Mobile website

We have made our website more mobile friendly. More

Shop

Our online shop has had a refit and has been given a new name - Learning Pages.

Learning obviously reflects that it is about learning and Pages emphasises that we sell other learning media in addition to books. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=226

Able pupils not stretched

English state secondary schools are not doing enough to stretch their most able students. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=225

March newslettter

Our March newsletter is now available. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=224

Believing things that are not true

The human brain is not very good when it comes to calculating the probabilty of something happening - or not happening. This is why pay-day loans can catch people out and why we are likely to invoke the supernatural when there is no need to do so. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=223

Advertising changes

We are making some changes in the way we position and charge for adverts. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=222

Why Apple developer fees have been increased

I finally got a reply from Apple about the unannounced increase in developer fees: More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=221

February newsletter

Our latest newsletter has just been published. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=220

Why are UK Customers Charged More?

Did you know that many US companies charge UK and European customers much more than their US counterparts?

We often pay for the same goods and services at a rate of one pound to the dollar. That is, we pay about £10 when a US customer pays the equivalent of about £6.50.

I was planning to join the Apple Developers' programme so that I could develop free applications for the people who visit my website until I discovered that I had to pay £60 a year before I could test applications on my own phone.

I thought that there was no point in paying this until I had some applications to test. Recently, I went back to sign up only to discover that the price had been increased to £79! US developers only pay $99 (£65) - not as bad as the exchange rate mentioned above but still unacceptable. (By the way, if you have signed up for Apple's iTunes Match for £24.99 a year, you'll be interested to learn that US customers pay $24.99).

I contacted Apple support about this and despite the fact that they aim to respond to queries within one business day, I have had no reply but I did have an email reminding me that I hadn't completed the purchase of my developer licence. So, I contacted them again using the email address in the reminder and quoting the original ticket number, but I have still had no response.

It looks as if I won't be developing iOS apps for the Apple store but I will develop web apps - the only disadvantage being that you have to be connected to the internet to use them. I can develop, test and distribute OSX applications without putting them on the Apple store and I'm currently looking at developing Android apps which can be developed, tested and distributed without joining a developer program. More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=219

Amazon Marketplace Profit Calculator update

Reflects the latest changes in Amazon's fees More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=218

New Resource

Avoiding Grievances More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=217

Have social media had their day?

I've just published the first edition of my re-launched newsletter (www.mwls.com/newsletters/2015-01.php). It's been a long time since I published a newsletter - partly because I didn't have a good method for distribution, opting-in and opting-out but the main reason was that social media seemed so fashionable. So what's changed? More: http://www.mwls.com/news.php?n=216