More and more clients are approaching Pure Design to create mobile friendly versions of their website.  No, not iPhone Apps, not websites that just appear on mobile devices, but websites that are designed to perform and be accessible on iPhones, iPads, Blackberrys… you name it. [Read more →]

The 11 o’clock coffee break at the Pure Design offices this morning was greeted with a parcel of 9 cupcakes… and not plain old cupcakes… Pure Design cupcakes.

Designed and decorated by Liz at Totally Cupcake, the cakes were personalised and delivered by courier from her bakery based in North Wales. [Read more →]

2010 will go down as one of our best years in France and one that will keep us coming back to Provence again and again. [Read more →]

You may recognise the icon, you may have heard of Delicious – but what is it and how can you use it?

Delicious is a social bookmarking tool. Its a way for people to find, store and save links to their favourite web pages.

We all bookmark pages and sites, but usually this is via a browser. Delicious is designed to allow you to access ALL your bookmarks from any computer. Delicious also allows you to share bookmarks and categorise your own bookmarks to make your search within an article easier.

The delicious website describes the service perfectly:

“Are you having a hard time keeping track of all the interesting Web pages you find? Would you like access to your bookmarks from any computer? Delicious can help. Delicious keeps all your bookmarks in one place so you will never lose track of your bookmarks again. Since we store your bookmarks online, you can get to them from any computer, whether you’re at home, at work or on the road.”

Viral videos have been going round the internet for years and with the creation of YouTube, they’ve become a part of culture, garnering up to hundreds of millions of views and turning everyday people into stars. Here are 10 of the most successful viral videos of all-time.

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“Charlie Bit My Finger”
“Charlie Bit My Finger” has garnered more than 221 million views since it first appeared on YouTube in 2007.

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk&feature=player_embedded[/tube]
“HaHaHa” (Laughing Baby)
There’s nothing quite as amusing as baby’s laugh and this baby has attracted more than 130 million views since the video was uploaded in 2006, making it by far the favorite laughing baby video on the internet.

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“Numa Numa”
Gary Brolsma earned his internet fame by performing the “Numa Numa Dance,” which was released in December of 2004 and enthusiastically lip-syncing and dancing to Dragostea din tei by O-Zone.

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“Evolution of Dance”
The video ranks in the top 10 in many of the site’s categories; it’s the first most favorited video of all-time.

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“Don’t Tase Me, Bro”
Andrew Meyer became an overnight internet sensation after he was “tased” for disrupting Senator John Kerry’s appearance at a Constitution Day forum at the University of Florida.

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“I Dreamed a Dream”
Susan Boyle’s awe-inspiring performance on “Britain’s Got Talent” thrust the homely 48-year-old Scottish woman into international music superstardom.

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“Here It Goes Again”
“Here It Goes Again” gained more than one million views less than a week after it was uploaded onto YouTube.

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“Star Wars Kid”
The “Star Wars Kid” video is the oldest viral video on the list and one of two that didn’t initially gain fame on YouTube, first appearing on the internet in 2003.

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“Leave Britney Alone”
The video is among the top 10 most discussed videos on YouTube of all-time, generating more than 500,000 comments.

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“Chocolate Rain”
If you don’t know why Tay Zonday moves away from the mic, then you missed out on one of the hottest viral videos during the spring and summer of 2007.