browsers?If the answer is yes, then your only choice is Raphaël. It handles browsers all the way back to IE 7 and Firefox 3. Raphaël even has some support for IE 6, although some of its underlying technology cannot be implemented there. Do you need to support Android?Android doesn’t support SVG, so you’ll have to use Paper.js or Processing.js. Some rumors say that Android 4 will handle SVG, but the majority of Android devices won’t support it for years. Is your drawing…

  • Finger-Friendly Design: Ideal Mobile Touchscreen Target Sizes

    Anthony T
    21 Feb 2012 | 9:18 am
       In darts, hitting the bulls-eye is harder to do than hitting any other part of the dartboard. This is because the bullseye is the smallest target. This same principle can also apply to touch targets on mobile devices. Smaller touch targets are harder for users to hit than larger ones. When you’re designing mobile interfaces, it’s best to make your targets big so that they’re easy for users to tap. But exactly how big should you make them to give the best ease of use to the majority of your users? Many mobile developers have wondered this, and most have turned to the user…

  • Beautiful Covers: An Interview With Chip Kidd

    Spyros Zevelakis
    19 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pm
       The work of Chip Kidd spans design, writing and, most recently, rock ’n’ roll. He definitely has the charisma to get ahead in that third field. He is best known for his unconventional book jackets, but he has published two novels of his own: The Learners and The Cheese Monkeys. Uninterested in design trends and fashions, he often draws inspiration from collectibles and memorabilia. Kidd is now busy creating his masterpiece, a graphic novel born from his lifelong fascination with Batman (he regards himself as Batman’s number-one fan). He has teamed up with comic-book artist…

  • Stop Writing Project Proposals

    Jonathan Wold
    16 Feb 2012 | 6:00 pm
       After several grueling days I had finally finished the proposal. I sent it off and waited for a response. Nothing. After a few weeks, I discovered that they were “just looking”. Despite the urgency and aggressive timeline for the RFP (Request For Proposal) plus the fact that we had done business with this organization before, the project was a no-go. My days of effort were wasted. Not entirely, though, because the pain of that loss was enough to drive me to decide that it wouldn’t happen again. I work at a Web development company and we’ve experimented with proposal…
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  • Honeymoon murder case tossed out

    24 Feb 2012 | 5:21 am
    An Alabama judge dismissed the murder case against a man accused in the scuba-diving death of his newlywed wife in Australia, a judicial official said.

  • Romney rips Santorum debate remark

    24 Feb 2012 | 4:47 am
    The morning after what may be their final debate, the four remaining Republican presidential candidates set their plans Thursday for a nearly two-week sprint across America that could determine who earns the right to square off against President Barack Obama this fall.

  • Nations to seek cease-fire as slaughter in Syria rages on

    24 Feb 2012 | 4:41 am
    World powers convening Friday in Tunisia are working to deliver aid to the Syrian opposition, while Arab nations have begun supplying arms to rebels, sources say.

  • Edwards' sex tape to be destroyed

    24 Feb 2012 | 4:31 am
    A former aide and ex-mistress of one-time presidential hopeful John Edwards have settled a civil lawsuit that mandates the destruction of sex tapes featuring Edwards and the woman.

  • Feds may also join Sandusky inquiry

    24 Feb 2012 | 4:30 am
    Federal authorities may be conducting their own investigation involving Penn State and the sexual abuse allegations against former coach Jerry Sandusky.
 
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  • OK, this is some news I’m pretty psyched about!

    Scott Kelby
    24 Feb 2012 | 12:41 am
    The folks who publish my books (the awesome team at Peachpit Press), put out a press release yesterday announcing that according to research data compiled by Nielsen Bookscan, I was the #1 bestselling author of photography books for 2011 (here’s the link to their release). Yay! :)I’m actually really psyched for two reasons: the first being that this is my 2nd year in a row in the #1 spot. Back in 2009 I was in 2nd place because this one guy beat me out, but the other reason is: being the #1 bestselling photography book author sounds a whole lot cooler than what I was for the…

  • It’s Free Stuff Thursday!

