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Dreamstime launches on-the-go stock photo search for iOS and Android

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by on May 5, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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If you’ve ever had to resort to using stock photography and video, it’s generally the large, established players like Getty Images or iStockphoto or Shutterstock that spring immediately to mind. But there are many other stock photo sources, some catering to more niche communities needing royalty-free art on-the-go. Dreamstime, one such alternative, today announced Stock Photos by Dreamstime, a mobile app targeted to customers who want to purchase and download images directly to smartphones and tablets. The new Dreamstime app joins the company’s existing mobile app on iOS and Android that lets photographers to upload and sell images directly from their smartphones Dreamstime aligns well with newer…

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Play piano like a pro on your computer with no skills whatsoever

May05
by on May 5, 2015 at 12:56 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Ever wanted to be great at piano but didn’t want to put the time in? Touch Pianist is a new Web app that will make you feel as good as Beethoven, without any effort to actually learn. All you need to do is load up Touch Pianist and tap away at the keyboard or on your touch screen with the right timing to make beautiful melodies (or just tap away as fast as you like). Touch Pianist features a variety of pieces you can play with choices from classical artists such as Frédéric Chopin, Eric Satie and more. It works in your Web browser so there’s…

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The results driven approach to blogging

May05
by on May 5, 2015 at 12:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blogging, Social Media

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Brian Honigman is a marketing consultant, speaker and freelance writer. For more insights on how to be a better marketer, sign up for Brian Honigman’s weekly newsletter. This post originally appeared on his blog. Baseball legend Yogi Berra once famously remarked: “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.” All snarkiness aside, Berra was on to something. One of the keys to success is first understanding what success looks like. This advice can apply to all areas of life and blogging is no exception. Blogging can be an incredibly effective marketing…

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This site analyzes Periscope in real time to find the best streams

May05
by on May 5, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Periscope is a great video streaming service but it’s still not so great for actually finding interesting things to watch. Dextro, a video and picture analysis company, has built a useful little site that scans Periscope in real-time to find interesting streams to watch by detecting what’s going on automatically. The site uses the company’s video analysis API to scan for scenery, people and objects to help surface something a little bit different. It also provides trends about what’s been popular on Periscope according to its analysis. At time of writing, the site says that 46,000 streams over the last week were people talking…

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Who can you vote for in the UK general election? Google will tell you

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by on May 5, 2015 at 10:32 am
Posted In: Around the Web, General Election 2015, Google, UK

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Not sure who the candidates are in your constituency ahead of the election on Thursday? If you’ve not been bombarded by enough leaflets or doorstepped by politicians, Google can help. It’s teamed up with crowdsourced site YourNextMP to bring information on your choices straight into its results. Search “who can I vote for?” and you’ll be greeted by a box asking for your postcode: Enter it and you’ll be given a list of the candidates in your area and access to lots of information on their backgrounds, platforms, and recent press appearances. You can get to the same information by searching directly for…

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