Best of the Week #171

It's time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we've selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what's going on out there!

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Friday 05/13

It’s a Panda Revolution!

Creative Advertising

LazyDroid Controls Your Android Phone from Your Web Browser [App Of The Day]

Will Amazon Become the Dominant Player in the Android Ecosystem?

Máquina que vende dinheiro em shopping é ação do Peixe Urbano

These are the types of apps Twitter thinks developers should be building

Pageonce Raises $15 Million, Aims To Make Your Smartphone The ‘Wallet Of The Future’

It Is Finished: The New Yorker iPad App Is The Beginning Of The End Of Print

Bezos On An Amazon Tablet: “Stay Tuned”

17+ best situation room parody

Funny 3D Images

A triste e patética história do MySpace

Netflix Brings Instant Streaming to Android, Will Roll Out Gradually by Device [Video]

Thursday 05/12

Twitter launches new web app for Android and iPhone

Blogger Redesign Launches Today

Tweetdeck posts results from its Hack Day, asks you to choose its next feature

Move Over Netflix, Android Gets Google Movies

We asked 1500 people if they think the Skype deal is a WIN for Microsoft, 60% said YES.

Think Insights: Google’s new site for data addicts

Can you tell Arial from Helvetica? Put it to the test.

Impressive Works By The Flowerman

Lighting Science demos Android @ Home bulbs, promises dead-simple home automation (hands-on)

Villa A - Najjar & Najjar Architects

Roller-Coaster-like Chaise-Longue: Loopita Bonita by Victor M. Aleman

TripLingo Teaches You Foreign Language Phrases You'll Actually Need When Traveling

Wednesday 05/11

Firespotter Logo Design Process

Huge Team, Huge Discount

Animal’s tshirt’s

Fontable by Alessandro Canepa and Andrea Paulicelli

Translational Research Center / Rafael Viñoly Architects

Big vs. small: Challenges in responsive web design

Flux CSS3 Slider

Where Did All the Start-ups Go?

YouTube and Google Movies rentals can be consumed on either platform

Marc Andreessen On Skype Deal: “Microsoft Is Buying Something With A Real Head Of Steam”

A First Look At Google Music Beta

Google I/O: You can now rent movies from the Android market

Tuesday 05/10

Google I/O: Everything you need to know about today’s announcements

Microsoft's acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion becomes official

YouTube adds 3,000 movies for rental from Universal, Sony, Warner Bros. (Update: they're live)

Legal / Illegal / Manuel Herz Architects

Cirrus Minor Artwork

World Of Warcraft Cover Art Featuring PRDart

13 retro posters from Aperture Science

Awesome Behance iPad App

FD edition | Graphic’s

Signalnoise at Flash on the Beach 2011

Fresh Photoshop Web Design Tutorials for 2011

Friday 05/09

Foursquare Teams With Google For NFC Check-Ins Via Posters At Google I/O

Apple overtakes Google to become the world’s most valuable brand

doubleTwist brings AirPlay to Android devices

Brammo delays flagship Empulse electric motorbike to 2012, teases new transmission tech

25 Fresh Examples of Minimalist Web Designs

Photography by Sabrina Cichy

TweetDeck and the Holy Grail - Twitter Acquisition Puts an End to That

The Bronks Youth Theatre / MDMA