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Archives – October, 2012

The Fundamentals of Studio Lighting in Photography

Updated on by in Info & News

Photography is an art wherein real-life moments are captured and immortalized for a lifetime. This art can only be accomplished by the most passionate, who can execute gleefully. Light is the bedrock of photography, be it studio photography or outdoor photography. Lighting is a major natural component that plays a vital role in the characteristics of a captured image or picture. Light signifies all the appearance and effects of a photograph, so it is advisable to know about the role of light in photography in order to enhance the quality of photographs captured. The word ‘photography’ is derived from the word ‘photo’ which means light and ‘graphy’ which means writing.

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50 Best Facebook Infographics You Must See

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How much do you know about Facebook? Last month, Facebook announced that it crossed the 2 billion monthly active users mark. If the online social media site is a country, by world population it will be ranked at the first position. Whether you like it or not, you can’t change the fact that Facebook has become an important part of our daily lives.

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Apart from being widely used to make friends and play social games, Facebook has also been one of the most effective platforms to promote businesses and engage target audience for building good relationships. If you happen to be a blogger, online marketer or entrepreneur, it’s important to understand Facebook user statistics, what Facebook’s capable of and how to make full use of its functionality and usefulness. Read more…

9 Best Tools to Test Websites in Any Browser Sizes and Screen Resolutions

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Unlike the standard computers we used in the good old days, now we have many types of devices such as laptops, tablets, netbooks, and smartphones which can be used to access Internet. Each device will have its own screen size, resolution and this makes the web design process more difficult than before. Web developers and designers have to make sure their websites or online applications compatible with most of the possible screen resolutions.

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It’s unlikely to test designs in all of the Internet-capable devices, but what developers can do is to resize the browser dimension as per the screen size of a particular device. To make the job easier, here we’ve gathered some excellent online tools, Firefox addons and Google Chrome extensions that enable users to test websites and web application in different screen sizes and resolutions. We hope you’ll find these tools useful. Read more…

10 Useful Android Mobile Apps Users Often Missed

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Due to the popularity of the Android operated phones today, the Android market is booming as well and the applications supported by these devices have taken the center stage. The Google supported Android market features a host of numerous apps for the Android phones and devices and one can just select any from among them. There are apps however that users of the Android have found to come in handy. Here is a list of useful apps for the Android that are often missed.

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Install Google Maps and YouTube on Apple iOS 6 iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch

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Apple has finally announced the much anticipated iPhone 5, a longer, thinner, lighter and more powerful smart phone powered by iOS 6. The good news for existing iPhone and iPad owners is that the Apple’s latest mobile operating system is available for download now. If you’ve already tried iOS 6, you’ll notice that both Google Maps and YouTube apps are no longer the default mapping and video tools.

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If you are one of those Apple fan who can’t live without Google’s online mapping tool and video sharing service, here are 2 quick tutorials which you can follow to “restore” Google Maps and YouTube apps back to your iPhone and iPad while enjoying the new functionalities of iOS 6. Read more…

15 Best iPhone / iPad GPS Navigation and Mapping Apps

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Nowadays most of the smart phones are come with in-built GPS navigation feature. This somewhat makes the standalone GPS devices unnecessary. If you own an iPhone or iPad, its default map (Google Maps or iOS 6’s Maps) is not the only option as there are a huge number of GPS navigation apps available on AppStore. So, which is the most powerful and reliable GPS navigation app? Well if you are having the difficulty of choosing the right app, here’s a list of our recommended GPS navigation and mapping apps, both free and paid, for your Apple devices. Unless you want specialist gps for surveying, We hope these apps will help you get back on track once you’ve lost your way.

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