DALLAS, Texas (November 7, 2008)—kannuu™, the global leader in mobile search technology, today announced a partnership with the preeminent usability engineering and user interface design-consulting firm, MauroNewMedia. The two companies are collaborating on a new mobile search and advertising solution.
Charles L. Mauro brings over 30 years of experience specializing in usability engineering, testing and user interface design. Mauro holds a Masters Degree in Ergonomics from New York University. At NYU he was a NIOSH research fellow at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation medicine. Mauro is a Certified Human Factors Engineering Professional CHFP / BPCE. He has received grants and fellowships from the Ford Foundation, National Institute Occupational Safety and Health, and The National Endowment for the Arts. He consults on a regular basis with Fortune 500 clients and leading mobile technology companies including Samsung, Motorola, AT&T and Apple.
“We answer business-critical questions about how customers interact with technology-based products and services. We provide strategic and tactical insights and detailed solutions covering the customer’s total experience with technology-based systems. We provide documented improvements in usability and user engagement mapped to customer acquisition, retention and migration.” said Charles L. Mauro, president MauroNewMedia.
"Charles and his team have a wealth of knowledge that will be extremely helpful in providing our clients insight into the impact of our technology," says Sean-Michael Daley, CEO kannuu. "His depth and breadth of experience and new ideas will propel our capabilities to a whole new level."
About MauroNewMedia:
Founded in 1975 MauroNewMedia have more years of professional experience in formal usability testing than any other U.S. consulting firm. Their success is driven by one fact: Understanding complexity is not simple. They have conducted usability testing sessions with thousands of customers in a wide range of industry sectors. These research programs have been undertaken for many world-class corporations and leading start-ups including Amazon.com, Apple Computer, AT&T, GE, Herman Miller, MTV, Motorola, NASA, and Nintendo.
About kannuu:
kannuu’s technology is a generational change in the way people are able to search on devices regardless of screen size or input capabilities. kannuu’s patented Partial Word Completion™ defines new models for how consumers interact with a wide array of consumer electronics, mobile devices, set-top boxes and more. Headquartered in Dallas, TX, the kannuu team is focused on introducing a simple, ubiquitous and powerful search experience to all users regardless of their device.
kannuu, the kannuu logo, and Partial Word Completion are trademarks or registered trademarks of kannuu in the United States and/or other countries.
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