I wrote about the appification of software as a thematic takeaway of 2012. Here is a great – but very different – example. The newest iTunes might not behave like an app – but it …

The “most gifted” tagline and promotion is effective… particularly in the web’s largest marketplace with the web’s largest collection of products.
And that’s why it looks so similar to how they market year after year. …

I have written in the past about designing for web-to-mobile downloads. Some treatments are effective (ie Jetsetter) despite most being ineffective.

Three things to note about Facebook Gifts:
1. Fascinating – and yet powerful – that the only promotion of Facebook Gifts is within the birthday alerts. It’s the definition of “in the river” marketing and promotion. …

I love this graphic / splash page for Amazon’s new Cloud Drive Photos for Android application. Beautiful and really, really well done:

Below is a screenshot from Facebook’s new Gifts product. It is not yet publicly usable – but gifts are appearing in the wild from early users (see below). Two interesting points per the feed graphic:

Facebook’s redesigned iPhone App (which is outstanding!) features in-line alerts for new content in the newsfeed. The treatment and interface are well done: simple, nonintrusive, yet obvious. Furthermore, it has become a familiar behavior (Twitter.com, …

Nothing groundbreaking here but I thinks its worth showcasing visually:
Spotify yesterday promoted their embeddable play buttons and playlists via Facebook and Twitter yesterday. Those ‘widgets’ can appear on sites, blogs, etc and play in-line much …

Google’s intelligent search result pages keep getting better… particularly on mobile. We’ve seen the weather and the stock ‘one boxes’ before. This integration for travel calendaring is fantastic – dynamic, colorful, crisp and – above …

Jetsetter is known for great design (see here) and here is a nice little UI treatment that we recently saw on The Verge (who uses it on mobile and web). As you scroll through Jetsetter’s …

Jetsetter is known for great design (see here). Here is a good example of good design and effective mobile promotion.

With the launch of Google Chrome for iOS, I committed to swapping out my iPhone and iPad’s Safari browser (of course I can only do this on the dock – Safari cannot be replaced as …