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Year: 2015

22
Dec 2015

Christmas Wishes from Yu Centrik

  We wish you a happy holiday, from the entire Yu Centrik team!  

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16
Dec 2015

Future of Retail 2016 SF: How Uber delivers delight

  If you have 15 minutes during your holidays and want to learn on how user experience can change the way a product or a..

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14
Dec 2015

Everyday NFC

We’ve seen new forms of wireless communication like Bluetooth and RFID spread in recent years. Even more recently, we’ve seen variants like Beacons and NFC..

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14
Dec 2015

Overview of Apple’s new ResearchKit

At Apple’s recent “Spring Forward” event, the company unveiled several new products: the Apple Watch, a new Macbook, HBO GO on Apple TV… and a..

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14
Dec 2015

Have governments and large businesses adapted their service to mobile customers?

In highly competitive markets like retail, customer service is critical in differentiating oneself from the competition. But what is the quality of this service in..

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14
Dec 2015

Understanding the behaviours of generation Y to increase employee retention

Young Generation Y employees are faced with a gap between the fast and intuitive applications they use day-to-day, and business applications whose design sometimes dates..

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14
Dec 2015

Challenges of international usability testing

A couple of years ago we conducted usability tests in Japan as part of a large design project Yu Centrik was taking part in. At..

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14
Dec 2015

First group of UX-PM participants certified in Montreal!

Congratulations to our first group of UX-PM participants certified in Montreal! The International UX-PM Certification in User Experience (UX) is live. This certification is dedicated..

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14
Dec 2015

Choose your own Christmas tree

This year we’ve had the pleasure of re-visiting the idea of the Christmas tree, inspired by the different professions in our field.  Do you recognize yours?..

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14
Dec 2015

Data, context and design

Is user research in design obsolete or is it more important than ever? Earlier this year, we conducted a Design Thinking workshop in partnership with..

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