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Gromit Unleashed
I don't know if anyone has noticed but Bristol has recently been overtaken by our nation's favourite plasticine modelled pet, Gromit. There are currently 80 wonderfully decorated statues dotted around our city which seem to be quite a big hit… READ NOW
Tales from Glastonbury Festival 2013
It's taken me this long to recover from Glastonbury Festival, can you believe it? What a weekend! I am a broken little Wired bear, but oh my gosh, was it worth it… We arrived on Thursday after a long wash… READ NOW
Glastonbury Festival 2013
I have been waiting for this week for a very long time; it's the countdown to Glastonbury Festival 2013! Somehow I managed to get my little paws on a golden ticket to the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and… READ NOW
Hotel Summit 2013
On Monday 13th May, Tom and I attended the Hotel Summit run by Forum Events at the Radisson Blu in Stansted. Having attended and extremely enjoyed Independent Hotel 12, we were keen to try out another event. The summit has… READ NOW
Wired Bear Works Badminton Horse Trials
I'm not the biggest fan of horses; they're tall and have very long legs and being a small Wired bear, I tend to get trodden on. So when I was taken to Badminton Horse Trials last May bank holiday I… READ NOW
TripAdvisor Tips from The Independent Hotel Show
Attending the Independent Hotel Show in Olympia brought about the chance to meet the crème de la crop in the world of UK hospitality, both hotel owners from across the country as well as some of the most luxurious suppliers… READ NOW
2.8 Hours Later: Wired Media Gets Zombified!
Meeting Minutes Attending 2.8 Hours Later: a zombie-themed, city-wide game as part of an Interesting Games weekend in Bristol hosted by Igfest. 7.30pm Hand in tickets at St. Nic's Market, panic about lack of preparation for zombie apocalypse (Lack of… READ NOW
Are TripAdvisorâs Days Numbered?
Travel review sites have a large influence on consumer decision making. With over 56 million unique visitors per month and 75 million total amassed reviews in its twelve years, TripAdvisor is currently one of the biggest travel sites on the… READ NOW
Mobile Hotel Bookings to Boom
We are all aware of the growth in mobile and for the hotel industry it is rapidly increasing in its importance for room bookings in particular. Robert Rauch, president of San Diego-based R.A. Rauch & Associates hotel consulting, explained that… READ NOW
The Three Peaks Challenge
Being a brave Wired Media bear, I joined a gallant team of three to conquer the three peaks challenge to raise money for Red International. For all the other bears that haven't heard, the 3 Peaks Challenge is a crazy… READ NOW
Wired Media at the Independent Hotel Show
We're very excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at the Independent Hotel Show in October. As a web design and digital marketing agency that has worked with hotels for over 12 years now (in fact, our very first… READ NOW
Google Algorithm Changes
Google Algorithm Changes To Downgrade Sites With Copyright Notices Google has announced a controversial change to their algorithm which dictates the ranking of search results on their site. Changes to Google's code are nothing new, but these latest major updates… READ NOW
July Digital Marketing Overview
Find below our round-up of the biggest or most interesting stories to come out of the digital marketing world over the month of July. O2 turns to Twitter for damage limitation during network outage July was a month to forget… READ NOW
Tablets Overtake Mobiles for eCommerce
Tablets are widely known to be on the rise in popularity, and research released in June highlights that tablets are taking an increasingly higher share of online traffic. In fact between Q1 2011 and Q1 2012, website traffic to eCommerce… READ NOW
Facebook iPhone App to be Given Major Overhaul
Facebook's iOS app has a reputation for being very slow. Users looking to browse their friends' photos or read status updates have for long been frustrated at the slow speed for which it is delivered to their iPhone, iPad or… READ NOW
Retina Displays for Developers & Brands
On the eleventh of June Apple announced its next-generation MacBook Pro, equipped with a brand new “Retina Display” that is also featured on Apple's iPhone 4/4S and new iPad. The new screen means that the premium MacBook Pro models will… READ NOW
Port80 Web Design Conference
The week before last I attended the Port80 Web Design Conference in Newport. It was a great event - the quality of the content was excellent, with topics stretching from responsive web design to speed optimisation, content strategy and bringing… READ NOW
New Website: Signworld
When Signworld approached Wired Media with the dream of building a website that supported the complete learning and teaching of British Sign Language, it is needless to say that we were very excited.It was vital that we truly understood Signworld's values and… READ NOW
