Categorised as: Apps
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App scans skin to check for melanoma News
28.06.2011 Skin Scan, an iPhone app that claims to be able to tell users whether or not a mole on their skin is healthy, has secured €50,000 in seed funding from Seedmoney. -
Has Facebook hired hacker 'GeoHot' to create iPad app? News
27.06.2011 Rumours have surfaced that Facebook has hired George Hotz to develop its long-awaited iPad app. Sony's pursuit for the hacking of the PS3 was the trigger that saw hackers breach... -
Weekend news roundup News
27.06.2011 A summary of some of the tech articles in the weekend newspapers, including how e-book publishing is disruptive for the wrong reasons, the future of rail travel, the death of... -
HTC EVO 3D superphone to coincide with 3D movies on Watch News
27.06.2011 HTC has revealed details of its first 3D phone, the EVO 3D, which it described as a high-tiered member of its ‘superphone’ family and which will follow hot on the heels of the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Mysterious iPhone app spies on Windows machines News
24.06.2011 A Windows keylogger technology that transmits the information to an iPhone application is available now on the Apple App Store for €3.99. The app, which could allow people to... -
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to arrive in August in UK News
24.06.2011 The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will launch on 4 August in the UK, with a spokesperson saying the Honeycomb tablet will launch in Ireland later this summer. -
Cut the Rope arrives on Android, free for one week only News
24.06.2011 Popular mobile game Cut the Rope is now available on Android devices and is free for one week. -
Promoted tweets arriving in eight weeks? News
24.06.2011 Twitter may roll out promoted tweets within eight weeks, potentially putting paid-for tweets at the top of users’ Twitter streams. -
SafeBox wins global award for its mobile app News
23.06.2011 Dublin-headquartered SafeBox has won an award for best consumer messaging app at the 2011 Global Messaging Awards for its mobile app that aims to make mobile phone spying a... -
Samsung’s 3D Smart TV arrives in Ireland News
22.06.2011 The Samsung D8000, a 3D LED Smart TV, has arrived in Ireland, offering web connectivity, apps and video-on-demand services. -
Klout on Facebook could change how brands engage News
22.06.2011 Brands can now engage with their fans on Facebook using the Klout scoring system. Klout came to Facebook today via a deal with social marketing platform Involver.Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Apps -
One-third of Irish firms have rolled out unified comms News
03.06.2011 Only 36pc of organisations in Ireland have implemented unified communications. A ShoreTel survey of 300 IT decision makers found that of those who have deployed UC, improved... -
AdaptiveMobile acquires Sentry Wireless News
22.06.2011 Dublin-headquartered mobile security player AdaptiveMobile has bought Digital Hub-based Sentry Wireless for an undisclosed sum. Sentry has developed handset security...Categories: Wireless Communications, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Consumer Tech, Communications, Apps -
Location app Foursquare grows to 10m users News
21.06.2011 Location-based social networking service Foursquare has reached the 10m-user landmark and has produced an animated info graphic that outlines its trajectory. -
Dublin councils launch 18-hour open data challenge News
21.06.2011 One of the compelling new movements in software is the open data movement, which will spawn a whole new generation of citizen and business-oriented services and apps and...Categories: Software & Web Development, Green Computing, Government, Energy, Database, Data Management, Apps -
Change.org calls on Apple to ban 'sexist Sugar Daddy' app News
20.06.2011 Activist group Change.org has called on Apple to block Sugar Sugar, a new app that sets up ‘Sugar Daddy’ relationships, which the group claims is sexist, anti-gay and... -
Apple offers students a €75 Mac apps gift card News
17.06.2011 Apple is offering students, lecturers and university staff a €75 University Gift Card to buy apps on the Mac and iOS App Stores, as well as goods on iTunes if they buy a new Mac... -
Google Les Paul doodle cost 5.35m hours in lost productivity News
17.06.2011 In what will sound a bum note to employers, it is believed the Google Doodle dedicated to guitar inventor Les Paul cost the world 5.35m hours in lost productivity as workers... -
Cloud rewards idea in lead in HMH €250k education challenge News
17.06.2011 An Irish cloud concept that rewards students, parents and teachers is currently in the lead as part of the HMH Global Education Challenge, which has cash and prizes worth... -
Facebook to launch official iPad app soon? News
17.06.2011 Facebook is reportedly planning to release an official iPad app in the coming weeks, with overhauled features designed for the touchscreen tablet.