Browsing archives for 'Technology'

Meet the Lytro

Written by Andy Greener on 12 December 2011

Tech to get truly excited about. The Lytro lets you take pictures like never before. Unlike a conventional camera that captures a single plane of light, the Lytro camera captures the entire light field, which is all the light traveling in every direction in every point in space. This enables you to focus the image [...]

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5 Key Things to Ensure a Great Mobile Experience

Written by Louise on 12 October 2011

So, you’ve decided you want to take advantage of the rise of the mobile web market. Before you jump in, there are a number of things to bear in mind when making your site mobile friendly: Key Features and Functionality The fundamental starting point of any mobile web project is prioritising your objective and goals. [...]

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Choosing a Mobile Strategy That Works for You

Written by Louise on 7 October 2011

It’s no secret that the mobile web market is booming and with more and more people accessing the internet on mobile devices, it would be foolish to get left behind. (See ‘Get Moving and Go Mobile’). If you’re thinking about optimising your site for mobile, you may feel slightly overwhelmed by the different options available, [...]

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Get Moving and Go Mobile

Written by Andy Greener on 6 October 2011

If you haven’t started to give some serious thought to a mobile strategy then you’re either in denial or slow to adopt new technologies. Either way, it’s not good. As recently reported by the BBC, mobile internet use is nearing 50% with an even larger 71% of 16-24 year olds accessing the internet via a [...]

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Wacom Inkling – Digitising Ideas

Written by Andy Greener on 30 August 2011

I came across a new piece of technology earlier today that has rather grabbed my attention. Brought to us by the clever folks at Wacom (purveyors of fine graphics tablets) the ‘Inkling‘ is a device that allows you to sketch ideas onto paper and then import the sketch to your computer in raster or vector [...]

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On yer Bike

Written by Louise on 22 July 2011

This morning saw our very own cycling enthusiast Ben Mawhinney sporting a dashing Scratch Bikes t-shirt and bicycle on the Millennium Bridge. The event was held to promote the expansion of the self service bicycle scheme in Newcastle, for which Komodo have been developing a rather useful app. Our app will locate and direct users [...]

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The Internet is Huuuuuge!!!

Written by Andy Greener on 26 January 2011

I love infographics and I love the Internet so I couldn’t resist posting this one researched and created by Focus. Some of the numbers are simply mind boggling. Just click on the thumbnail below to view the full sized image. Enjoy.

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Mashable Predicts Top 5 Startups

Written by Andy Greener on 5 January 2011

I read a really thought provoking article from Mashable the other day. They predict the 5 technologies that they believe will be integral to startups in the digital sector in 2011. #1 – The Rise of Object Tagging and #3 – Website Communities Will Dominate the Digital Experience – are the two I find most [...]

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