MapQuest comes Alive – Brand New

“Back in September of 2008 we reported on the evolution of the MapQuest logo and the feeling of the majority was that it was too little too late to make up ground against Google Maps — two years later, MapQuest is betting that it’s not too late with a complete overhaul of their identity and their mapping experience.”

PC Most Popular Format for Euro Gamers – Rock, Paper, Shotgun

“ELSPA and ISFE (Interactive Software Federation of Europe) have conducted a survey of British gamers that finds 33% of all sentient gaming humans are playing their chosen distractions on the big grey box.”

Jonathan Ive on iPhone 4 and Materials – Core77

“”A big part of the experience of a physical object has to do with the materials,” says Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Design, during a brief chat with Core77.”

How a broker spent $520 million, and shifted the global oil market – Telegraph.co.uk

“The FSA will consider re-approving him as a broker after the ban, if he has recovered from his alcohol problem, but noted “Mr Perkins poses an extreme risk to the market when drunk”.”