After Google acquired mobile phone manufacturer Motorola, there was a lot of speculation as to why the Android developers would want a mobile phone manufacturer. The obvious answer was patents, considering you can’t seem to go a few days without seeing some kind of patent lawsuit appearing in the news. However the launch of the…
This weeks app of the week is something a little bit different. Normally we pick out something which is going to help you be more productive, or something which will help you save time, or quite often something that will just run in the background for you to look back at later. I’ve picked out…
In a report published earlier this week, the Windows Phone operating system is the only one out of the big three mobile platforms to gain any market share in the UK, with iOS and Android both experiencing a slight dip. The report published by Kantar looks at global phone sales over the three months leading…
Many months ago, way back in May, we took a look at the top five replacements for Tweetdeck after the news that the app was going to be removed from the App Store. Number four in our list was Tweetbot, a smart and intuitive app that easily let you control multiple accounts for £1.99 with…
We did a blog post a few months ago about Apple’s, possibly unfair, removal of AppGratis from the App Store for allowing people to download apps outside of the App Store, taking away Apple’s 30% cut for all apps downloaded. Since then, there have been no really high-profile cases of apps being removed from the…
If you live in London or just visiting the city, you’ll knows how difficult it can be to decide what to do with your evening. Our app of the week is designed to help you make that choice, MyTime London is a free event planning app which shows you the hottest picks of things to…
Trippa Cardiff was the first app that we built completely in house. Tens of thousands of downloads later (and several operating systems down the line!) we thought it was time for a change. The brand new Trippa Cardiff is now live. You can download and enjoy Trippa’s brand new UI and improved content for free,…
In one of our many office discussions, we stumbled onto the topic of app marketing, how much on average is spent and how that translates into download figures. I decided to take a look into it and to be honest I was quite surprised by what I found out.
If you’ve glanced through our portfolio then it’s pretty obvious we like to travel in the Tradebox office. Our range of Trippa travel guides are all free to download and use (you can take a look at our list of destinations here). This weeks, app of the week is one that’s sure to help anyone…
Mark Zuckerberg has been shopping again, this time Facebook has acquired is Onavo, the Tel Aviv based mobile analytics company. Onavo made it into our App of the Week review way back in May when I took a look at their Onavo Protect app, an app designed to keep your personal information safe while browsing…