For anyone who has monitored changes and trends in web design, it feels like the ground has shifted more in the last few years than in the entire lifespan of the web. Social media is now engrained in web marketing, as is video and quality content, and website owners are now facing increasing barriers to garner attention for their site. Infinite scrolling and single page designs are springing up all over the place, and it is not too hard to imagine the day when traditional brochure-type websites are completely obsolete (if not already).
Alongside the appearance of your site, usability is becoming increasingly important. Websites that think about the user experience have a better chance of success and conversion than those that don’t. But how feasible is it to make your website more usable, and what specific advantages are there for those that design in this way?
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Have you grown tired of using your expensive smartphone to shoot birds at pigs? Truthfully, it’s probably pretty impossible to get tired of Angry Birds, but that isn’t the point. The point is that there are tons of awesome apps out there that are relatively unknown to the average smartphone user. These apps make life easier, downtime more enjoyable, and help to streamline various aspects of your day.
Home Internet can be a hassle. It seems that right when you sit down with your bowl of popcorn to stream that movie you rented, the router goes down. Or maybe it takes ten minutes to load that video your cousin sent you of a cat playing the piano. Whatever it is, there always seems to be an issue with traditional broadband Internet. And that’s not even mentioning the price! Thankfully, there’s a new competitor in town that is looking to dethrone the monopoly that broadband Internet providers have on our web surfing needs. That competitor is called WiMAX. WiMAX is looking to revolutionize the way we know Internet, and there’s a chance that it’s already in your area. If you aren’t familiar with what WiMAX is, check out below to get the basics.
