18.09.2012 Google has boosted the already formidable photo-sharing capabilities of its Google+ social network by acquiring Nik Software, the German creators of photo-sharing app Snapseed, an iOS photo app. The move should fan the flames of competition against Facebook and Instagram.
12.09.2012 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference yesterday that in the coming years he expects to make more money from mobile users than from those using Facebook via a computer.
12.09.2012 Just to show the digital economy could be accessed by any Irish firm from any location, an app called ‘Palm Reading Booth’ created by rural Tipperary firm Chocolate Lab Apps has stormed the App Store best-seller charts from Canada to Australia and New Zealand and is currently at No 2 in the UK free entertainment charts.
11.09.2012 Most likely in anticipation of not being included in the next iOS 6 as the cold war between Apple and Google progresses, YouTube has developed a new app for diehard fans using iPhone and iPod touch devices.
27.08.2012 Earlier this year a brave 16 year-old from Cork with no limbs wowed the world at the UN Girls in ICT Day with her positive attitude. This week she told an Inventorium workshop organised by the Irish Internet Association, the NDRC and Vodafone how technology has changed her life.
24.08.2012 The global app development market will be worth US$9bn in 2012 and major shifts in the direction of mobile, agility, cloud computing and open source projects will transform the industry forever, a new report from Gartner claims.
23.08.2012 Social network Facebook has revealed a new iOS native app which replaces the older versions and which has been rebuilt from the ground up and which it claims is faster, with a smoother story scrolling experience and instant photo uploads.
23.08.2012 Wrestling icons such as Hulk Hogan, Bobby Roode and Kurt Angle will feature in a new game from Dublin-based developer Fantom created in partnership with TNA Impact.
21.08.2012 Video and voice calling service Skype has rolled out a new photo-sharing capability across its iOS apps in a move that should add some competitive tension in a market currently dominated by the social networking giants Facebook and Twitter as well as Instagram.
17.08.2012 New changes coming to Version 1.1 of the Twitter API have confirmed many developers’ worst fears about how the social network is intent on dissuading development of software that threatens in any way to distract attention from the core Twitter client.
