Twitter #Music app to go live online and in iOS App Store today
18.04.2013 Starting today, Twitter’s anticipated music-discovery app Twitter #Music will be available online and for the iPhone through Apple’s App Store.
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LinkedIn’s new-look mobile app harnesses its Pulse acquisition for a fuller news feed
18.04.2013 LinkedIn has wasted no time in benefiting from its US$90m acquisition of Pulse, releasing a fully revamped version of its mobile app with a more visually pleasing and content-rich stream featuring insights from key figures in business.
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Twitter unveils new keyword feature for advertisers to target users
18.04.2013 Twitter has unleashed a new feature called keyword targeting that will give advertisers the ability to show users ads based on the content of their tweets.
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Facebook brings Chat Heads to the iPhone and iPad
17.04.2013 Owners of iOS devices who worry they might be losing out by not being able to get Facebook's new Chat Heads shall fear not! Facebook has brought its game-changing Chat Heads messaging feature to the iPhone and iPad via an app update.
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WhatsApp serving over 200m users monthly, processing 20bn messages daily
16.04.2013 Onstage at the AllThingsD Dive Into Mobile conference today, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum revealed that the cross-platform mobile messaging app has more monthly active users than Twitter, processing 8bn inbound and 12bn outbound messages per day.
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Microsoft strikes at Amazon’s cloud infrastructure heartland
16.04.2013 Amazon’s status as the enabler of cloud infrastructure for start-ups and organisations striving for flexibility is to be threatened by Microsoft, which has just announced its new Windows Azure Infrastructure Services division.
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Google reveals the tech specs behind Glass – 16GB storage, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
16.04.2013 The tech specs for Google’s forthcoming wearable computing device Google Glass are out. The first big revelation is that the eyewear won’t actually be cellular but will interact with smartphones via Bluetooth.
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Tweak.com's Jerry Kennelly: Ireland needs to become a land of coders and scholars
15.04.2013 The saints and scholars tag for Ireland is defunct – it now needs to be known as the land of ‘coders and scholars’, Kerry technology entrepreneur Jerry Kennelly told DojoCon, the global gathering of CoderDojo mentors at Slane Castle in Co Meath at the weekend. He told parents to wake up and be aware of a seismic change that will enable Ireland to make an economic impact on the world.
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Apple close to signing iRadio deals with major labels Universal and Warner
12.04.2013 Apple’s rumoured rival to Pandora – dubbed iRadio – is taking a step closer to becoming a reality if reports are to be believed about a deal that is close to being signed with Universal. Apple is also understood to be on the cusp of signing a major deal with Warner Music.
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Twitter expected to launch music service this weekend during Coachella
12.04.2013 The fabled music service that Twitter is believed to have been working on is expected to go live this weekend during the Coachella music festival in the US.