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  • Parasite ‘castrates’ zombie-ant fungus

    Holy Kaw!
    3 May 2012 | 3:42 pm
    Ant colonies attacked by the zombie-ant fungus can survive with the help of a second parasite that keeps the infectious spores in check. "The hyperparasitic fungus effectively castrates the zombie-ant fungus so it cannot spread its spores," says Penn State entomologist David Hughes. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: David Hughes/Penn State Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Facebook IPO: Zuckerberg Will Make at Least $846 Million

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    Sarah Kessler
    3 May 2012 | 4:38 pm
    Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to make at least $846 million when the company goes public. Facebook announced on Thursday that it will sell 337.4 million shares at a price range of $28 to $35 in its initial public offering. According to the company’s filings with the SEC, Zuckerberg will be selling 30.2 million of his own shares. On the low end of the price range, that would make him $846 million richer. On the high end, he would net $1.05 billion. According to the filing, most of that money will go to paying Zuckerberg’s taxes. Which, considering the 60 million…

  • EBay Wants To Build NYC's Second-Largest Developer Space

    Fast Company
    Christina Chaey
    3 May 2012 | 4:55 pm
    Via GigaOM: eBay just snapped up a massive 35,000 square foot NYC space that will house more than 200 developers when it opens this fall. Hunch founder Chris Dixon, who sold the company to eBay in November, will lead the team of developers and data scientists to further build out eBay's recommendation system. The space will also offer free working space for "friends of eBay" startups. Dixon told GigaOM he hopes eBay will become the second-largest developer space in New York after Google's, which currently employs more than 1,000 workers. EBay joins the roster of big-company developer niches…

  • 10 Things You Can Learn From the Apple Store

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    GuyKawasaki
    9 Apr 2012 | 11:16 am
    My friend, Carmine Gallo, has written a book called The Apple Experience: Secrets to Building Insanely Great Customer Loyalty. The Apple Store is the most profitable retailer in America, generating an average of $5,600 per square foot and attracting more than 20,000 visitors a week. In the decade since Steve Jobs and former head of retail, Ron Johnson, decided to reimagine the retail experience, the Apple Store not only reimagined and reinvented retail, it blew up the model entirely and started from scratch. In his research for The Apple Experience, Carmine discovered ten things that the…

  • Krossover Makes Athletes, Coaches Smarter With Business Intelligence For Sports

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    Jordan Crook
    3 May 2012 | 4:22 pm
    Anyone who’s played competitive sports knows how important stats, analysis, and post-game film are. They’re an excellent way to improve both personally and on a team level, yet it usually takes a dedicated staff to push out rich, thorough analysis. Luckily, a new startup called Krossover is ready to help solve that problem. They call themselves “business intelligence for sports,” offering youth, amateur, high school and college sports teams fully indexed game footage within 12-36 hours of uploading. This includes searchable film, box scores, shot charts and drive…
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  • Parasite ‘castrates’ zombie-ant fungus

    3 May 2012 | 3:42 pm
    Ant colonies attacked by the zombie-ant fungus can survive with the help of a second parasite that keeps the infectious spores in check. "The hyperparasitic fungus effectively castrates the zombie-ant fungus so it cannot spread its spores," says Penn State entomologist David Hughes. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: David Hughes/Penn State Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Steve Jobs as FDR [video]

    3 May 2012 | 2:40 pm
    Apple's marketing history may seem like a continual streak of genius advertising, but even the mighty gadget company has suffered a few stumbles. Take this rarely seen sequel to Apple's epic "1984" ad spot that features Steve Jobs showing off his acting chops as Franklin Roosevelt in 1944. The full clip, clocking in at a lengthy 9 minutes, was created for a sales associates meeting held in Hawaii in 1984. Jobs' role as FDR leading the charge against enemy forces was meant as a rallying call to defeat IBM's dominance. Full clip: All things Apple. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Kirk and Picard finally go to space

    3 May 2012 | 2:36 pm
    Trekkies out there have likely been a bit miffed that a can of beer and a rubber chicken have beaten their idols in the amateur space race, but justice will finally be done as Kirk, Picard, Riker, Data and custom-made figures of J.J. Abrams and Roberto Orci take to the skies thanks to the efforts of Logan Kugler and company. "Picard and Kirk are the greatest starship captains ever to exist and they've never been to space in reality, so I think it's about time we bring them there," said Logan Kugler, an entrepreneur and space enthusiast who launched a campaign on the crowd-funding site…

  • Tired surgeons can’t cope with surprise

    3 May 2012 | 2:30 pm
    Although sleep-deprived surgeons can perform familiar and new tasks as well as rested colleagues, their brains must work harder, which could lead to problems during unexpected events. “Interestingly, these reports conflict with the results of sleep disruption on non-medical simulated tasks,” says Jonathan Tomasko, a research fellow involved in surgical resident training at the Penn State College of Medicine. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Moss side table generates electricity through photosynthesis

    3 May 2012 | 2:20 pm
    The power of plants could soon help light up your living room. The Moss Table from Biophotovoltaics harnesses the energy generated during photosynthesis to create electricity that can power anything from table lamps to laptops. Full story at Inhabitat. Go green. Permalink | Leave a comment  »
 
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  • Facebook IPO: Zuckerberg Will Make at Least $846 Million

    Sarah Kessler
    3 May 2012 | 4:38 pm
    Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to make at least $846 million when the company goes public. Facebook announced on Thursday that it will sell 337.4 million shares at a price range of $28 to $35 in its initial public offering. According to the company’s filings with the SEC, Zuckerberg will be selling 30.2 million of his own shares. On the low end of the price range, that would make him $846 million richer. On the high end, he would net $1.05 billion. According to the filing, most of that money will go to paying Zuckerberg’s taxes. Which, considering the 60 million…

  • YouTube Google+ Button Gets a Wil Wheaton ‘Rageface’

    Lance Ulanoff
    3 May 2012 | 4:23 pm
    Likes and dislikes are the social capital of YouTube. Great videos garner hundreds of thousands of Likes. Unloved ones receive almost as many dislikes. This lucre, so easy to give out but so hard to earn, is what drives YouTube content creators and many of its visitors. It’s shorthand that makes transparent the good, the bad and the ugly video. If that simple pair of thumbs up, thumbs down buttons were to disappear or — worse yet — be replaced, some people would be very, very unhappy. We know this for a fact now — because actor, author and ubergeek Wil Wheaton made what he…

  • How News of Junior Seau’s Death Spread on Twitter

    Sam Laird
    3 May 2012 | 3:56 pm
    NFL legend Junior Seau was found dead at his Southern California home on Wednesday. He was 43 years old and mortally wounded by a gunshot to the chest when his girlfriend discovered him unconscious, according to reports. Seau’s death is being investigated as a possible suicide. He was a six-time All Pro and made 12 straight Pro Bowls. He led his hometown San Diego Chargers to a Super Bowl appearance in 1995, and starred at the University of Southern California. Seau’s on-field excellence, coupled with his reputation as a kind, friendly and compassionate man, led to an outpouring…

  • ‘Between Two Ferns’ Is Coming to Television

    Christine Erickson
    3 May 2012 | 3:30 pm
    Comedy Central After a year-long hiatus, Zach Galifianakis is not only bringing Between Two Ferns back — he’s airing it on television for the first time. The special sketch, Between Two Ferns: A Fairytale of New York will serve as a precursor to Comedy Central’s Comedy Awards this Sunday. A sneak peek of the special has just been released. In the half-hour special, Galifianakis gets berated by Jon Stewart about his image (shown above) and gets personal with Sir Richard Branson, who he nicknames “Ricky,” about his extensive wealth. Note: both videos contain…

