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For Developers, a Little UX can Go a Long Way

Design, Development, Emotion, Empathy, Employee Experience, Flow and Immersion, Personal and Professional Development, Product design, Project Management, Team Dynamics, Technology, Usability

Understanding the user-centered goals driving product design will help developers add extra value as the software development process continues to evolve.

Article by Arijit Banerjee

June 19, 2014

4 min read

Just a Prototype Away from Fame and Fortune

Agile and Iterative Process, Business Value and ROI, Consumer products, Design, Design Tools and Software, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Personal and Professional Development, Product design, Prototypes, Team Dynamics, Technology, Usability, Visual Design

An idea for an app that delivers fresh lobster and crab to the Bay Area is realized at ProtoHack, a code-free prototyping hackathon.

Article by Russell Bongard

June 17, 2014

4 min read

The Future Of Web TV

Analytics and Tracking, Android, Apple, Apple iOS, Business Value and ROI, Design, Development, Flow and Immersion, Google, HTML5, Information Design and Architecture, Input devices, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, iPad, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Motion and Animation, New and Emerging Technologies, Product design, Sound and Audio, Tablet, Technology, Usability, Video, Web

Products like Google Chromecast are creating new pathways for user-friendly connections between televisions and Internet content.

Article by Jeroen Wijering

June 16, 2014

5 min read

QuickPanel: Voice

Accessibility, Android, Apple, Apple iOS, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Experience, Design, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, iPad, iPhone, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Product design, Software as a Service, Sound and Audio, Tablet, Technology, Usability, Voice & Natural Language

UX experts Aaron Gustafson, Steve Portigal, and Whitney Quesenbery discuss the evolution, sophistication, and occasional creepiness for voice-recognition technology.

Article by Mary Jean Babic

June 12, 2014

8 min read

Content Isn’t King, Content Is a Product

Apple, Content and Copy, Content Strategy, Customer Experience, Design, Marketing and Brand, Mobile Technology, Product design, Product Releases and Redesigns, Project Management, Strategy, Technology, Usability, Visual Design

Content needs to be packaged and designed in the same compelling ways that products are in order for users to respond to its directives.

Article by Scott Hutcheson

June 11, 2014

7 min read

The Power of Service-Oriented Mobile Design

Android, Apple, Apple iOS, Business UX Leaders, Business Value and ROI, Consumer products, Customer Experience, Design, Design for Experience Awards, Development, Enterprise Products, Global Products and Localization, Healthcare, Information Design and Architecture, Input devices, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Internal Company Dynamics, iPad, iPhone, Location-Based Services, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Product design, Product Releases and Redesigns, Software as a Service, Tablet, Technology, Usability, UX Magazine, Web, Windows Phone

A closer look at the results in the Mobile Solution or Application category of the international Design for Experience awards, featuring the winner: we are experience.

Article by UX Magazine Staff

June 4, 2014

8 min read

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For Developers, a Little UX can Go a Long Way