Context drives app relevancy
What features make sense to make available to mobile users? The answer is often found in context. The more contextual information you can use in the interaction with the user, the better. Consider how the following apps leverage context to draw from sources and then add…
Elegance attracts and app design
Successful apps have a number of common characteristics. Apart from the obvious, such as relevant functional scope and context-relevance, I believe that elegance is the most fundamental. Never before have non-designers been so engaged in concept and design discussions as today. Elegance attracts. I’m collecting great…
Mobile retail is more than shopping on the go
To fully realize the potential of mobile retail it’s critical to not think of mobile as just shopping on the go. In one of the latest reports from the analyst firm Forrester, Johanna Marcus (Sephora’s director of mobile and digital store marketing), states that mobile…
Android is the new mayor in Tablet Town
Gartner just published its Worldwide Tablet Sales report and it tells an interesting story. The key points in the story include: The market is in a healthy growth state, sales grew by 68% compared with 2012 Android is propelling into a strong lead capturing 62% of…
Technology injected into your body
Do you think that wearable technology, like wristbands and glasses, is leading edge? Maybe it is but we are already seeing the next step, and it’s literally bleeding edge. The trend is called “body modification” and it’s not the kind where people have surgery to…