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X3Studios Makes Abstract Wallpaper Creaction Easy [Wallpaper]
Written on 11 Nov, 2009 at 14:30 in Tech | viewed 32 views times | 0 Comments
![X3Studios Makes Abstract Wallpaper Creaction Easy [Wallpaper]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/2ca963933e020441.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "X3Studios Makes Abstract Wallpaper Creaction Easy [Wallpaper]")
If you're a fan of the abstract and grungy vector-based wallpapers floating around X3Studios is free tool for creating abstract wallpaper without needing a copy of Illustrator and a pile of stock images. X3Studio sets up a palette, element... (Continue reading)
X3Studios Makes Abstract Wallpaper Creation Easy [Wallpaper]
Written on 11 Nov, 2009 at 14:30 in Tech | viewed 22 views times | 0 Comments
If you're a fan of the abstract and grungy vector-based wallpapers floating around X3Studios is free tool for creating abstract wallpaper without needing a copy of Illustrator and a pile of stock images. X3Studio sets up a palette, element... (Continue reading)
Photoshop.com Mobile Fixes Photos on Smartphones [Downloads]
Written on 9 Nov, 2009 at 15:00 in Tech | viewed 14 views times | 0 Comments
![Photoshop.com Mobile Fixes Photos on Smartphones [Downloads]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/3ee37dc28bp_cork.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Photoshop.com Mobile Fixes Photos on Smartphones [Downloads]")
iPhone/Android/Windows Mobile: Photoshop.com, the online home of Adobe's market-leading image editor, has released a native photo editor and photo uploader for Android phones, and it's a fairly versatile solution for fixing or offloading images while you're out and about.... (Continue reading)
Flickr Opens an App Garden Full of Photo Tools [Photos]
Written on 4 Nov, 2009 at 13:30 in Tech | viewed 5 views times | 0 Comments
![Flickr Opens an App Garden Full of Photo Tools [Photos]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/0b817b4472garden.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Flickr Opens an App Garden Full of Photo Tools [Photos]")
There are a whole lot of mobile, desktop, and helper apps tied to Flickr. The team at the photo sharing service decided to make those apps easier to find and install by opening a free "App Garden" to everyone.... (Continue reading)
Google Adds Thumbnailed Results with Page Previews [Search Techniques]
Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 16:00 in Tech | viewed 151 views times | 0 Comments
![Google Adds Thumbnailed Results with Page Previews [Search Techniques]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/be5167af5feviews.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Google Adds Thumbnailed Results with Page Previews [Search Techniques]")
If you're looking for a particular web page rather than a particular result, Google has added "Page Previews" to the left-hand search options sidebar to make that feat much easier. It's a fairly low-resolution, compressed image, but if you... (Continue reading)
Cyclo.ps Makes Searching for Stock Images Simple [Image Search]
Written on 31 Oct, 2009 at 22:00 in Tech | viewed 11 views times | 0 Comments
![Cyclo.ps Makes Searching for Stock Images Simple [Image Search]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/10/1f6ecc7214230112.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Cyclo.ps Makes Searching for Stock Images Simple [Image Search]")
If you're looking for a better way to quickly find royalty-free stock images, Cyclo.ps makes searching multiple photo sites a breeze. Cyclo.ps let's you search a large number of stock photo sites in a single swoop. You can search... (Continue reading)
Google Images Adds Similar Search Function [Image Search]
Written on 28 Oct, 2009 at 13:00 in Tech | viewed 4 views times | 0 Comments
![Google Images Adds Similar Search Function [Image Search]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/10/a59dbff1a0search.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Google Images Adds Similar Search Function [Image Search]")
The same day that GazoPa's similar image search graduates from beta, Google upgrades its own Google Labs similar search experiment to a full-fledged Google Images feature. A "Find similar images" link under certain pictures pulls off the trick. From... (Continue reading)
GazoPa Finds Images Similar to Uploads, Links, or Drawings [Image Search]
Written on 27 Oct, 2009 at 13:00 in Tech | viewed 23 views times | 0 Comments
![GazoPa Finds Images Similar to Uploads, Links, or Drawings [Image Search]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/10/492b96fa78splash.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "GazoPa Finds Images Similar to Uploads, Links, or Drawings [Image Search]")
Hitachi-powered image search site GazoPa (boy, they're really out of web names, no?) is a fairly robust engine for finding same or similar images. Its differentiation comes in hunting similar videos, digging through Flickr, and letting you draw your... (Continue reading)
Use TinEye to Find Source Images for Desktop Wallpaper [Image Search]
Written on 5 Oct, 2009 at 13:30 in Tech | viewed 6 views times | 0 Comments
![Use TinEye to Find Source Images for Desktop Wallpaper [Image Search]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/10/1b52a08bd9175242.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Use TinEye to Find Source Images for Desktop Wallpaper [Image Search]")
It turns out that TinEye, the image search engine, is good for more than simply finding carbon-copy matches of pictures. You can also use it to go from a screenshot of a desktop to the source image. While reviewing... (Continue reading)
Evernote Beta for Android Makes for Easy Note-Taking [Downloads]
Written on 5 Oct, 2009 at 11:30 in Tech | viewed 3 views times | 0 Comments
![Evernote Beta for Android Makes for Easy Note-Taking [Downloads]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/10/151c352a64thumb.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Evernote Beta for Android Makes for Easy Note-Taking [Downloads]")
Android: It's not quite up to the iPhone's standards, but a free beta test relese of Evernote gives Android users text and audio notes, picture and file uploads, and fairly quick access to their online brains. The app's not... (Continue reading)
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