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The End Of The Flash Player

Adobe recently announced that it is halting any future development for the mobile Flash Player. The company has stated that it intends to focus on its AIR-based and HTML5 apps for the smartphone...

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Google Glasses (Project Glass) : The Future of Human Computer Interaction?

Google made waves on the Internet last month when it unveiled what it is calling Project Glass. The company released some press shots of what the product, Google Glasses, might eventually look like....

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Do Google Glasses Actually Have A Market?

When Google first unveiled its Project Glass, an initiative aimed at creating augmented reality glasses, many people just assumed that it was another one of the company’s signature April 1st farces....

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2012 Mobile Usage Statistics [Infographic]

We often hear about the importance of catering for mobile devices when designing and developing websites and web-based applications. Quite recently, in this blog, we have presented a list of 5 Mobile...

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GT3D Eye Tracker Makes Life Easier for Physically Impaired Users

An interesting new interaction device has appeared on the market – the GT3D. Worn like a normal pair of sunglasses, the GT3D registers the movement of the eyes to control the mouse cursor on a computer...

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Ford Keyfree Login – Password Verification Without A Keyboard

After last week’s bashing of MyFordTouch, it seems very appropriate to show some good user experience from this car manufacturer. Ford’s KeyFree Login is an ingenious device that overcomes the need to...

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Samsung Series 9 SB970 Monitor [Product Review]

The new Samsung Series 9 SB970 can be classified as a truly premium monitor designed with movie fanatics, photographers, tech geeks and and designers in mind. Launched in March 2012, this 27-inch-wide...

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Windows 8 vs. Windows 7 – Speed And Performance Testing

Released on the 26th of October 2012, Windows 8 was Microsoft’s response to the increase in the huge popularity of operating systems in a short period of time. Almost 3 months on, Windows 8 is...

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Wireframing And Storyboarding With PowerPoint & PowerMockup

Wireframing has become an integral part of developing websites and software applications. It is a quick and easy way to visualize user interface ideas and discuss them with others. “Fail fast, fail...

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Speed Up Website Load Time Using Cloud Services

We have most certainly hit a crossroads. More and more businesses and individual website and blog owners want richer content – be it more photos or entire photo and video galleries. As a website...

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Gesture Conjecture: Real Space UI

The role of gesturing has been evolving and adapting on the mobile spectrum for a decade. As most would understand it, a gesture is a command input by touch onto a touch enabled screen or mouse pad....

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Wearable Innovation Management

The rise of wearables and personal data tracking is proving to be more than just a tool for health. It’s all part of that buzz phrase ‘The Internet of Things.’ With Apple’s entry into the wearable...

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A Conversation With Your Car – Usability In A Smart Car World

The self driving car is a concept that will soon be reality after a decade of testing and crashing, both physically and on the software side. In the interim, drivers can expect that communication with...

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Unleashing Mobile Gesture UX

With mobile visitors creating an ever-growing traffic source to websites these days, mobile-centric problems arise for those seeking to engage their users with this new medium. With it this new...

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Mouse Tracking Is The Only Valid Data Visualisation Tool For UX Designers

Chewing through a large dataset of numbers is like eating stale cereal – boringly unpleasant. Yet, when evaluating the User Experience of websites or web apps we do not only focus on numbers, since...

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Using Load Balancing For Large Volume Usability

Most users of the web are blissfully unaware of the sheer scale of the process responsible for bringing content across the Internet. There are literally miles of Internet between you and the server...

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Apple’s Mobile Touch ID System: Convenience Or A Security Risk?

To people who are interested in staying on top of developments in the tech world, it probably feels like incredible technology improvements are being unveiled by the day. Many of the tech enhancements...

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Magento Vs. Shopify – A Usability Comparison

Picture this: you are at a discovery meeting with your ecommerce client and your team’s technical advisor. As the presiding UX specialist, your role in this meeting is to gather requirements and apply...

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Pokémon Go And Its Impact On User Experience

By now, everybody has heard about Pokémon Go and its swift and spectacular rise to the top of the app world. For a game based on an old 90’s Gameboy game and TV show, it has surprisingly universal...

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Speed Up Website Load Time Using Cloud Services

We have most certainly hit a crossroads. More and more businesses and individual website and blog owners want richer content – be it more photos or entire photo and video galleries. As a website...

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