Categorised as: Application Design And Development
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Louth students cross the generation gap with app innovations News
20.05.2013 Transition-year students from four schools in Co Louth have been involved in a unique project with adults in the region to come up with prototypes for four mobile apps that aim...Tags: Smartphone, App, -
Facebook blocks social network-killing app Social Roulette News
16.05.2013 Facebook has blocked an app called Social Roulette that mimics the potentially lethal game of chance Russian Roulette by offering users a one-in-six chance of deleting their...Categories: Software, Social Media, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
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... -
New app launches for GAA fans to interact with their teams News
14.05.2013 A new smartphone app called iGAAFan is aiming to enable GAA fans to interact with their teams at both county and club level. The Tyrone and Derry County Boards are currently... -
Tech start-up of the week: Guidecentral News
12.05.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Guidecentral, a free mobile app for people to share and discover knowledge around everything from handmade crafts to home decor, fashion and... -
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... -
Cork cloud firm Avego reveals cost-saving carpooling app News
02.05.2013 Co Cork-based transport and mapping solutions firm Avego has launched its new carpooling app, which is set to make car travel cheaper, reduce emissions and encourage drivers and... -
Tech start-up of the week: Fishbowl Software Development News
05.05.2013 This week’s featured start-up is Fishbowl Software Development, a new Dublin-based venture that has launched its first free smartphone app to enable those who attend meetings or... -
Tech All Stars competition seeks Europe’s hottest start-ups News
29.04.2013 The European Commission has launched the second edition of its Tech All Stars competition to recognise some of Europe’s most promising technology start-ups. Twelve start-ups... -
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... -
LinkedIn’s new-look mobile app harnesses its Pulse acquisition for a fuller news feed News
18.04.2013 LinkedIn has wasted no time in benefiting from its US$90m acquisition of Pulse, releasing a fully revamped version of its mobile app with a more visually pleasing and... -
Twitter unveils new keyword feature for advertisers to target users News
18.04.2013 Twitter has unleashed a new feature called keyword targeting that will give advertisers the ability to show users ads based on the content of their tweets. -
Dubliner launches crowdfunding campaign to bring emergency ID device to market News
16.04.2013 Telecoms professional Jan Bosch has come up with a new concept for an emergency identification device that could be used in hospital A&E departments to identify patients with... -
Start-ups to demo their innovations at Dublin Beta gathering News
12.04.2013 Dublin Beta is holding its next technology start-up gathering on Monday evening and 14 new ventures will be aiming to wow the crowds with their products and innovations. -
LinkedIn buys news reader platform Pulse for US$90m News
12.04.2013 LinkedIn has confirmed its acquisition of Alphonso Labs, the company behind the mobile news reader app Pulse, for US$90m. The Pulse app, which now boasts more than 30m users... -
New online platform TipRanks collates stock advice for individual investors News
10.04.2013 Israeli company TipRanks has launched a new online tool that aggregates and rates digitally published stock recommendations with the goal of helping individual investors make...Tags: Online, -
Closure Ireland Events
30.05.2013 Closure Ireland is an upcoming event for like-minded developers, designers, app builders and engineers to meet up and discuss emerging technologies, best practice and to get to... -
WhatsApp denies rumours of sale to Google for US$1bn News
09.04.2013 Popular cross-platform mobile messaging app WhatsApp has quashed rumours that it is in discussions to sell the company to Google for up to US$1bn.Categories: Web, Social Media, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Task Me Now wins Startup Weekend in Cork for crowdsourcing app News
08.04.2013 Cork’s first ever Startup Weekend ended last night, with the top prize going to Task Me Now for its BrainCredit app to help companies crowdsource for expertise for specific...