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20 years ago, the world as we know it was born

On the 20th anniversary of Y2K, here’s what the people behind the era’s most influential products have to say about design in the third millennium.

How I designed distraction out of my phone

I was determined to digitally detox. But after trying two different “light” phones, I realized that the simplest solution was to change how I used my old smartphone.

This $350 mini-smartphone helped cure my digital distraction

But after a week of testing the tiny Palm, I’m not sure owning a second smartphone is worth the trouble–at least in its current form.

The one dumb feature I wish Apple and Google would add to their phones

I don’t want to trade in my smartphone for a dumb one, but I do want the benefits.

Palm’s progress: The rise, fall—and rebirth—of a legendary brand

Long before its revival in 2018, the pioneer of PDAs and smartphones flourished—then foundered.

Steph Curry and the new Palm want you to forget your phone

When founders with an ambitious idea needed a hand, they drafted one of the NBA’s most relatable stars. An exclusive look at the making of a rookie product.

LG’s WebOS TV Has Way Too Many Sound Effects

The interface on this thing is far better than anything on the market, but the mascot and the sounds are a little much.

5 Ideas Apple Gleefully Stole From Google, Twitter, and Microsoft

If iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks look a bit familiar, well, there are at least five good reasons for that. Apple lifted them from other innovators, then made them slightly better.

Why Are We Still Plugging In Our iPhones?

Wireless charging has been around for years, so why hasn’t it become the standard?

LG Picks Up Palm’s WebOS Assets From HP

The Korean firm says it will be using the code to power its new generation of smart TVs.

The Email “Paper Trail” On No-Hire Pact That Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt Didn’t Want To Be Public Is Now Public

And part of a new lawsuit. Correspondences between Jobs, Schmidt, and Palm’s Ed Colligan show, among other things, that Steve Jobs was master of the no-threat threat.

Jon Rubinstein, Force Behind TouchPad, WebOS, Leaves HP: “We Ran Out Of Runway”

4 Management Lessons From The Overhaul Of Android’s UI

Verizon Sues FCC (Again), Spotify Offers Private Listening, Guardian Invaded By Protestors, IBM Worth More Than Microsoft

What Google Gobbling Motorola Mobility Means For The Way We Think About Smartphones

While the tech world focuses on the strategy behind Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, we take a look at what the move means for the way we think about our smartphones, and the way they work.

Why Google Bought Motorola Mobility, And What It Means

Behold The Leaked TouchPad–HP’s Response To The iPad

A Tale of Two Touchscreen Smartphone Rumors: The iPhone 5 And HP’s WebOS Clone

Apps to Explode to $38 Billion Market by 2015

According to a new report by Forrester Research, the app market will explode to a $38 billion industry by 2015, riding the huge growth in popularity of mobile devices from smartphones to tablets to whatever Apple dreams up next.