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- February 22, 2012 - Google Aiming to Bring Voice Control to New TV Platform
- Google has submitted a patent request for an exciting piece of software that will allow users to interact with their new TV platform using vocal commands. The cutting-edge voice activated user interface will relay a command to the television or … Continue reading
- February 21, 2012 - Windows 8 Set to Surprise with New Logo and Totally Revamped User Interface
- Microsoft’s upcoming version 8 operating system has been given a logo facelift – the previous wavy lines which looked like a flag have been done away with, in favour of an actual window image. Sam Moreau, Principal Director of Microsoft’s … Continue reading
- February 20, 2012 - VLC Media Player Finally Reaches Version 2.0
- VideoLAN have now released the long anticipated version 2.0 of their popular media player VLC. It is now available for both Windows and Mac users. Amongst the new features sported by VLC 2.0, users will benefit from faster decoding for … Continue reading
- February 17, 2012 - Apple Releases OS X Update Featuring More Seamless User Experience
- Apple has long aimed for the ideal of a seamless user experience regardless of whichever of their devices a person happens to be working on. This utopia is now one step closer following the latest release of their OS X. … Continue reading
- February 16, 2012 - Google Beta Mobile Payment Hack Reveals Lack of Adequate Usability Testing
- Google is once again under fire from industry experts for releasing beta products and services that have not had adequate usability testing. This past week, a worrying exploit hack was discovered which made it possible to give criminals access to … Continue reading
- February 15, 2012 - Initial Usability Testing Reveals Issues with New Social Search Engine Volunia
- New social search engine Volunia has been under scrutiny from its beta usability testers as part of a program to perfect the platform before it is launched to the public. Roughly 400,000 users have already signed up for Volunia, of … Continue reading
- February 14, 2012 - Microsoft Makes Progress with Hotmail User Testing to Eradicate Spam Problem
- While in the past Hotmail was notorious for excessive spam making it through to user accounts, they’ve been recently doing extensive user testing to tackle this issue, and with some impressive results. It seems that Hotmail may have found an … Continue reading
- February 13, 2012 - New Child Friendly User Interfaces Drive Boost in Tablet Sales
- Tablets designed for youngsters are becoming ever more popular due to their easy and appealing user interface, with one of the most recent entries into the market being the Kurio from Techno Source. Their brightly coloured device, also known as … Continue reading
- February 11, 2012 - HTC Devices to Receive User Interface Boost With Android 4.0 Upgrade
- The HTC Sensation, Sensation XE and Sensation XL are all to receive an upgrade to the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich by the end of March, according to an update on HTC’s British Facebook page. Taiwan-based company HTC are the … Continue reading
- February 8, 2012 - Usability Tests Show Adverts More Effective on Tablets
- According to feedback from UK tablet users, consumers find adverts more engaging on these larger devices than on their small screen smartphones. The research from Nielsen also shows that tablet users in Britain are far more likely to buy products … Continue reading
