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Angry Birds Space achieves 50m downloads News
30.04.2012 Angry Birds Space is the fastest-growing game yet, its publisher Rovio squawked today after the game hit 50m downloads within 35 days. -
WWDC 2012 Events
11.06.2012 The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference gives you an in-depth and inside look at the latest in iOS and OS X. Join Apple engineers and your fellow developers for the week we’ve... -
New app for Facebook to ensure Irish citizens register to vote News
30.04.2012 Ireland’s Referendum Commission is about to launch a new Facebook app that will direct users to check the voting register and ensure they can vote ahead in the upcoming European... -
Next big thing: is Viddy the new Instagram? News
30.04.2012 Viddy’s been around for a bit but I’ve noticed my Facebook Timeline mysteriously filling up with all manner of video from friends on Viddy and the occasional tweet. That’s...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Apps -
Mac App Store surpasses 10,000 apps News
30.04.2012 Apple’s Mac App Store has surpassed 10,000 apps and there have been 100m downloads from the online store, according to reports. However, there’s still some distance to go when...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Facebook launches 18 new Timeline apps – outlines traffic boost for sites News
27.04.2012 In rolling out 18 new Timeline apps – from newspapers to music and travel – Facebook has emphasised the impact the apps can have for developers. It said charity app Justgiving...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Economy, Digital Media, Apps Zone, Apps -
Craigslist user offers to legally change name for Apple WWDC ticket News
27.04.2012 One person so eager to have a ticket to consumer tech giant Apple's sold-out Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) has posted an ad on Craigslist offering to legally change his... -
Samsung overtakes Nokia as top mobile vendor for first time News
27.04.2012 Samsung has become the world’s biggest mobile phone vendor for the first time, overtaking Nokia, which has held the title for 14 years, according to new studies. -
Cerf's up: economic future tied to growth of ‘internet of things’ News
26.04.2012 One of the internet’s founding fathers Vint Cerf, who co-invented TCP/IP technology – the platform upon which the internet runs – said that by the end of the decade every person...Categories: Apps, Communications, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, eCommerce, Economy, Internet, Software & Web Development, Web, Web 2.0, Wireless Communications -
CoderDojo to hold first DCU club this Saturday News
26.04.2012 CoderDojo, the club for young people to learn all about software programming that was co-founded by young entrepreneur James Whelton and internet entrepreneur Bill Liao, is... -
NUI Maynooth students win Irish finals of Microsoft Imagine Cup News
26.04.2012 NUI Maynooth students Cosmin Siclovan, Donal O’Sullivan and Marie Farrell have won the Irish finals of the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup global student technology competition. -
Microsoft to unveil ‘Woodstock’ music service at E3 2012? News
26.04.2012 Microsoft may reveal a new cross-platform music service to replace its Zune software – code named ‘Woodstock’ – during the E3 2012 games conference in June. -
Angry Birds crowned Best Game again News
26.04.2012 Hugely popular video game Angry Birds has again catapulted into the winner's circle at the Carphone Warehouse Appy Awards 2012 in London, picking up the prize for Best Game for... -
Gadgets of the month News
30.04.2012 We take a look back at some of the biggest gadget news this month and look ahead at what’s to come. -
Google Maps unveils 3D photo tours of popular tourist attractions News
25.04.2012 Google Maps has rolled out an interesting new feature called Photo Tours that guides users through a 3D photo scene compiled from user-contributed Picasa and Panoromio photos.Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Apps -
The Irish language online News
26.04.2012 The best way to make the Irish language relevant to people’s lives is to encourage them to use it outside of the classroom and online technologies could help do that. -
The Google Drive is now live News
24.04.2012 Google has gone live with its new Google Drive online cloud storage service – a central hub for storing documents, photos, videos, and more.Categories: Storage, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Internet, Digital Media, Data Centre, Apps -
Skype coming to PS Vita tomorrow News
24.04.2012 Skype will arrive on the PlayStation Vita from tomorrow, letting owners of Sony’s newest portable console make video calls from the device.Categories: Software, Planning a Move, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Japanese networks team up to standardise emoticons News
24.04.2012 Three of Japan’s biggest mobile networks plan to standardise the appearance of emoticons – called ‘emoji’ in Japan – across mobile devices offered on their networks. -
