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Microsoft's web-based Outlook.com calendar is getting a visual refresh and a few new features today.
And yet, it isn't just a visual refresh for the iPad app, as it now supports all the new features in iOS 9.
At its core is 'Material Design' (video above) which is not only a visual refresh, but a complete reimagining of how digital elements should interact - all bound by strict physics for consistency.
Aside from a closer look at new smartwatch hardware, the company was excited to show off major updates to its Android operating system, which has had a visual refresh.
The update introduces a visual refresh with full-screen images that now automatically appear as backgrounds for all of your pearltrees – the mind map-like tree structures that you use for organizing your collections on the site.
In addition to news of the testing program, Microsoft also announced that Skype for iPhone was updated with a few minor changes today, including a visual refresh to the dial pad and chat picker.
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Matt Galligan: We've got an update coming soon that's going to add a nice visual refresh to clean a lot of our current design up, as well as some new sharing functionality.
Just this week, Apple introduced a smaller visual refresh to the iTunes software, and almost immediately complaints arose about that change, too.
After the main keynote, however, Google also announced a major visual refresh for sites that use its Google Maps API.
"In addition to a brand new visual refresh of the Pulse app, now social actions like commenting and liking on Pulse are possible for the first time and will sync with your LinkedIn.com experience," he writes in a blog post.
The Home Screen gets a minor but notable visual refresh, losing the shine on buttons and system apps given flatter designs that don't "pop" quite as much as the current versions.
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