Yes, you did read that correctly – as of yesterday, according to VOA News, Wikileaks was nominated for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination came via Norwegian lawmaker Snorre Valen, who claimed the website was a ‘natural contender’ for the prize; offering one of the most crucial contributions to freedom of speech this century. [...]
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Star Wars Augmented Reality
We’re all pretty big fans of Star Wars at Designbysoap; pretty much a prerequisite for a bunch of nerds like us. Imagine our excitement then to discover the video below, of an upcoming iPhone game called ‘Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner’, which uses the iPhone camera to allow you to play the game with any [...]
Designbysoap Wins SEC Solutions Contract
We’re pleased to announce that Designbysoap Ltd has won another high-profile contract; providing a web design and SEO package to SEC Solutions, Worcester. The company, who supply industry-leading estimating software to companies all over the UK and internationally, are one of the most highly regarded B2B software developers in the country and boast their own [...]
Banksy Directs The Simpsons Opening Credits
Banksy, the politically-driven graffiti artist behind some extremely famous public works in the United Kingdom, was recently invited to direct an opening sequence of The Simpsons. The resulting animation is strangely depressing and appears to be a dig at 20th Century Fox, their motivations and their effect on society. It’s funny though. Rather than trying [...]
USB 3.0 is here
As you’re reading this on a computer, the chances are that there are several near you right now. The USB (or universal serial bus) is a standardised method of connecting devices developed in the mid 1990′s to replace all the different types of serial and paralell ports, and has been one of the most widely [...]
Ryan Mcginley MIA
Something a little more visual today. From the fantastic Ryan Mcginley, this amazing set was for popstar MIA. I seriously recommend you go here and check his work, also the epic backstage video below that shows how much effort they go to for some of the shots. Wish we had the budget to set up [...]
Sony Camera Press Shots…By Canon
A good spot from someone over at Photography Bay, it seems that Sony aren’t so keen on using their own products to shoot their own products, if you see what I mean. When they received the latest press shots, the EXIF data shown by Windows Picture Viewer revealed that the shots had been taken with [...]
YouTube 1 Viacom 0
As the cultural shift swings ever faster away from traditional media sources, and the digital world blossoms, there was bound to be retaliation at some point. Large American broadcaster Viacom has been trying to sue YouTube (now owned by Google of course) over massive copyright infringement, namely users uploading copyrighted content to YouTube. Google’s defence [...]
England vs. USA In Lego
As depressed as the designbysoap office was after the England game, someone found this and within a couple of minutes even the grumpiest of our directors was smiling. So i thought i’d share it with you, in the hope that it cheers you up too. This comes from the phenomenal team at The Guardian. Chris [...]
designbysoap Wins Contract For Skindred Website
We’re pleased to announce we’ve just won the contract to design and implement a brand new website for the amazing Skindred. Skindred are an internationally renowned band who have sold over one million records worldwide. Suffice to say we’re all very pleased to win such a high profile client. We’re starting work Monday (England are [...]
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