Categorised as: Phones
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Killarney rolls out free Wi-Fi in Bitbuzz deal News
17.06.2013 Killarney, Co Kerry, is about to become the first town in Ireland to roll out complementary Wi-Fi to passers-by and tourists after signing a deal with Bitbuzz. The move follows... -
Coors Light brings out social-to-real-life video game app News
18.06.2013 Coors Light has attempted a new market first with a social-to-real-life video game that ties in with 800 pubs across Ireland to give thirsty punters up to 3,000 prizes,... -
Samsung Galaxy S4 with advanced 4G coming soon to South Korea News
17.06.2013 Yet another variation of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone has been announced, this time a version using LTE-Advanced 4G technology for faster mobile broadband. -
The week in gadgets: dissecting Glass and rumoured releases from Sony, Nokia and Samsung News
17.06.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as two curious tech fiends delve inside Google Glass, Sony claims it has a big surprise coming, Nokia’s EOS appears on the horizon, the new Xbox One... -
EU to ban mobile roaming charges by July 2014 News
14.06.2013 Twenty-seven European Commissioners have voted to end roaming charges in Europe by 1 July 2014 in a move they believe will help consumers but also strengthen Europe’s fragmented... -
Broadband penetration in Ireland rose just 0.1pc in Q1 News
13.06.2013 Broadband subscriptions, both fixed and mobile, increased just 0.1pc on the previous quarter and stood at 1.6m at the end of March, ComReg reported in its latest market report. -
Unit sales vs profits: why Apple doesn’t need to make a US$99 iPhone News
13.06.2013 Rumours of a low-cost iPhone are rampant, fuelled by statistics declaring Apple’s struggle to keep up with Samsung’s market share. But is the company with more than half of... -
Sky claims more than 2m downloads of its apps in Ireland News
13.06.2013 Satellite TV and broadband player Sky Ireland has claimed an 80pc year-on-year growth in downloads of its dedicated apps, such as Sky Go, Sky News, Sky Sports, Sky+ and Sky...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Samsung extends the Galaxy S4 range with 10x zoom camera-phone News
12.06.2013 Yet another iteration of the flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone has been unveiled by Samsung and this time the South Korean phone-maker has come up with a variant targeting the... -
Cloud software player Citrix creates 50 new jobs in Dublin News
12.06.2013 Cloud virtualisation software player Citrix is to create 50 new jobs in Dublin across all divisions due to what it describes as unprecedented demand for its technology. -
UCC scientists land €3.7m funding to use mobile apps to combat disease in Malawi News
11.06.2013 The Supporting LIFE consortium of international universities led by two professors at University College Cork (UCC) has been granted €3.7m in EU FP7 funding to provide low-cost,...Categories: Wireless Communications, Science, Research, R&D, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Life Sciences, Funding, Digital Media -
Rabbitte appoints two new commissioners to ComReg News
11.06.2013 Ireland’s Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has appointed two new commissioners to telecoms regulator ComReg during what he describes as a “critical time” in the... -
iOS gets its biggest facelift since the launch of the iPhone, say hi to iTunes Radio News
10.06.2013 Apple has taken the wraps off the long awaited new-look iOS 7 operating system revealing a beautiful new, colourful and intelligent interface that in the words of Sir Jony Ive...Categories: Digital Media, Hardware, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Operating Systems, Phones, Software & Web Development -
Fast-growing mobile social network Keek hits 45m users News
10.06.2013 Toronto-headquartered mobile social network Keek has surpassed 45m users, with over 24m users joining in the last four months, the company’s CEO Isaac Raichyk has told... -
Openet deploys dynamic billing system for T-Mobile Netherlands News
10.06.2013 Dublin-based telecoms software company Openet has won a key deal with T-Mobile in the Netherlands to deploy a real-time billing platform.Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Investments, Networking & Telecoms, Phones, Wireless Communications -
The week in gadgets: Haswell PCs, a tablet, laptop and desktop in one and tech for dogs News
10.06.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as Computex brings us new computers from Sony and Acer featuring Intel’s new Haswell processors, plus a revolutionary all-in-one tablet, laptop and...Tags: Computers, PC, Laptops, Ultrabooks, Tablet, Tablet Computers, Acer, Sony, Intel, HTC, Nokia, Smartphones, BlackBerry, Samsung, -
‘116 000’ Missing Children’s Hotline now operating on 24-hour basis News
07.06.2013 The 116 000 Missing Children’s Hotline which had been established on a pilot basis by the ISPCC in December is now operational on a 24-hour basis.Tags: An Garda Siochana, Communications, -
Nokia navigates toward a living and breathing interactive Big Data world map News
07.06.2013 Mobile phone maker Nokia is employing Big Data technologies to reinvent the map and develop a living and breathing interactive mapping system for cars and mobile devices that...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, R&D, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre -
Majority of Americans now own a smartphone News
06.06.2013 More than half of American adults are now smartphone owners, according figures from the Pew Research Centre’s Internet & American Life Project, as these devices increasingly... -
EFF rage at alleged gathering of phone data of millions of US citizens News
06.06.2013 The Electronic Frontier Foundation has responded angrily to reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US is alleged to be gathering data on private US citizens. It...