Notion is a productivity software, used primarily for project management and taking notes. It is an excellent tool for working in teams since the users can organize all of their information and projects in just one platform. It can be used by companies, students, or individuals who need a more efficient way to work. In […]
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Seeing AI is an app developed by Microsoft to utilize AI for accessibility. The app features various modes to assist blind people such as barcode scanners, document readers, and experimental AI modes such as person recognition. “Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the blind and low vision
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For over 150 years, Bank of New Zealand has served its customer’s wide variety of fiscal needs. In the modern age, this includes being available to customers as a digital/mobile experience. Their online banking app, available on the iPhone and currently in version 15.1.0, is the focus of this critique. The following assumes that user
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Tinder is a popular dating app used for meeting new people, casual hookups, or finding your soulmate. Tinder revolutionized the online dating industry and introduced the notorious phrase, “Swipe Right” as a means of showing interest in other’s dating profiles. The popular dating app is available as both a mobile app and desktop application. Note:
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Kindle app is a software that lets you download and purchase ebooks from Amazon Kindle Books, to read on most devices, such as Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. It is extremely convenient for avid readers that wish to have unlimited books all stored in one device in which they can carry it around anywhere and
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ClassUp is a scheduling application that helps students to organize their courses, manage activities, and communicate with classmates. ClassUp assists students in creating and designing a clear schedule with more freedom, making it a powerful tool for students to have personalized and aesthetic class schedules.
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Liftware Steady is an electronic stabilizing handle with a selection of attachments that include a soup spoon, everyday spoon, fork, and spork. Liftware Steady is designed to help people suffering from hand tremors, which may be related to Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor, eat more easily. The stabilizing handle contains sensors that detect hand motion and a small onboard computer that distinguishes unwanted tremor from the intended movement of the hand. To stabilize the utensil, the computer directs two motors in the handle to move the utensil attachment in the opposite direction of any detected tremor.
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Co-Star is a popular astrology app for Gen Z (18-25 in the US) iPhone users, for it’s ability to provide easy to digest birth charts, advice for the day based on your planet transits, and a social aspect to compare and contrast charts with your added friends. (It should be noted that these daily horoscopes have been criticized for promoting negativity in users in the past.)
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Shazam is a music discovery app that allows users to identify recorded audio in mere seconds. In addition to surfacing song titles, artist information, time-synced lyrics, and music videos, Shazam offers Spotify and Apple Music integrations so that identified tracks can be saved to playlists.
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The Airbnb app gives users access to a variety of places to stay across the globe. Airbnb transitioned from a platform to solely book homestay-esque vacations into an end to end travel platform.
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