Web development in the UAE

The United Arab Emirates has undergone a profound transformation since 1973, seeing tremendous growth and achieving an incredibly high income per capita.  It is widely recognised as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with industries such as tourism, manufacturing, real estate, financial services and trade playing a major role alongside oil. With [...]

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Youth of UAE embraces the world of social media

Facebook recently reached the momentous landmark of having 500 million users. When you consider there are close to 7 billion on planet earth this means that 7% of the world’s population is on Facebook. In certain countries such as the United States, the UK much of Europe and Japan almost everyone between the age of [...]

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Middle East Netizens are on the Rise

Over the last couple of decades the Internet has become a huge worldwide phenomenon.  Latest global figures show that the number of internet users (also known as ‘Netizens’) now stands on the verge of exceeding 2 billion! Of that total a whopping 64 million of them are in the Middle East, accounting for a staggering [...]

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Project Launch: Serious Stuff

MintTwist are excited to announce the launch of the revamped Serious Stuff website. Serious Stuff specialise in providing high quality sports apparel to schools and local sports club. Serious Stuff approach sporting gear with an emphasis on quality and style. MintTwist’s redesign of Serious Stuff and the implementation of an online shop was complex but [...]

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Petrol Heads and Pampering!

Support the Herts Air Ambulance and enjoy an evening out that you won’t have to persuade the other half to attend! MintTwist is keen to lend our support to this worthy cause. Air amblances really can make the differrence between life and death. There is no doubt that countless lives have been saved by their [...]

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Project Launch: SmoothRed

MintTwist are proud to announce the re-launch of SmoothRed – an epic site that organises wine tours in France. SmoothRed offer bespoke, tailor-made wine holidays and trips. Whether you’re interested in a short break or a luxurious, 10 day tour – SmoothRed cover it all! MintTwist were tasked with redesigning the website and bringing a [...]

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The browser war continues

For those working in the web design industry, browser choice is often a topic filled with debate. For anyone who surfs the net browser choicer can also be a very personal matter and recent data suggests that browser choice is increasingly diversified. In the beginning there was Netscape Navigator. However by 2002 the browser had [...]

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Online shopping continues to flourish in the UAE

It was recently announced by MasterCard that online shopping is a growing trend in Dubai. According to the company, the percentage of people who use the internet to carry out their shopping grew from 29 per cent in 2009 to 42 per cent in 2010. The MasterCard study showed that the most influential group are [...]

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Dubai economy grows by 2.2%

The UAE has become an important financial location in recent years having attracted billions in investment from businesses around the world. Dubai is a key location within the UAE and projects such as the Burj Al Arab and the Burj Khalifa along with a host of other modern architecture projects are synonymous of the city [...]

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UAE competes in the World Summit Award

Since the internet was developed digital content has come a long way. If you look at web pages of the mid to late 1990’s you will find that they are much more simplistic, both in terms of appearance and functionality. Fast forward to 2011 and the internet, some might argue, has become the eighth wonder [...]

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My Technology hero – Tommy Flowers – The father of the digital age

The name Tommy Flowers probably means very little to just about everyone which is a shame because without Tommy Flowers it is more than likely I would not be here writing this blog. The genius of Tommy Flowers was obvious from a young age and he eventually earned a degree in electrical engineering from the [...]

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The social media revolution at the centre of revolution

The start of 2011 has been an eventful to say the least. At the centre of this activity has been the Middle East, in particular Tunisia and Egypt. The highly respected BBC correspondent John Simpson compared the events in Egypt to the fall of the Berlin wall. Watching a revolution unfold on television is a [...]

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Project Launch: Gold Matrix

Gold Matrix launched in October 2010 to buy scrap gold and now sells gold bars, gold coins, silver bars and silver coins. The site also has a gold calculator, allowing users to work out how much their gold is worth before selling. Gold prices are updated twice daily through a simple admin system. MintTwist have [...]

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Why your website content shouldn’t be an elephant

You’ve spent months planning and talking about your new website.   Agencies have been interviewed and briefed, you’ve looked at designs and waited patiently for the build to finish…but one thing is missing.   Content. Content is often the last thought but it should be one of your first. Writing what goes into your website at the beginning: [...]

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What to expect from web design in 2011

2010 was a difficult year for many people in many different industries. After the difficulties of 2008 and 2009, 2010 was never going to be a boom year. Many economic analysts had forecast 2011 as a year of recovery and maybe a bit of growth in the economy. However, with widespread government spending cuts due, [...]

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Project Launch: Voyana Cruise

Voyana Cruise now offers thousands of cruises online, creating perfect holiday packages for people across the UK. The website uses a live API feed to give customers the latest cruises and the best deals. Visit www.voyanacruise.com

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Top five tips for choosing the right web design company in the UAE

If your business is located in the UAE finding the right web design company is not a straight forward exercise as there is a big choice of web design agencies in the UAE. It is important to take certain precautions before selecting an Abu-Dhabi or Dubai web design company to design, build and test your [...]

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Choosing the right UAE web design company

The market for web design in the UAE has grown at an astonishing pace. 2010 has been a big year for the region, most notably the completion of the worlds’ tallest building, the Burj Khalifa Skyscraper and in Abu Dhabi the world’s largest indoor and first Ferrari theme park was opened. The region has seen [...]

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To outsource or not to outsource?

Both private and public sector organisations are faced with the ongoing challenge of deciding whether functions or individual projects should be carried out internally or externally. Within the broad context of the annual review cycle, MintTwist re-evaluates the merits of outsourcing project work just as one would with every other business decision.  It is important [...]

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BBC to roll out new visual language!

The BBC’s website is today well established as arguably the most cutting edge, the most current and the friendliest to users. The website is much more than just a page rank of 9 and pages of english language! It is a website which not only hold top quality content, but carries with it the impeccable [...]

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Project Launch: Tenzing Middle East

MintTwist rebrand the Tenzing Middle East website with a refresh which brings the site firmly into 2010. The already well established marketing agency based in Dubai is keen to attract larger corporates through the door whilst maintaining it’s core values. Tags: web design london | marketing Dubai | brand consultancy Dubai

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Job Opening for a Senior Sales Manager at MintTwist

Senior Sales Manager – Web Marketing Strategy Services Leading Web Marketing, Design and Development agency have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Sales Manager with strong Web experience to join their London Head office. In this role you will be responsible for the following: – Follow up leads and win new business contracts on [...]

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Project Launch: WineBear

WineBear enteres the online wine marketplace with a single purpose – to sell only the most acclaimed wines at the best prices online.  We will now be emarking on an SEO capaign to help promote the business in the search engines. Tags: web design london | buy wine online | fine wines

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SEO: ALS (Advanced Labelling Systems)

ALS have contracted MintTwist to help boost their natural SEO rankings for keywords which they are make currently spending large amounts of money on in AdWords.  ALS produce industrial labelling machines and systems for applying self-adhesive labels, security elements, tags and RFID inlets, to just about anything!

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SEO: Credau

This week we embarked on an initial 3 month long SEO campaign for Credau – a new contemporary menswear label which is 100% original, natural and recycled. Based in East London, the brand is dedicated to style and to supporting local industry with an entirely made-in-the-UK collection. The primary focus will be to drive targeted [...]

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