With the pandemic likely going to continue throughout 2021, businesses’ digitalization trend will grow, and so will the number of cybersecurity threats and data breaches. 2021 will be the year companies should progress on the privacy and security of their users’ data. Businesses that will look
According to Doc, he originally starting thinking about the idea after a conversation with his wife discussing why she couldn’t “take her shopping cart with her across different sites.” While at first this seems like an odd request, because we’re used to thinking about the
Students gain access to forums and a virtual classroom complete with audio, video and blog content. Additional features include video chat with peers and professors, unlimited access to lecture materials and office hours via video and whiteboard. Student’s record field work experiences as
Accessing solutions and services over the Internet is not new. However, the speed at which new cloud computing tools and technologies are emerging is rapidly accelerating. Most businesses turn to the cloud to save money and improve efficiency. Cloud migrations offer businesses the opportunity to
The Abode Iota Smart Home Security Kit is currently on sale for $279 (regularly priced at $329) and provides a comprehensive home security solution. The kit includes a built-in HD camera, motion sensor, 93db siren, and two-way voice feature. Wi-Fi connectivity provides greater control and access
As IoT gains momentum, the volume of data generated will be stratospheric. Not only will there be more data, but there will be different types of data, and data from sources that have yet to be considered. Big Data analytics will evolve into a distributed analytics model, which will help with the monetization of IoT data. We will see more devices
In case if you wish to backup WhatsApp chats selectively, then you can take the assistance of dr.fone – Recover (iOS/Android). It is a complete data recovery solution that can extract the existing as well as the deleted WhatsApp content from your phone. Since the application will let you preview your data first, you can perform WhatsApp backup
Thanks to the IoT technology, we can remote control those connected cameras. Even if we are not home, we still can access these devices and check our properties. However, just because we are using those connected cameras and devices, if we do not do a good job in terms of security, such as utilizing weak passwords, or even no pin, criminals could
Group Form Elements Effectively Using White Space
You might be wondering, "if proximity is such a problem, then why not place the labels inside the text fields?". Don't be tempted. When you place the labels inside the text field as filler text, the label disappears when users input their text and they must remember it as they fill in the field. This especially causes an issue if users use the Tab
OK-Cancel or Cancel-OK? The Trouble With Buttons
We get countless questions about small details in UI design that don't matter much to the overall user experience. One classic is the order of buttons in dialog boxes: OK / Cancel Cancel / OK Both are reasonable choices, and people can argue for hours about their preferences: Listing OK first supports the natural reading order in
Generic Commands
Currently, the only generic Web commands that truly work are those in browsers rather than on individual sites. Examples include Back, Forward, and Print. In the latter case, it would be much more useful if the generic Print button subsumed a page's Printer-friendly version feature; clicking Print should print a printer-friendly view, not the view
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
She explained that the original design of the Internet was driven more by considerations of interoperability rather than security, and as a result we are now faced with almost insurmountable issues. Some examples include online criminals who steal our information, mass bandits who have the ability to damage portions of our internal infrastructure
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Bringing a More Secure and Efficient Land Registry with Blockchain
Other names are entering the blockchain system. The company Corda is currently utilized in the UK for its “Digital Steet” program. The overall task of the Digital Street Program is to enhance current land registry systems in the region through digitalization. The goal is to digitize at least 95% of all of the UK’s land registry systems by
Crypto Micropayments: An Exciting Future of Blockchain Transactions
While cryptocurrencies have been a dominant force in newsrooms worldwide thanks in no small part to the meteoric rise of Bitcoin in recent years, blockchain has only just started to dominate the public consciousness. The cryptocurrency phenomenon may be in full swing, but we’re yet to see the decentralized digital currency successfully integrate
Banner Blindness Revisited: Users Dodge Ads on Mobile and Desktop
Let’s focus for a moment on just the content area of the page — the area that does not include the hero. There are 148 fixations on the page, out of which 132 are within the content area. Out of those 132 fixations, only one is within the right rail: that’s 0.8% of the user’s attention within 25% of the content area. The immense mismatch
Empathy Mapping: The First Step in Design Thinking
Some of these quadrants may seem ambiguous or overlapping — for example, it may be difficult to distinguish between Thinks and Feels. Do not focus too much on being precise: if an item may fit into multiple quadrants, just pick one. The 4 quadrants exist only to push our knowledge about users and to ensure we don’t leave out any important
Branding an Intranet
This kind of cagey intranet name doesn’t come easily. If you want to try one, test it out with employees before implementing it. And think about whether the name can last for years to come. Getting people to call the intranet by a different name is difficult. They will still refer to the intranet by the old name, especially it if was catchy. So
User Intent Affects Filter Design
Filters are among the top web innovations since, well, the Internet. These controls allow us to quickly find the needle in the haystack on information-rich sites, such as travel sites or ecommerce sites. Brands have built their reputations for their ability to narrow results efficiently. Filters eliminate items that do not satisfy specific
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How to Display Taxes, Fees, and Shipping Charges on Ecommerce Sites
Under the Shipping & Returns accordion menu on the same product page, there was a brief mention about the surcharge directing users to the aforementioned-surcharge detail near the price, which was not helpful. However, clicking the link to the Shipping and Delivery Information Page directly under the surcharge information took users to a
10 Usability Heuristics Applied to Video Games
According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 43% percent of American adults say they often or sometimes play video games (including console, PC, and mobile games). As designers, whether we’re focused on complex workplace tools or mobile apps, we all need to stay informed about related fields. As mobile and desktop designers, there is a
Naughty or Nice: Check Your Ecommerce Site Twice! .
