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Mlais M7 review: affordable, but with a catch

July 2, 2015

Via: itCurated

The first thing you notice when you unbox the Mlais 7 is just how good it looks. For an ”unheard-of” Chinese brand the phone itself looks very nice indeed. While some Mlais devices have been rather blatant rip-offs of existing […]


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7 Ways to Improve Ecommerce Site Navigation

June 18, 2015

Via: itCurated

Ecommerce site navigation should help shoppers find products quickly and easily. Good navigation improves the online shopping experience and helps merchants increase sales and profits. Website design includes a combination of user experience patterns, conventions, preferences, and branding. On the […]


Apps & Sites

Designing For Explicit Choice

May 26, 2015

Via: itCurated

If you’re a UX designer, you’ve probably designed a lot of forms and web (or app) pages in which the user needs to choose between options. And as a designer, you’re likely familiar with best practices for designing forms. Certainly, […]


News

Web Designers vs. Premium Themes: What’s Best For Your eCommerce Store?

May 25, 2015

Via: itCurated

Design is an integral part of a high converting eCommerce store. Just as no one shops at a shabby looking retail store, no one likes browsing for products on an ugly site. Well-designed stores impress visitors, portray professionalism and quality, […]


Apps & Sites

How Site Design Affects Your Conversion Rate

May 18, 2015

Via: itCurated

The world of ecommerce is ever-changing and even the seasoned ecommerce professional can get overwhelmed with the amount of detail. Between managing your site to ensure proper inventory flow, to optimizing every page for conversion via A/B testing, there’s a […]


Apps & Sites

5 Need-to-Know Ecommerce Redesign Best Practices

April 23, 2015

Via: itCurated

At the point you feel like you are due for a redesign, its probably a little too late. The most successful online stores are in a constant state of change, ever-evolving toward future goals. This means preparing for the mobile-local […]


Apps & Sites

Mobile-Ready Means More Than Responsive Site Design –– How to Edit Your Social Activity to Cater to a Mobile Audience

April 21, 2015

Via: itCurated

A July 2014 study found that mobile adoption rates across the Internet Retailer Mobile 500 were as follows: 59% of businesses use dedicated mobile sites, 15% use dynamic serving, 14% had no mobile presence and just 9% were responsive. In […]


Mobile Marketing

Mobile Content in Context: Rules of Responsive Experience

March 16, 2015

Via: itCurated

With Apple Watch’s launch last week, marketers are paying attention to what they can do with the wearable. While QVC wasted no time in developing its own Apple Watch features, ready to launch when the smartwatch does, it smartly stuck […]


Apps & Sites

You Can’t Afford Any of These 4 Mobile App Design Mistakes

March 3, 2015

Via: itCurated

Mistakes made in the past can come back to haunt you in the present. This fact remains true for mobile app design as well. Designing errors can come back to impact the popularity of your app. They could be the […]


Apps & Sites

Mobile Responsive Sites Boost Search Rankings for SMBs

February 26, 2015

Via: itCurated

It’s no secret that mobile optimization plays a part in SEO rankings, but many small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are left wondering whether they need a mobile responsive site, a dedicated mobile site, an app, or all three. The good […]


Platforms

How to Create Beautiful (and Persuasive) Hero Images for Your Online Store

February 11, 2015

Via: itCurated

Most online stores and theme templates have one major component in common, a large, featured image or series of images prominently displayed on the homepage. These images are often referred to as hero, banner or carousel images. No matter what […]


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Xbox One design team used hundreds of 3D-printed prototypes to fine-tune the console

May 9, 2014

Via: itCurated

There is no question about it, the Xbox One is an impressive piece of hardware. Sure, the games look sharp, but the console is pleasing in and of itself. Once a product hits shelves, it’s easy to forget that people […]