Charlie Harman,
iBeacons & BLE technology seem to be everywhere at the moment. So what’s all the fuss about? Our blog will tell you what iBeacon & BLE technology involves and what Calvium has been using it for… The concept of a beacon has been present for years. Most simplistically, a beacon…
Jo Reid,
Walk your way around the City of London and discover its hidden gems The City of London Corporation is delighted to announce the launch of a NEW City Visitor Trail App & Map on 18th March which enables users to explore London’s famous Square Mile on foot through a series…
Jo Reid,
We are delighted to hear that The Memory Dealer, written and directed by Rik Lander, has won the Royal Television Society award for Digital Innovation. This noteworthy award makes a nice addition to our 2013 award winning apps Soho Stories and Curzon Memories. It is great news for the entire…
Jo Reid,
We are using our own Experience Design Framework to structure the UCAN Go project which we introduced last month. The four main sectors in the framework help organise : thinking around who the design target user is, where the app will get used and to note significant factors about the context what…
Kieron Gurner,
App technology and culture moves quickly, from the explosion of published apps in recent years, to the changing sales techniques employed by app publishers. Now a messaging app, WeChat, is experimenting with selling smartphones to its customers with resounding success.
Kieron Gurner,
There’s been a gradual increase in the amount of money it costs to get people using your app since smartphones became popular, but new figures show that this could be about to change, and its encouraging apps to become more targeted and engaging.
Jo Reid,
It has been great to start work on the UCAN GO project. The problem we are trying to solve is to raise the confidence of visually impaired people wanting to visit arts venues without special assistance. Our goal is to create an app that will help lead people around a…
Jo Reid,
We are proud to have Calvium featured in the Observer as one of Bristol’s leading tech startups. Featured in Tech Monthly in this week’s Observer as one of the sixteen leading tech startups in Bristol & Bath. You can read the story here but you will need to see the paper to…
Kieron Gurner,
At the start of this year, we had a look at the difference between Android and iOS user behaviour, so as we near the start of another year, what’s changed?
Jo Reid,
We are delighted to announce that we will be working with UCAN Productions to research, prototype and develop an app to improve accessibility for theatre audiences with visually impairments. Essentially create a verbal map to navigate inside theatres. The research project is funded through the Digital Research and Development Fund for…
Jo Reid,
Launch of the Belfast Soundwalks App, in association with Belfast Music Week Staff and PhD students from the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Queen’s University Belfast, in collaboration with Belfast City Council, have been developing an app over the past 10 months for iPhone and Android smartphones. Entitled ‘Belfast Soundwalks’,…
Kieron Gurner,
Mobile gaming is on the rise, with sales of games on Android and iOS fast becoming serious contenders to the handheld consoles already on the market. As device technology improves, and mobile technology becomes ever more ingrained in our lives, people might start wanting more interesting ways to interact with your organisation.