Highlander's Blog: August 2012

Friday, August 31, 2012

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Asynchronous JavaScript Programming. The Power Of $.Deferred for HTML5 Application - HTML5 Rocks

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/async/deferred/

Apple victory already seen affecting Android resale value

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/08/29/apple-court-victory-resale/

Apple Set To Dominate As The Android Geeks Are Defeated

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2012/08/29/apple-set-to-dominate-as-the-android-geeks-are-defeated/

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Web safe CSS font stacks

http://cssfontstack.com/

CSS, HTML, JavaScript, DOM, PHP, and Python documentation in one place

http://dochub.io

Ideal Forms: a comprehensive jQuery library for building and validating responsive HTML5 forms

http://elclanrs.github.com/jq-idealforms/

Kodiak PHP: The only iPad app with offline PHP code execution.

http://www.becomekodiak.com/

Annotator

http://okfnlabs.org/annotator/

Responsive Design case study

http://builtbyboon.com/blog/responsive-design-case-study

Efficient Wireframing of a Web Form

http://designmodo.com/wireframing-web-form/

Half of All Mobile Phones Will Be Smartphones by 2013, Two Years Earlier Than Forecast

http://allthingsd.com/20120828/half-of-all-mobile-phones-will-be-smartphones-by-2013-two-years-earlier-than-forecast/

Web And Scripting Programming Language Job Trends – August 2012

http://regulargeek.com/2012/08/28/web-and-scripting-programming-language-job-trends-august-2012/

How To Be a Genius: This Is Apple's Secret Employee Training Manual

http://gizmodo.com/5938323/how-to-be-a-genius-this-is-apples-secret-employee-training-manual

Responsive Web Above The Fold

http://css-tricks.com/responsive-web-above-the-fold/

Will Apple’s Pinch-To-Zoom Patent Victory Create A Usability Hell?

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670652/will-apples-pinch-to-zoom-patent-victory-create-a-usability-hell

Good CSS Practices

http://www.jayway.com/2012/08/28/good-css-practices-2/

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The world’s superpowers as measured by active iOS and Android devices

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/27/mobile-superpowers/

Samsung’s transparent store displays will change the way you shop (video)

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/27/samsungs-transparent-store-displays-will-change-the-way-you-go-shopping-video/?postpost=v2

Samsung debuts monstrous 5.8-inch Galaxy Player that no one will buy

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/27/samsung-galaxy-player-5-8/

Responsive Web Design Infographic

http://webexpedition18.com/articles/responsive-web-design-infographic/

The social network for parents

http://www.sproudly.com/

Web design training: The top 10 online tools

http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design-training-top-10-online-tools-812225

Native apps vs. web apps: The martial epic has found its end

http://speckyboy.com/2012/08/27/native-apps-vs-web-apps-the-martial-epic-has-found-its-end/

Well’s Social List-Making App Thinks Outside The “To-Do”

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/27/wells-social-list-making-app-thinks-outside-the-to-do/

How Technology Will Eliminate Travel Frustration [Infographic]

http://www.businessinsider.com/infographic-how-technology-will-eliminate-travel-frustration-2012-8

35 Beautiful Progress Bar Designs

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/beautiful-progress-bars/

Motorola’s next mid-range Verizon smartphone leaks: the Razr M 4G LTE

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/28/motorolas-next-mid-range-verizon-smartphone-leaks-the-razr-m-4g-lte/

Testing your apps is SO much fun, right? Now, Sauce Labs can do that for you

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/28/sauce-labs-mobile/

The Business Case for Responsive Web Design

http://fuseinteractive.ca/blog/business-case-responsive-web-design

TIME Mobile Digital Scanner Put to the Test

http://www.usercentric.com/blogs/uxnuggets/2012/08/28/time-mobile-digital-scanner-put-test

Faster HTML/CSS Workflow with Chrome Developer Tools

http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workflow-tutorials/faster-htmlcss-workflow-with-chrome-developer-tools/

Mobile and tablet specific guidelines – Design considerations

http://www.foolproof.co.uk/mobile-and-tablet-specific-guidelines-design-considerations/

Find the right words for your mobile… first

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/08/find-the-right-words-for-your-mobile-first/

Master CSS pixels for Retina displays

http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/master-css-pixels-retina-displays

Monday, August 27, 2012

Parallax Background Builder

http://web-features.net/

Taking A Big Hit On Design, Samsung Doubles Down On Chips, Puts $974M Into ASML

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/27/taking-a-big-hit-on-design-samsung-doubles-down-on-chips-puts-974m-into-asml/

Lit Motors Inc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xdmgDgcZfvY

Sphero

http://www.gosphero.com/

15 Awesome CSS3 Animation Tutorials

http://bashooka.com/coding/css3-animation-tutorials/

15+ Free and Premium jQuery Scrolling Plugins

http://designmodo.com/jquery-scrolling-plugins/

How Free Apps Can Make More Money Than Paid Apps

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/26/how-free-apps-can-make-more-money-than-paid-apps/

Kleiner to Invest More than $100 Million in Enterprise- Bloomberg

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-24/kleiner-to-invest-more-than-100-million-in-enterprise.html

How augmented reality will change the way we live

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/08/25/how-augmented-reality-will-change-way-live/

A device with a touchscreen and few buttons was obvious

http://www.osnews.com/story/26309/A_device_with_a_touchscreen_and_few_buttons_i_was_i_obvious

Build Single Page Apps - Part 8 - JavaScript Data Services

http://johnpapa.net/spapost8

Keep Your iPhone Charged With A Solar Battery Pack

http://www.cultofmac.com/186975/keep-your-iphone-charged-with-a-solar-battery-pack/

How Apple's victory over Samsung will affect you: The good and the bad

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-apples-victory-over-samsung-will-affect-you/

Lenovo surpasses Apple in China smartphone market

http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/26/china-smartphone-sales-q2-2012-lenovo-apple/

Is eye scan technology the future of airport security?