  • Klout Unveils New API, Growth Statistics

    Brian Anthony Hernandez
    3 May 2012 | 3:20 pm
    Fresh off debuting a mobile app, Klout has just released a new version of its application programming interface (API) in response to demand from developers. More than 6,000 third-party developers — up from 2,000 last year — have used the original API to infuse Klout features into their apps or platforms. Klout now serves 1 billion API calls every day, which is 80 times more data served a year ago. Klout says its iPhone app, which arrived in late April, was built on the updated API. “Partners have pulled data from our API since 2008 to offer a wide range of services to…
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  • EBay Wants To Build NYC's Second-Largest Developer Space

    Christina Chaey
    3 May 2012 | 4:55 pm
    Via GigaOM: eBay just snapped up a massive 35,000 square foot NYC space that will house more than 200 developers when it opens this fall. Hunch founder Chris Dixon, who sold the company to eBay in November, will lead the team of developers and data scientists to further build out eBay's recommendation system. The space will also offer free working space for "friends of eBay" startups. Dixon told GigaOM he hopes eBay will become the second-largest developer space in New York after Google's, which currently employs more than 1,000 workers. EBay joins the roster of big-company developer niches…

  • Bloomington's Med-Tech Industry Is A Lifesaver

    Ryan White
    3 May 2012 | 4:43 pm
    Bloomington, Indiana, has one of the largest clusters of medical-device and life-science companies in the nation. And they aren’t just pumping out tongue depressors. They’re developing technologies that save lives and improve surgical outcomes. UNITED STATES OF INNOVATION New Ideas, New Markets, New Insights All around the country, Americans are dreaming big. Their boldest ideas are changing their communities--and having a ripple effect throughout the world. CLICK HERE to see how innovation takes many forms Eventually your body will break down. And when it does, there’s a good chance…

  • Facebook Sets IPO Price, Valued At Up To $96 Billion

    Christina Chaey
    3 May 2012 | 4:32 pm
    Facebook will offer 180,000,000 shares of its common stock for an initial public offering price of $28 to $35 a share, the company announced Thursday via amendments to its S-1 filing. Class A shares will bring in between $5 billion and $6.3 billion for Facebook, and existing shareholders will sell an additional 157,415,352 shares. The company's total valuation is between $77 billion and as high as $96 billion. Mark Zuckerberg's roughly 57% stake in the company is valued as high as $18.7 billion. Trading is expected to begin May 18.

  • Why Your Business Should Be Afraid To Launch And Learn

    Lydia Dishman
    3 May 2012 | 3:19 pm
    The longer an idea stays on the table, the less chance the business has for success, says Sean Devine, CEO of CourseSmart. Here's how to push into the market without fear.[twistage e95ad02c4b5d7]For more bite-sized bits of wisdom on leadership and strategies for success, explore our ongoing video series at 30 Second MBA.

  • Apple Rumor Patrol: The Next iPhone Is Coming Soon--And It's Skinnier Than Don Draper's Tie

    Kit Eaton
    3 May 2012 | 1:58 pm
    Which is pretty darn skinny. Here's what else we know--and think--about the freshest Apple intel.The Next iPhone: A New LookLeaked information about the next iPhone has reached the web from a source considered reliable--because he correctly predicted many of the subtle changes of the iPad 3 having held one just before its launch. The chap in question is Jeremy Horowitz, editor of iLounge.com. He says the new phone will indeed be a radical overhaul in design, sporting a taller chassis and being skinnier in depth with an overall size of 125mm by 58.5mm by 7.4mm--a centimeter longer and 2mm…
 
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  • 10 Things You Can Learn From the Apple Store

    GuyKawasaki
    9 Apr 2012 | 11:16 am
    My friend, Carmine Gallo, has written a book called The Apple Experience: Secrets to Building Insanely Great Customer Loyalty. The Apple Store is the most profitable retailer in America, generating an average of $5,600 per square foot and attracting more than 20,000 visitors a week. In the decade since Steve Jobs and former head of retail, Ron Johnson, decided to reimagine the retail experience, the Apple Store not only reimagined and reinvented retail, it blew up the model entirely and started from scratch. In his research for The Apple Experience, Carmine discovered ten things that the…

  • Free social-media webinar with Mari Smith and me

    GuyKawasaki
    20 Mar 2012 | 7:25 pm
    Mari Smith and I are going to have a rocking time explaining the seven hottest social-media business trends in a FREE webinar. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/7_smtrends See you on March 28th!

  • How to Understand and Master Google+

    GuyKawasaki
    20 Mar 2012 | 11:21 am
    In 1983 I saw a Macintosh for the first time and fell in love. I loved Macintosh so much that I wrote a book about it. In 2011 I saw Google+ for the first time and fell in love again. And now for the second time in my career, I’ve written a book about a product: What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us. I wrote What the Plus! to help people understand and master Google+. I cover the essential Google+ skills: creating your profile, circling people, commenting, posting, responding to posts, hanging out, and sharing photos. Here’s what some experts had to say about the book: “We didn’t…

  • Raising Money: What Not to Say and What Not to Believe #OfficeandGuyK

    GuyKawasaki
    20 Jan 2012 | 12:46 pm
    Over the past two weeks via my partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps, I’ve provided templates of models for you to create enchanting PowerPoint pitches, Word business plans, and Excel financial models. They are all available for you to download from my SkyDrive account. I hope these documents and blog posts help you save a boatload of time and increase the quality of your efforts.I leave you with two sets of top ten lies: one of entrepreneurs and one of investors so that you know what not to say and what not to believe. Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs “Our projections are…

  • Design a Sam Adams beer

    GuyKawasaki
    20 Jan 2012 | 10:24 am
    Now this is a fun project. I’m helping Sam Adams “tap” the knowledge of beer drinkers and crowd source its next brew. Join the party by getting the app and designing your beer: The final brew will be released in Austin in the first week of March. #sponsored
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  • Krossover Makes Athletes, Coaches Smarter With Business Intelligence For Sports

    Jordan Crook
    3 May 2012 | 4:22 pm
    Anyone who’s played competitive sports knows how important stats, analysis, and post-game film are. They’re an excellent way to improve both personally and on a team level, yet it usually takes a dedicated staff to push out rich, thorough analysis. Luckily, a new startup called Krossover is ready to help solve that problem. They call themselves “business intelligence for sports,” offering youth, amateur, high school and college sports teams fully indexed game footage within 12-36 hours of uploading. This includes searchable film, box scores, shot charts and drive…

  • Balderton Capital Invests In Web Backup Startup Archify

    Anthony Ha
    3 May 2012 | 3:56 pm
    One of the most frustrating online experiences for me is trying to track down a web page or tweet that I saw a few days ago. If I’m lucky, I bookmarked the page or favorited the tweet, but most of the time I haven’t, and so I can only sit there and fume. So basically, a startup called Archify is the answer to my prayers. It’s a browser plugin that tracks every website you visit (excluding https pages and websites you visit in Incognito mode), and also allows you to connect your Facebook and Twitter accounts for archiving. Then, when you’re trying to find something…

  • Facebook Releases IPO Prospectus and Roadshow Video Featuring Interviews With Zuckerberg

    Josh Constine
    3 May 2012 | 3:56 pm
    Facebook has just released the promotional video for its pre-IPO roadshow as well its prospectus for investors (embedded below). The 30-minute video is split into five parts covering Facebook’s mission, products and platform, advertising, finance, and its future. After clicking through several SEC disclaimers, you can check it out for yourself. Unfortunately it looks like the video is designed not to be embedded. We’ll be giving our analysis of the video as we watch in true sportscaster style as we watch over the next few minutes, and you can check out the prospectus below. The…

  • Facebook’s “Offers” News Feed Coupons Launch In Self-Serve Beta For Local U.S. Businesses

