shareprice.co.uk launched
Aims:
To become the leading provider of free (or at cost) real-time stock market data in the UK.
Ensure data is as accurate and timely as possible.
To utilise modern technologies to deliver a feature rich, highly functional desktop / mobile based service.
To provide simple access to share price data and research tools on ONE page per company […]
A couple of new features
We’ve released a couple of usability enhancements :-
1. All users can now benefit from the ‘Ignore User’ feature on our bulletin boards. This was previously only available to subscribers but we felt it should be available to all due to the increasing levels of postings on our boards.
2. Logged in portfolio users can now jump […]
Accuracy of data
We’ve had a few users complain about the accuracy of our equity data over the last few months and we’re aware of intermittent issues around closing price and the Dow Jones in particular.
Needless to say, this is a very important part of our service and we’re working furiously to swap out the data feed at the same time as […]
Silicon Valley - inspiring.
I’m fortunate enough to be attending the Always On conference in Palo Alto, a two day conference attended by some of the leading innovators and engineers of our time.
Some twelve years since launching my first internet business, I’ve finally arrived in Silicon Valley; albeit every one of the 500+ delegates I might speak to will […]
O2 drops i-mode
I’m unashamed to say we were a launch partner of O2’s big commitment to mobile internet in 2005 : I-mode. To ride on the back of a significant promotional budget for a couple of days effort (certainly no sweat or tears involved) was worth doing and gave us some decent exposure to an audience who otherwise may not have found us.
Today […]
Loving those ads.
Lets not beat around the bush - advertising banners annoy developers more than anyone. More often than not they intefer with the page load time and continually challenge our sense of humour when they expand, pop; or yes, sometimes even fizz.
That’s not to say we forget they pay our salaries and can indeed provide a valuable […]
And so it begins….
In 1995, the code that powered the Interactive Investor site was originally cut. Most of it has changed since of course; but equally much of the code that exists today is tightly knit in to the legacy of more than a decade’s worth of development. A decade that has seen over 50 developers / engineers / […]
