Archive for January 2022
Best Buy Goes All-In with a Mobile App on Black Friday
Best Buy, a multi-billion dollar electronics retailer, was one month away from Black Friday, one of the largest retail days of the year, and did not have a mobile app ready.
Read MoreCreating More Buzz for BuzzFeed
Showcasing the Rich Capabilities of Native Mobile Apps The Challenge BuzzFeed is an app with more than 1.5 million downloads and popular with the coveted Millennials audience, who use it as a source of entertainment as well as news. It didn’t start out that way. “We went to their offices, and you have fifteen or…
Read MoreHelping McDonalds Improve Food Safety and Efficiency
Creating a Cloud-Based Infrastructure Platform and Temperature Probe Foodborne diseases are a significant public health concern, and helping to prevent them is key for food suppliers. Per the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), every year in the United States, 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from…
Read MoreCraftsman Uses Data to Improve Their Products
Smart Lawn Equipment Gives Our Client an Edge Over Competitors Craftsman at Sears, a top seller of tools, lawn, and garden equipment, had two major challenges: low user ratings for the Craftsman Smart Lawn mobile app and limited usefulness from the app data it was collecting. “We have thousands downloading the app, but it only…
Read MoreWelcome to the Team | Sam Moss
Introducing a new member of the Lab651 team, Sam Moss! Sam is a software engineer with vast experience (and life experiences!). We’re excited to have him as part of the team and can’t wait for you to meet him. Get to know Sam: 1. What is your most used emoji? I don’t really use emojis,…
Read MoreOur Feature in Innovate Minnesota 2020
Innovations of the World features companies with innovation success stories. We’re fortunate to be recognized in their 2020 Innovate Minnesota edition. Our story features some of our most memorable and innovative designs such as: Connecting Craftsman lawnmowers to the cloud (to the internet of things (IoT)) for more insights and improved user experience. Giving people who…
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