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After its $170m Fire Phone writedown, Amazon.com redesign shines a light on Amazon hardware

Oct24
by on October 24, 2014 at 10:22 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

If you arrived at Amazon today and noticed things look a little different, well, you’re not the only one. It seems the internet giant is now rolling out its design refresh to many more e-shoppers after a testing phase that kicked off last month, though it looks like it’s still only available on its .com domain for now. The most immediate and obvious change is the large carousel gallery that takes up the full-width of the screen, and the dark grey backdrop across the top. Click on the second image in the gallery below to see the ‘before’ design. Looking…

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This is what the Microsoft branding on future Lumia devices will look like

Oct24
by on October 24, 2014 at 9:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Updates

Earlier this week, we got confirmation of what everyone was assuming anyway – that Microsoft will use the ‘Microsoft Lumia’ brand for its range of smartphones but we were left with questions over what the actual devices would be branded with. Now, we have our answer: just ‘Microsoft’. Cunning, isn’t it? Of course, we still haven’t seen any phones released with the branding as yet, but the company said “we are looking forward to unveiling a Microsoft Lumia device soon”, so it shouldn’t be too long to wait. While it obviously makes a bunch of sense given Microsoft now owns Nokia’s…

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This is what the Microsoft branding on future Lumia devices will look like

Oct24
by on October 24, 2014 at 9:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Updates

Earlier this week, we got confirmation of what everyone was assuming anyway – that Microsoft will use the ‘Microsoft Lumia’ brand for its range of smartphones but we were left with questions over what the actual devices would be branded with. Now, we have our answer: just ‘Microsoft’. Cunning, isn’t it? Of course, we still haven’t seen any phones released with the branding as yet, but the company said “we are looking forward to unveiling a Microsoft Lumia device soon”, so it shouldn’t be too long to wait. While it obviously makes a bunch of sense given Microsoft now owns Nokia’s…

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