    Josh Constine
    3 May 2012 | 3:37 pm
    Today any local U.S. business can start using Facebook’s Offers product – free-to-create coupons that businesses can share to the news feed, and that users can bring to brick-and-mortar stores for redemptions. First announced in February at the Facebook Marketing Conference, the product has been in private testing with a select group of brands who worked with Facebook reps to run the offers. Now the promotional product is available in a self-serve interface. While it doesn’t cost businesses anything to run offers, Facebook could still make money on them. If they perform…

  • LinkedIn Beats The Street, Q1 Revenue Up 101 Percent To $188.5M; Net Income Up 140 Percent

    Leena Rao
    3 May 2012 | 3:21 pm
    Professional social network LinkedIn has just released Q1 earnings. Revenue for the first quarter was $188.5 million, an increase of 101% compared to $93.9 million in the first quarter of 2011. Net income for the first quarter was $5 million, compared to net income of $2.1 million for the first quarter 2011, in increase of 140%. Non-GAAP EPS for the first quarter was $0.15. Analysts expected earnings of $0.09 cents per share, with quarterly revenue in at $179 million. Clearly, the company blew past Wall Street expectations. “LinkedIn’s solid performance in the first quarter built on the…
 
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  • Multiplying or dividing?

    Seth Godin
    3 May 2012 | 4:00 am
    If you have a list of 1000 subscribers or 5,000 fans or 10,000 supporters, you have a choice to make. You can create stories and options and benefits that naturally spread from this group to their friends, and your core group can multiply, with 5,000 growing to 10,000 and then 100,000. Or you can put the group through a sales funnel, weed out the free riders and monetize the rest. A 5% conversion rate means you just turned 5,000 interested people into 250 paying customers. Multiplying scales. Dividing helps you make this quarter's numbers.

  • Is catastrophizing effective?

    Seth Godin
    2 May 2012 | 4:40 am
    Often, our instinct is to make the current bump in the road far more urgent than it actually is. It focuses our attention and rallies those around us to take immediate and deliberate action. After all, if this is the big one, of course we should drop everything and deal with it. Missing from this equation is the cost of dropping everything. The short-term herk and jerk that is delivered by an organization that responds to those that amplify problems into catastrophes inevitably leads to poor performance in the long run. Employees who do this ought to be counseled to cut it out. It's not what…

  • Volatility and value

    Seth Godin
    1 May 2012 | 4:44 am
    The fine art market continues to generate headline-making sales. This year, paintings by Warhol and Munch are expected to sell for more than $50 million each. What makes a painting famous enough to sell for that much money? Consider the Mona Lisa. The reason that it's the most famous (and arguably the most valuable) painting in the world is that it was stolen in 1911. (Even Pablo Picasso was questioned as a possible suspect). For two years, it was a media sensation--precisely when newspapers were coming into their own. For two years it was front page news. As the world media-ized itself, we…

  • What's the right size? The quantum mechanics of growth...

    Seth Godin
    30 Apr 2012 | 4:26 am
    How come there are no ants as big as Buicks (except in the movies)? Why not have a college with a million students (or ten)? The physics and economics of a business determine whether it's the right size or not, whether it ought to get bigger or smaller. Starbucks, for example, was not the right size when it had 11 stores. That's too many stores for just one senior manager to handle, but not enough stores for centralized purchasing and marketing and organization. The cash flow from an eleven-store chain just doesn't easily connect to the staff requirments necessary to make it efficient. A web…

  • Low prices

    Seth Godin
    29 Apr 2012 | 4:55 am
    It might be that low prices are the final refuge of the marketer who has run out of ideas and is left with nothing but a commodity. Or it might be that organizing your business around lowering prices through efficiency, mass scale and smart choices is a powerful way to grow. My guess is that both are true, but you better be really sure about which one you're choosing. Hint: doing the second one successfully is really quite difficult, so if all you're doing is writing a lower number on the pricetags, you're probably playing the first game.
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  • Solar System's Death Glimpsed in White Dwarf Stars

    Dave Mosher
    3 May 2012 | 3:50 pm
    Four dead planetary systems, each lit by the burned-out core of a star that once resembled the sun, provide a harrowing forecast for Earth's eventual demise.

  • In Google-Oracle Trial, Jury Homes In On Verdict

    Caleb Garling
    3 May 2012 | 3:19 pm
    As they continue to deliberate in the high-profile court case pitting Google against Oracle, a San Francisco jury has asked the court to clarify who uses the Java software platform at the heart of the case. The question indicates that the jury has decided Google did lift copyrighted material from Oracle in adding Java to Android and that it's trying to determine whether the search giant is legally at fault for doing so.

  • Microsoft Takes Cloud Push to Developers With Casablanca

    Mike Barton
    3 May 2012 | 2:53 pm
    Microsoft is takings its cloud appeal to developers with the rollout of Casablanca. Will going direct to developers "where they are" (with C++) work? Will it drive Windows Azure adoption?

  • Review: Cancer Is a Twisted Villain in Death of a Superhero

    Beth Carter
    3 May 2012 | 2:08 pm
    Ian Fitzgibbon's new movie tells a story we've heard before: A likeable, complex person with a terminal illness is coming to terms with their mortality. It's how the teen protagonist deals with reality that makes this movie different: He draws himself as as a superhero battling a cancer-y supervillain.

  • E-Mail Confused Osama, and 5 Other Revelations From the Bin Laden Files

    Spencer Ackerman
    3 May 2012 | 2:04 pm
    Osama bin Laden may have been the evil mastermind behind the world's most successful terrorist group. But in his final days, he sounded more and more like your great aunt Henrietta: nagging his subordinates for not hating America enough -- the terrorist equivalent of telling the kids to get off his lawn -- and getting awfully confused about this whole e-mail thing.
 
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  • Physical and Free: How to Use Real-World Gifts to Inexpensively Drive Online Traffic

    Guest Blogger
    3 May 2012 | 3:04 pm
    This guest post is by Danny Iny of Firepole Marketing If you’re reading this, you probably want traffic. And when it comes to traffic, there’s a lineup of “usual suspects” to consider; there’s SEO, PPC, blog commenting, Facebook, Twitter, and the list goes on and on. Except I’m guessing that if you’ve been online for more than a few weeks, you’ve already considered all of these options, and they haven’t panned out nearly as well as you hoped. I’m guessing that if you’re reading this, it’s because you’re looking for another option. One that everyone else isn’t…

  • Build Blog Products That Sell 5: Finding Customers

    Guest Blogger
    3 May 2012 | 9:06 am
    This guest series is by Greg McFarlane of Control Your Cash. History dictates that the current economic malaise will eventually end, but we’re still waiting for some unambiguous signs. That’s why for the past few weeks, we’ve been learning how to create products that are inspired by (and that tie into) your blog, and how to plan to sell them to an audience whose collective disposable income isn’t quite what it used to be. So finally, after approaching this scientifically and methodically, you’re there. You’ve created a product built on the expertise your readers have expected…

  • A Checklist for Choosing the Right Monetization Method

    Darren Rowse
    2 May 2012 | 9:08 am
    If you’ve been blogging for a while, you may already have tried a range of methods to monetize your blog. Some will have worked better than others, of course, but most mid- to long-term bloggers are continuously looking for new ways to meet our readers’ needs through products or services we can sell. Blog products have come a long way since I started out, and that’s partially due to technology and market trends, and partially because of the creativity of bloggers themselves. We now have an endless stream of external product offerings to choose from (such as advertising and…

