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Inside Look: High Quality Stock Photography at Fotolia

May 12, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Of the many professional stock photography galleries on the web there are many different options to choose from. Professional bloggers and digital artists are always looking for strategic photographs. These can be used in articles, web magazines, website layouts, and tons of other places! The fact comes simply as Fotolia is easily one of the best choices out there. Generally images are charged per download where you may choose a size from small to full-scale. These all come without watermarks … [Read more...]

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The Resting Changes Post-Launch for Digg v4

March 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Digg v4 was launched during 2010 and did not garner very positive reviews. In fact, many users migrated to the more popular network Reddit where news can flow much more freely. Where did Digg go wrong? I would argue Kevin Rose lost faith in the company. After launching at the turn of the millennium Digg was king online. It offered a fantastic connections system, simple categories and a very popular front page. Most articles would reach upwards of 2000 or more diggs on any given day. The … [Read more...]

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Exclusive Interview with Relations Manager of DesignFloat

July 14, 2010 By 3 Comments
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At this point most web designers & developers ingrained in the field know about DesignFloat. It's a very popular social news submission service where blog authors or content readers can submit their favorite or most interesting news articles, and the published stories with the most votes hit the front page. It has spurred many similar sites, but DesignFloat has always reigned king. I recently had a fantastic interview with the site's Relations Manager Mortimer. He revealed some … [Read more...]

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New Web Design/Development Community Forrst Blows up Across the Web

July 5, 2010 By 6 Comments
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Since the major success of Dribbble designers and developers have been looking for such amazing communities to share resources. Because of this, Forrst.com isn't really a totally new idea in and of itself. However the implementation and UI features are so unique, the community has exploded over the past few months since launch. Forrst allows you to register an account and run your own profile, similar to a Twitter or Foursquare profile. You can follow other designers/developers in the … [Read more...]

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Leaked Screenshot of New Digg by Kevin Rose via Twitter

May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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As we all know, Kevin Rose is the brilliant face behind the wildly popular social news site Digg.com. This past Sunday via this tweet Rose leaked a photo which shows a preview of what the new Digg may look like. There's actually some in-depth analysis and discussions over at TechCrunch's post as well. It appears as though the entire home screen has gotten a re-make, showcasing more of a personal list of stories instead of the most popular for the day. … [Read more...]

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Google’s New Search Results Design goes Live

May 10, 2010 By 2 Comments
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Google has made some major design changes over the past 10 or 20 years. Although their overall vision hasn't changed much, they've added new features and design ideas to the site. Just recently they've launched their newest addition to Google with their new search listings design. You can tell just from Google's homepage that something's different. The buttons and search bar look completely new and improved, along with some updates to their logo with added glossy and "web 2.0" effects. … [Read more...]

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Mixx Launches New YourMixx Homepage Features in Beta

April 30, 2010 By 1 Comment
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Popular social news site Mixx has launched a new YourMixx homepage. The YourMixx section is a customized portion of your homepage which is displayed as soon as you log into the site. It's different from the front page of other sites such as Digg, as it is customized for each users preferences. The Mixx Staff has released a new blog post mentioning some of the new updates. To me it sounds very exciting, the staff at Mixx are really trying to listen to what the users have to say, and are … [Read more...]

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