Tagged: Apps & News
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Google reveals new ‘Google+ Sign In’ feature for apps News
27.02.2013 Google has introduced a new weapon for the armories of software developers called Google+ Sign that will allow users to sign into apps via their Google+ accounts. Aimed at...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
14 digital start-ups start Launchpad programme at NDRC News
26.02.2013 Fourteen new ventures in the digital space will be starting a 12-week programme at the NDRC this week, as part of its Launchpad accelerator programme. The new start-ups range... -
Bango and Telefónica to bring app buying power to mobile bills News
26.02.2013 Bango, the mobile payments provider that provides mobile payment capabilities to social network Facebook and Google’s Play store, has struck a major deal with Telefónica to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, eCommerce, Deals Done, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Privacy and safety concerns led Rounds to retire ‘Meet New People’ feature News
25.02.2013 Fast-growing web hangouts player Rounds said its decision to retire its ‘Meet New People’ feature was in reaction to the pressing need to ensure the privacy and safety of its...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Security, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Facebook relies on social reporting and user education to beat the bullies News
22.02.2013 Connecting more than 1bn people in the world and enabling them to share their information and views is a lofty goal that is going to come with its share of problems. But the... -
Review: Microsoft Surface RT tablet PC (video) News
22.02.2013 The Surface Windows RT is Microsoft’s first foray into actually making a personal computer. John Kennedy puts the device through its paces and discovers the software giant kind...Tags: Tablet Computers, Operating Systems, Chrome OS, Google, Apple, Apps, Surface, Windows 8, Windows RT, Microsoft -
Talkbits’ social walkie talkie launches on Android and iOS News
12.02.2013 Real-time social voice stream Talkbits has launched its app on the Android and iOS marketplaces. The live public audio voice stream app is one of a new generation of social... -
Hailo offers JDIFF visitors a lift home with thousands of vouchers News
12.02.2013 The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, or JDIFF for short, hits Ireland's capital city this week and with it comes €100,000-worth of Hailo vouchers issued in... -
Weekend news round-up – Snapping at Snapchat, inside the Twitter business machine News
11.02.2013 In our round-up of the weekend’s top tech stories, we look at coverage of the mystique behind Snapchat, Microsoft’s confusing Surface Pro launch, the momentum of the Y...Categories: Wireless Communications, Storage, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, AppsTags: Apple, Windows 8, Surface, Microsoft, Apps, Twitter, Facebook, Computers, Personal Computers, Smartphones, Venture Capital, Funding -
Leaving Cert student launches iOS exam paper app for fellow students News
08.02.2013 Cork Leaving Cert student and CoderDojo member Dylan Varian has published an app on the Apple App Store that provides Leaving and Junior Cert students and their teachers with...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Education, Consumer Tech, Apps -
UCC student creates graduate careers smartphone app News
07.02.2013 A final-year business information systems student at UCC has developed a smartphone app called Graduate Jobs Ireland aimed at keeping graduates and undergraduates up to date on... -
Click A Taxi goes global, bringing its taxi app to over 1bn people News
07.02.2013 Since going live in Ireland last summer, Click A Taxi has been busy expanding its network from just five countries to 50 worldwide, giving it the largest global coverage of any... -
4oD comes to Android – Wi-Fi-only viewing for Ice Cream Sandwich and up News
07.02.2013 More than a year since its iOS app was released, 4oD has come to Android, available now for free from Google Play. The app gives unlimited access to 4oD’s extensive catalogue of... -
Apple claims a new iTunes record with 25bn songs sold News
06.02.2013 Apple has revealed that a new landmark of 25bn has been reached in terms of the number of songs sold on its iTunes music store.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Internet, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Instagram makes image feeds available beyond mobile News
06.02.2013 Previously a mobile-only experience, Instagram has further opened itself up to the web at large with the ability to browse image feeds on the web, just like they appear on mobile. -
Weekend news round-up: The end of the web as we know it, will 4G be expensive? News
04.02.2013 In our trawl through the most interesting tech stories from the weekend, we discover a computer scientist who heralds the web as we know it today will be history; e-commerce...Tags: Apple, Apps, Twitter, Facebook, Data Privacy, EU, US, 4G, 3, LTE, Smartphones, Pinterest, Tablet Computers -
Facebook gets into the financial services business with gift cards News
31.01.2013 Facebook is launching a new gift card that will allow friends to send one another gifts that can be retrieved in select retail stores. The interesting thing about the new... -
Permanent TSB introduces mobile banking app News
31.01.2013 Almost 30pc of Permanent TSB customers access its website using their smartphones, and so the bank has responded with a mobile app solution.Tags: Online Banking, Apps -
Social business efforts will miss benefits through 2015 - Gartner News
30.01.2013 Eighty per cent of social business efforts won’t achieve the intended benefits because of inadequate leadership and an overemphasis on technology through 2015, Gartner, Inc,... -
Weekend news round-up: Cook rallies Apple's troops, The Vine becomes the web's hottest property News
28.01.2013 In our round-up of what's been happening over the weekend in tech, Apple CEO Tim Cook has rallied the Apple troops and has said that despite the pummeling by Wall Street and...