    Brad Moore
    23 Feb 2012 | 1:00 am
    Hey gang, Brad Moore here with some more free stuff for ya:Light It. Shoot It. Retouch It. Live! Wrapping Up We’re nearing the end of Scott Kelby’s Light It. Shoot It. Retouch It. Live! Tour, with only three more dates left. We’re in Atlanta on March 9, then wrapping up the US tour in Tampa on March 13 at Tampa Theatre (a really cool venue was built in 1926 as one of the country’s “most elaborate movie palaces”).And the grand finale is in London on April 28! We’ll be meeting up with our buddies Glyn Dewis (yesterday’s guest blogger) and Dave…

  • This Weekend Only Special Deal on the “Topaz Bundle” of Plug-ins

    Scott Kelby
    22 Feb 2012 | 11:06 pm
    Hi gang: You know the rules here — if a company wants to offer my readers a deal, it has to be the best deal they’ve offered anywhere, and this weekend’s 40% discount on the Topaz Bundle of Photoshop Plug-ins is the highest discount they’ve ever offered (By the way: I use Topaz Adjust and Topaz Detail myself. Love ‘em!). Here’s the Deal :The Topaz Bundle now includes 10 programs and here are just a few things you can do with each program:Make your exposure, detail, and color pop with Topaz AdjustCreate traditional and stylized B&W imagery…

  • It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Glyn Dewis!

    Brad Moore
    21 Feb 2012 | 11:01 pm
    So who is Glyn Dewis? Well believe me, that’s a question I’ve struggled with more times than I care to remember. Don’t get me wrong, I know who I am as a person: I’m Glyn, 40 years of age (only just I hasten to add), I’m married and I live just outside of Oxford in the UK…that bit is easy. What I’m talking about here is who am/what am I when it comes to Glyn the Photographer?Roughly 7 years ago one of my Uncles, who was always known as our family photographer, showed me how he could remove ‘red eye’ from his photographs using a piece of software called Photoshop.

  • Wedding Promo Clip From Russian Photographer Sergei Ivanov. Amazing Style!

    Scott Kelby
    21 Feb 2012 | 8:41 am
    Greetings from the Dallas Convention Center (we open the doors for my Light it, Shoot it, Retouch it tour here in 20 minutes, so I’m just catching up on stuff). My buddy Ken Toney sent me this video clip this morning, and after watching 60-seconds of it, I knew I had to share it here. Thanks Ken!Hope you all enjoy it, and here’s wishing you the best Tuesday you’ve had so far this year. :)
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    Digital Photography School

  • Lowepro Passport Sling Camera Bag – Review

    Valerie Jardin
    23 Feb 2012 | 12:17 pm
    Since I’m a girl and a photographer, I’m a bag junkie. I have more camera bags than shoes!  I received the Passport Sling just in time for a busy two-week trip to Europe and decided to use it exclusively to carry my 5D MarkII with the 24-70 mm lens attached, extra batteries, CF cards and the few personal items. The Passport Sling immediately became one of my favorite camera bags! Like most photographers I am always looking for that perfect bag for the job or situation. I have a rolling bag for my everyday client shoots, a sturdy backpack for extra gear and flexibility, and…

  • 500px To Open Market Place For Photography Sales

    Peter West Carey
    23 Feb 2012 | 7:51 am
    From a site starting out offering images at 500 pixels on a side, 500px is making the jump to stock agency with a just announced Market offering. In a message this morning, 500px was a bit vague about the nuts and bolts of the offering, but did state the images need to be a bit bigger than 500 pixels. More than 3600 pixels on the long edge and not watermarked is what they are looking for. And you need to have the proper release (an obstacle for some) while uploading in JPEG format. Images will be available for download and for print (no details on sizes, paper, countries, etc…) and…

  • The Impact of Less

    Guest Contributor
    22 Feb 2012 | 12:16 pm
    A Guest post by Nick Fleming. Photography is about choices and decisions. Make the right ones up to the moment the shutter button is pressed and a successful composition will result.  This sounds simple enough but we all know how frustratingly elusive this can be. The key to good photography is consistently choosing the right options and we achieve this not through following a magic formula, nor by having the best kit, but by practice. However, the single piece of information that seems to resonate more than any other with my workshop attendees is that the way to impactful pictures is as…

  • Want to be a Child Photographer but Don’t have Kids?

