Instagram Now Prompts You to Share Contacts
With Path coming in for some intense criticism last week for uploading a user’s entire contact list without their permission, it appears that Instagram has used its most recent update to safeguard…
Facebook Giving $4 in Extra Credits to Some Users
If you’re one of the people who meet a certain set of criteria, you could get up to $4 in extra Facebook Credits for every $1 that you spend, according…
Spotify Streaming Quality Goes to Extreme
Spotify has been a monster success since launching in the US, and one of the best parts about paying for a subscription to the service is being able to listen…
Instagram 2.1 Adds Lux Enhancement, New UI, New Filter
Uber-popular photo sharing app Instagram has been updated with several nice new features and a greatly simplified UI. The new interface in version 2.1 is a good sight cleaner and…
Former Facebook Exec Gideon Yu Named President of 49ers
Gideon Yu has had quite an illustrious career in technology, having been the former CFO at Facebook and before that, YouTube. Yu led the negotiations for the $1.65B sale of…
Interactive Animation Brings Starry Night to Life
In what I can only describe as perhaps the most impressive application of openFrameworks I have ever seen, Petros Vrellis‘s interactive animation of Starry Night will surely blow your mind. Just…
Every iOS Designer Needs Skala Preview
When creating for the iPhone and iPad, the best thing most designers have at their fingertips is a realistic mockup in Photoshop. Developers have the ability to quickly update their…
Logic3 R200 Ferrari Headphones First Look
I’ve never been a big fan of “branded” devices. More often than not, they’re overpriced and you’re paying a lot for a name without he quality to back up the…
Dubai's Innovation Mirage
From a distance, Dubai seems to have all the ingredients needed to become the region’s innovation hub. It has more than enough capital, except during the economic crisis of 2008,…
Penguin Starts a Book Club on Twitter
Since Twitter launched in 2006, there have been tons of unique uses of the platform, including fundraising, live tweeting the State of the Union, and now thanks to Penguin, a…
Little Monsters Gives Lady Gaga the Social Edge
We all know how popular musician Lady Gaga is, but regardless of the popularity of her music she’s done something that not many other artists can say. She has built…
LG's Next Windows Phone Looking Good
If you have only consumed our coverage of Windows Phone in the past few weeks, you might have come to the conclusion that we live in a strictly Nokia world….
Apple Sues Motorola Over Qualcomm License
Apple has sued the Motorola Mobility in U.S. courts over a licensing agreement for wireless patents with Qualcomm, reports Reuters. The lawsuit was filed today, February 10th, in a southern California…
Design Flashback: 10 Iconic 1950's Fonts
Design Flashback is a new series that takes a break from web and mobile projects to dig up some amazing retro/vintage inspiration. Looking beyond the web brings entirely new ideas to the table, and…
Singularity University Disembarks in Brazil
If you think Singularity University‘s activities don’t go beyond Silicon Valley and NASA Ames, think again. The American university is partnering for the second time with the Brazilian educational institution FIAP to…
