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USEworthy |
September 2002 |
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The Usability Company was judged as a national semi
finalist in the T-Mobile UK and the Sunday Express Women Mean
Business awards 2002. The new award is designed to recognise 'the
growing importance of independent businesswomen. ' The award,
which is sponsored by T-Mobile and presented by the Sunday
Express, will celebrate the achievements of women running their
own Business.
Read more about Mean Business Awards |
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As we all know
Interactive Digital TV, or iDTV, is growing and at a pace that
hasn't been seen since the uptake of Internet access through
computers by the general public in the early nineties. The BBC,
BSkyB and the consortium of ITV and cable TV companies are the
main proponents in the UK. Each is now offering a range of
services on the back of their digital broadcasts. The BBC for
example has had interactive services for their major sporting
events such as the World Cup, the Open and Wimbledon. These
services are supposed to allow users to choose the match they wish
to see rather than the one that the BBC decides to show on BBC2,
or view a wealth of stats and opinion. The content providers on
BskyB's SkyActive Platform offer a more diverse range. On this
platform there is interactive shopping with high street stores,
betting, and information as well as interactive programming such
as Premiership football. The real question is not whether people
will use the services but whether they will be able to?
Read more about iDTV |
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In June's
edition of Useworthy we discussed the use of online tools, which
would compliment usability testing. We touched on the idea of opt
in surveys. This month Laura Marr looks further into The Usability
Company's latest offering of online research solutions: The
E-Mission Scorecard, which is part of the WebIQ suite of products.
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