Newborns have been separated from mothers and kept under isolation

Goa police has decided to conduct random checks at government offices, shops and public places and act against those who do not wear masks and follow social distancing norms.

Carlsen among top stars for the Steinitz memorial blitz event

Some stores are giving up to 50% rebate

Amendments to the Bangalore Water Supply Sewerage Act, 1964, have made installation of automatic water level control system and provision of internal

The Home Department on Saturday suspended Prabhushankar, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Fraud and Misappropriation Wing, Central Crime Branch

Cyanobacteria survive in one of the harshest environments on Earth by mining water from the rocks they live on

September 21, 2015

Big data is all the rage. It’s discussed at heavily conventions all over the world and written about on blogs across industries. Big data is starting to look like an inevitable mechanism for doing business in the always-on, ever-connected, Internet-of-Things era that is upon us. Big data is here to guide our corporate decisions, save our business’ money, and direct our experience design initiatives in every way.

When it comes to UX, before we jump on the big data bandwagon, we need to challenge its predominance. UX professionals cannot create an experience for figures in a database or tracking systems, and designers must keep focusing on real people rather than on numbers. Online experiences must remain geared toward real users and their interests, goals, and desires.

What About the Numbers?

Many companies and their marketing departments have...read more
By Maya Nix

September 22, 2015

Coffee and running are addictive in their own unique ways. Each provides a buzz that keeps people coming back for more. In kind, Runkeeper and Starbucks don’t just help people feed their addictions; these apps are as habit-forming as the behaviors they supplement.

Due to its goal-based reward system, Runkeeper’s users don’t feel like their run “counts” unless it’s tracked within the app. And due to Starbucks’ loyalty-based reward system, customers feel compelled to purchase with the app because they don’t want to miss out on the rewards and VIP status that come with being a regular customer.

When apps aren’t addictive, users open them one time, explore for a few minutes, and promptly delete them from their devices. Depending on your industry,...read more
By Bobby Emamian

September 23, 2015

As an industry, we’ve worked to established many new practices and tools for nimble design teams, from A/B testing to measuring bounce rates and CTR performance. But a lot of these methods require engineers or some amount of technical know-how to execute, and they take place only after something has been launched.

The judicious application of “dumb data” can streamline your workflow and improve your designs

What many people don’t know is that there are some unexpected applications of data to consider earlier in the design process, which you, the designer, can do yourself. They’re not fancy, and you don’t need to know how to write SQL queries. The judicious application of just-enough “dumb data” can streamline your workflow and improve your designs in surprisingly useful ways.

Here are...read more
By Jocelyn Lin

September 30, 2015

By their very nature, heuristics offer a hands-on approach to discovery, where knowledge is culled through trial and error. They are rules of thumb that give us a framework as we move through the research and design process.

In service design, this kind of framework is also valuable for assessing completed projects to find the weak links. A heuristic can apply to a single interaction as well as to the overall service eco-system. Heuristics can be applied to a single moment in time or to a user’s entire long-term relationship with a service.

This conceptual approach to design recognizes that experiences are coproduced, and that human interaction is a key component of many, if not all, services. As systems grow ever more sophisticated and interconnected, designers will continue to face new challenges. Service design heuristics can help us to frame and think about...read more
By Usability Matters

October 6, 2015

Many important considerations impact software design. Business goals, user goals, user context, cultural considerations, platform paradigms, branding requirements, devices … the list goes on and on. While a primary focus for any software design effort should be the data or other content that’s being displayed, this keystone element is often given short shrift. This is unfortunate and shortsighted. Given the focus it your content will receive, it should be a primary consideration during the design process.

It is a common practice to represent data and content as “Lorem ipsum,” repeating data, or simply using “best case scenario” data. In reality, this isn’t what will be experienced in the final product. The data you have to work with can drastically affect the final design, and the design will influence the type, format, and presentation of data.

Infusing Real Content into Your Designs

Whether you’re using...read more
By Juan Sanchez

Also seeks norms for workers to rejoin duty; ‘make those failing to report for work liable for action’

Work on the 37-bedded ICU at the new super specialty block of district Wenlock Hospital is in final stages of completion. Part of area-based development of Mangaluru Smart City mission, new ICU that is being set up will initially be used to handle need for this critical life support system that the global pandemic could bring forth

In what could be a relief to thousands of people who have registered through Seva Sindhu portal and have sought government transport to get back to their home states, the state transport undertakings in Karnataka have decided to operate non-AC inter-state services to neighbouring south Indian states.

Responding to a demand from industries - many of which are struggling without labour even after relaxation - the government has instructed officials in the districts to facilitate movement of workers from various parts of Karnataka to Bengaluru and other industrial districts to kickstart the recovery process.

The Karnataka government said it'll work with industry associations and workers' unions to arrive at amicable solutions on the number of working hours and wage arrears in the current scenario.

A three-year-old boy, who was sleeping next to his mother in their house near Magadi, was dragged out and killed by a leopard on Friday midnight. The child’s family had kept the door open as it was too hot when the leopard sneaked in

To protect both cabbies and passengers during the Covid-19 pandemic, some taxi operators in the city have installed plastic sheets in their vehicles to separate the driver and rear seats.

FDI by firms moving from China to India will help offset damage: Kotak’s Shah

‘Demand goes viral in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic

A week ago, two blocks — R29 and R30 — of a Tamil Nadu Housing Board apartment complex in Kotturpuram was declared a containment zone by the Greater C

The Kozhikode Corporation Council has gone back on its decision to hand over the project for renovation of Muthalakkulam grounds to Salim Group and As

They will help the elderly residents buy medicines, vegetables, groceries and obtain travel passes if necessary

A two-wheeler rider was injured on Saturday evening after a hand grinder, that slipped from the hands of a worker engaged in cladding work over Kochi

Workers rush to Tiruppur Railway Station, only to be disappointed

One train to Bihar and two to Uttar Pradesh; each train ferries 1,140 passengers

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has opposed a proposal to set up a Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) outlet in the vicinity of Ho

Apparently inspired by how Kerala used umbrellas to ensure physical distancing, a residents welfare association at Sai Nagar in Thoraipakkam has reque

Corporation used lockdown period to clear accumulated garbage in various places

Several micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) in Coimbatore Corporation limits are expected to start operations on Monday. “The order issu

The district administration has advised public to exercise caution while handling biomedical waste of persons in home quarantine or from quarantine fa

It is a case of trying to understand the society around us through experiential knowledge transfer

Passengers will have to display documents on a HD camera

He reviewed measures taken to curb transmission of coronavirus

Police officials are caught in a cleft stick as thousands of migrant workers are making bespoke arrangements to travel to their homes in different par

Special CorrespondentHyderabad

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the State government to permit reopening of templ

Exemption for essential services

The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on Saturday announced an insurance cover of ₹2 lakh for its employees who are involved in frontli

Chada Venkat Reddy wants Telangana government to announce its water policy