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-eye-scan-technology-20120824,0,4993492.story

Sunday, August 26, 2012

CSS Background Images & High Contrast Mode

http://blog.adrianroselli.com/2012/08/css-background-images-high-contrast-mode.html

Toolbelt

http://toolbe.lt/mw/index.php?title=Introduction_to_Toolbelt

Startup of the Week: Social app Igobubble lets you leave virtual bubbles at real-world locations

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/24/startup-of-the-week-social-app-igobubble-lets-you-leave-virtual-bubbles-at-real-world-locations/

The Ultimate Guide for Utilizing Adaptive Images Successfully

http://smashinghub.com/the-ultimate-guide-for-utilizing-adaptive-images-successfully.htm

Get Started with Parallax Scrolling

http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2012/08/23/incorporating-parallax-scrolling-into-your-website.aspx

Mobile Design. Strategic Solutions.

http://www.slideshare.net/theresaneil/mobile-design-strategic-solutions

Top 30 CSS Tools and Applications for Developers

http://skytechgeek.com/2012/08/css-tools-and-applications/

How iOS Is Winning Mobile In The Enterprise

http://www.businessinsider.com/bii-report-how-ios-is-winning-mobile-in-the-enterprise-2012-8

What’s Coming Out of Silicon Valley

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/whats-coming-out-of-silicon-valley/?pagemode=print&pagewanted=print

Apple Hits New Highs as Tim Cook Celebrates One Year as CEO

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/08/24/apple-hits-new-highs-as-tim-cook-celebrates-one-year-as-ceo/

Samsung mimics Apple product videos in Galaxy S III promo (with video)

http://macdailynews.com/2012/08/24/samsung-mimics-apple-product-videos-in-galaxy-s-iii-promo-with-video/

Samsung's new Sydney store closely resembles ... an Apple Store

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/08/24/samsungs-new-sydney-store-closely-resembles-an-apple-store/

Is this how Microsoft’s team built its logo? (Hint: Like everything else, start with Apple)

http://9to5mac.com/2012/08/24/is-this-how-microsofts-team-built-its-logo-hint-like-everything-else-start-with-apple/

Ridejoy App Walkthrough

http://www.businessinsider.com/ridejoy-app-walkthrough-2012-8

Telenav Scout for Apps comes to Android and Windows Phone, Scout Drive Button released for website-based nav

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/23/telenav-scout-for-apps-android-windows-phone-scout-drive-button-for-websites/

Apple-Samsung verdict shows that Microsoft thinks different

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57500348-71/apple-samsung-verdict-shows-that-microsoft-thinks-different/

Saturday, August 25, 2012

User Experience Lessons From the New Facebook iOS App

http://nathanbarry.com/ux-lessons-from-facebook-ios/

The convergence of mobile and social: The next IT battleground

http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/52001/the-convergence-of-mobile-and-social-the-next-it-battleground/

JavaScript Bindings for C and Objective-C

http://code.zynga.com/2012/08/javascript-bindings-for-c-and-objective-c-2/

Apple v. Samsung: the device scorecard

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57500273-37/apple-v-samsung-the-device-scorecard/

Friday, August 24, 2012

Prismatic wants to conquer the new frontier: Mobile news

http://gigaom.com/2012/08/23/prismatic-wants-to-conquer-the-new-frontier-mobile-news/

Samsung, Nokia, and Qualcomm team up to improve indoor location technology

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/23/samsung-nokia-and-qualcomm-team-up-to-improve-indoor-location-technology/

Got an online store? You’re gonna need an app for that, survey says

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/23/mobile-app-online-retail/

PLNDR launches iOS app for on-the-go flash sale shopping (interesting design)

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/23/plndr-launches-ios-app-for-on-the-go-flash-sale-shopping/

18 Free Backend Admin Panel and Dashboard Templates

http://artatm.com/2012/08/18-free-backend-admin-panel-and-dashboard-templates/

WhatsApp hits new record with 10 billion total messages in one day

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/08/23/whatsapp-hits-new-record-10-billion-total-messages-one-day/

Here's What Smartphone Users Are Doing With Their Phones

http://www.businessinsider.com/bii-report-heres-what-smartphone-users-are-doing-with-their-phones-2012-8

Electronic Glove Helps Doctors Diagnose Breast Cancer

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/23/electronic-glove-helps-doctors-diagnose-breast-cancer/

The Smartphone of the Future - an Explosive Wealth of Possibilities

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/zappa20120823

Thursday, August 23, 2012

After 25 years, Microsoft unveils new logo

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2012/august/microsoft-new-logo

Logitech's washable keyboard ends coffee disasters

http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/?newsId=3377500

Pixate

http://www.pixate.com/blog/

Samsung Invests $4 Billion in Austin To Produce iPhone And iPad Chips

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/22/samsung-invests-4b-in-austin-to-produce-iphone-and-ipad-chips/

Your mobile design is pretty, but is it touch friendly? Plunk lets you find out

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/22/zurb-plunk-touch-screen-testing/

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1: When trying too hard goes wrong (review)

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/22/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-review/

PayPal partners with Discover to outdo Square/Starbucks in mobile payments

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/22/paypal-partners-discover/

How to Build a CSS3 Sliding Menu

http://www.sitepoint.com/css3-sliding-menu/

Why You Should Lead with Mobile Web Apps (Not Native Apps)

http://sixrevisions.com/project-management/leading-mobile-web-app-native/

15 More Responsive CSS Frameworks & Boilerplates Worth Considering

http://speckyboy.com/2012/08/21/15-more-responsive-css-frameworks-boilerplates-worth-considering/

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Plastic Logic

http://www.plasticlogic.com/Technology.htmx

How To Synchronize Core Data with a Web Service – Part 1

http://www.raywenderlich.com/15916/how-to-synchronize-core-data-with-a-web-service-part-1

JavaScript Web Applications and elasticsearch

http://www.elasticsearch.org/tutorials/2012/08/22/javascript-web-applications-and-elasticsearch.html

Separate Mobile Website Vs. Responsive Website: Presidential Smackdown Edition

http://mobile.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/22/separate-mobile-responsive-website-presidential-smackdown/

Google rolls out new JavaScript benchmarks for the modern and mobile web

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/21/google-octane/

Why developers can’t say no to Node

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/21/node-infographic/

Converting Your Website to Use Responsive Design – Part I

http://www.openroad.ca/2012/08/20/converting-your-website-to-use-responsive-design-part-i/

Fluid UI, Mobile App Prototyping

http://wireframes.linowski.ca/2012/08/fluid-ui-mobile-app-prototyping/

Wireframing and Prototyping a Mobile App

http://designmodo.com/wireframing-prototyping-mobile-app/

50 Brilliant iPad Mobile App User Interface Designs

http://spyrestudios.com/50-brilliant-ipad-mobile-app-user-interface-designs/

HTML5: Don't Believe the Hype Cycle

http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/08/html5-ready-for-prime-time-dont-believe-the-hype-cycle.php

55 Inspiring Examples Of Mobile Websites Design

http://blog.karachicorner.com/2012/08/mobile-websites-design-55-inspiring-examples/

