Marc-Antoine here with your best of SoftCity.  Richard has joined us here in the Montreal office so we've done this week's podcast from the same room!  We also launched our Battle of the blogs competition, so you'll want to make sure you check out the podcast for a full breakdown of how the whole contest works.  Without further ado, here's what's happened this week in SoftCity.

Articles

Battle of the Blogs – Our contest seeks to find the best blogs on the net.  We all love news and sharing our opinions, where are the best places to go and why?  Check out this introduction and start voting!

Google Earth 6 Review – have you seen the newest version of Google Earth 6?  3D objects, trees and more accompany this exciting update to some great technology. 

Photoshop Mask – If you're like me, layer masks are quite difficult.  Miguel's article breaks down how layers work and makes it so easy, anyone can try!  Don't have Photoshop?  GIMP (open source) can do it too.

Becoming an iMove Producer – Apple's iMovie is one of the simplest video editing programs out there.  This review breaks down iMovie into 7 easy steps. 

Conversations

New Ways to 3D – Maybe we can build Rome in a Day

Lollipops and Augmented Reality – As Augmented Reality continues to grow, we are seeing new and innovative uses for the technology.  Now we're seeing it in candy!

Rooting eBook Readers – Rooting an eBook Reader might not be something you would expect to find, but the capability is there and you can do some fascinating things with it. 

Have you voted yet for our Battle of the Blogs?  The contest is live until December 31st, and we've got a ton of prizes to giveaway.  Cheers and happy holidays. 

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