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NappyStop iPhone app is now released for Android

Friday, July 8th, 2011

nappystopWe’re proud to announce the release of our latest app on the Android platform, NappyStop. Available as a free download, it covers baby-friendly changing facilities, parent and child parking zones and breastfeeding friendly shops, cafes and restaurants in the Greater Manchester area.

By using the built-in GPS of your smartphone, the NappyStop app can determine a user’s location and guide them to the nearest recommended location. Users can also browse the full directory of NappyStop locations and view detailled information about each one plus keep up-to-date with NappyStop news via the in-built Twitter feed.

Available on Android Marketplace

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How the iPad is influencing web apps

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Google recently unveiled its Chrome Web Store, and with it, a veritable treasure trove of highly optimized web apps that use technologies like JavaScript and HTML5 to create optimized experiences that blur the lines between web and desktop apps.

We’ve talked previously about how the iPad is transforming web design. We dubbed this phenomenon the “iPadification of the web.” As much as the iPad has had an influence on web design, its influence over this next wave of web applications is even more apparent.

Looking through the Google Web Store, we couldn’t help but notice the similarities — in some cases perfect facsimiles — that some of these apps share with their iPad counterparts or with the general trend of iPad apps and iPad websites. Let’s look at some examples.

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Location-based iPhone apps – the future

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Ever since iPhones were introduced, people were so much obsessed with the apps that let them use their phone for whatever things they want to do. The geo location triangulation used by Apple to locate its iPhone users has been used by various app developers to develop unique GPS based apps that are highly useful for iPhone users. Now, smart phones have made the world so simple that anyone with a smart phone can know about their world simply by touching the screen.

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How location based marketing can help your business survive

Monday, March 21st, 2011

The economy has been very tough on small businesses across the board and in the last few years, retail stores and restaurants have taken an especially big hit in the recession. Only smart businesses that have been able to stay lean and keep their customers have survived.

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The mobile journey

Monday, July 26th, 2010

The mobile phone has transformed itself over the last couple of years into an ever-evolving portable computing device, which is far more functionally versatile than the traditional PC. This has had enormous consequences for the technology industry. Google said at Mobile World Congress this year that its strategy is now ‘mobile-first’. Microsoft is trying to play catch-up with its mobile operating system, and many other traditional technology stalwarts are also trying to get a slice of the pie.

The travel industry is no different. In the past, technological innovation in travel has focused heavily on the booking experience, and particularly the online booking experience. Mobile services for the travel industry is a market ripe for innovation, and will play the starring role in the creation of what we call the ‘responsive journey’. Today, this means the travel industry is beginning to interact with the traveller via their mobile phone at any point during the entire trip, as opposed to just at key touchpoints. But how is this innovation manifesting itself and where will we see new services and opportunities for revenue generation?

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