One of the marvelous things about the Internet is the ability to just randomly stumble upon amazing things. Today’s highlight is Super Pixel Quest, an entertaining Web comic by Emmanuel Espinasse. We won’t spoil the fun for you, but it’s worth clicking through the adventure to see how the artist plays with the layout of the page while invoking nostalgia for our pixelated past. ➤ Super Pixel Quest [h/t Andy Baio] Image credit: Emmanuel Espinasse
Singapore-based incubator JFDI Asia is popular among startups in Southeast Asia — after all it is a member of Techstar‘s Global Accelerator Network and arguably the premier accelerator in the region. In a first for JFDI this year, it is running three installments of its 100-day bootcamp programs. In total, 353 teams applied to the Class of 2014A that commenced in March, with 13 startups selected. This was eventually narrowed down further to the final 12 startups that presented their ideas to press and investors who attended the program’s demo day today. Each startup received a S$25,000 (US$19,60) cash investment and mentoring services. In another first for JFDI, this accelerator…
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Singapore-based incubator JFDI Asia is popular among startups in Southeast Asia — after all it is a member of Techstar‘s Global Accelerator Network and arguably the premier accelerator in the region. In a first for JFDI this year, it is running three installments of its 100-day bootcamp programs. In total, 353 teams applied to the Class of 2014A that commenced in March, with 13 startups selected. This was eventually narrowed down further to the final 12 startups that presented their ideas to press and investors who attended the program’s demo day today. Each startup received a S$25,000 (US$19,60) cash investment and mentoring services. In another first for JFDI, this accelerator…
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While we’re currently drowning in messaging apps, email is still the universal means of communication. You don’t need a proprietary app to send an email. What you do need is support of languages and regional dialects. To get more people connected, Google just announced it’s added 13 new languages to Gmail. The new languages are: Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani (Azeri), Chinese (Hong Kong), French (Canada), Galician, Georgian, Khmer, Lao, Mongolian, Nepali, Sinhala and Zulu. Google enlisted linguists to ensure that languages actually make sense to native speakers in a specific region. The languages are available today for Web and feature phone users and can…
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Photographers always have their favorite go-to fixes when confronted by flawed photos. The first destination is often Photoshop. But there are things Photoshop can’t do easily that propel imaging perfectionists toward more dedicated apps. One of the finest of these is Macphun’s Intensify Pro, which accommodates nearly every image format including raw, PSD (pro version only) and 16-bit images. Try it on the worst picture you have (you know the one) and watch it transform into something at least resembling the scene you actually viewed, as opposed to the one you shot. Some images really can’t be salvaged, of course, but if you only had a…
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