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7 Videos Tailor-Made to Fascinate Your Cat

Apr 092012

Does your cat show an interest in the images and sounds coming from your computer? Did you know you can take that a step further with videos tailor-made for feline viewing pleasure?

YouTube user Meghan Koley has created an entire channel dedicated to videos for cats. We asked Koley what inspired her to curate the content.

“I was inspired to create the channel based on my experience with cats — [theyre] entertained by certain videos just as much as humans are,” Koley told Mashable.

“There are millions of videos of cute cats doing cute things on YouTube, so I thought why not entertain the YouTube star itself and the owner at the same time?”

Koley’s channel, “Videos For Your Cat”, contains footage of various “cat bait” creatures to which cats respond best, according to Koley.

Newspaper advertising writing its Obituary in US,UK

Internet News, Marketing 490 Responses »

Apr 082012

Newspaper advertising: Getting worse | The Economist: “N THE Pew Research Centre’s annual “State of the News Media” report, which came out yesterday, there is an intriguing statistic: last year, American newspapers lost $10 of print advertising revenue for every $1 they gained in online ad revenue. The year before, the ratio was just $7 to $1.

The data, from the Newspaper Association of America, show that print revenues fell by $2,026m in 2010 and $2,103m in 2011. The online sort rose by $299m in 2010 but only $207m in 2011. Meanwhile US online advertising spending, which grew 23% to $32.03 billion in 2011, is expected to grow to an additional 23.3% to $39.5 billion this year—pushing it ahead of total spending on print newspapers and magazines, according to new forecast by eMarketer.

Online Marketing Trends: Microsoft Controls 77% US Web Traffic, Android,iOS struggles

Internet News 253 Responses »

Apr 072012

Despite the growth of mobile platforms, Windows remains the number one operating system by a long shot, according to data from comScore.

Stepping back further, six years ago it controlled 90% of the market. And there doesn’t seem to be any reason to believe Windows is going to reverse the trend anytime soon.

10 things every designer needs to know about forms

interface, Web Design 289 Responses »

Apr 072012

Forms, there’s nothing many designers hate more than forms. They don’t necessarily bring the creativity out, or do they? Maybe it’s time we looked at forms again and understand that a form, at its most basic, is a conversation between the user and the software.

Forget point and click, forms represent the richest interaction we as digital designers will face. Next time a form comes your way don’t think it’s just a matter of applying some nice CSS effects or adding a nice jQuery flourish. There’s much more depth to designing forms.

I’ve user tested hundreds of forms and designed some complex forms for insurance companies, holiday booking interactions and many more. Chances are you’ve used one of my forms in the last few months.

Here’s the lessons I wished I’d learnt before I began designing forms.

Find Out if Your Mac Has the Flashback Trojan — the Fast and Easy Way

interface, Tech News 231 Responses »

Apr 062012

According to a report Thursday, more than 600,000 Macs could be infected with the nasty Flashback trojan.

We’ve already detailed how to check your Mac to see if you’re infected — but that requires some command line code, and we know that not all users are comfortable doing that.

Now we’ve gone one step further and wrapped those commands into two AppleScripts.

The Tablet Economics Index: 45% mobile Sales from iPad

interface, Marketing, Your Brand 459 Responses »

Apr 062012

Check out this graphic. When it comes to sales from mobile devices, Apple’s ipad is King, bringing 45% of all mobile sales.

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Online Marketing Trends: The Tablet Economics Index: 45% mobile Sales from iPad.

Twitter’s Most Viral Brands Of The Month!

Internet News 74 Responses »

Apr 062012

These brands on Twitter had to do something right because they have gained the most followers in the past month!

via Twitter’s Most Viral Brands Of The Month! – Socialbakers.

Ars browser shootout: which Web browser is best for business?

interface, Tech News 249 Responses »

Apr 052012

Most Web browser reviews focus on one thing: speed. Speed is all well and good, but browser benchmark scores fail to answer a fundamental question: which browser is best for business?

In an enterprise environment, speed is simply one concern among many. There are bigger questions: How secure are these browsers, and how well do they keep users from getting viruses or visiting fraudulent websites? How often are they updated, and how easy is it to apply these updates to multiple managed systems? How important do the companies behind these browsers think that the enterprise is? We set out to compare Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Opera to answer these questions and more.

For our purposes, we’ll assume that all else is equal in your environment—that your shop doesn’t live and die by a particular Firefox add-on or an Intranet site that won’t render in anything that’s not Internet Explorer 6. If you’ve got extenuating circumstances that dictate which browser you use, as many businesses do, consider these facts if you’re trying to decide on a secondary or alternate browser for your systems.

Protect your WordPress site with .htaccess | Tutorial

Education, interface 113 Responses »

Apr 052012

Aside from plug-ins there are a number of additions you can make to your .htaccess file which in conjunction with plug-ins and regular updates will tighten up your site’s security and give you that extra level of protection.Im going to cover a few of these that I feel protect some of the essentials in your WordPress install and show you how and where to add the code snippets; you dont have to use every single one, just whatever you feel would help you secure your site.

Budget-Priced Intel 330 SSD Details Leaked Online, Expected This Month

Tech News 1 Response »

Apr 042012

Sure, the prices of mechanical hard disk drives are going to stay above preflood levels. That sucks, but not all the news on the storage front is as bleak, or as expensive: a number of e-tailers have accidentally leaked details about a new, low cost line of Intel SSDs that are due to hit the streets very, very soon.

The incriminating bits have since been washed from the Web, but Engadget and The Register managed to snag details about the Intel 330 SSD line before they disappeared. Apparently, they’ll rock 6Gbps SATA 3.0 transfer speeds and sequential read/write at 500MBps/450MBps, respectively, while being built around the 25nm NAND found in Intel 320 SSDs.

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