Tagged: Developers & News
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Nokia is giving away 1,000 Lumia 800 devices to app developers News
25.05.2012 The availability of 1,000 Lumia 800 smartphones and various PR and advertising tools are among the concessions available to some of Europe’s top developers to get them building...Categories: Software & Web Development, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Apps Zone, Apps -
Facebook spices up its Social Graph with unique user analytics News
24.05.2012 Social network Facebook has added the ability within the Insights dashboard to allow app developers to monitor the number of unique people seeing and accepting their... -
Kinect for Windows SDK released for developers News
21.05.2012 An update to the Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK), which promised enhanced voice and gesture capabilities for developers, has been released today.Tags: Kinect, Windows, Software, Hardware, Development, Developers, Software Development, SDKs, Microsoft -
Facebook is now in the universal apps business with new App Center News
10.05.2012 Social network Facebook – already a potent force in the apps business – has decided to broaden its strategy and is creating an App Center for all platforms and all devices. It... -
Fluid UI can take developers from idea to app in just 15 minutes News
08.05.2012 Start-up duo Dave Kearney and Ian Hannigan, co-founders of Fluid Software, claim to have developed the world’s fastest app prototyping tool, which can take an app from... -
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... -
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 -
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... -
Java, .Net and C++ developers in high demand in 2011 - survey News
18.04.2012 IT professionals remained in high demand in Ireland in 2011, particularly .Net, Java and C++ specialists, who were able to negotiate a higher salary when switching jobs,... -
Microsoft’s AppMeUp to help Irish developers create Windows Phone apps News
20.03.2012 Microsoft Ireland has launched AppMeUp, an Irish developer initiative to encourage students, hobbyists and developers to learn how to create apps for the Windows Phone platform.Tags: Smartphones, Microsoft, Mobile, James Whelton, Development, Developers, Apps, App, Windows Phone, CoderDojo -
Sony to open up PlayStation suite SDK to content creators News
07.03.2012 Sony plans to release the open beta version of PlayStation suite SDK to content developers in April, with the full version launching later this year. This will open up a myriad...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Apps -
Blizzard to cut 600 jobs – 200 to go in Cork News
29.02.2012 Games giant Activision Blizzard has revealed that 600 technology jobs are to go at Blizzard Entertainment. This will affect 200 workers at Blizzard’s Cork operations. -
Growing up digital News
23.02.2012 In her role at UK Government Digital Services, Irishwoman Emer Coleman is challenging the civil service to become less risk averse and embrace openness.Categories: Software Development, Leadership & Management, Government, Economy, Development, Data Management -
Apple previews its next Mac OS - OS X Mountain Lion News
16.02.2012 Apple has released the developer preview of the next version of the OS, OS X Mountain Lion, which introduces iOS apps such as Messages to the Mac, along with Twitter integration. -
Developers warned to focus on ensuring security of apps News
07.02.2012 ‘There’s an app for that’ has a nice ring to it but developers are being warned about ensuring their creations are secure enough to protect people’s data. -
Twitter plans to get busy with Irish developer community News
06.02.2012 Twitter is to host its first Tea Time event in Dublin later this month, in what could be a great opportunity for local developers and start-ups to create products for the... -
HP to make webOS fully open source by autumn News
26.01.2012 Information technology giant HP is rolling out a road map for making webOS' source code available under an open-source licence by September. -
Betapond raises €1.15m in venture capital News
20.01.2012 Ireland’s only Facebook preferred developer consultant Betapond has raised €1.15m in venture capital funding it will use to double its staff to 25, expand to new markets and...Tags: Developer, Developers, Facebook, Funding, Venture Capital, Enterprise Ireland, Ireland, Dublin, -
Irish firm Havok wins best middleware award for 4th time News
18.01.2012 Irish games technology company Havok has won the best middleware award for the fourth time in Game Developer Magazines’ Front Line Awards for its physics technology.