Tagged: Apps & News
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Dilbert creator Scott Adams offers coders the opportunity of a lifetime News
16.05.2013 Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon which appears in more than 2,000 newspapers worldwide in 70 countries and 25 languages, wants someone to build him a mobile video...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Development, Design, Apps -
Volunteer Ireland launches database of volunteering opportunities online and in app form News
16.05.2013 This week is National Volunteering Week and, to help those willing to give up their time to help others, Volunteer Ireland has created a searchable online database of... -
Salesforce.com invests in social CRM player Datahug News
15.05.2013 Irish technology company Datahug has received fresh investment from web software giant Salesforce.com. The company has spearheaded its expansion into the US with the appointment...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Business, CRM, Communications -
Facebook’s new Timeline features include fitness, content ratings and music discovery News
15.05.2013 Following on from the launch of new Timeline sections in March such as Movies, Books and TV Shows, social network Facebook has now added the ability for users to rate their...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Apple hurtles towards 50bn app download milestone News
14.05.2013 Tech giant Apple is on the verge of reaching another major milestone – 50bn iPhone and iPad app downloads. It is expected to cross the threshold this evening or early tomorrow. -
Nokia brings new camera innovations to its Windows Phone 8 range with the Lumia 925 News
14.05.2013 When Nokia introduced the Lumia 920, it went with the lofty tagline of ‘the world’s most innovative smartphone’. Now, with the Lumia 925, it believes it has improved on this... -
Israeli news claims Facebook and Waze are in final talks for US$1bn takeover News
09.05.2013 Just over a year after it was announced that Facebook would shell out US$1bn for photo-sharing app Instagram, the social network is apparently gearing up for a second... -
New study aims to measure Europe’s app economy News
09.05.2013 A new project known as Eurapp has been launched by the European Commission with the aim of measuring the size of the app economy in Europe. The Digital Enterprise Research... -
Viber hits 200m users, introduces video calling with new desktop apps News
07.05.2013 Not content with reaching a reported 200m users across all platforms, Viber is now challenging Skype head on with the launch of beta desktop apps for Windows and Mac that enable... -
FeedHenry raises €7m in funding, to create more than 100 new jobs News
02.05.2013 Waterford-headquartered cloud and mobile software player FeedHenry has secured €7m in a funding round led by Intel Capital. The injection of funding will lead to the creation of...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Enterprise Applications, Digital Business, Apps -
Tickets to Apple's WWDC 2013 sell out in two minutes News
26.04.2013 Tickets for Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) went on sale at 10am PDT yesterday. By 10.02am PDT yesterday, the tickets – going for US$1,599 each, were sold out. -
Queen’s student named AppCamp champion for vaccinations app News
25.04.2013 The Queen’s University Belfast software engineering student behind Vacci-Nations, an app packed with important health information for travellers, has been crowned winner of... -
Apple sets this year’s WWDC for 10-14 June in San Francisco News
24.04.2013 Developers, mark your calendars: consumer tech giant Apple has set the date for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The event, where developers can discover... -
Facebook Home tops 500,000 downloads in 10 days, review ratings stay low News
22.04.2013 Facebook’s new Android feature set has entered the 500,000-1m downloads bracket on Google Play just 10 days after its release, but reviews from first users suggest Facebook Home... -
#DIF13 – 50pc of businesses will have their own app stores by 2020, says Gartner VP News
19.04.2013 In five years’ time, at least half of most enterprises will have their own app store to host the firms’ apps, as well as apps created by workers themselves to get the job done...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, CIO, Apps -
WhatsApp serving over 200m users monthly, processing 20bn messages daily News
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... -
Pre-release Facebook Home appears online News
08.04.2013 For curious Android users with some tech savvy, a pre-release version of Facebook Home that leaked online gives them something to play with while they await the final release on... -
Dublin firm Onwards Learning signs e-learning deals worth €4.4m in China News
08.04.2013 Dublin-headquartered Onwards Learning has signed two major deals in China worth €4.4m over the next three years that will see its English language portal LearnOnEnglish.com... -
Beta Deezer update with predictive search and out-of-app controls available for Android News
04.04.2013 A new version of Deezer is in the works and Android users are getting first dibs with a beta version now available for testing on the Google-made platform ahead of a full release.