To design and develop a native iphone application for a finance, data and media company. They had an existing portal built specializing in news, information about the government. They needed this government portal available for users on the go.
Challenge
• To leverage native iphone features to allow the users access to news, industry information, legislation on the go with new functionality
• New features and functionality to include News, Industries, Search, Alerts, Clipboard, Reports, Charts, Calendar (Events, Budgets).
• New features and functionality to include News, Industries, Search, Alerts, Clipboard, Reports, Charts, Calendar (Events, Budgets).
Solution/Value Add
Launched a simple to use iphone application with new :
• Maps with informaiton overlay: enabling users to view impact of legislation over regions, election details for regions
• Robust Social media: Tweets and You Tube, RSS, Tagging, Podcasting availabile on the go
• Quick access to stock quotes of Dow Jones
• News and trends: Keeps the user uptodate on chosen topics of interest
• Events: Calendar for Global events, Events specific to region, Town hall meetings, Fund raising events
• Contacts - Individual, Contractor information, Campaign contributers, Companies, Representatives of foreign governments, Directory pages for each political party with contacts
• Patent information: Database of current and pending patents
• Robust Social media: Tweets and You Tube, RSS, Tagging, Podcasting availabile on the go
• Quick access to stock quotes of Dow Jones
• News and trends: Keeps the user uptodate on chosen topics of interest
• Events: Calendar for Global events, Events specific to region, Town hall meetings, Fund raising events
• Contacts - Individual, Contractor information, Campaign contributers, Companies, Representatives of foreign governments, Directory pages for each political party with contacts
• Patent information: Database of current and pending patents
Deliverables: Wireframes, interaction designs, visual designs, styleguide
- Login Screen
- My Account: Easy access for the user to customize, manage account
- List of Industries (open menu) and access to information with regard to each industry
- Navigation/Menu
- Live Advisor icon: Ability to access expert opinion across the application - general or industry specific / domain.
- Customized Report templates to build reports quickly.
- Customization of Report(s) based on user criteria.
- A drill down page of news from different industries.
- Latest news updates in a ticker
- User can select clippings across the application and add to clipboard to be used later for building reports. User can click on the Clipboard icon to view clippings saved. The number represents the number of clippings saved.
- Search available based on domains.
