Tagged: Mobile Web & News
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Speed up the mobile web – smartphone users will switch off after eight seconds News
13.02.2013 Smartphone users require speedy download times or they will abandon the effort, new research reveals, placing the onus on brands and site owners to come up with mobile-optimised... -
Instagram makes image feeds available beyond mobile News
06.02.2013 Previously a mobile-only experience, Instagram has further opened itself up to the web at large with the ability to browse image feeds on the web, just like they appear on mobile. -
Responsive design: are Irish websites ready for the next frontier of web design? News
28.11.2012 ‘Responsive design’ may sound like just another buzzword for the tech-savvy handbook, but with major websites making the shift to mobile-first adaptive design principles, it’s... -
Mobile devices drive Black Friday online sales (infographic) News
26.11.2012 Black Friday is the day that shoppers in the US go rabid for one-day-only in-store deals, but with the rise of e-commerce it has increasingly become an online phenomenon, too... -
Google Maps to introduce Street View for mobile browsers News
04.10.2012 Google Maps is making Street View available on mobile browsers, bringing panoramic, street-level imagery to users’ handsets for on-the-go navigation. -
China’s biggest search engine launches its own mobile browser, Baidu Explorer News
03.09.2012 Chinese-language search engine Baidu has decided to try and capture the massive mobile internet market in China by launching its own mobile browser, Baidu Explorer. -
Web Awards 2012 rev up with new categories added News
15.08.2012 The Irish Web Awards are back with a bang and new categories, including Responsive Design and Financial Services, have been added. Nominations open on 23 August. -
Turfing, ROBO shopping and text over talk – the new trends among UK consumers News
19.07.2012 According to Ofcom’s ‘Communications Market Report 2012’, a number of new trends driven by technology are emerging among UK consumers, such as a preference to text rather than...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Research, Phones, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, CommunicationsTags: SMS, Mobile Web, Internet, TV, E-reader, Communications, Research, OfCom, Tablet Computers, Tablet, Mobile Phones -
Mobile content bookmarking tool Spool shuts down to join Facebook News
16.07.2012 Spool, a mobile content bookmarking company, is shutting up shop in order to partner with the world’s biggest social network, Facebook.Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Firefox OS smartphones in development News
02.07.2012 TCL Communication Technology and ZTE are to manufacture devices carrying a new Firefox mobile operating system from Mozilla in an initiative backed by seven global mobile phone...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Software Development, Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech -
Facebook reveals world’s most social cities (infographic) News
20.06.2012 With any luck, we’re all going on a summer holiday, and some of us may use social media to check in to cities and landmarks while we’re travelling. To mark the summer holiday... -
Norton’s plans to make public Wi-Fi and new Windows 8 systems secure News
20.06.2012 As public Wi-Fi hotspots see increasing popularity, Norton by Symantec has introduced a new product to ensure mobile users’ security online, while also expanding its services to...Tags: Smartphones, Operating Systems, Windows 8, Microsoft, Bitbuzz, Wi-Fi, Mobile Web, Mobile, Symantec, Security -
TV3 launches mobile-optimised version of 3player News
07.06.2012 TV3 has optimised its online player to deliver an app-like service via a mobile browser. -
Norton increases mobile security with Carphone Warehouse partnership News
28.05.2012 Norton by Symantec recently announced a partnership with Carphone Warehouse that will see Norton Mobile Security offered to Android customers in more than 800 stores across... -
Google tweaks search for places on mobile News
28.05.2012 On Friday, Google made a slight change to its local information results in mobile search, offering more details instantly and a new layout to help users make decisions faster... -
Washington Post experience chief: reader engagement key to survival News
16.05.2012 The chief experience officer of the Washington Post has warned publishers that newspapers in the online space are missing the point by lashing up Britney Spears stories that...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Business Intelligence, Apps, Analyst, Analysis -
Badoo can do – social network about to hit 150m users News
04.05.2012 Thanks to the mobile web, flirtatious social network Badoo is about to hit 150m users, making it one of the world’s top five social networks, according to ComScore.Categories: Business Intelligence, Digital Media, Internet, Mobile, Networking, Networks, Social Media, Web -
98bn mobile apps will be downloaded in 2015 News
07.10.2011 The number of mobile application downloads worldwide will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 56.6pc between 2010 and 2015 to reach 98bn, according to new research.Categories: Wireless Communications, Web Development, Software & Web Development, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Apps Zone, Apps -
dotMobi’s device optimisation tool moves to the cloud News
08.07.2011 Dublin-based mobile web company dotMobi will move its DeviceAtlas service, which lets web developers optimise content for individual mobile phones, to the cloud. -
Apps now more popular than mobile web News
18.08.2011 Mobile users are now more likely to consume information via apps than by clicking onto pages through a mobile web browser, new research from Nielsen reveals.Categories: Wireless Communications, Web, Software & Web Development, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Apps Zone, Apps