On 25th May 2018, Europe's data protection rules will undergo substantial changes with the introduction of GDPR (European General Data Protection Regulation). At a very high level, the changes in law from the previous 1995 directive will affect how organisations are required to handle their customer information.GDPR introduces both a number of rights for individuals and obligations for businesses. Any organisation that holds the personal data of individuals living in the EU will have to comply…and yes, it’s likely that we’ll still have to ...

Just a few years ago, mobile phones were only used to make calls and send texts. But, do you really know how important mobile devices have become during the last few years? Today mobile functionality has changed the way people access information and how we should deliver information ‘on-the-go’. Today people use their phones not just to makes calls, but for a whole range of online activities: searching the web, listening to music, taking photos and videos, checking email, online shopping, GPS navigation, the only limitations to use are ...

Without the introduction of the smartphone, and the various app stores, there would be no Candy Crush (King), Angry Birds (Rovio), WhatsApp, or Snapchat. These are just some of the many "unicorn startups" - businesses now valued at more than a billion dollars - that have taken advantage of the relatively new marketplace. But what if your business isn't a tech start-up, isn't in a period of high growth, and isn't offering a revolutionary product. Is it really realistic for an established business to build an app and expect a substantial ...

I’m a big fan of native mobile apps. In my opinion, to create a native app which provides a great user experience the app should:1. Take advantage of all the device features2. Adhere to the platform UI guidelines and match the platform “look & feel”3. Be fast, responsive and reactiveThese three key areas are particularly important for app development so that your audience get exactly what they expect. For example, Windows Phone and Windows 8 have Live Tiles, so users expect these features as standard from any Windows app, iOS users expect ...

Back in 2007, around the same time the first iPhone launched, you wouldn’t hear many people using the phrase “Responsive Website Design”, and there’s a good reason for that - there was no such thing. If users wanted to browse the internet on their mobile device, they’d have to pinch and swipe to navigate around a page designed to be viewed on a desktop computer screen.  For those who are unfamiliar with the term, Wikipedia describes Responsive Web Design (RWD) as “an approach to web design aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal ...

CREATING A CROSS-PLATFORM MOBILE APPSo, you want to develop a new and amazing mobile app but you don’t have a clue where to start. Well, you may have already started your research by way of reading web pages, comments, and blog posts, and if that is the case the chances are that you've stumbled upon jargon such as “native”, “hybrid”, and “Xamarin”. If you don’t understand the terminology, it can feel as though you’ve hit a brick wall before you’ve even started, and it's particularly important to understand these 3 keywords because one of ...