Tagged: Apple App Store & News
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Girls Around Me app leaves Apple Store after ‘stalking’ fiasco News
02.04.2012 The geolocation iPhone app Girls Around Me, which lets people seek out girls and guys in their area using data from sites such as Facebook and Foursquare, has voluntarily...Categories: Apps, Consumer Tech, Data Management, Digital Media, Intellectual Property, Internet, Search, Social Media -
Free iPhone app to help Irish shoppers source better deals News
27.03.2012 New start-up Voucherpages.ie has created a free iPhone app that’s aiming to help people digitally shop around to scoop the best deals. -
The week in gadgets News
20.02.2012 A look at gadget happenings, as Apple will offer a US$10,000 gift card to the person who downloads its 25 billionth app, LG reveals the Optimus Vu and Fujitsu reportedly... -
Tech Start-up of the Week: Furious Tribe News
19.02.2012 Our featured tech start-up this week is Furious Tribe, a young Dublin-based digital start-up that has created a platform called Apptivate so businesses can build and customise... -
NI student wins award for his ‘Budget Wise’ app News
26.01.2012 Glenn Sayers, a computer science student from Ballymena in Co Antrim, has won the ‘2011 Awesome App’ award after the app he developed at Kainos App Camp last summer was...Tags: Kainos, Apps, Northern Ireland, Computer science, iPad, iPhone, Budget, Apple, Apple App Store -
UCD mobile app achieves more than 6,000 downloads (so far) News
18.11.2011 University College Dublin’s (UCD) IT Services group’s recently launched UCD Mobile App has achieved more than 5,000 downloads on Apple iOS devices and 1,000 downloads on Android...Categories: Mobile, Computers, Apps, Mobility, Phones, Software & Web Development, Wireless Communications -
Apple bans hacker who reveals App Store exploit code News
08.11.2011 A programmer who showed how it was possible to slip malware onto iOS devices via apps submitted to the ultra-secure Apple App Store has been removed from the iOS Developer Program.Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Apps Zone, Apps -
Windows 8: Microsoft to take 30pc cut for Metro apps News
17.09.2011 In a structure similar to Apple’s App Store policy, Microsoft is going to charge developers a 30pc fee for apps sold via its new Windows Store.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Development, Design, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
Apple denied rights to the term ‘App Store’ News
07.07.2011 Apple’s claim to the term ‘app store’ has been denied by a judge in California who blocked the technology giant’s injunction against Amazon’s use of ‘AppStore'. -
More than 15bn apps downloaded from Apple App Store News
07.07.2011 The Apple App Store has clocked up more than 15bn app downloads to date, just three years after its launch.Tags: Tablet, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, Mobile, Smartphones, Smartphone, App Store, Apple App Store, App, Apps, Apple -
Google+ app is coming to iOS devices News
05.07.2011 Google is readying a mobile app version of its new social networking ecosystem Google+ for iOS devices such as the iPhone and the iPad, a company executive said last night.Categories: Unified Communications, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
Apple offers students a €75 Mac apps gift card News
17.06.2011 Apple is offering students, lecturers and university staff a €75 University Gift Card to buy apps on the Mac and iOS App Stores, as well as goods on iTunes if they buy a new Mac... -
Apple’s U-turn over in-app subscription charges News
09.06.2011 Apple appears to have made a major U-turn on its policy regarding publishers having the ability to offer subscriptions for content outside the App Store. As long as the apps...Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
Apple defends app makers against Lodsys lawsuit threat News
24.05.2011 Apple has reacted strongly to a threat of legal action against iOS app developers who may be sued by patents firm Lodsys, alleging they breached patents on an in-app purchasing...Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Investments, Intellectual Property, Development, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
Android porn store latest trademark target for Apple News
23.03.2011 Apple has issued a cease and desist order to Android-based adult service MiKandi over its use of the term ‘Apps Store’ in the latest salvo, after filing a suit this week against...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Apps Zone, Apps -
Apple removes ‘gay cure’ app from App Store News
23.03.2011 A controversial app that made its way onto the Apple App Store has been pulled by the company after more than 146,000 signatures were collected in a petition addressed to Apple...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Mobility, Mobile, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Apple sues Amazon over ‘App Store’ name News
22.03.2011 Apple has filed a lawsuit against Amazon over the use of the word “App Store” in time for the launch of the retailer’s online mobile software store.Tags: Amazon, App Store, Apple App Store, Mobile Apps, Mobile, Smartphone, Angry Birds, Lawsuit, Apple -
Apple under fire for approving ‘gay cure’ app News
21.03.2011 Apple has come under fire for approving an application on its Apps Store by the religious organisation Exodus International that ostensibly aims to convert people from being gay...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Holy smokes! Catholic Church approves confession app News
08.02.2011 Proving that Apple CEO Steve Jobs indeed has the divine touch, it appears the Catholic Church has for the first time approved – by way of a bishop’s blessing – an iPhone and... -
Global mobile app downloads business to pass US$15bn News
26.01.2011 Worldwide mobile application store downloads are forecast to reach 17.7bn downloads this year – up 117pc on the 8.2bn downloads last year, according to Gartner.