Tag: strategy

• UX features for online retailers to consider

  I just read a really insightful piece by Paul Bryan on 10 Absentee UX Features on Top e-Commerce Sites. His agency, Usography, has conducted a Retailer UX audit, looking at the 100 top retail websites. The audit highlighted some key user experience (UX) features for brands to consider. From the 10 features that Bryan listed in…

  marcabraham

  September 1, 2011

  Amazon, eCommerce, User Experience

  Amazon, strategy, UX, W3C

• The main reasons behind Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility

  On Monday, Google announced that it had acquired Motorola Mobility, the handset development arm of the telecommunications company for a price of $12.5 billion (£7.5 billion). Google was quick to assure the public that Motorola will be run as a separate division to Android. One of the main drivers of the success of Android is…

  marcabraham

  August 18, 2011

  Digital Strategy, Google, Mobile

  Google, Microsoft, mobile, strategy

• LinkedIn Apply: going for a job has just gotten easier

  A few months ago I learned about LinkedIn launching some really useful new tools, as part of its mission to become a business-critical tool. Yesterday, LinkedIn continued down this path by launching a button that lets users apply for jobs. The Apply with LinkedIn button makes it easy for people to apply for jobs. These are…

  marcabraham

  July 26, 2011

  Social Media, Technology

  LinkedIn, Netflix, socialmedia, strategy

• Alpha.gov.uk: UK Government goes Agile

  It was interesting to find out more the other day about alpha.gov.uk a new site by the UK Government. At first I was confused; “wasn’t there already a central online hub for the UK Government’s services in the form of Directgov?” Directgov was only established a few years ago and enables users to search and complete…

  marcabraham

  June 7, 2011

  Agile, Product Management, User Experience

  Agile, book, Directgov, open source, strategy

• Wal-Mart and Tesco are going digital

  This week has seen two intriguing acquisitions take place: US retail giant Wal-Mart and its UK counterpart Tesco both acquiring promising digital businesses. Last Monday, Wal-Mart bought social media firm Kosmix based in Silicon Valley and yesterday Tesco announced its purchase of a 80% stake in Blinkbox a UK-based online video streaming business. It looks like we…

  marcabraham

  April 21, 2011

  Digital Strategy, Online Trends, Social Media

  cross-platform, Lovefilm, strategy, video