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* New 15.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor with improved noise reduction, wide range ISO 100-3200 (H1: 6400, H2: 12800), 14-bit conversion for smooth color tones and gradations.
* Next generation DIGIC 4 Image Processor for faster processing, 6.3 fps up to 90 JPEGS using UDMA CF cards; 60 consecutive JPEGS or 16 RAW using standard CF cards.
* 3.0-inch Clear View LCD (920,000 dots/VGA) with multiple coatings for improved viewing and smudge-resistant protection. (continue reading…)

* Superb image quality: entirely new 21.1 Megapixel Full-Frame Canon CMOS Sensor, Highlight Tone Priority, and 14-bit A/D conversions for outstanding color tones.
* Dual “DIGIC III” Image Processor for excellent image quality and processing speed.
* Live View Function capabilities, displayed on the large 3.0-inch LCD monitor.
* Outstanding durability thanks to a shutter durability-tested to (continue reading…)

* New 45-point Area AF sensor including 39 cross-type AF points with f/2.8 support plus new AI Servo II AF with improved algorithm.
* ISO 100 – 12800 (expandable to L: 50, H1: 25600, H2: 51200, H3: 102400) for shooting from bright to dim light with low noise levels.
* EOS HD movie with manual exposure control and multiple frame rates (1080: 30p (29.97) / 24p (23.976) / 25p, 720: 60p (59.94) / 50p, 480: 60p (59.94) / 50p).
* 16.1 Megapixel APS-H CMOS sensor and Dual DIGIC 4 Image Processors for high image quality and speed. (continue reading…)

* 10.1 Megapixel
* EOS Integrated Cleaning System
* World’s fastest digital SLR: shooting up to 10 fps, with a burst rate up to 110 full-resolution JPEG images or 30 RAW images
* All new high-precision AF system with 19 user-selectable AF points and 26 additional “assist points”; superior low-light performance and faster operation
* New lighter body with enhanced weather resistance and outstanding reliability: (continue reading…)

If it looks like a pig and it smells like a pig, then it probably is a pig. That is how I am feeling about betweeted.com right now. Betweeted.com is another one of those companies who places ads on your Twitter account and pays you when people click on the ad. I have earned over $50 in a relatively short time and I found Betweeted to be one of the easiest ad companies to use.

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Bourrasque…!!!

Bank Run is an interesting game for the iPhone, produced by SilkTricky, that uses high-quality real video footage to immerse the user into a fun game experience which includes a side-scrolling shooter and a third-person shooter.

In this game, players take the role of Evan Sharpe, a young financial analyst that have to save itself and his girlfriend from a deadly conspiracy. The first part of Bank Run, which you can play online, is an interactive movie where player’s choices influence the course of events and it’s characterized by a series of simple challenges in order to escape from your office and survive. The second part, you can play on your iPhone, is instead a typical shooter game. The game costs $1.99 and you can buy it on the iTunes store.

I wanted to share something with the Woork Up community about doing pro bono work (as you probably know: “Pro Bono is a phrase derived from Latin meaning for the public good. The term is generally used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment as a public service” – from Wikipedia).

Over the past 24 months, our firm has accepted 3 large pro bono assignments. These assignments were non-profit associations that had been hit hard in the recession. Their budgets were at zero for design, marketing or advertising, yet they still had ambitions, dreams and hopes of continuing with their work as non-profits. These difficult times proved especially hard for them in the realm of digital media because they needed complicated websites that managed their members, had good SEO parameters, managed calendars of events and usually a member and vendor directory of some sort and so on.

To a web firm, these can be grueling and time-consuming when you have paying customers of your own that you must tend to.

Our firm decided to take on 3 of these types of assignments in the last 2 years and we are very glad we did.

For one, the experience gives us more practice to do what we do. It also gives us a sense of pride helping organizations who do good deeds, but can’t afford big agency pricing. And lastly, it brings in a ton of business if done right!

Because the non-profit is so thankful to you for what you’ve done, they are very willing to share you name, send out newsletters, put your banner on their site, offer incentives and push your brand to their many members.

In 2009 alone, our small firm benefited from pro bono work to the tune of about $108,000. The previous year, it was in the realm of about $200,000.

We estimated that the pro bono work, if billed out accordingly, would have cost the non-profits roughly about $60K total ($20K a piece) for all 3 associations. That makes our pro bono work a net gain of about $238,000 over 24 months.

So if you are looking for a way to break into a whole slew of businesses, start contacting non-profit associations who may be suffering right now. The work will be hard up front, but the payoff down the road can be huge.

And even if the payoff isn’t huge, if the non-profit is something you believe in, then you did a good deed!

The massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile Saturday morning, killing more than 300 people and causing widespread damages in many areas, has left devastating aftershocks in many areas of the country. Below are some dramatic pictures from Flickr that document this huge tragedy.

Santiago after the earthquake.

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Santiago.

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by Destino Para Lelos!

Temuco, Chile (Temuco is the capital of the Araucanía Region, Chile).

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by unmyeong

Viña del Mar, Valparaíso Province.

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Santiago.

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by todosnuestrosmuertos

Santiago.

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by Juan Downey

Santiago.

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by Ignacio Nuñez C.

Concepción.

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by mynameismatias

Temuco, Chile (Temuco is the capital of the Araucanía Region, Chile).

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by unmyeong

Academia de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile.

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by Ignacio Nuñez C.

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by leonardophotos

Santiago.

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by condeorloff

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Divina Providencia.

Providencia, Santiago, Chile.

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by action datsun

Concepción.

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by mynameismatias

Concepción.

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by mynameismatias

Temuco, Chile (Temuco is the capital of the Araucanía Region, Chile).

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by unmyeong

Mariott Hotel, Santiago.

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by Smartrock