usability

Does Age Matter When Embracing Technology?

How often have we heard product managers mention that a product should be easy and intuitive to use—even for grandma? For various reasons, older people often refrain from the latest in technology, which is forcing companies to think about the older users in order to increase market share.

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Rajini Padmanaban
The Real Cost of App Unavailability—and How to Avoid It

Availability is often associated with load, but not necessarily with overall functionality and compatibility. However, with the number of apps flooding the marketplace, these other parameters are becoming increasingly important to consider. Building the right support team can help promote success.

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Mukesh Sharma
You Won't Get Hacked with Help of New USB Device

Companies just keep getting hacked. Millions of users' data have been comprised in the last few years, so up-and-coming developer Webcloak is introducing a product that will let anyone browse the Internet “with no risk of viruses, data, or identity theft.”

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Josiah Renaudin
Let’s Warm Up to the Growing Need for Digital Accessibility

Do you consider accessibility when developing your products? Did you know about 15 percent of the world's population has some sort of disability? With so many individuals facing usability challenges—and technology's ubiquity—it's time to make accessibility part of our social responsibility plan.

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Amit Bhatt
Web Accessibility and a Call for Action

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, said, "Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." But websites using sophisticated visual effects make it difficult for the blind and disabled to have equal access. It's important to design and configure sites for everyone.

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Bob Aiello
Loyalty Programs Find a Home on Mobile

Simplicity helps lower the barrier to entry for mobile programs like Starbucks, Belly, and Front Flip, but the convenience of having it all readily available on your phone really takes it over the top. Read more to learn how mobile apps are changing reward programs for the better.

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Josiah Renaudin
Skills Needed to Better Leverage the Internet of Things

Today, everything seems to have an internet connection associated with it. The Internet of Things is ushering in a transition of greater opportunities for just about everyone who knows how to take advantage of it. Here are three skills that you’ll need to better leverage an ever-connected society.

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Cameron Philipp...
Smartwatches will Lap Fitness Trackers by 2018

People all over the world will be tracking their daily activity through their Fitbits, Jawbones, and other various bands wrapped around their wrists by 2018. Fitness trackers will triple in number by that year, but it’s smartwatches—led by Apple’s upcoming iWatch—that will really see the most use.

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Josiah Renaudin