Tom Goodwin “Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate” The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.
Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you’ve never noticed Roman Mars is obsessed with flags — and after you watch this talk, you might be, too. These ubiquitous symbols of civic pride are often designed, well, pretty terribly. But they don’t have to be. In this surprising and hilarious talk about vexillology — the study of flags — Mars reveals the five basic principles of flag design and shows why he believes they can be applied to just about anything. ...
Since around mid-2012, Twitter has supported Twitter Cards. Twitter Cards are meant to give Twitter users a preview of posted links. You can present video, images, or text snippets as a preview. The following code lets WordPress users optimize their theme for Twitter Cards. First, add the following code to the function.php of your WordPress theme; once you’ve done that, you still need to apply for Cards with Twitter registrieren. ...
I want a new black MacBook → We already know Apple is fine with giving its smartphone the anodized color treatment, so why not the MacBook? In fact, I’d be happy if Apple even just offered a single additional color option for the most portable of the MacBook family, the MacBook Air. I want a black MacBook Air. I’d also like a black MacBook Air. I’ve always thought the black plastic MacBooks looked nicer than the more popular white ones. ...
Mark Moskowitz auf CNet.com: While not a new idea, our global tech research team believes Apple could be on the cusp of introducing a new category with iAnywhere, a converged MacOS-iOS operating system that allows an iPhone or iPad to dock into a specially configured display to run as a computer,” Moskowitz said. “In our view, this category would be a leapfrog event, potentially jumpstarting iPhone and iPad growth as well as peripherals and cloud-based software and services sales. ...