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Google Play Music goes live in Ireland, Europe, NZ and Oz News
10.04.2013 Google will today introduce music to its Google Play mobile and cloud store in Ireland and other European countries, as well as Australia and New Zealand. The new service makes...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Apps -
Intel doubles transfer speed of Thunderbolt to 20Gbps, even while transferring a 4K movie News
09.04.2013 Chip giant Intel has previewed early prototype silicon of its next-generation Thunderbolt technology, which doubles the speed of transfer between devices from 10Gbps to 20Gbps...Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
Review: the HTC One smartphone (video) News
29.03.2013 Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC has a lot riding on its latest device, enigmatically known as the One. The device went on sale in the UK this week, hits the shops in Ireland... -
Social fingerprinting player Trustev about to establish UK and US offices News
05.04.2013 Fast-growing Irish start-up Trustev, focused on detecting and defending against fraud in the burgeoning social commerce space, is looking to establish new offices in the US and...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Security, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Funding, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Samsung reports US$7.7bn Q1 operating profit, up 53pc on last year News
05.04.2013 Consumer electronics giant Samsung has predicted a stronger first quarter than expected after estimating it has made operating profits of US$7.7bn on the same period last year. -
Facebook reveals ‘Home’ – it’s not a phone but could transform all smartphones News
04.04.2013 Facebook didn’t reveal a brand new phone today per se, but an Android-based feature set called ‘Home’, which it expects to sit on the home screen of all smartphones and will...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Apple plans to overtake Google Street View with outdoor 3D panoramas News
04.04.2013 Apple is working on its own Street View-like mapping feature that merges position tracking with 3D panoramas. -
Twitter overhauls its Android and iPhone presence to accommodate new card features News
04.04.2013 Not to be outdone by Facebook’s impending Android news today, rival Twitter has released a new version of Twitter for Android that reflects a native Android experience. The...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Harlem Shake hits 1.2bn views – but annoying meme is slowing to a shimmy News
04.04.2013 The Harlem Shake viral video craze has attracted more than 1.2bn views 40 days after it began afflicting our online lives.Categories: Multimedia, Media, Marketing, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech -
iPad price reductions suggest new iPads are coming News
04.04.2013 Despite Apple releasing its fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini in October, around March/April has traditionally been the launch point for new iPad products since the first one...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers -
PC sales plummet worldwide as tablets and smartphones roar ahead News
04.04.2013 As a possible indication of the declining fortunes of the personal computer as we know it, Gartner has grouped PCs in with tablets, smartphones and other connected devices to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, AppsTags: App, Tablet Computers, Windows 8, Smartphones, Mobile Phones, PCs, Mac OS X, iOS, Apple, Android, Google, Operating Systems -
BlackBerry to kill BBM Music – ushers users in direction of Rdio News
04.04.2013 BlackBerry is to kill its nearly two-year-old music service BBM Music and is instead ushering users in the direction of Rdio, with a voucher for a 30-day pass to the...Categories: Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Is Facebook a wolf stalking mobile operators – could a Facebook SIM be next? News
03.04.2013 Tomorrow, Facebook is expected to launch a new smartphone in collaboration with HTC, as well as a new home screen app for Android users. Analysts reckon this is the start of a... -
Apple poised to begin production of next-gen iPhone and lower-cost iPhone News
03.04.2013 More reports have surfaced whereby tech giant Apple’s manufacturing partners are preparing to ramp up production of a new iPhone in the second quarter in time for a potential...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Weekend news round-up: Bitcoin hits US$1bn; celebs crack Google Glass News
02.04.2013 In our round-up of the weekend's best tech stories, currency Bitcoin is now valued at US$1bn; Google's 'If I had Glass' competition features an embarrassingly high proportion of...Categories: Social Media, Security, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
O2 opens online presales for Samsung Galaxy S4 News
02.04.2013 Samsung’s latest smartphone the Galaxy S4 will be released in Ireland in late April and network operator O2 will from today begin taking pre-orders for the device.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Facebook smartphone to become a reality – 'New Home on Android' with HTC News
29.03.2013 Facebook has invited press to a briefing at its Silicon Valley headquarters to reveal a new HTC device with an Android OS modified to reflect ‘Facebook Home’. True to its word,... -
Cork’s Firecomms in fibre components deal with global player News
28.03.2013 Cork-based fibre communications technology company Firecomms has secured a major deal with a global supplier of fibre components to the automotive sector and other industries,...Categories: Multimedia, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, Development, Design, Deals Done, Communications -
Facebook rolls out new threaded conversations feature News
26.03.2013 Social network Facebook has released a new conversation threads feature that lets users and readers reply to individual comments.