Users are up in arms over Adobe’s plans to purchase design startup Figma, fearing the larger company will ruin the startup’s services.
Evans Hankey, Apple’s Head of Design, Is Leaving
Apple’s Evans Hankey, its head of industrial design, is leaving in another blow to the company’s vaunted design team.
Linux Distro Reviews: Xfce
Xfce is one of the oldest desktop environments (DE) available for Linux, but it is still going strong as a top contender for modern users.
Linux Distro Reviews: Gnome
Gnome is the most popular desktop environment (DE) available for Linux, but it is easily the most controversial and the hardest to rate.
Conversational Marketing Closes the Gap Between B2C and B2B, Says Drift Marketing VP
Conversational marketing is a whole new way of thinking about marketing and sales, says Dave Gerhardt, VP of Marketing at Drift. “We go to our jobs in B2B and none of the tools that we use match how we actually buy as real people. It’s really closing the gap between B2C and B2B. We just call it B2P, marketing to people.”
Apple Has Joined the Blender Development Fund
Apple has joined the Blender Development Fund, to help support the popular open source 3D graphics software.
Google’s iOS Apps Will Start Using Apple’s UI Elements
Google’s iOS apps will stop using the company’s Material Design interface elements, in favor of iOS’ native UIKit.
Microsoft Working On ‘Sweeping Visual Rejuvenation of Windows’
Microsoft is planning to implement a “sweeping visual rejuvenation of Windows” in an effort to make the operating system (OS) more relevant than ever.
macOS Big Sur Release Times
So just when will it be available? Mac Rumors provided their best time estimates based on past releases, which is typically 10 AM Pacific Time. We’ve added additional cities.
Sony Invents Virtual Reality Display Visible To the Naked Eye
Using spatial reality to combine the virtual and physical world, Sony’s new Spatial Reality Display creates an incredible 3D optical experience that is viewable to the naked eye.
The Software Decade Is Now
Kevin Wang, Snowflake board member and Altimeter Capital partner, says that the next decade looking ahead is going to be the Software Decade.
Box CEO: We Have Been Thrust Into Remote Work
Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, discusses how the pandemic has thrust companies into remote work and this will move enterprises toward a hybrid workplace.
Proofpoint CEO: Working From Home Changes Face Of Work
This work from home economy is going to change the face of work. Security leaders and organizations are going to need to figure out how do you defend people when they are sitting at home working from their couch.
Adobe CEO: Pandemic Was Inflection Point For Everything Being Digital
Shantanu Narayen, Chairman and CEO of Adobe, discusses how the pandemic has created another “inflection point” in the move toward digital transformation.
Intel CEO: Tiger Lake Will Deliver 20% More Performance
Bob Swan, CEO of Intel, discusses the launch of their 10nm Tiger Lake CPU which provides a significant improvement in product performance.
Google’s Flutter Now Boasts 2 Million Users
Google’s open-source user interface (UI) framework has already hit the 2 million user milestone, just 16 months after release.
Coronavirus: Apple’s WDDC Goes Online Only
Apple has just announced that its biggest event of the year, WWDC, will be online-only as a result of the coronavirus.
The Need to Transform is Front and Center for Every C-Level Executive, Says Adobe CEO
“When people look at what’s happening with Amazon trying to get into their businesses, the need to transform is also front and center for every c-level executive,” says Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen. “Given that Adobe’s been through our own transformation they want to experience that same benefit that we have been able to see.”
Eventually, You Won’t Know What’s Real or Not in Computer Games
“We’re going to reach a point where you won’t be able to tell the difference between what’s created in the computer and what’s real,” says Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick. “That doesn’t mean we’ll do it for all of our games. This promise of taking certain titles, like basketball, and making it truly look like live-action is pretty close now.”
All Good Things: Jony Ive Officially Leaves Apple, Closing Out An Era
He made a name for himself as THE Apple design guru, bringing to life such…