Material Design is Google’s new visual look for Android, Chrome OS, and more. Flat design just like Windows Phone and iOS? http://www.google.com/design/ Google Design www.google.com At Google we say, “Focus on the user and all else will follow.” We embrace that principle in our design by seeking to build experiences that surprise and enlighten our users in equal measure. This site is for exploring how we go about it. You can read our design guidelines, download assets and resou… ...

Microsoft is offering a limited time Surface Pro 3 promotion via which users can get up to $650 in store credit for trading in certain Apple MacBook Air models. The new promotion, running June 20 to July 31, 2014 – “or while supplies last” – requires users to bring MacBook Airs into select Microsoft retail stores in the US, Puerto Rico and Canada. (The trade-in isn’t valid online.)

Microsoft ups OneDrive storage. OneDrive comes with seven gigabytes of free storage, and Office 365 comes with 20 gigabytes of OneDrive storage. As of today, that’s changed: Microsoft will increase the free quota to 15 Gbytes, and OneDrive subscribers will receive a whopping 1 terabyte with their subscription. The changes will roll out over the next month.

Raspberry Pi - Playing with this wonderful tiny $35 computer. This Pi is running as an XBMC home media center while I hooked up my external drive and serving media to it. I ended up using this Raspberry Pi as a “catcher” so that I can stream video from my iPad!

This little girl decided to give her dad a hand. She wrote his employer, which happens to be Google, a letter, asking that they cut him some slack with the work schedule and Google responded! The letter reads: Dear Google Worker, Can you please make sure when daddy goes to work, he gets one day off. Like he can get a day off on Wednesday. Because daddy only gets a day off on Saturday. ...

There she is, Surface Pro 3.

CodeSpaces.com closed its doors this week, following a 12-hour security breach that completely wiped its servers. On Tuesday, an unauthorized person—not believed to be employed by the site—gained access to Code Spaces’s Amazon EC2 control panel. When the team fought back, the hacker deleted “most of our data, backups, machine configurations and offsite backups,” the company said. More details: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2459765,00.asp DDoS Attack Puts Code Spaces Out of Business www.pcmag.com CodeSpaces.com closed its doors this week, following a 12-hour security breach that completely wiped its servers. ...

Editor’s choice: Unlocked Dell Venue Pro Windows Phone 7 + free shipping for $69.99 http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Venue-Pro-Unlocked-Windows/dp/B004LRVNG8/ref=sr_1_1?tag=dealnewscom&s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1403272288&sr=1-1&keywords=dell+venue+pro Alternate link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/151307713644 Dell Venue Pro Unlocked Phone with Windows 7 OS, 5MP Camera, GPS and FM Radio - Unlocked Phone -… www.amazon.com You want a smartphone that enables you to stay connected, be productive and keep in touch with the people who matter? Dell Venue Pro with Windows Phone is a do-everything smartphone that helps you be more efficient in how you stay connected and entertained. Its all about people. Seamlessly toggle… ...

Harley-Davidson Project LiveWire, its first electric motorcycle revealed. Battery life of the current prototype is good for around 53 miles, and as for the motor itself, that musters 74HP and 52 lb-ft of torque. The bike is limited to 92mph at most, and uses regenerative braking like electric cars to restore energy to the batteries when slowing. Check out more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6F8O5A__Ds http://project.harley-davidson.com/en_US

Oops! Microsoft accidentally confirms existence of Surface Mini in this user manual. “You’ll pair your new pen with Surface Mini a little later during setup,” suggests one section on the new Surface Pen, while two other parts of the user manual reference the Surface Mini when using OneNote and the rotation lock features of Windows 8. Check out yourself: http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/0/D/F0D07CB4-EE57-472E-AB46-CE0D9B3463D7/Surface-Pro-3-User-Guide-English.pdf