Tagged: App & News
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Coors Light brings out social-to-real-life video game app News
18.06.2013 Coors Light has attempted a new market first with a social-to-real-life video game that ties in with 800 pubs across Ireland to give thirsty punters up to 3,000 prizes,... -
Irish music discovery app Soundwave comes out of beta on 20 June News
17.06.2013 This Thursday will see the full release of Soundwave, a music-discovery app created and developed in Ireland that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak called “a music product that so... -
App for the visually impaired and cardiac biomarker scoop DCU innovation awards News
07.06.2013 A mobile app to help visually impaired shoppers, a diagnostic tool to better assess cardiac disease and an online payroll self-service system have won awards for innovation at...Categories: Software & Web Development, Science, Research, Internet, Graduate, Education, Design, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Halo: Spartan Assault coming to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 devices News
04.06.2013 The next game title from Microsoft and 343 Industries’ Halo franchise Halo: Spartan Assault will arrive in July for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 devices only. -
Tech start-up of the week: ParkYa News
26.05.2013 Our start-up of the week is ParkYa, a new smartphone app a Dublin-based start-up is developing to make it easier for people to find car parking spaces in real-time and pay for... -
Irish wearable tech player Zband ships gadgets to 30 countries News
24.05.2013 An Irish start-up called Zband which makes Android and Windows Phone compatible wristband devices that serve as a silent alarm has exported the gadget to 30 countries within the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Development, Design, Apps -
Presence app lets you turn an old iPhone into a security camera (video) News
23.05.2013 With 50m iPhones replaced worldwide in the past year, what can be done with these disused devices? US-based software company People Power has a solution that can repurpose an... -
Louth students cross the generation gap with app innovations News
20.05.2013 Transition-year students from four schools in Co Louth have been involved in a unique project with adults in the region to come up with prototypes for four mobile apps that aim...Tags: Smartphone, App, -
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... -
Facebook blocks social network-killing app Social Roulette News
16.05.2013 Facebook has blocked an app called Social Roulette that mimics the potentially lethal game of chance Russian Roulette by offering users a one-in-six chance of deleting their...Categories: Software, Social Media, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
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... -
The week in gadgets: Ouya launch delay, HTC First price drop, and Huggies’ nappy sensor News
13.05.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as games console disruption will have to wait an extra few weeks now that the Ouya launch has been pushed back, the HTC First hits a rock-bottom... -
Tech start-up of the week: Guidecentral News
12.05.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Guidecentral, a free mobile app for people to share and discover knowledge around everything from handmade crafts to home decor, fashion and... -
Cork cloud firm Avego reveals cost-saving carpooling app News
02.05.2013 Co Cork-based transport and mapping solutions firm Avego has launched its new carpooling app, which is set to make car travel cheaper, reduce emissions and encourage drivers and... -
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 -
Dublin tech firm Openmind named as finalist in CTIA Emerging Tech Awards News
02.05.2013 Irish software company Openmind - which transmits 1bn SMS messages a day for 120 mobile carriers - has been named as a finalist in the 2013 Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards... -
Wearable tech player Jawbone acquires BodyMedia for US$100m News
30.04.2013 Wearable tech and audio equipment maker Jawbone has acquired health technology player BodyMedia for an estimated US$100m. At the same time, Jawbone has unveiled its new UP... -
Geek chic: up to 10m pairs of smart glasses expected to ship by 2016 News
25.04.2013 The global market for smart glasses could amount to 10m units by 2016, IHS has predicted. This will be spurred on by Google’s efforts to promote application development for its... -
Salesforce.com enters the online advertising business News
23.04.2013 Having conquered the online CRM space and creating social communications channels for businesses, cloud software giant Salesforce.com is now intent on becoming an online...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Media, Marketing, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, CRM