  • Guest Post Hosting: the Surprising Traffic Driver

    Guest Blogger
    1 May 2012 | 3:04 pm
    This guest post is by Shari Lopatin of ShariLopatin.com. We’ve all heard how writing guest posts for other blogs can increase exposure and drive traffic to your site. But what about hosting guest bloggers as a way to increase traffic? New concept, huh? Before we move on, I want you to stop right here and clear your mind. Then, repeat after me: “Inviting others to my site will not help my competitors. Inviting others to my site will not help my competitors.” Benefits of hosting guest bloggers Several months ago, I was experiencing a major lull in my blog, “Shari Lopatin: Rogue…

  • 5 Tips to Convince Editors to Say “Yes” to Your Guest Posts

    Guest Blogger
    1 May 2012 | 12:08 pm
    This guest post is by Alexis Grant of AlexisGrant.com. You know all the benefits of guest posting on popular blogs. And you’ve decided to start guest posting today. So you want to do your best to crank out awesome content. But smart ideas are only half the battle. The difference between pitching a thought-provoking post and pitching a thought-provoking post that gets accepted is making it easy for your editor to say “yes.” In other words, go beyond providing awesome, unique content and make accepting your post a no-brainer. As editor of Brazen Life, I see aspiring…
 
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  • Samsung's New Galaxy S III Phone Offers 4.8-Inch Screen, Siri-Like 'S Voice' Feature

    Eric Slivka
    3 May 2012 | 3:12 pm
    Samsung has certainly become Apple's primary competition in the smartphone race, with the two companies currently taking nearly all of the profits in the mobile phone industry. Consequently, it pays for Apple and its fans to take note of Samsung's advances with its own hardware, and today's launch of its new flagship Galaxy S III smartphone is no exception. The Android-based Samsung Galaxy S III offers a large 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280x720. The large screen means that Galaxy S III measures nearly 20% taller and wider than the iPhone 4S, but is slightly thinner…

  • Apple and Samsung Claim 99% of Profits Among Top Mobile Phone Vendors

    Eric Slivka
    3 May 2012 | 9:46 am
    Asymco's Horace Dediu has released his data on operating profits among the eight top mobile phone vendors for the first quarter of 2012, finding that Apple and Samsung together now hold 99% of the profits with Apple representing the lion's share at 73%. Apple's share was down slightly from 75% in the previous quarter, but Samsung boosted its share from 16% to 26% to shut out nearly all other vendors. Among the other six vendors, only HTC managed to eke out a profit, taking 1% of the total industry profits. Research in Motion, LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and Nokia each failed to turn a profit…

  • Logitech Announces Solar-Powered iPad Keyboard Case

    Eric Slivka
    3 May 2012 | 9:28 am
    Logitech today announced the launch of its Solar Keyboard Folio, a folding case for the new iPad and iPad 2 that incorporates a solar-powered Bluetooth keyboard.Similar to Logitech’s solar keyboards for Mac and PC, the Logitech Solar Keyboard Folio includes onboard solar cells that charge the built-in Bluetooth keyboard in any light, whether indoors or outdoors. When fully charged, the battery lasts for up to two years, even in complete darkness (based on a average use of two hours per day). Much like Apple's Smart Cover, the folio also folds to serve as a stand for the iPad, with two…

  • Apple's Share of Tablet Market Surges to 68% as Kindle Fire Shipments Plummet

    Eric Slivka
    3 May 2012 | 9:09 am
    IDC today released its data on worldwide tablet shipments for the first quarter of 2012, revealing that despite a quarterly drop in iPad shipments of over 20%, Apple's share of the tablet market rose to 68% from last quarter's 54.7%. Apple's boost came at the expense of Android-based tablets, most notably Amazon's Kindle Fire which appears to have seen its shipments collapse from 4.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011 to less than 750,000 units last quarter."Apple reasserted its dominance in the market this quarter, driving huge shipment totals at a time when all but a few Android…

  • More Claims of Taller, Thinner Next-Generation iPhone with 4-Inch Screen and New Dock Connector

    Eric Slivka
    3 May 2012 | 8:21 am
    iLounge reports on information its has received regarding the next-generation iPhone, claiming that Apple will indeed be making the move to a 4-inch display by increasing the height only has had been previously speculated. To accommodate the taller screen, the body of the device will also become slightly taller, but it will also see an approximately 20% reduction in thickness.What we’ve learned: the new iPhone will indeed be longer and thinner than the iPhone 4 and 4S. Approximate measurements are 125mm by 58.5mm by 7.4mm—a 10mm jump in height, nearly 2mm reduction in thickness, and…
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  • Pattern Break

    ceb
    2 May 2012 | 11:17 pm
    When you wake up in the morning, you check your emails, probably from your phone. First thing. Yes? Why? There’s no good answer to why. Even brain surgeons can wait until they’ve done other things before checking in on the world outside of your immediate proximity. So why do you do it? Because it’s a habit, a pattern. Do you read the top tech and marketing blogs? Why? Why do you read this blog? Because you’re subscribed? Are you getting something from it? If no, then why are you still doing it? Twitter and Facebook are hugely pattern-driven. They thrive off the same…

  • Where Should You Put Your Content?

    ceb
    30 Apr 2012 | 9:44 am
    I’ve been asked by subscribers of my personal newsletter how I decide what goes on my blog and what goes into my newsletter. I think the answer differs depending on your strategy, but I’m more than happy to tell you how I view it. I put information that sells on my blog, and information that nurtures in my newsletter. Information that Sells My job, because people seem confused these days as to what exactly it is I do or am selling, is to help mid-sized to larger companies build business (revenue and growth) by improving their use of the human digital channel (social media, email…

  • Future Scratches

    ceb
    26 Apr 2012 | 10:55 pm
    Are you a collector? If so, of what? I’m not, but I know the culture. I grew up reading comic books and buying music and haunting bookstores. in all cases, there’s always a sub-tribe of collectors, the kind who scour bins, sometimes seeking the rare and expensive, but other times, seeking the rare and cast off. These are the bin-pickers, the type who must stop at yard sales. I had all these thoughts, random thoughts, and they could all be blog posts, or they could be nothing. Some of them take time to absorb. Not all of these apply to you. Pick through these as a kind of bin full…

  • Starting

    ceb
    23 Apr 2012 | 8:51 am
    This post was written in April 2012. I’m just dating it so we can check in later and see if it’s still good. Yes, like a freshness date. If I were a business person looking to understand how to use various digital channel making tools to build up my business, where would I start? What’s the right mix of tools to make this all make sense and work? What would I be able to accomplish? How would I work it all together? What would I do with my time? Starting: Goals For most businesses, I recommend using the human digital channel to promote media making, sales or memberships, and…

  • Content Marketing Done Right

    ceb
    20 Apr 2012 | 7:37 pm
    Hats off to Bertucci’s (of all places) for shooting this really compelling pre-roll ad. Think about this. The ad runs for about 2 minutes as pre-roll. Now, because YouTube is smart, they let me click off after about 5 seconds, but Bertucci’s started with something funny and out-take-like at the VERY BEGINNING that set a tone (which, by the way of my only complaint, never really stayed in that vein of funny). I watched the whole commercial, which ended up being tips on how to handle herbs at home. What did I take away? I found myself thinking, “Huh, so Bertucci’s wants…
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    Copyblogger

  • How the Explosion in Online Education can Revolutionize Your Business

    Sonia Simone
    3 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and Berkeley are doing it. Companies, both big and small, are doing it. Solopreneurs are doing it. And bloggers have been doing it … they just haven’t been making any money at it. It’s a trend that Copyblogger saw coming … in fact, Brian built a course to teach it way back in 2007. (And he built a number of successful businesses on the same principles before that.) “It” is online education — and it’s gone from being an interesting sideline to a major social and economic trend. This trend’s going to be around a…

