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14
Dec 2015

Browsing and Smiling?

Liking what we browse on the Internet has become the standard. We like, we share, we save it for later. Martin McAllister has come up..

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14
Dec 2015

The UX of Tomorrow Conference: Designing the Unknown

Watch this very interesting conference on Designing for the Unknown, especially the presentation from our friend and ex-colleague Jay Vidyarthi on Mindfulness and the product Muse he’s..

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14
Dec 2015

International Benchmark of banking apps

The UXalliance undertook to do an international research benchmark to gain insight into the offering banks have in regards to their app environment. The study..

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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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10
Dec 2015

The "to" in Farm-to-Table

The large-scale food system, sometimes referred to as “big agro” or agribusiness, is chiefly concerned with… being a business.  There is a lot of money..

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