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Web Depot: SecretToolbox Keeps Your Sex Life Secret
A Windows-based desktop application, SecretToolbox (www.secrettoolbox.com) is not a toolbar, but a comprehensive software system for secure file protection, management and viewing, which includes a robust toolset that goes far beyond the limited efficacy of simple encryption.
Curating the Visual Internet
The explosion of photographs available online in recent years is causing a rethinking of how this information is discovered and presented, leading to the emergence of “The Visual Internet.”
XBIZ London Special Room Rate Ends Friday
XBIZ’s special nightly room rate of £209 for its host hotel — the Hilton DoubleTree Tower of London hotel — is ending on Friday at 5 p.m. (BST — London).
Web Depot: Design Wordpress Themes In Photoshop
Bringing the power of SiteGrinder 3 to WordPress, the SG3xpress Photoshop to WordPress plugin, targets designers creating WordPress themes using Photoshop, with SiteGrinder’s layer naming system and layercomps designating parts of a Photoshop design that have special roles to play in WordPress — such as pages — making theme development easy and fast.
Chief Keef’s Hologram Appearance Gets Censored
With the adult entertainment applications of virtual reality rapidly unfolding in new and untested ways, the quashing of rapper Chief Keef’s virtual concert in Chicago last weekend poses a troublesome precedent that is worthy of monitoring by digital media industry stakeholders.
Playing Truth or Dare With Traffic Sources
For adult website admins and owners, traffic is a constant preoccupation, with a lot of resources spent on acquiring visitors to a website, and then analyzing the metrics of that traffic flow. Sometimes it is a simple analysis that focuses mainly on the quantity and not the quality of this traffic, i.e., asking, “How many visitors does my site get?” rather than “How much money is each visitor making (or costing) me?”
Web Depot: Become a Coding Titan With Titon Toolkit
Power users will appreciate Titon Toolkit, an extensible front-end HTML, CSS, and JavaScript user interface component library for building responsive, mobile-first sites.
1st Annual Webmaster Football Match Set for XBIZ London
The inaugural XBIZ Webmaster Football Match is set to debut at XBIZ London 2015, the U.K.’s top digital media event of the year.
Web Depot: Boost Perceived Page Speeds
Everyone wants a fast loading website, especially mobile users and others with slower connections — with “lazy loading” a way to make a site seem faster.
VR Porn is Here, But Are We Ready?
Ready or not, Virtual Reality is now steamrolling its way into the adult entertainment industry, creating new opportunities for producers and products for fans.
Book of Landon: All-Time Great Eyes End of Remarkable Career
His is a unique story in the gay porn world — one that at first glance seems too tempting to actually be true. Well-raised Mormon son grows up in the suburbs of Salt Lake City and spends an inquisitive childhood frolicking in the fields exploring his love of nature.
Web Depot: Scroll Up With a Snappy Tune
Sometimes it’s the little details that matter most, especially when there are enough to improve a site’s user experience. One such bit of fluff is Elevator.js by Tim Holman, which the author characterizes as “very serious stuff.”
WIA to Host ‘High Tea’ Mixer at XBIZ London
Women In Adult (WIA) has announced a special women-only gathering to coincide with XBIZ London 2015, the U.K.’s top digital media conference of the year.
The Live Adult Webcam Sector Is Thriving
Having undergone nearly two decades of erotic evolution, today’s highly professional live adult webcam industry is big business — and a far cry from its humble beginnings as an exhibitionist’s personal project, and the haven of amateur adult website operators.
Web Depot: Sanitize Your CSS For Better Style
According to its author, sanitize.css renders elements consistently across browsers by styling with today’s best practices.
Web Depot: Boost Google Traffic By Detoxifying Site Links
With Google’s ongoing algorithm updates decimating the traffic volumes of numerous adult websites, it’s no wonder that site owners are seeking a way to fight back. Enter LinkDetox.com, a link audit and link risk management solution that helps get rid of unwanted and toxic links — assisting client sites with Google Penguin and manual penalty recovery.
‘Pepper’ Points to Porn's Robotic Future
Rapid advances in robotics are pointing to a future where robots are replacing humans as a source of companionship, and perhaps ultimately, serving as a source of sexual satisfaction.
Does Audience Sexual Orientation Change How Money Is Made Online?
One of the most interesting aspects of modern American culture is the interplay between LGBT rights and gay adult industry marketing. In years past, just “being gay” was an edgy concept and the hidden subculture of gay sex online was in many ways its own unique niche lure.
Cam Mania: What Does It Take to Succeed as a Cam Performer?
When the first webcam sites launched, the novelty of being able to see someone getting naked in real time was enough on its own to drive sales, even at very high per-minute price points for cam site operators.
Q&A With CherryPimps Owner Jack Avalanche
Owner Jack Avalanche wears his sleeves rolled up managing his boutique program, CherryPimps.com. He’s the kind of entrepreneur with the hands-on approach who’s persevered and prospered by keeping it simple — “keep shooting quality content, listen to your members, and give them what they want,” he says.