The Future of Computing is Tablets and More!
This awesome infographic (below), created by the team at Focus, predicts that Tablets (iPad et al.) will be the future of computing. According to the data, 14% of online shoppers intent to purchase an...
View ArticlePredictions to Rock the Education World: Tablets as Serious Games
John W. Moravec (1), has recently posted his Five Predictions For 2011 That Will Rock The Education World to his Education Futures blog (find also my prior post iPad & Serious Games To...
View ArticleThe Digital Tablet: Creating an Alternative to "Lean Forward" or "Lean Back"
During the peak of the social media revolution, "lean forward" was one of the buzzwords that was bandied about quite often to explain the changing habits of media consumption. The term “lean forward”...
View ArticleThe Art of Creating Emotional Attachments to Digital Objects
The argument for or against e-books always seems to boil down to one central issue: e-books can not be touched, bookmarked and lovingly annotated in the same way that real books can (sorry, Kindle)....
View ArticleClosed Publishing Apps? I Don't Get It
Or rather (sadly), perhaps I do.So The Daily is finally with us. My disclosure right up front is that (since it is not available in the UK) I haven't actually seen it. I applaud bold experimentation of...
View ArticleIPad/Tablet Usability - A Free Report
I am a great fan of Jakob Nielsen. He always talks a great deal of sense about usability and has been around long enough to witness all of the cycles of fashion in design in user interfaces. He very...
View ArticleStats That Show Why You Need a Mobile First Approach Now
The other week someone asked me what an agency such as Rabbit (where I work) should be focusing on going forward.My reply, was previously organisations have been talking about a digital first approach....
View ArticleWhy Tablets Will Lead to Ad-Supported Books
The tablet revolution, by making it possible to place advertisements within digital e-books, is about to change the publishing world forever. Imagine commuting to work while reading The Great Gatsby on...
View ArticleLast year, smartphone cameras outsold digital cameras 6 to 1
Last week, research came out from ABI saying that 1 billion cameras had been shipped in tablets and smartphones in 2012. On the back of this, I wanted to find out the size of the smartphone camera...
View ArticleTablets (Flat Screen Variety) and Older People in the News
Ofcom published its annual update about how us Brits are (or not) consuming data in one form or another and what equipment we are using. The title is Adults’ Media Use and Attitudes Report.It’s a long,...
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