Facebook: Celebrates with a Re-design? New layout AGAIN!

Sunniya — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:37:18 +0100

Yesterday was Facebook's 6th birthday. Yes, it has been 6 whole years since Facebook came into existence and it continues to dominate our lives by introducing newer functionality, lesser privacy and constant redesign.

Mark Zuckerberg the founder of Facebook blogged about Facebook's 6th birthday and informed the world that Facebook had reached it's 400 million ...

Exclusive: YPI KIDS - Project Tomorrow 2010

Sunniya — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0100

This year YPI KIDS is launching it's Project: Tomorrow series in partnership with The Home for Little Wanderers (HFLW). The Home for Little Wanderers, is 'one of the oldest and most recognized not for profit child and family service agencies in the country'.

Exclusive: YPI KIDS - More than just Photography

Sunniya — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:56:38 +0100

I am a photographer and a photography writer and through this trait I meet several interesting people and have been fortunate to work on several inspiring projects. But I have never come across anything as special as YPI KIDS. Have you ever wondered about the point where your profession becomes passion? Or when photography become more than just photography? That happens, an...

Exclusive: Clayton describes experience of Photographing different countries

Sunniya — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:04:06 +0100

This is part 3 of our 3 part interview series with photographer William Clayton. William has experience of photographing different parts of the world. He loves traveling and takes his camera along. His website highlights his work from Australia, Paris, Italy, Israel, New Zealand and America. During his interview with Amvona, William highlighted some of his favori...

Exclusive: Clayton talks Photography with Amvona

Sunniya — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:42:11 +0100

This is part 2 of the 3 part interview series with Photographer William Clayton. We have been browsing the digital archives of William's work on his website and we are truly amazed by the beautifully photographed landscapes, by the unique compositions and the vivid colors. His photographs depict the story of his travels. It's almost like flipping through a classic Engl...

Exclusive: Interview with Upcoming Photographer William Clayton

Sunniya — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:22:23 +0100

Amvona features a great many writers, photographers, tech enthusiasts, stories, products and much more on it's site. One of our aims through our blog is to bring to you exclusive stories. These stories are centered around content that is solely produced for Amvona. These stories are meaningful and current, stories that show that anything is possible and stories that ex...

FCC reveals plans of how broadband will facilitate smarter energy usage

Sunniya — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:12:03 +0100

FCC - Federal Communications Commission recently revealed plans of using broadband to 'help with America's national energy independence and energy efficiency goals.' In an address to the public at the Clean-tech Investor Summit, Nick Sinai FCC Energy and Environment Director uncovered the governments plans on how broad and advanced communications in America can help reduce our...

New Photoshop Plug-in: ColoRotate

Sunniya — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:52:17 +0100

ColoRotate - now isn't that a cool name? The plug-in itself is cooler. This new plug-in makes Photoshop even more exciting. It's for Adobe Photoshop CS 4 and allows users to use color in multiple dimensions. Basically, it is a 3 dimensional color picker and editor that works with Photoshop, it will let you perceive and project colors in the same way that our br...

Twitter Announces First Ever “Especially For Developers Conference”

jonathon knepper — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:25:10 +0100

Yesterday Twitter announced the date for their 2010 Developers Cnference. The first ever event, which is called Chirp, will be held in San Francisco on April 14th and 15th. The word “tweet” is defined as the chirp of a small or young bird. Since Twitter is still relatively young, so the name is fitting. ...

Twitter goes Local

Sunniya — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:35:15 +0100

Like Foursquare and Facebook, Twitter went local last night. If you were on Twitter yesterday or today you must have noticed the new local trends option on their site. The Twitter trends have been a common way for people to find out what's going on Twitter at a given time. The trends also help analysts in determining what was most popular. And sites like twopular, klout an...

Panasonic launches new line of Lumix cameras

Sunniya — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:07:01 +0100

Today, Panasonic USA revealed a new line of compact Lumix cameras - DMC-FX66, DMC-FT2, DMC-ZS5, DMC-ZS7 and DMC-ZR3. The DMC-FT2 is called the TS2 in North America. These new cameras feature the new Venus Engine VI and Venus Engine HD II. The Venus Engines supposedly perform quicker and allow for greater noise reduction.

See features of the c...

Connect with Facebook Connect on the Amvona Blog

Sunniya — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:12:19 +0100

Yes, we finally have Facebook Connect on our site. And it's good news for us and for you because now our readers can also use their Facebook login to comment on our blog. Don't worry if you don't have a Facebook account.

You can still comment using our simple comments box at the end of the posts. We have simplified our commenting system by removing the need to ent...

Inspiring: Compenion - Innovative Design For Your Computer

Sunniya — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:31:23 +0100

Yanko Design displays the work of Designer Felix Schmidberger who has designed a sustainable prototype for the Personal Computer of the Future. This Computer is called Compenion and is based on the current needs of a tech savvy market. The product is sustainable and is created using OLED technology. It comprises of different touch screens put together.

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Exclusive: YPI KIDS - Making dreams come true through Photography

Sunniya — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:20:26 +0100

We have all heard the expression that "a photograph is worth a thousand words". But have you ever wondered when exactly is a photograph worth a thousand words? Is it when you take a photo of a kid and a mother cherishes it for life? Is it when you photograph a wedding and give someone beautiful memories? Is it when a journalist photographs dying people in a war? Or is ...

FBI needs Photoshop lessons

Sunniya — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:33:23 +0100

The BBC revealed an error made by the FBI. We all know about the FBI's obsession with Osama bin Laden, recently the FBI revealed a picture of what Osama bin Laden might look like now. What's amusing is that the picture is a very sharp resemblance to the Spanish politician Gaspar Llamazares.

The BBC reports that, "Gaspar Llamazares said he would ...

Details of Jan's Dual Speedlite Bracket for Amvona Softbox

Sunniya — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:05:16 +0100

Earlier today we informed you that one Amvona customer Jan Christian likes modifying and designing cool stuff with Amvona equipment. He has designed a Dual Speedlite Bracket that fits into an Amvona Softbox. You can create this cool Dual Speedlite bracket too, just follow Jan's instructions below.

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Exclusive: Interview with Bing photography contest winner Justin Kraemer

Sunniya — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:21:45 +0100

We have been bringing to you the latest updates on the Bing 'Home Sweet Home' photo contest. Today, Justin's photograph of the Seattle skyline went live on the Bing Homepage. Earlier this week I interviewed Justin to highlight his experience of winning the photo competition, his skills in photography, his favorite photographs and to get details of the techniques he ad...

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