Take A Tour Of One Of The First Digital Music Startups
The Orchard is a music and video distribution company that enables artists, mostly independent artists, to sell and market their content directly, across platforms and throughout the digital space. It...
View ArticleReally Rare Red Space Lightning Snapped from ISS
Near the edge of space, sprites and elves dance, but there's nothing mythical about them. Sprites and elves are reddish, ultrafast bursts of electricity that are born near the edge of space, about 50...
View ArticleBreathtaking Photos From The National Geographic Traveler Contest
Today is the last day to submit entries for the 2012 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Photography enthusiasts can submit pictures that have captured memorable travel sights – places,...
View ArticleDon't Forget To Pack A Photographer On Your Next Vacation
LearnVest always seeks to educate and inform, but every once in a while, a financial matter hits the headlines and makes us go, “Huh.” Sometimes it even provides us a lens to learn about ourselves. In...
View ArticleMeet Behance: It's Like LinkedIn For Creative Professionals And Apple Uses It...
Scott Belsky and Matias Corea spent the past five years bootstrapping a startup, Behance. Like LinkedIn, Behance is a great way to surf for professional talent. But instead of posting resumes, it lets...
View ArticleAmerica's Sexiest Classic Barbershop Just Got Itself A New York City Location
What do you get when you combine a simple shave and a haircut with hoteliers known for their meticulous attention to detail and eye for design? The stylish and incredibly hip Rudy's Barbershop — a...
View ArticleThis Gadget Will Make You Into An iPhone Photography Pro (AAPL)
The Phocus is an iPhone accessory that can turn your phone into a convincing DSLR camera. All you have to do is slide it over your phone's body and install one of the included lenses. Then you're...
View ArticleThese Are The Best Tech Projects You Can Fund On Kickstarter Right Now
Here's the latest batch of tech projects currently seeking funding to go from concept to reality on Kickstarter. Whether it's a smartphone accessory like the Charge Card or a cool audio product like...
View ArticleSimple Tips That Will Make Your iPhone Photos 100 Times Better
These days, if you own a mobile phone (and 75% of the WORLD does) there is a decent chance you have the capacity to be a photographer. BUT you might not be a very good one and putting on an Instagram...
View ArticleHow To Turn Your Instagram Photos Into Chocolate Bars
Here's a pretty novel startup idea -- turn people's photographs into edible treats. That's the aim of Cocoagraph, which we heard about via UberGizmo. The company puts any customer's photos on top of a...
View ArticleWhat It's Like Inside Stamped, The Hot NY Startup Justin Bieber, Ryan...
Robby Stein and his team haven't slept in days. They've been pulling all-nighters preparing to launch a second version of their mobile app, Stamped, which went live this morning. Stamped is an app...
View ArticleWhat Eating At The Poverty Line Is Like Around The World
What does it mean to be poor? Photographer Stefen Chow and economist Lin Hui-Yi explore the subject of living at the poverty line in terms of food. They have calculated a per-person, per-day rate of a...
View ArticleWhat Streets Look Like From The Tops Of Skyscrapers
The views from the top floors of skyscrapers in cities like New York and Tokyo can be breathtaking and yet terrifying, especially if you are looking down. Photographer Navid Baraty has captured what...
View ArticleThe Phocus Is A Must-Have iPhone Photography Accessory [REVIEW] (AAPL)
Your iPhone is already a more-than-capable point-and-shoot camera, but what if you could trick it out with some high-quality lenses? That's exactly the idea behind the Phocus. At its most basic, the...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Man Wants To Change How You Look At The Homeless
Every day at noon, Charlie O'Hay orders a cheeseburger and writes poetry at Little Pete's Restaurant in Philadelphia. After eating, he walks downtown to interview and take pictures of homeless people....
View Article25 Portraits Of Homeless People In Philadelphia
Charlie O'Hay spends every afternoon talking to and taking pictures of the homeless in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia man is not a professional photographer. His main interest instead is to portray...
View Article17 Stunning Multiple Exposure Photos Of Olympic Athletes
Sporting events lend themselves to some very cool photography techniques. And when the multiple exposure technique is applied to sports, especially given the speed and intensity of the athletes, the...
View ArticleMeet Ted Roden, The Unlikely Founder Of Fancy Hands: His Army Of Assistants...
Ted Roden did everything startup founders are told not to do. He didn't have a cofounder and he didn't start a company in his 20's. He started one alone, in his 30's, as a father. When Roden first...
View Article25 Stunning Stills From Video Games
Duncan Harris is a Chippenham, England-based video game journalist, or "video game tourist agent," as he likes to call himself. He's also the mastermind behind DeadEndThrills, a website devoted...
View ArticleThe 17 Best Photos From The London Olympics
We've seen some amazing images come out of the London over the last two weeks. The Olympics are filled with photogenic sports (diving, etc.) and immense passion (four years of pent-up emotion), which...
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