Sunday, July 31, 2016
New Neutrino Anomaly Hints at a Matter-Antimatter Rift
Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: August 2016
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Since eight years, our monthly desktop wallpapers challenge is a Smashing favorite that wouldn't be possible without the tireless efforts of talented designers and artists from across the globe. On a quest to cater for wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd, we challenge you, the design community, to get your creative juices flowing and produce some interesting and inspiring designs each month anew. And, well, it wasn't any different this time around.
This post features wallpapers to get your desktop ready for August 2016. They all come in versions with and without a calendar and can be downloaded for free. A big thank-you to everyone who tickled their creativity and contributed their ideas!
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Friday, July 29, 2016
How Shopify is using Snapchat as a recruiting tool
The ecommerce company is asking for Snapchat stories alongside CVs
Windows 10's free upgrade expires very soon and you really ought to download it
Microsoft's free upgrade to Windows 10 will expire soon -- we still recommend you grab your free copy and activate it, even if you don't intend to keep or use it.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Getting Practical With Microcopy
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The first question clients and stakeholders seek answers to with any digital product and/or service today - and rightly so - is how to establish an effective user experience. We, as designers, however, know that good design and a good user experience are rarely achieved by fixating on one discipline, but rather by adopting a multidisciplinary approach.
At best, it's about finding a balance between UX, UI and interaction design, usability, accessibility, web performance (front end, back end, networking), service design and content strategy (i.e. writing copy).
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The First Solar-Powered Flight Around the World
Bertrand Piccard landed in Abu Dhabi on July 25th at 8:05 p.m. EDT (Easter Daylight Savings Time) after completing a two-day solo flight in the airplane, Solar Impulse 2 (SI2), an aircraft powered 100 percent by solar power. The journey marked the end of the first circumnavigation of the Earth in a solar-powered airplane.
The plane
Availability check: Can you buy the latest Polaris and Pascal GPUs from AMD and Nvidia?
Two GPU families enter, but which GPUs actually leave in consumers' hands? We check the numbers and report back.
Solar planes, farewell Philae: Podcast 278
We celebrate Solar Impulse's 2 historic round-the-world flight and say a fond farewell to the Philae lander
By: WIRED
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Suicide Squad thanks Toronto with pop-up fan experience
City-exclusive marketing activation included an appearance by two of the movie's stars
How To Create Icons In Adobe XD
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Released in March this year, Adobe Experience Design is a new all-in-one tool that lets you design and prototype websites and mobile apps. for websites and mobile apps. XD is still in beta and available for Mac with a Windows version on track for a release later in 2016. It is bound to provide a fast and efficient way to create new user interfaces, wireframes, and visual designs with various devices in mind.
As an icon creator, I tried to use XD to create icons from scratch and to apply them to a new user interface. In this tutorial, I want to guide you through the steps it took so you can follow along. We'll take a look at how to create a set of office icons for a new app. Plus, I'm going to show you how you can use XD's features to interact with your newly-created user interfaces during the prototyping phase. So, let's get started.
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AMD has built hardware at Samsung, could tap foundry for future products
AMD has confirmed that it has built hardware at Samsung's foundries and has the option to utilize Samsung's 14nm in the future. It's an important move towards securing a stable manufacturing option across the industry as next-generation nodes are ever-harder to target.
Twitter and Sky Sports team up for Premier League highlights
Near-live highlights of Premier League matches are coming to Twitter for the 2016/2017 season
By: Libby Plummer
Continue reading...The Human Connectome Project zeroes in on the firmware of the brain
They're calling it a "parcellation." That doesn't even come close to explaining the unprecedented clarity and resolution with which scientists have further refined the network diagram of the human brain.
38% of Canadians are aware of online AdChoices program
Awareness level 'respectable' given program's newness says DAAC study
Happy 10th birthday to Intel's Core 2 Duo
Intel's Core 2 Duo turns 10 today. Somebody grab the candles.
The Ice Bucket Challenge just funded an ALS breakthrough
The social media campaign went viral on Facebook but faced criticism from those who branded it as 'slacktivism'
By: Libby Plummer
Continue reading...New form of carbon capture actually creates power, rather than consuming it
A new form of carbon capture could not only remove CO2 from the output of fuel-burning power stations, it could make a lot of extra power in the process.
Q&A: Magazines Canada CEO Matthew Holmes
'I'm seeing all kinds of opportunities' says head of magazine industry's governing body
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
The Illusion Of Life: An SVG Animation Case Study
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With flat design becoming the ever visible trend of 2016, it's clear why there's been a resurgence in SVG usage. The benefits are many: resolution-independence, cross-browser compatibility and accessible DOM nodes. In this article, we'll take a look at how we can use SVGs to create seemingly complex animations from simple illustrations.
This project began as a simple thought experiment: How far can we push SVG animation? At the time, designer Chris Halaska and I were colleagues working on an illustration-heavy campaign website. While aesthetically pleasing, the designs lacked the required “oomph” that all creatives search for.
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AMD announces Radeon Pro SSG: A GPU with 1TB of SSD storage attached
AMD announced a major new prototype today -- an "SSG" graphics card with 1TB of on-board PCI Express NAND flash.
Alain Tadros leaves Publicis for Metro
President of the Montreal office heads client side for the first time in his career
Monday, July 25, 2016
China bans Internet companies from reporting news, tightens grip on media
China's government has cracked down on Internet news sources and original reporting. From this point forward, major Chinese Internet services will only be allowed to carry official, government-sponsored news.
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Saturday, July 23, 2016
ExtremeTalk: Does anyone actually love Windows?
Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, has repeatedly said that he wants users to love Windows. Does anyone?
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Friday, July 22, 2016
Your privacy at risk: Verizon reportedly close to purchasing Yahoo's Internet business
A major report suggests that Verizon may be about to buy Yahoo's internet business. It's unwelcome news for anyone concerned with privacy, but a potentially great move for Verizon's bottom line.
Web Development Reading List #146: Peermaps, Passive Event Listener Note, And A Shift Of Focus
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So, what do we have this week? Well, it's quite a lot actually. For example, there's now a deal that might make Opera's browser a Chinese business, leaving all privacy and security efforts that have recently been made in the browser uncertain.
If you want to dive into learning ECMAScript 6, Wes Bos has published a huge series of ES6 screencasts this week that are absolutely worth the money. Besides, there are a few other recommendations for you to read this week. Let's get started.
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