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Irish made app ‘Curious George at the Zoo’ tops app store charts
Curious George at the Zoo the new iOS app designed for 2-6 year olds has topped the app store educational charts in both the US and Ireland over the last 24 hours. The game was released yesterday by global education company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) was entirely developed at its Irish R&D hub. The premise...
Want to choose your dreams? There’s an app for that
Imagine you could choose your dreams. Imagine you could create your ‘perfect dream’. (Stop drooling at the back). Well, that’s what Richard Wiseman, professor of the public understanding of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire is attempting to offer via a new iPhone app. Wiseman has been working for over a year with app developers...
AIB Mobile app wins first App of the Month with Newstalk
The winner of the March App of the Month competition, in association with Newstalk is the AIB Mobile App. Over 35 apps were entered last month and the judge, Martin Casey – managing director of Arekibo, said he had a hard time choosing a winner. Martin felt that “the design and ease of use of...
Fastest app to hit 50 million downloads
Every week there seems to be a new ‘record’ attached to the app industry – the 10 billionth app to be downloaded, the highest grossing app of all time etc. However, with more iPads and iPhones now in the hands of Americans, the app industry is about to enter its ‘enormous growth stage’, and good...
Phonedeck app turns your PC into your mobile
Phonedeck is a new Android app that allows you to sync mobile contacts, send text messages and even make calls directly from your computer browser. You need to register for an account on the website and then you can download the Android app and start syncing your mobile account to the cloud. Phonedeck launched today...
Microsoft’s Kinect Accelerator bears fruit
The Microsoft and TechStars Kinect Accelerator program for 2012 has chosen 11 startups (out of 500 who applied) to develop apps for Kinect. Those chosen will get $20,000, free office space for three months and will be based in Seattle, USA. Since Microsoft has opened Kinect up to developers an amazing raft of applications have...
Yahoo shakes up app development with Mojito
Yahoo has released Mojito, a software framework for building applications that run across multiple platforms including iOS and Android. Until now, developers had to design separate apps for Apple’s and Google’s operating systems but by using Mojito, applications will work on any mobile device as well as PCs. The key is that the apps are...
App developer Furious Tribe signs deal with Vodafone
Mobile technology firm and app developer Furious Tribe has signed a deal which will allow Vodafone business customers to develop their own mobile apps. The agreement allows Vodafone clients exclusive access to Apptivate, Furious Tribe’s content management system, which enables a company to manage its mobile applications easily without the need for specialised IT skills....
Annoying conference calls? There’s an app for that
For anyone who has to suffer through … I mean deal with, regular conference calls at work, you will understand how annoying they can be, especially if you have to rely on other people to be at their phones and have to deal with complex passwords or pin numbers to access an old-fashioned call system....
Pay your friend back with a Bump of your phone
Don’t have enough cash in your wallet to pay your friend back for the last round of drinks? Now you can transfer the money using a new app by simply bumping mobile phones. Bump Pay allows you to pay a friend by entering the amount you want to transfer and simply tapping your phone off...
Got drunk and sent inappropriate tweets? There’s an app for that
Ever got tipsy and started tweeting what you think are awesome insights? Ever gone onto Facebook and left a trail of drunken destruction in your wake? Ever posted a state of the nation video explaining to the world exactly what you think about stuff and why? Of course not. But if you did, you will...
An app for bargain hunters on the move
A new iPhone app allows shoppers to find bargains in their vicinity. The new voucherpages.ie app picks up a user’s current location and displays discount vouchers available for all types of goods and services in the area. Users can also filter discounts by the type of product or service, enabling them to see relevant local...