Web designers should make sites for phones and tablets first.

http://mobile.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/08/web_design_for_tablets_forget_the_desktop_smartphone_and_tablet_sites_should_come_first_.html

Let’s Make a Drawing Game with Node.js

http://tutorialzine.com/2012/08/nodejs-drawing-game/

Is Apple losing its cool in China?

http://www.zdnet.com/is-apple-losing-its-cool-in-china-7000002746/

8 CSS tools for better web design

http://www.designer-daily.com/8-css-tools-for-better-web-design-28265

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

CSSplay

http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menu/cssplay-the-big-slide.html

Book Review: Test-Driven iOS Development

http://oleb.net/blog/2012/08/test-driven-ios-development/

A Practical Guide to Use Spine.JS in Real World App.

http://blog.pragmatic.ly/a-practical-guide-to-use-spinejs-in-real-worl

Trees are not neon! The Normalize app lets you un-Instagram photos

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/20/trees-are-not-neon-the-normalize-app-lets-you-un-instagram-photos/

20 Awesome jQuery Plugins for Responsive Layout

http://creativecan.com/2012/08/jquery-plugins-for-responsive-layout/

Predictors of In-App Purchases? Not Having Paid Apps And Playing Lots of Games, Apsalar Finds

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/20/apsalar-study/

Korean Scientists develop lithium-ion battery that charges 120 times faster than normal

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/08/korean-scientists-develop-lithium-ion.html

The best upcoming phones you can't buy yet

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-upcoming-phones/

HTML5 Videos: 10 Things You Need to Know

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/html5-videos-things-you-need-to-know/

20 Must See CSS3 and jQuery Tutorials

http://desizntech.info/2012/08/20-must-see-css3-and-jquery-tutorials/

Responsive Tester Chrome Extension

http://www.fluidbyte.net/responsive-tester-chrome-extension

Towards A Retina Web

http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/20/towards-retina-web/

Gamorlive creates a portal for HTML5 multiplayer mobile games

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/20/gamorlive-creates-a-portal-for-html5-multiplayer-mobile-games/

HTC loses $40M from OnLive, invests $35.4M in enterprise app maker Magnet Systems

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/20/htc-loses-40m-onive-35m-magnet/

Windows Phone could surpass BlackBerry’s U.S. market share this year

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/20/windows-phone-overtaking-blackberry/

The Anti-IPO: Is Apple Grooming Twitter For All-Out Acquisition?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/08/19/the-anti-ipo-is-apple-grooming-twitter-for-all-out-acquisition/

Motorola-Google’s first patent suit against Apple seeks import ban of all major Apple devices

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/19/motorola-googles-first-patent-suit-against-apple-seeks-import-ban-of-all-major-apple-devices/

Localised JavaScript

http://fhtr.org/js-i18n/

BigVideo . js

http://dfcb.github.com/BigVideo.js/

Brain-controlled: the user interface of the future

http://www.digitaltrends.com/ gadgets/brain-control-the-user-interface-of-the-future/

Node Summit: Instrumenting the Real-Time Web

http://joyeur.com/2012/08/20/node-summit-instrumenting-the-real-time-web/

Whammy: A Real Time Javascript WebM Encoder

http://antimatter15.com/wp/ 2012/08/whammy-a-real-time-javascript-webm-encoder/

The FT web app

http://labs.ft.com/articles/the-ft-web-app/

Bootstrap 2.1.0 released

http://blog.getbootstrap.com/2012/08/20/bootstrap-2-1-0-released/

A date range picker for Twitter Bootstrap

http://www.dangrossman.info/2012/08/20/a-date-range-picker-for-twitter-bootstrap/

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Top 10 Handy iPhone/iPad Apps for Graphic Designers

http://lava360.com/top-10-handy-iphoneipad-apps-for-graphic-designers/

The (Odd) State of Node.JS and its Frameworks

http://blog.andrewmunsell.com/post/29659423342/the-odd-state-of-node-js-and-its-frameworks

‘Star Wars’ Force Glove Lets You Move Objects Without Touching

http://mashable.com/2012/08/17/star-wars-glov/

Responsive Carousel Project: Now Open Source

http://filamentgroup.com/lab/responsive_carousel/

How much better is GPS over Wi-Fi positioning? Yelp knows

http://gigaom.com/mobile/how-much-better-is-gps-over-wi-fi-positioning-yelp-knows/

Don't Overthink It Grids

http://css-tricks.com/blog/dont-overthink-it-grids/

Test & Compare Mobile Broadband Speeds on iPhone & Android with SpeedTest

http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/18/test-compare-mobile-broadband-speeds-on-iphone-android-with-speedtest/

9 Future Technologies That Will Radically Alter the World

http://revmodo.com/2012/08/16/9-future-technologies-that-will-radically-alter-the-world/

WickedLasers Releases 1.25W Spyder Super Laser

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/18/wickedlasers-releases-1-25w-super-laser/

Oracle Makes More Moves To Kill Open Source MySQL

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/18/oracle-makes-more-moves-to-kill-open-source-mysql/

And Now Facebook's Bankers Are Divvying Up The $100 Million They Made Shorting Facebook's Stock

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebooks-bankers-shorting-facebooks-stock-2012-8?op=1

30 Stunning Implementations of CSS3 Techniques in Web Design

http://designsuperstars.net/30-stunning-implementations-of-css3-techniques-in-web-design/

Spy tech secretly embeds itself in phones, monitors and operates them from afar

http://privacysos.org/node/789

Croatian Market Portfolio iPhone App

http://www.downgraf.com/inspiration/croatian-market-portfolio-iphone-app/

CSS Discrepancy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gel/web/building-blocks/typography/css-discrepancy

Screenqueri.es – A responsive design testing tool

http://codevisually.com/screenqueri-es-a-responsive-design-testing-tool/

Microsoft to build more than 3 million Surface tablets, says IDC

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57495666-75/microsoft-to-build-more-than-3-million-surface-tablets-says-idc/

Beautiful Button Design in Action: Examples & Tips for Creating Effective Buttons

http://www.noupe.com/design/beautiful-button-design-action-examples-tips-creating-effective-buttons.html

Saturday, August 18, 2012

RWD tool Gridset launches

http://www.netmagazine.com/news/rwd-tool-gridset-launches-122159

Node.js for Beginners

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/node-js-for-beginners/

The most popular Android phones by territory in Asia

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/the-most-popular-android-phones-by-territory-in-asia/

iPhone 5, iTV talks drive Apple’s stock price to new all-time high

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/apple-stock-new-all-time-high-900-target/

