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Oppo R5 Review: Beautiful, but no one needs a phone this thin

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by on December 31, 2014 at 10:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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Before the fight for the biggest screen size, prior to the battle for the best specs or camera, there was the one great, very volatile feature phone manufacturers warred over: thinness. The R5 is Oppo’s 4.85mm stab at making the world’s skinniest phone – so thin they couldn’t fit a headphone jack. Although that title was quickly claimed by the also-chinese Vivo X5 Max (which beat it by an entire 0.1mm), there’s no denying the R5 is impressively engineered. Unfortunately, and unlike Oppo’s wonderfully crazy N3, those design feats leave you with a phone with too many compromises. Design Let’s get my biases out…

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Muzli Chrome extension dishes up design inspiration

Dec31
by on December 31, 2014 at 9:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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If it’s true that good artists borrow and great artists steal, what is the classification for those who simply derive inspiration from others and then use it as a springboard for their own imaginations? Maybe there’s no discrete category for such folks, but at least now they have Muzli, a new Chrome extension that curates and aggregates the most inspirational design Websites, blogs, resources and links on a daily basis. Download the Muzli extension for the Chrome browser to have Muzli’s hand-curated picks for interface, experience and graphic design hit you between the eyes whenever you want. If you’re not a Chrome…

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The Palm brand is coming back. Maybe

Dec31
by on December 31, 2014 at 7:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Mobile

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Remember Palm? They made a series of PDAs and smartphones before the world fell in love with the iPhone. Well the brand at least might be returning. According to webOS Nation, the Palm brand has been purchased by Alcatel Onetouch, a brand of Chinese tech company TCL. If you head over to Palm.com, in addition to the Palm logo, the words ‘Coming Soon’ appear. How TCL will launch the new Palm is a mystery. But, with CES next week, maybe we’ll get a look into how the brand that was purchased by HP, rebranded as webOS, then shut down will be resurrected. ➤ It…

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Tailor updates its logo design engine for small businesses and startups

Dec31
by on December 31, 2014 at 7:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Updates

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Sometimes even design firms — well educated in the art of messaging and marketing — get stumped when trying to create a corporate identity program for themselves. So imagine the obstacles facing small startups tasked not only with running a successful company but needing to create a coherent brand identity at the same time? That’s where Tailor Brands comes in, offering an algorithm-based system that helps small businesses participate in crafting their own unique logo and identity, without having to hire designers. Tailor’s new built-in Needle & Thread program gives startups and small business owners the ability to further customize their company’s visual design, while preserving the basic theme or message. Needle & Thread, which…

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Tailor updates its logo design engine for small businesses and startups

Dec31
by on December 31, 2014 at 7:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Updates

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Sometimes even design firms — well educated in the art of messaging and marketing — get stumped when trying to create a corporate identity program for themselves. So imagine the obstacles facing small startups tasked not only with running a successful company but needing to create a coherent brand identity at the same time? That’s where Tailor Brands comes in, offering an algorithm-based system that helps small businesses participate in crafting their own unique logo and identity, without having to hire designers. Tailor’s new built-in Needle & Thread program gives startups and small business owners the ability to further customize their company’s visual design, while preserving the basic theme or message. Needle & Thread, which…

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