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You’re never alone with a good book, as the saying goes, so my colleagues here at Brightec are in great company.

Brightec receive Communicator Award

The Kings Education app, built by Brightec, has received an award of distinction at the 2017 Communicator Awards

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Brightec named as leading App Development company

B2B research firm Clutch have listed Brightec as one of the UK's leading app development agencies.

Brightec in 2016

As 2016 draws to a close, we’re taking the opportunity to pause and reflect on some of the news and stories from Brightec this year.

London Design Awards

We’re triple award winners! The apps we built for the Marine Conservation Society, Ziffit and Chinwag Messaging will all receive awards at the London Design Awards in February next year.

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Google Pixel Event

At the most recent Google event, they showed off their future vision (plus their iPhone killer).

TravelTech Innovation Summit 2016

We sent Mike Spence to Amsterdam to attend and chair the TravelTech Innovation Summit.

The Take Off Hackathon

65 developers, designers and entrepreneurs gathered to The White Loft in Southwark for a travel-focused Hackathon.

WWDC 2016

We've become used to big announcements and exciting innovations through the 27-year history of Apple's annual WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference). What would the 2016 edition bring us?

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Google I/O 2016

Take a more detailed look at our reflections on Google IO 2016.

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Digital Pharma Europe

A review of the recent Digital Pharma Europe 2016 conference

43 Books for Developers and Development Teams

We review some of the most interesting books relating to app development, design, mobile technology and broader business thinking.

Apple TV Tech Talk London

Our highlights from the recent Apple TV Tech Talk event in London

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Brightec in 2015

As 2015 screeches to a halt, we thought we’d take a few minutes to look back on some of the stories here at Brightec in the last 12 months.

TEDx Brighton Reviewed

We attended the increasingly popular and influential TEDx Brighton event

Straight out the box - iPad Pro

Today we got our mitts on the new iPad Pro. Would it live up to the hype? Would it really be that big?

Interact 2015

Ed attended the UX conference Interact 2015 and penned his thoughts.

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Amazon App Summit

We spent the day at CodeNode for the Amazon App Summit.

Google September Event 2015

What did Google announce at their recent annual press conference?

Google Developer Day for Agencies

We attended an invite-only Developers Day hosted by Google.

Apple Event - September 2015

We hosted a Brighton Mobbers meet up on Wednesday evening to watch the latest Apple Event.

Google Codelab - Android TV

Recently we attended a Google Codelab devoted to Android TV.

Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

We reviewed the Android programming guide from The Big Nerd Ranch

In summary - WWDC 2015

It's that time of year again. So what did we learn from WWDC 2015?

Some quick thoughts from Google I/O 2015

Last week we hosted a Brighton Mobile Developers Meetup for the Google I/O 2015. Here are some of our initial thoughts:

UX London

We sent our UX Chief Jotham along to the second day of this year’s UX London.

Straight out the box - Apple Watch

We got our hands on the much vaunted Apple Watch. Here’s our preliminary thoughts

Straight out the box - hudl2

We got our hands on the new Tesco tablet - the hudl2 and subjected it to an 'out of the box' review.

Wearable Technology. Apple Watch bursts the market open?

The launch of the Apple Watch heralded a major step forward in the sphere of ‘Wearable Technology’. Or did it?

A taste of the Brighton Digital Catapult

A testing facility for modern day trebuchets? No. Well, not that we know of.

Brighton Mobile Development Meet-up - 23 April

We were thrilled to help organise the second ever Brighton Mobile Development Meet-up

Lean Coffee with The Happy Startup

Armed with nothing but a selection of multi-coloured post-it notes, we sent Josh to explore ‘The Happy Startup School’.

What we learnt at the UX Brighton event

Last week we sent our roving reporter Jotham (he’s neither a reporter nor a rover, he’s our UX designer but let’s not quibble) to attend his first ever UX Brighton event.

Apple Spring Forward Reviewed

‘Anyone want any cold pizza?’ Our thoughts on the Apple Spring Forward Event.

Brightec in the news

We’ve been thrilled this week to see Brightec mentioned in our local press here in Brighton, and then also one of our apps was featured in the national press just a few days later.

Straight out the box - Amazon Fire Phone

We got our hands on the new Amazon Fire Phone and subjected it to an 'out of the box' review.

Clear Computing School Challenge

This week I was privileged to be a part of the judging and mentoring panel for the Clear Computing Schools Challenge Day

App in review - 8tracks

Josh took some time to look into the popular 8tracks app and gave us a handy summary of thoughts and observations.

Content delivery apps compared

What are the best content delivery platforms for applications?

Travolution Awards 2014

We were thrilled to discover this week that one of our clients won an award for their app (developed by us).

Brightec receive Clutch award

Clutch have named Brightec ‘a leading mobile development firm’.

8 Observations on the LG G Watch

We test drove the new LG G Watch - and this is what we discovered.

Review of the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch launch

Would there be an ‘iWatch’? What would the iPhone 6 deliver?

Our 5 favourite iPhone 6 rumours

Will the iPhone 6 be showcased at Apple’s ‘special event’?

Thoughts on Google IO 2014

Google IO is their annual developer conference here are our thoughts.

Brightec's thoughts on WWDC 2014

On the 2-6 June Apple held their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco.

Review of the 2013 Brighton Marathon app & website

A short look at the app we built for the Brighton Marathon.

Brighton Marathon race day 2013

We ran the Brighton Marathon (app). We live blogged our race day experiences.

Mobile apps & Samsung's Galaxy S4

What impact will this iPhone challenger have on the rapidly changing world of mobile apps?

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