Undeniably Twitter is the most popular microblogging service on the Web. Almost every website owner and blogger has integrated the social networking tool to their sites. This enables their visitors to easily “tweet” about information and updates found from the site which helps in attracting more visitors.

Twitter has its own set of tools which you can use to display your Twitter button and status on the site. In case they can’t fulfil your needs, here we’ve compiled a list of third-party online tools and WordPress plugins specifically designed for integrating Twitter to your blog. We hope these tools can help you promote your site better, tweet to your followers easier, and attract more visitors. Read more…

Music production and recording has come a long way since the days when group of singers huddled in a room around one microphone, trying take after take until they got it just right. The advent of 8-track recorder changed the music landscape of the 60’s, the proliferation of at-home recording software changed the world of music again in the 2000s and now, in the 2010s, Dropbox and other cloud storage technology has ushered us into a new era of long-distance collaboration and a speedier process.

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Offline maps can be very helpful when you are abroad or out of network. If you are looking for the best way to download Google Maps data to your mobile devices, look no further as we have solution for you. In today’s post, we’ll show you some easy ways to save Google Maps data to your smartphone or tablet device so that you can browse saved areas by using My Location and compass mode, even when you’re not Internet connected.

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If you are one of those Facebook users who are sick of receiving game requests such as Diamond Dash and FarmVille from your friends. Here’s a simple tutorial you can follow to get rid of these annoying messages without hurting your friends’ feeling. Apart from blocking game requests, this tutorial can also be used to disable notifications from apps you’ve installed.

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Website validation and testing are both important processes we must conduct before putting any website online. By validation, we can check our website against standards and requirements published by Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) or WapForum. This necessary process is to verify the correctness and quality of webpage code to ensure that the page is working properly with nice appearance.

Additionally, we should also conduct a series of fundamental tests such as browser compatibility, page load speed and simulating as a first time visitor or repeated visitor to determine the user friendliness of the site. In today’s post, we’ve compiled a list of highly useful online tools for validating and testing your website in an easy way. Enjoy! Read more…

Google Maps is the most powerful online mapping tool you can find on the Web. It allows you to easily find the location of destination and get the right driving direction, you can even discover places in the other part of the world. The online map service has been around for years and Google continues to improve the maps by rolling out many cool features such as 3D street views, turn-by-turn navigation, map makers, real-time traffic condition and more. In today’s post, we would like to show you 11 really useful tips and tricks helping you to get the most out of Google Maps!

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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.

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…

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.

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…

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.

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…

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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Typography plays an important role in web design, graphic design or any other designs that use text. On the web, there are many free tools out there helping you work with typography without leaving your browser. In today’s post, we’ve compiled a huge list of online tools to help you beautify typography in your designs. These tools are especially useful for web developers and designers, helping them to save both time and effort. Just give them a try and share your experience with us in the comments section below.

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In the previous post, we’ve taught you how to display header image on your Twitter profile page, together we’ve also shown you 10 header examples that are creatively designed by some talented users. The microblogging service’s new profile layout has indeed given users a good opportunity to showcase their creativity and sense of humor. It is also a great space for branding, and incorporating your corporate identity into your page.

Just like what we’ve done for Facebook Timeline covers and Google+ scrapbook images, today we would like to showcase 36 best Twitter header photos you can’t afford to miss! Read more…

Similar to Facebook’s Timeline cover and Google+ scrapbook images, Twitter has finally allowed users to showcase their personal header image on profile page. The process of displaying image is pretty simple. Twitter’s header image appears behind your avatar, this enables you to create a sense of interaction between your avatar and the header image.

In today’s post, we’ll show you a quick tutorial guiding you to display your Twitter header image. On top of that, we’ve compiled a showcase of 10 creatively designed Twitter header images for your inspiration! Read more…

Facebook Timeline cover has been a great place for users to showcase their favorite photos, celebrities, places, and creativity. An eye-catching and creatively designed Timeline image will help you drive more “Likes”, comments and new friends, making your Facebook more interactive and successful. For those of you who are looking for cool ideas to make your Facebook Timeline photo looks awesome, here’s the right place where you can find great inspiration!

Below we’ve collected 50 Facebook Timeline covers for famous brands. The photo collection gives you ideas on how the big names attract visitors to their fanpage, promote their products, campaigns, special offers and latest updates. So don’t miss the opportunity to learn their interactive design, marketing strategies, and branding techniques, and then apply them on your own Facebook Timeline cover. Read more…

The most anticipated smart phone of 2012 – the iPhone 5 has finally been revealed in San Francisco on Wednesday. It looks pretty much the same as iPhone 4S, still a “retina” display, but a longer screen while maintaining the same width. This allows the new iPhone to display a total of six rows of apps on the screen.

Apple claims that the iPhone 5 is the world’s thinnest smartphone and it’s the most beautiful product they’ve ever made. While millions of Apple fans agree with it, some people, perhaps Android users have different thing to say. Instead of using text to express their thoughts, they choose to “re-design” the iPhone 5. Here we’ve collected some really funny “iPhone 5” photos that will definitely make you laugh out loud. Enjoy! Read more…