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February 4, 2015
Here's What Apple's New Streaming Music Service Could Look Like
The revamped approach—featuring deeper integration between iTunes and Beats—may soon be here.
Since Apple acquired Beats last year for $3 billion, the lingering question of what would become of both iTunes and Beats' streaming music service has not been entirely answered. So far, both have remained independent, one offering on-demand streaming subscriptions with the other offering paid downloads. 9To5Mac is now reporting that its heard from people within Apple how the company might move forward with its music plans.
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This Tote Bag Says Everything You Need To Know About Vaccination
Wear your MMR vaccination status on your arm with this colorful tote.
Childhood vaccinations: Just do it. As the measles—a highly contagious, easily preventable virus—makes its way across the country, impacting even the happiest place on Earth, one L.A.-based designer has this message for you: Vaccinate Your Fucking Kids.
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Strongest Internet Rules Ever Proposed: FCC Chairman Tells ISPs They Are Public Utilities
The rules proposed by FCC Chair Tom Wheeler could put internet service providers in a tough legal bind.
This has been a big week for the future of the Internet.
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Y Combinator Breaks Through the Grass Ceiling
Dude! You can get a pot prescription on your smartphone thanks to this new (totally legal) app.
This December, Y Combinator, the Mountain View, California, startup camp and investment firm, did something extremely rare in the world of venture capital: It said yes to (medicinal) marijuana. Among the 114 companies to enter YC's Winter 2015 batch, which I've been following as part of a Fast Company series, is Meadow, a startup that allows licensed pot smokers to order their preferred buds—or, edibles or infused oils—from five Bay Area dispensaries and have them delivered within an hour.
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In A New Marketing World, The Product Is The Message
Dan Formosa, a veteran design consultant and the president of the product design jury at this year's Cannes Lions, reminds us that the Internet age has returned us to a time when product is the heart of a brand.
Two revolutions in technology took place over the last 75 years that significantly affected our lives as consumers. They also had a huge impact on the meaning of brands, the influence of advertising, and the commercialization (and over-commercialization) of the world we know. They should come as no surprise—the first was television; the second was the Internet.
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February 3, 2015
How Much Sleep Should You Get? New Guidelines Break It Down By Age
This is the first time the National Sleep Foundation's recommendations have been age-specific.
If you're anything like me, you agonize over sleep: How little is too little? Is there something wrong with you if you need a full 10 hours in order to be a functioning human?
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U.K. May Make It Legal To Genetically Engineer Children
Or as the BBC puts it, "MPs say yes to three-person babies."
Today the United Kingdom's House of Commons voted to allow a new medical technique that uses DNA from three individuals to create a human baby.
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A Bunch Of Magic Leap's Amazing Patent Illustrations Were Copied
They're not just a little familiar. They're copies.
Two weeks ago, a 180-page patent from stealth augmented reality company Magic Leap went public, and many sites—including Co.Design—mined it for the treasure trove of user interface sketches in which Magic Leap dreamed up the future of interface.
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Google-Uber Spat Exposes Uber's Achilles Heel
Uber is vulnerable to rivals unless it can build defensible technologies.
The technology behind on-demand taxi services is relatively cheap and easy to develop—a fact that has spurred dozens of startups and forced Uber to chase dizzying growth in the hopes of winning first-mover advantage in new markets.
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The New Epicurious Infuses Recipes With Google And Tinder
Leave it to the recipe sites to cook up bold experiments in design.
It's been a year of big change for food sites. NYT Cooking is making a century and a half of New York Times recipes searchable and beautiful. IBM's Chef Watson powered by Bon Appétit is recalculating your tired pantry items into experimental recipes. And now, one of the original recipe websites, Epicurious, has launched its first major renovation in eight years.
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