Waitrose ecommerce boost
During the Christmas period. online food shopping was up 26.3% for grocer Waitrose (a nice tin of sardines from the retailer is shown above). In March, they...
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John Lewis warning over 'Black Friday' online sales
John Lewis has announced last year's sales figures and it was a bumper year for their 'Black Friday' sale, with the retailer recording it's biggest trading...
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Mobile apps - should I pick iOS or Android?
As we’ve discussed before, mobile phone apps can be created for Android, iOS (iPhones etc), or both, as well as for other (less used) devices. When building...
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A year of web, mobile and eCommerce app development
The winter holidays are nearly here... how did that happen? Why does time get absorbed as you near 30? I digress. As more people use their mobiles and iPad...
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Research online and buy in-store?
ROPO is a trend in buying behaviour and a term that has been about for a while. It means “Research Online, Purchase Offline”. Often this behaviour is...
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The types of mobile app development
Our clients, and prospective clients, often ask about the benefits of developing an app in Android or iOS (iOS is also known as Apple or iPhone). Other...
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Review: Open University Cyber Security course
I recently begun a free online course in cyber security, run in part by the Open University. My overall feeling was that the course was beneficial and my...
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Tech and Mars in the Forbes 400 top 25
But first, some “candy” themed facts from the top-25 list: Apparently the Mars (chocolate bar) family are secretive The Snickers bar was named after their...
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Free course to learn about online security
I have already signed up to this course and will provide a review once I am done. My course starts mid-October and lasts eight weeks, with about three hours...
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Government grant for website security appraisal
A government scheme is offering £5,000 grants for a security analysis of your website and systems. Even websites that do not obviously hold sensitive...
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MongoDB Cambridge Meetup: It's not ACID
The next Eastpoing MongoDB meetup has been scheduled for the first Thursday in June. We'll be discussing the consequences of non ACID compliance, what that...
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CTO and CEO in small tech companies
Having been working running tech teams for around ten years now, I realise that I’m actually not really a developer anymore. I do develop, but I can’t do...
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