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Independent.ie tops Nokia app chart
Independent.ie is the top Irish content app on the Nokia store. In the news category Independent.ie tops the charts and has received a four star rating. The Nokia app also allows users to read full articles across a range of categories including breaking news, world, sport, business and lifestyle. (Independent.ie also has apps built for...
Flipboard for iPhone – review
Flipboard, the first and most successful social/personal digital magazine for the iPad, is now available for the iPhone. But is it any good? The short answer is yes. It’s good, but it’s not a carbon copy of the iPad app, it’s a re-imagining of the iPad app for the smaller iPhone screen. Flipboard works by...
Will an early 2012 launch of iPad 3 affect iPad 2 sales this Christmas?
One of the top selling digital tools for Christmas 2011 will be the iPad 2. Thousands of people all over Ireland will join millions of people across the globe on Christmas morning in a flurry of Apple-induced excitement as they unwrap the world’s best selling tablet computer and begin downloading apps by the sleigh load....
The era of the Facebook app is gathering pace
Most people will know what a mobile (or native) app is. However, not many know what a Facebook app is. When Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s Open Graph in September, he said this: “We think this [Open Graph] is going to make it possible to build a completely new class of apps that wasn’t possible before.”...
Muck Rack – it’s like cat nip for PR professionals
If you work in PR, and aren’t on Twitter then you really need to consider changing career. Buy a sweet shop perhaps? Twitter has proven to be one of the most invaluable tools available to journalists, PR people and communications professionals of all shades. If you’re going to hear about something first, you will hear...
Want to do better in exams? There’s an app for that
A new iPhone app – created by 25 year old Irishman, Cormac Moore – aims to help second and third level students perform better in exams. Moore, a published researcher in the area of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) – the study of successful thinking patterns of outstanding individuals – developed the Headcase app with the...
10 iPad apps to unwrap this Christmas
You may wake up on Christmas morning and be handed a pair of socks, or you could be lucky and find a spanking new iPad 2 under the tree. If you’re one of the lucky ones you’ll want to start using the iPad immediately and the best way to do this is to download some...
Sky Movies app for iOS launched
Sky Movies is now available for iOS smartphones and tablets. It is already available online. Sky’s movies on demand, Sky Go app is now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Sky Movies subscribers using Sky Go can stream movies on demand via a Wi-Fi connection. Sky says 3G capability will be introduced by the...
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...
