Categorised as: Mobile
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Viddy is adding 1m new users a day News
08.05.2012 Viddy – regarded by many as the Instagram of online video – has reached 26m and is reportedly adding 1m new users each day.Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Apps -
Start-up signs up North American virtual schools to study Shakespeare News
08.05.2012 MindConnex Learning, the Dublin-based provider of digital learning solutions for secondary schools, has managed to sign up four large virtual schools across North America to use...Categories: Software, Mobile, Internet, Education, Digital Media, Digital Business, Apps, Application Design and Development -
US jury decides Google’s Android infringes Oracle’s Java copyright News
08.05.2012 The US jury in the high-profile copyright battle between Google and Oracle has decided Google’s Android operating system infringes Oracle’s rights to Java.Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property -
Tech start-up of the week: Astute Labs News
06.05.2012 Our tech start-up of the week is Astute Labs, a new Belfast-based venture that is creating app kits for schools to communicate with both parents and pupils. -
Apple to disrupt nascent ultrabook business with US$799 MacBook Air News
07.05.2012 Apple is understood to be planning to drive a significant wedge into the emerging ultrabook market with a US$799 MacBook Air, according to supply chain reports from Asia.Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Product review: Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone News
06.05.2012 Nokia is well entrenched in its Windows Phone strategy and judging how well its new smartphones are being received in the US in particular, it is certainly rediscovering its mojo.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Consumer Tech -
Badoo can do – social network about to hit 150m users News
04.05.2012 Thanks to the mobile web, flirtatious social network Badoo is about to hit 150m users, making it one of the world’s top five social networks, according to ComScore.Categories: Business Intelligence, Digital Media, Internet, Mobile, Networking, Networks, Social Media, Web -
Sage rolls out ‘mobile payments anywhere’ tech in UK and Ireland News
04.05.2012 Business software giant Sage today began rolling out its Sage Pay Mobile technology, which enables businesses to accept card payments using their mobile phones to authorise the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, eCommerce, Business Software -
Android tablet shipments slump in Q1, Apple iPad dominates News
04.05.2012 New figures from IDC show that Apple’s iPad has re-asserted its dominance of the tablet space as Android devices saw a steep slump in Q1. Total worldwide tablet shipments...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Tablet Computers, Microsoft, Ultrabooks, Windows 8, Kindle Fire, Amazon, iPad, Samsung, Android, Apple -
Samsung unveils the Galaxy S III with 4.8-inch AMOLED display News
03.05.2012 Samsung has upped the standard in Android smartphones with its latest “new kind of smartphone” the Samsung Galaxy S III. Powered by Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ the device...Categories: Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Microsoft kills ‘Windows Live’, reveals new ‘Microsoft account’ ID system News
03.05.2012 Microsoft is dropping the ‘Windows Live’ services brand and instead – to coincide with Windows Phone and the arrival of Windows 8 and the hope of a thriving apps market - will...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Evernote valued at US$1bn after raising US$70m financing News
03.05.2012 Cloud player Evernote has raised US$70m in a funding round led by Meritech Capital and CBC Capital that values it at more than US$1bn. The company’s CEO Phil Libin says the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hosting Services, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Facebook delivers obscene amounts of traffic to top mobile apps News
02.05.2012 Facebook has reported via its developers blog that it sent more than 160m visitors to mobile apps, that’s up from 60m in February. Key beneficiaries include Viddy, BranchOut and... -
UK smartphone users spend two years on mobile internet - survey News
03.05.2012 Smartphone users in the UK spend an average of two years of their lives using the internet on their mobiles, a survey conducted by mobile phone news, reviews and comparison site... -
Tablet computers have become the second TV – major disruption ahead News
02.05.2012 Tablet computers are beginning to disrupt the multi-billion-dollar TV business and by 2016 112.5m US consumers will own one. According to Irish online TV service Aertv, one in...Categories: Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
New start-ups make their debut at Dublin Beta News
01.05.2012 Dublin Beta held another of its informal get-togethers for Ireland’s tech community last night, when 11 start-ups demoed their wares. And, while he was in town, the San...Tags: Beta, Funding, Angel Investors, Developers, Hackers, Software, Digital Media, SaaS, NDRC, Music -
Mobile adult subscriptions could be worth $1bn by 2015, report claims News
02.05.2012 The increasing smartphone and tablet user base will mean greater revenues for mobile adult subscription services, a report from Juniper Research claims.Tags: Smartphones, Tablet -
Instagram now has 50m members News
02.05.2012 Photo-sharing app Instagram now has 50m users, according to reports, with 5m new users joining each week. -
5 steps for a safe ROUTE when using location-based apps News
02.05.2012 While useful, geolocation also poses a security risk, but non-profit global information security association ISACA has five simple steps to follow for safety.Categories: Social Media, Risk Management, Mobile, Digital Media, Data Management, Consumer Tech, Communications, Apps -
Samsung overtakes Apple as top smartphone vendor - IDC News
02.05.2012 Samsung overtook Apple in smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2012, making it the top global smartphone vendor, according to new research.