The several decade-old practice of design thinking has now seeped into the roots of Silicon Valley.…
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Apple's preview of iOS 7 showed off plenty of welcome improvements, but many are already found on competing platforms. The company is becoming a fast follower rather than a leader and disruptor.…
Read MoreBYOD bringing more value and challenges in a Post-PC world
Life is hard enough for the modern CIO, with BYOD taking over personal computing and cloud challenges making life more complicated. But there are plenty of benefits that accompany this shift, according to panelists at Structure Europe.…
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With its new iOS app, Clear, Realmac Software has taken the “less is more” axiom to its ultimate conclusion. Fjord's Alfred Lui and Aynne Valencia explain why we'll soon see more of this stripped-down approach to interface design, thanks to three big industry trends.…
Read MoreFive big things to watch out for in 2012
What kind of amazing new things are going to happen in tech over the next 365 days? Digital design agency Fjord got out its crystal ball and let us have a preview of its annual prediction of the most important themes in tech next year.…
Read MoreThe design genius of Steve Jobs
Mobile experience designer Christian Lindholm believes that great products are born out of deep, relentless dissatisfaction with the present and the status quo. Inside Apple's walls, Jobs almost seemed to carry the burden of all humanity's frustration with bad products.…
Read MoreMobilize 2010: Touch Has Won the Interface War
The touch interface has effectively taken over, thanks to the success of the iPhone, and every mobile device maker is trying to catch up and figure out how to use it, mobile designer and former Nokia staffer Christian Lindholm told the GigaOM Mobilize conference on Thursday.…
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