5 Reasons Universal Mobile Site Designs Don’t Work

There is a growing frustration among smartphone users. Every month, it seems, a company releases the next greatest smartphone. We have phones that are more powerful than laptops of a few years ago. Yet the mobile web experience overall hasn't improved much in the last few years.

5 Reasons Universal Mobile Site Designs Don’t Work

When you visit a blog from your smartphone, what you see is essentially an old-school blog -- lots of text-based information with no frills. That might sound like a great idea, especially now that most mobile users are restricted by data usage caps. The stripped-down mobile design consumes hardly any data. But it also misses a huge point behind improving smartphones.

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Confidence-Building Exercises for New Freelance Web Designers

When you are beginning as a freelancer, it is easy to feel overwhelmed with hall of the possibilities and options freelancing can offer. It is too easy to lose confidence in yourself, in your abilities when you don't know where to start, how to offer a good job in time and whether you will have any job lined up once you finish a project.

Confidence-Building Exercises for New Freelance Web Designers

A lot of new freelancers feel lost at the beginning because the work environment for freelancers is very different than a work setting in which your direct boss is giving specific directions on what has to be done every day. This article will offer you a new approach how you can manage your time, stays focused on your work and enjoy the rewards of your freelancing career to build and maintain your confidence as a freelancer. Please enjoy these 15 exercises every independent contractor can use to build their confidence.

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Best WordPress Theme Frameworks

WordPress frameworks are the time-savers that you will never want to miss, because they help you skip writing repetitive code which becomes really time-consuming and boring.

Best WordPress Theme Frameworks

WordPress frameworks’ main purpose is to code a WP theme faster by reducing the time spent on tasks you repeat with every theme you’re working on.

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50 Creative and Cool USB Designs

USB devices are meant to store and move data from one place to another, and they are quite common in our daily usage. With relatively huge capacity to store data and comparatively small size, USB devices bring ease and comfort in carrying them from one place to another. But now, USB devices have also become a subject of interest for the folks related to design and art industry and they have started creating some truly amazing, creative and unique designs for these USB devices.

50 Creative and Cool USB Designs

These designs are so attention grabbing and interesting that anyone can hardly resist. Since there is huge variety of USB devices designs, we thought to compile a post sharing some of the most creative and cool USB designs with you.

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Why Do You Need WordPress Caching Plugins? Overview, Tips and Best Resources

I am sure everyone knows WORDPRESS as an amazing CMS platform which enfolds a multiple number of features and functions on it. One excellent thing with WordPress is it has got a plenty of plugins and resources which helps in enhancing the functionality of any website.

Why Do You Need WordPress Caching Plugins? Overview, Tips and Best Resources

Every site owner is concerned about the speed of his website and has eventually started to rely on the various caching plugins.

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Mobile Commerce: State of the Industry

These days mobile devices i.e. mobile phones are much more popular than PC’s or laptops. According to the research of The International Telecommunication Union in October 2010, there were more than 7 billion mobile phones, exceeding the number of PCs about 3.8 times. They say that in 2013 it’s expected to sell more than a Billion of various handheld devices. It’s hard to believe, but in the United States the most popular smartphone OS is Android – 43.7%, followed by - iOS with a share of 27.3%.

Mobile Commerce: State of the Industry

The next 4 years the number of mobile Internet users will surpass those who use Internet access from personal computers. Till 2015 Mobile Commerce market will grow up to 119 billion dollars of turnover (that's about 8% of the whole eCommerce market).

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