Archive for "May, 2011"
How your social network can protect your credit card
May ' 2011 @ InspirationalThe payment service WePay launched a new online ticket store this week that competes in some ways with EventBrite. It’s a logical addition to the growing service. But that’s not what’s interesting [...]
In Search Of The Perfect CAPTCHA
May ' 2011 @ InspirationalCAPTCHAs, or Completely Automated Public Turing Tests to Tell Computers and Humans Apart, exist to ensure that user input has not been generated by a computer. These peculiar puzzles are commonly used [...]
Building An Effective ‘Coming Soon’ Page For Your Product
May ' 2011 @ InspirationalI recently had to design a couple of teaser pages for a client and a personal project, and this led me to think about what exactly makes for a good teaser page [...]
PayPal lawsuit alleges Google stole trade secrets
May ' 2011 @ Quick NewsPayPal filed a lawsuit against Google today, alleging the Web giant misappropriated trade secrets from its mobile-payment business when it hired away a key executive in PayPal’s mobile payments effort. The lawsuit [...]
Happy Birthday YouTube. Streaming giant turns 6
May ' 2011 @ Quick NewsIt’s difficult to imagine a life without the viral internet oddities that YouTube serves up on a daily basis. This month YouTube turns 6, and the site synonymous with web video has crossed some [...]
Google to unveil mobile-payments service
May ' 2011 @ Quick NewsGoogle appears to be ready to outline its plan to turn smartphones into mobile wallets. The Web giant is expected to unveil a mobile payments system on Thursday that will operate on [...]
Are Touchscreen Tablets Effective Design Tools ? ( part 2 )
May ' 2011 @ InspirationalThe Devices Reviewed Touchscreen tablets hold much promise as design tools, but several limitations should be pointed out. First, the screen real estate doesn’t come close to a typical 9 × 12 sketchpad. The [...]
Are Touchscreen Tablets Effective Design Tools? ( part 1 )
May ' 2011 @ InspirationalRegardless of the final platform — desktop, tablet, mobile — most designers start their explorations on paper. Depending on the designer’s preference, the paper may be bound or unbound, lined or unlined, [...]
Yahoo rolls out new e-mail service
May ' 2011 @ Quick NewsYahoo has taken the “beta” tag off its Yahoo Mail. The Web giant, which introduced the beta offering of its online e-mail service in October, begins rolling out the latest version of [...]
Building a Great Web Design Portfolio – 10 Best Tips.
May ' 2011 @ Inspirational1. Have a clear logo and tagline Your logo is your brand; your tagline is who you are. In the short-attention-span internet age, you need to be able to capture attention and [...]