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• Ghostly, Layered Photographs Peek Inside Gadgets
  Published: November 3, 2011
  Source: Gadget Lab
  Drawings, or photographs? Picture credit Max de Esteban These pictures may look like ghostly illustrations, but the are in fact painstakingly-constructed photographs. Barcelona-based artist Max de Esteban disassembled various gadgets, photographed each part individually and then combined these photos to make an x-ray-like composite. The results look like the illustrations inside the how-it-works books I loved as a kid, only instead of being airbr...
• A note to Dave Winer and Fred Wilson
  Published: October 30, 2011
  Source: Scobleizer
  Hi Dave and Fred, Dave, I’ve been away from your RSS for a while now. Heck, I’ve been away from blogging. But I’ve been thinking about what you told me when I visited you in New York. You weren’t going to read me on Google+, Twitter, or Facebook. Why? You like reading RSS (you should, you helped bring it to the world). Fred, you told me that I was nuts to give up my blog (I told you I had left it for the better engagemen...
• Facebook’s Zuckerberg: If I Were Starting A Company Now, I Would Have Stayed In Boston
  Published: October 30, 2011
  Source: TechCrunch
  Yesterday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Y Combinator’s Startup School in a candid interview with Y Combinator Partner Jessica Livingston. You can watch the full interview here, and it starts around the 43 minute mark, and lasts for roughly 40 minutes. If you have some time to spare, it’s well worth a look. Zuck revealed a number of fascinating things about entrepreneurship, founding Facebook, and product developm...
• Can Google TV's Latest Update Save the Platform?
  Published: October 28, 2011
  Source: ReadWriteWeb
  Today, the next generation of the Google TV platform was announced. The update brings Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) to Google TV devices and will include a new user interface, improved search functionality and a selection of TV-compatible Android apps. By revamping the UI, Google addresses one of the biggest complaints consumers initially had about the service, which was met with an underwhelming response when it launched last year. Another gripe peo...
• Tapjoy creates app marketplace, says Apple has nothing to do with it
  Published: October 28, 2011
  Source: VentureBeat
  News leaked overnight that mobile ad monetization company Tapjoy is launching an application discovery marketplace on Tuesday. “We didn’t intend for it to get discovered,” said a company spokesperson in an interview with VentureBeat, “Tapjoy realized in order to get really big, we needed direct relationships with consumers.” Some argue this is a way for Tapjoy to circumvent Apple’s new ad policies. Prior to the shift, Tapjoy was paid...
• Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing [INFOGRAPHIC]
  Published: October 30, 2011
  Source: Mashable!
  Thanks to the Internet, marketing has evolved over the years. Consumers no longer rely on billboards and TV spots — a.k.a. outbound marketing — to learn about new products, because the web has empowered them. It’s given them alternative methods for finding, buying and researching brands and products. The new marketing communication — inbound marketing — has become a two-way dialogue, much of which is facilitated by social media. Another...
• CSS Awards – 15 Beautiful Website Designs For Your Inspiration
  Published: October 30, 2011
  Source: Inspired Magazine
  We asked the CSS Awards team to create a selection with the greatest submissions from the last week. Check them out below and suggest other entries in the comments! Also, feel free to submit here other cool finds or your own creations. Lipton Ice Tea Timberland – Womens Fall 2011 Aljawhara Center Privaat Disain MMStudio Lavazza 20Calendars Mcube Redirect Siddharth Arun – Creative UI/Design Family of Fish DimensionsXtreme pare...
• Top 4 Reasons Your Beautiful Website Doesn’t Convert
  Published: October 28, 2011
  Source: Web Design Ledger
  Advertise here with BSAThere can be many pitfalls on the way to getting traffic to that beautiful site you created. All the design and creativity in the world won’t bring visitors to your site. You have to know a few basic laws of optimizing a webpage for search before the traffic will begin to flow in your direction. Below are a few tried and true reasons why your site may not be converting visitors to customers and what simple steps you can t...
• 50 Great Free WordPress Themes From 2011
  Published: October 28, 2011
  Source: Noupe
     There are probably a good amount of Noupe readers who would think little to nothing of paying money for a high quality WordPress theme if it was exactly what they were looking for. When compared to spending thousands of dollars on a unique design, a $40 investment in a premium theme for your website design is relatively painless. The number of premium WordPress theme stores and marketplaces has increased considerably...
• Why Digital Talent Doesn’t Want To Work At Your Company | Fast Company
  Published: October 27, 2011
  Source: www.fastcompany.com
  It's really just the opportunity to "work on something big" which could have different meaning for different people.
  Why doesn't digital talent want to work at your company? It’s not because you’re a consumer packaged goods company, rather than Google. It’s not because you’re in Ohio instead of Silicon Valley. It’s not because your salaries are too low, or because you don’t offer free food and laundry services.
