Tagged: Downloads
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Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ breaks Spotify record, reaches No 1 on iTunes in 14 countries News
22.04.2013 Robot rock duo Daft Punk’s latest single, released at 12.01am ET (5.01am Irish time) on Friday 19 April, has reached No 1 in the iTunes chart in 14 countries, conquered the top...Categories: Media, Digital Media -
Political pirate Rickard Falkvinge is out to prove a point News
16.04.2013 A fortnight ago, when the third season of fantasy TV series Game of Thrones was broadcast, digital pirates around the world illegally downloaded the episode more than 1m times –... -
Ireland’s connection to reported porn downloads inside Vatican City News
10.04.2013 If findings from US website Torrent Freak are to be believed, pornographic sites featuring bondage, transsexuals and sadomasochism have been downloaded in Vatican City. The... -
Game of Thrones season premiere hits 1m downloads in less than a day News
02.04.2013 Less than 24 hours after the much-anticipated season 3 premiere of Game of Thrones aired in the US, BitTorrent experienced its largest swarm ever as impatient fans worldwide... -
Paid downloads unpopular as Irish youth consume majority of TV content online News
20.03.2013 A survey conducted last week by youth charity SpunOut.ie reveals how young people in Ireland are consuming TV. That is, most commonly, without the traditional TV set, and for... -
Facebook app Bang With Friends reaches 10,000 pairings, 30,000 downloads and criticism News
05.02.2013 It’s only been out a week, but already controversial Facebook app Bang With Friends has paired up 10,000 couples and plans are in the works for a mobile app and an update for... -
Sky Go Extra allows users to download films and TV shows to watch whenever, wherever News
23.01.2013 Now that Sky Go is seeing more than 3m unique users in the UK and Ireland each quarter, Sky has decided to add a little something to the service to make its content even more... -
Application developer: earning more than you? (Infographic) News
09.01.2013 Application development is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world, and the number of app developers and their potential salaries are growing steadily, a new... -
Angry Birds tops 8m downloads on Christmas Day News
04.01.2013 Angry Birds maker Rovio had something to celebrate this holiday season: more than 8m downloads of the game on Christmas Day alone and 30m downloads during Christmas week (22-29... -
Project X tops list of 2012’s most pirated movies News
02.01.2013 TorrentFreak has issued a list of the 10 most shared movies on BitTorrent in 2012 and Project X, a found footage comedy about an out-of-control house party, has come out ahead... -
iTunes 11 delayed, release moved to end of November News
31.10.2012 It was expected that iTunes 11 would be released this month, but with November knocking at the door and no update to show for it, Apple is now saying its revamped music service...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
SingStar now available from PlayStation’s XMB, play using Eye camera News
24.10.2012 X Factor wannabes can now challenge their vocal cords on SingStar without needing the discs or the microphones as the game has been made available to download directly to the...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
Facebook makes mobile app install ads available to all developers News
18.10.2012 Facebook’s mobile app install ads were first introduced as a beta programme for select partners in August. Now, the service has been opened up to all developers with further... -
Japanese law threatening jail terms for illegal downloaders comes into effect News
01.10.2012 Earlier this year, as a result of lobbying from the music industry, politicians in Japan voted to change the legislation around illegal file sharing to impose prison terms of up... -
Google Play hits 25bn downloads, offers discounts News
26.09.2012 Internet search giant Google’s app store, Google Play, has drawn 25bn downloads, Google announced on the Official Android Blog. The online shop for Android apps formerly called... -
BBC introduces free mobile downloads for iPlayer News
04.09.2012 BBC viewers in the UK can now download programmes from the British broadcaster directly to a mobile device free of charge via the BBC iPlayer app. -
Mobile augmented reality apps could reach 2.5bn downloads by 2017 – Juniper News
29.08.2012 A new report from Juniper Research predicts that mobile augmented reality (AR) apps could reach over 2.5bn downloads per year by 2017 as consumer awareness improves and apps for... -
Streaming on track to become fastest-growing digital music medium News
16.08.2012 By the end of 2012, global digital music sales will top US$8.6bn. Streaming revenues via services like Spotify and Deezer will grow at five times the rate of download services... -
Music industry of the future News
02.08.2012 With fears that music fans are becoming less likely to pay for music in the digital age, the industry needs new ideas, and there are those who are finding new ways to make and... -
Mountain Lion sees record 3m downloads in four days - Apple News
30.07.2012 In just four days, Mountain Lion has become Apple’s “most successful OS X release” in its history, having been downloaded more than 3m times since its release on Wednesday.