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11/2009 From Ludwigsburg to Los Angeles ? UID wins the Microsoft "Touch First Developer Challenge"

User Interface Design GmbH (UID) wins the "Touch First Developer Challenge" ? an international multi-touch competition. Microsoft awards the prize to the interactive point-of-sales application of UID for being the most innovative application for the multi-touch Surface table. This announcement was released on November 19, 2009 at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
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07/2009 New user interface for the interactive receiver of Sky

The interactive receiver of the pay TV provider Sky gets a new user interface. On the occasion of the Sky launch in July 2009, the improved user interface is also launched. The interaction concept which is intuitive to operate was designed by the user experience experts of Sky and of User Interface Design GmbH (UID).
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05/2009 Enabling software to compete in the international market

How can companies of the capital goods industry enable their software to compete in the international market? The answer to this question is given in the guideline "Software Internationalization" published by VDMA (German Machinery and Plant Manufacturing Association). User Interface Design GmbH (UID) also contributed to this file resulting in a guideline on how to develop software solutions that are internationally applicable.
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03/2009 Anniversary boosts UID to record figures in 2008

The 10 year anniversary and a new record result ? in 2008, User Interface Design GmbH (UID) had lots of reasons to celebrate. Offering the innovative combination of usability, software and design, UID generated a turnover of 5.6 million euros, an increase of 24 percent - which is the best result since UID was founded. The outlook for the future is optimistic: In spite of the economic crisis, UID expects a positive development for 2009 as well.
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01/2009 New International Usability Partners in India and the United States

HumanCentric (United States) and Kern Communications (India) have joined the International Usability Partners (IUP). User Interface Design GmbH (UID) co-founded the IUP in 2006. In just two years the IUP have become a leading global provider of user experience services, covering all five continents with nine full partners and associate partners in more than 30 countries.
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