3chillies are extremely proud to announce that we have now been awarded the Microsoft Gold Competency for App development. The news of this achievement follows our recent announcement for attaining the Microsoft Gold Cloud Solutions Competency.3chillies now celebrate having 4 Microsoft competencies:WHAT DOES THE MICROSOFT COMPETENCY MEAN FOR YOU?By attaining the Microsoft Gold App Development competency, 3chillies have met extensive technology requirements and demonstrated expertise in the field of App development. The award indicates ...

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 ...

Apps World promised great things this year: 10,000 attendees, 350 exhibitors and 300 speakers. Naturally, we didn’t want to miss out on all of this action, so we made our way down to the event for half a day on Wednesday 18th November.We went with three key intentions: 1) Scope out potential partnering opportunities (or to see if these companies could help us better the service we provide to our customers).2) Learn something new about apps3) See if it’s the kind of event that would be suitable for us to attend as exhibitors in future ...

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 ...

3chillies are delighted to have been awarded a Gold Competency for “Cloud Platform”, which clearly illustrates our strong ability to consistently and regularly build high quality applications on the Azure Platform. Having been a Microsoft partner since 2006 we take great pride in our relationship with Microsoft and our knowledge of their systems and services. We take particular pride in our ability to develop high performing websites and Mobile Applications supported in Windows Azure.WHAT IS WINDOWS AZURE?Windows Azure is an open and ...

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 ...