“Usagility: Agile Usability for rapid development”

Last year to mark ‘World Usability Day’ Dr Martin Hicks and Erdinez Hassan presented a webinar offering guidelines on how to get the most from agile usability and the pitfalls you should avoid.
In this video Dr Martin Hicks and Erdinez Hassan explain how the current economic climate has put pressure on budgets and schedules. Plus [...]

Is this how the movie industry can fight against the online pirates?

With the government and the music industry dead in the water with effective ideas to stop illegal downloading the film industry has remained relatively quiet on the subject and not jumped on the bandwagon of restricted broadband access.
Most in the film industry would be worried by the upsurge in illegal downloading and file sharing added [...]

Safer driving with hands-free texting

Researchers at Clemson University’s Human Centered Computing Lab (HCCL) have developed a hands-free alternative to cell phone texting while driving.
The team at the Universities Human Centered Computing Division has created an application called VoiceTEXT that allows drivers to speak text messages and keep their eyes on the road at the same time.
VoiceTEXT works by connecting [...]

Are tablets the best remedy?

By Dr. Alex Dewitt,
Senior Research Consultant
at fhios.
There has been a great deal of talk about tablet devices recently, with numerous rumours that Apple will release a touch device midway in size between an iPone and an MacBook. But how necessary will these devices be in our lives?
Before the iPhone was released there seemed to be [...]

Designing for mobile is hard! Our free webinar will make it easier…

2010 looks set to be the year mobile marketing finally steps up to centre stage. With over four billion mobile users around the world compared to approximately one billion PCs, and the increasing popularity of the iphone and other smartphones, the logic of using mobile devices to drive awareness, loyalty, and sales is undeniable.
However, designing [...]

Mobile Application Review – Australian Open

By Dan Marley
Senior Research Consultant
at fhios.
What is it?
Australian Open

Purpose?
Provide the ability for users to keep track of results and news from the Australian Open 2010.
Download?
Free. Does not require Wi-Fi connectivity
Overview
This application has received good reviews on the application store and generally is seen to have few faults.
So what does it do?
The functionality [...]

Top Trends in Media this Year

Gavin Mann, digital lead at Accenture, sets out the business models and trends that will help media businesses make a success in 2010.
1) Direct to consumer selling
“This year, content owners must invest heavily in selling products directly to customers and building relationships with consumers, as the Times+ membership scheme and music companies selling tracks direct [...]

CES 2010: Computing ‘no longer confined to the PC’, says Intel chief

The ubiquity of wireless hot spots and faster mobile phone networks is helping to drive a revolution in mobile computing, according to Paul Otellini.
Paul Otellini, chief executive and president of Intel, said that personal computing was expanding beyond the PC and now encompassed a range of [...]

Disney to launch online alternative to Blu-Ray and DVD

By Andrew Horsfall,
Marketing Assistant
at fhios.
Disney has unveiled plans for its online storage service, called ‘Keychest’, that will give users access to the studio’s movies and TV shows online, offering an alternative to DVDs and Blu-rays.
Using Keychest, consumers would purchase access rights to a film or TV show, rather than have physical ownership of material [...]

‘World’s first’ virtual farmers market launches

The world’s first interactive 3D farmers market has launched to capitalise on the growth of the online grocery sector.
Virtual Farmers Market combines a 3D world with a traditional online retail website in an attempt to improve user experience. The site has been created by digital agency, Digital Presence.
VFM gives consumers a virtual take on the [...]