DesignRush, a B2B marketplace connecting brands with agencies, recently identified the top UX Design Companies and trends and examples within UX design. This was done with an aim to highlighting projects which ‘create an enjoyable experience for users and drive loyalty and revenue’.

We are pleased to announce that we were ranked No. 1 in the list of Top UX design companies and our work for Discovery+, India’s first aggregated non-scripted, immersive entertainment streaming app was ranked among projects which illustrate ‘best practice in UX design and development’.

Read more about our work for Discovery+ here. Our work on the project earned this testimonial from the client:

“The team at Robosoft played a significant role in building this multi-platform experience spanning iOS, Android, Web and Fire TVs. Their team comprises an extremely dedicated bunch of folks with a keen problem solving approach.”

The project was also written about in the technology section of Indian Express, a leading Indian daily.

The report from DesignRush also indicates the new trends within UX design and development:

1. Animation
2. Careful color selection
3. Personalization
4. Inclusive and adaptive design
5. Optimized micro-interactions

See more of our work here.

Discovery, a global leader in real life entertainment recently launched Discovery Plus, an entertainment OTT platform in India. Issac John, Business Head – Digital (South Asia) of Discovery and our CEO Ravi Teja Bommireddipalli spoke with Indian Express, a leading daily in India.

The article outlines details of the journey of Discovery+, including targeting a niche target segment like ‘lifelong learners’, which is not an area other streaming services typically focus on.

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Discovery+ has no movies or scripted TV shows, and the focus is on content around adventure, wildlife, travel, lifestyle, which is what the brand is known for. The Discovery+ app also needed India specific optimizations, especially to ensure optimal viewing experience. Aside from Android, iOS and the web, the brand experience will also be available on Smart TVs too.

Read more about our experience in the media & entertainment industry – helping companies adapt to the new media landscape, influenced by the rise of digital entertainment.

The current COVID-19 crisis has presented enterprises across the globe with the challenge to continue business operations while ensuring the safety and well-being of their employees. Enterprises are thereby taking preventive and precautionary measures to minimize the impact of this crisis on the ongoing business.

At Robosoft, we value the trust that our customers place in us as their digital service provider and have taken appropriate measures to ensure business continuity along with the wellbeing of our customers and employees across geographies.

In this context, our CEO, Ravi Teja Bommireddipalli outlines the steps that have been taken to address the current situation:

‘’As valued customers of Robosoft, we appreciate the trust you place in us as your digital & technology services partner. Recognizing the ongoing and increased uncertainty that coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing around the world, our highest priority is the business continuity, health, and well-being of our customers and employees. With this in mind, we wanted to update you on the actions we have taken in response to the outbreak.

Supporting our customers’ business

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11th, 2020. Ever since we have taken the necessary steps to ensure we have a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan (BCP) in place. We understand that this is a key priority for our customers. So, we are ensuring that our engineers, designers, analysts, project managers, and all leaders will be working for you without disruption by using telephone, video or audio conferencing technology and VPN connectivity that supports remote login and secure working. Apart from these measures, our employees have all signed confidentiality letters that enable strict adherence to customer data privacy.

As a B2B service provider working with enterprises around the globe, we have had remote teams in place for several years now. Most of our team members – especially those with customer-facing roles are equipped to work from anywhere.

Action plan for our employees:

Restricted movements:

On March 14th, state governments, as well as local City/District Administration in India, sent strong recommendations to facilitate work from home for businesses. We have chosen to move most of our employees working in our Udupi, Bengaluru and Mumbai offices to work from their homes. We have procured additional laptops where needed and/or moved desktops to the employees’ residence to facilitate uninterrupted work.

Precautions at the workplace:

A small number of employees will continue to attend office and for those, we have recommended strict adherence to the following precautions:

• Usage of N95 masks if traveling by public transport.
• Seeing a doctor and avoid coming to the office, if anyone in the place of residence is feeling sick.
• Completely avoid traveling long distances either by air, bus or train.
• Completely avoid all public functions and public places with gatherings where there are more than 50 attendees.
• Practice social distancing

The entry of visitors to our premises is restricted as a security measure. We have appraised our cleaning staff to clean all frequently used areas on an hourly basis. We have placed hand sanitizers in all wings, common areas, and work locations. We have sensitized our caterers about the good hygiene practice to be followed during this time.

Remote working or Work from Home (WFH):

We have provided remote login facilities through a secure VPN for employees working from home. We have also advised our employees to follow these guidelines to ensure continued  productivity:

Have a common login and logout time for all the team members; continue to log daily work details into our time-sheet management tool

• Ensure the daily stand up calls take place so that everyone knows the status and the team can track progress.
• Communication is key – both with teams and customers. Ensure that all the stakeholders are appraised at all times.
• Make use of tools such as Skype, Slack, WhatsApp, Teams, WebEx & Zoom to communicate with each other.
• Review the work progress multiple times during the day.
• Adhere to a schedule, which the team, manager and the customer are aware so that there is utmost transparency.
• During work hours, ensure that work is done in a distraction-free environment, especially when there are kids at home.
• Ensure that client calls are attended to at the specified time so that all stakeholders know they can count on the team.

