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Kitchen gadgets review: Brewbarrel – bewitched by home-made beer

Something wicked this way comes: Rhik falls under the Brewbarrel’s spell. Photograph: Jill Mead for the Guardian What? Brewbarrel (from £29) is a fermenting barrel, hosting the chemical breakdown of barley sugar into alcohol and gas, with pressure valve and integrated tap. Why? Nice to put your feet

The Trump bump – when a diss from Donald is good for business

When Donald Trump tweets, PR departments tremble in their designer footwear. “Pretty much everybody is dreading being the subject of a tweet,” said Kristin Dziczek of the Michigan-based Center for Automotive Research. “Getting hauled out into the court of public opinion with virtually no warning is not

Facebook to Stop Paying for Exclusive Live-Stream Content – What Does That Mean?

In June last year, reports circulated that Facebook was paying media companies and celebrities millions of dollars to broadcast exclusive content on Facebook Live in an effort to boost their rapidly expanding live content ambitions. The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook had signed over 140 separate

Open Color – UI-Optimized color scheme for designers

How much time do you waste toying around while choosing the right colors scheme for your designs? With Open Color you have access to a predefined color scheme made specifically for screen design. The colors range across the entire spectrum with very dull and very bright color

Norway’s new passport – already a design classic?

‘ If the passport is a symbol of national identity, then the new design for Norway’s travel documents has undoubtedly cemented the country’s reputation as a land of sleek, minimalist beauty. This week, Norway’s National Police Directorate announced the winners of a competition launched in February to

Ubuntu 2015 – 7 computers that run the world’s most popular Linux

Derided by some Linux purists but unarguably successful, Ubuntu has come to be seen an accessible way to experience Linux and the one distribution that has seemed determined to push the boundaries of Linux to as many end-user devices as possible. Ubuntu is also very easy to

Popular design news of the week: December 19, 2016 – December 25, 2016

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

LinkedIn Now Supports Hashtags Again – Sort of

Everyone knows that LinkedIn doesn’t support hashtags, right? That, of course, doesn’t stop people from using them on the platform all the time, much to the amusement of smug social media types (myself included) who scoff at such folly – “hashtags don’t work on LinkedIn, fool”. As it

GoToMyPC hit by means of ‘state-of-the-art attack’ – change your password now

At the weekend, it emerged that Citrix’s GoToMyPC carrier has been hit through a few shape of assault, necessitating all users to reset their passwords to make sure debts aren’t compromised. news of the incident first emerged on Saturday, and there has been a in addition replace

Email Builder Comparison – GetResponse Vs MailChimp Vs Aweber

An email marketing tool has three main priority areas: lead capture, content creation and deliverability. Most marketers pick their email marketing software based mainly on deliverability and affordability, but lead capture and content creation are equally important areas to consider, and a tool that does well here could