Technology
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Designing for User Experience: Love Letters From the Studio
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Brio’s junior designer Clarissa fills us in on the value of User Experience Design. It’s no longer enough to start a Wix site, throw your company’s logo up, and call it a day. Simply having a web presence is no longer as important as user experience, and that’s where UX design comes in. The growing…
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Creativity versus Your Smartphone Addiction
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I recently read this post by Ogilvy’s David Long, espousing the creative benefits of using a pen and notebook over purely digital means. Call me an old fuddy duddy, but I’ve always felt my best work comes from putting pen to paper. Reading David’s first point (“digital is distracting”) I was reminded of this TED…
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BACK TO THE FUTURE, TODAY
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When did Marty and Doc arrive in the future? Today, October 21, 2015. So how accurate was the future described in the classic 1989 Back to the Future II? Wearables Wearable tech is plentiful in the movie, and true to the movie’s prediction, we now have wearable devices such Google Glass and Apple’s Watch, among…
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One card to rule them all
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About a year ago we got very excited about Coin, a single digital card that could replace debit, credit and gift cards. Every male Brio team member got all wide eyed and fidgety about the potential for only having one secure card in their wallet. Here’s a video about it so you too can get…
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Android L: announced
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After all the fuss, Android L is finally revealed. The past few months have brought much speculation about the name, with rumours of Lemon Meringue Pie, Lemonade, Licorice and more. As we now know, Android L is now officially known as Lollypop. Giovannio Calabrese, creator of the Andriod sculptures for the Google HQ Android lawn, was…
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Make It Wearable challenge by Intel
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The MAKE IT WEARABLE challenge was started by Intel earlier this year with the aim to support the evolution of wearable devices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSpn7H7vKg Among all the submissions that they have received, 40 were picked as semi finalists in July this year. By mid August, these semi finalists were whittled down to a final 10 entrants,…
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iMania: Release of iPhone 6
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Even with last week’s fiasco surrounding security breach claims on iCloud, Apple still came in strong with the release of iPhone6. Fans scurried their way through stores to claim “first to try”, “first to buy” or “first to have” the newest iPhone in the market. What is it that made us really excited with the…