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• Video: Jakob Nielsen talk at Google HQ

  May 28, 2013 Jakob Nielsen was back at Google headquarters to give a presentation about trends in user experience and mobile usability. This is a 55 minute video recording of the talk + audience questions.

• Video: Bruce Tognazzini Discusses Apple iWatch

  February 11, 2013 Nielsen Norman Group's Bruce Tognazzini and Fitbit's Eric Friedman discuss Apple's potential new project, a smart watch. They speak on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West."

• In Choosing a Tablet, First Try It On for Size

  January 17, 2013 Importance of form factor, size, and weight in choosing a tablet: is 7-inch better or is a full-sized screen worth its weight?

• Understanding Good Product Design

  December 18, 2012 31 minute audio interview with Don Norman about designing for the right audience, the role of the generalist and the specialist, and why you should ask the stupid questions.

• Thinking Small

  December 12, 2012 As online advertising slumped, paid search-engine listings were a bright spot. But will they stay hot?

• Is Windows 8's Lack of Windows a Mistake? (14-minute podcast)

  December 7, 2012 Usability guru Jakob Nielsen says Microsoft’s new OS takes a giant step backward.

• Kindle Fire HD now has better usability

  December 5, 2012 Mr. Nielsen’s bottom line: “If you want a small device, for financial reasons or because you want to carry it in your purse, the smaller Fire is better than the iPad Mini. The 10-inch iPad is probably better than 9-inch Fire, but not by a lot.”

• Radio show about Windows 8, with Jakob Nielsen

  November 24, 2012 You'll hear from veteran tech columnist Ted Landau, who writes for The Mac Observer and Macworld, usability guru Jakob Nielsen, who has actually put Windows 8 through a series of intense tests with a panel of experienced PC users, and Avram Piltch, the Online Editorial Director of Laptop magazine.

• Here's how Jakob Nielsen's Windows 8 findings should inform developers

  November 21, 2012 Jakob Nielsen, perhaps our industry's preeminent web usability expert, investigated Windows 8 and found it lacking. But we developers can mitigate some of the problems...

• User interface expert Jakob Nielsen slams Windows 8 and the Surface RT tablet

  November 20, 2012 After conducting a series of tests on Windows 8 and the Surface RT tablet, user interface guru Jakob Nielsen didn’t hold back when detailing how and where Microsoft has failed with both.