Tagged: App
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LinkedIn buys news reader platform Pulse for US$90m News
12.04.2013 LinkedIn has confirmed its acquisition of Alphonso Labs, the company behind the mobile news reader app Pulse, for US$90m. The Pulse app, which now boasts more than 30m users... -
Closure Ireland Events
30.05.2013 Closure Ireland is an upcoming event for like-minded developers, designers, app builders and engineers to meet up and discuss emerging technologies, best practice and to get to... -
Discount voucher start-up Voucher Pages launches new coupon platform News
09.04.2013 Irish online discount voucher directory Voucher Pages has launched a new coupon platform to allow users to view discounted offers for products and services without having to... -
WhatsApp denies rumours of sale to Google for US$1bn News
09.04.2013 Popular cross-platform mobile messaging app WhatsApp has quashed rumours that it is in discussions to sell the company to Google for up to US$1bn.Categories: Web, Social Media, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Task Me Now wins Startup Weekend in Cork for crowdsourcing app News
08.04.2013 Cork’s first ever Startup Weekend ended last night, with the top prize going to Task Me Now for its BrainCredit app to help companies crowdsource for expertise for specific... -
Irish start-up GetHealth makes it onto US healthcare entrepreneurship programme News
04.04.2013 GetHealth, an Irish health technology start-up that has created an app to help people achieve their health and fitness goals via gameplay and social interaction, has been chosen... -
Twitter overhauls its Android and iPhone presence to accommodate new card features News
04.04.2013 Not to be outdone by Facebook’s impending Android news today, rival Twitter has released a new version of Twitter for Android that reflects a native Android experience. The...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
PC sales plummet worldwide as tablets and smartphones roar ahead News
04.04.2013 As a possible indication of the declining fortunes of the personal computer as we know it, Gartner has grouped PCs in with tablets, smartphones and other connected devices to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, AppsTags: App, Tablet Computers, Windows 8, Smartphones, Mobile Phones, PCs, Mac OS X, iOS, Apple, Android, Google, Operating Systems -
Dublin health-tech start-up secures €650k investment News
04.04.2013 Zinc Software, a Dublin-based company that is developing next-generation heart sensors, has secured €650,000 in an investment round to bring its first product to market. The...Tags: AIB, Kernel Capital, Bank of Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Dublin BIC, iOS, Android, App, SDKs, Health, MedTech -
Is Facebook a wolf stalking mobile operators – could a Facebook SIM be next? News
03.04.2013 Tomorrow, Facebook is expected to launch a new smartphone in collaboration with HTC, as well as a new home screen app for Android users. Analysts reckon this is the start of a... -
Specs for HTC Myst ‘Facebook phone’ leaked online News
02.04.2013 The upcoming smartphone collaboration between Facebook and HTC has been revealed as a budget consumer smartphone device codenamed ‘Myst’, it has been claimed. -
Tech start-up of the week: Portable Medical Technology News
31.03.2013 This week’s tech start-up of the week is Portable Medical Technology Ltd, a company that develops accredited and trusted apps for medical specialists to reduce medical errors,... -
Walter the Wandering Wave creator to crowdfund global TV pilot News
26.03.2013 Storybook and mobile app cartoon character Walter the Wandering Wave, created by Irish entrepreneur Shane Janssens, is set to have his own TV programme around the world....Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Digital Media, Development, Design, Apps -
Weekend news round-up: Bill Gates’ US$100k condom; no more power-downs on airplanes? News
25.03.2013 In our gathering of some of the best tech news from the weekend, we discover that in the US rules on turning off electronic devices during flights might finally be relaxed; Bill... -
The five minute CIO: Claudio Perrone News
22.03.2013 Italian-born and Dublin-based, Claudio Perrone is a Lean and Agile consultant, speaker and entrepreneur. He explains how CIOs and IT teams’ more systematic approach to problem... -
11-year-old Irish kid claims to be Europe’s youngest published app developer News
15.03.2013 Eleven-year-old Caolan Fleming from Killenard near Portarlington, Co Laois, is believed to be currently Europe’s youngest published app developer with his game Rampage now live... -
PoetryBeo app makes Irish Leaving Cert poetry come alive News
19.03.2013 For Leaving Certificate students, the date of their final exams is looming, but modern-day sixth-years can rest assured that when it comes to the poetry section of Irish paper... -
Paddy Proof app lets users test their Irishness while raising funds for cancer support News
15.03.2013 A new app released in time for the St Patrick’s Day festivities this weekend features a quiz to discern just how Irish you are, and every download will result in a donation to... -
Sky Movies app now available for Android devices News
14.03.2013 Sky has made its Movies companion app available for Android smartphone users. The free app offers a one-stop shop for movies currently showing on Sky Movies and in the Sky Store...Categories: Apps, Digital Media, Games/Entertainment, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Phones, Wireless Communications