Our Cape Town adventures are over and we’ve now returned to the various countries around the world we call home. This issue, we’ve got a roundup of our teammates personalities, an interesting read where Virgin referenced us as a next generation workspace and how our HQ is modernizing work in Spain.

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Our Personalities at MJ

In our weekly Monday meeting, where we share new findings and learnings, Luciano shared an interesting test with us. 16personalities.com allows you to take a free online personality test. It turns out that the team at Mobile Jazz is quite a well-balanced mix of the various personality types. We have introverts that balance the extroverts, thinkers that balance the feelers and just as many perceivers as there are judgemental assho…. you get the idea.

What are your team’s personalities like? Take the test and let us know!

See our results »

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MWC 2016 Round-Up

Mobile World Congress is the largest exhibition and conference for the mobile industry in the world. Since 2006, the event has taken place in our beautiful city, Barcelona. We attended the event and have rounded up a few highlights for you.

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Mobile Jazz: Modernizing Work in Spain

Mobile Jazz operates a little differently to most other companies. We’re modernizing work in Spain and we’d like to take this opportunity to tell you a little about our principles.

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Bugfender An Official Sponsor of Mdevcon

Our in-house remote logging software Bugfender, is proud to announce it’ll be officially sponsoring the Mdevcon this year. The event takes place in Amsterdam on the 17th and 18th of March. For more information, chat to our co-founder Jordi at the event or visit bugfender.com.

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Insights

Discover useful insights in innovation, technology and business.

Mobile Jazz: A Next Generation Workspace

During February, Virgin Entrepreneur writer Joel Runyon published a fantastic article on Next Generation Workspaces and even referenced Mobile Jazz as an example:

“Companies like Mobile Jazz are taking advantage of remote working and taking their team (and their families) on trips around the world.”

Read more at Virgin.com »

Increase Productivity with the Hyper Key

Once upon a time, there was a keyboard known as Space Cadet. It was equipped with seven modifier keys which were fantastic for productivity. Nowadays, modern keyboards only include four.

In this article, we’ve created a step by step guide demonstrating how to create a new Hyper key. We’ve also got some great usage examples you can use to increase productivity right now.

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DROWN Attack

DROWN is a newly discovered security flaw, affecting up to a third of all HTTPS websites. Server security issues are extremely important and must be addressed.

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Mobile Companies Are Just Getting Started

There are over 2 billion smartphones in use around the world and this number is expected to rise to 6 billion within the next few years. As app developers ourselves, this really excites us. We are continually shaping the future, offering high quality apps which reach hundreds of thousands of users all over the world. If you’ve got an app idea you’d like to discuss with us, get in touch.

Read more at TechCrunch »


Tools

Increase productivity and make your life easier, here are just a few of the great tools and tips shared from our recent weekly hangouts.

Offline Documentation Tools

If you need to browse documentation offline, check out Dash if you’re a Mac user. If not, take a look at the free, open-source project Zeal.

Debugging iOS Push Notifications

Knuff is a Mac app which allows you to to debug Apple’s iOS Push Notification Center with some cool useful features such as auto token discovery and custom JSON payload.

User Onboarding

If you’re building a new product, take a look at UserOnboard for some inspiration on gaining successful adoptions.

Hardware, Software & Connectivity Solution

Particle supplies development tools for prototyping internet-of-things devices!

Take Audio Control

Volume Mixer is a Mac app that should have come built into OS X, which allows you to control the volume levels of individual apps.

Email Tracking

If you want to know when your emails have been received and read, check out MailTrack.io.

A Remote Year

If you’d like to travel and work remotely for a year with like-minded people, take a look at the RemoteYear program.

Introducing Canvas

Facebook has recently introduced a new full-screen, interactive advertising platform called Canvas.

Responsive Email Made Easy

MJML is a markup language designed to reduce the pain of coding a responsive email.


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One Final Thought

If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. In this video, Admiral William McRaven shared why it's so important to start your day this way.

Watch the video »

Thanks for reading, We hope you’ve enjoyed this update. You can also get in touch with us any time at info@mobilejazz.com.

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