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#1,710 – Coronavirus Killing Cars

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

The neat trick comes to us courtesy of Ford and a design originally intended for use on police SUVs. A software development from Ford may be part of the answer. The auto manufacturer has introduced a new heat tool for its 2013 to 2019 models of Police Interceptor Utility hybrid SUVs.

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The characteristics of data-driven business model development and how to succeed

The BMI Lab Blog

Facebook , the social network platform, offers a wide variety of user data anonymously to third-party providers and software development companies. The goal is to design a product that meets a clear demand among the addressed target groups and delivers great value to the target customer.

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User experience: ROI and methods to measure your investment in UX

mjvinnovation

The Design Management Institute researched the size of companies’ competitive edge that they called design-centered – but you can see it there as design-driven, user-centric, or “user focus.” The figures take into account a period of 10 years (2003-2013). Yes, the lack of UX can be expensive.

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An Answer to the Pains of Integrating Agile and UX

Boxes and Arrows

I recently attended UXPA 2013 in D.C. As sometime director of Design at Infragistics, I personally have had first hand experience trying to integrate UX into an existing, established Agile engineering process with large-ish teams. It tied in quite nicely with the book I’m reviewing here. Enter the book.

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How Apple created two giants

Matthew Griffin

Almost from the start of its journey Steve Jobs and the Executive Board shaped Apple into an innovative Design company and this is an important distinction to make. __. Click & Connect with Matthew: LinkedIn . mgriffin_uk . +44 44 (0) 7957 456194.

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How the current patent system actually hurts innovation (and how patent trolls are being fought)

Idea to Value

If you want to see just crazy the situation is, watch this video by software developer Austin Meyer, in which he describes his experience trying to fight these patent infringement claims with the companies that sued him. I highly recommend you watch it. In 2009, CoreValve was bought by Medtronic for $775 million.

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Everything you need to know about innovation management software

hackerearth

Why do companies need innovation management software? A 2013 Accenture study revealed some interesting findings: Companies which have formal innovation management systems, compared to those that have not, are almost twice as likely to say they were very satisfied with their initial idea generation abilities (43% vs. 24%).