After hearing a lot about the "flat" new look of iOS 7 that may or may not be revealed next month, there's finally been some light shed on details of what the latest iPhone design basics might look like — and, well, things start off pretty much in the dark.
Everyone knew former Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes was going to shake things up at The New Republic, but nobody expected a redesign of the classic DC title to be quite so... sans-serif.
In this week's Y.A. for Grownups column I'm paying special homage to the oft under-applauded but always important art of the books; specifically, the cover art that's appeared on books published for teens and middle-grade audiences this year.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Today in books and publishing: Reviews are in on Franzen-adapting play; closing Amazon's tax loopholes; only Harry Potter can save Bloomsbury now; telling designers what to read.
After hyping a "big announcement" yesterday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo appeared on Today to unveil a new look for the social media platform featuring bigger photos and a more "personal" profile and complete overhaul of the iPad design--all of which Costolo says should go into effect today.
Little Printer, the physical paper product the tech world has decided to care about, is available for preorder today, so anyone else who wants a device that prints the Internet on a receipt-size piece of paper can get one, too -- for $259.
Li Guilian is the woman in charge of making those non-American American Olympic uniforms, and she just can't understand why we're all so mad that Ralph Lauren's makers are Chinese—especially since China gives us such wonderful cheap products.
There are temptations at home that do not exist in traditional work spaces. We asked some hyper-productive friends of The Atlantic Wire who work from home to explain their strategies, and what it is they do all day.
A montage of frustrated Google Nexus 7 owners struggling with opening their new tablets' packaging proves there is at least one thing Apple gets that Google does not: Boxes.
Just when you thought Google+ was worn out and ready for the boring bin, the search giant unleashed its secret weapon: Graphic design.
In just a few days the iPad will be 18 months old and Jann Wenner will release Rolling Stone's first app -- nothing too flashy. Given Wenner's reputation as the biggest naysayer of tablet editions, it would appear we're entering a new era of the iPad magazine.
Plus: Ebook sales were up a whopping 162 percent in the first half of 2011
Pentagram has posted a collection of signs they designed for the newsroom
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