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Braille and typography – past, present and future

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by on June 29, 2015 at 5:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, braille, design, Design & Dev, typography

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For almost 200 years, the Braille system has helped the visually-impaired read. Created by Louis Braille in the 1820’s after he lost his sight, the system uses embossed dot combinations to represent letters, numbers and punctuation (64 combinations made with 6 dot cells, spelling out every letter of a word, and more combinations representing contracted signs). Today, technology is helping the visually impaired go beyond using just books, with special displays, computer assistance, and even apps, such as Braille Touch. (Discover “this collector’s book with drawings in relief and texts in English, French and Braille”.) Despite Braille having a similar path…

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Google Earth turns 10, gets new exploration features and Earth View images

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by on June 29, 2015 at 4:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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It’s Google Earth’s 10th  birthday today, so Google is celebrating with a few new features to help you explore some more cool sights around the wold. A new layer called Voyager (currently only available on the desktop) helps you quickly jump straight to some of the most interesting locations around the world, and is made up of five different sections Street view will showcase some of the best locations to explore at street level, while Earth View will highlight some of the best landscapes as seen from space. Meanwhile, new satellite imagery provides a map of some of the newest…

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Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2015, Team Foundation Server 2015 and .NET 4.6 land on July 20

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by on June 29, 2015 at 3:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Developers, developers, developers! Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2015 will be finalized on July 20th, alongside .NET 4.6 and Team Foundation Server 2015. The development tool lands just nine days before the release of Windows 10 and contains a ton of new features. It includes cross-platform mobile development for adapting iOS and Android apps to the Windows platform, game development with Unity and Unreal support as well as tools for building Windows 10 apps. Microsoft is planning a launch event to celebrate, at 8:30AM Pacific Time, so you can get the latest on everything new with Visual Studio. ➤ Visual Studio 2015 RTM…

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Top French Uber executives arrested over illegal taxi operations

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by on June 29, 2015 at 3:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Two top executives at Uber France were arrested today as part of an ongoing investigation about Uber’s operations as a taxi company, including Uber France CEO Thibault Simphal and Uber Europe GM Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty Numerous protests against UberPop broke out in France last week, as traditional taxi companies voiced their complaints about the service with more 400,000 users. French authorities sent out 200 extra officers to patrol the streets for UberPop drivers. UberPop has been officially banned in France since December, but had been allowed to continue operations until courts made a final decision in September. Uber’s French headquarters were…

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How to choose a SaaS design platform

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by on June 29, 2015 at 2:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, design, Insider, SaaS

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Let’s start with a throwback to 1997 when the Web design process required expensive graphic design software and lines of code in Notepad. When you finally did launch something, your server was at the mercy of an Internet full of sketchy hackers. Fortunately, those days are gone—long gone. The Web design space is more mature now than it ever has been. In fact, it’s a $20 billion dollar industry. You can go download a template, hire a web designer for something custom, or use software-as-a-service (SaaS) to DIY. The bottom line is that you have options for any budget, and…

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