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Tethras hires as demand for translation services grows
Irish start up Tethras, which allows app developers to easily adapt their software into over 40 languages, has grown to 16 staff members within the last six months. The company, founded in 2010 by Brian Farrell and Brendan Clavin, provides the world’s first localisation-as-a-service platform for mobile application developers. Among the recent hires are Matthew...
Buffy the Facebook phone
Rumours have been swirling for sometime that Facebook would launch its own smartphone. Earlier this year two HTC ‘Facebook phones’ were launched but were simply smartphones with a Facebook app button on the front. Now, however, a fresh rumour started by All Things Digital suggests Facebook is building a phone and it will be called...
The Winners of The Appys 2011
The winners of the 2011 Appys have been announced. Congratulations to MailOnline for iPad, the Grand Prix winner of the Appys 2011 with Carphone Warehouse. This year’s awards received over 250 entries and was opened up to entries from Facebook apps and iPad apps. Other notable winners include the best business app – Adverts.ie, the...
It’s showtime – The Appys 2011
Tonight’s gonna be a good night. The Appys are nearly here. Here’s the shortlist for The Appys 2011 with Carphone Warehouse. Download here: Appys Shortlist 2011. “After the success of last year, 2011 is bigger and better,” says Ed Conmy, event organiser. “Michelle Doherty (Phantom FM) and Dermot Whelan (RTÉ’s, Republic of Telly) are the...
Vote for your favourite app and win a Playbook
To celebrate its sponsorship of the People’s Choice Award, The Carphone Warehouse is running a Facebook competition for fans to vote for their favourite app. Visit facebook.com/Thecarphonewarehouseireland to vote. Every day until November 3rd, 2011, fans have a chance to vote for their top three apps. The first time you vote, your name is entered...
iPad story app changes according to weather and time of day
Mousey Howsee and the Rescuers is an interactive picture book app for children (3+), and claims to be the first mobile children’s book application in which the storyline changes according to the time of the day and real-time weather conditions. How? Location based services track user coordinates, automatically syncing the app to play day or...
The best of iOS5 for the iPhone
After weeks of anticipation, iOS 5 is finally available to dowload. Happily, it seems to be as good as Apple promised. Many have already downloaded the new OS but may not know what extra features it allows. Here’s a brief top line analysis. We can start with iMessage, exclusive for iOS 5 users, very useful...
Radar app makes foursquare useful
Many people use foursquare, most don’t. However, this could all change thanks to Radar, described by Foursquare as “a huge step in the evolution of the foursquare vision”. And it is. Radar will change the DNA of Foursquare and bring it right bang in the middle of the mainstream and it’s all thanks to Apple’s...
Book your seat at The Appys 2011
The judging of this year’s Appys with The Carphone Warehouse has started and entries are now closed. This year The Appys received over 200 entries across 15 categories. “What struck us the most this year was the quality of the apps and how the quality of the apps in terms of utility and design had...
Chrome Remote Desktop – a new way of doing things
Maybe Chrome is not your favorite browser, but nobody can deny that the number of useful applications developed by Google is huge, and always increasing. One such application (in beta mode) is Chrome Remote Desktop, a unique extension for Chrome users, that allows users to control several computers remotely from their browser. It´s important to...
iPhone 4S announced – no iPhone 5 just yet
After months of speculation and hundreds of millions of euro worth of ‘earned media’ gained, Apple finally announced its latest iPhone. It is called the iPhone 4S. Inside, it is all new. It has an A5 chip, same as the iPad 2. It is seven times faster than iPhone 4 with better graphics for gaming....
iPhone users consume huge amount of apps
Market research commissioned by mobile solutions provider Púca shows that despite the downturn, demand for the latest smartphones amongst adults remains strong with more than half (54%) claiming ownership of a smartphone. On the day that Apple announces its latest iPhone, the research* shows that 28% of smartphone equipped adults have one of the devices...
