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Affinity Photo comes to Windows
Friends, Windows enthusiasts, and people generally just stuck with Windows... rejoice! Rejoice, for some real…
The Verge gets a redesign
Okay, let’s just get this out of the way: on this, the verge of a new year, the Verge got a redesign. Now the punnery…
All the best stuff for web designers announced at Adobe MAX
We're seeing a lot of interesting competition to Adobe apps these days, but that hasn't slowed Adobe down at all. (Are…
5 years of Foundation: a look back
This month, ZURB celebrates the 5th birthday of its Foundation front-end framework. This popular framework is known for…
eBay experiments with a visual search engine
eBay, the giant auction site, has just launched a new site specifically for people looking for furniture and other…
Web 2.0 meets MTV in Pandora’s new branding
For once, I’m not starting off my article with a joke. When I say "Web 2.0", I genuinely mean that style of design that…
Oculus gets a browser, Facebook bids on virtual reality
That’s right! The Oculus Rift is getting its very own web browser, currently named “Carmel”. Not much is known about…
Affinity Designer 1.5 released
The powerful and award-winning graphic-designer app Affinity Designer has just received a big update. This alternative…
Photoshop Elements 15 and Premiere Elements 15 are out
It’s worth remembering that web designers are hardly the only people making pretty things for the web. We’re certainly…
Adobe’s Stock Contributor enters beta
Adobe is going all out with their stock photo service. After integrating it with their CC applications, announcing…
Twitter’s new button lets users DM you direct from your site
Twitter wants to be your everything. In the grand tradition of social networks since time immemorial (read: the…
Google moves to restrict advertising
Do you hate it when ads straight up block access to the content you want to see? Well Google does too! No, really.…
Adobe Typekit unveils major redesign
Adobe Typekit has just released a long-overdue update to its font browsing interface. Currently still in beta, the new…
By Ben Moss
WordPress 4.6 “Pepper” released
WordPress 4.6 is out. Go get it.
Okay, if I don’t write more than that, I’ll be asked to elaborate, I suspect. And…
Facebook delivers a better UX for businesses
Every business today seems to have its own Facebook business page, and with good reason; Facebook is a huge force in…
Affinity Designer for Windows available now
Attention web designers, Affinity fans, and basically everyone who wants to get away from Adobe: It’s here! On Windows.…
Adobe reveal major Creative Cloud update
Adobe has just released a major update to its Creative Cloud apps. Updates have been made to Adobe Stock, and Creative…
By Ben Moss
Court rules in favor of net neutrality
Yesterday a federal court in the US ruled that the Internet must be treated as a utility, not a luxury. The court,…