As we continue on our mission of launching a few- and consulting a few more- awesome projects, the time has come for us to grab some temporary workspace here in Manchester, expanding on our base in Cyprus. We do not trade from this location, it’s more of a creative base. A space to inspire, be […]
We have been working hard on several different platforms over the last few months, but in the first week of March we launched a public beta for a proof-of-concept app that made it easier to use memes in Facebook’s chat system. The amply named ‘Copy Paste Memes‘ app, was built into the ektagon timeline to provide a […]
We just noticed a popup on the chat side-bar inside Facebook, whilst using a Windows computer to test our Copy & Paste Memes for Facebook Chat application before releasing the first full version. It appears that Facebook have just released their standalone messenger app for Facebookers using a Windows operating system. The application allows users […]
This is going to be a rather short post informing you that as we get ready to push our Copy Paste Meme app out of beta, we have begun testing some big memes due to popular demand. What to expect in the next release: More large memes. Ability for users to add their own memes […]
We are currently busy testing an unreleased plugin that will allow users of our clients’ blogs to login and comment using any of the big three social networks. The tests are currently being run on our very own OnThisIsland.com where we have successfully setup the additional login levels above the existing Facebook login system. Once […]
It is our great pleasure to announce the official signing of an agreement with Divine Advertising for the exclusive representation of Ektagon’s Social Media services in the Cypriot market. Divine Advertising has been a leader in the Cypriot advertising market for some time now, having guided their many grateful clients through highly successful campaigns that […]
Whilst compiling statistics for our OnThisIsland.com network, we noticed that Internet Explorer was knocked further down the podium of browsers of choice by the thousands of users from around the island. In 2010, 34.5% of visitors to OnThisIsland.com used Internet Explorer whilst only 16.7% used Chrome. Firefox sat as the favourite browser, with 36.3% the […]
Here’s a quick overview of the stupendously great year we’ve had running OnThisIsland.com in 2011. 2011 saw a steady 24.6% increase in visits, bringing the total number to over 100,000. The unique visitors count also jumped by 20.1% throughout 2011, closing off the count at 77,298. Page-views throughout the year also increased by 17.1% from 2010’s numbers. On a side-note: Chrome surpassed IE as second […]
Yesterday we opened up the Cyprus Dynamic Events List widget to the public, and some great sites have joined in to provide their users with a live feed of the island’s biggest upcoming events directly from OnThisIsland.com’s constantly maintained database. How this helps OnThisIsland’s new partners Since launching OnThisIsland.com in 2005, we have spent hundreds […]
An infographic posted at Mashable earlier goes over the valuations of the biggest internet companies by investors. Could we be heading to another burst bubble if these companies fail? Time will tell, but we must say we are impressed by some of their annual profits.