As we approach the end of the year, many businesses analyze strategies used throughout the year and their effectiveness. As you look at the success or failure of the marketing strategies you used this year, you can look forward to a new year full of new marketing strategies.
Some of the marketing methods your business implemented in 2012 may have been wildly successful. Keep using them. If you are looking for new marketing methods, these are going to be your best bet for 2013.
Home page is the first page of your site. The home page of your website is the first to get loaded when your website is opened by any visitor. As the saying goes, “The first impression is the best impression’, you need to make sure that your home page is attractive, informative and colorful. Each website has different kinds of home pages based upon the brand they promote or the services they do. But a proper home page or welcome page brings out tremendous results.
There are several factors that you need to look in to, so that you can have an effective home page. Creating the most interesting home page is a back breaking task, and let’s discuss a few steps that will help you in performing it with ease.
After the recent tragedy in Newtown, CT, some commentators and - notably - the National Rifle Association (NRA) remarked that video games played a role in a "culture of violence" and detachment that can ease the path to violent behavior. This, in turn, has given new life to the debate about the role of media violence – particularly, violent video games – on real-world aggression. It's a serious topic, so ReadWrite thought it was important to to recap the latest on the discussion and see where scholarly studies and popular opinion fall.
Every programmer knows that nothing can replace a well-equipped laptop or desktop computer as a workplace for the brunt of programming, but sometimes working on-the-go is a must – especially if deadlines are approaching.
Whether you are a professional programmer or just learning the trade, you are going to have to code every day if you want to become a great programmer. Here are eight fantastic programming applications for Android smartphone users that will let you take your work or practice with you wherever you go.
2012 is ending with a bang… when it comes to tablets. For one thing, many new tablets are making its way into (or are already in) the market, tablets such as the Nexus 7 (32GB with data), Nexus 10 and Apple’s iPad Mini. One of the most publicized tablets of the year is none other than the Microsoft Surface tablet.
In the past, Bill Gates had introduced the Tablet PC or Slate which had little impact in the tech consumer industry back then, but luckily for Microsoft, Surface is doing way better than its predecessors. The Microsoft Surface tablet has been catching a lot of media attention, together with the Windows 8 launching. And it’s about time we took the Surface for a spin.
Let’s wrap up 2012 with some of the most mind-bending photos or artworks we came across this year. Though an illusion is defined in several different ways, we like it when it’s described as something that distorts our senses or changes our perceived reality. From clever companies to creative street artists, these were the top works that really messed with our minds.
As 2012 draws to a close it’s time for PSD to have a look back at some of the best disasters that you submitted. Thanks everyone for a great year!
The new year is only yards away, which means you've got a shining chance to reinvent yourself as less of a jerk. Adopt these tech principles and you'll be a better person in 2013.
Jonas De Ro is a young digital artist from Belgium. His work ranges from concept art, animation, matte painting to photography, visual effects, sound design and more. Jonas paintings are beautifully detailed and the lighting is just spectacular. You can truly see that his imagination goes way beyond his creativity. Please click on the images to view them in full size and enjoy all the details of his amazing artworks.
While planet Earth has yet to meet its demise, the end of 2012 is nigh. It was a year of lengthy legal battles and shifting power dynamics in the tech industry. It brought with it great advancements and great failures -- and, for some, the promise of the end of days. We've combed our archives to bring you just a few of the stories that made the biggest impact on our reporting this year. Herewith, an abridged look back at the year that was.
When we think of advertisements, we tend to negatively associate them with mind manipulation of the masses for business profiteering. We tend to forget that advertisements can be used for nobler causes that deal with issues closer to home and to our hearts. I’m talking about using these ads to raise the public awareness on issues such as health, public safety, and the society as a whole.
Print ads may seem outdated in this digital era of ours, but through the careful designing of some of the most creative advertisers in the industry, these poster ads can still generate very formidable impressions upon on-lookers. We have collected 50 poster ads from the Ads of the World to inspire you further.