  • Traditional Advertising is Truly Dead

    Robert Bruce
    2 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    Warning: If you’re addicted to spending ungodly amounts of money in an effort to interrupt enough people into becoming “aware” of your product, service, or idea … skip this. You ain’t gonna like it. Mad Men. The Walking Dead. The Killing. AMC has created some of the best television of the last two decades. So, when I saw the trailer for their latest — The Pitch — I was pre-sold. Two nights ago, I took the dog for a walk, grabbed a drink, and then settled in on my beloved blue couch to see if AMC could do it to me again. The Pitch is a weekly…

  • How to Find and Write Benefits that Turn Online Prospects into Buyers

    Kelton Reid
    1 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    More and more, it seems like you need a degree in psychology to be an effective marketer online. The idea of turning prospects into buyers of your product or service can be a little overwhelming, and some of the advice out there is downright contradictory. If you’re like me, juggling lots of projects at once, you don’t have time to sift through it all. Thankfully there are some proven methods that work, and that never change. Many of these methods do involve psychology — neuroscience even — but as you’ll see, it doesn’t take an advanced degree to learn how…

  • A Ridiculously Simple Way to Get More Revenue and Build Your Audience

    James Chartrand
    30 Apr 2012 | 10:00 am
    Here’s something you might not know about your audience: They’re willing to pay for something that’s available for free. Sounds weird, doesn’t it? Given the option between paying nothing and paying, let’s say, a dollar for the same product, some people voluntarily choose the paid version. Yeah. I know.   But it’s true. In fact, that’s exactly what recently happened to a colleague of mine. He’d been playing around with creating and publishing ebooks on Kindle, and just for fun he packaged one of his lengthier and more popular blog posts as an ebook. He…

  • Chris Garrett Joins Copyblogger Media as VP of Educational Content

    Sonia Simone
    30 Apr 2012 | 9:00 am
    I’m delighted to let the world know that the popular blogger and author Chris Garrett has joined Copyblogger Media as Vice President of Educational Content. You may know Chris from his highly respected course Authority Blogger, from his blog ChrisG.com, or from his guest posts here on Copyblogger and other leading marketing sites. Chris is also my partner over at Third Tribe Marketing, and worked with us on the Authority Rules conference. He’s known across the “social media sphere” for his deep understanding of content marketing, his passion for helping his students…
 
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    ReadWriteWeb

  • How Did Yahoo CEO Go a Decade With "Inadvertent Error" on His Resume?

    3 May 2012 | 4:24 pm
    The gut instinct for many people looking at news that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson listed a degree he does not hold on his resume is that it's the allegation of a disgruntled investor splitting hairs. But consider what Thompson embellished (or, according to Yahoo, inadvertently put on his resume): a degree in computer science. As Business Insider notes, it's “a major credibility-builder in Silicon Valley.” Stonehill College, which is where Thompson did earn an undergraduate degree in accounting, did not start offering degrees in computer science until 1983 - four years…

  • Reverse Engineering: Gautam Gupta Goes From VC to Entrepreneur

    3 May 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Gautam Gupta had it all. He was just 26 and a rising venture capitalist with a bright future and a big salary. An associate at General Catalyst Partners, he’d sourced six deals, deployed $65 million and had just opened General Catalyst’s Palo Alto office. Then he threw it all away to launch a startup. And not some cool startup with a mobile-social app poised to be acquired for $1 billion. An e-commerce startup. Even his mother began to wonder. “My mom’s first question was, ‘Are you sure about this?’” Gupta recalls. Indeed, it was a surprising decision. Maybe not as surprising as…

  • [Video] Gaming's Next Level

    3 May 2012 | 3:30 pm
    After Nintendo's rough quarter, we've been wondering about the future of video games. It's clear that Apple is a player now, much more so than ever before, but Microsoft and the Xbox have started to reach beyond simple entertainment. Robyn and Jon were joined by Matt Tubergen to talk about what happens next. Matt Tubergen (TOO-brrrrr-gain) leads mobile special projects at TechSmith Corporation in Okemos, Michigan. Matt came to TechSmith after more than a decade of releasing digital products and marketing campaigns across mobile, social and web platforms for companies including AG Interactive,…

  • Top 10 Windows 8 Features No. 8: Storage Spaces

    3 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Your typical hard disk drive today measures its capacity in the half-terabytes. If you’ve got a 250GB drive – or maybe a half-dozen of them – you may think they're not good for much anymore. But what if you could use them to build a private cloud just like those OpenStack folks in the enterprise? In Windows 8, Microsoft is bringing the power of private clouds to consumers with the inclusion of Storage Spaces. In this 10-part series, 26-year-veteran Windows tester Scott Fulton walks you through the best features, faculties and functions of Windows 8. No. 10 : Refresh and Reset No. 9:…

  • Read/Write Daily: What We Don't Know

    3 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    Today's theme is what we don't know. Scientists are staring out into the vastness of space and down at the tiniest particles, trying to figure out what the universe is made of. Every time they think they're right, they're wrong. Today's physics say that dark matter basically has to exist, but we're looking for it in obvious places, and we can't find it. We're so mixed up about dark matter that Matthew Francis wonders whether cosmology is in shambles. Whole new theories of space and time are coming out lately, but physicists wonder if "we're just too dumb" to figure them out. Meanwhile, CERN…
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  • Applying Macrotypography For A More Readable Web Page

    Nathan Ford
    2 May 2012 | 10:24 am
       Any application of typography can be divided into two arenas: micro and macro. Understanding the difference between the two is especially useful when crafting a reading experience, because it allows the designer to know when to focus on legibility and when to focus on readability. This article focuses mostly on a few simple macrotypographic techniques—with a dash of micro—and on how to combine them all to build a more harmonious, adaptable and, most importantly, readable Web page. First, some definitions. Microtypography has to do with the details; setting the right glyph,…

  • Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: May 2012

    Smashing Editorial
    30 Apr 2012 | 7:03 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 over four 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 features…

  • How I Work: Yahoo!’s Doug Crockford On JavaScript

    Jacob Cook
    27 Apr 2012 | 10:27 am
       Welcome to the first in a new series of interviews called “How I Work”. These interviews revolve around how thinkers and creators in the Web world design, code, and create. The goal is not to get into the specific nuances of their craft (as that information already exists online), but rather step back and learn a bit about their habits, philosophies, and workflow for producing great work. Meet Doug Crockford First up is Douglas Crockford who believes JavaScript might just be the most elegant language ever. Learn why he thinks you should study the history of computer…

  • Gamification And UX: Where Users Win Or Lose

    Peter Steen Høgenhaug
    26 Apr 2012 | 8:07 am
       The gaming industry is huge, and it can keep its audience consumed for hours, days and even weeks. Some play the same game over and over again — and occasionally, they even get out their 15-year-old Nintendo 64 to play some Zelda. Now, I am not a game designer. I actually don’t even play games that often. I am, though, very interested in finding out why a game can keep people occupied for a long period of time, often without their even noticing that they’ve been sitting in front of the screen for hours. I want my apps and products to affect my visitors in the same way.

  • A Pure CSS3 Cycling Slideshow

    Alessio Atzeni
    25 Apr 2012 | 9:10 am
       Thanks to CSS3, we can create effects and animations without using JavaScript, which will facilitate the work of many designers. But we must be careful to avoid abusing CSS3, not only because old browsers do not support all of its properties. In any case, we all see the potential of CSS3, and in this article we’ll discuss how to create an infinitely looping slider of images using only CSS3 animation. Sections of This Article To get a solid sense of the process from beginning to end, below is an outline of the article. Please note that this effect will only work properly in…
 
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    CNN.com

  • Letters show bin Laden's frustration with affiliate groups

    3 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Documents recovered in the raid on the bin Laden compound reveal a hot-tempered terrorist leader annoyed with uncontrollable affiliates around the globe.

