- BBC launches standalone iPlayer Radio app, expands video partnership with YouTube The BBC has launched a new standalone iPlayer Radio app for iPhone, iPad and desktop that grants users access to live audio streams of all of the BBC's radio stations, as well as on-demand archive content.
- Separate news from noise with Storyful's new iPhone app Storyful, a service that separates news from the noise of the real-time web, has released an iPhone application. Last month, Storyful released Storyful Direct for iPhone, an application that allows citizen journalists to easily submit media content to Storyful for verification.
- Easily untag yourself from Facebook photos using this free iPhone app Legitimate privacy concerns or embarrassing photos from last weekend's office party means that Facebook users often want to untag images of themselves on mass - something which Facebook deliberately makes difficult.
- Loc8 Code iPhone app gets an update Point8, the Loc8 Code iPhone app developed under license, has received a welcome update in the past week. One new feature allows users to attach a Loc8 Code to an address book contact - very handy.
- RTÉ Player arriving on the iPhone and iPad before Christmas Aisling McCabe, director of platform development at RTÉ, took to the stage at the Dublin Web Summit this evening to announce RTÉ's plans to launch RTÉ Player iPhone and iPad app in the coming months. More specfically, before Christmas.
- Broadcast media check-in service IntoNow acquired by Yahoo! Only twelve weeks after launch media check-in service IntoNow has been acquired by Yahoo! for a speculated $30 million dollars. The service exists as an iPhone application that provides real-time social experiences around broadcast media programming.
- RTÉ Player coming to Android and iPhone later this year RTÉ will release Android and iOS versions of their popular video-on-demand RTÉ Player service later this year. According to Silicon Republic, Aisling McCabe, head of platform development at RTÉ, confirmed RTÉ’s plans to release free mobile apps for the two platforms late last week.
- Save 90% off call costs with “virtual landline” iPhone app Dublin based internet telephonics company Blueface have recently released an iPhone app, known as Banter, that claims to save customers up to 90% off mobile phone call costs. Upon downloading the free app and creating an account, the user is given a “virtual landline” number based on their location. With this new virtual number users can then make and receive calls at a reduced rate when compared to normal and more expensive mobile phone call costs.
- BBC iPlayer app coming next month BBC iPlayer, the popular catch-up service from the BBC, is reportedly releasing a dedicated iOS app next month. The app will work on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
- The Guardian releases updated subscription-based iPhone app The Guardian have today released an updated version of their iPhone app that now employs a subscription-based model instead of a one-off fee.