Categorised as: Consumer Tech & News
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Rentview app aims to disrupt rental marketplace News
04.12.2011 Our tech start-up of the week is Rentview, a rent and property management cloud-based platform for estate and letting agencies to manage, build and retain their rental...Categories: Web 2.0, Mobile, Marketing, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
New social network created for Irish speakers News
01.12.2011 The world’s first social network exclusively dedicated to the Irish language – Abair Leat! – is to launch in the new year. Its creators are busy testing it and are looking for... -
Kindle Fire burns its way through tablet market News
02.12.2011 Within two weeks of launch, sales of the Amazon Kindle Fire are going to surpass Apple iPad rivals to place the tablet computer in second place in the global media tablet...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Computers -
LoveFilm to drop Flash and move to Silverlight News
02.12.2011 UK on-demand streaming player LoveFilm.com is to stop showing movies in Flash and will instead take on Microsoft’s Silverlight platform, the company has confirmed, after coming... -
The digital business week News
05.12.2011 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Careers and Employment, Consumer Tech, Financial, Jobs, Leadership & Management, Legal, Mobility, Social Media, Software -
Australia extends Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban for a week News
02.12.2011 An Australian court has extended the block of sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 after Apple filed an appeal against the decision to lift the ban, which was due to happen today. -
Helpmypc.ie scores with customers for online PC support; jobs on way News
01.12.2011 Deploying remote technologies, Irish company Helpmypc.ie has just been in business for four months, but it has already attracted a strong customer following, and is aiming to... -
Dublin entrepreneurs launch Gadget Saver to rescue drowned tech News
02.12.2011 Two Dublin entrepreneurs have created Gadget Saver, a resealable pouch that resuscitates gadgets that have been dropped in water. -
iPhone 4S achieves greater customer satisfaction than iPhone 4 News
01.12.2011 Apple iPhone 4S owners have demonstrated greater satisfaction with the new device over its predecessor the iPhone 4, new research reveals.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Energy, Consumer Tech -
Apps to help put the jolly in the holidays News
02.12.2011 The Christmas season can be wrought with plenty of rushing around – family visits, presents to buy and wrap, cards to write and post, and parties to organise and attend. There... -
As wireless booms, OECD warns of slowdown in fixed broadband News
01.12.2011 Demand from new wireless broadband subscribers is driving growth in high-speed internet in OECD countries but the latest data shows a slowdown in fixed subscriptions in the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Economy, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Chrome passes Firefox for the first time News
01.12.2011 Google’s Chrome web browser has overtaken Firefox for the first time globally on a monthly basis in November, according to the latest statistics from analytics player StatCounter. -
12 new DCU internet spin-outs to hire 24 people next year News
30.11.2011 Dublin City University is getting in on the Christmas spirit, as starting from today, 1 December, the university will be launching a new inventive internet start-up over 12...Categories: Virtualisation, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Research, R&D, Jobs, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Financial, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and DevelopmentTags: Facebook, Twitter, Social Media, Cloud, Video, Virtualisation, DCU, DCU Ryan Academy, Start-ups, Ireland, Business Plans, Entrepreneurship, Jobs, IT, Economy, SMEs, TV, -
Ireland's own Mr China News
01.12.2011 China-based Liam Casey has built up a global technology manufacturing empire that is helping to fuel the worldwide consumer electronics boom.Categories: Leadership & Management, Internet, Hardware, Funding, Financial, ERP & Supply Chain Management, Economy, Consumer Tech -
EU court decides ISPs can’t be forced to block file sharers News
24.11.2011 UPDATE: Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice, has decided that internet access is a human right and that EU law precludes injunctions being taken against... -
Apple loses out to Samsung in Australia in global tablet war News
30.11.2011 Samsung Electronics has gleaned a significant victory over Apple today in the tablet battle between the two tech giants, as a court of judges in Australia has today lifted a...Categories: Software & Web Development, Sales, Mobile, Legal Eagle, Legal, Consumer Tech, Computers, Architecture, Apps Zone, Apps -
Mobile processor player Movidius raises US$9m in Series C funding News
30.11.2011 Dublin mobile multimedia processor company Movidius has secured Series C funding of US$9m from existing shareholders including Celtic House Venture Partners, Capital E, Emertec...Categories: Investments, Consumer Tech, Communications, Financial, Funding, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Wireless Communications -
Google epitomises Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer in today’s Doodle News
30.11.2011 We all remember the cheeky Tom Sawyer from our childhoods. Well, Google has created a colourful vista of the Mark Twain character, who had many adventures along the Mississippi... -
Digital Christmas: Tablets News
30.11.2011 Thinking about asking Santa for a tablet this Christmas? Find out which is the best one for you. -
Facebook and FTC reach landmark privacy settlement News
29.11.2011 Facebook has settled charges with the US Federal Trade Commission over changes it made to privacy policy in 2009. The settlement requires Facebook to warn users about privacy...