With new technologies coming into play, the digital world is constantly evolving. As our industry is still in a period of experimentation, learning and knowledge-sharing, new experiences for users are continually finding their way into the mainstream. So, here are some of our top predictions for what will be big in 2012… In 2012, I’m Read more
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New Job at the Manor – Junior Front End Developer
We are currently looking for a Junior Front End Developer to join our team. What we are looking for… An individual who can be responsible for innovative, well conceptualised and well developed multi-platform solutions for projects within the tech / creative department. You will be supported by a dynamic team in delivering high-quality end requirements for Read more
Making of: Spinning Sprouts
For our recent Sprout Christmas competition, the development team were tasked with the creation of a 360 degree spinning representation of our prize jar of sprouts. Having some keen photographers within the team, we jumped at the chance to bring our gear in, and convert the kitchen area in the manor into a quick photo Read more
2012! Will the internet still be here?
This month, .net magazine asked our development team the big question. Maybe the biggest question everyone is asking at the beginning of a new year. What will be the most significant trend of 2012? Some believe it will be the end of the world but not our two senior developers… So what will it be? Read more
QR Codes
A recent online poll of consumers suggests that only a third knows what a QR code is, and have actually used one. When a Quick Response (QR) code is scanned by mobile phone, it directs information and messages to the device. The use of QR codes is increasingly popular among marketers as a low cost method Read more
The Future of Augmented Reality
The Metaio Augmented Reality Conference (Inside AR 2011) in Munich has become the world’s largest Augmented Reality event and took place earlier this week, making claims that by 2014, augmented reality will be used on every smartphone in the world. Mobile computing is currently the fastest growing IT market, with mobile information retrieval ranging among Read more
Wacom redefines the pen and paper
Welcome to the latest advancement in paper to screen technology say goodbye to those dirty scans or painstaking hours spent hand tracing your perfect pencil drawing in illustrator, as Wacom have announced ‘Inkling’ a rubber sized clip scanner that doesn’t scan the same way as you regular desktop scanner but instead actually records every pen Read more
What’s new on the field of web browsers?
At the end of the last week Google released version 14 of Google Chrome. The biggest thing about this release is the support of new technology called Native Client. Google Chrome now allows applications (currently only through Chrome Web Store) built with C++ or classic C. This allows developers to create new applications supported across Read more
Google Wallet – a faster way to pay
The long awaited Google Wallet went live today… Available on a limited release (only in the US this week) to users of the Sprint Nexus S 4G phone. Users can download an app that links through to a Near Field Communication (NFS) chip inside the phone. It currently only works with Visa, Citi MasterCards and Read more
The dotBrand question…
I recently took part in a very interesting live webinar on the issue of dotBrand, and have been mulling it over ever since. I say dotBrand – you say What? So, let’s start with the basics. DotBrand is the moniker that’s been given to the new raft of impending top level domain names. We are Read more