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75% of Mobile Users More Likely to Act on Geo-Tagged Messages

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According to Evzdrop, 75% of mobile users are more likely to act on geo-tagged messages.

Geo-tagged messages are messages that appear based on a person’s location. These location-based messages help establish a personalized mobile and web experience.

Location-based messages are not only important in businesses, but also for journalists and for news. Here’s some more statistics about geo-tagged messages:

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Infographic by: Evzdrop

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Comparing iOS 6 vs. iOS 7 Icons

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Apple is redesigning the iPhone’s operating system to make it more clean looking. This means the buttons, windows, Apple apps will have a “flatter” look to them.

Simplicity is often equated with minimalism. Yet true simplicity is so much more than just the absence of clutter or the removal of decoration. It’s about offering up the right things, in the right place, right when you need them. It’s about bringing order to complexity,” Apple’s website said.

The icons on the left are icons used in iOS 6, icons on the right are the icons being used in iOS 7.

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What do you think about the new icons?

Icon comparison photo by: nielsboey

Header photo by: Apple

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This short documentary exploring the future of interaction design and user experiences.

Interaction Design is the interaction between people and online content, a product, or service. These interactions help shape our experiences with the real and digital world.

An example of this is exercise wrist bands transmitting data to a mobile app or computer program. This data can then be analyzed and help consumers understand how they’re exercising.

How do you interact with objects in your daily life in the digital world?