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21 of the best typefaces from October 2014

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by on November 13, 2014 at 3:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider, Roundups

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Sean Mitchell is an interactive designer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the editor of Type Release. Did October bring us all kinds of festive, spooky typefaces? We’ll find out in this month’s roundup of our favorites from last month. Latinotype: Texta Texta is a contemporary, rational, transparent and useful sans to compose all kind of texts. Typotheque: Woodkit Woodkit is a playful fixed-width display series of typefaces inspired by wood type. Miller Type Foundry: Uniform Uniform is a multi-width geometric type family. Laura Worthington: Boucherie Boucherie includes four distinct display types, plus ornaments, catchwords, and frames. Type Supply: Queue Queue was drawn…

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Spotify vs. Swift: When talkin’ royalties, you can’t compare apples with oranges

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by on November 13, 2014 at 3:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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The public spat between Spotify and Taylor Swift shows no signs of dying down any time soon. The debacle kicked off earlier this month when the pop star pulled her entire catalog from the music-streaming service, apparently because she believes her music shouldn’t be given away on ad-supported services that users don’t pay for. The latest installment in the saga revolves around a little tête-à-tête between Spotify and Scott Borchetta, CEO of Taylor Swift’s record label Big Machine. On the one hand, Spotify says that Swift’s record label has earned around $2 million in royalties over the past 12 months,…

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Russian internet juggernaut Mail.ru eyes US growth, as it acquires OpenStreetMap-powered Maps.me

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by on November 13, 2014 at 2:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Hot on the heels of its acquisition of ‘Russia’s Facebook’ Vkontakte, Russian internet powerhouse Mail.ru has revealed it has now snapped up popular OpenStreetMap-powered mapping app Maps.me. Available for Android, iOS and BlackBerry, Belarus-based Maps.me has built a solid fanbase around the world, notching up seven million downloads en-route. The app is available for free, with restricted functions, and a paid upgrade unlocks extra features such as offline search. OpenStreetMap (OSM) is one of the four main global mapping platforms, along with Google, TomTom and Nokia’s HERE. As with other OSM navigation apps, Maps.me allows full offline access for countries…

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Nvidia to launch its Grid game streaming service on November 18, but only for Shield devices

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by on November 13, 2014 at 2:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Nvidia announced today the North American launch of Grid, its cloud gaming service, on November 18. The service is also scheduled to go live in Western Europe next month and Asia next year. You’ll need a Nvidia Shield tablet or handheld to use the service, which is free until June 30, 2015. At launch, Grid will offer 20 games to players, including Batman: Arkham City, Borderlands 2 and Darksiders II. In addition to a Shield device, you’ll also need a 10 Mbps Internet connection and a ping of 60ms or less to Grid servers, which are located on the East…

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Getty Images Stream for Mac brings historic images to your desktop

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by on November 13, 2014 at 2:32 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Getty Images, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Yosemite, Product Updates

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Getty Images launched its first consumer app, Getty Stream for iOS, this summer. Now it’s following up the iPad and iPhone app with another free app, Getty Images Stream for Mac. Available for OS X Yosemite, the Stream Mac app hooks into Getty Images’ API giving you access to streams including latest images, news, sport, entertainment and selections from its archive. You can select images from the Getty Stream and turn them into a desktop wallpaper for your Mac or stream slideshows via AirPlay to your iPad, iPhone or Apple TV. The app also gives you the option to legally share…

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