By 2015, the UK has the third largest e-commerce sector in the world. In that year, the most recent for which we have full figures, British shoppers spent £533bn online – and provisional figures suggest this figure has increased year-on-year since then. This year, 78% of us will make at le

We are all used to using the apps of large businesses: the Amazon app, or our online banking software, are daily experiences for many of us. But the benefits of apps aren’t confined to big corporations and their customers. In fact, start-ups can be among the best-placed organisations to lev

Nothing lasts forever. Time stands still for no man … or app. Eventually, your app is going to need an update of one kind or another. The key is to know when – timing is everything. Why update an app at all, though? You’ve spent a lot of time – and probably money – on developing it

Cloud mobile apps are the latest development in mobile app technology. In this fastest moving of areas, cloud mobile apps unlock new and different functions that may not have been available before. Previously, apps were “native” – in other words, they were installed on your mobile phone

You’ve made a significant investment of time and resources; you’ve built an app you think can improve your customers’ experience of your services; and you’re all ready to launch what should be a transformative piece of software for your business. Stop and think. Because there are some

The latest iteration of Apple’s mobile operating system has been with us for a while now, and mobile app developers have been getting to grips with it. They have no choice – though in terms of numbers iPhones don’t dominate the smartphone market, in terms of trends and kudos they really do

Designing and building a mobile app involves choices: of purpose and interface, of course, but perhaps most importantly of the platform. There is some debate about the wisdom of native apps versus hybrid ones: whether it’s at all necessary to build a particular application to be “native” to

Apps are everywhere, and they do more or less everything in one way or another: you can plan your train journey on one, check your email on another; you can open and export documents, map a route, check your bank account, make your phone into a WiFi hotspot. Apps can be transformative. But ca

Deep links are your friends. The benefits of mobile app deep linking are numerous and should be integrated into any development plan. Building an app with a very flat structure might seem sensible, but in fact, deep linking can add serious functionality for your users. A deep link, in case yo

We don’t like to think of ourselves as ugly ducklings; no one’s ever called us one to our face, at any ra We’re also keen to assert that the websites and apps we design boast beautiful plumage. No, really: no feathers, either stubby or brown, find their way out of our office. But the