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May 28, 2015
5 Things Google Figured Out In Android Wear's First Year
Google knows its smartwatches could be slicker, but won't sacrifice features to make that happen.
Nearly one year after launching the first Android Wear smartwatches at its I/O conference in 2014, Google is taking a breather.
At I/O, Google Reveals Project Brillo And Weave To Power Internet Of Things Devices
Brillo will serve as an operating system for smart locks and cameras, while Weave will connect them to other devices and the cloud.
Google is starting to make bigger moves into smart homes and other Internet of Things devices with two new projects, Project Brillo and Weave.
Android Pay Now Lets You Buy Things With Your Fingerprint
In Android M, Google's mobile payments will use your fingerprint to authenticate purchases.
Android Pay will soon start working a lot more like Apple's competing payments solution. With the launch of Android M, Google's mobile payment system will get standardized fingerprint sensor support, allowing users to authenticate purchases with their fingertips.
Google's Newfangled Inbox Email App Opens To Everybody, Unveils New Features
The Google email client that isn't Gmail just got a little less experimental.
Last October, Google announced the biggest piece of email-related news it's had in years—and part of what made it so big was that it didn't involve any new Gmail features. Instead, it was an all-new way to access Gmail called Inbox.
Google Launching Unlimited Storage Mobile Service
Google, which already operates Picasa and Google+'s photo storage, has launched a new photo-storage product.
It's official: Google is launching a new photo-storing service that will directly compete with both Facebook and Flickr. Most interestingly of all, the new photo service appears to be layered on top of Mountain View's (struggling) Google+ product. Google announced the new service, to be called Google Photo, at today's Google I/O conference (which Fast Company is fully live blogging, by the way).
Today At 1:30 P.M. ET, You Can Tour The British Museum On Periscope
The British museum will be showing off its Greek art through Twitter's live-streaming app.
If you need a lunchtime distraction today, tune into the British Museum's live broadcast of its ancient Greek artifacts. The live video of the tour will be available starting around 1:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. London time) through the live-streaming app Periscope. British TV presenter and historian Dan Snow will narrate the tour and respond to viewers' questions.
The Toll Of FIFA's Corruption, In Two Simple Charts
What's the cost of corruption? 1,200 lives and counting.
Authorities worldwide have partnered to take down FIFA officials for soliciting $150 million in bribes that steered the fate of professional soccer for years.
This Alaska Startup Is Making Nice Luxury Items From Stinky Seafood Byproducts
The salmon leather wallets and crab shell fiber T-shirts are not only fun to wear, they also help do something useful with the industry's waste.
Alaska produces billions of pounds of seafood each year, only a small fraction of which actually ends up on our plates. Millions of pounds of waste goes to pet food and fish oil, or, if a secondary use can't be found, is simply ground up and dumped out in the ocean.
Why White Space Is Crucial To UX Design
White space isn't just about aesthetics, it's the key to successful user interfaces. Here's how it really works.
All good visual artists understand the importance of negative space, the empty area that draws attention to, and accentuates, the actual subject. Negative space (the artistic equivalent of a designer's white space) is like the supporting cast whose duty is to make the star of the show stand out more by not standing out so much themselves. If you don't think any part of your design should be intentionally blank, take a look at the World's Worst Website Ever for an extreme example of the damage caused by too many objects competing for attention. In interaction design, white space isn't just an aesthetic choice— it serves three essential functions.
White space has been proven to increase comprehension up to 20%.
What's Next For Apple Design, From The Guy Who Hired Jonathan Ive
Robert Brunner, who gave Ive his first Apple job, discusses the designer's new C-suite role—and why it matters.
Earlier this week, we reported that Apple created a new senior management position for esteemed designer Jonathan Ive, freeing him up to pursue big-picture projects while cementing his role as a leader in the Apple firmament. To casual observers, it might seem like an arbitrary promotion: Isn't Ive, who shepherded the build of almost every major Apple product of the past several years, from the iMac to the iPhone to iOS7, already Apple's design pope? How much more influence could he have? And how could Apple benefit?
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