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Hello! Messenger: GT and Android Development

Hello! Messenger

Hello! Messenger is a free, cross-platform mobile chat app which lets iPhone and Blackberry users chat in pairs or groups while avoiding SMS charges. Hello! had a great product already on the market, but were looking to expand their userbase by releasing an Android version of the app with cross-platform functionality. That’s where GT came in…

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Fine Choice Foods and Gossamer Links

Fine Choice Foods is a family-run Vancouver company whose web presence needed a fresh start. Using the flexibility of Gossamer Links as the foundation of their site, Fine Choice was able to liven up their website and make it as tasty as their food.

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Customizing Magento: Building the Ultimate E-Commerce Site

While Gossamer Threads does a lot of work with traditional CMS’ like WordPress and Bricolage, we also develop sites using other systems, like e-commerce platform Magento. Magento is designed to give retailers a wide range of tools to establish and develop their e-commerce web presence, all managed within a single system and interface. GT has been developing Magento for Zelen Shoes, and we’d like to use their site to showcase what we can do for other e-commerce sites in tandem with this unique platform.

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Helping DC Planet Deliver Environmental Education

Destination Conservation is an initiative of Elements Society, an environmental non-profit organization. The DC Planet website provides resources and and presentations to elementary classes across Alberta and British Columbia. Offering those services requires a well-tailored online repository, allowing members to upload and easily find resources: DC Planet turned to Gossamer Threads to develop a new site from the ground-up to help them achieve their goals.

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One Laptop, One Child, One Great Cause

One Laptop per Child and Gossamer Threads

Gossamer Threads is excited to announce that we’re now the hosting partner for the One Laptop Per Child project, a unique not-for-profit group dedicated to giving children in the developing world better access to education by designing and distributing unique, low-cost laptops. In addition to hosting OLPC, GT is helping them optimize their site performance and monitor server load. Learn more about this great organization after the cut.

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