A tale of two iPhones — what an NFC-equipped iPhone would do to the mobile payments market

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/a-tale-of-two-iphones-what-an-nfc-equipped-iphone-would-do-to-the-mobile-payments-market/

‘I’ll never let go, BlackBerry!’ RIM usage sinks 25% in a year

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/ill-never-let-go-blackberry/

Analysis: why the iPhone won’t be No. 1 in China

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/08/17/apple-wont-be-no-1-in-china/

The Best Ways To Find Your Stolen Mobile Device

http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/08/the-best-ways-to-find-your-stolen-mobile-device.php

Creative Background Styles and Trends in Web Design

http://tympanus.net/codrops/2012/08/17/creative-background-styles-and-trends-in-web-design/

20 Remarkable Free Web UI Kits for Web-Designers

http://www.seizedesign.com/freebies/20-remarkable-free-web-ui-kits-for-web-designers/

20+ Examples of Web Application Interface Designs

http://designmodo.com/web-application-interface/

Web design is code

http://ntorres.me/articles/web-design-is-code

Symphony Factory

http://getsymphony.com/discuss/thread/91734/

The 7 essential criteria for choosing a mobile delivery strategy

http://conversations.fjordnet.com/2012/08/17/the-7-essential-criteria-for-choosing-a-mobile-delivery-strategy/

10 Amazing Useful Tools to Evaluate Your Web Design

http://smashinghub.com/10-amazing-useful-tools-to-evaluate-your-web-design.htm

JavaScript Events And Responding To The User

http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/17/javascript-events-responding-user/

Prepare for $300 Windows RT tablets, says Lenovo

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/prepare-for-300-windows-rt-tablets-says-lenovo/

Friday, August 17, 2012

The top responsive web design problems ... and how to avoid them!

http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-responsive-web-design-problems-and-how-avoid-them

Is This Fujitsu The Rugged Android Tablet We’ve Hoped For?

http://pocketnow.com/2012/08/16/fujitsu-rugged-android-tablet/

Moqups.com – Online Wireframing, Free and Easy

http://www.cardinalpath.com/moqups-com-online-wireframing-free-and-easy/

Remotely control your (qualifying) Android device with TeamViewer QuickSupport

http://www.intomobile.com/2012/08/16/remotely-control-your-qualifying-android-device-teamviewer-quicksupport/

Triple Panel Image Slider

http://tympanus.net/codrops/2012/08/16/triple-panel-image-slider/

Thursday, August 16, 2012

One mobile browser passed Facebook’s Ringmark tests, and you’ll never guess which one

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/16/ringmark-dolphin/

Nokia sales head warns Samsung: “Take note” of upcoming Lumias

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/16/nokia-sales-head-warns-samsung-take-note-of-upcoming-lumias/

How to Choose a Responsive Images Tool

http://designmodo.com/responsive-images-tool/

Mobile Navigation Icons

http://timkadlec.com/2012/08/mobile-navigation-icons/

Apple wanted AuthenTec's "new technology" ASAP for future products

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/apple-wanted-authentecs-new-technology-asap-for-future-products/

Google Maps Upgraded For Android Devices -- But Not For Apple's iPhone, iPad

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/15/google-maps-upgrade-andriod_n_1783258.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

30 Pure CSS3 Tutorials & Examples

http://www.saaraan.com/2012/08/pure-css3-tutorials-examples

RIP Adobe Flash on Android

http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/08/adobe-flash-on-android-rip.php

iPad mini won't be much smaller, but will be a lot narrower, thinner, and lighter

http://www.imore.com/ipad-mini-smaller-bezel-incredibly-thin-and-light

DealPixel: Learn How to Create a Responsive Web Design

http://webdesignledger.com/news/dealpixel-learn-how-to-create-a-responsive-web-design

30 CSS Galleries To Draw Inspiration From

http://www.inspizine.com/30-css-galleries-to-draw-inspiration-from/

Weekly Fresh Web Design Freebies

http://www.land-of-web.com/weekly-news/weekly-fresh-web-design-freebies-vol-29-8-15-2012.html

Animating Buttons with CSS3

http://www.developerdrive.com/2012/08/animating-buttons-with-css3/

Microsoft suspends Windows Phone app publications due to 'hiccup'

http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-suspends-windows-phone-app-publications-due-to-hiccup-7000002660/

Smartphone Market Shares Q2 Full Numbers - Samsung and Android solidifying their leads

http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2012/08/smartphone-market-shares-q2-full-numbers-samsung-and-android-solidifying-their-leads.html

Amazon’s Pure CSS Solution to Avoid Cutting Off Text

http://softwareas.com/pure-css-solution-to-avoid-cutting-off-text

Firebug Tip: Log Function Calls

http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firebug/firebug-tip-log-function-calls/

Daily iPhone App: Sing! shares music and voices around the world

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/08/15/daily-iphone-app-sing-shares-music-and-voices-around-the-world/

10 Superb jQuery Plugins To Get Better Typography

http://www.dzinepress.com/2012/08/10-superb-jquery-plugins-to-get-better-typography/

HP Spins Off webOS Into A Brand New Company Called Gram; Mission Unknown

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/15/hp-spins-off-webos-into-a-brand-new-company-called-gram-mission-unknown/

RIM will eventually release six BlackBerry 10 smartphones (3 all-touch and 3 physical QWERTY/Touch)

http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/08/14/rim-will-eventually-release-six-blackberry-10-smartphones-3-all-touch-and-3-physical-qwertytouch/

SPOT Connect Gives Your Smartphone Satellite Access

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2012/08/10/spot-connect-gives-your-smartphone-satellite-access/

Samsung dares to be different with the stylus-toting Galaxy Note 10.1 (hands-on)

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/15/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-hands-on-2/

Tablet computer sales will overtake notebooks by 2016

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/15/tablet-computer-sales-will-overtake-notebooks-by-2016/

Appscend – how to clone the New York Times iPhone app in two hours

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/15/appscend-how-to-clone-the-new-york-times-iphone-app-in-two-hours/

Smart-apps-on-dumb-phones platform gets money from Google’s Eric Schmidt

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/15/feature-phones-binu-funding/

Walmart, Target others team to offer mobile payments network

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9230303/Walmart_Target_others_team_to_offer_mobile_payments_network

