Popular design news of the week: June 22, 2015 — June 28, 2015

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the most popular designer news that we curated from the past week. Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that were posted, so don’t miss out and subscribe to our newsletter and follow the site daily for all the news.

WhatsApp for Desktop — Beautiful Mac, Windows & Linux Desktop Client for WhatsApp

Trendy Web Color Palettes and Material Design Color Schemes & Tools

The Grid — Beta Rollout has Begun

Google has Quietly Launched a GitHub Competitor

McDonald’s New Takeout Bag Looks Exactly like One a College Student Designed 2 Years Ago

How Apple Could Modernise iMessage

Checklist of Skills and Tools Every Designer Should Learn

Apple Rumored to Be Working on a Crazy iPhone Design

Why your Website Continues to Disappoint

How to Make a Prototype in 3 Days

Amazon Echo is Available to Everyone Today

Why We Moved Our Company Blog to Medium

Twitter’s Biggest UX Problem: Who the Hell is it Designed For?

How Beats Tricks You into Thinking it Makes a Premium Product

Samsung Attaches Screen to Semi-truck to Show the Road Ahead

Gmail Formally Adds ​‘Undo Send’ Option

The Best Brand Reactions to the Historic Gay Marriage Decision

2016’s Presidential Hopefuls Rebranded as Black Metal Bands

Google Maps: Yosemite Street View

Instagram: The all New Search and Explore

NASA Astronaut Uses Earth’s Glow to Light his Space Selfies

Woah, Man, Google Made a Computer Program that Makes Trippy Art

Google’s Street View Takes Armchair Climbers up El Capitan

How They Made True Detective’s Opening Credits so Eerie

Tumblr TV — your Endless Gif Channel