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February 3, 2015
Google's Secret Weapon In The Battle For The Internet Of Things: Academia
Can Google's new grant program clean up a notoriously messy new category of technologies and devices?
When it comes to building up clout in an emerging industry, Google pulls out all the stops. And doing that usually involves spending lots of money.
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Eero Could Do For Wi-Fi What Nest Did For Thermostats
Setting up a wireless network can still be a headache. This new system aims to solve that—and to do it with style.
If dealing with a single wireless router in your home is a pain, then wrangling multiple ones bridged together for extended range can turn into an exercise in self-loathing.
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Adidas Gets Ready For Kanye Collaboration With New Sneaker Reservation App
The brand aims to make landing limited edition shoes a fairer, easier process.
On January 29, the NikeLab in New York City invited sneaker enthusiasts to come on down between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. for raffle tickets to have a chance to buy its new "Just Don x Air Jordan 2" limited release shoe. The crowd that showed up flooded Mercer St. in Soho enough by 1 p.m. that the event was shut down by police, leaving many potential buyers and avid collectors out in the cold.
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Why Monotype Bought An Emoji Company
The $27 million acquisition of emoji startup Swyft Media by a 125-year-old type company means you could soon text with custom typefaces.
Monotype Image Holdings, a juggernaut of the type world, is shelling out $27 million on Swyft Media, a New York-based ad startup focused peddling stickers and emojis. Yes, a 125-year-old type company is buying a bunch of emojis.
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Jessica Walsh And Timothy Goodman On Life After "40 Days Of Dating"
The designers' viral dating experiment is chronicled in a gorgeous new book. We caught up with Walsh and Goodman about love and design.
In July 2013, after struggling with opposite relationship problems (fear of commitment vs. love of love), New York-based designer friends Timothy Goodman and Jessica Walsh embarked on a now-infamous experiment: they dated each other for 40 days and recorded their experiences for the whole Internet to see. Their journey turned into a viral blog that has drawn over 10 million unique visitors since its launch—not just because it was an engrossing romantic dramedy (couples therapy! sexy trips to Disney World! crying and downing wine on planes!), but because it was illustrated with bold typographic artwork by Walsh, one-half of design studio Sagmeister & Walsh, and Goodman, who runs his own T. Goodman studio. It's also being turned into a movie by Warner Bros., to be directed by Michael Sucsy (The Vow, Grey Gardens) and written by Lorene Scafaria (Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World).
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February 2, 2015
Apple Stores Are Reportedly Installing Custom Safes To House Apple Watches
It's better to be safe than sorry.
I've been thinking about the blurred lines between Apple's luxury tech products and high-end jewellery ever since it was first revealed that Apple Stores average more sales per square foot than iconic diamond retailer Tiffany & Co.
Redditcoin Is Abandoned, Just 4 Months After Being Announced
Well, that didn't last long!
Despite announcing its new bitcoin rival less than six months ago, Reddit has quietly dropped plans for its so-called "Redditcoin" cryptocurrency—after firing lead engineer Ryan X. Charles.
One Of Adobe's Most Visionary Leaders Heads To Microsoft
Adobe's head of experience design, Michael Gough, joins Microsoft to lead design across products like Office 365.
Michael Gough, the vice president of experience design at Adobe who spearheaded the company's ventures into tablet drawing hardware like the Ink & Slide pen and ruler, and quirky iOS apps like Adobe Brush, is going to Microsoft.
Lululemon Founder Chip Wilson Steps Down From Board
The founder of the overpriced stretch pants empire is moving on.
Chip Wilson, who founded yoga wear brand Lululemon Athletica in 1998, announced today that he has stepped down from his position on the company's board. The move comes a little more than a year after his resignation as Chairman, prompted by controversial comments he made about customers' body types.
Can A Brand-New Web Browser Survive In 2015?
It might be impossible for an upstart like Vivaldi to take on Chrome, IE, Firefox, and Safari. But more modest goals are attainable.
In the hierarchy of hot new tech startups, there's not much love for the lowly web browser.
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