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Five Tips for Creating an Addictive App Experience: Contrasting Flipboard and...
Flipboard iPad App is addictive. At 3 billion flips per month, its growth is phenomenal. But I did not need those statistics to convince me that the secret of its success lies in its careful attention...
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Redefining the ‘Personal Computer’
Recently, my mother-in-law decided to abandon her desktop personal computer/cellular datacard, trading it in for an iPhone as her main vehicle to stay in touch with relatives and to surf the web. Her...
View Article5 controversies regarding using HTML5 frameworks for Mobile Apps
In a recent webcast, Amir Nathoo of Trigger.io and Tim Anglade of Apigee examined the tradeoffs of building HTML5 versus native mobile apps. It was a good overview and introduction to what is HTML5...
View ArticleTest Your iOS Apps in the Browser
Let’s face it – getting an Ad-Hoc build to a client of their super-cool-new-app-in-progress can often be time intensive and cumbersome. While the advent of wireless distribution certainly was a huge...
View ArticleSix ways to make enterprise mobile apps more engaging
It is no secret that the current mobile revolution is primarily consumer driven. iOS and Android devices made inroads in the consumer market first and consequently enterprises felt the push from their...
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The Secrets of Design Thinking for Enterprise Mobile Apps
According to IDEO, “Design Thinking is a about believing we can make a difference, and having an intentional process in order to get to new relevant solutions that create positive impact.” It is also...
View ArticleMobile Apps: Break it Down!
I’m usually a more is more guy, but I have to concede when it comes to building mobile apps. As the world moves towards mobile computing, at Perficient XD we get a lot of clients that want to jump into...
View ArticleBlackberry z10. Great Specs, But What About the UX?
From the first time I picked up an iPhone, I found the interface intuitive and easy to use. The user experience fit my paradigm for how I would expect to interact with the device, even though I had not...
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Smartphone Apps & Nostalgia Marketing
Remember playing Snake on your first cell phone? Or maybe, like me, playing Snake on your mom’s first cell phone? Apps for iPhone and Android that mimic the original game have millions of downloads....
View ArticleSXSW Round Up: A Robot in Your Pocket
SXSW is a great place to be exposed to new ideas, but perhaps even more valuable are the sessions where you reconsider ideas you’ve grown accustomed to, and seeing them from a brand new perspective....
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The Social Download | Promoted Pins, Related Tweets, and More
Your weekly social media news in byte size pieces. iOS7 is Stunning The biggest news for me this week was the launch of iOS7. It’s beautiful, addicting and has left my phone with lots to discover...
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Five Ways That Technology Proves Santa is Real
When I was a kid, I knew Santa was real because his reindeer left footprints, he ate all of our cookies, and the wrapping paper was different than mom’s. But as technology advances, so does the quality...
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Flex that Box Model!
The CSS Flexible Box Layout Module Level 1 (or Flexbox) is a box model specification in which the children of a flex container can be laid out in any direction, and can “flex” their sizes, either...
View ArticleCSS Pixel Ratio (or “How Big is My Phone?”)
When designing and developing a website for mobile devices, there are many things one needs to consider. Are you using a responsive or adaptive approach? What devices / browsers should be supported?...
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The Connected Car Platform Conundrum
I recently completed some proof-of-concept work for a major automotive manufacturer and I have come to the realization that the automotive manufacturer’s approach to the concept of the “Connected Car...
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Ad blocking is here to stay, so get used to it
My spouse was pounding on her iPad last night in frustration – rather more frustration than typical with technology – because a news site she helps edit kept crashing the tablet’s web browser. After a...
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