Archive of 2010 May

27May2010

Apple overtakes Microsoft as biggest tech company

Apple Inc shot past Microsoft Corp as the world's biggest tech company based on market value on Wednesday, the latest milestone in the resurgence of the maker of the iPhone, which nearly went out of business in the 1990s. Apple's shares rose as much 2.8 percent on Nasdaq on Wednesday, as Microsoft shares floundered, briefly pushing its market value above $229 billion, ahead of its longtime rival. Both stocks ended down after a late-day sell-off, but Apple emerged ahead with a market value of about $222 billion, compared with Microsoft's $219 billion, according to Reuters data.

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21May2010
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DSM Design
Category
Google
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Google vs Pac Man

We all know and love Google’s almost daily logo change on the default search screen. Well Google has gone one step further we believe and has just launched a new Pac Man interactive Google logo game. As you can see in the screen grab below the logo is clearly the Google logo with colours and spelling but wait just a few seconds and you will see the famous Pac Man figure come to life and start munching on the little dots. To take it one step further though the game is even controllable using your keyboard arrows....awesome!! This is to celebrate 30 years of Pac Man but secr

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21May2010
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Go Ballooning Game – Win a FREE balloon flight

Once again DSM are pushing the boundaries of our creative abilities and proving that our skills aren’t just limited to graphic and web design. We have recently completed a unique and innovative online viral game for Go Ballooning. Continue reading “Go Ballooning Game – Win a FREE balloon flight” »

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18May2010
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MailChimp for iPhone

The guys in the MailChimp Lab have just launched a mini-MailChimp for the iPhone. MailChimp customers: just go to MailChimp.com on your iPhone and sign in (or go straight to admin.mailchimp.com), then we’ll redirect you to the iPhone version. It’s not a fully functional MailChimp account where you can create a full blown HTML Email campaign. Think of it as “MailChimp Lite.” It’s a way for you to log in to your account, quickly check the stat

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06May2010
Author
DSM Design
Category
Web Design

Google Chrome vs A Potato Cannon?

On Tuesday, Google released a new beta for Chrome and took a different look at how to measure its speed. Traditionally there are a large number of applications that can compare the speed of 1 browser against that of another. Well that was all a bit too normal and boring for Google so they came up with a series of tests to compare their web browser against a Potato Gun, Lightning and sonic powered paint?? Here is the result, a Youtube video...

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05May2010
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DSM Design
Category
Web Design
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Facebook Demographic, Nick Clegg and the Election

With the election coming up tomorrow, there have been many political discussions and debates over the last few weeks. Many websites have polls where the web sites users can enter their voting intention and compare it to others on the site, it is afterall the first truly “Digital Election” One particular poll that interested me was one on facebook, it appears to be exceptionally pro Liberal Democrat and this got me thinking as to why? Read More after the Break...

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