    Elizabeth Halford
    22 Feb 2012 | 8:04 am
    I just had an excellent question over on my Facebook page. One reader asked, “How easy, or not, is it to get into child photography? I don’t have children, none of my friends have children but I have a growing interest in investigating the child photography side of things.” Well one thing’s for sure – you won’t get accused of being a MWAC! Lots of us child photographers got into this genre because we have children and our passions grew out of that experimentation. However, we can get a lot of slack in the professional arena for being perceived as nothing…

  • Fujifilm X10 Review

    Barrie Smith
    21 Feb 2012 | 12:36 pm
    Described as an ‘enthusiast camera’, this one took me quite by surprise. With a new camera for review I normally take it out of its box, tap a few buttons, power up, then delve deeper. So where was the ‘on’ button? Ain’t none. You get the thing to come alive by manually rolling the lens barrel anti-clockwise from OFF to any of the lens settings within its 28-112mm range (as a 35 SLR equivalent). Simple huh! As a natural successor to the well-received X100, the retro-styled, non-interchangeable lens X10 has a high degree of elegance, completely black with milled…
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    TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

  • OnLive Desktop Plus out now, $4.99 a month for extra software and features

    Mike Schramm
    23 Feb 2012 | 11:30 pm
    OnLive Desktop originally went live back at CES earlier this year, and since then it's been making magic happen on iOS devices everywhere, whether you've used it yet or not. The cloud-based service provides a Windows computer packed with standard software, streamed right to your iOS device, practically whenever and wherever you need it. Seriously, if you have not tried OnLive yet, it is just as amazing as we've said it is. The gaming side of things will allow you to play all sorts of PC games on your Mac, and while the gaming app hasn't yet been released on the App Store, the Desktop app is…

  • Tidbits from Apple's shareholders meeting

    Mike Schramm
    23 Feb 2012 | 10:00 pm
    CNBC was at the Apple shareholders annual meeting that took place February 23 in Cupertino, and you can read through detailed notes of the summit on its site. There were only a few official matters to discuss, and the first was whether or not the company would adopt majority voting for its board of directors, requiring a majority vote for each director to stay. Shareholders decided to approve the measure, meaning board members would have to resign without a voting majority, but that ruling didn't matter much; all of the directors were elected with over 80 percent of the vote anyway. Other…

  • Apple to acquire Chomp app search platform

    Michael Rose
    23 Feb 2012 | 8:40 pm
    Having an App Store means never having to say "Sorry, there's no app for that" -- or at least not very often. With the massive success of the iOS App Store, however, there's also a discoverability problem: how do you find the apps you need? Searching by name or keyword doesn't always help, and some gems may be hiding just around the next page of results. The search tool Chomp, available currently for both iOS and Android, aimed to change that equation. Via the company's app or web tool, you can search for apps by what they do rather than what they're called. A proprietary algorithm digs into…

  • Protesters aimed to deliver new letter to Apple during shareholders meeting

    Mike Schramm
    23 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pm
    Protestors delivered letters to Apple Stores around the world asking Apple to re-examine its use of Foxconn production factories overseas. Apple decided (relatedly or otherwise) to step up its inspections of those factories, so you probably won't be surprised to hear that protestors planned to do it all again. SumOfUs aimed to deliver a letter to Apple during its recent shareholder meeting, allegedly written by two factory workers who claim they were poisoned while working on the line. The protest and the meeting were both held the morning of February 23, so hopefully the handoff went off…

  • Apple tops 2011 mobile PC sales if iPad is included

    Steven Sande
    23 Feb 2012 | 7:00 pm
    According to an NPD DisplaySearch report, Apple was the top mobile PC vendor for the fourth quarter of 2011 and the rest of the year -- if you consider iPads to be mobile PCs. In the fourth quarter, Apple shipped almost 23.4 million MacBooks and iPads, and over 62.8 million for the entire year. The NPD numbers show that almost 80 percent of the Apple totals consisted of iPads (18.7 million in the fourth quarter, 48.4 million for all of 2011). The analysis for that final quarter of 2011 shows that when considering tablets alongside notebooks, Apple had a 59.1 percent share of the market.
 
