Tagged: Apple
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Masterminding European tech mergers and acquisitions News
02.04.2013 Because of the size of Silicon Valley and the volume of money raised and numbers of companies being bought and sold every week, Europe doesn’t often seem to be as exciting a... -
Now Sony's Xperia Z falls prey to the bypass lockscreen bug News
26.03.2013 Sony’s new Xperia Z is the latest smartphone device to fall afoul of a bug that lets hackers potentially bypass the device’s lockscreen. -
Review: Logitech HD TV Cam News
25.03.2013 I sometimes look at the TV business in despair. I can see why it has become a commodity business at a time when technologically it should be enjoying a glorious resurgence. Why... -
4G LTE mobile broadband to reach 220m subscribers by 2014 News
25.03.2013 Rapid uptake of 4G LTE mobile broadband technology in the next year will see the subscriber number doubling from an estimated 105m this year to 220m by 2014.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Apple acquires indoor-GPS service company WifiSLAM News
25.03.2013 Consumer tech giant Apple has acquired WifiSLAM, an indoor-GPS company, for a reported US$20m. -
Apple rolls out two-factor authentication, iForgot service is back up News
23.03.2013 Apple’s iForgot password reset page is back up and running after a security hole that allowed unauthorised resets was discovered. In recent days Apple launched two-factor...Categories: Apps, Digital Business, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Security, Software, Software & Web Development, Wireless Communications -
The technology business week: ITLG starts Women in Leadership Group, Ryanair to appeal €370,000 fine News
25.03.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
iPhone owners are still the most satisfied in the US News
22.03.2013 Apple’s iPhone has come out on top for the ninth US Wireless Smartphone Satisfaction Study in a row while satisfaction among smartphone users overall is on the increase. -
Adobe’s CTO Kevin Lynch resigns for Apple VP job News
20.03.2013 Adobe Systems’ CTO Kevin Lynch is leaving the company at the end of this week to take up a job at consumer tech giant Apple, as its vice-president of technologies. -
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... -
Samsung exec says a smartwatch is in the works News
19.03.2013 Reports are emerging today that executive vice-president of Samsung Mobile Lee Young Hee has said the company is working on a smartwatch, perhaps planning to beat its rival...Categories: Consumer Tech, Mobile -
Weekend news round-up: Blank canvas for Draw Something; end of road for unlimited mobile data News
19.03.2013 In our round-up of some of the weekend's compelling tech stories, it appears the end is in sight for unlimited mobile data in the UK, at least if EE has its way. Apple... -
Win a Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air speaker dock! News
19.03.2013 Siliconrepublic.com has joined forces with hi-fi, home entertainment and home automation specialist Cloney Audio to give one lucky reader a Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air speaker... -
Almost 191m tablets to ship in 2013 – Android to overtake Apple’s iPad News
12.03.2013 Some 190.9m tablet devices are predicted to be sold around the world in 2013, IDC has predicted. Google’s Android operating system is expected to overtake Apple’s iPad and will... -
Price negotiations stall Apple music-streaming service roll out News
08.03.2013 The iRadio streaming music service planned by Apple that will compete with Pandora and Spotify is being held up by difficult negotiations. Record labels are believed to have... -
Apple CEO said to be in talks with Beats creators on music-streaming service News
06.03.2013 Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly been in discussion with Beats Electronics CEO Jimmy Iovine on a possible partnership between the two on a digital music-streaming service. -
Golfing gadget backed by Silicon Valley’s finest launches IndieGoGo campaign News
05.03.2013 Game Golf, a technology invented by Irishman John McGuire of Active Mind Technology and designed by Jawbone’s Yves Béhar, today launched its IndieGoGo campaign to bring the...Categories: Software & Web Development, Investments, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
New Apple iPhone models expected to launch in June with iOS 7 News
05.03.2013 As if rumours about eye-tracking capabilities on the Samsung Galaxy S IV weren’t enough, comes fresh speculation about Apple’s iPhone 5S emerging in June with fingerprint... -
Samsung Galaxy IV to include eye-tracking software? News
05.03.2013 A new capability that will let users scroll pages on their device is being rumoured to be included in the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy IV smartphone.Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Rumours of the rise of the Apple iWatch won’t go away News
04.03.2013 In some quarters, reports of Apple launching a watch-based product have been dismissed as a smokescreen aimed at putting a spanner in Samsung’s spokes as the launch of its new...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, R&D, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Energy, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech