Report shows pace of mobile application development on Android
26th February 2010
A study by a application retail analyst company has shown that Android Market is the fastest growing application store out of all the mobile platforms.The research, carried out by Distimo and released at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, says that it experienced 15 per cent growth in...
One word can change impact of web design
26th February 2010
The importance of the minutest details in a website design has been shown by the example of an email marketing company.Anne Holland reports that MailChimp managed to improve sign-up to its online seminars simply by changing around one tab.Writing on her blog 'Which Test Won', she explains how a...
Make innovative form fields for better bespoke website design
26th February 2010
Anyone involved in bespoke website design may be interested to know about the impact changing registration fields can have.Writing on his personal website, Luke Wroblewski, chief design architect at Yahoo! Inc, has looked into the practice of presenting registration forms in a narrative style.This...
Web design 'becoming more important in north-east'
26th February 2010
Businesses based in the north-east of England are finding that web design is more important than ever before, the Journal has reported.The newspaper emphasised that businesses in the region need to keep up with the fast-paced growth of online marketing.It noted that while for many start-ups, the...
Application usage statistics show way for mobile application development
25th February 2010
New figures give a good understanding of the users of Android platform, and a better idea of how mobile application development should go forward.Research by AdMob shows that the average Android user downloads nine applications per month and spends 80 minutes a day using them.In terms of general...
New affordable Android Phone an incentive for mobile application development
25th February 2010
T-Mobile has announced that it is to release the Pulse mini, a slimmed-down version of the Pulse, for £99.99 on pay-as-you-go.Nicola Shenton, head of handset and device marketing at T-Mobile UK, said that the company wants to make Android phones available to as many people as possible.She added:...
Bespoke web design must factor in site speeds
25th February 2010
A survey of online shoppers shows that slow speeds and errors on pages contributed to bad retail experiences.Monitoring firm Gomez surveyed online shoppers to find out what resulted in bad experiences online.One statistic that stands out is that 88 per cent of customers that have a bad experience...
Website development sees retailer reap rewards
24th February 2010
An online retailer has thanked an overhaul of its web design for a boost in visitors and sales.Deanscards.com, an American website selling and trading sports cards, experienced a 100 per cent lift in visitors and a 35 per cent rise in sales last year, according to Internet Retailer.The company's...
BBC outlines bespoke web design plans
24th February 2010
Like businesses and organisations of all sizes, the BBC is going to implement bespoke website development in order to keep it fresh.In a blog post, Bronwyn van der Merwe, head of design and user experience at BBC Future Media and Technology goes into technical detail about the redesign as well as...
Android fastest growing operating system for mobile application development
24th February 2010
Anyone looking at mobile application development will be interested to know about the surge in sales of Android phones in 2009.Research firm Gartner's latest figures show how Google's Android platform has been one of the main beneficiaries of the growth in the smartphone market.The number of phones...
Teenage web designers 'encouraged to join community scheme'
24th February 2010
Young people between the ages of 13 and 19 with an interest in web design are being encouraged to join a community scheme in Halton.As part of the Aiming High strategy, a scheme devised by the Department for Schools Children and Families, local teenagers are responsible for the design and...
Bespoke web developers 'must make sites stand out'
24th February 2010
Bespoke web developers should take care that the sites they are responsible for stand out, as many clients are becoming more specific about what they want from their ecommerce portalThis is according to Fran Howarth of ITProPortal, who commented that websites have evolved "from being static...
Web browser adoption 'essential' for ecommerce website design
24th February 2010
Those involved in the process of ecommerce website design should take care to adhere to web standards that make pages display in the same way across different types of browsers and computers, according to a writer.Armando Roggio of Practical Ecommerce commented that while in the early 1990s, web...
Merchant seals proven to be a part of successful web development
23rd February 2010
A retail website selling glasses and eyewear products had a merchant seal incorporated within the web design to improve its conversion rates.The buySAFE seal, which ensures a "safe, reliable and independently guaranteed online shopping environment" for visitors, was put on the...
Bespoke web design must take into account need for developing content
23rd February 2010
Bespoke website design should take into account the need to keep pages regularly updated in order to successfully interact with visitors.Readers of the Econsultancy blog were asked to come up with ideas on what the secret is to a successful website.One contributor said: "Finding the time to...
