Earlier this week I listed 5 signs of a great user experience in a tech product. One sign is that it changes you. I referred to revolutionary products like the iPhone and Twitter, that modified our online behaviors or habits. This trend is becoming more noticeable with the so called Internet of Things, where...
Missed your chance to get a ticket to the sold-out Crunchies? Never fear. We’re hosting the livestream of the entire event right here. Watch from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today to see what companies, technologies, products and people were chosen by their peers as the most innovative, most exciting and overall best in their...
For months we’ve been waiting on Razer’s Blade notebook, a $2800, 17-inch beast that we weren’t sure whether to laud or mock. It’s just that it’s kind of a strange thing to see making a big debut when people are more cautious than usual with their money, and PC gaming (as ever) is being...
How Lanyrd Uses HTML5 for a Great Mobile Web App Lanyrd’s new mobile web app, released today, is a great example of how the HTML5 spec can be innovated upon. Taking advantage of offline caching, if the phone and browser support it, the app allows for a mobile conference experience that isn’t at the...
ATT’s Ralph de la Vega is now solely responsible for wireless With its executive reshuffling this week ATT returned to a structure that more accurately reflects where its businesses are heading: mobile. The wireless division juggernaut that drives most of ATT’s revenues is now firmly in the hands of former consumer CEO Ralph de...
Launching An Experiment Launch Center is one app for launching tasks across many apps. It can be a simple speed-dial-Mom or text-my-girlfriend launcher, or it can hook deeply into an app and, for example, go straight to Instagram’s camera screen. You can also link to any Web URL, which it will open in Safari....
YouTube head Salar Kamangar gave a clear explanation today of why YouTube recently reorganized itself into channels: so it can charge more for advertisements. Kamangar was speaking at the D: Dive Into Media conference in southern California today, and explained that YouTube was once known for videos of dogs on skateboards. The ad rates...
Sean Gourley, Quid See Also Read Twitter’s ‘Confidential’ Memo To Advertisers On New Enhanced Profile Pages For Brands ‘DON’T Do A Startup, You Will FAIL,’ Says Top Startup Investor Check Out The Tweets That Ruined This Guy’s Trip To The US A coule weeks ago, the FBI put out an official inquiry exploring whether...
If you’re an avid user of Google+, you know that one of the things that makes your experience crappy is the spam you get. You know what I’m talking about. You post an animated GIF of a dog walking on a rainbow and all of a sudden you get a comment from someone you...
Companies pay designers astronomical amounts to create a brand that can be easily recognized world wide. They have representative logos designed and refined and spend millions making sure that they weave their way into the cultural zeitgeist. But how does that branding stand up when it is exposed to the blunt innocence and clarity of a 5-year-old child? Designer...