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iPad app allows kids to publish books
This is cute, a new free iPad app that allows kids to create and physically publish their own books. Scribble Press is a chain of three stores in the US (California) that wants to go global with its product. Using the iPad app, kids can choose various templates before they advance to designing their own...
Twitter to sell celebrity tweets to app developers?
Twitter is to allow its celebrity users integrate their tweets into other services and applications. For example, if a big name musician like Lady Gaga tweets then her tweets could start appearing beside her songs in media players like Spotify and iTunes. Twitter is [so far] inviting a select few music app developers (Rovi, The...
Social gaming cheats also cheat in real life
The psychology of gaming, and especially social gaming, is a relatively new study and one that is throwing up some interesting findings. The latest survey by social games firm PopCap shows that nearly half (48%) of people* who admit to cheating in social video games also admit to cheating in real life – compared to...
Is this Google’s weapon to challenge Facebook?
When Google launched its latest social network Google+, it received a mixed response – some thought it was okay, some hated it. Indeed, many ‘seasoned’ social media professionals were quick to dismiss it straight away and say it was too little, too late and Facebook owned the social networking world. Period. However, after many Facebook...
New Google Maps game
Here’s a nice idea from Google, a game based on Google Maps. The game is based on WebGL and will be available from Google+Games from February. The game is designed to get more people interacting with Google+ as well as showing off the new ‘indoors view’ feature on Google Maps. Pretty cool stuff.
€1 million investment and 12 new jobs for Blueface
Irish cloud telephony company Blueface, has announced a €1m investment in research & development to enhance its next generation IP telephony and services platform and drive export activity. The investment, which will create 12 new jobs, is being part-funded by Enterprise Ireland’s R&D Fund. Enterprise Ireland classifies Blueface as a “scaling client” meaning it is...
Visa certifies wave and pay phones from Samsung, LG and Blackberry
Visa Europe has certified certain smartphones made by Samsung, LG and Blackberry to use its mobile app for payments – Visa payWave. The Samsung Galaxy SII, LG Optimus NET NFC, BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900, BlackBerry Bold 9790, BlackBerry® Curve™ 9360 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 have been added to Visa’s list of “compliant payment products” i.e. wave...
Can Timberlake really resurrect MySpace?
MySpace, remember that? Back in the olden days it was a hot web property. It was founded in 2003 and was bought by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation in 2005 for $580 million. Why would Murdoch pay so much for a web property? Well, *logs onto Wikipedia*, “from 2005 until early 2008, MySpace was the most...
Should Irish newspapers band together to make money online?
2012 is going to be another challenging year for Irish newspapers, both national and regional, as more readers fall by the wayside, advertising budgets move online and fewer people buy print editions for their news and commentary. While most of the country’s biggest papers have solid digital platforms, they simply don’t pay enough to cover...
An app that builds apps – and it’s free
A new iOS (Apple) app allows users to create their own iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch apps within minutes. Appatista works by just transforming any RSS feed into an app. Once the app is created from the RSS feed it is available for the user to share via email, Twitter, Facebook or any other social...
Netflix launches in Ireland
Netflix, the online video streaming service has launched today in Ireland and the UK. It offers unlimited access to a broad range of entertainment for just €6.99 a month. Netflix is offering a free, one month trial to the Irish market. At launch, Netflix is offering films and TV programmes from All3Media, the BBC, CBS,...
Netflix to launch in Ireland this week
The giant American online video streaming service Netflix will launch in the UK and Ireland this week. On Tuesday, January 10, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings and chief product officer Neil Hunt will be in Dublin for various press briefings. Netflix is also likely to launch its new advertising camapign for the UK and Ireland. Irish...
