Categorised as: Wireless Communications & News
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Bosses’ loss of control fears prevent uptake of flexible working in Ireland News
26.03.2013 Insecurities around the perceived loss of control if workers adopt flexible or mobile working is the biggest factor preventing Irish employers from adopting the latest... -
Microsoft boosts its tablet capabilities across Mail, Calendar, People and Music News
26.03.2013 Microsoft has promised richer features for Windows 8 tablet users and has begun by introducing new updates to its Windows 8 Mail, Calendar and People applications. The software... -
Review: Logitech HD TV Cam News
25.03.2013 I sometimes look at the TV business in despair. I can see why it has become a commodity business at a time when technologically it should be enjoying a glorious resurgence. Why... -
HTC One to go on sale in UK this week, Ireland next week – in US by end of April News
25.03.2013 HTC has confirmed that its new smartphone, the HTC One, will go on sale in the UK, Germany and Taiwan this week and across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific by the end of...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Development, Consumer Tech -
Airfibre launches B2B broadband services across Cork City News
25.03.2013 High capacity wireless broadband provider Airfibre has deployed its 1Mbps up to 1Gbps broadband service in Cork. -
4G LTE mobile broadband to reach 220m subscribers by 2014 News
25.03.2013 Rapid uptake of 4G LTE mobile broadband technology in the next year will see the subscriber number doubling from an estimated 105m this year to 220m by 2014.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Weekend news round-up: Bill Gates’ US$100k condom; no more power-downs on airplanes? News
25.03.2013 In our gathering of some of the best tech news from the weekend, we discover that in the US rules on turning off electronic devices during flights might finally be relaxed; Bill... -
Apple rolls out two-factor authentication, iForgot service is back up News
23.03.2013 Apple’s iForgot password reset page is back up and running after a security hole that allowed unauthorised resets was discovered. In recent days Apple launched two-factor...Categories: Apps, Digital Business, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Security, Software, Software & Web Development, Wireless Communications -
Microsoft Xbox cleared of infringing Google’s patents News
23.03.2013 The International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 games console doesn’t infringe patent rights belonging to Google’s recently acquired Motorola... -
Dublin Airport picks up a gong for its use of social media News
23.03.2013 Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) picked up the Communications Award at the 2013 Irish Logistics and Transport Awards this week. -
BlackBerry 10 surpasses 100,000 app milestone News
21.03.2013 Just two months after the release of the BlackBerry World app store, it now boasts 100,000 apps, including major apps from Rovio, eBay, MTV, CNN, Rdio and Skype, to name a few.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Communications, Apps -
Collison Brothers’ Stripe partners with mobile app engine Parse News
21.03.2013 Adding to existing libraries it has in place from Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android ecosystems, Irish brothers John and Patrick Collison’s Silicon Valley mobile payments firm...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, eCommerce, Digital Business, Apps -
Google creates new sticky notes app called Keep News
21.03.2013 Google has launched a new Android-based app called Keep that lets users jot down ideas and which transcribes voice message to ensure ideas never get away.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Business Software, Apps -
Google: ‘We’re focused on enabling the next 1bn computer users’ News
20.03.2013 The democratising effect of technology that is seeing billions of people around the world join the internet revolution as they switch on their first mobile phones and computers...Tags: Operating Systems, Android, Smartphones, Mac, Windows, Personal Computers, Acer, Samsung, Chrome, Google -
Review: Samsung Chromebook (video) News
20.03.2013 The first time I saw a Chromebook – that is a notebook that uses Google’s Chrome browser as its operating system – about two years ago I remember being completely stumped. No...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Energy, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Latest Samsung lock-screen hack has been identified News
20.03.2013 Samsung is understood to be working on a software fix for a new lock-screen hack that has been identified by Terrence Eden. The hack allows unofficial access to PIN-secured...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Consumer Tech, Apps -
11-year-old Irish kid claims to be Europe’s youngest published app developer News
15.03.2013 Eleven-year-old Caolan Fleming from Killenard near Portarlington, Co Laois, is believed to be currently Europe’s youngest published app developer with his game Rampage now live... -
Review: Dyson Hot+Cool Air Multiplier (AM05) News
19.03.2013 They say that necessity is the mother of all invention. And while the technology industry outdoes itself in its quest to come up with the shiniest, smartest and most...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Development, Design, Consumer Tech -
Weekend news round-up: Blank canvas for Draw Something; end of road for unlimited mobile data News
19.03.2013 In our round-up of some of the weekend's compelling tech stories, it appears the end is in sight for unlimited mobile data in the UK, at least if EE has its way. Apple... -
Dropbox acquires Mailbox – battle for the mobile cloud begins News
16.03.2013 Fast-moving cloud player Dropbox revealed a new acquisition that indicates its destiny lies in the direction of the mobile cloud with the purchase of mobile mail start-up...