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Google Translate can interpret Chinese, Japanese and Korean from photos of text News
07.12.2012 Google Translate users looking to translate Chinese, Japanese and Korean can now do so by taking a photo of the text and swiping their finger over the portion of the text they... -
Mainstream Renewables to roll out Windows 8 across global operations News
05.12.2012 Renewable energy firm Mainstream Renewables, which has thousands of megawatts of wind and solar power projects going into construction in Ireland, South Africa, Chile and...Categories: Software, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Hardware, Green Computing, Green, CIO -
Review: HTC 8X - Windows Phone 8 OS News
04.12.2012 No messing around this year as Microsoft has finally hit the nail on the head in terms of operating system and hardware on which to showcase it. Compared to previous editions of... -
Weekend news round-up: Facebook's Photo Sync data grab; battle for the future of the web News
03.12.2012 In our trawl through some of the tech stories from the weekend, we look at coverage of Facebook's roll out of its new Photo Synch feature that puts every pic you take onto its... -
Windows 8 not selling as fast as Windows 7 at launch, StatCounter claims News
30.11.2012 Windows 8 is slower out of the traps than its predecessor Windows 7 one month after launch, according to internet usage data compiled by StatCounter. By 26 November, Windows 8...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Internet, Digital Media, Analysis -
Windows Phone 7.8 to start shipping on new devices, update due in 2013 News
29.11.2012 Microsoft has announced that devices running Windows Phone 7.8 will begin rolling out across the world in the coming weeks, while Windows Phone 7.5 users can expect an update...Tags: Windows Phone, Microsoft -
Microsoft addresses Windows Phone 8 reboot bug, fix expected next month News
28.11.2012 Following reports that some Windows Phone 8 devices have been spontaneously rebooting, Microsoft has recognised the problem and informed users that a fix is coming soon. -
Microsoft reports 40m Windows 8 licences sold after just one month News
28.11.2012 Software player Microsoft has revealed the company has sold 40m Windows 8 licences since the operating system went on sale a month ago.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
iPhone 5 helps iOS overtake Android in the US, catching up in Europe News
27.11.2012 Strong sales of Apple’s iPhone 5 have propelled iOS back to the No 1 spot in the US, according to new research from Kantar. Apple now has 48.1pc share of US smartphone sales... -
Weekend news round-up – Facebook paranoid about Android, Cyber Sam wants you! News
26.11.2012 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, Facebook is urging its engineers to surrender their iPhones and 'droidfood' the social networks' services for... -
Windows Store reaches 20,000 apps one month after opening News
23.11.2012 Microsoft’s Windows Store officially opened in October to coincide with the release of Windows 8 as a place to distribute apps for the new operating system. At the time,...Categories: Operating Systems, Apps -
Samsung adds iPad mini and iPad 4 to patents battle against Apple News
22.11.2012 In the latest predictable salvo in the never-ending patent wars, Samsung has added the iPad mini to the list of product infringements it alleges Apple has committed. -
Google promises to bring back December to Android 4.2 (the end of the world is nigh) News
21.11.2012 Google’s latest Android OS may have forgotten about December completely, but the Android team is now on the case to reinstate the month – so I guess the end of the world is...Categories: Operating Systems, Mobile -
First Firefox OS smartphones to arrive in 2013 – Alcatel and ZTE to make first devices News
20.11.2012 The first Firefox OS-powered smartphones are expected to arrive in 2013 and telecoms equipment makers Alcatel-Lucent and ZTE are the first manufacturers signed up to make the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Development, Design, Apps -
Ireland’s video games industry in 2012 (video) News
16.11.2012 Author of the Gamedevelopers.ie report on the current health of the Irish video games industry Jamie McCormick talks to Siliconrepublic.com’s Elaine Burke about the progression... -
Major leadership reshuffle at Microsoft – Sinofsky to leave company News
13.11.2012 Within weeks of launching Windows 8, Microsoft has revealed that the man who masterminded the new operating system’s delivery, Steven Sinofsky, is to leave the company. Julie... -
It’s a space JAM! Google Chrome recreates Milky Way on your desktop News
15.11.2012 Want to know what 100,000 stars look like? Following the successful JAM with Chrome app for dispersed bands and budding musicians, Google’s Chrome team has introduced 100,000...Categories: Software & Web Development, Search Engines, Search, Operating Systems, Internet, Digital Media, Apps -
Elliptic Labs launches touchless gesturing SDK for OEMs and developers News
13.11.2012 Just as Apple transformed the way we interact with our mobile phones, Microsoft is trying to convince the world to adopt touchscreen interaction for everyday computing – but...Categories: Software Development, Operating Systems -
RIM to reveal BlackBerry 10 on 30 January News
12.11.2012 BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) will be taking the wraps off its BlackBerry 10 platform and the first two BlackBerry 10 smartphones on 30 January. -
Apple vs Android: History and user info (infographic) News
11.11.2012 A brief history of iPhone, with its iOS operating system, and Android, and the differences between users of both are the subjects of a new infographic.