Glowdot Productions, Inc. announces the launch of the newest feature on photo sharing site Glowfoto — Geotagging.

Geotagging allows users to “tag” their photos with geographical coordinates, pinning their photos to a world map. Photos can be tagged by entering in textual descriptions of the location, or by manually locating a position on a street-view or satellite-view map. Glowfoto uses Google’s popular Google Maps API to allow this functionality.

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Online file sharing provider, Driveway (http://www.driveway.com) recently announced the introduction of its free file sharing solution that helps individuals share files effortlessly.

Driveway is a free online file sharing service. Using an Internet enabled computer, users can upload/share files with others. This entirely eliminates the need for complicated registration steps since one can share files by simply logging onto http://www.driveway.com

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Taiwan-based Kenmos is producing LED backlights for future displays that will land in new 13.3-inch MacBook models, according to unverified sources within the industry. The technology firm’s Japanese overseer and stakeholder, Stanley Electric, has reportedly been chosen by Apple and its display producer Chi-Mei to produce the lighting for the smaller portable. The introduction would give the MacBook the same advantages in battery life, brightness, and color accuracy as the most recent 15.4-inch MacBook Pro when compared to today’s cold-cathode fluorescent (CCFL) backlights.

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Results from TippingSprung’s second survey of brand names, produced in collaboration with marketing newsweekly Brandweek, revealed the top brand names in 10 key categories. Major trends in brand naming were also uncovered. The survey focused on names and products released within the prior 18 months.

“Selecting a strong name is one of the first steps marketers take when building a brand,” says Martyn Tipping, president of branding consultancy TippingSprung, LLC. “And it’s also one of the most challenging, given the difficulty of finding a name that is legally available as a trademark.”

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Jupitermedia Corporation today announced that it has acquired the assets of AdsOfTheWorld.com (http://www.adsoftheworld.com) and CreativeBits.org (http://www.creativebits.org). Both Web sites provide user-generated content for the creative and design communities and have a robust following with over 1.0 million unique monthly visitors combined. These sites will be part of Jupitermedia’s Graphics.com network. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

AdsOfTheWorld.com is an advertising archive and community site that showcases the best and most interesting advertising worldwide. The site functions as a meeting place for creative professionals to see what their colleagues are up to and to inspire new ideas. Community-related features include a forum section as well as a blog. Membership is free and provides access to site features not available for non-registered guests.

Creativebits.org is a professional blog and community site for graphic designers working on Mac OS X. Its objective is to provide graphic designers a professional forum where they can share tips and tricks, follow up on industry events and ask for help and critique from fellow members.

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AdSEND announced that it launched AdSIZE SOLO for both ad senders and receivers, which verifies whether or not an ad’s size matches the space purchased.

Cranbury, NJ (PRWEB) June 8, 2007 — AdSEND announced today that it launched a new product, AdSIZE SOLO, which verifies whether or not an ad’s size matches the space purchased. The product is available in two versions. One version is for ad senders, including agencies, prepress shops, retailers and advertisers, and the other is for newspaper and magazine publishers.

AdSIZE SOLO SENDER allows senders to run ads against the actual ad specs for the target publications, which are stored locally on their own database. AdSIZE SOLO SENDER also detects if type appears outside of the type safety area that is set. Ads may be scaled to fit the space as well.

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elf design, a national award-winning brand identity and graphic design company, today announced that “LogoLounge Book 4″ will contain the logo for Push 5, an Urgent Alert System.

(PRWEB) June 8, 2007 –elf design, a national award-winning brand identity and graphic design company, today announced that “LogoLounge Book 4″ will contain the logo for Push 5, an Urgent Alert System.

The new book will contain only 2,000 of the 28,000 logos submitted. Logo submissions were judged by a prestigious international panel of judges, including Louis Lygo of Wolff Olins, Jerry Kuyper of Jerry Kuyper Partners, Jason Schulte of Jason Schulte Deisgn, Gaby de Abreu of Switch Branding and Design, Haley Johnson of Haley Johnson Design, Neville Brody of Research Studios, Janet Martin of Communication Arts, Inc., and Chris Campbell of Interbrand. The editors of “LogoLounge Book 4″ insist that the new volume has “exceptional content” and that “the judging was extremely competitive.” The book will be published by Rockport Publishers in February 2008. It is said to be brimming with “inspiration, higher thinking and craftsmanship.”

