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Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers.
The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the most popular designer news that we curated from the past week.
Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that were posted, so don’t miss out and subscribe to our newsletter and follow the site daily for all the news.
Skype for Web (Beta) is Now Available to Everyone in the us and UK
Why Web Design is Dead
Why You Should Google Yourself Now
Apple is Going to Kill the Home Screen
Why Apple Abandoned the World’s Most Beloved Typeface
Apple is Launching Search Engine to Destroy Google — and You’re Already Using It
Apple’s Next Revolutionary Design Language
Graphic Designer Creates Illustrated GIFs to Showcase Her Creative Skills
How I Scored Free Stuff from my Favorite Companies
The 5 Biggest Usability Fails in Movies
Did Yahoo Inappropriately Copy Designs by a Cult Graphic Artist?
First Look at Apple’s New OS X: El Capitan
Google Ideas
The New ITunes Icon is a Throwback to Apple’s Classic Logo
Two Kinds of People
Airbnb’s Design Chief on Why Designers and MBAs Make Perfect Power Combos
Open Sourcing is no Longer Optional, not even for Apple
Apple Finally Learns AI is the New UI
7 Reasons You Might Actually Want to Use Google Keep
The Secrets of Airport Design
Apple Admits the IPod is Dead
Why It’s Important to Sketch Before You Wireframe
Twitter and Medium Announce They’ve Invented Email
6 Tips for Designing Happiness
Gay Pride Month Gets Google’s Support with Rainbow-Colored Images for LGBT Searches
Want more? No problem! Keep track of top design news from around the web with Webdesigner News.
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