29th January 2021
We tried to check why server speed is important and how it can be measured. Check out our conclusions.
17th February 2020
Things to consider before building an app for your online business
24th January 2020
At the beginning of the new year we are bringing you an overview of trends and technologies in 2020
2nd January 2020
We are bringing you an overview of old and new image formats used on the web
25th November 2019
Check out WebAssembly, a way to bring your native C/C++ code to the web.
5th November 2019
Learn about the Boostrap front-end framework and see what is new in Bootstrap 4.
7th September 2019
Check out CodePen, an online development environment and social community for front-end developers and web designers.
7th August 2019
Learn more about alternatives for the JavaScript programming language in web development.
9th July 2019
Learn more about JavaScript package managers and packages
5th May 2019
How to SEO optimize your website using Google Search Console
2nd April 2019
Learn about GraphQL. A new and powerful way to build APIs
1st February 2019
We were invited to CLS Innovation Challenge 2018. See what we did there.
24th January 2019
Check out what are web servers and which ones are the most popular.
1st January 2019
See what are the best and most popular front-end frameworks.
6th November 2018
Learn something about Sass and other CSS preprocessors
28th October 2018
Vue.js, a JavaScript framework that attracts more developers every day.
20th October 2018
What is new in Angular6 which was recently released.
3rd October 2018
See what is hot in backend development technologies this year.
25th September 2018
MotionUI, an open-source animation and transition library
10th September 2018
Find out what is NativeScript, what are it's pros and cons and how to use it.
18th April 2018
9th March 2018
This is a step in the right direction for us as we make the journey to better serving our current and future clients.
17th December 2017
This fast-paced futuristic game set in the year 3017 will have you on the edge of your seat!
29th August 2017
Key Components to Business Success - we share some key components of our success.
20th May 2017
Mars Spiders are proud to be a supplier on the UK Government Digital Marketplace Digital Outcomes and Specialist.
3rd March 2017
How long does it take to build a mobile app? This is a question commonly asked by developers, clients and anyone in general who is interested. The truthful answer is, there’s no concrete timeframe for developing an app.
30th September 2016
The phrase “tech giant” can bring to mind several companies, but consumers typically think of Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft. These companies are all different, whether we’re talking about their operational methods, products or scope.
19th July 2016
There are over 1.2 billion mobile users worldwide and in the U.S. alone 25% of internet users do so exclusively through their mobile devices. That is a large market by anyone's standards, superseding desktop use in 2014 and is only expected to get larger in the future.
9th April 2016
We were approached by a client with a request to create an online dating site with a video chatroom. So we said yeah but did not realize what we were getting into.
12th February 2016
But before you decide that you want to create your own app to grow your business, you should probably check that you’re not overlooking the very one thing thats already connects 3.14 billion of the people living on the planet; social media.
3rd February 2016
Yesterday I was rereading ”The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving of More with Less”. It’s written by a very successful consultant and businessman Richard Koch. For example, some of his investments have been Filofax, Plymouth Gin, the Great Little Trading Company and Betfair. I came across this little list...
8th October 2015
How to succeed with a simple idea? Have a look at Charlie’s story - it will show you that you can realise your dream if you put enough effort in it. Charlie Davies is a young entrepreneur who created his company iGeolise, the travel planner in time, to find the most...
13th September 2015
We have created an app for iOS and Android to make tracking packages consumers bought online easier to track and pay for in terms of tax, customs fee etc. The outcome was for users to easily process imported goods, this process stripped down the process to make it...
31st July 2015
We worked with Morpher Designs to redesign their website which was full of text it was very clunky and was actually very hard to remain on for more than five minutes. We incorporated different colour schemes which were bold and stood out – this worked well as it catches...
11th July 2015
We have just recently produced an app that is available on Google Play store named Super Shapes. Stripped to the basic form – it educates children without all the kerfuffle of difficult instructions and long challenges to complete the game. This game is as simple as it can get...
24th June 2015
We worked to improve the way HPI check would be utilised and the results were brilliant! Users can now check the history of a car they’ve bought in a quicker and easier way.
8th June 2015
We have recently worked with NAC otherwise known as National Airways Corporation to re-do their entire website and came up with these astonishing results. Below was the homepage of their website before we came along – it was pretty outdated therefore we aimed to improve it by making it more...
26th May 2015
Discover our new creative app for children : My First Animals ! A new interactive way for them to learn more about animals and their body parts. Mobile app available for iOS iPad/ iphone app. Soon available on App Store!
10th May 2015
In celebration of our new first 100 followers we’ve put together a high-quality, copyright free stock photo pack containing over 100 images compiled and taken by David Olsan.
19th April 2015
The default wordpress menu does not highlight the current nav item if you are using anchors for the navigation on your page. Great for one page site. Here is the JS to add active class: $(window).on(‘hashchange’, function() { if(location.hash === “#contact-us”) { $(‘#menu-primary-navigation li’).removeClass(‘active’); $(‘.menu-contact-us’).addClass(‘active’); }; if(location.hash === “#work”) {...
2nd April 2015
Snaps from the GeoVation Challenge event
5th March 2015
We’ve designed a futuristic new website for Abicord Consulting. It conveys a sharp, sophisticated theme which was not at all portrayed in their previous site. The high-quality images reate an overall clean platform where users can easily navigate through the site. The homepage features a beautiful full screen video produced...
20th February 2015
“Mars Spiders built an excellent website for Abicord consulting – www.abicordconsulting.co.uk. Agency provided great feedback and advice.” Graham W Price
2nd February 2015
“Mars Spiders' creativity knows no limits. They are very friendly and client-oriented. It is a pleasure working with them.”