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Get up to speed on the latest stories on the web. Featuring crucial design and tech news updates, we’ll keep you informed about the latest happenings.
Ghost is live
Following months of anticipation the first public release of the Ghost blogging platform is finally live.
Released…
By WDD Staff
Mozilla takes on Flash
Introducing Shumway, Mozilla’s open source, JavaScript-based SWF renderer. That’s right: Mozilla is making good on its…
By WDD Staff
Mozilla champions HTML5 worldwide
Just weeks after the successful launches of the first Firefox OS smartphones to Spain, Colombia, Venezuela and Poland,…
By WDD Staff
Will hashtags replace keywords?
Google have announced that all their searches are now encrypted. All of them. Every single one. This means no more…
By WDD Staff
CNN puts a face to Siri
For the last few years millions of Americans have been asking her questions ranging from the intellectual, to the…
By WDD Staff
Do we really need another HTML5 authoring app?
Yesterday Google released the beta version of its newest project: Web Designer.
Announced earlier this year, Web…
By WDD Staff
Is Google finished?
Google, the omnipresent search engine, is celebrating its 15th birthday today. Which means it can now drive a car and…
By WDD Staff
Lootback gives you cash back
Web design resources are often cheap, but they add up: stock photography, fonts, a sound file or two; before you know…
By WDD Staff
.net pulls the plug
The blogosphere exploded today at the news that .net magazine, the publication that many of us began our careers…
By WDD Staff
Conference review: Reasons to be Creative 2013
One of the more ambitious conferences on the circuit, Reasons to be Creative was held this year on September the 2nd,…
By WDD Staff
Facebook and Shutterstock giving advertisers more options
Advertisers on Facebook will shortly be getting some new options for sprucing up their ads with high-quality stock…
By WDD Staff
Adobe release Dreamweaver CC updates
Dreamweaver has long been a curious beast, loved and loathed in equal measure. For many it is the very best WYSIWYG…
By WDD Staff
Adobe announce a new subscription option
For years premium design and development software has been the exclusive preserve of Adobe. Since they outmaneuvered…
By Ben Moss
New symbol designed to replace 'the'
An Australian entrepreneur, usually known for his restaurants, has stunned the design world by creating a ligature to…
By Ben Moss
Ampersand 2013: The web typography conference
Ampersand 2013 — held today in Brighton, UK — was the third iteration of the popular web typography…
By Ben Moss
What's new for designers, June 2013
The June edition of what's new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, JavaScript resources, Photoshop…
iOS7 icons, love them or hate them?
There has been furious debate in the last twenty four hours on the merits and failings of Apple’s iOS7 update, and the…
By Ben Moss
Apple hits and misses with iOS7 at WWDC
As expected, Apple used today's keynote presentation at their WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) to launch the…
By Ben Moss