Tagged: Location Based
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Facebook’s big reveal – it’s Graph Search – weaves a smart web within social News
15.01.2013 Facebook has launched a new search engine based on its social graph called Graph Search. It's a smart search engine built solely for within the Facebook 1bn-strong ecosystem of...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Golden Pages extends free Wi-Fi along Dublin’s Grafton Street News
15.01.2013 Goldenpages.ie is to extend free Wi-Fi it deployed for Christmas shoppers for at least an additional three to four months based on initial uptake. The app provides listings in a...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Internet advertising revenues reach historic high of US$17bn for first half of 2012 News
12.10.2012 Internet advertising revenues for the first half of 2012 in the US reached US$17bn, a new historic high, and a 14pc increase on the previous year, according to the Internet... -
Dublin firm Fleetmatics to IPO on New York Stock Exchange News
05.10.2012 Dublin-headquartered fleet management technology firm Fleetmatics is to make its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange, offering 7.8m shares at US$17 per... -
Cisco acquires Irish Wi-Fi firm ThinkSmart for location analytics capabilities News
27.09.2012 US internet technology giant Cisco has acquired Cork technology company ThinkSmart Technologies for an undisclosed deal. In a blog post, Cisco said the move will enable it to... -
EnterMyID Start-ups
24.08.2012 Enter My ID is a cloud-based lost and found alert service.Categories: Consumer Tech, Communications -
Yelp reveals Q2 2012 net revenue increase of 67pc to US$32.7m News
02.08.2012 Net revenue at customer-review website Yelp jumped 67pc from the second quarter of 2011 to US$32.7m during Q2 of 2012. -
Foursquare introduces local updates for businesses (video) News
20.07.2012 Foursquare has launched local updates to help almost 1m businesses that have claimed their location to use the service to connect with customers.Categories: Web Development, Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Mobile, Marketing, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Apps -
Facebook abandons ‘Find Friends Nearby’ app News
26.06.2012 Just as the world was coming to grips with the idea they could find and be found via a geosocial app that found friends nearby, Facebook has decided to abandon the ‘Find Friends...Categories: Social Media, Security, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Facebook’s ‘Find Friends Nearby’ – is it opening a new can of worms around privacy? News
25.06.2012 Facebook has introduced a clever geosocial mobile and web service called ‘Find Friends Nearby’ that lets users discover existing or new friends that are nearby. -
By 2015 all new cars in EU will have to have life-saving eCall system built in News
21.06.2012 By 2015, all new cars sold in the EU should be able to dial emergency services automatically when they are involved in a serious accident, MEPs in the European Parliament said...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Hardware, Government, Consumer Tech -
The Search Mill Start-ups
11.06.2012 We specialise in Location based Marketing. This mean physical retailers can get a better return on their digital marketing spend by targeting people in the immediate vicinity of... -
Google+ goes local – social merges with search and location News
30.05.2012 Google has revealed a new feature called Google+ Local which blends social networking with search based on location. -
Strengths of Google Project Glass (infographic) News
17.04.2012 Google's Project Glass is being designed to give the user information on the location they’re in and the people they meet via the Android OS through a pair of glasses.Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, R&D, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
TomTom iOS app update includes TomTom Places News
11.04.2012 TomTom has updated its iPad and iPhone navigation app, which now includes Facebook and Twitter integration and the inclusion of TomTom Places for nine more countries, including... -
Google X reveals concepts for augmented reality glasses (video) News
05.04.2012 Google has posted a concept video and photos of ‘Project Glass’ – its Google X Labs endeavour to bring augmented reality eyewear into the mainstream. -
Tech start-up of the week: Haunted Planet News
01.04.2012 Our featured tech start-up this week is Haunted Planet, a new digital venture that is creating location-based augmented reality smartphone games to immerse gamers into the eerie...Categories: Software Development, Software, R&D, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Explainer: What is Pinwheel? News
20.03.2012 We take a look at Flickr founder Caterina Fake’s new start-up Pinwheel, a social networking site which lets users leave notes ‘all around the world.’