Tagged: Apps
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Fixational Start-ups
23.09.2011 Eye controls for apps. Fixational delivers eye-movement gesture control for mobile devices. -
Sky Sports brings expert Premiership match analysis tools to its iPad app News
08.01.2013 For the first time, viewers watching live Sky Sports Barclays Premier League matches can access some of the same analysis technology used by Gary Neville and Ed Chamberlin on... -
Ubuntu to unveil new mobile OS at CES – targets Android OEM heartland News
03.01.2013 Fast-growing operating system maker Ubuntu and Canonical have unveiled a new mobile OS that can be installed on devices made by OEMs manufacturing Android devices. It describes... -
Facebook app firm Fantom wins deal with UK football club Derby County News
03.01.2013 Dublin Facebook app developer Fantom has signed a deal with Derby County to launch the Derby County Football Club Online Sticker Album, which gives fans new ways to interact... -
WhatsApp processed record 18bn messages on New Year’s Eve News
03.01.2013 It’s looking to be a happy new year indeed for communications app WhatsApp, which smashed its own record number of messages processed in a single day on New Year’s Eve. -
Avis to acquire car-sharing network Zipcar in US$500m deal News
02.01.2013 Car rental giant Avis is set to expand its portfolio into the US car-sharing marketplace as it is to purchase the car-sharing company Zipcar in a deal that could be worth up to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Sustainability, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Deals Done, Apps -
Tech start-up of the week: 3D4Medical News
23.12.2012 Our tech start-up of the week is 3D4Medical, a Dublin-based developer of medical and fitness apps that is fast making waves in the med-tech and fitness app marketplace. -
Google Play growing fast but still some distance to go to catch up on Apple News
20.12.2012 Google’s Android app store Google Play is growing at a rate of 43pc in the 20 largest countries, compared with a rate of 21pc for the Apple App Store. However, daily revenues in...Categories: Apps, Computers, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Phones, Software, Software & Web Development, Wireless Communications -
14pc of kids want a tablet computer from Santa News
20.12.2012 One in seven children have asked their parents for a tablet computer this Christmas, according to research from Futuresource Consulting.Categories: Computers, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Hardware, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Wireless Communications -
Parents told to beware of hidden dangers in kids’ smartphone and tablet apps News
20.12.2012 Kids are going gaga for smartphones and tablet computers this Christmas, but a security expert has warned that parents need to be wary of apps that are capable of gathering data... -
Did Facebook buy Instagram just to destroy it? News
18.12.2012 The Facebook-esque changes to the terms of use of photo-sharing app Instagram beg the question: is the photo-sharing app firm serious? It begs one more question, is Instagram... -
Ticketmaster Ireland launches apps for Android and iOS News
18.12.2012 Ireland’s ticket sales hub has just launched its own mobile apps for both Android and iOS, giving users the ability to purchase tickets on the go as well as access to a range of... -
The tech gift guide for the last-minute shopper News
22.12.2012 Whether you’re a Christmas shopper that likes to live on the edge leaving all the gift-buying until the last minute, or you’re in a tizzy because you just realised it’s three... -
Irish games developers review 2012 News
25.12.2012 It's been a good year for the Irish gaming community. It was announced that jobs in Ireland's video-games industry are up 91pc in the last three years. The Games Fleadh festival...Categories: Software Development, Social Media, Mobile, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Development, Apps -
Facebook improves Android and iOS mobile apps News
14.12.2012 Facebook has rolled out updates to both its Android and iOS apps, bringing them in line with each other. The Android app is now built to be as fast as the recently rebuilt iOS... -
Interview with Facebook’s head of small business Dan Levy (video) News
13.12.2012 Facebook’s head of small business Dan Levy was in Dublin yesterday at the social network’s international headquarters, where the company now employs 450 people. The Facebook...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Business, Apps -
Grimms’ Puss in Boots gets the StoryToys 3D storybook treatment News
13.12.2012 Interactive book publisher StoryToys adds to its collection of Grimms’ fairy tales with its take on the classic story of Puss in Boots, available now from the App Store and... -
Google Maps for iOS returns to the App Store with Street View News
13.12.2012 Google for iOS has returned to Apple’s App Store with a range of new features, including Street View, voice, turn-by-turn navigation and even a developer SDK.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
The Facebook economy: ‘SMBs will create a Facebook page before they’ll build a website’ News
13.12.2012 Facebook is ramping up its focus on small and medium-sized businesses and revealed that more than 300,000 business-owned pages have promoted more than 2.5m posts since June....