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 Talented Indian artists using powerful graphic software can now create amazing face models and other illustrations.

Shillong, India (PRWEB) June 8, 2007 — Chillibreeze, an Indian content and design services provider, is launching a brand new website showcasing its graphic division. Muezart.com intends to provide architecture illustrations, face modeling, caricatures drawing and photo to painting services to international customers.

Armed with state of the art software combined with the latest hardware, the Muezart team is equipped to combine talent and technology. The combined use of Maxon Cinema 4D and Photoshop in the hands of artists delivers stunning results.

Chillibreeze, launched in June 2004, caters to the demands of a global clientele. While the content division works virtually, the design team works out of a more conventional office in Shillong, India.

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Microsoft ClearType Font Collection Now Available for License from Ascender Corporation

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (BusinessWire EON) June 7, 2007 — Ascender Corporation, a leading provider of advanced font products for hardware & software developers, today announced that they have entered into an agreement with Microsoft which enables Ascender to distribute the Microsoft ClearType Font Collection directly to end users.

The Microsoft ClearType Font Collection contains six new typeface families, each with regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles. These fonts were carefully specified and cooperatively designed under the direction of Microsoft’s Advanced Reading Technologies team by leading type designers, consultants and font software engineers to significantly improve the on-screen reading experience through a combination of design iteration and by leveraging Microsoft’s ClearType technology. Each of the 24 fonts contains extended multi-language support (including Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts), advanced OpenType typographic features and specialty character sets.

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Several bits of anecdotal evidence have turned up in recent days to suggest that it won’t be long before Apple refreshes its professional notebook line with speedier models. Meanwhile, tipsters note that the company has launched its new online outlet store.
MacBook Pro updates
With last month’s rather mild 13-inch MacBook refresh in the rear-view mirror, Apple is believed to be in the final preparatory stages of launching a more significant update to its professional line of MacBook Pro notebooks.

The new 15- and 17-inch portables, which AppleInsider began detailing back in January, are expected to borrow several architectural enhancements from Intel Corp.’s Santa Rosa platform while also introducing L.E.D.-backlit displays to the 15-inch models.

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DesignSessions: Notes on Design™ INVITES GUEST BLOGGERS AS VISUAL DESIGN SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS KEEPING CONTENT FRESH, RELEVANT

New York – March 5, 2007 – Any visual designer will tell you, it’s a constant challenge to keep technical skills up to date and remain creatively inspired. After all, the visual design world changes at the pace of imagination. To stay on top of the trends – technical, aesthetic, professional – a designer must always be a student of design, looking for new tools and sources of inspiration.

Sessions Online Schools of Art and Design solves this designers challenge by publishing the blog DesignSessions: Notes on Design. The blog delivers the insights of top talent bloggers and editors from the world of design and new media. March authors include the likes of Fred Showker, Founder DT&G Magazine, Bryn Mooth, Editor of HOW Magazine and Terri Stone, Editor of CreativePro.com.

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Announcing AdSEND.com 3.5: Enhancements for Digital Ad Delivery, Download

AdSEND announced that it launched a new version of its product, AdSEND.com 3.5. Advertisers and agencies use AdSEND.com’s one-stop, Web-based service to manage their creative content and deliver hundreds of thousands of ads to thousands of publications and printers.

Cranbury, NJ (PRWEB) May 29, 2007 — AdSEND announced today that it launched a new version of its product, AdSEND.com 3.5. This marks the first new release since Vio Worldwide acquired the assets of AP AdSEND last December.

AdSEND.com’s one-stop, Web-based service allows advertisers and agencies to manage their creative content and deliver hundreds of thousands of ads to thousands of publications and printers. Customers will notice a completely new look, incorporating the latest in Web design, and will be able to use new features that improve ad management. Besides the fresh appearance and new features, the site also underwent many enhancements “under the hood.”

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By Cyan on FreelanceSwitch 

Everyone who hasn’t encountered designer’s block, raise your hand. Just as I thought. Well then, chances are you could use some places to get inspiration for those days when the pixels aren’t aligned and your mouse finger isn’t clicking like it should. We’ve compiled a list, online and off to serve up everything from logos to icons to art to fashion to just inventive ideas to get your mind ticking.

