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Listicle

Top 10 Best April Fools' Pranks In Tech

Come every April 1st, in true time-honoured tradition, there's always some carefully placed April Fools’ prank, hoax, or stunt lurking somewhere in every newspaper to reel us in.

Mobile Apps

4 public sector examples that show every industry needs apps

Since Apple and Android launched app stores in 2008, we’ve gone from being satisfied with basic handsets and inbuilt features (Snake, anyone?) to carrying the world around in our pocket.

Mobile Apps

Director's pick - Keeping Your Cash Ahead Of The Curve

With both Becky and Paul reviewing their favourites apps over the last few months, it’s time for me to get in on the app review action. So what’s been grabbing my attention recently?

Insights

What is a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)?

So what is an MVP? This installment of a non-tech talks helps us understand what an MVP is and why it is so important.

Listicle

Top 5 tech trends to look out for in 2019

With the Christmas holidays well and truly behind us for another year, we thought we’d get our techy brains back into gear as soon as possible.

Events

Once upon a Digital Plymouth: key takeaways

A week ago today we were rubbing shoulders with friends in Christmas jumpers at the final Digital Plymouth event of 2018 and here are the highlights.

Elixel News

The Elixel bumper Christmas update

It’s the most wonderful time of the year….here's a little round up of what we've been up to over the last 12 months.

Mobile Apps

Director's pick - An app that could be a 3D AR game changer

Following our first Directors Pick blog from Paul back in August, it’s now my turn to get my thoughts down on screen about an app that’s currently rocking my world.

Listicle

When tech goes wrong: 5 of the biggest fails in tech

Looking back over recent years, there’s been some quite spectacular tech fails that have hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

UX Design

How to engage employees and turn challenges into opportunities

With any business growth comes the almost inevitable bottlenecks & pain points within departments but rather than just ‘getting on with it’ the answers could appear with some communication.

Non-Techy Talks

Techy Terminology for Non Techy People!

I’ve been working on a list of words I’ve come across and learnt along the way, so I hope you find it helpful as a reference!

Product Strategy

How to prototype your mobile app in 6 easy steps

Here’s our 6-step guide to creating a successful prototype of your mobile app that will leave investors desperate to get a piece of your action.

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