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Analysis: Google’s own sites benefit the most from +1s but some rivals (Facebook) are gaining fast

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What impact is Google's +1 button having on your search results? Have your early-adopter friends skewing your search results?

BBC News Android app available worldwide from today

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International BBC News Android app launched

Darren McCarra9 years ago

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BBC Worldwide has today launched the BBC News Android app to audiences internationally. An iOS version of this free app has already proved very popular since it launched in April 2010, with over three million downloads outside of the UK alone.

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Watch Brian Cowen’s announcement live on RTÉ [Breaking News]

Piers Dillon Scott10 years ago

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Mainstream media sources on Twitter are saying that Brian Cowen is to make his announcement of his intentions live to...

Brains Byte Back

The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

If you are unfamiliar with dark pattern design, then you might be thinking, as Tech Crunch put it – “WTF is dark pattern design?” To put it simply, dark pattern design is when a user interface is carefully constructed to trick users into doing things they might not otherwise do.

Today’s episode is the first installment in a two-part series that explores ethical user experience design – commonly known as UX design. In this interview, Brains Byte Back co-host Mags Tanev, is joined by Claudia Cabrera, a UX designer at a global digital transformation company, intive.

Claudia strives to make better products through user-centered design and learning how these digital solutions create an impact in people’s lives. In this episode, Tanev and Cabrera dive deep into dark pattern design techniques, what they are, how they’re used, what kind of impact they can have on us, and how UX relates to issues surrounding data privacy and the growing dominance of Big Tech companies in our lives. Hope you enjoy the show.

Furthermore, you will also learn why airline companies use timers when you are booking flights, how Facebook experiments on their users, and how eCommerce websites sneak extra purchases into your basket.

Dark patterns: How UX design tricks deceive us

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Who owns the rights to AI's new artistic talents?

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