This final Digital Blend of the year breaks format to bring you our best games in the under-$20 gaming from 2012. There’s little in the way of new releases in this post-Christmas week. And while the news is light, you should definitely take a peek at our interview with American McGee, creator of two Alice in Wonderland-themed games, the episodic series based on the writings of The Brothers Grimm, and the recent browser based game Akaneiro: Demon Hunters. Also take note of the fact that mobile developer Supercell – creator of Clash of Clans and HayDay - has officially overtaken Electronic Arts as the top-grossing iOS developer, thanks almost entirely to the daily $500,000 take that the studio sees from micro-transactions. The final bit of Blend-worthy news for this week: the Wii U will get its first taste of free-to-play in 2013 when Namco Bandai offers up Tank! Tank! Tank! with a free foundation and a pay-per-feature unlock system.
Steampunk is the mating of technology (gadgets) and romance, breeding some of the most wickedly cool gadget’s and art you’ve ever seen. It’s cool and brass-clad sexy. With a post apocalyptic type of rebellion, Steampunk enthusiast mod almost everything you can imagine and then some. This amazing urban art movement was birthed on the Internet, so it’s no wonder hi-tech hardware hackers are romancing technology with a Victorian passion, yearning for the aesthetic realm of The Time That Never Happened; Steampunk – where the future meets the past. Here are some of the slickest mods, 26 sexy Steampunk art and hi-tech hacks.
If you were expecting the Internet to upend TV like it mangled the print media business, you may have noticed by now that things aren't so simple.
The Web is very good at delivering text and static images, but when it comes to TV-quality video content, it turns out that cable providers are still much better at that. Internet TV has two serious handicaps: content and the user interface. In 2012, the status quo crept forward in both areas, albeit slowly. Next year, TV will continue its gradual evolution toward something completely different from what we grew up with.
Business cards are cards bearing business information about a company or individual. They are shared during formal introductions as a convenience and a memory aid. A business card typically includes the giver's name, company affiliation (usually with a logo) and contact information such as street addresses, telephone number(s), fax number, e-mail addresses and website.
Business Cards can help you share your contact details to your future clients, in this collection I've compiled a collection of and exciting business cards for inspiration! All of these business cards are high quality.
The Web can be a scary place when it comes to finding methods for downloading YouTube videos. Check out our how-to guide to help make downloading YouTube videos a snap so you can watch them whenever and wherever, free of an Internet connection.
It’s an understatement to say that YouTube is kind of a big deal. Since the launching of its first video in 2005 (the riveting “Me at the Zoo”), the site has grown to be a phenomenon, bolstered by its passionate community and accessed by hundreds of millions of people each day. However, how do you watch YouTube videos when you leave your network behind? Maybe you just absolutely need to watch the music video for “Gangnam Style” or Bieber’s “Baby” while on the go, without eating up all your cell phone data. Or maybe you just want to compile those cute, cuddly, can’t-get-enough-of-them cat videos for your personal enjoyment when your Wi-Fi is on the fritz.
Should you decide to trudge the grey area that is downloading YouTube videos for your untethered enjoyment, let us be your guide. Tempting? Yes. Legal? Not necessarily. Either way, here’s everything you need to know to about downloading YouTube videos.
By a vote of 73 to 23, the US Senate just voted for the warrantless surveillance of American citizens until 2017.
The vote, set to affirm to eradicate the FAA Sunsets Extension Act of 2012, means we'll be living with Bush-era spy laws for another half decade. In 2007, the Senate voted to grant blanket immunity to companies like AT&T, which conspired with the NSA to monitor American digital conversations without government oversight after 9/11. Today's vote continues that immunity, and provides further carte blanche for the American intelligence-gathering apparatus. Phone calls, texts, and emails are all fair game—and a judge doesn't have to give the OK, so long as it's in the name of counterterrorism. Which is a very easy guise.
Nature Wallpapers are most hit top in Google and every person in the world likes nature view photographs, therefore we have decided to show you some most beautiful nature wallpapers. Here is a collection of most beautiful nature wallpapers in high quality.
You can’t deny the fact that a good looking infographic will attract your attention. This is bound to happen as these charts usually serve up a lot of information in the most creative way possible. How many times have you clicked on an infographic that is eye-catching, even though you might not need the info it provides?
