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Dreadful user experience can be expensive.

"Citibank just got a $500 million lesson in the importance of UI design: Citibank was trying to make $7.8M in interest payments. It sent $900M instead." The screenshot is from court records where the judge ruled against Citibank who had wanted to get their money back. The lesson is to always include...
Source: arstechnica.com

Surgery students 'losing dexterity to sew': A surgery professor expresses fears over the consequences of a generation more

Surgery students 'losing dexterity to sew': A surgery professor expresses fears over the consequences of a generation more adept at using screens.
Source: bbc.com

The scariest chart in Mary Meeker’s slide deck for newspapers has gotten even a teeny bit scarier: Since 2011, the share

The scariest chart in Mary Meeker’s slide deck for newspapers has gotten even a teeny bit scarier: Since 2011, the share of Americans' media consumption that happens in print has dropped about 40 percent. But the share of American ad dollars that go to print has dropped more than 60 percent. Print...
Source: niemanlab.org

The secret of passing the MRCP part 1 exam. You may not like the answer but read on ... Going on the right course? Reading

The secret of passing the MRCP part 1 exam. You may not like the answer but read on ... Going on the right course? Reading the right books? Forming a question group? Signing up to an online question bank? Doing the right job whilst sitting the exam? Joining a Facebook forum? Doing past papers? All of...

Could Google Glass prove to be more useful in professions such as healthcare rather than its (limited) mass release a few

Could Google Glass prove to be more useful in professions such as healthcare rather than its (limited) mass release a few years ago? Doctors' offices are becoming overwhelmed with computers and they can get in the way of patient care. Perhaps a hands-free interface to patient records could mean doctors...

Is the end in sight for reading glasses?: A University of Leeds researcher is developing a new eye lens, made from the same

Is the end in sight for reading glasses?: A University of Leeds researcher is developing a new eye lens, made from the same material found in smartphone and TV screens, which could restore long-sightedness in older people.
Source: medicalxpress.com