In the past we talked about using Google’s APIs in order to enhance your site. You may have thought about using Google APIs on your site in the past, but felt that there maybe a limitation to what you could do, or that it wouldn’t provide the features you thought the API would. Well there is a solution for you, Google’s Code Playground.
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To any developer writing secure code should be natural to them, but in reality it isn’t. As developers security should start taking a bigger role in your design process. No matter how great a site is, without proper security protection, the site is useless. There are four simple rules you can follow to secure your site better, and are easy to make a habit when designing.
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Tropicana recently learned a very important lesson in design and human nature.  The company chose to redesign their packaging, which removed the iconic orange with a straw in it, and replace it with orange juice being poured into a wine like glass.  The new design was not a bad design, it was well done and really had a clean look to it.  Here take a look for your self.

The design, even though it is an updated design and a clean design caused Tropicana to loose 20% profit causing the company to revert back to the former packaging.   This will most likely go down in history as one of the largest marketing failures, similar to the New Coke marketing in the late 80s.

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