Inject Energy Into Your Mobile Design with Light Effects

http://tympanus.net/codrops/2012/08/15/inject-energy-into-your-mobile-design-with-light-effects/

7 Tools for Responsive Web Design

http://www.developerdrive.com/2012/08/7-tools-for-responsive-web-design/

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

What does Apple REALLY want from Samsung?

http://betanews.com/2012/08/12/what-does-apple-really-want-from-samsung/

Workflows In A Responsive World: From Waterfall To Agile

http://www.vanseodesign.com/web-design/responsive-workflows/

20 Examples of Minimal Style Navigation Menus in Web Design

http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/20-examples-of-minimal-style-navigation-menus-in-web-design

This diagram makes sense of all the leaked iPhone 5 parts

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/13/this-diagram-makes-sense-of-all-the-leaked-iphone-5-parts/

Touchscreen displays will become a $31.9B market by 2018

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/13/touchscreen-displays-will-become-31-9b-market-by-2018/

WebRTC is almost here, and it will change the web

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/13/webrtc-is-almost-here-and-it-will-change-the-web/

The Many Faces of ‘Mobile First’

http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/mobile/the-many-faces-of-mobile-first/

Designing AppFlow

http://design.goappflow.com/

Worldwide cellphone sales fell 2.9% as users wait for iPhone 5, says Gartner

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/14/gartner-q2-mobile-phone-sales/

10 Best Mobile App Development Tools

http://smashinghub.com/10-best-mobile-app-development-tools.htm

Top 5 Mistakes in Designing a Mobile Website

http://thewebshoppe.net/top-5-mistakes-in-designing-a-mobile-website/

A Collection of New and Responsive Magento Themes

http://naldzgraphics.net/resources/new-and-responsive-magento-themes/

Learning to Love the Boring Bits of CSS

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/love-the-boring-bits-of-css/

Determining breakpoints for a responsive design

http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/determining-breakpoints-responsive-design

Don’t Innovate, Imitate

http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/08/dont-innovate-imitate.php

Ask Ziggy, Siri For Windows Phone, Closes $5 Million Funding Round To Expand To iOS, Android

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/14/ask-ziggy-siri-for-windows-phone-closes-5-million-funding-round-to-expand-to-ios-android/

Android Is Winning

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/14/android-is-winning/

New glasses-free 3D technology under development

http://asia.cnet.com/new-glasses-free-3d-technology-under-development-62218297.htm

BlackBerry 10 will 'win' against iPhone and Android says RIM

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/blackberry-10-will-win-against-iphone-and-android-says-rim-50008888/

The State of The Mobile Platform Wars

http://www.businessinsider.com/bii-report-heres-the-state-of-the-mobile-platform-wars-2012-8

Awesome CSS3 generators to simplify front end development

http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/awesome-css3-generators-to-simplify-front-end-development

How To Create a Pure CSS Dropdown Menu

http://line25.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-pure-css-dropdown-menu

Great jQuery plugins for fresh websites

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/08/great-jquery-plugins-for-fresh-websites/

Sight for sore eyes: optical prosthetic mimics retina functionality

http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/08/sight-for-sore-eyes-optical-prosthetic-mimics-retina-functionality/

The Amazon Smartphone

http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/telecom/wireless/the-amazon-smartphone

Electronic ink could kill QR code

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19208112

The Microsoft Surface Is Safe From Apple’s Zealous Patent Lawyers

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/13/the-microsoft-surface-is-safe-from-apples-zealous-lawyers/

Coding Q&A With Chris Coyier: Responsive Sprites And Media Query Efficiency

http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/13/coding-qa-with-chris-coyier-responsive-sprites-responsive-font-sizing-media-query-efficiency-more/

3 More Companies Say They'll Build Microsoft Surface RT Tablets

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/3-more-companies-say-theyll-build-microsoft-surface-rt-tablets.php

As touchscreens dominate, Nokia survey says keyboard phones preferred

http://gigaom.com/mobile/as-touchscreens-dominate-nokia-survey-says-keyboard-phones-preferred/

Collection Of 25 Useful iPad Apps

http://www.downgraf.com/inspiration/collection-of-25-useful-ipad-apps/

Master Responsive Web Design With Gridset

http://designshack.net/articles/css/master-responsive-web-design-with-gridset/

Monday, August 13, 2012

Responsive Web Design for the Ultimate User Experience

http://www.business2community.com/online-marketing/responsive-web-design-for-the-ultimate-user-experience-0243274

Sunday, August 12, 2012

30 iOS Apps / Web Design Inspiration

http://www.downgraf.com/inspiration/30-ios-apps-web-design-inspiration/

G-Form Protected iPhone Survives 1000 Foot Drop

http://ijailbreaknow.com/apple/g-form-protected-iphone-survives-1000-foot-drop-video/

“Pull Up” Your Designs with Twitter Bootstrap

http://blog.templatemonster.com/2012/08/10/twitter-bootstrap-framework/

Saturday, August 11, 2012

DMD Panorama Opens API To Power Panoramic Photos In Any App

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/10/dmd-panorama-api/

How to Detect Apps Leaking Your Data

http://mashable.com/2012/08/10/detect-apps-leaking-data/

Detect double click in CSS

http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/snippets/detect-double-click-in-css

Autonomous robotic plane flies indoors at MIT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYs215TgI7c

Bryan Singer discusses his new webseries, H+, and the danger of technology

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/bryan-singer-discusses-his-new-webseries-h-and-the-danger-of-technology/

Why Lenovo Believes in Windows 8 Tablets - Even if Acer Doesn’t

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2012/08/why-lenovo-believes-in-windows-8-tablets-even-if-acer-doesnt.php

Using The iPhone’s Front-Facing Camera, Cardiio Measures Your Heartrate

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/09/cardiio/

Cloud in action, in a cool way: NASA uses Amazon to stream Mars video

http://www.zdnet.com/cloud-in-action-in-a-cool-way-nasa-uses-amazon-to-stream-mars-video-7000002368/

The Number That Shows Why Apple is Suing Every Android Manufacturer in Sight

http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/08/the-number-that-shows-why-apple-is-suing-every-android-manufacturer-in-sight.php

Disney Researchers Add Virtual Touch to the Real World

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428736/disney-researchers-add-virtual-touch-to-the-real/?ref=rss

Server-Sent Events in Node.js

http://cjihrig.com/blog/server-sent-events-in-node-js/

Leak Finder: a new tool for JavaScript

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/08/leak-finder-new-tool-for-javascript.html

