Tagged: Tablet Computers & News
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Microsoft lets Siri do the talking in scathing new Windows 8 ad (video) News
24.05.2013 It’s nothing new to try and turn Siri against her maker and Microsoft has made use of the iOS personal assistant in a comparison ad meant to put the iPad to shame. -
#OI2Dublin – Intel CTO predicts next generation of PCs will challenge standalone tablets (video) News
21.05.2013 Intel’s chief technology officer Justin Rattner has predicted that the arrival of the next generation of PC devices that will run energy frugal processors like Intel’s...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Energy, Economy, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
The week in gadgets: a thumb-sized PC from Dell, hybrids from HP and Xbox on top News
20.05.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as Xbox celebrates 28 months as the top games console in the US, HP unveils two new hybrid laptops, and Dell gets ready to ship its thumb-sized PC... -
Microsoft’s Surface Pro to go on sale 30 May News
16.05.2013 Microsoft’s next computer, the Surface Pro - a machine that looks like a tablet computer but has the full power of a Windows 8 notebook computer - will go on sale in Ireland and... -
Apple hurtles towards 50bn app download milestone News
14.05.2013 Tech giant Apple is on the verge of reaching another major milestone – 50bn iPhone and iPad app downloads. It is expected to cross the threshold this evening or early tomorrow. -
‘The PC is very much alive and increasingly mobile’ – Microsoft exec talks Windows 8 figures News
07.05.2013 With Windows 8 now at the 100m licence milestone and Windows Blue on the horizon, Microsoft executive Tami Reller talks numbers for the six-month-old OS but remains tight-lipped... -
The five minute CIO: Conor MacCabe News
03.05.2013 Conor MacCabe, director and head of IT at Henry J Lyons architects, describes his problem-solving approach to technology and why cloud technology lets the business focus on its... -
Microsoft planning to launch 7-inch and 9-inch Surface devices in June News
02.05.2013 Reports from the Far East indicate that second-generation 7-inch and 9-inch Surface devices from Microsoft are in the works, with a big reveal planned for June.Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Battle of the tablets: Apple leads but Android is hot on its heels News
25.04.2013 Apple continues to hold the largest share of the global tablet market, at 48.2pc, followed closely by Android, which now has 43.3pc of the world market. Microsoft’s Windows 8... -
Amazon plots a move into the living room with Kindle TV set-top box News
25.04.2013 Keen to exploit opportunities in the streaming business, online retail giant Amazon is set to take on the might of Apple, Microsoft, Netflix and Hulu in the battle for the...Tags: Smartphones, Tablet Computers, Kindle Fire, Kindle, Apple TV, Apple, Netflix, Streaming, Amazon -
Apple revenues reach US$43.6bn – posts US$9.5bn profit – iPhone growth slows News
23.04.2013 Technology giant Apple posted solid sales and revenue figures of US$43.6bn and US$9.5bn, respectively, but has raised questions about future growth plans as sales levels of... -
Microsoft’s Surface Pro arriving in UK and Ireland next month News
23.04.2013 Microsoft has confirmed the Surface Pro Windows 8 tablet PC will arrive in the UK and Irish markets, other European countries, Australia and New Zealand, before the end of May....Categories: Wireless Communications, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
1.2m Irish households will own a tablet computer by the end of this year News
22.04.2013 Digital device ownership in Ireland is surging ahead with the average home owning at least four connected devices. A new Household Sentiment Survey by Eircom predicts that 1.2m...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
#DIF13 – 50pc of businesses will have their own app stores by 2020, says Gartner VP News
19.04.2013 In five years’ time, at least half of most enterprises will have their own app store to host the firms’ apps, as well as apps created by workers themselves to get the job done...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, CIO, Apps -
Is Nokia working on a phablet? News
18.04.2013 Nokia is believed to be working on a new 5-inch to 6-inch phone/tablet (phablet) device that will compete with Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Facebook brings Chat Heads to the iPhone and iPad News
17.04.2013 Owners of iOS devices who worry they might be losing out by not being able to get Facebook's new Chat Heads shall fear not! Facebook has brought its game-changing Chat Heads... -
Microsoft is the latest tech giant believed to be working on a smartwatch device News
15.04.2013 Software giant Microsoft has become the latest addition to the coterie of tech giants working on the next frontier of form factors – the watch. As well as its own smartphone,...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers -
The week in gadgets: PayPal for smart TVs and Microsoft’s shrinking Surface News
15.04.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as Microsoft tries to keep up by sizing down in the tablet market, Sony continues its efforts to build a 4K ecosystem, Panasonic has a new digital...Tags: Digital Cameras, Panasonic, Sony, Tablet Computers, Tablet, Surface, Microsoft, PayPal, LG, TV -
More than US$64bn worth of tablet computers will be bought in 2013 News
12.04.2013 The march of tablet computers and the slow, steady demise of the PC industries continues and the latest figures from ABI Research indicated that some 150m tablet devices will...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
PC sales fall off a cliff – steepest quarterly decline on record reported News
11.04.2013 The full extent of the decline of the PC industry has been made clear in the latest quarterly analysis from IDC, which revealed a near 14pc drop in the number of PCs sold in the...Categories: Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers