App
Short for application. This is a piece of computer software that helps the user to perform specific tasks.
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# app - Sunday 19 May, 2013
Weird Wide Web: Bionic eyes, beer hunting and a test of how sexist you are
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
# app - Thursday 18 April, 2013
New app stops you having sex with your cousin
It sounds an incest alarm to prevent an “awkward reunion”.
Two-week-old karaoke app has 70k users and Lindsay Lohan’s a huge fan
What on earth is Just Sing It?
# app - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Safety app for women to be launched tomorrow
The app is from SAFE Ireland for android phones and contains information on services available to keep women and children safe from abuse.
# app - Sunday 3 March, 2013
Indian women use smartphones to ‘pin the creeps’
A new website allows victims of harassment to report it publicly and pinpoint the incident on a map to warn others.
Weird Wide Web: Transparent computer, one night stands and a terrifying dog robot
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
# app - Thursday 28 February, 2013
New app lets you verify your taxi driver
The Taxi Driver Check smartphone app is from the National Transport Authority and lets you check the licence details of the vehicle and driver – and see an ID photo.
# app - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
Instagram now has 100 million users a month
The social networking photo app has grown from being based in a cold office in San Francisco to one of the most popular apps in the world.
# app - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
Irish ‘Lonely Beast’ app featured on US Apple TV ad
The fun Alphabeast app, in which the Lonely Beast teaches children their ABCs, was created by a Dublin trio.
# app - Thursday 14 February, 2013
Chubby Checker sues HP over penis-measuring app
Tech-giant Hewlett-Packard are being sued for using the singer’s name for a penis-measuring app.
# app - Monday 28 January, 2013
Twitter’s new video app accidentally puts porn as its ‘Editor’s Pick’
Vine users were surprised to see six seconds of smut as an editorial choice – which Twitter has blamed as ‘human error’.
We’re trying out Vine, and have already seen a naked man
Vine is Twitter’s new video-sharing app, but why should you be a little afraid of it?
# app - Friday 25 January, 2013
Irish firm launches ‘Rollcall’ app to help monitor school absenteeism
National Education Welfare Board research from 2012 showed that over 56,000 students miss school each day in Ireland.
# app - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Irish app launched to aid suicide prevention and intervention
The free app is available for both iPhone and Android devices.
# app - Thursday 3 January, 2013
SuperValu launches country’s first grocery shopping app
Now you can do your weekly shop from your smartphone.
# app - Sunday 23 December, 2012
Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech and science news.
# app - Monday 3 December, 2012
After just 21 months, Rupert Murdoch closes iPad-only paper ‘The Daily’
Analysts say the decision is not surprising as Murdoch’s “bold experiment” did not have enough paying readers to sustain it.
# app - Thursday 22 November, 2012
New app aims to help those with sight loss navigate the city
“Walk Dublin”, a free iPhone app, has been launched by Dublin City Council in conjunction with the National Council for the Blind of Ireland.
# app - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
Danske Bank launches Ireland’s first iPad banking app
Latest figures show that the use of online banking in Ireland is up 17 per cent and two million Irish adults own a smart device.
# app - Friday 2 November, 2012
TheJournal.ie and TheScore.ie scoop three awards
eircom Spiders call TheJournal.ie Best Mobile App 2012; Irish Web Awards make us their Best Web-Only Publication and TheScore.ie their Best Sports Site. Aw shucks.
# app - Wednesday 31 October, 2012
Two power outages in Dublin this morning
Plus, did you know you can check if there is a power outage in your area by using a new ESB app?
# app - Friday 19 October, 2012
Forgetful taxi customers leave phones, keys and even shoes behind
A new survey also revealed 55 per cent of people like their drivers to have the chats with them on topics like the economy, sports and politics.
# app - Saturday 13 October, 2012
Brian O’Driscoll: You have to feel those disappointments to appreciate it fully when it comes around
Leinster’s leading try-scorer has won three Heineken Cups but can still vividly recall the semi-final heartache of 2003.
# app - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Samsung and Daft.ie launch Smart TV property app
Samsung continues to grow its Smart TV offering with new partnership.
# app - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
New app allows Chip and PIN processing on your mobile
The app uses a Bluetooth-connected PIN pad to securely process payments through a smartphone.
# app - Monday 17 September, 2012
Stream movies via Facebook with new Volta app
You can even choose a film for a friend over Facebook as a present – now isn’t that nice?
# app - Saturday 15 September, 2012
‘Pesky Gnats’ help children understand therapy
A video game developed by an Irish clinical psychologist is being used to help children in therapy – now it is seeking volunteers to help turn it into an app.
# app - Friday 24 August, 2012
New iPhone app from Coast Guard could ‘save lives’
The app will allow anyone going out to sea, whether it is professionally or for leisure or sport, to let the Coast Guard know in advance.
# app - Friday 20 July, 2012
App detects potholes on Boston streets
New app Street Bump allows drivers to automatically report the road hazards like pot holes to the authorities.
# app - Thursday 12 July, 2012
Smartphone taxi service launches in Dublin
The app sends you a picture of your driver, the roof sign number and a real time arrival countdown.
# app - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
App for taxi customers monitors route and average fare
Kevin Fagan has created an iPhone app for taxi customers who don’t want to be taken for a ride.
# app - Monday 2 July, 2012
Journey Planner iPhone app released
Have you been using Transport for Ireland online planner or Android app? Did it help you find your way – or send you out of the way?
# app - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Rioters to be traced through crowdsourcing app
The Metropolitan Police have uploaded thousands of images of people suspected of crimes during the 2011 London riots to a new app – and want the public to help identify them.
# app - Saturday 16 June, 2012
What the Blooming hell is going on today?
It’s Bloomsday today, celebrating the work of James Joyce. What’s going on around the country?
# app - Wednesday 6 June, 2012
Almost 6.5million LinkedIn passwords apparently leaked online
A hacker in Russia claims to have gained access to millions of passwords and is seeking help in removing the encryption.
# app - Friday 1 June, 2012
Over 75,000 disposable BBQs will be used in 2012
Repak wants consumers to think of the ‘forgotten recyclables’ from barbecue season over the June bank holiday.
# app - Thursday 10 May, 2012
What if Instagram was a real camera? It is now…
Would you like the Instagram app to become a real digital camera? One company has made a prototype which brings digital and film together. Now it is trying to raise money to build more.
# app - Wednesday 9 May, 2012
Bank of Ireland to launch iPhone app tonight
Don’t worry, Android users: an Android app will be launched in the coming weeks.
# app - Friday 4 May, 2012
Hymns and prayers on your iPhone in time for Eucharistic Congress
A Dominican friar has developed the app to enable pilgrims around the world to experience the Congress, which takes place in Dublin in June.
# app - Monday 9 April, 2012
Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 billion
Instagram pointed out that the existing app and accompanying site “is not going away”, while Facebook said the acquisition will help to improve its photo sharing capabilities.
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