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Perfecting the art of the still life with offset photographer Burcu Avsar

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by on January 16, 2015 at 4:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Profiles and Interviews

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Keren Sachs is the director of content development at Shutterstock and Offset. She has previously worked at National Geographic, Martha Stewart Living and Williams Sonoma. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission.   Originally from Turkey, New York City-based Burcu Avsar — also known as Buj — creates arresting still life photography with a narrative twist. Though she began as an advertising art producer in Turkey, Buj fell in love with the creative side of the industry and decided to make the leap to study photography at the International Center of Photography in New…

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The British Army has turned Oculus Rift into a recruiting tool

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by on January 16, 2015 at 3:47 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, British Army, Gadgets, oculus rift, virtual reality, VR

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The British Army’s latest recruitment drive harnesses the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset to drop potential soldiers into the midst of a live fire Army Reserve exercise on Salisbury Plain. The Army is deploying the VR headset for the first time today at Waterloo Station in London. Members of the public take a seat in a Range Rover before strapping on the Oculus Rift. In the simulation, the potential recruit plays the crewman of a Challenger 2 tank, surrounded by other tanks engaging enemy positions, as well as communicating with other armored vehicles driving alongside them. The Army’s recruitment and training…

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This unique mobile keyboard folds smaller than an iPhone 4

Jan16
by on January 16, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Typing on cellphones and tablets sucks. Virtual keyboards can be effective, but they take up half of your screen’s real estate. On the other hand, portable keyboards then tend to be either too small (limited by your tablet’s screen size), or too clunky to carry. A company called WayTools wants to change this with their three-piece TextBlade keyboard. The device folds to half the size of an iPhone 4 and easily fits into a pants pocket,  but the company claims you can type at full speed without trouble. The entire QWERTY layout is divided into four ‘smart keys’ per side, which feature…

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Bring back the days of disposable cameras with WhiteAlbum for iOS

Jan16
by on January 16, 2015 at 3:37 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

If you’re longing for the days when taking a photo felt like a big deal because, frankly, each one cost you money, then you might want to check out WhiteAlbum for iPhone. In a nutshell, every photo you take using the app gets transferred straight to WhiteAlbum’s servers for printing, which means it won’t appear in your Camera Roll. The last time you’ll see your image before it lands comes your mailbox is in the viewfinder. Of course, this means there’s some importance in actually taking the time to compose a properly framed, focused and lit image, because if you don’t, you’ll just…

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Pay what you want for the Back-End Developer Bundle

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by on January 16, 2015 at 2:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Offers, TNWDeals

If you’re interested in getting into building your own websites and apps, this is the best way to get started. The Back-End Developer Bundle includes a range of courses to teach you Ruby, Python and PHP at your own pace, and at your own price! With over 95 hours of training content, these eight courses take you through the basics with no programming experience necessary, and help you hone your coding skills from there. When you’ve completed all the courses in this bundle, you’ll be able to write clean, efficient code and work on real projects. Ready to dive in? For…

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