What is UX design?

One of the most common misconceptions people have is that User Experience Design is all about usability. It’s easy to see why – usability means that a product is both usable and useful.

iOS has a hidden feature that parents are going to love

I don’t have any kids, but a friend of mine samson does – and he tells me he’s found a neat hidden feature in iOS that every parent is gonna love.

HSBC now lets you open a new bank account with a selfie

In an effort to streamline its application process, HSBC will enable business customers to pass the identity checks required to open new accounts by taking a selfie.

Let’s just admit that Google’s Project Ara was a terrible idea

Google is killing Project Ara, it’s modular smartphone concept that aimed to let you ‘upgrade’ your phone piece by piece.

A tech lover’s guide to fitness

Why you need to go wireless

After finishing my secondary school education, and creating a technology news blog,  it was more than my wallet and quality of life that began growing.

Apple’s ‘Genius-Bar’ as once denied a job to one of the company’s top engineers

In a weekend opinion editorial about ageism in the workplace, The New York Times retells the story of JK Scheinberg — a legendary Apple engineer — being denied a job at a Genius Bar. Scheinberg, an esteemed engineer that helped get Mac OS running on Intel processors, got a little restless after retiring from the company in 2008.

Battlefield -1 Beta Impressions:Trains,Horses and Sandstorms.

The Battlefield 1 beta has been on for a few days now, and I was able to get some hands-on time with the game both on PS4 and PC. If you haven’t had a chance to play it on either platform, I would encourage you to download the 7.5GB beta. In the age of 15 and 20GB beta downloads, this is refreshing, particularly given how impressive Battlefield 1 looks from a graphics standpoint.

Everything cities need to know about drones.

As drones increasingly fly through our cities in the coming years — delivering our latest order from Amazon or other on-demand retailers — the regulation of our airspace and the environment in which we co-exist with flying robots becomes more and more present and real.

Slim Pack really is a nearly perfect backpack for everone

When I first reported on Slim Pack, I said it may be the perfect backpack. SlimFold, the company behind Slim Pack, asked me to test my theory — and I wasn’t disappointed.

Wall Street is getting into bed with hackers in a lucrative new arrangement --interesting

Cybersecurity researchers have always had an unspoken truce with companies. When hackers find a problem, they typically report it to the company and give them a chance to fix it before going public with it. This often leads to ‘bounties’ the company pays out for spotting the vulnerability, although not always.

You need to see the kickass new patents: Google’s self driving cars can detect police vehicles...

This week, the US patent office issued 6,793 patents. Each patent adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As we cannot list all six thousand, the PatentYogi team has selected the five most interesting patents that you would like.

Brave is a new browser that offers both ad-blocking and publisher payments ------amazing

‘Brave‘ a new browser with a unique take on the ad-blocking problem launched in public beta three days ago.

Reliance Jio introduces free voice calls and the world’s cheapest 4G data plans to India ---amazing

Reliance, one of India’s largest corporations, is set to change the mobile landscape in the country. It’s launched Jio, a new carrier with a nationwide 4G LTE network that promises transfer speeds of up to 135 Mbps, free voice calls and roaming across the country, and, according to the company, lower data rates than any other mobile service in the world.

A different look at VR’s future through Qualcomm’s eye tracking headset

Poor Qualcomm. Always the reference design, never the retail unit. It’s like being the guy behind the guy, the comedian’s comedian, the power behind the product that doesn’t get to reap the pomp and circumstance of a retail displays and big and flashy press conferences.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Africa tour tracks technology growing interests on the continent

After his Nigeria visit to meet with techies in Lagos, Mark Zuckerberg took his Africa tour to Kenya this Thursday. There the Facebook CEO visited the iHub innovation space, reviewed the BRCK mobile Wi-Fi device, had lunch with Kenyan ICT Cabinet Secretary Joseph Mucheru, and met with tech leaders Juliana Rotich and Erik Hersman.

[AMAZING]Hiding my phone’s battery percentage made my life better

I don’t know exactly who it was, but around six months ago I was at a party when someone told me he recently made a positive lifestyle change. He said it might seem insignificant at first, but was extremely happy he did it. It was saving him from a lot of stress, and was one of the easiest things to do.

Artificial intelligence could soon revolutionize the way doctors treat cancer [intersting]

Cancer is a tricky disease to treat. With more than one hundred known types, each responding differently to treatment depending on the person they’re growing inside and dozens of other factors, oncologists certainly have their work cut out for them.

Apple would soon remove apps nobody uses from the App Store [shocking]

Apple is doing some housecleaning, as it turns out not every single one of the 2 million+ apps in the App Store are actually used or downloaded.

[Video] emerges of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 going up in smoke

After SpaceX’s Falcon 9 exploded on the launch pad today, we now have video detailing its final moments. The video — a non-profit that brings military veterans to witness space launches — shows the rocket being fueled before being engulfed in flames.

Google said to debut Pixel phones, Echo competitor, VR headset and more in October [interesting]

Fall tends to bring new hardware from Google, which mainly involves new Nexus smartphones built in tandem with OEM partners. This year, things could be quite different since Google has a number of hardware projects in the works, and the Nexus brand is reportedly being replaced with a Pixel-badged line of smartphone devices.