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…

When it comes to arts, everything can be reproduced to make it more interesting, meaningful and compelling, depending on one’s creativity. World map is no longer special to anyone, it can be found from the web as easy as tabbing Google Map app on your smartphone or tablet. However some creative artists, designers and photographers decided to give the world map a new look, making them amazingly beautiful, unique, and different from the standard maps we know. Some are digitally designed, painted, carved, and even spilled with coffee.

Here’s a showcase of 36 most amazing and interesting world map artworks that I’ve collected from the web. Don’t forget to save them as a source of inspiration or share with your friends for enjoyment. Personally, I like the carved apple as it caught my attention with its clean map image. How about you? Read more…

Have you seen fork taller than you? A basket that bigger than your house? A floppy disk that seems like it has hundred terabyte of storage? Or a mouse trap that can be used for trapping elephant? All these objects are hardly seen in our everyday life, but some talented artists are brave and creative enough, bringing these oversized objects to the reality.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Here we’ve collected 30 extraordinary objects that look too large to be true. So let’s take a break and enjoy our awesome photo collection. We hope these heavyweight objects will make you laugh all day long. Read more…

Is iPhone the smartest phone in the world? While this question remains to be answered, but what we are so sure is that iPhone has become a benchmark for all other smartphones to compete with. Although there was no iPhone 5 launched in last year, instead Apple rolled out the iPhone 4S. The phone also known as iPhone for Steve as the Apple’s visionary co-founder has passed away the day after iPhone 4S was launched.

This year, Apple will be launching a total revision of the iPhone and the publication reports that Steve Jobs was closely involved with the development of the new iPhone. Most notably, he was overseeing the redesign of the phone right up until his death late last year. Read more…

Instagram is a very popular photo sharing app that was recently acquired by Facebook for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock. The free photo sharing app supported on both iPhone and Android based smartphones. It allows users to apply digital filter to photos and share with others through Instagram itself and other social networks. One of the key features of Instagram is being able to confine image to square shape which is similar to Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images.

Due to the rapid rise in popularity of Instagram, there are a variety of web applications and software being built to help you get the most out of this photography app. Here’s a list of top 20 Instagram web apps that are absolutely worth your attention. You are welcome to share your Instagram experience in the comment section below. Read more…

Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. It works in the material form of buildings and is often perceived as works of art. This form of art can be seen anywhere in our daily lives, so it’s a popular subject for photographers. In today’s article, we would like to present a showcase of beautiful and stunning architectural photography. These photos are taken from the best angle, with the right timing, settings and effects to achieve the most amazing shot of buildings. We hope these artworks can be your source of inspiration!

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Have you ever experienced that your online photos ripped by somebody else without asking your permission? To prevent this happen, you can watermark all your images before uploading them to your website, blog or social media sites. This method can effectively discourage unauthorised copies and, on the other hand, promote your website. Following are some of the best ways you can use to watermark your images online, free and easy!

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You’ve probably heard that a picture says more than a thousand words, but what about animated image or cinemagraph? Last month, we’ve showcased 40 amazing animated photos created by Dunken K Bliths, a famous Google Plus user for his animated profile. These GIF masterpieces are more than a picture, but not quite a video. They are visually pleasing, eye catching, and very suitable for advertising purposes.

If our previous showcase of animated GIFs unable to satisfy your hunger for inspiration and creativity, here are another 20 awesome animated pictures that worth your attention too! Any comments or thoughts, please let us know in the comments section below. Read more…

jQuery image galleries and slideshows have change the way the websites and blogs look nowadays. The beautiful galleries and slideshows are commonly used for websites like photography sites, portfolios, blogs and even e-commerce sites that regularly showcase multiple photos and images on a single page. jQuery is a light JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, animating, and Ajax interactions for fast and smooth web development. With the jQuery based image gallery and slider displayed on your website, you can provide your audience a more pleasant and intuitive image viewing experience.

Here’s a showcase of 46 cool jQuery image galleries, slideshows and sliders plugins that you can use to display an amazing gallery or slider on your site. Read more…

Similar to Facebook Timeline covers, Google Plus also allows users to tell their life story through the scrapbook images at the top of profile page. Instead of displaying ordinary images, many users play around with their profiles using animated images. Dunken K Bliths is a famous Google Plus user for his animated profile. He often posts updates with some cool animated images. The creator of animated GIF’s has also been known to produce animated profiles for people on Google+ and this venture can be found at justbusiness.co.uk and +Justbusiness.

In today’s roundup, we would like to showcase some of the most impressive animated images and cinemagraphs created by Dunken K Bliths for your enjoyment. We hope you’ll love this collection, and don’t forget to share it with your loved ones and friends! Read more…

Are you a nature lover, nature photographer, or nature wallpaper collector? If you are, you will definitely love today’s collection. In our Earth, there are plethora scenes and places you must see at least once in your lifetime. Although many of us cannot physically visit all the beautiful places in the world, the good news is we can enjoy nature photography on the web that brings the beauty of nature.

Here’s a showcase of 40 breathtaking nature photographs taken around the world. In this amazing collection, you can find many photographs of mountains, waterfalls, forest, fields, etc. All of them are carefully collected from the web after having viewed more than thousand of nature images. We promise today’s showcase is one of the most stunning shots of nature photography collections you can find online. So, are you ready to be amazed? Check them out now! Read more…

Just like Facebook Timeline covers, Google+ users are also allowed to tell their life story through the scrapbook images at the top of profile page. Many of them will tweak their scrapbook photo album for a more creative photographic display. However there’s a new way to play around with your Google+ profile – using animated images. Animated images also known as cinemagraphs, they are like a movie inside a photograph which can be eye-catching and memorable if you apply them on your Google+ profile page to impress your visitors.

Here’s a showcase of 10 awesome animated Google Plus profiles that are definitely worth your attention! Leave us a comment if you’ve seen any other good ones on Google+. Read more…

Photo manipulation is one of the most popular applications of image editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception. Among all the photo editing tools in the market, Adobe Photoshop is probably the most commonly used software for this kind of work. Photoshop is not too easy to use, but its comprehensive and sophisticated features allow users to blend real photos with vibrant colors and digital painting to emphasize some beautiful details, which makes the software the best choice when it comes to photo manipulating jobs.

Here’s the showcase of 45 extremely funny and creative photo manipulated images from professional Photoshop artists around the world. We believe these masterpieces absolutely worth your attention and they can be used as the source of inspiration for your next design projects. Enjoy! Read more…

Body painting has been around for a long time. It’s a form of body art. Unlike tattoo and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, painted onto the human skin, and lasts for only several hours, or at most a couple of weeks. That’s the reason why sometimes body painting is also referred to as temporary tattoo. In today’s post, we’ve gathered 40 amazingly beautiful bodypainting artworks that are extremely well done, and absolutely worth your attention! Most of these large scale or full-body painting works are created by Craig Tracy, the famous American artist. He paints stunning images on people’s bodies before photographing them in unique poses. The resulting collection of masterpieces could be regarded as some of the best body painting in the world.

So, lets take this opportunity to enjoy these inspiring artworks and share the post with your friends. Don’t forget to tell us which body painting impresses you the most? Read more…

How many photos and videos stored in your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad? Well, we all know that Apple devices are famous for viewing and managing photos and videos. If your Apple device only has photo viewer and video player, that’s obviously not enough! There are tons of useful and interesting apps available on the App Store. Many of them are worth your attention, assisting you to get the most out of your photos, videos and other multimedia files. To save your time, here’s a list of 30 free and popular apps you can use to edit, enhance or have fun with your photos and videos. Take your time to explore these apps and we hope you’ll like them!

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