Here’s What Native iOS Apps Would Look Like Running On The New Taller iPhone Display [IMAGES]

http://www.redmondpie.com/heres-what-native-ios-apps-would-look-like-running-on-the-new-taller-iphone-display-images/

This Gorgeous Next iPhone 3D Render Is Based Solely On Leaked Parts And Reports [VIDEO]

http://www.redmondpie.com/this-gorgeous-next-iphone-3d-render-is-based-solely-on-leaked-parts-and-reports-video/

Apple’s 3D Maps In iOS 6 Are Insanely Detailed When Compared With Google’s [Video]

http://www.cultofmac.com/183742/apples-3d-maps-in-ios-6-are-insanely-detailed-when-compared-with-googles-video/

Creepy Spying System Revealed by Wikileaks, Which Then Gets Hit by a Massive Attack

http://reason.com/blog/2012/08/10/creepy-spying-system-revealed-by-wikilea

Free Keynote Mockup Templates for Prototyping Mobile, Web and Desktop Apps

http://keynotopia.com/keynote-mockups-templates/

Designing iOS Tab and Navigation Bars in Photoshop

http://layersmagazine.com/designing-ios-tab-and-navigation-bars-in-photoshop.html

Responsive Line Breaks

http://danielmall.com/articles/responsive-line-breaks/

Etail Innovations Blur Line Between Physical, Online Shopping

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/etail-innovations-blur-line-between-physical-online-shopping.php

Luke Wroblewski – Designing Multi-Device User Experiences

http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2012/08/10/luke-wroblewski-designing-multi-device-user-experiences/

CSS Style Guides

http://css-tricks.com/css-style-guides/

5 Useful Tools For Web Designer You May not Have Known About

http://desizntech.info/2012/08/5-useful-tools-for-web-designer-you-may-not-have-known-about/

The Responsive Web Design Bookmarklet

http://www.sitepoint.com/responsive-web-design-tool/

Designing For Device Orientation: From Portrait To Landscape

http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/10/designing-device-orientation-portrait-landscape/

Create faster fluid layouts with LESS

http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/create-faster-fluid-layouts-less

Sony is getting ready to show off another oddball tablet

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/10/sony-xperia-tablet/

Augmented Reality, Wrapped Around Your Finger

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428773/augmented-reality-wrapped-around-your-finger/

Debunking the Node.js Gish Gallop

http://www.unlimitednovelty.com/2012/08/debunking-nodejs-gish-gallop.html

Google Translate Adds Photo Support, Faster Results

http://allthingsd.com/20120809/google-translate-adds-photo-support-faster-results/?mod=atdtweet

CHART OF THE DAY: The Rise And Fall Of An Android Phone Maker

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-htc-stock-2012-8

human.io

http://human.io/docs

Web Appification: The effect of mobile and app design on website layout

http://designmodo.com/web-appification/

Thursday, August 9, 2012

80 ways Samsung tried to copy Apple (according to Samsung)

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/08/samsung-apple-trial-comparison-document/

Give and take: user engagement with mobile sites

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/08/give-and-take-user-engagement-with-mobile-sites/

A New Batch Of Resources And Tools For Web Designers

http://www.designyourway.net/blog/resources/a-new-batch-of-resources-and-tools-for-web-designers-51-items/

Which Is Right for Me? 22 Responsive CSS Frameworks and Boilerplates Explained

http://designshack.net/articles/css/which-is-right-for-me-22-responsive-css-frameworks-and-boilerplates-explained/

Google Goes Back to the Drawing Board for Nexus Q

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/technology/google-goes-back-to-the-drawing-board-for-nexus-q.xml?single=1

Visa shows off NFC payment app at Olympics

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/visa-shows-off-nfc-payment-app-at-olympics-2012088/

Why shopping will never be the same

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-08-05/future-retail-tech/56880626/1

Google's iOS search app to gain "enhanced voice search"

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/googles-ios-search-app-to-gain-enhanced-voice-search/

Knockout.js pro tips – working with templates

http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/knockout-js-pro-tips-working-with-templates/

iOS developer toolchain will bid farewell to the iPhone 3G

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/08/08/ios-developer-toolchain-will-bid-farewell-to-the-iphone-3g/

Why iOS 6 is more about Apple than new user features

http://www.imore.com/yes-ios-6-more-about-apple-new-user-features-thats-okay

Samsung copied Apple: Who cares? Everyone's doing it

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsung-copied-apple-who-cares/

Circle Hover Effects with CSS Transitions

http://tympanus.net/codrops/2012/08/08/circle-hover-effects-with-css-transitions/

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Tripl heads to the iPhone/iPad, lets you track your friends’ trips with style

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/07/tripl-iphone-ipad-app/

Acer CEO warns Microsoft about Surface tablet (translation: Acer is terrified of Surface)

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/07/acer-ceo-warns-microsoft-surface/

Showcase of HTML5 and CSS3 Free Templates

http://www.dzinepress.com/2012/08/showcase-of-html5-and-css3-free-templates/

Beyond Media Queries: Anatomy of an Adaptive Web Design

http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/mobile/beyond-media-queries-anatomy-of-an-adaptive-web-design/

15 Examples of Websites That Are Made Using The Grid System

http://designsuperstars.net/15-examples-of-websites-that-are-made-using-the-grid-system/

The Bricks – User Interface Framework

http://designmodo.com/the-bricks/

15 Most Useful HTML5 Tutorials

http://www.web3mantra.com/2012/08/07/15-most-useful-html5-tutorials/

20 Things That Could Be Slowing Your Website Down

http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/10489-20-things-that-could-be-slowing-your-website-down

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Say hello to Nina: Nuance’s Siri-like assistant for iOS and Android apps

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/06/nuance-nina-assistant-apps/

5 Tools for Generating Website Storyboards

http://www.artfans.info/5-tools-for-generating-website-storyboards/

Free app provides design inspiration

http://www.netmagazine.com/news/free-app-provides-design-inspiration-122134

Showcase Of Inspiring E-commerce Webdesigns

http://www.hybridlava.com/inspiration/showcase-of-inspiring-e-commerce-webdesigns/

Top 15 Web Design Trends of 2012

http://smashinghub.com/top-15-web-design-trends-of-2012.htm

Key Components of Efficient Mobile Web Design

http://www.ourtuts.com/key-components-of-efficient-mobile-web-design/

Five things you didn't know the web could do

http://www.netmagazine.com/features/five-things-you-didnt-know-web-could-do

Free Web Templates PSD - High Quality Free Website Templates Download

http://www.boostinspiration.com/resources/free-web-templates-psd/

Responsive Web Design: Some of the Best Tools in the Game

http://www.splashnology.com/article/responsive-web-design-some-of-the-best-tools-in-the-game/6219/