We’d like to stress that maintaining client confidentiality continues to be a key priority for us.

Travel Advisory:

We have clamped down on all air travel. Employees who are returning to India from foreign travel will need to work from home and self-quarantine themselves for a minimum of two weeks before they report to their respective work locations after a medical check-up.

We are confident that we will tide over this undoubtedly difficult situation and ensure that our deliverables do not suffer either on quality or time commitments. I once again would like to reassure you that we shall do our best to serve you. I look forward to your continued support.’’

With these measures taken to ensure business continuity and employee well-being, we hope to continue serving our customers and meeting our commitments, to the best of our abilities in the coming days.

Our CEO Ravi Teja Bommireddipalli wrote a feature in Brand Equity, a weekly supplement on Marketing & Advertising published by India’s leading business daily, Economic Times. In the article, Ravi outlines some of the time-tested heuristic principles of Design Thinking that brand owners can integrate into their digital experiences.

Human-centered design triggers positive customer responses that can influence customer acquisition & retention.

He goes on to emphasize how the human-centered design helps brands build trust, loyalty & customer value and transform functional products into memorable and enduring experiences.

It’s no longer enough to create products that push the boundaries of technology. What’s more important is to understand your customers’ motivations and behavior patterns, and translate this into a robust design interface to elevate customer experiences that can garner your competitive advantage, brand recognition, and growth, he states.

You can read the full article here.

In line with our mission to simplify lives, we were privileged to donate learning and development equipment to government-run schools in and around Udupi, in December 2019. At Robosoft, we believe technology can be a power of good and can help transform our lives, helping us live, work & play better.

Children have the power of imagination and their fearless, can-do spirit only needs some encouragement and the right tools. As a company with technology at its core, we understand the power of computers and software in creating solutions for many of the world’s problems. As a small step in that direction, we donated computers, laptops, UPS, printers, desks, solar heaters, sports equipment, and more to various schools. We hope these will help children dream more and discover new possibilities.

We are focusing on rural development, education, skill development, and employment-enhancing vocational skills for children, women, and the differently-abled as our key social responsibility initiatives. In December 2019, we took part in activities in these schools and social service health camps:

• Govt Higher Primary School, Bellur, Kundapur
• LVP Aided School, Puttur, Santhekatte
• Govt High School, Holebagilu, Kundapur
• Govt Higher Primary School, Saibra Katte, Kundapur
• Govt High School, Manipura, Katapady, Udupi
• Hosa Belaku Seva Trust, Saralebettu, Udupi

We are truly humbled by the response and have received appreciation for our work particularly in the field of education. While we build technologies that simplify lives of millions across the globe, what brings us immense joy is being able to contribute towards skill development and learning for children – the leaders of tomorrow.

As an organization, we are committed to social responsibility and plan to execute initiatives through the year to give back to the society in our own small way.

We are overjoyed to announce that ETV Bharath, a one-of-a-kind digital media hub developed by Robosoft won the IBC2019 Innovation Awards under ‘Content Everywhere’ category at The World’s Most Influential Media Entertainment & Technology Show held in Amsterdam on 17 September 2019. The winning entry mentioned: “Together with other TV technology partners serving ETV Bharat, a new world-standard in mobile news production and distribution has been achieved.”

We are privileged to have partnered with several prestigious media, entertainment & publishing brands like Viacom18, Saregama, NDTV, Warner Bros., Disney and more, in creating experiences that have touched billions of lives.

We thank our customers for trusting us, and our talented team for their relentless effort.

About ETV Bharat:

A comprehensive digital national news platform, ETV Bharat – aims to deliver news and information services, using a video-centric Mobile App and Web Portals. Backed by the renowned and respected five-decade old Ramoji Group, ETV Bharat comprises a dedicated network of journalists in 23 states and offers news in 13 languages i.e.–Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia and English. It promises the best of digital experience and journalistic standards with the credibility of the Eenadu& ETV Network.

To know more about our collaboration with ETV Bharath, read the case study.

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with The Halo App – a peer-to-peer lending platform in the US. The Halo App’s mission is to ‘transform the way you define being free’. The product enables users from all backgrounds to get access to funds quickly while also allowing Backers to make a return on their money.

Taylor Simpson, Founder & CEO of The Halo App said, “True to our mission, we aim to eliminate struggles faced by people using banks and cash advances storefronts. We are excited to partner with Robosoft who share our core values of passion and leadership. Robosoft has used Design Thinking, Product prioritization, Analytics, Agile delivery, world-class engineering and digital offshore development to put us on a fast track in terms of Time to Market.”

Commenting on the partnership, CEO of Robosoft, Ravi Teja Bommireddipalli said, “Simplifying lives for a better world is a maxim we abide by for everything we do at Robosoft. And so it is a meeting of minds, as it were. We at Robosoft believe that the Halo App is a digital start-up that has the leadership, vision and drive to be a unicorn soon. We are committed to provide a delightful digital experience to all of  Halo App customers.”

