Category: Features

iPad and iPhone best practice from Condé Nast

US publisher Condé Nast, which was the first magazine publisher to offer digital magazines (GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired and Glamour) on the iPhone and iPad, and released some key insights back in October, and we’re a bit late we know, but the advice is timeless so we’re happy to repeat it here. The insights are…

10 Top tips for developing mobile applications for your workforce

With the increase in the use of smartphones within business, there’s now a real incentive for businesses to mobilise their web sites and their line-of-business applications, such as accounts, marketing apps, and their CRM apps. However there are a number of key considerations to bear in mind before you commit to this strategy. In the…

Think small, think slow, think back to the ’90s

3G is still just a pipe dream, yet too many designers still design mobile websites and mobile apps, with the assumption that everyone has a state-of-the-art smartphone, with a fast 3G connection. So how do you solve the problem? We’re asked quite regularly what makes a good mobile website, and normally after half an hour…

How to create a m. subdomain for mobile sites

In the article “How to choose a mobile domain name” we explained the different options for naming your mobile sites, and in it we recommended the m. subdomain as the best way to signify a mobile site. Off of the back of the article we were asked by lots of you “How exactly do you…

How to choose a mobile domain name

Choosing a mobile domain name One of the hardest parts of building a mobile site is choosing what you’re going to call it. Not only do you have to choose a cool name for your URL, you also need to choose how you’re going to signify that it’s a mobile site. The options are. m.…

Twitter 101 – How to choose a successful Twitter name

Twitter 101 – Chapter 1 Part 1 – Choosing a successful Twitter name This is the first article in a series of helpful briefs on how to get ahead on mobile, and in this first article we look at choosing an effective name on Twitter. Everyone agrees that there’s a benefit from being on the…