Google Maps expands biking directions to rest of Europe
24.05.2013 Cyclists in Ireland, Germany, France, Poland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein will be delighted to learn they will finally be able to get biking directions on Google Maps from today.
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Irish wearable tech player Zband ships gadgets to 30 countries
24.05.2013 An Irish start-up called Zband which makes Android and Windows Phone compatible wristband devices that serve as a silent alarm has exported the gadget to 30 countries within the past four months.
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Citrix revamps cloud technologies to reflect a more mobile workstyle
23.05.2013 Enterprise software player Citrix has introduced new versions of its virtual desktop and file-sharing cloud technologies to reflect increasingly mobile workstyles.
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Facebook phone HTC First won’t be coming to the UK
23.05.2013 HTC’s troubles continue with the news that plans to bring the vaunted Facebook Phone, the HTC First, to the UK have been scrapped. Pre-orders accepted by 4G carrier Everything Everywhere (EE) have been cancelled.
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Havok lets Anarchy reign – free mobile 3D game production engine revealed
23.05.2013 Dublin-headquartered games software company Havok has taken the wraps off Project Anarchy, its new end-to-end mobile 3D game production engine.
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#OI2Dublin – Intel CTO predicts next generation of PCs will challenge standalone tablets (video)
21.05.2013 Intel’s chief technology officer Justin Rattner has predicted that the arrival of the next generation of PC devices that will run energy frugal processors like Intel’s forthcoming Haswell chip will lead to a rebound in demand for PC devices, like ultrabooks and hybrids.
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The technology business week: Smartphones not selling fast enough, Irish firms forge contracts worth €17m on trade mission
20.05.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.
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FCS Global provides pro bono unified comms system to suicide prevention charity Console
20.05.2013 FCS Global, the Irish-owned worldwide provider of communications solutions, is implementing a new ShoreTel unified communications (UC) system for suicide prevention and support charity Console.
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Samsung to address Galaxy S4’s storage shortage following Watchdog exposé (video)
17.05.2013 Following an appearance on BBC One’s Watchdog, Samsung claims it’s working on improving the internal storage available to users on its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4.
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#io13: Google to offer TouchWiz-free Galaxy S4 from 26 June
16.05.2013 Samsung’s Galaxy S4 will undergo a UI makeover from Google that will see the device sold on Google Play with stock Android from 26 June.