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Our iPad activities

We wrote a review of the iPad. It addresses the device, its users and the business opportunities.

Google Squared: Enriched Search Results

Google is always looking for ways to improve the search results on speed, scope, relevancy and the user experience. Google Squared is an experimental tool that is another step closer to meet those goals and provides a handy overview of information almost directly.

How the semantic web helps us out

Is "great big apple" referring to a computer, a piece of fruit or the city of New York? Read more about how the semantic web helps us out!

Combined innovation in the lighting industry

Coming up with the best lighting design for a living room, kitchen or a whole house is daunting. Lighting needs to be flexible enough to enable detailed work, cooking, dining, comfortable reading, parties and watching TV. Designing the lighting plan for a house is made easier with a piece of free software.

Parking meters take a wrong turn

The city of Amsterdam has introduced a new system where parking attendants drive around the city in a car loaded with some top notch technology. Cameras quickly scan all license plates of parked cars. For the city this is very efficient. For users it is another story altogether...

Is SEO becoming a dying specialisation?

At the EuroIA 2009 Marianne Sweeney was the closing keynote. She presented the current and future practices of search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo. During this presentation she made an interesting remark: “SEO is becoming a dying specialization”...

User Experience Lessons from Disney

Nine lessons that Michael Atherton has learnt from looking at Disney's Imagineers.