  • Finding on Seau's death may come soon

    3 May 2012 | 4:30 pm
    The coroner's finding on "cause and manner" of former NFL linebacker Junior Seau's death could be released Thursday afternoon, but it may be weeks or months before investigators conclude what led up to what they suspect was a suicide.

  • Chen says he wants to go to U.S.

    3 May 2012 | 2:38 pm
    Chen Guangcheng says he regrets leaving the refuge of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and is pleading for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to help him get to the United States.

  • 1 hurt after student 'prank' goes wrong

    3 May 2012 | 2:01 pm
    An explosion occurred Thursday inside a high school office in Memphis, Tennessee, school officials said.

  • 100+ players sue NFL over concussions

    3 May 2012 | 9:49 am
    More than 100 former professional football players, including former Atlanta Falcons Jamal Anderson, Chris Doleman, and O.J. Santiago, are adding their names a growing list of players suing the NFL.
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  • It’s Free Stuff Thursday!

    Brad Moore
    2 May 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Google+ Photographer’s Conference We’re just a few weeks away from the Google+ Photographer’s Conference on May 22-23 in San Francisco! Register now for your chance to participate in photo walks, live shoots, and sessions with great instructors like Guy Kawasaki, Trey Ratcliff, Peter Hurley, Alex Koloskov, and tons of others.‚ We just set up a couple of discount codes to use for registration…Use GPLUSCOMM to save $50 off registration AND get 2 free months of online training at KelbyTraining.com. Or if you’re a student, use GPLUSSTUD to register for just…

  • It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Moose Peterson!

    Brad Moore
    1 May 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Humble BeginningsMost started as bird watchers, I always loved that fact. The birds had the secret they all wanted, sought and required!We’d driven past the brown and white sign along the highway a couple of times, but Huffman Prairie Field meant nothing to us. Then at the Monday night briefing for the next day’s B-25 flight to Wright-Patterson for the Doolittle reunion celebration, it was mentioned we’d be flying over the field the next morning. So now I was curious. Four days later we decided to explore where the signs were directing us. We drove through the gate, which at…

  • My first three-light car shoot (with lots of help from Tim Wallace’s online class)

    Scott Kelby
    30 Apr 2012 | 11:28 pm
    I needed some shots for an upcoming project, and when my friends (and fellow photographers)‚ Kathy Porupski‚ and Jim Sykes heard that I needed a cool location for the shoot, they told me about a local advertising agency that had remodeled a 1950′s gas station for their new offices. ‚ They make a few calls and the next day I was there shooting.‚ Here’s one of the shots from the shoot (above), my first with three lights for an automotive shoot.Not only did I follow the tips from‚ Tim Wallace’s‚ Kelby Training online classes on…

  • My Adobe Creative Cloud Quick Q&A;

    Scott Kelby
    29 Apr 2012 | 6:48 pm
    Last week I was at Adobe’s Creative Cloud launch event out in San Francisco, and after getting a lot more details on what the Creative Cloud is all about, I have I’ve gone from cautiously curious to really excited.I think this is going to open a lot of new opportunities and put some amazing tools in the hands of creative pros that were previously out of their reach. But I know from mentioning this briefly last week, a lot of folks have a lot of questions (I did too), and I thought I’d tackle some of the most-asked questions I’ve been getting here and see if this…

  • I had planned a Creative Cloud Post For Today…

    Scott Kelby
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:01 pm
    I had just gotten back from the CS6 launch in San Francisco, and just hours later I was on already on a plane headed to London, and my internal clock is so messed up, I’m not sure which day it is.I had hopde to post a Q&A on the Creative Cloud launch today, but I got so far behind on everything that it just got away from me. Please drop back here on Monday, as my plan is to post it then. Sorry for the delay.Nothing like high tea with two proper English gentleman. Sadly, all I could find were these two blokes. ;-)What a great way to start my London trip; Met up yesterday with two of…
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    Digital Photography School

  • Sunwayfoto Leveling Base Review

    Sime
    3 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    Another awesome video review from the team that brought you The Nice Clip Want to make your tripod a million times more useful? This is the DYH-66X levelling base from Sunwayfoto. It provides +/- 16° of tilt, is fluid dampened, and has a scratch-resistant, anodised black finish. Sure, it’s built really nice. But even nicer is what it does. Simplify your photography setups, maximize your panoramics, and shoot video without dancing around the legs, shortening one at a time until the head is exactly level. Get leveling out of the way so your brain can be creative. Levelling bases aren’t…

  • 5 Tips for Controlling Natural Light

    Guest Contributor
    3 May 2012 | 9:18 am
    A Post by Mitchell Kanashkevich – author of our brand new eBook, Natural Light: Mastering a Photographer’s Most Powerful Tool. In the post “Are you practicing these 5 Tips for Natural Light” I discussed 5 things which I consider to be the core ideas behind working with natural light effectively. In this post it’s time to discuss some of the specific ways in which we can control natural light or rather, control the impact that natural light has on the scene which we frame within the camera viewfinder. 1. Wait As I mentioned in the past post, the characteristics of natural…

  • Focus On Orlando Uy ~ Walking With His Camera

    Valerie Jardin
    2 May 2012 | 3:19 pm
    I met Orlando through social media about year ago and I quickly subscribed to his blog ‘A Walk With My Camera’. I’ve never been to the Philippines but I have discovered the people of Tacloban through Orlando’s lens. His love and respect for mankind shine through his images. Although his photo walks take him mostly to the same areas week after week, he is so in tune with the life of his community that he manages to constantly surprise us with new stories through his images. He kindly answered a few questions for the dPS community and shared a few of his images. How long have you been…

  • Sony SLT-A57 Review

    Barrie Smith
    2 May 2012 | 10:13 am
    As I recall, this camera’s big brother — SLT-A65 — led me to make these comments: “It would be a tragedy if this baby ended up shooting family pics and snapshots. It’s too good! … my prediction is that this one will fly off the shelves …” At first glance this model rang many of the same bells and, before starting the review, I took the A57 on a run around a local marketplace, full of colour and life, to shoot some pictures and a length or two of video. With nary a glance at the manual! The Sony SLT-A57 is a bit de-speccd in comparison with the A65, with a body…

  • Instagram and its Impact on the World of Photography

    Guest Contributor
    1 May 2012 | 3:04 pm
    A Guest Post by Guy Prives. If you were not on a hot-air balloon for a journey around the world or in a Tibetan monastery on a pilgrimage yet have experienced these images on Facebook then it’s likely you’ve already been exposed to Instagram. “Instagram” the photo-sharing application, recently bought by Facebook, allows participants to shoot, edit and share photos with users of the application through the personal world of each one of us. The network allows us to react and give feedback in the form of “Likes” and comments. I have lived in the world of…
 
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    TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

  • Logitech intros new Solar Keyboard Folio for iPad

    Steven Sande
    3 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Logitech has been hitting the news a lot lately, first with their Ultrathin Keyboard Cover (US$100, and -- ahem -- we're still waiting for a review unit) and now with the Solar Keyboard Folio ($130, available for pre-order). The new case is of the familiar folio style, flipping one way for typing and another for viewing media. It also features the popular "magnets in the cover" trick to turn your iPad 2 or third-generation iPad on and off with a flick. Logitech's marketing materials say that the Solar Keyboard Folio's Bluetooth keyboard will last for two years of typing two hours per day once…

  • Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iTunes double-billing

    Mel Martin
    3 May 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Apple has been hit with another class-action lawsuit for double billing customers in the iTunes store. New York resident Robert Herskowitz claims Apple charged him twice for the single "Whataya Want from Me" by Adam Lambert. Herskowitz says he contacted Apple and got an automated response telling him his request was being reviewed. The message he received from Apple wasn't so friendly. "Your request for a refund for 'Whataya Want from Me' was carefully considered; however, according to the iTunes Store Terms of Sale, all purchases made on the iTunes Store are ineligible for refund. This…

