Type: Guide

  • How to Define a True Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

    How to Define a True Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

    New to development? Read our recent Insights The Differences between Hybrid and Native Mobile Apps What are the Phases of Digital Product Development? Your Complete Guide to App Development Costs in 2021 What Is the Discovery Phase & Why Do I Need It? What is a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)? A Minimum Viable Product (MVP)…

  • How to improve colour accessibility in financial services apps

    How to improve colour accessibility in financial services apps

    Financial services apps are some of the most used applications in the world. There are currently 1.3 billion mobile payment users globally‚ the top four online trading apps have $77 billion of assets under management and challenger banks such as Monzo have over four million app users (1).  That’s a lot of users so it’s…

  • Improving logistics and supply chain performance with mobile and web applications

    Improving logistics and supply chain performance with mobile and web applications

    The Covid-19 pandemic changed the way consumers behave. Lockdowns that kept us at home for months meant a huge increase in the use of digital services and a reliance on logistics and supply chain companies to deliver goods directly to our doors. One in ten consumers across Europe (almost 30% in the UK) now buy…

  • IT Project Migration: How to Smoothly Transition Projects to a New Vendor

    IT Project Migration: How to Smoothly Transition Projects to a New Vendor

    Looking for a resource to track your project migration with the crucial questions to ask? Download our free project migration checklist (no sign-up required) Companies face many uncertainties when it comes to project migration- and it’s not without good reason. Without a complete transfer of knowledge or the choice of a reliable third-party vendor‚ transitions can become…

  • What Is the Discovery Phase & Why Do I Need It?

    What Is the Discovery Phase & Why Do I Need It?

    Capturing users’ attention is becoming increasingly difficult. Whilst the digital economy continues to expand‚ users of web and mobile applications are now more selective than ever in the things they download or use. The result of this is that only the most detailed‚ well-planned products are able to gain the traction necessary to cause disruption…

  • How to Choose the Right Software Development Partner

    How to Choose the Right Software Development Partner

    Working with a development partner is a long-term decision with huge consequences for your business. Choosing the right partner can help you reach your goals faster and ensure you have a significant competitive advantage. On the other hand‚ working with the wrong partner can cause numerous headaches‚ incur unnecessary costs and grind your business to…

  • Innovate Now: How can a business benefit from AR?

    Innovate Now: How can a business benefit from AR?

    Back in May‚ hedgehog lab proudly founded Innovate Now‚ an event aimed at enlightening businesses about the benefits of embracing innovation‚ whether theoretical or technological. In September‚ the first ever Innovate Now event took place in the company’s newly-expanded Newcastle headquarters‚ focusing on the benefits of adopting innovative working methods and explaining how to choose those that most…

  • How to approach the development of voice UI

    How to approach the development of voice UI

    On Tuesday 30th January 2020‚ hedgehog lab hosted its fourth instalment of flagship event Innovate Now. With focus on voice-activated solutions‚ we were joined by Amazon’s Andrea Muttoni and Northumbrian Water‘s Martin Jackson. The pair provided excellent talks‚ each offering entirely differing perspectives. As a developer of Alexa Skills himself (a skill is to the Amazon…

  • How can finance organisations improve their offerings?

    How can finance organisations improve their offerings?

    Finance is an industry that has been radically disrupted over the past few years. Innovation has transformed offerings within the sector – and the results have left customer expectations higher than ever before. Whether it be neobanks or challenger banks like Monzo forcing legacy banks to rethink their customer experience offerings‚ InsurTech startups like Honcho Markets reversing the process to the…

  • How can bookmakers improve their digital offering?

    How can bookmakers improve their digital offering?

    With the introduction of caps on fixed odds betting terminals in the UK and sports betting finally made legal in the United States‚ the future of gambling appears somewhat erratic. Here‚ we explain why bookmakers should focus on getting to know their customer if they’re to protect themselves during a time of potential uncertainty.   Recent times…