New Joya store online
Joya started life as a boutique gift store in the pretty Cotswold town of Nailsworth. We met them several years ago and created an online store to help showcase their products. Then came to bamboo revolution - a wonderful fabric that was ideal for socks and clothing. After some research and many overseas buying trips, Joya began to supply beautiful,...
Customer Service Winner!
We had some wonderful news today - we have won the Customer Service Award in the Forest of Dean Business awards for this year! There were many categories and lots of amazing businesses who entered this year, but with the situation with Coronavirus, sadly the awards ceremony could not go ahead, but the Team at the Forest Business Awards have...
Ada Lovelace Day
Since 2009 every year on the second Tuesday in October, all over the world, it is celebrated as Ada Lovelace Day as a recognition of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. Traditionally more male dominated industries, things are now changing and October is the time to celebrate it. There are international conferences and events and a...
New Cookies for everyone, or maybe not?
You may not be aware that GDPR regulations are changing slightly. Ongoing, all companies that use cookies may have to change how their users interact with them.
General Data Protection Regulations - Don't Panic!
It seems that everyone is talking about General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) at the moment, so we thought it would be worth letting you know how we look after our client's data and give some tips about what you need to do with the data that you keep.
Your-ssl-certificate-may not be as-safe-as-you-thought
This is not a new story (Google announced it's plans September 2017), but many people are still unaware that Google Chrome and Firefox will be blocking websites that use SSL certificates issued by Symantec (yes, THAT Symantec) as of April this year. You many think "Well, my SSL certificate was issued by GeoTrust/RapidSSL/Thawte, not Symantec", but the reality is that...
Silverstripe - Best Technology Solution for the Public Sector
It is nice to see Silverstripe, the platform we use for all our development, getting rewarded for it's excellent work. A global company, based in Wellington, New Zealand, Silverstripe recently won the 2016 NZ Technology award for 'Best Technology Solution for the Public Sector'. Silverstripe is an extremely versatile, stable platform which can be used for any project. We use...
Infobuzz site live
Infobuzz is a charity based in Gloucester who support the most vulnerable groups and individuals. Under the project headings of Infobuzz Direct (schools and the arts), Castle Gate (Criminal Justice) and Head Space (therapeutic and training) they provide effective support and interventions to professionals and clients alike.
It is nice to be appreciated
Customer support and service are important to us and we always endeavour to do the best we can for our clients, whether it is being on hand out of hours, or doing that little bit extra or just giving advice. We do it because we like to help.
Is Google listening in on us?
It seems like anyone using Chrome might be unwittingly having their conversations recorded by Google. According to an article over on the "Private Online News" blog a mysterious piece of code has been found in Chrome (or at least Chromium, that Chrome is built on) that appears to be responsible for monitoring audio being received by the device's microphone.