  • Beoplay A3 iPad stereo dock has a unique design

    Steven Sande
    3 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Bang & Olufsen offshoot brand Beoplay is giving the iPad speaker dock the B&O design treatment with the new Beoplay A3 iPad stereo dock. As you'd expect from the Danish electronics design firm, the Beoplay A3 is a minimalist, slim, black and polished metal wedge into which a first or second generation iPad is placed (no word on whether the shipping product will support the new iPad). The dock sense the iPad's orientation and adjusts which speakers are activated in order to produce the best possible sound quality. The A3 is designed to run off of AC if you want to use it as a kitchen…

  • Apple and Samsung earn 99 percent of mobile phone vendor profits

    Steven Sande
    3 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    While the two big smartphone vendors, Apple and Samsung, are battling it out in the courtrooms, they're still in total control of operating profits. Horace Dediu of Asymco has just published his analysis of operating profits for the top eight mobile phone vendors and found that Apple and Samsung together pulled in 99 percent of the profits in the first quarter of 2012. Apple had the largest share of that total, with a full 73 percent of the profits made by the top mobile phone vendors. Only Apple, Samsung, and HTC made a profit in the first quarter of 2012, and HTC's share was a tiny 1…

  • US judge tells Apple, Samsung to trim down patent lawsuits

    Steven Sande
    3 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    In much the way that a parent might tell two fighting siblings to quit being overly dramatic, a U.S. judge has ordered Apple and Samsung to simplify their patent lawsuits by Monday in order to start a trial on July 30, 2012. Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California told the companies to slice the patent infringement and other claims to the point that a jury can not only understand what's going on, but judge the issues in a single trial. This was the second time that the judge had asked the companies to reduce the claims to a manageable level. The…
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    Strobist

  • Royce Bair's Night-Lit Landscapes

    3 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    There are no AC plugs near Delicate Arch in Grand County, Utah, where Royce Bair made this night landscape shot. So all of his flashes needed to be battery-powered to illuminate the 20-meter tall formation. Two of his light sources were Norman 400B's, weighing in at 6 lbs and from which he needed a total of 48 pops to make the image. But his Big Gun required only two pops to balance with the Normans. That 110,000 lumen light source weighed about a pound, all-in. And it ran off of a 9-volt battery. Read more »

  • On Assignment: Trattoria / 360

    30 Apr 2012 | 8:00 am
    Having eaten at this restaurant often enough to put these guys' kids through college, I recently photographed brothers Gianni (left) and Carlo Morra at one of their three local Italian trattorias. It is a simple picture, but there is much more here than meets the eye. So keeping with last Thursday's talk of photo ecosystems, let's go a little more 360 on this one than just the typical lighting BTS. Read more »

  • Thinking Out Loud: Creativity

    25 Apr 2012 | 11:30 pm
    As a site that explores photography through the lens of lighting, Strobist is necessarily overweighted in technique. But technique as an end to itself is almost certainly doomed to yield boring, meaningless photos. So today, a short detour to explore the different facets of creativity. Because they are all important, as is recognizing your strengths and weaknesses in each area. Read more »

  • Shimada Yohei: Close to Home

    23 Apr 2012 | 8:00 am
    Photos ©Shimada Yohei By Irwin Wong -- Nara, Japan -based commercial photographer Shimada Yohei’s Workman series involves lit, cinematic portraits of everyday tradesmen at the local level. Today, a look at how he creates the images — and the importance of the self-generated project. Read more »

  • Control Flare from Sun, Rim Lights with a Shoot-Thru Gobo

    19 Apr 2012 | 8:00 am
    Just a quickie today on the whys and whens of using a single, small shoot-thru shade to completely control contrast-killing glare when shooting into backlight. Read more »
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    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Pentax K-01 studio test shots published

    2 May 2012 | 7:35 pm
    Just posted: Pentax K-01 studio sample shots. We're in the process of running a production K-01 through our studio tests, so wanted to present the results of our standard test scene. The K-01 fits a lot of the excellent K-5 into a somewhat avant-garde mirrorless body. Retaining a similar 16MP APS-C sensor to the K-5, we expect great things from it, in terms of image quality, so does it live up to those expectations? Raw shots corrected following the discovery of a processing error.

  • Visual Supply Co's VSCO Cam app offers image filters before compression

    2 May 2012 | 5:38 pm
    Software maker Visual Supply Co has created the VSCO Cam iOS camera app, to go alongside its 'VSCO Film' film simulation software. The $0.99 app works with both iPhone and iPad cameras, offering ten filters and a series of simple editing tools, including Grain, Fade, Contrast and Fill Light. It also makes it easy to share the images via social networks. Unusually, the app applies its filters to the pre-compression camera output. The company's blog features a selection of images taken on the launch day of the app, to give a taste of what its users can do.

  • LensRental's Roger Cicala examines Canon EOS 5D Mark III light leak 'cover-up'

    2 May 2012 | 1:29 pm
    The ever-inquisitive Roger Cicala at LensRentals has dismantled a light-leak-fixed Canon EOS 5D Mark III and compared it to an unmodified version. The solution, as proposed by every tool-shed tinkerer, appears to be a piece of black electrical tape, which Cicala says successfully stops stray light reaching the camera's metering sensor. When asked if he'd send his own Mark III back to be modified, Cicala points out that he doesn't 'do long exposure night photography with autometering.' But, in the unlikely event that you do, you can rest assured that Canon can fix your camera for you.

  • DxO Optics Pro 7.2.3 adds Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Pentax K-01

    2 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    DxO Labs has updated DxO Optics Pro to v7.2.3, adding support for the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Pentax's K-01. The latest version includes 70 camera and lens combination modules for the 5D III and 26 for the Pentax K-mount mirrorless camera. As usual, a 30-day free trial of the software is available.

  • Adobe issues ACR 6.7 - final version of Camera Raw for CS5

    2 May 2012 | 3:04 am
    Adobe has released the finalized version of Adobe Camera Raw v6.7, the last update that will work with Photoshop CS5. The final version include support for Canon's EOS 5D Mark III, Nikon's D800 and the Olympus E-M5, as part of a list of 21 cameras added. The update includes the most recent NX cameras from Samsung as well as coverage for a range of Fujifilm models. No support is yet included for the Fujifilm X-Pro1, however.
 
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    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

  • Lightroom 4 Presets: Summer Haze

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    30 Apr 2012 | 11:05 pm
    It’s May 1st and summer is rapidly approaching (we’ve already got summer-like weather in Florida so we’re close enough in my book). I was looking through some of my old Lightroom 3 presets and deciding which ones to update to Lightroom 4, and the Summer Haze preset seemed like a good choice. Overall, I was trying to get across that summery, warm, hazy feeling and this is what came out of it. The preset adjusts the white balance, Vibrance, Saturation, negative Clarity (for some softness) and Split Toning sliders. I even tossed in a bit of a Tone Curve adjustment on it in the…

  • If You Use Lightroom, Do You Need Photoshop CS6?

