In the most recent IPCC report, the conclusion stands that a rise of over 1.5 degrees of average global temperature will have dramatic consequences for humans and natural systems. The report, however, points to the challenge society faces in how we can change behaviour globally, in order to prevent further climate change. Forbes discusses the potential of user interface design for changing behaviour and decreasing environmental impact in an article that asks the question: ‘how much of the answer to improving our environmental impact lies not in advanced technological wizardry, but by making more straightforward improvements to user interface design?’. The article features Dr. Stephen Galsworthy, Quby's Head of Data Science.
Read MoreAlmost a third of Dutch people feel more at ease during their vacation by installing a camera to check in on the house. This was concluded from a research 'Holiday & Safe living' conducted by Motivaction for Interpolis, during the summer holidays.
Read MoreEndless meetings but no action with feedback sessions that are stifled and lead by overbearing managers. Employees that struggle to be heard beyond the boundaries of their team, frustrated about performance reviews. Sometimes afraid to speak their mind because they are unsure if anything will be done about it. Does this sound familiar? Then keep reading, because we are about to open a book on Liberating Structures and how Quby used the structures for improving and reflecting on the end-of -year review process.
Read MoreDutch insurance company Interpolis and Toon are developing a new, smart security package to protect people’s homes. The ThuisWacht service, which translates to ‘Home Guard’, contains a camera, door- and window-sensors and an app that allows home owners to keep an eye on their house from any location.
Read MoreThe latest Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies shows that all IoT related items are at the top of the curve. Usually, the next phase is the Trough of Disillusionment, which in practice means that playing time is over. IoT related companies will need to evolve and mature very quickly.
Read MoreThe Toon Design team works every day on improving Toon. Therefore, we need to understand what our users really want. That’s why we are doing research dedicated to how our users experience Toon.
Read MoreToday, we are proud to announce a partnership with Spanish energy provider Viesgo. Under this partnership, Viesgo will offer Toon to more than 720,000 customers across Spain beginning Q3 2017, becoming the third market in Europe to offer our solution.
Read MoreUnder the LEAN motto “Nail it, then scale it”, several Qubists organized a one-day event that brought together a team of professionals from different disciplines to work on a challenging target.
Read MoreWhen I joined Quby three years ago, we were serving 25.000 connected devices from a couple of servers in two 19" racks in a hosted data center. Soon after that, the amount had grown to 200.000 and we slowly started to experience difficulties with our IT landscape.
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