by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 14, 2010 | Mobile, Retail, Trends, Usability
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show brought us some interesting trends and ideas. In his review of the show, Lance Ulanoff lists 9 things he’s learned there. In the last point in that post, he makes the observation that “the marriage of technology and content...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 14, 2010 | Mobile, Usability
Do you hear that? The sound of drip… drip… drip…? It’s the sound of money ever so gradually leaving your account through insecure transactions. There are these clever little ways to send money through text messaging – Yele does it to help...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 12, 2010 | Banking
Everyone is excited about the new Google phone – Nexus One. I am actually considering making the jump from iPhone to an Android-based phone. The Android Market is the Google’s answer to iTunes App store. In an interesting twist of events, a rogue app called...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 5, 2010 | Usability
Zack Whittaker’s post on whether we still need usernames/passwords is fueling an interesting debate at ZDNet. The premise is familiar – everyone is tired of storing their hundreds of passwords in an Excel sheet or a password management app. Wouldn’t it be...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Dec 28, 2009 | Usability
Making it to the top of the BBC Technology page, a video posted on YouTube shows how the latest HP face recognition technology fails to “see” a black person. The video is pretty funny to watch. Have you seen it? If not, here it is for your viewing pleasure. In light...