Every year it can feel like the holidays sneak up on us. We assemble, we strategize, and we take the necessary precautions yet we frequently feel like we are scrambling. For ecommerce businesses, this time of year is crucial not only for generating revenue but for generating recurrent relationships with customers. While your holiday preparations
Gutenberg—Believe in the Beauty of Your Dreams
The earlier way of designing websites involved using full page templates. These templates were helpful but very rigid and you ran the risk that your template matched someone else’s. With Gutenberg’s block approach, you get the convenience of pre-designed layouts, you don’t have to write complicated editor functions from scratch and you have
WP Engine Participates in the Day of Understanding
Diversity has long been an important topic for WP Engine. CEO Heather Brunner often says “diversity attracts diversity.” This means that as a company naturally attracts and retains diverse talent, that diversity is sustained from the inside by employee referrals. Ultimately, the customer values and respects that the team they are
29 facts about outsourced software engineering in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is becoming an increasingly popular destination for outsourced software engineering. While Western Europe is facing the shortage of tech experts, Eastern European tech talent pool is soaring. This region boasts its high level of technical education and qualified software developers. Also, Eastern European countries are culturally
How to Solve Big Growth Problems in Fintech Development: Scale-up Report
N-iX has cooperated with more than 15 successful fintechs including such market players as Currencycloud, RateSetter, and Cleverbridge, helping them use digital innovations to scale their businesses. Therefore, we have aggregated our experience in fintech app development and collected stats from such sources as CBInsights, Capgemini, PWC, Forbes
AI Software Development: Dispelling the Most Common Myths
Since AI is a complex technology, it does require deep expertise in programming languages and sophisticated algorithms. Most types of AI applications require heavy lifting by data scientists and big data engineers, machine learning specialists and computational linguists. These skills are a must for large-scale projects where artificially
Breaking Web Design Conventions = Breaking the User Experience
If I asked you to picture the homepage for a university website, what would it look like? You might come up with something similar to SUNY Cortland’s homepage: images of students on a lawn, navigation at the top with sections for Academics, Admissions, Prospective Students, Alumni, and so on. There would probably also be sections for News and
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Variable Fonts and Wide-Screen Layouts: Adopting Data-Driven Progressive Enhancements
To expedite page load time, we previously used just one custom font for headings, and relied on standard browser-safe fonts for most text, since browsers can render both normal and bold weights without needing to download any font files at all. This approach wasn’t ideal because it was a compromise in both directions: having to load a custom
UX Mapping Methods Compared: A Cheat Sheet
Designing and developing a product often involves a large team of people with different backgrounds and experiences who must be on the same page about the project goals, the user needs and behaviors, and even the component processes involved. This common understanding is often built with visualizations (commonly referred to as mappings). Mappings
Security | Could drone beehives solve delivery issues in tomorrow’s cities?
Could drone beehives solve delivery issues in tomorrow’s cities?
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Amazon has presented a few weird ideas for delivery and its latest, a skyscraper beehive filled with drones, is no exception. The patent application is another look at how Amazon plans to integrate drones and improve ‘last mile’ delivery. Most of Amazon’s warehouses are located on the outskirts of cities and it would take too long for a drone
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues that Hathaway was involved in developing. The
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues that Hathaway was involved in developing. The
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
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Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues that Hathaway was involved in developing. The
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A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
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Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues that Hathaway was involved in developing. The
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
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Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues that Hathaway was involved in developing. The
Visibility of System Status
Whenever users interact with a system, they need to know whether the interaction was successful. Did the system actually catch that button press or was it busy with something else and it ignored it? Did the item get added to cart? Did the request go through? (One reason users have these questions is that they have been burned before by technology
Banner Blindness: The Original Eyetracking Research, 10-year research overview
As the replay shows, the user did fixate once within the ad, but at that moment, the ad is obscured by a pull-down menu. In reality, the user couldn't see the message; the fixation was clearly a mistake that occurred while she was trying to reacquire the menu after briefly looking away from the screen. All of this occurs so quickly that you
Back-to-Top Button Design Guidelines
The popularity of responsive web design has led to a proliferation of single-column, long-page designs both on mobile and desktop. A consequence of these designs has been the Back to Top button, which is a shortcut that allows users to quickly navigate to the top of the page. When users get at the bottom of a really long page, they often will
Join WP Engine at SXSW 2019
SXSW 2019 is just days away. Beginning this Friday, digital pioneers, business leaders, and artists from around the world will head to Austin for the annual festival. For ten days, the capital city will be bustling with the best of music, technology, and film. WP Engine is proud to take part in SXSW 2019, and this year, WP Engine CEO Heather
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WP Engine: 2018 in Review
New year, new you, did you say? Well, that was our reality in 2018 as we rolled out some of our favorite new platform additions. We took the lead on the Amazon Polly plugin, the first plugin to bring voice technology to WordPress. The WP Engine Digital Experience Platform continued to evolve and improve in 2018. We’ve enabled customers with
StudioPress Theme Spotlight: Daily Dish Pro
As we continue to showcase a sample of the amazing StudioPress themes now available to WP Engine customers, we’re shifting our focus to food with this new StudioPress Theme: Daily Dish Pro, which is designed to make your content just as appetizing as the best meal at your favorite four-star restaurant. Daily Dish Pro was designed with food