If you’re an upcoming web designer, then you will have to learn how to design infographics as soon as possible. Don’t be surprised if clients ask you to design one for them, sooner or later. If you’re a Pinterest user, then a quick search will bring up some interesting infographics to browse through. This is a good way to start your self-tutorial on how to create a fantastic graphics.
Google was full of surprises in 2012. It outdid Apple easily in mobile OS features. It rolled out a whole line of Nexus Android devices that are undeniably top notch. And it launched the Knowledge Graph, a watershed moment between the keyword-searching past of the Web and a future Web that understands whole concepts.
2012 was also the year that Google unified its offerings under a single privacy policy, a move that freaked out lots of people, but which was totally rational from Google's perspective. If we're going to have a data-driven future offering pervasive, free technologies in exchange for better targeting of advertisements, we'll have to accept that companies like Google have an eerily accurate, real-time profile of us.
As if to hammer that point home, Google hired futurist and Singularitarian Ray Kurzweil right before the Holiday break. Looking back at 2012, it looks like Google's brave new world is almost upon us.
This post is the part of our Best of 2012 series. In this series we are compiling the best of everything from the year 2012. This post features the Best CSS3 Tutorials of 2012. CSS3 is the latest version of this awesome styling language. Unlike CSS 2, which is a large single specification defining various features, CSS 3 is divided into several separate documents called “modules”. Each module adds new capabilities or extends features defined in CSS 2, over preserving backward compatibility. Work on CSS level 3 started around the time of publication of the original CSS 2 recommendation. The earliest CSS 3 drafts were published in June 1999. Do share this post with your web designer friends in order to help us spread the word. Don’t forget to come back for more best stuff from 2012.
When you're obsessed with finding the most awesome gadgets and devices, there's nothing more heartbreaking than the word "concept." Not only does it mean you're not going to find a given device in stores—it usually means you're never going to find it anywhere.
Of course, encouraging the designers of tomorrow to think up new designs and concepts is vital to innovation. It's just really sad when you come across something particularly brilliant only to discover it's nothing but a figment of a design student's imagination. So here are 10 of our favorite concepts (and biggest disappointments) from the past year. You still can't buy any of them.
Fast food giants decided to get a little too creative with their promotional menu items this year.
From cheeseburger stuffed pizzas to macaroni and shrimp stuffed burger patties, 2012's newest fast food additions didn't fail to confuse.
We collected the weirdest concoctions that Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and the other usual suspects debuted around the world.
Here’s the thirteenth part of typography designs for your inspiration. We select the typography artworks based on quality, and every image is linked to the original source. We do not take credit for any of the work mentioned below, however we do take credit for hunting the Internet. We hope this creative typography collection serve as a great source of inspiration.
Hi guys. This is yet another selection from The D-Photo flickr group photo collection. I would love to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed with their greatest work, and has made our group what it is today! Remember, to get involved and have a chance at showcasing your work here too, all you need to do is head over to The D-Photo flickr group, become a member and start adding your photos.
There is no limit imposed on how many photos a member can add, so head over there right now and start sharing your best stuff. If it’s interesting in the eyes of other fellow photographers, it will be featured here!
For now, I will leave you with this selection. Hope you enjoy…
Got a new digital camera for the holidays? If you're a first-time user, check out the following preparation tips before you start snapping.
Did Santa bring you a new digital camera for the holidays? If this is your first digicam ever, congratulations, you are well on your way to capturing amazing images and preserving important memories, all at a push of a button. Before you begin taking snapshots, however, there is some prep you’ll need to undertake. Read on to learn more on how to use your new camera.
The year 2012 marks a coming-of-age for physical devices that are designed for a connected world.
Created with digital at their core, these products are not “digitally enhanced” or merely gadgets for Dad on Father’s Day (although some could be).
They are truly useful, elegantly designed, and in the case of the consumer products, are things that once you start using, it’s hard to imagine life without them.
