Categorised as: Games/Entertainment
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RTÉ brings out HTML5 version of mobile site News
22.09.2011 Ireland’s State broadcaster RTÉ has redesigned its mobile site m.rte.ie and has it optimised for the new generation of smartphones by designing it in HTML5.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
A toast to Arthur Guinness can help social entrepreneurs News
22.09.2011 Where will you be today at 17:59? Use your smartphone, be it in Dublin or Boston, Galway or Rome, Belfast or Jakarta, Cork or Jamaica, to help raise a toast to the original... -
Hate the new Facebook? You ain’t seen nothing yet! News
22.09.2011 The new Facebook redesign has created a civil war of sorts on the social networking site, with a good proportion of its 750m users detesting the new News Feed and ticker. Well...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Development, Design -
Brands still reticent about jumping on social media bandwagon News
22.09.2011 While there’s a lot of money going into social media marketing, some traditional brands are still struggling with the question of how they are going to derive a viable return on... -
Old media’s painful lesson: digital consumers are the new masters News
22.09.2011 The four-year-old recession has rocked the traditional media ivory towers and, even though internationally advertising is showing signs of a return to growth, the traditional...Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Scammers and hackers are now targeting children News
21.09.2011 Scammers and hackers are now targeting children over the internet with games that will entice them into downloading and installing malicious software that would in turn steal...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Security, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech -
Google is bringing Google+ Hangouts to mobile phones News
20.09.2011 Google’s Hangouts video conferencing feature – which lets multiple friends video conference each other at once – is coming to mobile devices, the company said, along with APIs... -
How cloud entertainment will burst the digital stratosphere News
20.09.2011 All eyes will be on Facebook’s developer conference F8 this week to see what Facebook is really planning around a digital entertainment hub in the cloud. My guess is this will...Tags: Cloud Computing, Entertainment, Digital Media, Games, Books, Movies, Music, Apple, iCloud, Spotify, iPad -
4chan founder and Rovio CEO speaking at Dublin Web Summit News
20.09.2011 Christopher Poole, the founder of 4chan and Canv.as and Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio, which created Angry Birds, will speak at the upcoming Dublin Web Summit.Tags: Angry Birds, Rovio, Dublin Web Summit, Ireland, Dublin, Gaming, Anonymous, Internet, Mobile Gaming -
Review: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi News
19.09.2011 Featuring the latest version of Android Honeycomb 3.1 designed specifically for tablet devices, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a vast improvement on the original 7-inch Galaxy...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Facebook apps generate 182,744 new jobs in US News
20.09.2011 The Facebook apps economy is believed to have delivered 182,744 new jobs and US$12.1bn in wages and benefits to the US economy, a new academic study indicates. -
Facebook to launch new buttons on entertainment hub News
20.09.2011 In keeping with growing rumours that Facebook intends to turn users’ profile pages into entertainment media hubs, it is now speculated that the social networking giant is... -
Silicon Valley’s Irish conquer the heart of Hollywood News
14.09.2011 Powerhouses from the entertainment and technology industries gathered in Hollywood this week to celebrate the impact of technology on entertainment and recognise the major...Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Facebook to turn profile pages into entertainment hubs News
19.09.2011 At its annual developers shindig F8, the social networking giant Facebook is this week expected to take the wraps off a new service that combines music, TV, games and movies... -
Is Facebook planning a Twitter integration? News
19.09.2011 Very soon Facebook users may be able to connect their profile pages with their Twitter accounts, according to reports. The new functionality could be among a slew of new...Categories: Social Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech, Communications -
World’s first augmented reality newspaper hits presses News
19.09.2011 In what they claim is the world’s first augmented reality-enabled newspaper, Dublin’s Metro Herald and TV3’s 3e fyi programme are to produce five ‘smart editions’. -
The week in gadgets News
19.09.2011 A look at gadget happenings, as the next PlayStation update opts users out of class-action lawsuits, PS Vita will be region-free and the LG Optimus Q2 may arrive in Europe next...Tags: Week in gadgets, QWERTY, Android, Smartphone, LG, Battery Life, Lawsuit, Gaming, Sony, PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation 3, -
Google wants to reformat the publishing business News
16.09.2011 It has emerged that Google is about to take on the social publishing revolution and beat early proponents like Flipboard and Pulse by helping the genre to flourish on its...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Apps Zone, Apps -
Irish animator named 'European Producer of the Year' News
16.09.2011 Monster Animation’s Gerard O’Rourke has been named European Producer of the Year at Cartoon Forum in Poland. This is the second time Ireland has picked up this prize, with Brown...Categories: Software & Web Development, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Design, Communications -
Nintendo ‘will not’ make smartphone games, president says News
15.09.2011 Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata insisted that the company would not release smartphone games in spite of declining market confidence in the brand.