We are glad to inform our patrons and friends that Robosoft Technologies has been mentioned as a Top Mobile App Development Company that will make the business endeavors smoother and productive through technical fineness.

The announcement was made on April 25^th 2019 in a press release. The article discusses and recommends technical refurbishing of the businesses that are striving to reach the audience forgetting the changing the business fields and the latest technical trends that will help them in achieving their business goals.

Quoted by TopDevelopers.co

The points favored Robosoft to be the choice among others

The recognition is based on our previous achievements and excellence. Robosoft has always been noted as a top performer in attaining customer satisfaction and tailoring apt mobile app solutions that will remove the obstacles by laying a path towards successful business progression. Since we have an in-depth understanding about the business sectors and the trending mobile app solutions that will make things happen, Robosoft is much appreciated. We have sessions to teach our teams on how to smoothly take a project forward with no glitches and exceptionally good. From start to finish, we look into every single aspect of a project that we never get stuck in between as that will leave our clients unsatisfied

Apart from being esteemed as a Top Mobile app development Companies in India, we are also specialists in our extended list of services, which includes, Digital Advisory, UX/UI, Web Application Development & Maintenance, Design Strategy, Wearable, Design Thinking, Blockchain, and Emerging Technologies. Our bespoke solutions and the overwhelming words as an outcome of satisfaction from our customers make our relationship with the clients smoother.

Who are TopDevelopers?

TopDevelopers.co is a directory and review platform for IT service providers. They are offering an unbiased service by listing the genuine and highly professional IT firms that can help the service seekers better through quality technical services. The research team of TopDevelopers chooses the best firms by filtering a vast list of companies and introduces only the competitive names to the businesses, enterprises, and entrepreneurs to partner with. The company has a friendly team of researchers and a hassle free communication system. They provide the listing service for various technologies and services, which makes it a one stop destination to find your perfect technology partner.

At Robosoft, we believe that our ultimate goal is to simplify the user’s life by creating delightful digital experiences.

We strive to create designs that are intuitive, anticipate the latent needs of the consumer and are future ready. With every digital solution, our endeavor is to create experiences and designs that understand the human intent by applying Design Thinking principles. Being recognized for our work inspires us to work harder and create digital solutions that engage with the user and drives businesses for our clients.

We are thrilled to be ranked among the Top Developers in 2019, and Top Creative and Design Agencies in India by Clutch, a leading B2B research, ratings, and reviews company. The companies in the list were chosen basis the strength and variety of their work, their past and current clientele, their industry leadership, and the quality products they deliver for their clients.

According to Jeremy Fishman, Business Analyst at Clutch

‘’The creative and design agencies listed by Clutch create eye-catching designs and enable more user-friendly tools, these companies should be extremely proud of their work and their inclusion in this announcement.’’

Read the full report here.

About Clutch

Clutch.co is a B2B research, ratings, and reviews firm in the heart of Washington, D.C., Clutch connects small and medium businesses with the best-fit agencies, software, or consultants they need to tackle business challenges together and with confidence. Clutch’s methodology compares business service providers and software in a specific market based on verified client reviews, services offered, work quality, and market presences.

We at Robosoft are thrilled to partner with Digital Mall of Asia (DMA), in their endeavor to revolutionize the e-commerce and retail space. We have collaborated with DMA for their app development and portfolio maintenance. The initiative aims at combining the best of both worlds – online shopping and offline retail, and digitally re-create the shopping-at-mall experience of an individual. By using emerging technologies like AR (Augmenting Reality), DMA aims at simplifying user journeys and enhancing user experiences. The innovative nature of this initiative will take the form of the “virtual trial room” where a customer will be able to try and browse through the products just like at any other offline space of a mall or a shopping center. 
This merger of the online and the offline retail space is a unique example of integrated product development where retailers can go beyond their platforms, digital or brick-and-mortar and offer engaging and innovative experiences for consumers.
This is one of its kind initiative in the retail space and in the coming days applying design thinking and understanding the psychology of online buying, selling and engagement will be the key to success.
Commenting on the association Our CEO, Ravi Teja Bommireddipalli said –

“We are delighted to be the digital partner of a pioneering concept in retail like Digital Mall of Asia. At Robosoft, we believe in simplifying lives through delightful digital experiences. The attempt to bring alive the best of both worlds – offline retail and online shopping are sure to redefine the shopping experience for millions. We are thrilled to create a virtual mall environment and revolutionize the shopping experience for consumers and are quite confident that Digital Mall of Asia will be the next big thing in retail.”

About Digital Mall of Asia (DMA)

Digital Mall of Asia, a first of its kind initiative by Yokeasia Malls Private Limited. It is an amalgamation of Real Estate and Digital space. It is a unique concept that introduces Digital malls with Digital Shops, which an individual can buy, sell and rent. DMA brings together the best of offline and online worlds, the shopping experience of an offline mall where brands have dedicated shops and convenience of online shopping where we get unlimited selection and benefit of buying anytime, anywhere.

Read the full press release here.