Refresh Importance Apple is set to do a major refresh of iOS and the first public unveiling is expected to be at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June. The key is reducing UI complexity while enhancing UX. With Jony Ivy now leading both hardware and software design efforts for iPhone, iPad, and iPod, Apple is(…)
Facebook Shows Transition To Mobile
Mobile Ad Sales Rise! Facebook’s revenue was up as it slowly makes the transition to a mobile company. For its first quarter ending March 31, its mobile business rose to 30% of total advertising sales to $375 million, from 23% a year ago. Monthly active mobile users increased to 751 million, up 54%. It was(…)
First Twitter Post by Warren Buffet
“B fearful when others r greedy. B greedy when others r fearful. #WordsToLiveBy” – Warren Buffet
Adobe Edge Reflow Takes Creativity Higher, to the Cloud
After many months, Adobe’s newest design tool Edge Reflow is finally here and takes creativity to a higher level! It brings the latest in tools for both web and mobile developers to create many sites and scale them across multiple devices and screen sizes. Edge Reflow allows designers to think more about true design and(…)
How to Go Viral With Twitter’s Vine
http://vine.co/v/b5Q6trh0TDqOn Thursday, Twitter introduced its new video sharing service called Vine that is supposed to be the Instagram of videos. However, keeping to true brevity like Twitter does with its 140-character limit, Vine limits you to 6 seconds of video. Yes, I said SIX seconds. Of course, you can loop it. Vine is available on(…)
Smarter Working With Plantronics and PGi at Gensler
Last night, PGi and Plantronics launched a set of new products set to enable more effective collaboration between knowledge workers. The event, entitled Smarter Working 2013 SF was held at Gensler’s San Francisco offices. Gensler is one of the top architectural and interior design firms, and recently re-designed Plantronics’ headquarters in Santa Cruz. PGi’s expertise(…)
Why 4K is the New 3D For Now
CES was all about 4K TVs if you were looking at the latest television technology from CE brands at the show. Heck, they even renamed 4K to UHD or Ultra High Definition to make more appealing to consumers! In 2012 I heard a lot about 4K in talks with HDTV vendors and there was a(…)
Can We Be Innovative Obliquely?
Roland Harwood recently elaborated on the concept of oblique innovation strategies in his post on the 100%Open blog, which I highly recommend following. By giving an honest review of John Kay’s book, “Obliquity” Harwood goes on to state his belief that companies can become more innovative obliquely by becoming a more open business. Becoming more open can(…)