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    Strobist

  • Michael Grecco for Psychology Today

    23 Feb 2012 | 8:00 am
    Here's a cool, ~1-minute time-lapse that offers some neat ideas. Grecco uses an undersized set and some oversized creativity to create a conceptual cover photo for Phychology Today.It's quick, and some details are easy to miss if you don't hit pause. (Watch it full-screen on 1080p for best effect.) But the lighting is one out-of-frame boomed box on the background, a top-of-frame box for key and a ring for fill.Note that after the model is done, he shoots the grass and flowers separately for an easy strip-in with a locked-down camera position. (Final image is shown in close at the 0:38 second…

  • PocketWizard Plus III's: More Trigger, Less Cash

    19 Feb 2012 | 11:01 pm
    (Click pics for bigger versions.)A couple of years back, as PocketWizard were rolling out increasingly complex remotes featuring wireless TTL and HyperSync and everything else, I sent an e-mail to one of their engineers. Basically, it said that if you want photographers to love you long time, release a stripped-down "cadet" model that is as reliable as a Plus II, but at a lower price. Because in the end, what we want is rock-solid triggering and non-obsolescence -- at a lower entry point (amirite?)Turns out they were listening, if only half-way. Because the PocketWizard Plus IIIs…

  • Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light

    16 Feb 2012 | 9:00 am
    From the American Masters Series, this outstanding documentary on Richard Avedon was originally aired in 1995. It's an intimate, hour-and-a-half long journey into the mind of one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, and it's brilliant. Read more »

  • B2B: One Big Top Light

    13 Feb 2012 | 8:00 am
    We're back to basics today -- looking at working with a single, large source and how to tweak it. Five years ago, I mostly thought of large sources in a "45-degrees-up-and-over" kind of way. Safe? Yes. But now, that kind of stuff all looks the same to me. So I almost never use them that way. Read more »

  • How the Other Half Lives: George Holz' Beyoncé for Spin

    8 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Photo © George HolzYou know how people on the Strobist Flickr group like to talk about how it is technically possible to shoot blow-away white with just one flash?Yeah, this is not exactly that.Hit the jump for a walk-thru vid for the (ahem, eight-light) shoot, including a key light combo that you're prolly gonna want to rent rather than buy next time you are assigned to shoot Beyoncé. Read more »
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    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • NHK working on 8k video sensor capable of 120fps

    23 Feb 2012 | 5:30 pm
    Japanese national broadcaster NHK has said it is developing a sensor capable of shooting 8k video at 120fps. It will be able to support the company's Super Hi-Vision standard of 7680x4320 pixels (generically known as UHDTV) which, at 33MP, is 16x higher resolution than current 1080 HD technology. The high-speed chip is being developed with Shizuoka University and was reported at the IEEE Internation Solid-State Circuit Conference currently taking place in San Francisco. (via The Verge)

  • Ricoh firmware brings user-requested features to GRD IV

    23 Feb 2012 | 3:12 pm
    Ricoh has prepared a firmware update for its GR Digital IV enthusiast compact camera, based on user feedback. The update includes a series of function and user-interface tweaks to improve the camera's behavior, including the ability to write copyright information to EXIF, and the ability to save the snap-focus distance to the ADJ lever, avoiding the need to delve through the menus. 

  • Nikon D4 & D800: What the Professionals Think

    22 Feb 2012 | 6:20 pm
    Following the refresh of Nikon's pro-level DSLRs, we asked four professional photographers to give us their take on the D800 and D4. We spoke to a group whose work and expertise spans a wide variety of genres and styles to see what they thought Nikon has got right and wrong about the 16MP D4 and the 36MP D800. Their insights aim to add context to our previews of the cameras and give a fresh perspective on Nikon's latest full-frame offerings.

  • DxO Optics Pro 7.2.1 gains Canon G1 X, Sony NEX-7 and Nikon 1 support

    22 Feb 2012 | 8:00 am
    DxO Labs has updated its Optics Pro raw processing and lens correction software, including support for the Canon G1 X, Sony NEX-7, Nikon 1 system and the Olympus E-P2. The latest versions takes the software to version Pro 7.2.1 and is available free for existing users of Optics Pro 7 and anyone who bought Pro 6 after September 1 2011. Support for all five cameras is included in both Standard and Elite versions of the package.

  • First impressions shooting with the Olympus OM-D E-M5

    21 Feb 2012 | 2:39 pm
    The European press event for the Olympus OM-D E-M5 gave us a chance to get some proper shooting time in with one of the most discussed cameras of 2012. Our preview already looks over the features and custom options but this trip gave us a chance to really use the camera. Andy Westlake hit the streets of Amsterdam with an E-M5, determined to find out how its features work in real-world use and looks at how well the Art Filters and processing options work.
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  • Lightroom 4 Tip – Blacks and Whites

