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Data Processor agreements for web developers

Under the GDPR, web developers will often need a data processor agreement with every client.

Autoscaling for SafeHaven

The newly relaunched SafeHaven.com is already picking up traffic - and so needed some AWS magic! We recently built a new site for Safe Haven to replace the previous site on the domain with a modern day CMS that our client can quickly and easily update. The site specialises in news…

Hootsuite API hookup for ModQ

We recently got accepted onto the Hootsuite Developer Platform with our content gathering tool ModQ. ModQ lets you easily collect images, video and text from your team, volunteers or public audience so that you can broadcast fresh, relevant content. You can post directly to social networks from the tool but as Hootsuite…

Google Maps becomes Google Maps Platform and introduces new PAYG billing

There's always been a point at which you need to start paying for Google Maps, but a reshuffle of their structure has made that pay-point feel a lot closer.

Load testing – our new favourite thing

Last year a client needed some load testing done on their site before a big server migration. This means testing if the new server is up to the job of receiving the expected traffic levels - and adjusting it before you go live if it isn't, so it doesn't fall over and…

RealSelf secures $40 million in funding

Cosmetic surgery website RealSelf has just raised $40,000,000 to help people learn about procedures like botox.

Amazon roll out Internet app for users in India

Amazon have rolled out a 2MB lite browser to help Indian consumers browse the Internet.

Video ad platform goes live for OilPrice.com

Our client OilPrice.com have been looking for a while for a video ad platform. They've spoken to a few companies and had trials - but the costs are often pretty huge. So we stepped in and made them their own - in just a few hours. The videos themselves are called from Vimeo.com…

Who even are SmugMug and what do they do?

You've probably heard that SmugMug have bought Flickr for an undisclosed amount.

Is WordPress editor jumping down slightly when you click?

Recently we've encountered a small but very irritating glitch in the WordPress editor whereby the content editor will jump down by a line when clicking in the text area. After a bit of investigation we discovered this can be solved by disabling the "Enable full-height editor and distraction-free functionality" checkbox…

An AWSome day of learning

Our developer Craig recently took part in the AWSome Day where AWS tell you all about their cloud hosting offerings. (AWSome... do you see what they did there?!) We've got a few clients on AWS as we've been working with Amazon's hosting for a few years now, so this webinar…

Cleaning a mailing list for GDPR

We’re helping a couple of clients at the moment clean their mailing lists ahead of GDPR. By this I mean if any of their subscribers didn’t double opt-in, or didn’t sign up inline with the consent rules of GDPR, then they need to be asked to rejoin. For one client,…