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Microsoft lists Belfast app firm JamPot among Europe’s top start-ups News
24.05.2012 Belfast start-up JamPot is among 15 companies across Europe vying to be named Europe’s top start-up company as part of the Microsoft BizSpark European Summit in London. -
Facebook spices up its Social Graph with unique user analytics News
24.05.2012 Social network Facebook has added the ability within the Insights dashboard to allow app developers to monitor the number of unique people seeing and accepting their... -
Google reveals new streamlined search app for iPhone News
23.05.2012 Google has completely redesigned the interface on its iPhone search app. In a move quite similar to the recent redesign of the Google+ app, the new app is distinguished by a...Categories: Apps, Apps Zone, Consumer Tech, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Search, Search Engines, Wireless Communications -
Microsoft Office to arrive on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets News
23.05.2012 Microsoft Office is expected to launch on iOS and Android tablet computers and smartphones as well as the iPad in November. Rumours have been circulating that Microsoft Office...Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Business Software, Apps Zone, Apps -
Daily deals directory app launched for iPhone and iPad News
23.05.2012 MyDealPage.ie has launched Ireland’s first dedicated daily deal directory app which makes it easy to find the best offers you like from Groupon, LivingSocial, GrabOne and more.Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
Meet the Irish Facebook engineer who was part of clever NASDAQ bell hack News
19.05.2012 Irish Facebook engineer Colm Doyle was one of the team of Facebook engineers who devised the clever hack that saw Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Timeline automatically update... -
Apple planning social overhaul of iCloud to compete with Instagram? News
15.05.2012 Tech giant Apple is planning a major overhaul of its iCloud cloud computing service that will include new photo-sharing services that could see it rival Facebook and Instagram.Categories: Wireless Communications, Web 2.0, Storage, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hosting Services, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Apps Zone, Apps -
Euro 2012 app vies to be multimedia haven for football fans News
14.05.2012 With 25 days to go until the Euro 2012 football championships in Poland and Ukraine, Dutch company STEVE. Worldwide has tapped into football fever by creating an iPad app called... -
First Windows 8 tablets and hybrids to hit stores November News
14.05.2012 The first wave of Windows 8-based tablet computers are going to hit stores in November. According to reports, Microsoft is under pressure to not only deliver a new operating...Categories: Apps Zone, Apps, Architecture, Computers, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Hardware, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Wireless Communications -
Facebook is now in the universal apps business with new App Center News
10.05.2012 Social network Facebook – already a potent force in the apps business – has decided to broaden its strategy and is creating an App Center for all platforms and all devices. It... -
Ireland Under Siege app to interact with battle sites News
01.05.2012 Want to virtually immerse yourself in the Siege of Drogheda in 1649? Well, a new educational app is aiming to open up key Irish siege and battle sites during the 17th century to...Categories: Social Media, Mobile, Education, Digital Media, Apps Zone, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Facebook launches 18 new Timeline apps – outlines traffic boost for sites News
27.04.2012 In rolling out 18 new Timeline apps – from newspapers to music and travel – Facebook has emphasised the impact the apps can have for developers. It said charity app Justgiving...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Economy, Digital Media, Apps Zone, Apps -
Apple confirms WWDC for 11 June – could we see iPhone 5 or TV reveal? News
25.04.2012 Apple has confirmed its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place between 11 and 15 June this year at San Francisco’s Moscone West. The iOS platform and OS X... -
Three Android smartphone users to get free Wi-Fi at Bitbuzz hotspots News
23.04.2012 Android smartphone users across Three’s mobile network in Ireland will now get the same free Wi-Fi privileges their Apple iPhone counterparts have enjoyed for the last two years... -
How Instagram went from zero to US$1bn in 17 months (infographic) News
11.04.2012 The world is raving about Facebook’s decision to snap up popular photo-sharing app Instagram for US$1bn. A new infographic tells the incredible story of how in 17 months a... -
Facebook has acquired Instagram for US$1bn News
09.04.2012 Popular photo-sharing app Instagram has been acquired by Facebook for about US$1bn. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the news in a post on Facebook. -
Android app for election canvassing wins student contest News
04.04.2012 Brendan Finucane, a final-year student in business information systems at University College Cork (UCC), has taken first prize in a Dragons’ Den-style competition for his app,...Tags: Academia, Innovation, University College Cork, App, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, UCC, Google Maps, Android, -
Vodafone Ireland and Furious Tribe in mobile apps partnership News
02.04.2012 Vodafone Ireland is partnering with Irish digital start-up Furious Tribe, which will provide a consultancy service to Vodafone business customers so they can develop their own...Categories: Multimedia, Mobile, Internet, Education, Consumer Tech, Apps Zone, Apps, Application Design and Development -
CodeNinjas award winners show app-etite for digital tomorrow News
02.04.2012 iSpeak, an app that allows people with differing native languages to communicate with each other through a Windows Phone 7 device developed by a GMIT student, has won the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Digital Media, Development, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
AppCamp challenge launches for university students News
27.03.2012 Belfast-based technology company Kainos has launched its 2012 AppCamp challenge for university students. Eventual winners will be rewarded with Apple mobile devices, as well as...