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    24 Feb 2012 | 5:26 am
    Here’s a cool little tip that’s actually been around in Lightroom for a while now, but it makes MUCH more sense with the renamed sliders in Lightroom 4. Basically, I get asked what the whites and blacks sliders are for a lot. I use them to set the white and black point in the photo. Usually, you’d think you have to turn on the highlight and shadow clipping warnings (by pressing J) to use them but there’s another trick. Next time, try just holding down the Option key (PC: Alt key) when moving the sliders. For Whites, everything will turn black as you drag it to the…

  • A Quick WPPI 2012 Day 1 Recap

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    21 Feb 2012 | 11:15 am
    I’m at WPPI 2012 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand and I thought I’d give everyone a quick recap in case you can’t make it out to the conference. The Venue Personally, I love the MGM. I know some people don’t, but I’ve always liked it. I guess you kinda have to like Vegas (which I do) because the MGM is definitely Vegas-y. The walk from my room to the expo and classes is about 10 minutes which isn’t too bad in “big” hotel terms. Here’s a shot of the long hallway that you see every time you want to go back and forth. And here’s an iPhone…

  • My Most-Used Nik Color Efex Pro 4 Recipe

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    17 Feb 2012 | 1:15 pm
    A couple weeks ago I did a Lightroom/Photoshop before and after video where I used Nik Software’s Color Efex Pro 4. One of the things I like most about CEP4 is that you can add multiple filters and save them as a recipe. That way, you don’t have to manually go through and apply the same settings each time you use it. Another thing I like about CEP4 is that you can save those recipes and share them with other people. So here’s the recipe that I used in that video. It’s basically got the Detail Extractor filter and the Vignette filter applied to it with my favorite…

  • Lightroom Video – Making Selective White Balance Changes

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    15 Feb 2012 | 1:27 pm
    I always like it when new features come out in Photoshop or Lightroom and I end up using them in ways that I didn’t originally think I would. Take for example the addition of Temperature and Tint to the Adjustment Brush and Graduated Filter in Lightroom 4 Beta. When I heard about this feature, I thought of specific examples where I’d use it. But none of those examples actually fit what I just noticed this past weekend on a recent trip. I realized I’m going to use them for a problem that I’ve usually gone to Photoshop to fix. But now since those adjustments are in…

  • Nikon School – My First HD SLR Workshop

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    13 Feb 2012 | 8:41 am
    I’m on my way back to Tampa this morning after a really cool weekend with the guys from the Nikon School HD-SLR Video Workshop. I had planned on attending one at the end of last year but I couldn’t make it. While talking to a friend at Nikon a few weeks ago, I realized they had one in Santa Monica and it just happened to coincide with a trip I had out west so I jumped at the chance to go. I’ve got to say, these guys put on a fantastic weekend for everyone. The workshop was actually taught by 3 guys from NPS (Nikon Professional Services): Scott Diussa, Mark Suban, and Mark…
 
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  • Samsung "Street Challenge" Pits iPhone Against Galaxy Note

    Jordan Golson
    23 Feb 2012 | 3:25 pm
    Samsung has been taking on the iPhone -- and the perception of Apple's "fanboy" customer base -- with its advertising for several months now. In its latest ad, Samsung pits a user with the Samsung Galaxy Note -- the company's new 5.3" Android smartphone -- against an iPhone user, seeing which phone is better for a few tasks of questionable use. via Cult of Android

  • Rovio Partners With NASA For Angry Birds Space

    Jordan Golson
    23 Feb 2012 | 10:16 am
    Rovio is expanding the Angry Birds universe once more. Angry Birds Space is launching on March 22 and a teaser trailer went live this morning that combines official NASA footage with some "out of this world" gameplay. Kotaku: "Our focus is to delight our fans and we're excited to launch Angry Birds Space on multiple platforms," Rovio's North America general manager Andrew Stalbow said in an e-mailed statement. "In the build up to launch, we're going to make a global online announcement on Thursday March 8th at 10 AM New York time on angrybirds.com/space, and we hope our fans from around the…

  • $16,000 Worth of iPhones Stolen from Charlotte Apple Store in Apparent Inside Job

    Eric Slivka
    22 Feb 2012 | 12:24 am
    The Charlotte Observer reports that a total of 25 iPhones valued at over $16,000 have been reported stolen from Apple's Northlake Mall retail store in Charlotte, North Carolina. While smash-and-grab robberies are not terribly unusual at Apple retail stores, this case has an unusual twist in that the suspect appears to have been an employee of the store.“The iPhones were stolen from the Genius Room located inside of the store," a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police report says. "The suspect did have access to the Genius Room." The stolen phones, which are valued at $16,425, include 22…

  • iPad 3 Launching in Germany on March 23?

