Apple Starting Production on Next iPhone This Quarter

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Apple reportedly plans on starting production on its newest iPhone this quarter.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the phone will look and feel similar to Apple’s iPhone 5, with small spec bumps under the hood. The Journal also claims Apple is working on a lower-cost iPhone, made of a different — perhaps colored — material than the current iPhone.

WSJ sources claim that the next phone will launch this summer. The iPhone 5 launched in September of 2012, which would put the next phone’s launch right around the one-year mark for that device.

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Shapes, Colors, Textures and Type: Things we can learn from well designed Packages

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Packages, when well designed, are a great source of inspiration. If you stop to analyze details such as shapes, colors, textures and typography, you will notice that package design is an art and we can certainly learn something from them. Today we gathered 23 examples of beautiful and clean package designs to show you that we can learn a lot from these designs. From color combinations to texture usage and type, these packages are pure inspiration. Make sure to click on the images to read more about each design and its designer.

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5 Steps to Producing Your Best Photographs

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You can improve your skills in any endeavor with the proper motivation. In photography, you can produce significantly better images by taking the time to determine what your strengths are, and where your skills may be lacking.

From time to time I like to review my best photos from the past year, and determine what makes them so good. How you choose to define “best” is a personal choice. It may be the photos which got the best feedback on Flickr, or from your family and friends. If you are professional photographer, it might be the photos which were licensed most often.

No matter how you determine what your best photos are, your next step is to set a goal to top these photos in the coming year. In this article, I will break down my 5 favorite steps to producing your best photographs.

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Zuck On Facebook’s Mobile Experience: It Gets Better (But We Probably Won’t Make Our Own Phone)

Anyone who has used Facebook on a smartphone or tablet knows that the social network still has a ways to go when it comes to nailing the mobile experience. Turns out that Mark Zuckerberg is well aware of this — and on the company’s Q2 2012 earnings call with investors and analysts this afternoon, he vowed that his team is on it.

Zuckerberg said:

“Facebook is the most used app on basically every mobile platform. So when we think about what we want to do right now, we want to increase the depth of experience in addition to just growing users. We want to not just have applications that people use, but also be deeply integrated into these systems as much as possible, and develop an ecosystem where other apps can be built on top of Facebook.”

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35 Packaging Design For Inspiration

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Packaging is one of the very common example of graphic design. Apart from featuring the important information, the packaging has become an important sales tool. With the use of illustration, color, typography and even various packaging materials, A fine looking and eye catching packaging can boost the selling and stands out from the rack of competitors.

In this post we’ll showcase 35 examples of quality packaging design for inspiration.

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Will The Microsoft Surface Tablet Redefine Mobile Computing?

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Microsoft just took the wraps off the all new Microsoft Surface. Even though the name is familiar this is an entirely new product. Simply put, the Surface is a Windows 8 tablet. But it seems so much more. In fact, perhaps I’m still a little drunk on Microsoft Kool-Aid, but the Surface seems like the next generation of mobile computing. While Surface might not kill the iPad, it might revive Microsoft.

To be clear, the Surface is Microsoft’s hardware. This is a not a Dell or HP tablet running Microsoft’s software. Microsoft clearly designed this tablet to best showcase Windows 8. The tablet itself seems fantastic. Compared to the iPad, it’s a bit utilitarian with hard lines, full size I/O ports, and heat vents. But it also seems like a serious tablet rather than a plaything.

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Where to Build Your DJ Web Presence in 2012

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As a digital DJ or electronic music producer, a well-curated internet presence can seal the deal when booking gigs, getting fans and friends out to your events, or putting your original tracks into headphones around the world. Today, we focus on some of the best tools and practices out there for maximizing your time online in 2012.

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