So kick back and let your senses run wild as we bring you 15 websites packed full of inspiration, 10 must-have books and 9 things to do to get inspired. Check them out.

This is E Logo Design’s list of best logo design tutorials on the internet (in no particular order).
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CHICAGO –(Business Wire)– DeVry University will introduce a new associate degree program in Web Graphic Design, beginning with two locations in the Atlanta area (Alpharetta and Decatur) and Kansas City in September 2007. Web Graphic Design applies basic graphic and design principles to Web media using application software.

Cost containment for communications vendors and their carrier customers can be achieved on two fronts. Click here to find out what they are and how to streamline the development and maintenance costs associated with building the product.
Click here to learn more about DSP modules and how they power multimedia messaging services for mobile networks and how to decrease the development and maintenance costs associated with building the product.
Click here to learn more about DSP modules and how they power multimedia messaging services for mobile networks and how to decrease the development and maintenance costs associated with building the product.

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 Inhouse DesignCenter Creates Look for Spectrum Brands Products

ST. LOUIS, May 22 /PRNewswire/ — For consumers, the way a package looks on the store shelf can affect the decision to buy one product over another. The “look” of the package becomes almost as important as what’s inside it.

At Spectrum Brands, packaging is paramount to a product’s success. Because the company does little advertising on most of its brands, the product package must tell the story.

“Our work speaks for itself because it has to,” said Brian Schultz, division vice president and creative director at Spectrum Brands Home and Garden DesignCenter.

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Online Design Named #1 Largest Website Design Firm in the Silicon Valley — Company Recognizes Clients For Its Tremendous Growth

More than a web design company, Online Design is a full-service marketing and advertising firm offering branding and brand strategy development, print and collateral design, search engine optimization, robust website hosting and email marketing.

Los Gatos, CA (PRWEB) May 23, 2007 — Online Design, a full-service marketing and web design firm based in Los Gatos, California, is proud to be named the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal’s #1 Largest Website Design Firm. The 11-year-old company has steadily built its exceptional local reputation by delivering top quality, custom marketing strategies and solutions to customers of all sizes, across all industries and specializations.

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DesignQuote.net allows for designers to concentrate on doing what they love and not have to worry about marketing their services. The site delivers an average of over 10 new projects every day to thousands of graphic and web designers. It’s changing the way designers do business.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 1, 2007 — While there are many sites on the web that post projects, they are all almost exclusively bidding war sites. A project is posted and designers place bids, the next designer trying outbid the last. Then the site takes a percentage of the final price. This ebay model of web design projects leaves a lot to be desired.

DesignQuote changes the way design projects and designers come together, in ways that benefit both the client and the service provider. DesignQuote.net launched in November 2006 and in five months has posted over 500 jobs and built a database of over 5500 designers.

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Best Design Web site of 2007 to be Named by Web Marketing Association in Annual WebAward Competition

The Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 11th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at http://www.07webaward.org. The Web Marketing Association will once again name the Best Design Web site of 2007.

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) May 3, 2007 — The Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 11th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at Web Award Web site. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including design web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for design web sites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2007.

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One. A Magazine Recognizes Agencies Beyond Madison Avenue: The work of Denver-based Sukle Advertising & Design led One. A Magazine, a top advertising industry publication, which focuses on recognizing the world’s top creative leaders and thinkers, to recognize Sukle as an agency doing some of the most innovative and creative work in the country outside of the traditional big advertising cities – namely New York, San Francisco and Minneapolis. In the winter 2006 issue of One. A Magazine, Sukle is featured among a select group of advertising firms “beyond Madison Avenue” that exemplify fresh and creative ideas.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 9, 2007 — The work of Denver-based Sukle Advertising & Design led One. A Magazine, a top advertising industry publication, which focuses on recognizing the world’s top creative leaders and thinkers, to recognize Sukle as an agency doing some of the most innovative and creative work in the country outside of the traditional big advertising cities – namely New York, San Francisco and Minneapolis. In the winter 2006 issue of One. A Magazine, Sukle is featured among a select group of advertising firms “beyond Madison Avenue” that exemplify fresh and creative ideas.

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