• 20 Premium WordPress eCommerce Themes And 6 Shopping Cart Scripts
  Published: October 23, 2011
  Source: 1stwebdesigner - Graphic and Web Design Blog
  One of the coolest things that ever happened on the internet is the ability to sell things online. Not everyone has the capability to create websites that are built to sell products, it’s a good thing we have WordPress and WordPress developers to thank for their themes and scripts. In this article I will present eCommerce themes and PHP scripts that will help sell your product online using the cheapest means possible. You don’t have to reinve...
• [SLIDES] Entrepreneur Pitchbook- How To Create An Investor Pitch
  Published: October 23, 2011
  Source: Alltopstartups
  An elevator pitch is vital and it has always been crucial for every entrepreneur who needs to raise money or convince business partners to believe in the product or service. A pitch when done right, will always leave a lasting impression. You have to get it right the first time because you may have just few minutes to impress that investor. Canaan Partners have created an entrepreneur pitchbook just for you with a good explanation of how to crea...
• Upcoming changes to Reader: a new look, new Google+ features, and some clean-up
  Published: October 21, 2011
  Source: Official Google Reader Blog
  About time. I live in GReader. Although te 400 articles a day I read on ios Reeder.
  Posted by Alan Green, Software Engineer In the next week, we’ll be making some highly requested changes to Google Reader. First, we’re going to introduce a brand new design (like many of Google’s other products) that we hope you love. Second, we’re going to bring Reader and Google+ closer together, so you can share the best of your feeds with just the right circles. As a result of these changes, we also think it's important to clean th...
• Google Reader Getting Overhauled, Removing Your Friends
  Published: October 21, 2011
  Source: TechCrunch
  It is sharing on google reader that helps discovery. Love that.
  Today Google announced its long-ignored RSS app Google Reader is getting an update. Most notably, it’s getting a fresh new design along the same lines as Google’s other products, like Docs, Maps, Search and Gmail. While I’m not entirely thrilled about this change (I prefer the utilitarian look for the service), I understand Google’s need to maintain user interface consistency across its online products. What really bothers me, however...
• Start with Kindling
  Published: October 18, 2011
  Source: Evan Williams | evhead
  Starting a company is like starting a fire—harder than it sounds, and you have to do things in the right order. To start a good fire, you need kindling. Something that will catch easily. You can fail if you have great logs to burn but no kindling to get them started. On the flip side, if you only have newspaper and dry twigs, you'll be off to a quick start, but your fire won't last long. There aren't many fuels that start easily and burn hot an...
• Genomics 2.0: Ten Years After the Bubble, it’s Getting Really Interesting Again
  Published: October 17, 2011
  Source: Xconomy Boston
  BioBeat, Biotech, Genomics Luke Timmerman wrote: What do 10,000 people with autism, 50,000 people in some remote islands in the North Atlantic, and 1,000 healthy old folks in southern California have in common? They are on the front edge of one of the most exciting stories in science today, and their contributions will have a huge impact on our long-term understanding of biology and medicine. The headlines from just the last couple weeks...
• GhostGuitar, Awesome Augmented Air Guitar for iPhone
  Published: October 7, 2011
  Source: Gadget Lab
  Rock out with your, ahem, phone out GhostGuitar is an app that will revolutionize the air guitar industry. No longer do you have to imagine the awesome sounds that you’re pumping out of your imaginary axe. Instead, you can use your talented hands to pump out actual power chords. As the promo blurb says, “Finally. A real air guitar.” The app uses the front-facing camera in your iPhone or iPad 2 to track your hands, and then you strum with yo...
• How the iPhone 4S Stacks Up Against the Smartphone Competition [CHART]
  Published: October 7, 2011
  Source: Mashable!
  The iPhone 4S is officially available for pre-order and will be available to pick up in stores next week. While the fifth generation iPhone is certainly the most anticipated new mobile handset to hit stores this year, it is by no means the only game in town. In addition to choosing between ATT, Sprint and Verizon, consumers have more iPhone alternative options today than ever before. Understanding that phone specs only tell part of the story, we...
• The Taiwanese Animation About Steve Jobs' Passing Is Actually Quite Touching
  Published: October 6, 2011
  Source: SAI
  We are impressed with the treatment NMA gave Steve Jobs' death. Please follow SAI: Media on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »See Also:Murdoch's iPad Newspaper, The Daily, Has 80,000 Paying SubscribersHow The World's Newspapers Said Goodbye To Steve Jobs This MorningHere's How Time's Photographer Shot The Iconic Steve Jobs Image On This Week's Cover
• Italian Wikipedia Shuts Down In Protest Of Proposed Law
  Published: October 6, 2011
  Source: TechCrunch
  In the true spirit of online activism, the entire Italian Wikipedia website has voluntarily taken itself down in order to protest a bill being proposed to Parliament. The law (“DDL intercettazioni,” roughly translated as Wiretapping Act) would require every website to publish within 48 hours a correction or comment relating to any content an applicant has deemed “detrimental to their image,” as they put it. If that sounds vague, broad, an...
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