Smartphone Apps Help Monitor Your Pet’s Health and HabitsGood news for tech-savvy animal lovers: Some smartphone apps can make it easier for you to keep your furry, four-legged friend healthy and safe. These apps can monitor your dog's or cat’s activity, tell you exactly where they are if they get lost, even feed them remotely—good for you and for them.
Apple’s New iOS 7 Borrows Heavily from Other Systems and AppsIf imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, several mobile operating systems and third-party apps should’ve been feeling pretty flattered after Apple revealed the forthcoming iOS 7 at its WWDC keynote. Much of iOS 7’s look, features, and user interface is giving people déjà vu.
Apple Unveils iOS 7, New Design, and Mobile Apps at 2013 WWDC KeynoteApple had a lot of news to spill at the keynote for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference—so much, in fact, that we split it into two articles. Here you'll discover announcements about the new look and functions for Apple's mobile devices, along with the features of the much-anticipated iOS 7.
Apple Reveals New Computer Hardware, Software Updates at WWDC KeynoteApple had a lot of news to spill at the keynote for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference—so much, in fact, that we split it into two articles. Here you'll discover announcements about its computers, including new laptop and desktop models, and updates for software and apps.
The Importance of "Occasional User" RequirementsOccasional users are likely to go back to more traditional, offline methods if the online equivalent isn’t immediately intuitive. There is little benefit for taking time to learn the system—as they’ll only be using it occasionally. This could impact the business case for moving a process to the web.
Book Review: Lean UX—Lean Principles to Improve User ExperienceSteve Berczuk reviews Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience by Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden. Through its stories, templates, and guidelines on agile user-experience design, this book will help your team do a better job of building in the best user experience possible.
Microsoft Reveals New Video Demo of Windows 8.1Microsoft is releasing a slew of noteworthy changes to Windows 8 in what amounts to a significant software update, once codenamed Windows Blue and now called Windows 8.1. Today, the company released a four-and-a-half-minute video tour through some of the update’s notable offerings.
Using Crowd Wisdom as a Marketing ToolCrowdsourcing in its various forms has become a powerful technique used to connect with the end users and community, to engage with them, and to leverage their wisdom. While each form is powerful in its own right, crowd wisdom is becoming an important and inevitable marketing tool.
