DBOS announced that it has raised $8.5 million in seed funding, and released its first product offering. The funding was led by Engine Ventures and Construct Capital, along with Sinewave, and GutBrain Ventures. DBOS (database oriented operating system) runs operating system services on top of high-performance distributed databases, creating a scalable, fault-tolerant, and cyber-resilient foundation … continue reading
Software intelligence technology company CAST has announced the winter release of CAST Imaging, an imaging system for software applications, with UX enhancements and new features designed to simplify and accelerate processes for engineers who develop, maintain, and modernize complex software applications. The recent update to the product introduces several significant improvements aimed at enhancing user … continue reading
Ballerine is an open-source infrastructure for user identity and risk management that helps companies verify customer identity by composing verification processes through modular building blocks, components, and third-party integrations. “The goal is to allow any company to manage user identity and risk in a way that suits them and their unique changing needs,” the project’s … continue reading
Henry Ford once said “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Achieving a good customer experience (CX) is a fine line that comes down to building what the customer wants and building what might solve a problem the customer doesn’t yet know they have. When companies focus on … continue reading
You probably haven’t gone a day without seeing a new article about a new low-code or no-code product (LCNC) that is going to revolutionize the way you build apps, save you enormous time, and with that, cost savings that justify learning, implementing, and deploying this new tooling. Quantifying the value of tools like this is … continue reading
When it comes to design, UX professionals are acutely aware of the importance of empathy. Understanding the pain points for the end user is key to creating the products that will serve their needs. Increased empathy ensures that a true view of those pain points is attained and there are many tools and best practices … continue reading
Wind River has announced that it completed the acquisition of the UI/UX design company Particle Design which brings UI/UX capabilities to the new Wind River Studio offering. Particle Design offers end-to-end UX research services that employ a range of methodologies from ethnographic research to user evaluations and usability testing; its design services include prototyping, interaction … continue reading
Mobile apps have changed our world— from how we pay bills to how we date or order food, to even the ways we play games. They’ve opened up seemingly limitless possibilities, thanks to the talent of the developer community. Building the next killer app requires the creation of features that attract and delight while still … continue reading
User experience has always been an important factor in the success of an application, but in an increasingly digital-only world, its importance is only increasing. If all goes perfectly, the user doesn’t think about what’s going on behind the scenes. When a button does what it’s supposed to when it’s clicked on, the user goes … continue reading
The developer preview of Indigo.Design App Builder by Infragistics is now available. It is a digital design platform that streamlines app creation from design to code by enabling collaboration between designers and developers, according to the company. Creating the user interface of an application takes up to 60% of the total time spent on an … continue reading
The new version of Electron JS includes upgrades to Chromium 87, V8, 8.7, and Node.js 12.18.3 as well as support for Apple silicon and general improvements. Other improvements include an added V8 crash message and location information to crashReport parameters and improved performance for sending wide objects over the context bridge. Additional details on all … continue reading
Tim Jones, founder & CEO of app screenshot generator LaunchMatic, shared a story from when he served as growth product manager at Keepsafe Software. He and his team were struggling to create a holistic customer experience report that could be presented to the executive team. “We were receiving tens of thousands of support emails, app … continue reading
