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I always loved Bruce Springsteen’s Greetings from Asbury Park N.J. Sure, I love the music, but it was the cover, with all those images stuffed inside the lettering, that first caught my eye. That style, often seen on postcards—so old fashioned, so evocative—really stirred my imagination because, of course, it can be used for anything you want. Image in text commercial classic. It takes a few steps to accomplish a simplified interpretation of this effect in most recent versions of Photoshop. The screenshots below are from Photoshop CC, while the steps assume a basic level of familiarity with the app. There are actually…
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Smartwatch makers have yet to find the sweet spot for replicating your phone’s functionality while also creating new uses. Musician and tech investor will.i.am is taking a different approach by ditching the smartphone entirely with a watch that’s capable of making its own calls. Will.i.am unveiled the project on the Alan Carr: Chatty Man show on Friday, though some viewers of The Voice UK had spotted him wearing the device on the show recently. According to a recent Twitter post, will.i.am expects to release the device in July. “I don’t carry my phone anymore. This is my phone,” he said. The…
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Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, has released a pricing range for its upcoming IPO that would peg shares between $17-19, valuing the company between $3.5-$3.9 billion, The New York Times reports. Weibo, which was spun off from Sina, is looking to sell 20 million shares in the offering, potentially raising as much as $380 million. The firm also has a separate agreement with Alibaba that will see Sina sell additional shares to the ecommerce leader. In its filing, Weibo notes that it will use $250 million of the raised money to pay off loans from Sina and repurchase shares…
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Mere days after Amazon launched its Fire TV media streaming set-top box, the retailer is back with another device, this time to draw people into its AmazonFresh grocery service. Called Amazon Dash, it’s essentially a Wi-Fi and voice-enabled barcode scanner. So as your cupboards begin to look a little bare, the idea is that you pick it up and start scanning all the tins, boxes and bottles that you need restocked. They’re automatically added to your Amazon shopping list, so you can then finalize and submit the order online at any time. Now if you’re anything like me, you often throw…
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