Feb 19
Every status has its symbol, says an advertising slogan. when starting a business, creating this symbol is part of the foundation. Yet, as essential a part of their identity as it is, most companies leave their branding in the hands of design agencies instead of keeping the process internal. Doesn’t sound ideal? a small team …
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Feb 18
If you have been searching for a good Online Logo Maker then here is something that will interest you for sure. Onlinelogomaker.com is a free tool with lot of features to create logo online for free. Online Logo Maker has some cool features including a free logo creator panel which loads very fast on your …
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Feb 15
GOOGLE HAS OPENED the submissions window for its 2012 student contest. Grade-school students who are U.S. citizens can now enter with the shot at their artwork becoming the winning Google logo. this year’s theme is: “if I could travel in time, I’d visit…” “one lucky student artist,” the Internet company writes, “will see their artwork …
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Feb 09
The stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act have both been shelved after a global protest by many websites, including Wikipedia and Google. Last Wednesday, several websites blacked out their pages, or at least their logos, in protest of SOPA and PIPA, which were bills presented to Congress with the aim to …
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Feb 08
Journalist-turned-activist Vinay Rai has succeeded where Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal failed—putting the fear of law in the minds of India’s bloating community of bloggers, surfers, plain e-wayfarers and inter(net)lopers.Blogs haven’t yet been blocked, but a Delhi High Court bench asked 21 internet firms, including Google, Facebook and YouTube, to look at China and have …
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Feb 02
Oh look, drive.google.com is 404′ing now. (Page not Found). That’s interesting because back in October the site was forwarding to the https version before giving a 105 error instead. (Name not resolved.) Google has also published a blank, weird-looking support page for Google Drive at https://drive.google.com/support. There’s nothing there but a logo and incomplete search …
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Jan 28
DALLAS & FORT WORTH, Texas–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Mouser Electronics, inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it’s taking corporate branding to new heights by painting a giant blue “M” for Mouser on the roof of its 492,000-sq. ft. global headquarters and state-of-the-art distribution …
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Jan 27
Facebook and Google users: Your social media and online life is about to change, and there’s almost nothing you can do about it. Facebook is rolling out Timeline, a scrapbook-like profile page that gathers every post a user has made and arranges them by year, while Google is making changes to its privacy policies that …
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Jan 26
In Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the Developing Brand Identity Guidelines series, you learned what a brand manual is, why you need one, and how to create one. In this final part of the series, you can see a variety of great brand manuals to learn from and be inspired by. Some …
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Jan 26
Polling firm Ipsos Reid recently picked Canadians’ brains on who they think are the most influential brands in the country. The pollster compiled a list of 100 brands, which included the brands that spend the most on advertising in Canada every year–plus a few well-known names that don’t spend much at all, like Twitter, but …
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