Starting with discussing the crumbling of project Ara, the modular phone from Google, the discussion starts with Nexpaq - a company working on a modular cell phone case with the same project lead from Ara.

News of the week looks at Twitter continuing to flail as it finds its spot among recent social media giants. Joe suggests it's relevance as a news application and its ability be a real-time source of information around the world. The bigger news centers around Spectacles. Snapchats new physical wearable to capture life moments raw and unfiltered.

The main topic centers around Guus leading a discussion on voice and conversational UI, and top considerations for designers including:

• Onboarding - how do you teach new types of UI to users
• Recall - how do you assist users remember commands. What is the equivalent of shortcuts and file menus in voice
• Discovery - is it possible for users to discover content with no screen based UI

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• Twitter shops around http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/24/business/dealbook/twitter-sale.html?ref=technology
• Snapchats videos having staying powerhttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/business/snapchat-known-for-ephemera-proves-its-staying-power-with-videos.html?ref=technology
• Snapchat spectacles - https://spectacles.com, https://www.snap.com/news/
• Project Ara returns… in case form - http://qz.com/780281/google-project-ara-modular-phone-its-founder-has-joined-nexpaq-a-new-modular-phone-case-company/