Tagged: IPad & News
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Science Review 2012 - Top 100 science stories: Nos 75-71 News
30.11.2012 We continue our countdown of Ireland’s top science and innovation stories of 2012. It was the year Dublin became the European City of Science and major scientific breakthroughs... -
The sustainability of tablets (infographic) News
28.11.2012 Are tablet computers environmentally friendly? Very much so, according to a new infographic, which looks at the pros and cons of the devices from a green perspective. -
The most unusual tech stories of 2012 (videos) News
26.12.2012 An artist who created an aircraft using his taxidermied cat, a Craigslist user willing to change his name for a WWDC ticket, and a father who fired bullets into his daughter’s... -
Tipp start-up’s app is No 1 in nine countries worldwide on iOS App Store News
27.11.2012 UPDATED: Chocolate Labs Apps, a rural Tipperary-based start-up founded by a local girl, Elaine Heney, so she could work from home and spend some time with her horse, has seen...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Business, Apps -
Rise of the mobile worker means Microsoft decides to raise its licensing fees News
27.11.2012 Software giant Microsoft is to raise its licensing fees by up to 15pc in response to the proliferation of mobile devices in enterprises and the enduring bring your own device... -
CoderDojo iOS app hits the Apple App Store News
27.11.2012 CoderDojo, the international coding movement that was started in Cork a year ago and now sees more than 6,000 children around the world learn how to write software every...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Phones, Internet, Education, Digital Media, Apps -
Samsung adds iPad mini and iPad 4 to patents battle against Apple News
22.11.2012 In the latest predictable salvo in the never-ending patent wars, Samsung has added the iPad mini to the list of product infringements it alleges Apple has committed. -
Dear Santa, almost half of US kids want an iPad for Christmas – Nielsen News
21.11.2012 If kids in the US get their Christmas wishes, Santa’s sleigh could be weighed down with tech gifts this year – predominantly those sporting the Apple brand, according to a... -
Oprah in celebrity endorsement fail – she tweets: ‘love that Surface’ from an iPad News
20.11.2012 There must be red faces among marcomms types at Microsoft today after the tech world universally collectively guffawed at an embarrassing tweet whereby media mogul Oprah Winfrey...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Let there be rock: AC/DC’s complete digital catalogue arrives on iTunes News
19.11.2012 Apple has struck a deal with AC/DC and Columbia Records to put the Australian rock band’s entire digital catalogue on iTunes. -
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... -
iPhone 5S to arrive in spring 2013? News
14.11.2012 The iPhone 5 has barely been out in the market and already there’s talk of an iPhone 5S being released in the spring of 2013. -
Updated Sky+ app transforms your iPhone into a remote controller News
13.11.2012 An update to the Sky+ app for iPhone lets users use their app to change the channels on their Sky+ box, as well as pause, play and rewind TV with a swipe or tap of their fingers.Categories: Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps, Digital Media, Games/Entertainment, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Phones, Wireless Communications -
Firm designs rocking chair to recharge iPads News
13.11.2012 iPad owners may soon be able to charge their Apple tablet computers by rocking in a rocking chair. -
Samsung slaps Apple with a 20pc price hike on chips and components News
12.11.2012 Korean electronics giant Samsung is understood to be increasing the price of key components, such as the A5 and A6X SOCs used by Apple in iconic devices like the iPhone and...Categories: Development, Design, Deals Done, Consumer Tech, Computers, Digital Business, Hardware, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Wireless Communications -
Weekend news-round up: Romney's Orca the killer fail; is Apple past its peak? News
12.11.2012 In our trawl through the world's top tech coverage from the weekend, we discover that former US presidential candidate Mitt Romney's secret tech weapon code-named Orca lies...Categories: Web, R&D, Phones, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, Business Intelligence -
Carve Cases raises second funding round from Entrepreneur of the Year Paul Kenny News
10.11.2012 Carve Cases, a homegrown start-up that makes Apple accessories from wood, has just secured its second round of funding and will create 10 new jobs in the next year. The funding...Tags: Simply Zesty, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Funding, Investment, Social Media, Ernst & Young, iPhone 5, iPad, Apple, -
Apple to pay out US$368.2m to VirnetX in VPN FaceTime patent trial News
07.11.2012 A federal jury in Texas has ruled that Apple’s FaceTime function infringed four patents belonging to a company called VirnetX. As a result Apple will have to pay US$368.2m in...Categories: Unified Communications, R&D, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
Microsoft Xbox SmartGlass app now available in iOS App Store News
07.11.2012 Microsoft’s second screen experience SmartGlass app, which gives users the ability to control their Xbox via their iPhone or iPad, has just popped up in the iOS App Store.Categories: Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps Zone, Apps, Mobility, Multimedia, Wireless Communications -
Apple reportedly mulling move away from Intel processors in Macs News
06.11.2012 Apple is understood to be exploring ways to replace Intel processors in its Mac computers with the same chip technologies it uses in the iPhone and iPad platforms.Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers