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If you don’t already know, Facebook has been using your personal preferences on its ads network, which includes your name, likes and other activities. To some, this may be a major privacy issue since Facebook is using its users’ personal data without prior consent to falsely attract or mislead others for marketing or advertising purposes. It is quite impossible to expect Facebook to change their advertising strategy especially when a majority Facebook users did not express discomfort with the issue. … Read the rest of the article on : hongkiat.com

The May edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins, grid tools, CSS tools, WordPress resources, productivity and business tools, responsive design resources, and some really great new fonts. Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to a lot of designers and developers out there. As always, if we’ve missed something you think should have been included, please let us know in the comments. And if you have an app or other resource you’d like to see included next month, tweet it to @cameron_chapman for consideration. Read the rest of the article on : Webdesigner Depot

Advertise here with BSA Desktop apps definitely have their own advantages over web apps like speed, ability to reach the filesystem, working in the background, notifications, etc. However, for us (the web developers), it is a challenge to create one as they need  to be coded in a non-web programming language (yes, there are exceptions). AppJS is an exciting resource [...] Read the rest of the article on : WebResourcesDepot

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week. Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out. To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot An Introduction to Underscore.js – Part 2 Array-like collections http://su.pr/1vUy3L The l … Read the rest of the article on : Webdesigner Depot

This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week. Thanks to everybody for their recommendations and please feel free to comment and let us know what you think. Have you tried StylesInspiration yet? It is our web design showcase that aims to not only showcase the best and most innovative web design styles currently available, it also aims to give you a visual overview of current web design trends and highlight the latest in innovative web technologies. You’ll love it Read the rest of the article on : Speckyboy Design Magazine

Facebook Timeline changes how you present your life-story on the Web; some treat it like an online diary while others can create a simple yet beautiful collage of real-life stories. But Timeline still uses the classic web view — you still have to do plenty of scrolling to see the rest of the story. What if you can change the experience, make your Timeline move on its own or better yet, turn it into a movie? Add a little background music for that extra feel and experience, and let the story of your life roll out fra … Read the rest of the article on : hongkiat.com

We all go through it at one time or another. You’re working on a project and no matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to get it to “work.” The colors are wrong, the type is inappropriate, the composition is hideous – it’s just a mess and you eventually write it off as a failure. Sometimes you have the luxury of hiding the whole thing in a folder in the very back of your hard drive, where no human eyes will ever come upon it. But what happens when you have a project that’s due in to your client at 8AM, and it’s currently 3AM and you’ve got absolutely nothing decent to present? Do you curl up into a ball and declare yourself a failed designer for all time? Or is there another way to approach this inevitable feeling which will leave you, if not satisfied, at least able to continue on with your life and your … Read the rest of the article on : Speckyboy Design Magazine

Our latest Networking progression has in use a appear at how social media sites can be used as commanding networking tools for new college graduates, sharing our best elect to choose for tips, tools, and more for Facebook, Twitter, and now, LinkedIn. Today, I have shared with you LinkedIn for new grads. I’ve accumulated the best for last: this site was produced with expert networking in brain, and it’s our peak choose as the most helpful source when it comes to making having an important effect specialized links. Check out our point to find great ideas for making the most of this immense tool, as well as groups to check out and understanding posts for LinkedIn success. Tip: If you’re a LinkedIn newbie or immediately require growing to … Read the rest of the article on : SaveDelete

We use the Web for just about anything these days. At the minimum, we do stuff like reading the news headlines, catching up with friends, and checking our emails. But as technology advances, more and more bandwidth-hungry apps and services start to crop up. You can now do weekly skype sessions with your family when you are away in campus, or even complete an online degree with a university halfway across the world. Gaming or collaborations need no longer be limited to people of the same nationality or even the same timezone. All of this and a whole lot more is made possible because of the Internet – and a stable Internet connection, of course. Derived with stats by Akamai, here’s an infographic from OnlineUniversities.com on the State of the Internet in 2012. So far … Read the rest of the article on : hongkiat.com

Advertise here with BSA When working on a new web project, during the HTML coding process, using Lorem Ipsum as filler content is a common approach (yet, there great Lorem Ipsum alternatives). Fixie.js is a simple JavaScript library (with no JS framework dependencies) that automatically analyzes your semantic HTML5 tags and adds the right type of content inside the [...] Read the rest of the article on : WebResourcesDepot