Free Website Template for Business Company. Your Efficient Start

http://blog.templatemonster.com/2012/08/06/free-website-template-business-company-efficient-start/

22 Websites that are Beautiful and Useful

http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/22-websites-that-are-beautiful-and-useful

CSS Pie Timer

http://css-tricks.com/css-pie-timer/

HomeSnap Maker Raises $3.5M For Real Estate App That Uses iPhone Camera To “See” The House In Front Of You

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/06/homesnap-maker-raises-3-5m-for-real-estate-app-that-uses-iphone-camera-to-see-the-house-in-front-of-you/

Counting the Mobile Costs for Bing

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/counting-the-mobile-costs-for-bing/?pagemode=print&pagewanted=print

Apple drops YouTube from iOS 6, says Google working on its own app

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/06/apple-drops-youtube-ios-6/

Responding to changes in lighting (Metro style apps using JavaScript and HTML)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465260

Node and Express Tips

http://calv.info/node-and-express-tips/

Responsive Framework For Rapid WireFraming: Wirefy

http://blog.karachicorner.com/2012/08/responsive-framework-for-rapid-wireframing-wirefy/

Implementing Responsive Design

http://blog.easy-designs.net/archives/2012/08/06/implementing-responsive-design/

Monday, August 6, 2012

Responsive Email Design

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/guides/mobile/

Modern Block Quotes Styles

http://tympanus.net/Tutorials/ModernBlockQuoteStyles/

Free icons for your next web site

http://iconmonstr.com/

A UI experiment with a 3D fold-in menu

http://lab.hakim.se/meny/

A clean slate: Why the Microsoft Surface could come out on top

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/a-clean-slate-why-the-microsoft-surface-could-come-out-on-top/

Google's New Nexus 7 Tablet Gives Android an Instant Boost

http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/08/googles-new-nexus-7-tablet-gives-android-an-instant-boost.php

Samsung’s ‘Beat Apple’ files: Are these the smoking guns?

http://macdailynews.com/2012/08/05/samsungs-beat-apple-files-are-these-the-smoking-guns/

iPhone 5 and iPad Mini 9-Pin Dock Connector Possibly Leaked by Apple Store

http://www.technobuffalo.com/companies/apple/iphone-5-ipad-mini-9-pin-connector/

Oops: AppleCare technician gave journalist’s iCloud info to hacker

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/05/gizmodos-twitter-account-hac/

Mobile First? Not So Fast

http://blog.semilshah.com/2012/08/04/mobile-first-not-so-fast/

W3C Looks to Improve Responsive Design with New Media Queries

http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/07/w3c-looking-to-improve-responsive-design-with-new-media-queries/

Create a stunning menu in CSS3

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/08/create-a-stunning-menu-in-css3/

8 Cool jQuery Twitter Plugins

http://bashooka.com/coding/8-cool-jquery-twitter-plugins/

Collection of 51 Free HTML5 and CSS3 Templates

http://www.pixel2pixeldesign.com/collection-51-free-html5-css3-templates/

Inspiring User Interface Designs

http://www.crazyleafdesign.com/blog/inspiring-user-interface-designs/

65 HTML Admin Panel Templates

http://bashooka.com/template/65-html-admin-panel-templates/

10 Worth Learning jQuery Navigation Menu Tutorials

http://bashooka.com/coding/10-worth-learning-jquery-navigation-menu-tutorials/

RIM CEO says company ‘seriously’ considered switch to Android

http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/03/rim-ceo-thorsten-heins-interview-android/

iExit gets you up to speed on your next stop

http://www.geekwire.com/2012/app-week-iexit-helps-find-offramp/

Apple In Talks to Acquire The Fancy?

http://m.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=23674

Vintique For iOS Provides Awesome Vintage Filters And Powerful Editing Tools

http://www.redmondpie.com/vintique-for-ios-provides-awesome-vintage-filters-and-powerful-editing-tools/

Next Gen iPhone Proven More Scratch-resistant (Test Video)

http://www.redsn0w.us/2012/08/next-gen-iphone-proven-more-scratch.html

Piecon - Pie charts in your favicon

http://lipka.github.com/piecon/

Programmer Time Translation Cheatsheet -or- Why Programmers Are Bad at Estimating Times

http://java.dzone.com/programmers-are-bad-estimating

The portable 3D printer that fits in a briefcase

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/08/the-portable-3d-printer-that-fits-in-a-briefcase/

There’s no reason you can’t be using SASS right now.

http://cogsprocket.net/blog/theres-no-reason-you-cant-be-using-sass-right-now/

Designing for The Modern Web

http://www.slideshare.net/saracannon/designing-for-the-modern-web

New senses for the web

http://chrome.blogspot.se/2012/07/new-senses-for-web.html

Viskit.js

http://wso2.github.com/viskit/

Tokelau to become first solar-powered place on Earth

http://www.geek.com/articles/news/tokelau-to-become-first-solar-powered-place-on-earth-2012084/

Freebie: Soft UI Kit (PSD)

http://tympanus.net/codrops/2012/08/04/freebie-soft-ui-kit-psd/

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Apple’s Case Against Samsung in Three Pictures

http://allthingsd.com/20120803/apples-case-against-samsung-in-three-pictures/?mod=atdtweet

Expert Tips on Designing the Ultimate User Experience

http://designmodo.com/user-experience/

CSS4 Media Queries

http://www.css3.info/css3-media-queries-becomes-official-w3c-recommendation-css4-media-queries-takes-shape/

Get started with jQuery Masonry

http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/get-started-jquery-masonry

How to Create an Animated Image Gallery Using HTML and CSS3

http://www.onextrapixel.com/2012/08/03/how-to-create-an-animated-image-gallery-using-html-and-css3/

How Apple's new vector-based Maps leave Google Maps looking jittery

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/03/inside_apples_new_vector_based_maps_in_ios_6.html

Cheap, Pressure-Sensing ‘Electronic Skin’

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/at-work/test-and-measurement/cheap-pressuresensing-electronic-skin-

Common Design Mistakes for Creating a Mobile Website

http://naldzgraphics.net/tips/mobile-website-mistakes/

25 New Free HTML5 and CSS3 Templates

http://smashinghub.com/25-new-free-html5-and-css3-templates.htm

HTC expects Q3 revenue drop, only China to see growth

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/03/htc-q3-revenue-drop/

Friday, August 3, 2012

Apple's iPad further dominates with 68% share of tablets shipped

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/02/apples_ipad_further_dominates_with_68_share_of_tablets_shipped.html