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:18 am
    I’m in sunny (sorry, cloudy and maybe rainy) LA today teaching my Lightroom seminar, but I wanted to do a quick post about some questions I got the other day in my Minneapolis seminar. I had a few people ask me what was new for Photographers in Photoshop CS6 and was it worth it or not to upgrade since they use Lightroom mostly. So, I thought I’d compile a quick list of what I thought was important (as a photographer in CS6) and some honest commentary about whether or not you really “need” the feature. By the way… if you want to see videos on any of this stuff…

  • Join Me for a Free Photoshop CS6 for Photographers Webcast Today

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    23 Apr 2012 | 11:01 pm
    First off, I wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out to my Lightroom 4 Live seminar in Minneapolis yesterday. There were almost 350 photographers there. We had a great crowd, lots of laughs and everyone I spoke to seemed to learn a lot throughout the day (in spite of my poor drinking habits – sorry inside joke… you had to be there – and no, it has nothing to do with alcohol) If you’re in LA or Chicago, you can still sign up for seminars this week (Thursday in LA and Monday in Chicago). In other news, Adobe officially announced CS6 yesterday. In celebration of the…

  • Video: Soft Proofing and Print Brightness in Lightroom 4

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    19 Apr 2012 | 9:29 am
    Soft proofing has been a feature request that I’ve heard quite a bit over the years so you’ll be happy to know it’s included in Lightroom 4. This week we’ll take a quick look at the Soft Proof feature, as well as one of my favorite new features for printing that solves the “my print is too dark” problem that I (and plenty of other people I know) have.

  • 10 Reasons to Go to the Google+ Photographers Conference

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    17 Apr 2012 | 9:08 am
    I’ll be teaching at the Google+ Photographers Conference next Month in San Francisco. It’s definitely going to be an event that’s the first of it’s kind and I hope you’ll be able to join me (along with lots of other great instructors) there. In case you’re not sure what it’s all about, here’s 10 Reasons why I think you should go. 1. Live Shooting Lounge: You’ll be able to put your newly acquired photography and lighting skills to the test at our Live Shooting Lounge. In this perfectly lit space, you’ll have the opportunity to shoot…
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  • Apple Adds Ten New Language Localizations for Developers to iTunes Connect

    Eric Slivka
    3 May 2012 | 1:20 pm
    Apple today announced that it has added support for ten new languages in iTunes Connect, giving developers new options for localizing app descriptions in the App Store.We have expanded language support in iTunes Connect, so you can localize app metadata, keywords, and screenshots in 10 new languages: Traditional Chinese, Norwegian, Turkish, Finnish, Danish, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Vietnamese, and Greek.The new languages are in addition to the previous set of 18 languages supported in iTunes Connect: U.S. English, Canadian English, French Canadian, Brazillian Portuguese, Spanish, Australian…

  • Energizer Introduces New Wrap-Around iPhone Chargers

    Jordan Golson
    3 May 2012 | 11:55 am
    Energizer has introduced a pair of new 5-watt iPhone chargers that aim to keep a handle on charging cables when not in use. The car charger has the wrap-around cable storage, and a nifty "FindMe" light that illuminates the inside of the USB port for easy plugging in a dark car. The wall charger includes flip-down blades as well as a blue light that turns off when the iPhone is fully charged. The wall adapter is $17 on Amazon, $12 less than the Apple-branded wall-adapter. The Energizer adapters only push 5 watts of power, plenty for an iPhone but it will charge an iPad -- particularly…

  • 'The Daily' Now Available on iPhone at Half-Price Subscription Rates

    Eric Slivka
    3 May 2012 | 10:01 am
    More than a year after a media event launching News Corp's tablet news app The Daily on the iPad, the publication has now expanded to the iPhone [App Store].The Daily took the world by storm in 2011 as the first ever custom daily news app created and designed from scratch for the iPad. By popular demand, it's now available on the go for iPhones. Get the same amazing content as the iPad app, optimized for your phone. The app is free to download with a selection of free articles available to read. Full subscriptions are priced at $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year, essentially half the…

  • EA Killing Rock Band for iPhone, Game Will Be Unplayable for Current Owners [Updated]

    Jordan Golson
    2 May 2012 | 2:24 pm
    EA is telling owners of Rock Band for iPhone that as of May 31, the game will "no longer be playable on your device." Most users probably expect that a game they paid $4.99 for -- and that is still on sale, with no suggestion that the game will be useless in a month -- wouldn't suddenly stop working, especially when Rock Band offers a number of song packs as in-app purchases. At the very least you would think that EA would be able to just leave the original Rock Band alone, so those who bought it and paid for IAP songs can continue to at least use it even if future updates aren’t in the…

  • RunKeeper Is Pebble's First Third-Party Partner

    Jordan Golson
    2 May 2012 | 1:33 pm
    The Pebble wristwatch has tallied up a Kickstarter-record breaking $8 million in pledges and now has a big endorsement with the announcement of its first third-party app integration. Popular fitness app RunKeeper has announced that its users will be able to see in-activity fitness data, start and stop timing and more on the Pebble watch when it launches this fall. Well, when Pebble approached us about integrating with RunKeeper, we loved the idea. We know that many of you are always looking for ways to make your fitness tracking easier, and with Pebble integration, you won’t ever have…
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  • World’s 10 most underrated cities

    Jini Reddy
    3 May 2012 | 11:01 am
    by Jini ReddyPerhaps because of their proximity to better known locales, these cities are too often neglected by travelers.  Call us sentimental, but that's an oversight we can't condone. These places are livable, creative hubs, championed by friendly locals, and they’re worth way more than a transit stop.  Queens, New York City, United States A "city" within a city.OK, officially it’s a part of NYC, but this borough has a population of 2.3 million and virtually qualifies as a city in itself. It might lack the glitz and glamour of Manhattan, first port of call for visitors, but…

  • iReport: My favorite Korean food

    3 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    Fermented. Spicy. Stewed.  Descriptions of Korean food may actually be its worst marketing enemy abroad, but as millions of foodies and travelers can attest, the more terrible it sounds, the tastier the dish -- in Korea, anyway.  That's why we asked readers in a CNNGo iReport assignment to submit photos of their favorite Korean dishes.  This gallery showcases the ones that made us blow off that 11 a.m. meeting and head to lunch early.  Also on CNNGo: Seoul's independent coffee culture read more

  • Angry Birds Land: First official park to open in Finland

    Hiufu Wong
    3 May 2012 | 1:36 am
    by Hiufu WongFinland's Särkänniemi Adventure Park is to open the world's first officially licensed Angry Birds theme park in June. Angry Birds Land will be the authorized, legitimate and slightly more sophisticated alternative to the unlicensed Angry Birds park that opened in China in September 2011. Angry Birds Land soft-launched last week but "some of the birds are still migrating," according to Miikka Sepälä, CEO of Särkänniemi, referring to installations that had not yet been set up. Official opening will be on June 8. The multimillion-euro investment is a…

  • iReport: Foodies share their favorite Philippines dishes

    2 May 2012 | 10:56 pm
    Seafood, tropical fruits, veggies and creative cooks combine to make the cuisine of the Philippines incredibly diverse.  Yet Filipino food isn't that well known outside the country, beyond the mind-boggling balut (duck embryo). To remedy this gross injustice, we asked iReporters to share their favorite Filipino dishes and offer tips to newcomers looking to explore the cuisine.  Check out the above gallery for some of the highlights, courtesy of iReporters Elaine Baricante, Jerry C. Gonzales, Lia Ocampo and Yla Gracelle Benze B Corotan.   These images were…

  • AirAsia Expedia CEO: Asians are spontaneous, smartphone-savvy, social travelers

    Frances Cha
    2 May 2012 | 10:43 pm
    by Frances ChaDaniel Lynn, Managing Director and Vice President of Expedia Asia Pacific Operations. Expedia Korea launched in July 2011 with little fanfare. The online travel booking site is still building its brand awareness in Korea.  While Koreans tend to favor schizophrenically detailed and stylized websites updated every second, Expedia's Korean site is stark and frills-free.  But with a rapidly growing business out of a Seoul-based Korean office, Daniel Lynn, CEO of Expedia Asia Pacific Operations believes Korea is the hottest new market for the multi-billion dollar…
 
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