A Typographic Approach to Email
From weare1910.com:
In our on-going pursuit of trying to improve readability and usability of digital products and services, one thing that’s always struck us as odd is the way typography of email applications has been left untouched since the early days of the internet. Even modern applications released in the post-pc era mostly forget about this, focusing on new ways of managing your inbox, various forms of social integration, or on the appearance of a flat surface instead.
So basically, we’re talking about the Windows 8.x mail client…
For the fifth year, I’m off to Barcelona and will attend the Mobile World Congress. Lots of interviews and stand tours already planned. Let the fun begin :)
Today, Yahoo! Mail autogenerates Valentine’s email
LG G Flex… the fraud
Android OEM licensing terms leak : anything but "Open"
From ArsTechnica
The least understood area of the Android ecosystem has always been the highly secretive Google Play Apps licensing process. While Android is open source, the Google applications, like the Play Store, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Play Services, and others must be licensed. This licensing agreement is called the “Mobile Application Distribution Agreement” (MADA) and comes with tons of restrictions. Previously, MADA details have come out of the Skyhook case, but those agreements were from 2009, a time when Android was only at version 1.1. Thanks to the still ongoing Oracle v. Google trial, a “new” version of the Google App licensing agreement has been made public.
Facebook Could Die Out Like an Infectious Disease By 2017
Fingers crossed. Hopefully, they’re right.
From Gizmodo :
If you view Facebook as a plague on social dynamics, you might not be far wrong. Researchers from Princeton University claim that the social network’s popularity has spread like an infectious disease—but, as we slowly become immune to its charms, it will die out.
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By comparing the uptake of Facebook to growth curves of epidemics, the scientists claim that—just like the bubonic plague—Facebook will gradually begin to fade away. They go further than that, too, claiming that Facebook will lose 80 percent of its peak user base within the next three years.
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They tested them on data gathered from MySpace to check they accurately modelled boom and crash, and then applied them to Facebook. In turn, they generated the prediction that the site’s user count will drop by 80 percent before 2017.
Those guys are quite smart and even built an open source alternative to Nest thermostat sold for 3.2 freaking billion to Google
20 Inspiring Free WordPress Themes To Start Anew in 2014
From Noupe
Christmas and New Year have been and gone. If reshaping your WordPress site is one of your New Year’s resolutions, the following article is for you. The following themes have all been created between December 2013 and today, thus can be called the freshest there are. 17 of our 20 newcomers work fully responsive, a trend that has been on the rise for quite a while now. Also growing is the amount of themes which are based on Bootstrap, retina-ready or working with Google Fonts. We are sure you’ll find your next blog layout among the following. All these themes are free, though some have commercial variants available. We stated that where applicable…
Inside the mind of a fanboy
Here is an article by The Verge which illustrates the power of the Vox media backend and how the design can deeply merge with the meaning of a text . You’ll be greeted by a landing page which differs according to the device you are using… because chances are, you too are a fanboy of your own smartphone.
Have you ever loved something so much it hurt?
