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Meeting Real Needs in Real Time

This afternoon, 3 Sheep Chief Shepherd, Stuart Smith will be giving a Keynote Speech at charity The Furniture Station’s supporters event. At the event, 3 Sheep will be unveiling a new version of the innovative Client Referral System, a client management and reporting tool with web and mobile capabilities. This web-based system allows social care and welfare professionals to quickly refer clients to The Furniture Station charity....

In Memory – Geoff Burton

Today marks the funeral of Prof. Geoff Burton, who died after a short illness in Trinity Hospice, Blackpool with his family close by. Geoff had been a non-Executive Director of 3 Sheep and mentor and friend to me. Anyone who knew Geoff will know he had a brilliant business mind and was an excellent academic. He was generous with his knowledge and time and always went...

WebOS RIP?

So it looks like it’s over before it’s begun. HP have announced the end of the development of WebOS (the operating system developed by Palm, which HP brought). The announcement is buried in a press release about HPs possible purchase of the Autonomy Corporation plc; a sharp contrast to the February press release when the WebOS powered TouchPad was announced and which has only just been...

Digital Made Physical

The recent destructive riots across the UK have painted a graphic picture of how we increasingly use digital technologies to mobilise and facilitate physical action. There has been much negative comment press seeking to turn popular social networking and video channels into digital pariahs, mobilising the destruction of society. Of course in reality, this view completely misses the point. What we have really seen is a...

The Rise of Web Apps?

Amazon have followed hot on the heels of The Financial Times and launched a Web App version of its Kindle Book reader for iPad and other platforms. Both apps follow the announcement by Apple of its decision to enforce a 30% revenue share deduction of in-app sales (the purchase of digital goods e.g. books, articles music etc from within an app). Apps have captured the public...

Virtual Goods worth $3 Billion

Love playing computer games but never seem to have the time? Well why not outsource it? Many computer games operate private currencies which allow users to accumulate wealth (usually represented as gold or treasure points) through the accomplishment of tasks. The gold can be used to upgrade skills or buy extra equipment etc and so improve your chances. It is possible in many games to purchase...

Androids at Dawn

The legal wrangle between Google and Oracle over the licensing of the Android operating system is hotting up. Oracle are currently suing Google claiming intellectual property infringement in the Android operating system....

The Accident App

It’s a great moment when we see one of our projects released into the big wide world! Today sees the official release of The Accident App, produced by 3 Sheep on behalf of Croftons Solicitors LLP . The firm, which has a 150 year pedigree, has been working with 3 Sheep on a number of digital projects to really...

Putting the Genie back in the Bottle

For years mobile network operators (MNOs) have been trying to get us to use the internet on our phones. Now they are worried about over use… T-Mobile is the latest MNO to issue confusing information on changes in its internet data consumption tariffs, effectively reducing its 1GB data allowance to 500MB for all new customers and contract renewals (BBC 12/01/2011). However T-Mobile is following in the footsteps...

Apple iPhone Automatic Date Issues

For all those iPhone users we've been made aware of a problem with the automatic date and time feature....