Tagged: App Store & News
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Dilbert creator Scott Adams offers coders the opportunity of a lifetime News
16.05.2013 Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon which appears in more than 2,000 newspapers worldwide in 70 countries and 25 languages, wants someone to build him a mobile video...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Development, Design, Apps -
Apple names and rewards 50 billionth app downloader News
16.05.2013 Apple has revealed that Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, as the person who downloaded the 50 billionth app from the App Store. The 50 billionth app was Say the Same Thing by... -
New app launches for GAA fans to interact with their teams News
14.05.2013 A new smartphone app called iGAAFan is aiming to enable GAA fans to interact with their teams at both county and club level. The Tyrone and Derry County Boards are currently... -
Tech start-up of the week: Fishbowl Software Development News
05.05.2013 This week’s featured start-up is Fishbowl Software Development, a new Dublin-based venture that has launched its first free smartphone app to enable those who attend meetings or... -
Instagram boosts tagging capability with ‘Photos of You’ News
03.05.2013 Photo-sharing network Instagram has just launched a new tagging feature called Photos of You that makes it easier to add people and things to photos.Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Media, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Google Now is available for the iPhone and iPad News
29.04.2013 Google has updated its iPad and iPhone app in the Apple App Store, bringing its Google Now context-driven engine to Apple’s mobile devices. -
Queen’s student named AppCamp champion for vaccinations app News
25.04.2013 The Queen’s University Belfast software engineering student behind Vacci-Nations, an app packed with important health information for travellers, has been crowned winner of... -
Walter the Wandering Wave creator to crowdfund global TV pilot News
26.03.2013 Storybook and mobile app cartoon character Walter the Wandering Wave, created by Irish entrepreneur Shane Janssens, is set to have his own TV programme around the world....Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Digital Media, Development, Design, Apps -
11-year-old Irish kid claims to be Europe’s youngest published app developer News
15.03.2013 Eleven-year-old Caolan Fleming from Killenard near Portarlington, Co Laois, is believed to be currently Europe’s youngest published app developer with his game Rampage now live... -
Apple to offer iTunes credits and cash payments over in-app purchases News
26.02.2013 Apple has agreed to settle a lawsuit over the unauthorised use of in-app purchases by children after their parents claimed that they ran up these charges without their permission. -
O2 to launch TuGo app that turns voice calls into a multi-screen experience News
25.02.2013 Telefónica’s O2 division in the UK will this week launch a new VoIP service called TuGo that will allow mobile users to make and receive calls on any Wi-Fi connected device... -
Interview: 14-year-old coder Harry Moran talks about his latest game (video) News
09.01.2013 Last year, Harry Moran from Cork became world famous as the world’s youngest Mac app developer when his first game PizzaBot overtook Angry Birds and Call of Duty in the App...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
14-year-old Harry Moran is back with new game app Robot Run! News
08.01.2013 Fourteen-year-old app developer Harry Moran, who shot to fame last year as the world’s youngest Mac app developer when his game PizzaBot went to the top of the app charts, is... -
Apple App Store hits 40bn app downloads – 500m active user accounts confirmed News
07.01.2013 Apple has revealed that so far more than 40bn apps have been downloaded from the App Store - with some 20bn apps downloaded from the Apple App Store in 2012 alone.Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Google Play growing fast but still some distance to go to catch up on Apple News
20.12.2012 Google’s Android app store Google Play is growing at a rate of 43pc in the 20 largest countries, compared with a rate of 21pc for the Apple App Store. However, daily revenues in...Categories: Apps, Computers, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Phones, Software, Software & Web Development, Wireless Communications -
Top 25 US developers took 50pc of app revenue in November – Canalys News
05.12.2012 Independent analyst firm Canalys measured the performance of apps from the App Store (iPhone only) and Google Play during November and discovered that half of the revenue from... -
ThoughtBox goes to top of educational games charts with Numerosity News
19.11.2012 ThoughtBox, the Irish-based start-up looking to change how kids learn about maths and science by using interactive games, has seen its first app reach the top of the charts both... -
Google deploys test version of Google Maps for iOS News
16.11.2012 iPhone users being misguided by Apple Maps will soon have an alternative Google Maps to look to, as reports claim the new app is being tested and finishing touches are being... -
New Shatoetry app lets William Shatner do the talking News
08.11.2012 While William Shatner is perhaps best known for his role as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, he’s also a spoken word performer and has released three albums of his work. Now, though,...Categories: Apps -
Facebook quietly adds photo filters to its iOS app News
06.11.2012 Facebook version 5.1 for iOS may not be shouting from the rooftops that it has added photo filters for images, but they’re there – and not as Instagram-like as you might be...