Sprint announces new 4G mobile application development
22nd February 2010
Sprint has announced that it is to launch its first 4G phone this summer, with the news likely to be of interest to online retailers keen to target their website design to mobile audiences.At present, the company already offers 4G coverage, which it claims is up to ten times faster than 3G...
New web browser choice rules could impact upon bespoke website design
22nd February 2010
Businesses may soon have to tweak their website design so as to take advantage of the expected increase in the use of web browsers other than Internet Explorer.While many small businesses currently gear their website development towards its use in the popular Microsoft browser, a new ruling by the...
Bespoke website design can still help e-retailers despite seasonal downturn
22nd February 2010
The UK online retail sector is set to remain strong, despite suffering a slow start to the new decade, it has been claimed.According to the latest figures published by the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG), online sales grew by just five per cent in January in comparison to the same month of...
Sharing buttons could be key feature of bespoke website design
19th February 2010
Companies may want to ensure they do not fall behind the opposition by incorporating social media sharing buttons into their bespoke website designs.With more individuals looking to broadcast links rather than share them in single file via email, companies could enhance their chances of becoming...
New tool could help with bespoke website design for mobile internet
19th February 2010
A new tool could help businesses refine their web development requirements for the mobile internet.Webtrends has released a mobile analytics service that can measure how customers are engaging with mobile websites and applications.Called Webtrends Mobile Analytics, it allows users to track customer...
Endsleigh website success shows importance of bespoke web design
18th February 2010
Endsleigh Insurance has reported significant improvement in its website statistics after the company carried out bespoke web design.The company, which provides insurance for students, completely overhauled its website after it decided to focus on an ecommerce route rather than branches.Since...
New mobile application development on Android with Firefox
18th February 2010
Mozilla's Firefox will be made available on the Android platform by the end of this year, it has been revealed.The browser, which has long been available on computers, is already on a few Nokia devices, but it will soon be available to many more users.In an interview with TechRadar, Jay Sullivan...
Android sales show importance of mobile application development
17th February 2010
Google has claimed that 60,000 Android handsets are being sold every day, a point of interest for anyone thinking about mobile application development.Speaking at the Mobile World Congress, Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, revealed the figure, which would equate to around 22 million a...
Adobe opens up AIR for mobile application development
17th February 2010
Adobe has announced that AIR will be made available on the Android platform, allowing for richer applications.Expected to be available some time this year, it is promised that AIR will result in better applications, taking advantage of mobile features such as multi-touch, geolocations and screen...
Opera for iPhone another potential web design consideration
16th February 2010
The potential release of Opera to the iPhone could speed up internet access from the device, if the company is to be believed.Showing off the browser at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Opera claimed that it is six times faster than the Safari browser that comes bundled with all versions of...
Faster speeds achieved through bespoke web development could improve websites
16th February 2010
An expert has stressed the importance of fast loading speeds to the effectiveness of a website.In an article for SmartCompany, an Australian resource for small businesses, Chris Thomas, an online retail expert, explains how conversion can be affected by slow websites.He says: "Research shows...
New vehicle for mobile application development from Microsoft
15th February 2010
Microsoft has launched its latest operating system for the mobile phone market, opening up the way for further mobile application development.Windows Phone 7 series will be released on handsets by the end of 2010, and such has been the overhaul in the design that the company sees it almost as a new...
Sony Ericsson releases new Android handsets to spur mobile application development
15th February 2010
Sony Ericsson has unveiled two new Android handsets as the operating system continues to gain users.The Xperia X10 mini and mini pro are compact versions of the previously-released Xperia 10, and both feature slide-out QWERTY keyboards.The company is particularly keen to stress the availability of...
'Disparity' in B2B ecommerce website design
12th February 2010
By Chris MellishThe latest B2B barometer from the Institute of Direct Marketing (IDM) reveals a disparity between webmasters' perceptions of the online climate at present and their approach to ecommerce website design.In particular, almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of websites' marketing strategies...
Smartphones 'are driving web development'
12th February 2010
By Chris HoultSmartphones are driving forward web development by opening up new avenues for communicating with mobile internet users, it has been claimed.Matt McNeil, founder of email marketing solutions provider Sign-Up.to, explains that smartphones are allowing more web users to "interact...
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