Posts tagged with 'Mobile'

Is the Internet making us stupid?

By Gemma Maidment on 22 July 2011

I came across an article on the BBC News website: ‘Internet’s memory effects quantified in study’ and it made me stop and think - is the Internet genuinely making us stupid? The article discusses a fascinating study that is based on the theory that married couples or long term partners rely on each others’ memories, … Read more about ‘Is the Internet making us stupid?’


Did you use the Glasto2011 app?

By Gemma Maidment on 29 June 2011

I was so excited to be going to Glastonbury for the first time ever this year, but having started a new job a few months ago I hadn’t had any time to think about it, at all. I didn’t even know what bands were playing, except Coldplay and Beyonce of course which the whole world … Read more about ‘Did you use the Glasto2011 app?’


Innovative flight comparison website and iPhone app

By Abid Warsi on 5 May 2011

There are lots of flight comparison websites and almost all of them follow a very similar layout on their search results pages. They all have a long table with rows of complex information including airline, price, departure times, arrival times, flight durations and stopover durations.
Users have 2 challenges with such pages:
1.    All the information is … Read more about ‘Innovative flight comparison website and iPhone app’


The descent of mobile consoles

By Alistair Gray on 29 March 2011

The Nintendo 3DS is out this week. The 5th iteration of the DS console, a major, major piece of hardware (approx 150 million worldwide sales as of end of Dec, 2010). It’s the first commercial 3D hardware release that doesn’t require glasses, and the biggest Nintendo hardware release since the Wii in 2006. But I … Read more about ‘The descent of mobile consoles’


User experience with Scrabble

By Alistair Gray on 21 March 2011

My name’s Alistair, and I’m a Scrabble addict.

I can’t stop. I’ve got 2 scrabble apps. The official one (Scrabble) and a pretender to the throne (Words With Friends). But which app would I recommend?

Functionality-wise each has an advantage over the other. Words With Friends offers remote online play (with ‘friends’), whilst Scrabble allows up … Read more about ‘User experience with Scrabble’