Category Archives: News
Tablet media and journalism
With so many platforms coming and going it’s a harder industry to survive in than the restaurant business, with most features phasing out following low adoption after the initial year. I got an email only the other day from a … Continue reading
Poke app makes Sunday Times App 500 List
The Poke app – our first iPhone and Android app – has made it into the recently released Sunday Times App 500 List! No mean feat considering there are over 500,000 iPhone apps available on the App Store alone. This … Continue reading
WordPress Plugins
When building WordPress sites in can be tempting to install plugins for every piece of functionality required. Some plugins are very well respected and supported and the review system generally works well. Even the most well respected plugins however can … Continue reading
Google+ goes social
Google this week integrated the social element of Google+ into its traditional Google Search. For people with Google accounts this means that searches can now also show ‘personalised’ results. For example, when searching for Adept Scientific whilst logged in to … Continue reading
The Poke goes from strength to strength
During the first week of January The Poke website experienced a massive ten fold increase in web traffic. During this period the site carried on as normal with no impact on visitors. This was down to the hosting provided by … Continue reading
Social Media comes to Lyndon Ash
We would like to offer Matthew Barnaby a warm welcome as he joins the Lyndon Ash team. Through Matthew, Lyndon Ash will be able to offer our clients expert advice and practical assistance with all aspects of Social Media. Matthew … Continue reading
The Poke iPhone App
July the 6th 2011 saw the release of The Poke iPhone app that Lyndon Ash has developed for Speakeasy Media. The app has up to 10 updates per day Monday to Friday, a liberal sprinkling of silliness over the weekends … Continue reading
The Poke – UPDATE
We have completed the spring clean for The Poke, the design has been tightened up, the galleries look fresh, and the back end has been improved. Caching has been implemented to cope with ever increasing traffic and disaster recovery is … Continue reading
The Poke
Here at Lyndon Ash we have forged a great relationship with satirical website The Poke. Over the last few months we have supplied graphics for some of their top stories, including The Daily Mail tube map; Mad Men Mr Men … Continue reading
Mapping alternatives
We have recently completed a telemetry project for a client that required mapping functionality. Vehicles needed to be tracked in real-time and historical journeys plotted in locations worldwide. The obvious first step was to look at Google Maps and Bing … Continue reading