Apple investigating iPad Smart Cover with secondary display

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/02/apple_investigating_ipad_smart_cover_with_secondary_display.html

Apple looks to wipe Google off the ‘map’ with iOS 6

http://macdailynews.com/2012/08/02/apple-looks-to-wipe-google-off-the-map-with-ios-6/

Purported Non-Functioning Next-Gen iPhone Appears.. In Bangkok [IMAGES]

http://www.redmondpie.com/purported-non-functioning-next-gen-iphone-appears-in-bangkok-images/

REST APIs with Symfony2: The Right Way

http://williamdurand.fr/2012/08/02/rest-apis-with-symfony2-the-right-way/

How To Design A More Effective Website Header

http://blog.usabilla.com/how-to-design-a-more-effective-website-header/

Animated Responsive Image Grid

http://tympanus.net/codrops/2012/08/02/animated-responsive-image-grid/

Pixate promises app UI production in pure CSS

http://webdev360.com/pixate-promises-app-ui-production-in-pure-css-43915.html

HTC surrenders to Samsung, pulls out of South Korea

http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/30/htc-surrenders-to-samsung-pulls-out-of-south-korea/

AudioGlove makes iPhones 20 percent louder, no tech involved

http://gigaom.com/mobile/audioglove-makes-iphones-20-percent-louder-no-tech-involved/

10 Solutions for Creating Cross-Platform Mobile Apps

http://sixrevisions.com/mobile/cross-platform-mobile-apps/

35+ Great iOS User Interface Design Inspirations and Tutorials

http://creativecan.com/2012/08/ios-user-interface-design/

Major Facebook investor dumps nearly 2 million shares, which sink to $20, a new low

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/01/fidelity-takes-a-dump/

iPhone 5 nears: Sharp to start shipping screens to Apple this month

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/02/sharp-shipping-iphone-5-screens/

Xyologic unveils search engine to improve mobile app discovery on Android

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/02/xyologic-unveils-search-engine-for-android-apps/

Top 10 Web Design / Graphic Design Tutorial Websites

http://www.webdesigndev.com/web-development/top-10-web-design-tutorial-websites

Sony posts a $312 million Q2 loss on poor game sales and a costly restructuring

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/02/sony-posts-a-312-million-q2-loss-on-poor-game-sales-and-a-costly-restructuring/

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Explaining the iOS and Android mobile browser usage disparity

http://blog.cloudfour.com/explaining-the-ios-and-android-mobile-disparity/

User Interface Guru Leaves RIM

http://allthingsd.com/20120801/user-interface-guru-leaves-rim/?mod=atdtweet

100+ Beautifully Designed Vector User Interface Icons

http://graphicdesignjunction.com/2012/08/100-beautifully-designed-vector-user-interface-icons/

Responsive Web Design

http://www.northstudio.com/blog/responsive-web-design

25+ Cheat Sheet Wallpapers for Web Designers and Developers

http://www.trendleaks.com/2012/08/cheat-sheet-wallpapers/

Adobe Proto iPad App – Gesture based UX design

http://blog.stephengates.com/2012/08/01/adobe-proto-ipad-app-gesture-based-ux-design/

9 Web Design Tips that Improve Website Usability

http://www.fremont.edu/2012/08/9-web-design-tips-that-improve-website-usability/

Compass and Slicy Will Make Your Sprites and Write Your CSS

http://blog.behance.net/dev/compass-and-slicy-will-make-your-sprites-and-write-your-css

Create Quick and Easy Progress Bar Charts with HTML5 and CSS3

http://www.developerdrive.com/2012/08/create-quick-and-easy-progress-bar-charts-with-html5-and-css3/

The 20 hottest trends in app design for 2012

http://www.creativebloq.com/app-design/20-trends-app-design-2012-812460

New tools for web design and development: July 2012

http://www.netmagazine.com/features/new-tools-web-design-and-development-july-2012

Designing Killer Web UI Layouts with Freebies – Ultimate Guide

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/killer-ui-with-freebies/

10 Points on How a Homepage Design can Influence the Audience

http://naldzgraphics.net/tips/how-homepage-design-influence-audience/

CHART OF THE DAY: Mobile App Revenue Has A Long Tail

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-mobile-app-revenue-has-a-long-tail-2012-8?nr_email_referer=1

Nokia Maps Update Brings Groupon Deals, Advanced Route Planning

http://allthingsd.com/20120801/nokia-maps-update-brings-groupon-deals-advanced-route-planning/

Here's why tablets (yes, tablets!) will replace the smartphone

http://gigaom.com/mobile/heres-why-tablets-yes-tablets-will-replace-the-smartphone/

ComScore: US Smartphone Penetration 47% In Q2; Android Remains Most Popular, But Apple’s Growing Faster

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/01/comscore-us-smartphone-penetration-47-in-q2-android-remains-most-popular-but-apples-growing-faster/

Wifarer's mobile app doesn't just map the indoors, it maps the objects within

http://gigaom.com/mobile/wifarers-mobile-app-doesnt-just-map-the-indoors-it-maps-the-objects-within/

We're on a Mission to Make it Easy

http://blog.cloudant.com/make-it-easy/

WebGL Resources

http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/webgl-resources/

The Madness of the HTML5 FileSystem API

http://kybernetikos.com/2012/07/27/fsapi/

Announcing jQuery Mobile 1.2.0 Alpha

http://jquerymobile.com/blog/2012/08/01/announcing-jquery-mobile-1-2-0-alpha/

A First In – First Out JavaScript Queue

http://www.misfitgeek.com/2012/08/a-javascript-fifo-queue/

Rich JavaScript Applications – the Seven Frameworks (Throne of JS, 2012)

http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2012/08/01/rich-javascript-applications-the-seven-frameworks-throne-of-js-2012/

Apple’s Chief iPhone/iPad Chip Engineer Jumps Ship to AMD

http://www.mactrast.com/2012/08/apples-chief-iphoneipad-chip-engineer-jumps-ship-to-amd/

Apple-Twitter Talks Focused on Product Partnership, More iTunes Integration Likely

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/08/01/apple-twitter-talks-focused-on-product-partnership-more-itunes-integration-likely/

UI Design: Noteworthy app concept

http://abduzeedo.com/ui-design-noteworthy-app-concept