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Hardin welcomes 3rd Heat to the team

Hardin Design & Development is proud to welcome the video production team of 3rd Heat to the company. 3rd Heat will bring a new component to Hardin by allowing Hardin to design, develop, and produce videos and commercials.

Hardin launches Prince Caspian application

Hardin Design & Development Inc. launched a new Facebook application titled Prince Caspian: Join the Battle to promote the release of Disney's Chronicles of Narnia. The application allows Facebook users to interact in a game filled with details from the movie. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian grossed over $55 million in its opening weekend.

Hardin Definition gives broadcasters a clear edge

High Definition television is not the only HD making a name for itself. The Hardin designed Hardin Definition video platform is causing quite a commotion in the digital media market. Hardin Definition offers capabilities far beyond most video platforms available today by supporting mobile platforms such as BlackBerry and allows full 1080i streaming.

Google Maps like you have never seen them

Hardin Design & Development is working to make sure online maps have never been so useful. Hardin is currently exploring the endless possibilities of mashups, focusing much of their time on the possibilities these new developments have with Google Maps. Mashups combine data from two more APIs allowing functional programs like Flickr and Google Maps to team up a create a site more useful then they are alone. Hardin is on top of this new trend, powering cutting edge web applications.

And you thought DVR couldn't get better

The Chicago Tribune wants to change the way viewers receive information about television. Realizing that people increasingly watch TV online, the Tribune saw that this created a need for their online viewers, and commissioned a widget to be built by Hardin Design & Development that lets people TiVo primetime programming from their Facebook profiles.

Be Recruited athletes embrace social networking

Be Recruited, a popular social networking site for high school athletes and college recruiters, recently launched a widget built by Hardin Design & Development that presenting athletes’ statistics and highlight reels in an online card that can be embedded on Facebook profiles, MySpace pages, and all other sites. Within a month of launch, the widget generated over 500,000 hits, far surpassing its original goals.

European speaker sensation looks to blast into American market

After great success in Europe, German audio manufacturer Blaupunkt turned to Hardin Design & Development to implement its marketing strategy in the United States. Hardin used a multifaceted approach that includes a grassroots street presence and online marketing, plus a social networking portal and a widget.

Innovation gets a new canvas

Hardin Design & Development Inc. has created a new social networking portal for the engineers at URC Consortium. This social networking portal provides these innovative digital pioneers with a forum to exhibit their progressive work and creative ideas on mobile platforms such as Apple's iPhone.

The Rolling Stone goes viral

Hardin Design & Development helped Rolling Stone create a widget to keep the iconic magazine at pace with the growing viral capabilities of music. The widget displays popular artist information and has managed thousands of hits that promote the magazine and artists. It has helped Rolling Stone continue its massive presence in the music industry.

Hardin helps Lifetime's How to Look Good Naked

Lifetime's new show How to Look Good Naked has found great success. Hardin developers and marketing staff created a strong viral component for the show, including a widget and microsite which generated 46,000 views in the first 48 hours after launch.

MSN Money widget remains trusted tool in time of financial instability

Hardin Design & Development's MSN Money widget continues to be a useful tool as the stock market moves through an uncertain time. This widget may not be able to help predict the next move of this shaky market but it continues to help investors keep an eye on their stocks. This is especially important with so much fluctuation as the widget constantly updates as the market ebbs and flows.