Jennifer Lopez is the Reason Google Image Search was Invented

It all started with a dress. When Jennifer Lopez donned the super-saucy, low-low-cut, Versace jungle dress, the internet went bonkers. But that was way back in 2000 and all we had on offer was text searches. Eric Schmidt (executive chairman of Alphabet, which is Google’s parent company) says, “At the time, it was the most popular search query we had ever seen. But we had …

Pantone Color-Matches the World From Your iPhone

With the new Pantone Studio app, it’s become very easy to grab any color your see while out and about and translate it directly to the corresponding color. Not only does the app offer up the RGB, CMYK and Hex codes for each, it tells you what pairs well with it and allows for instantaneous connection to photoshop. It’s an important push from the acclaimed …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Sophisticated edibles, supporting independent artists, why naps are good for you and more in our look at the web

1. Samsung Blends National Anthems into One Considering the current world climate—sadly an anti-globalization fear seems to be gaining momentum—Samsung’s Olympics commercial is incredibly timely. The advertisement blends a bunch of national anthems into one, with people from all over the world singing lines of other countries’ patriotic tunes: from Cambodia to Malawi, Tunisia, Canada and Malaysia. While obviously made to tug at the heartstrings, …