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Apple delays The Daily launch by “weeks”
Apple and News Corporation have delayed the launch of The Daily, an iPad-only publication, that was reported to be unveiled later this month on January 19th. Now, it is believed that this launch date will be delayed, but only by “weeks, not months".
Darren McCarra
14th January 2011
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Murdoch and Jobs will launch iPad newspaper later this month
Rubert Murdoch and Steve Jobs are expected to appear together on stage later this month to launch Murdoch’s new iPad-only publication known as The Daily. According to Forbes journalist Jeff Bercovici this launch date could be January 19th, 2011.
Darren McCarra
11th January 2011
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Asus’s Android and Windows 7 tablet offerings announced
Asus have announced a number of tablet offerings ahead of tomorrow’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Jonney Shih, Chairman of Asus, appeared on stage to make the announcement of four new Asus tablet devices.
Darren McCarra
5th January 2011
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Toshiba joins Android tablet gold rush
Recently it would seem that electronic manufacturers worldwide are queuing up to announce plans to launch their own Android-powered tablet devices. Yesterday we wrote about Vizio’s new 8 inch tablet, now Toshiba plan to launch their own 10.1 inch tablet that will become available when Android Honeycomb is officially released.
Darren McCarra
4th January 2011
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Ireland.com launches iPad app
Ireland.com, an online tourist guide of what to do in Ireland, have released a dedicated iPad app, following the release of their iPhone app last year.
Darren McCarra
4th January 2011
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Android surpasses Symbian to become Ireland’s second largest mobile OS
According to StatCounter GlobalStats, Android OS has surpassed SymbianOS to become Ireland’s second most popular mobile operating system. iOS, the operating system found on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, is still by far the most popular mobile OS in Ireland.
Darren McCarra
1st January 2011
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VLC media player coming to Android soon
According to tech blog GigaOM, the team behind the popular media player VLC will release a VLC Android app in “a matter of weeks”. This follows from the release of a dedicated VLC iPad app in September of this year, with iPhone support arriving in October.
Darren McCarra
26th December 2010
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Zynga launches first mobile browser-based game
Zynga, one of the best known social games developers, have launched a mobile browser-based version of their existing title Mafia Wars Atlantic City. The game currently has over 20 million players.
Darren McCarra
20th December 2010
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Apple App Store statistics [Infographic]
App of the Day, a site that features a community-nominated iOS app everyday, have released an interesting infographic on app statistics. The infographic visualises various app data including proportionate data between paid and free apps, specific iOS platform data as regards the percentage of apps available to each, app category distribution, and app prices per category.
Darren McCarra
17th December 2010
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Top Irish iPhone weather apps to monitor next week’s #bigfreeze
With temperatures set to plunge once again towards the latter half of next week, stay safe and informed with these great Irish weather applications that work on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad.
Darren McCarra
12th December 2010