Categorised as: Mobility & News
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Killarney to become the first regional town in Ireland to roll out free Wi-Fi News
17.06.2013 Killarney, Co Kerry, is about to become the first town in Ireland to roll out complementary Wi-Fi to passers-by and tourists after signing a deal with Bitbuzz. The move follows... -
Coors Light brings out social-to-real-life video game app News
18.06.2013 Coors Light has attempted a new market first with a social-to-real-life video game that ties in with 800 pubs across Ireland to give thirsty punters up to 3,000 prizes,... -
3,000 hires generated in Ireland’s booming digital media sector News
17.06.2013 In the past year digital media companies based in Ireland hired 3,000 people with the majority of the hires by large multinational internet and e-commerce firms, a study by... -
ESA’s Albert Einstein spacecraft connects with space station News
17.06.2013 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Albert Einstein spacecraft has successfully connected with the International Space Station (ISS) to supply provisions for the astronauts aboard... -
Weekend news round-up: Snoopgate fallout continues; Saudi Arabia to ban Whatsapp News
17.06.2013 The fallout over Edward Snowden’s leakage of sensitive information about US intelligence surveillance of the internet continues and tech giants are taking it upon themselves to... -
CIOs on the frontline of the war for 21st-century talent News
14.06.2013 With every business effectively now a technology business, the role of CIO has never been of greater significance. However, not only do CIOs have to be concerned with keeping...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Recruitment, Mobility, Mobile, Global CIO, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO -
EU to ban mobile roaming charges by July 2014 News
14.06.2013 Twenty-seven European Commissioners have voted to end roaming charges in Europe by 1 July 2014 in a move they believe will help consumers but also strengthen Europe’s fragmented... -
Broadband penetration in Ireland rose just 0.1pc in Q1 News
13.06.2013 Broadband subscriptions, both fixed and mobile, increased just 0.1pc on the previous quarter and stood at 1.6m at the end of March, ComReg reported in its latest market report. -
Sky claims more than 2m downloads of its apps in Ireland News
13.06.2013 Satellite TV and broadband player Sky Ireland has claimed an 80pc year-on-year growth in downloads of its dedicated apps, such as Sky Go, Sky News, Sky Sports, Sky+ and Sky...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Google asks US govt to report full scale of NSA data requests News
12.06.2013 In a letter to the US Attorney General and the FBI, Google’s chief legal officer David Drummond has asked the US government to publicly reveal the full scale and volume of... -
Cloud software player Citrix creates 50 new jobs in Dublin News
12.06.2013 Cloud virtualisation software player Citrix is to create 50 new jobs in Dublin across all divisions due to what it describes as unprecedented demand for its technology. -
UCC scientists land €3.7m funding to use mobile apps to combat disease in Malawi News
11.06.2013 The Supporting LIFE consortium of international universities led by two professors at University College Cork (UCC) has been granted €3.7m in EU FP7 funding to provide low-cost,...Categories: Wireless Communications, Science, Research, R&D, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Life Sciences, Funding, Digital Media -
Xtra-vision is saved: receivers sell business to Hilco Capital News
11.06.2013 High-street video and gaming rental and retail firm Xtra-vision has been saved after its receivers Ernst & Young completed the sale of the business and its assets to a number of... -
Irish start-ups Temptster and Trustev make final 12 of Tech All Stars News
06.06.2013 Two promising Irish technology companies – social fingerprinting player Trustev and restaurant discovery app Temptster – have made it to the final 12 of the European... -
Next generation of MacBook Air to come with all-day battery life News
10.06.2013 At WWDC today Apple revealed the next generation of MacBook Air which will be capable of all day battery life and come with fourth generation Intel ‘Haswell’ Core processors...Categories: Wireless Communications, Storage, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Console wars return as Sony reveals powerful PlayStation 4 to take on Microsoft’s Xbox One News
11.06.2013 At E3, consumer tech giant Sony unveiled a US$399 (€302) PlayStation 4 (PS4) that will go on sale this autumn. Sony revealed powerful hardware packaged in a sleek body along...Tags: Games Consoles, Video Games, PS3, PlayStation Vita, Activision, Bungie, Hardware, Xbox One, Xbox, Microsoft, PlayStation, PlayStation 4, Sony -
iOS gets its biggest facelift since the launch of the iPhone, say hi to iTunes Radio News
10.06.2013 Apple has taken the wraps off the long awaited new-look iOS 7 operating system revealing a beautiful new, colourful and intelligent interface that in the words of Sir Jony Ive...Categories: Digital Media, Hardware, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Operating Systems, Phones, Software & Web Development -
Fast-growing mobile social network Keek hits 45m users News
10.06.2013 Toronto-headquartered mobile social network Keek has surpassed 45m users, with over 24m users joining in the last four months, the company’s CEO Isaac Raichyk has told... -
Nokia navigates toward a living and breathing interactive Big Data world map News
07.06.2013 Mobile phone maker Nokia is employing Big Data technologies to reinvent the map and develop a living and breathing interactive mapping system for cars and mobile devices that...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, R&D, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre