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DesignScene is a real-time inspiration iPad app for designers. Get inspired by creative images — from logos to architecture, illustration to photography — and save them into collections.
We’ve handpicked over 60 sources to show you the best creative images from around the world to spark your imagination. Additionally, keep up with the latest insights and tutorials from sites like PSFK, Smashing Magazine, Imprint, and more.
We’re back from the holidays… slightly heavier; slightly more determined. We have goals. We have resolutions. And we will make them happen.
… we think.
Sure, clearing out your inbox is a great intention – but finding a sustainable solution for business collaboration is better. While it might be tough to change the way your teams work together, now is the right time to move past the frustrations of yesteryear.
Shiny Things and Little App Factory are holding a sale on our iOS education and Mac media apps with deals of up to 50%. Titles include the fun new Jungle Picnic, Quick Math, the award winning RipIt and Tagalicious.
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Snapheal is the photo editor for Mac that first showed up on the App Store in December 2011. It was updated few days ago to version 2.1, bringing the brand new look, noticeable performance boost and the whole set of new handy tools. Mashable called Snapheal “Inexpensive alternative to Photoshop” and just recently Apple named it one of “2012 Best Mac App Store Apps”. So what’s this app about?
Snapheal is incredibly simple, yet powerful tool for removing extra objects from images, getting rid of skin imperfections and performing other complex edits with no special knowledge required. It does quite an amazing job in erasing unwanted stuff from pictures, like stones, wires, people, signs, text and more. Just highlight the extra object with a brush or lasso; click “Erase” button and seconds later imperfection disappears. There is a very handy “Clone & Stamp” tool to enhance the fixed area, but usually its not required.
QuoteRobot makes it easy to write winning proposals.
Let’s face it, proposal writing generally sucks. It’s unpaid time spent in the hopes of winning a new project. If you’re pitching against other companies, the chances of winning are further diluted. But, it’s a necessary evil.
Here are 3 tips from QuoteRobot to help you win more:
Focus on benefits, not features. For example, instead of saying you’ll build a Wordpress website with a blog (feature), say you’ll attract new customers (benefit) by making a website that’s easier to update.
Let’s face it, we’re heading into the worst time of year for getting work done. Everyone is getting ready for [insert holiday of choice here].
It seems like Janice is always out of the office. Bob’s coming in late every day. And if Kelly sings [insert holiday song of choice here] one more time, you’re going to go insane. But you can’t work from home – your shared drive is locked down and your VPN is just. so. slow.
Colugo is the easiest way to share photos privately with your friends and family.
Colugo is a simple solution to a simple organization and communication problem. Colugo doesn’t use gimmicks like other apps do. No “magic” albums or location based sharing or other features that may sound cool in theory, but when you actually use them you find they are not very useful (at best), and a privacy nightmare (at worst). Colugo is private photo sharing done right.
Sendy is a self hosted email newsletter application that delivers your emails via Amazon Simple Email Service (SES).
Compared to hosted newsletter services, Sendy is an app you can install on your own server. That means, you don’t have to pay monthly fees just to maintain your account. As Sendy uses Amazon SES as the sending engine, deliverability is high at a very low cost.
Sendy uses multi-threading to deliver your emails to Amazon SES, Amazon in turn enable your emails to pass SPF & Sender ID policy checks enforced by many ISPs & DKIM-sign all outgoing emails to ensure high deliverablity rate.
dozeo is a young and innovative team of developers and online media experts from Stuttgart, Germany. Together we are excited about redefining videoconferencing and providing a hassle-free solution for people to meet online and communicate live and interactively with each other.
dozeo represents a new kind of social video conferencing. It combines powerful features into an intuitive and stylish design that can easily withstand a comparison with the established online conferencing tools.
Igloo’s latest platform release – Q – is here.
With Q, Igloo customers can now link related content together. Simply use the smart search to set up a one- or two-way relationship. And – boom – everything is kept in context. Your content just became much more relevant.
Since Igloo is a fully integrated solution, all content types can be related – from blog posts to calendars, documents to wiki articles, and more. It’s all stored together in the same place.
Why work for Mutual Mobile? We’ve grown from a core 5 people in 2009 to just over 200 at the turn of 2012, and we’re poised to double that figure over the next year. Our client list includes companies like Google, Cisco, and Audi, and your skills help build what we offer. It’s an exciting time to be in Austin’s tech scene, and we work to keep things interesting.
Sifter is a simple project management tool for small teams. It frees you up to focus on shipping better software instead of checking in on team members.
It’s perfect for serving as your team’s central location for capturing and managing all of a project’s issues, questions, bugs and new features. No more swimming through emails or multiple applications to check on the status of an issue. Sifter’s powerful search and filtering make sure you can easily find what you need.