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Mobile advertising handbook published
IAB Ireland has published a mobile advertising handbook to help its members plan a mobile strategy. It is expected that there will be a 50% growth in smartphone ownership in the next 12 months in the Irish market. Smartphones could overtake desktop ownership within 12 months. Advertisers have told us that they want to equip...
24 The Web – building better
Irish registrar and hosting company Blacknight has announced its sponsorship of 24 The Web , a 24 hour web design challenge for charity. 24 The Web, which is in its second year, takes place during design week 2011 on the weekend of October 29-30 in Dublin, Ireland. 24 The Web is staffed by teams of...
Spark of Genius
In conversation with Edel McCarthy, digital marketing manager, ESB Electric Ireland. Describe the Spark of Genius award and why ESB Electric Ireland is the main sponsor? I attended the Dublin Web Summit last year and can honestly say I’ve never attended an event like it. Firstly there were a stellar array of speakers including 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...
Samsung claims to be Ireland’s top mobile brand
Samsung claims it is now Ireland’s leading vendor of mobile phones. The claim is based on market share figures released today by GFK Retail and Technology. The figures, which are for September 2011, also reveal that Samsung occupied the number one position in the Smartphone market for the second month running. “The Galaxy S II,...
YouTube looking for the next Jamie Oliver
Fancy yourself as the next Jamie or Gordon or Donal or Darina? YouTube has launched a program looking for ‘the stars of tomorrow’, specifically in this case the YouTube ‘Next Chef’ and the YouTube ‘Next Trainer’. Starting today, people from Ireland, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States...
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...
How social media is changing the global ad industry
More and more advertising money is being pumped into social networks worldwide with Facebook taking the lion’s share. Money made from virtual currency and subscription services are set to grow to $15 billion next year and double that figure by 2015. Let’s look at some of the global forecasts by reputable market research firms: Gartner...
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...
Irish venture capital tech funds could dry up
Irish tech firms seem to be attracting healthy interest from venture capitalists and investors. In the six months to June 2011 Irish technology companies raised €161.9m from investors. This is an increase of 58% on the same period last year, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) VenturePulse survey just published. Maurice Roche, chairman...