There are many ways for giving a website a unique look, but none is more effective than creating some awesome illustrated elements for it. Illustrations can give a lot of personality to the layout of your website, provided that you know how to use them properly.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a completely illustrated background, a sketched font or a hand drawn icon, it will provide your design with a unique feel as long as your approach towards inserting these elements in your design is correct.
Today, we’ll be sharing with you some awesome examples of illustrated elements in web design. Hopefully, they will inspire you in creating something unique for your own website or projects.
A website wireframe is a simple visual guide that displays the blueprint of a website. Wireframes are used by designers to plan the layout of pages by incorporating clients’ requirements. It showcases the structure of webpages by providing an understanding of where various page elements will appear. A wireframe plays a vital role in positioning elements such as the logo, banner, images, text, videos, contact forms etc., on web pages, in the best way possible.
A couple weeks ago Apple CEO Tim Cook told NBC's Brian Williams that the company was going to invest $100 million toward building Macs in the US.
According to Digitimes, an outlet which reports on the Asian-centered gadget supply chain, the Mac that Apple will build in the US is the Mac Mini.
Recycling is the common expression among people these days; everybody wants a cleaner and greener environment. We always look for finding second uses for every object by transforming the same into decorative items. Today, the trend says, recycling is the best policy for waste reduction. We have talked about various waste/unused things that can be transformed into smart decorative items.
We all have used bicycles in our childhood days, and one day or the other they are dumped into the store-room. Today, we like to showcase some amazing ideas to transform your old bicycle into something useful and decorative for your home or garden. You can place them in your garden, decorate your main entrance with beautiful flower pots hanged on bicycle, and use it as a sink holder in your bathroom or lobby, using its spikes to create designer showpiece or chandelier.
Typography is one of the most fascinating elements of graphic design. If it’s web design, album art, posters, or any other type of graphic design, typographical inspiration can be a great resource for designers. Here we have added 28 most beautiful examples of typography designs for your inspiration.
It is not easy to come up with stuff that is creative in a non-tacky way and has the potential to actually grab your attention. Of course, you will not agree with everything and that’s okay because everyone has a different mind and a different concept of innovation and creativity. Moreover, each and every one of us has a different sense of humor.
It is the holiday season ladies and gentlemen and we are sure you are looking for some fun stuff to gift to your children and relatives. We managed to come up with thirty different products for you to buy which you can gift or buy for yourself or your family. Rest assured though, these products are bound to give your some manner of joy.
This particular list talks about 30 funny and creative products you can buy. These products are not ranked in anyway, so please don’t think that the last one is the best one. Go through each and every one, make your pick and enjoy it. Happy Holidays!
If 2012 was a year of "wait and see," for small business technology, 2013 will be a year to "go for it."
One key reason is that small business optimism is already rising. According to the Fall 2012 Bank of America Small Business Owner Report, more than half of small business owners project sales will grow in the next year, and almost one-third plan to hire. Just 7% expect sales to drop and only 3% plan to lay off employees. And entrepreneurs typically believe they're local economies are doing better than the nation as a whole. (That can't be true for everyone, of course, but it still speaks to increasing optimism.)
The holidays are a great time to sit back, relax, and watch the world happen around you. Few areas of technology have seen as much development in one year as that of 3D printing. Undoubtedly, the most dramatic and challenging has been printing with metal. For your enjoyment, we have assembled a few incredible videos that showcase the power and flexibility of 3D printing with metal — to not be amazed is to be numb to the technology of our day.
Eric Waetzig is a designer from Venice Beach specialized in typography and custom lettering. Eric spent the past few years building and developing a new streetwear brand called Rukru. The simple message behind the brand is "Respect the Trade". Respect the people who have created the cultures we love. This means you.
Every year Amazon puts out a press release with a bunch of goofy facts about its business.
It's free of hard facts about Amazon's business, so if you're trying to get a lead on its earnings, this is the wrong place to look. But, it's a fun read for some context about Amazon's sales.
This year it says it sold 27 million items on Cyber Monday, or 306 items per second, which is a record.
