NYC’s next billion-dollar startup: Fab raises $150M at $1B valuation

After pivoting away from flash sales and toward its own products, New York City-based Fab has just raised a huge amount of funding to help drive its transformation and support its fast-growing audience.

iOS 7 is the essence of less

If simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, then iOS 7 is very, very sophisticated.

Steve Case’s $20M investment in Lolly Wolly Doodle proves the value of social commerce

"Most of what happens in social commerce is that the larger companies are looking at social opportunities through the prism of the past," Steve Case explains. "They have the view that it's ancillary, a curiosity, an extra."

iOS 7 is not a redesign — it’s a pretty coat of paint

Less a radical overhaul than a new coat of paint, iOS 7's design is pretty, but falls short of being truly innovative.

Apple design awards 2013: apps that ‘raise the bar in design, technology, and innovation’

The winners, as you would expect, included gorgeous design, innovative uses of Apple technologies, and some of the best-imagined apps on the app store. There are also two student-built apps that are simply amazing examples of the creativity of young developers.

Here’s a glimpse at iOS 7′s flat new design — it’s all Ive

It looks like all of the iOS 7 rumors so far were true.

Yahoo ups the ante for search design with a new look & feel

The new UI is available in the U.S. only for now. It's a slight change from other interfaces, but it's just a bit prettier -- and when dealing with millions of users, incremental change can be a good thing.

Sunrise raises $2.2M to make waking up for work suck less

Two ex-Foursquare designers secure a first round of funding for their 'smart' and 'beautiful' calendar app that focuses on user experience.

Adobe acquihires design agency Ideacodes to boost talent in Creative Cloud

Design tech company Adobe has acquired San Francisco-based creative consulting firm Ideacodes, the company announced today.

Sir Jony Ive’s new iOS7: ‘black, white, and flat’

That's a massive change from the original colorful, shiny, semi-transparent iOS development language, which tries hard to make virtual controls and objects look and feel and act like real controls and objects.

How cognitive science and user empathy powered Google’s design breakthrough

Google has gone from a company that approached design through cold, hard algorithms to one that's employing gorgeous, user-centric interfaces.

ShopSavvy’s focus on design and discovery leads to huge engagement growth

ShopSavvy's new look is paying off in a big way.

Your grandma knows what Helvetica is: why we’re living in the age of design literacy

Now more than ever, normal people are aware of and attracted to good design. And no one knows that better than author/designer David Kadavy, who recently gave a fascinating TED talk on the topic.

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Midcentury madness: Google celebrates Saul Bass in interactive Doodle

"My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express the story in some metaphorical way," Bass once said.

Adobe’s new features: Everything you need to know to decide whether or not to buy

Here is every new app and feature Adobe is announcing today, all in a super convenient list to help you decide what you should buy and what you can save on this time around.