Tag: content
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What to expect from iOS 8?
Last week, Apple spent a large part of its keynote at WWDC 2014 talking about iOS 8, its new operating system for its handheld devices. These are the main features that we can look forward to as part of iOS 8: Touch ID – Apple’s “Touch ID” fingerprint recognition system is currently only available on iPhone 5S […]
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Book Review: “Mobile First”
“Mobile First” by Luke Wroblewski is a great introduction to designing web experiences that cater for both desktop and mobile devices. With a large number of people accessing the web on their mobile devices, “Mobile First” is all about designing user experiences beyond the confines of the desktop. Naturally, there’s likely to be overlap between the […]
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Barnes & Noble doesn’t only do books and tablets, it also does recommendations
I’m always intrigued to find out how digital businesses tackle the issue of user engagement through tailored recommendations. Content providers like Netflix and Amazon notoriously spend a lot of money and effort into their recommendation engines and it was interesting to find about how Barnes & Noble (‘B&N’) are now handling recommendations through their latest “NOOK” device. […]
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Pottermore and the digital publishing extravaganza
ebook publishing is taking off in more way than one. Back in April the Association of American Publishers reported triple-digit growth in ebook sales. Earlier this week Louise Voss and Mark Edwards became the first “indie authors” to top the UK ebooks chart. Finally to top it all off, JK Rowling, author of the iconic “Harry […]