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Shop Vac by Jonathan Coulton – Kinetic Typography Animation

April 19th 2011 / The Web, Videos

A fan created this kinetic typography music video for Jonathan Coulton’s Shop Vac. It was created using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere and Toon Boom Animate. Watch it. It’s fantastic: Shop Vac by Jonathan Coulton – Kinetic Typography Animation If you want to learn kinetic typography animation, google “after effects kinetic typography tutorial” and […]

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(mt) Offers $5 Domain Names and a Chance to Win an Ipad 2

April 5th 2011 / The Web, Web Hosting

A few months ago, Media Temple (mt) opened up domain-only purchases for its new users with an introductory price of $5 domain registrations. Now it is extending that discounted rate for another month, offering its new and existing users domain registrations at $5 for the first year and a chance to win an Ipad 2.

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How To: Never Spam Your Followers Again

April 5th 2011 / Social Media, Web Applications

The following is a guest post by Leo Widrich a.k.a. @LeoWid on Twitter. Leo is the co-founder of BufferApp. Enjoy the post. Being active on Twitter is definitely my favourite activity, however for a long time I had one problem. I would read lots of blog posts in the morning and then hit the tweet

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How To Disable The New Facebook Photo Viewer

March 25th 2011 / HowTo, Social Media

Facebook recently rolled out a new and more efficient photo viewer that allows you to browse more photos faster without having to leave the page you’re on. But if you prefer to view photos the old way, just hit F5 on your keyboard (or the Reload button on your browser). The page will reload and

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ICANN Approves .XXX Domain Names

March 20th 2011 / The Web

Red-light district for the Internet gets green light after ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) voted in favor of the new suffix despite protest from the porn industry. The approval of .xxx, angers the adult entertainment industry as it will have to repurchase domain names. .XXX is completely set aside for adult entertainment,

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Etsy Exposes Buyers Activity Online

March 17th 2011 / E-commerce, Social Media

In an attempt to make their site more social (Facebook style), Etsy, the Brooklyn based startup online retailer of crafts and handmade products, recently released a social networking tool called People Search to help buyers and sellers become friends(?). With this new People Search tool, we’re expanding on the search tool that’s available in Your Circle and

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Microsoft Launches Internet Explorer 9

March 15th 2011 / Browsers, The Web

Microsoft has released the final version of Internet Explorer 9. The upgraded browser was released last night at SXSW in Austin, Texas and is now available for download. The IE9 release candidate is feature complete but with the final version, “we still have a few surprises left. There are a lot of new amazing things

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Facebook Introduces New Relationship Status Options

February 20th 2011 / Social Media

In addition to the existing options of Single, In a relationship, Engaged, Married, It’s complicated, In an open relationship, Widowed, Separated and Divorced – or blank, Facebook has introduced two new relationship status categories: “In a domestic partnership” and “In a civil union”. “This has been a highly requested feature from users. We want to

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Porsche Unveils Facebook 911

February 20th 2011 / Green Cars, Social Media

To celebrate garnering 1 million Facebook fans (the fastest 1,000,000 facebook fans in automotive history!), Porsche has unveiled a special edition GT3 R Hybrid adorned with the names of 27,000 Porsche fans. They picked the Hybrid 911 racer because ‘it impressively embodies the future of motorsport’. The car has a 4.0-litre flat six that powers

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