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It may have seemed like merely a couple of hours to you, but the Facebook shutdown on Monday had a global impact on small businesses worldwide. We suppose these are the holes of a profoundly monopolised system finally showing, read all about it here.
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The designer’s guide to improving agency-client relationships 🤝
Providing design solutions as a third party to clients (large or small) is a daunting task, and more often than not, this isn’t simply because of the challenge of the design, but instead a myriad of other factors. Canvs Editorial discusses some thoughts to take as you move ahead with a new or existing client.
Design’s dirty secrets and how to address experience bias 🤫
If users don’t have experience with design conventions, lack digital understanding, don’t have technical access, etc., then the experience is biased against them.
Slice, a Bagalore based Fintech startup, is offering new hires a three-day week with salary at 80% of the going market rate. This is a win-win approach that frees the workers to pursue other passions or interests -- or other gigs -- while still locking in a steady pay and benefits.
How Istanbul became the Silicon Valley of the mobile gaming industry 📱
Overworked and underpaid developers are helping fuel Istanbul's mobile gaming bonanza.
Facebook outage: what went wrong and why did it take so long to fix? 🤯
Billions of users were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for hours while the social media giant scrambled to restore services.
Insiders say that marketing missteps and duplicated development processes meant IBM Cloud was doomed from the start, and eight years after it attempted to launch its own public cloud, the future of its effort is in dire straits.
Pandora papers: Biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful 🔓
Containing 2.94 terabytes, the Pandora Papers is the largest leak ever with a much wider array of offshore providers than previous leaks, 14 in total.
Behind the global appeal of ‘Squid Game,’ a country’s economic unease 📺
The dystopian Netflix hit taps South Korea’s worries about costly housing and scarce jobs, concerns familiar to its U.S. and international viewers.
Captain Kirk: Bezos' Blue Origin to send William Shatner into space 🚀
The actor who played Captain Kirk in the Star Trek series is set to embark on a real-life journey into space. In the meantime, BO seems to be in some hot water over allegations of a bad work culture and poor worker safety.
Inc42 brings you a curated list of 30 early stage startups set up after 2018 that are disrupting the way businesses used to operate.
Amazon Basics ripped off accessories, now it's coming for gadgets 🛒
A handful of Amazon's new devices announced at its annual fall hardware event this week bear striking similarities to preexisting products. Amazon's platform allows it to collect valuable data that can be used to launch competing products.
Honorary mentions
How chili peppers helped Nobel prize-winners understand how we feel heat 🌶️
First Artificial Kidney That Would Free People From Dialysis and Transplants ✨
Trio win physics Nobel for work deciphering chaotic climate 🏆
Inspirational Websites Roundup #30 💡
Stripe Press — Ideas for progress 📚
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