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Q&A With JT of the Really Useful Cash Network

If you’ve been in the online adult industry for any length of time, you probably already know about JT, “The YouPorn Guy.”

Rhett Pardon ·
opinion

Diversity Drives Market Trends in Fetish Video

Fetish video is here to stay, with the market changing but remaining strong. While some longtime fetish producers complain about the difficulty of finding DVD distribution, online companies are thriving and branching out in new directions, while mainstream producers have found a new income source in crossover projects.

Jared Rutter ·

Dev Depot: BttrLazy Loading, “Lazy loading” jQuery plugin

According to French front end developer Julien Renaux, nowadays with the device (mobile, tablet, desktop etc.) and connectivity diversity (3G, 4G etc.) confronting coders, serving optimized information to specific environments is paramount, though not easy.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

UKAP Party Announced, to Coincide With XBIZ EU

This year's UKAP (UK Adult Producers) Party will take place in London on Friday, Sept. 26, to coincide with XBIZ EU, the international digital media conference that draws leading U.K., European and American industry players for three days of education, networking and business opportunities.

Nikki Delano Helps Gold Club Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary

The Gold Club is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this week, from June 25 to June 28.

Dev Depot: Fullpage.js, Full Pages Are a Scroll Away

Today’s web designers have their work cut out for them in the battle to avoid having a cookie cutter property where a unique design that displays the way its designer intended — regardless of the platform the site is being viewed on — is the intended goal.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Serious Questions: Dating Sites and False Advertising

The popup ad promised something fairly amazing in any context: “thousands” of girls in my area, all presumably hot to trot, or at the very least, available to cyber-woo. From my perspective, there was only one small problem with the claim; it was quite obviously false, and enormously, egregiously so.

Q. Boyer ·
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Jessy Ares: Command Performance

It’s rare for a performer to have an immediate impact, but when Jessy Ares started his career at Titan in late 2010, he instantly made his mark — garnering Gay Performer of the Year nominations for all three of his years in the business.

Dan Cameron ·
opinion

Relational Advertising Better Targets Viewers

When the topic of “relational advertising” is brought up, it’s usually in the context of its standard meaning; where relationship building is used to make brand loyalty more of a factor than price is, in the prospect’s purchasing decision. There is another aspect to the phrase, however, which describes how specific ads can target specific content or viewers in order to improve throughput and profitability.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Dev Depot: Slidebars, Sliding Menus for Responsive Design

Web designers seeking to accommodate the rapidly growing number of mobile web users are embracing new ways to support robust navigational menus on various devices — from tiny phones to tablets, the desktop and beyond. One technique that is gaining in popularity is the use of fly-out menus on the sides of a web page, triggered via text links, scripting or navigation bar icons, and more.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Disaster Mitigation, Recovery Plans a Necessity

For commercial website operators, having a disaster mitigation and recovery plan is not a nicety, it’s a necessity.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

James Deen to Host 2015 XBIZ Awards Show

XBIZ is pleased to announce adult film superstar James Deen as the host of the industry awards event of the year, the 2015 XBIZ Awards.

opinion

Methods to Optimize Speed for a Faster Website

All website owners want increased revenues, and one easy way to get them is to boost the speed of their website — because a faster website makes more sales.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Dev Depot: RWD Wireframe, a free visual editor for layouts

There are many ways to build a website today, including from the ground up with a framework such as Cute Grids, or by using one of the many available online coding tools. Enter RWD Wireframe, a visual editor for responsive web page layouts, which according to its publisher, was created so that designers could more easily create responsive websites.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Despite Security Scare, Adult Companies Add Bitcoin

Earlier this year, the digital cryptocurrency bitcoin received some negative publicity when Tokyo-based Mt. Gox (which was once the world’s largest bitcoin exchange) filed for bankruptcy. No less than $460 million had disappeared from Mt. Gox, presumably stolen by hackers.

Alex Henderson ·

XBIZ TV: Riley Reid Talks Awards, Career

XBIZ TV is pleased to announce an exclusive new video interview with Riley Reid, the reigning XBIZ Female Performer of the Year.

Electric EEL Reports Successful XBIZ Retreat

Last month, Electric EEL participated at the top B2B event of the summer, XBIZ Retreat in Miami, where the vendor had a daily packed schedule of meetings with buyers.

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Alternative Payments Go Beyond Cryptocurrency

In recent months most of the talk about payment trends has centered on bitcoin and other forms of cryptocurrency, but as that feeding frenzy appears to be cooling down, several other alternative forms of payment are continuing to gain greater acceptance.

Stewart Tongue ·

Dev Depot: Cute Grids, Provides a Clean Base for Responsive Designs

As the lines between fixed and mobile Internet access continue to blur, the use of responsive or flexible web designs that accommodate visitors regardless of their viewing platform are increasingly gaining in popularity.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Fraud Alert: Online Video Ads Scrutinized

As online video ads become increasingly important components of today’s advertising ecosystem, scam artists seek to steal through ad networks and exchanges — using automation, deception and fraud to carry out their crimes.