    Eric Slivka
    21 Feb 2012 | 1:07 pm
    German site iFun.de reports [Google translation] that has it has received information from a source "to be taken seriously" claiming that the iPad 3 will debut there on Friday, March 23. No other details on the claim are offered, although the report does conflict with an Asian report from earlier today claiming that the iPad 3 would begin appearing in Europe in April following a mid-March launch in the United States. With no other information to go on and uncertain reliability for the report's source, we hesitate to put too much weight on the claim, but we are noting it for interest and…

  • Proview Willing to Discuss Settlement with Apple in iPad Trademark Case

    Eric Slivka
    21 Feb 2012 | 9:17 am
    AFP reports that Proview Technology has expressed a willingness to work toward a settlement with Apple in the "iPad" trademark dispute in China, even as the company continues to press forward with current lawsuits and plans for new ones seeking as much as $2 billion in damages."We are now preparing for negotiations," Proview's lawyer, Xie Xianghui, told AFP. "The court cases will continue until we reach an agreement." He declined to give further details, but he added Apple had told Proview it had "peaceful intentions". Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Analysts…
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    CNNGo.com

  • Aberdeen's best fish ball shop to close

    Joyce Man
    23 Feb 2012 | 10:13 pm
    by Joyce ManIf you are a Hong Kong fish ball connoisseur, you know Tse Kee. And you are probably lining up at their doors right now for one of its last bowls of fish balls. The family-run Aberdeen fish ball joint has been dishing out the Chiu Chow snack with soup noodles for 65 years. Now, Tse Kee is counting down to its March 31 closing date. Faced with rising fish prices and staffing problems, the eatery has decided to shut it doors rather than compromise its commitment to fresh ingredients. “Your fish has to be fresh, it's that simple,” says Tse Chan Wai-fong, the…

  • China's next big travel trend: U.S. TV show tours

    CNNGo staff
    23 Feb 2012 | 8:59 pm
    by CNNGo staffNow that the U.S. government has started streamlining the visa process for Chinese travelers, China's fast-growing tourism market has spotted a new way to zip about the United States: travel with fewer people but more focus. One Shanghai-based travel agency recently launched a "U.S. TV show tour" on its website, grabbing the attention of Chinese netizens and U.S. TV series addicts. TV shows: travelers' window to the U.S. The 10-day cross-country tour is organized by Yi Xiang Consultancy (逸香高端定制), a travel agency specializing in high-end customized outbound…

  • 10 coolest hotel minibar items

    Hoishan Chan
    23 Feb 2012 | 4:00 pm
    by Hoishan Chan, Hiufu WongWhile the worst minibar is undoubtedly an empty minibar, there's no escaping the fact that most, even when bursting with small clinking goods, are over-priced and underwhelming. But some are worth a lingering look, even if to partake would mean forgoing the cost of dinner that night. These hotels have reinterpreted the minibar to provide an alternative (and sometimes very luxurious) convenience for the discerning hotel guest. Also on CNNGo: World's 15 most expensive hotel suites 1. Bling H2O bottled water Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago, United…

  • Gallery: How to take stunning landscape photographs

    Hark Lee
    23 Feb 2012 | 10:22 am
    by Hark LeeAs a landscape photographer, I react to weather very differently from most people. A beautiful sunny day in California without a cloud in the sky would probably cause me to groan, “Oh please, not again, the weather is terrible.” Yes, I am appalled by clear, sunny days. If there are too many of them, I’m brought down to the level of chronic depression. The recent three-month long drought caused by La Niña brought me to the brink of a meltdown. On the other hand, clouds exhilarate me. And certain kinds of foul weather.read more

  • Japan plans ‘space elevator’ by 2050

    CNNGo staff
    23 Feb 2012 | 12:28 am
    by CNNGo staffGoing up -- next stop, zero-gravity. How would you like to spend a week in an elevator? No, this isn’t David Blaine’s latest stunt to survive seven days of Muzak, it’s a plan by one Japanese company to put space onto every traveler’s bucket list. The 36,000-kilometer high, 200-kph lift will be ready by 2050, according to Obayashi Corporation, and will take passengers a tenth of the way to the moon. For travelers, it could mean bragging rights over those who opt for alternative space tourism ventures such as Virgin Galactic and Space Expedition Curacao, both of which…
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