Creative photos that will blow your mind away. There are millions of photo manipulation examples, but some photos are really breathtaking and mind blowing examples of photo manipulation. Photo manipulation art getting people’s attention as long as you don’t make them too text heavy and you include an extremely creative photos in look-at-me colors and sharpness.
If you are looking some creative examples of photo manipulation, you probably need to check 35 creative photos which are created by professional designers, all photos has been hand picked that inspires you to create something creative and original.
Owning a website is not merely a technical and functional endeavor, it is quite a creative one as well. Though the sole intention behind developing the website could be generating more leads associated functions, but to effectively ascertain the same, you need to target the very intellect and psyche of the users.
Even if somebody whispers today that they have devised a perfect map for mobile application development, it would create a buzz like nothing else. Why? Because businesses are sick of seeing their mobile strategies fail time and again. And they have been taking useless mobile app tips down their throats for long. So, knowing where you’re coming from, I’ll discuss three factors that you just can’t afford to miss out before starting with the development of your mobile app.
When you type out any search word, Google or other search engines display sites that they believe are authoritative and relevant to the words typed in. The relevance is measured by making an analysis of the content in the words. The authoritative aspect is measured based on the quality of the page content, the number of pages linked to the page and so on.
Games are perhaps the most important category of mobile apps. Good games sell smartphones and tablets, keep grownups entertained and small children quiet. Dominating the app-store charts, a good game can make mobile developers millions of dollars, or at least keep them in business to take a stab another stab at greatness.
Another positive factor for mobile games in 2012 is that most major independent and major game studios now release games on both iOS and Android - and sometimes other platforms as well. This means smartphone users can get the best games no matter which leading mobile platform they use.
With the evolution in technology, software development has not only evolved but has also matured a lot. An undeniable fact is that technology can never be static because it has to accommodate the needs of the people who are associated with it. From whatever I have seen of the software world, I must admit that it is indeed a dynamic field. Like I always say, the technology is evolving constantly and sometimes it gets really difficult to keep up with the ongoing trends.
As a software developer, you cannot afford being left behind on the latest trends in the technology world. You have had your share of calm years in software development and as a developer you should be all set for the new roller coaster ride now. As per some recent researches, the software developer is expected to be the highest paid job in 2013. In order to reach the heights and stay ahead of other software developers, you must be aware and be ready for the skills and trends expected to rule the year 2013.
Modern society is massively complex. We like to pretend that our mastery of tools and technology has made life easier or better, but in actuality it has never been harder to simply live life.
Above all else, tools and technology give us choices, and more choice means more complexity. 10,000 years ago, life basically consisted of hunting, eating, and procreating. Stone arrowheads were the state of the art, tool-wise. Over time, new materials were mastered and new tools devised (iron, paper, plastics, computer chips) — and society grew increasingly complex (trade, diplomacy, religion, global media).
Need to design a new business card? if your answer was yes then this post will help you! Our third post is about business cards creative collection of designs, let us know what the design you like in comment.
These days, the year’s best tech cars are pretty much the year’s best cars, period. You can’t build a desirable car unless it assists the driver, keeps calling hands-free, helps you stay on-course, burns as little fuel as possible, and pays attention to the environment. Not every tech advance is a true advance, however. We’ve seen “Eco” versions of cars with specially tuned engines and low-rolling-resistance tires that wouldn’t pay back their premiums in 100,000 miles of driving. Those models here are among our best tech cars.
A brochure is a type of leaflet. Brochures are advertising pieces mainly used to introduce a company or organization, and inform about products and/or services to a target audience. Brochures are distributed by mail, handed personally or placed in brochure racks.
You already saw Apple's selection for best apps of the year 2012—which were kind of crappy and ridiculous. Here's Google's own list of best apps for Android. Check them out and tell us what you think in the comments.
Need some high quality freebies for your future projects? We’ve got you covered! Freebies save time and make our life easier. Today we collected fifty-five extravagant freebies for your collection. All of the freebies are credited and have a direct download link. Enjoy!
We have been posting various photographs & graphics for your inspiration, captured by famous talented photographers and artists around the world. This post is our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by GenCept and our users.
