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Apple Books is an app used to read eBooks. As native app in Apple’s ecosystem, many people default to using Apple Books as it’s readily avalible and touts a minimalist interface. While it is simple to use and requires little learning, Apple Books still could use improvement in many ways. Apple Books has a skeuomorphic […]
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Soundcloud is an “artist-first” open music platform for both listeners and music creators. With a global community of over 100 million users, SoundCloud focuses on emerging artists and less on mainstream music featured on apps like Spotify. The subscription based app become a popular platform for emerging and underground musicians to share their music or
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At a Glance Youtube is a video sharing and social media platform that has an app (on mobile devices) band is accessible through web browsers. It consists of three types of users: (1) Users who upload videos onto the platform for others to watch (2) Users who watch videos uploaded by other users (3) a
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Google Pay (India) is a digital wallet payment service that connects the user with thier bank account and lets the user pay bills, send money to friends and family, or buy groceries. It’s the second most popular app in India, with a market share of 34.63%, combining Android and iOS users. Home Screen The primary
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TranscribeGlass is a wearable device for people in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community that fixes to glasses and allows the wearer to read real-time captioned speech while watching the speaker with the aim to increase comprehension at a more affordable cost than its $1500 inspiration, Google Glass.
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Project overview Seafood Watch is a program of the Monterey Bay Aquarium that seeks to promote sustainable seafood by transforming the seafood industry. Our dynamic team of four members was given the task of analyzing how Seafood Watch users utilize the search features on their website using their recommendation database. We were able to track
Starbucks is the world’s largest multinational chain of coffee shops. Starbuck’s iOS mobile application features mainly include allowing users to find stores, redeem offers and order. Homepage First glance upon the Homepage, there aren’t any striking problems. The discoverability of the app is great. It is easy to locate a user’s desired action as most
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Introduction I was tasked to review a digital interface against Don Norman’s design principles in his book, The Design of Everyday Things. I reviewed an app called iRobot. The app is installed on my iPhone. iRobot is used to perform, monitor, and troubleshoot actions on the Roomba vacuum cleaner, a robot that vacuums your home
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The Zoom Handy Recorder app is designed to facilitate audio field recording on iPhones and iPads. It supports recording via an internal iPhone/iPad mic, or via an external microphone, which can be purchased separately as an upgrade to provide greater fidelity and/or stereo recording. Field recorders focus on utility; field recorders must work quickly and
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Now that classes are back in session, I’m using Microsoft OneNote on a regular basis to keep my course notes organized throughout the semester. OneNote is a note taking management software designed by Microsoft – it lets users take notes through text, drawings, screenshots, audio recordings and more, while keeping their notes organized in one
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