The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr. Charlie Flanagan TD, this morning launched TravelWise, a new free smartphone travel app available for download on iOS and Android. Speaking at the launch, Minister Flanagan said that TravelWise would help Irish people travelling abroad to stay safe and informed while travelling, living or working overseas. “I would […]
The National Lottery App now allows players to play and win anywhere with Lotto, EuroMillions, Daily Million and Instant Win games. The updated app was launched yesterday on the iPhone App Store, giving players the chance to become a winner wherever they are with a few simple taps. The company plans to add the new features to the Android […]
Thanks to Neil Tohill from Southside Motor Factors in Dublin for putting this infographic together, suggesting ten apps to help car owners and drivers. From voice control to feature-enhanced GPS, to remembering where you parked, there are a lot of ways to use apps to make driving easier and safer, and some even go under the hood […]
Fitness tracking is bigger than ever before as more and more people are coming to realise that the computer in their pocket (and an array of wearable accessories) has a role to play in helping to get and stay fit. Yet just as there is no one type of exercise regime or diet which works for […]
OK – the reaction of the two guys in this video may seem a little over the top but, in fairness, they’ve just seen the future! [youtube]http://youtu.be/gvjrT4aSCfc[/youtube] For many of those present, CES was their first chance to lay hands on the new USB Type-C connector, which is expected to be supported by device […]
Why is it that things we’d never dream about doing in the cold light of day suddenly seem like excellent ideas at 2am, after a night out, with some alcohol on board. OK it’s a rhetorical question, we know exactly why that is; yet it doesn’t stop many of us from doing – and especially saying […]
RTÉ and the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) have done a deal with UK company Radioplayer to provide 43 Irish radio stations on the Radioplayer platform by early December. Developed in the UK, Radioplayer already provides a similar service for UK stations and has also launched in Norway, Belgium and Germany. Consisting of a desktop player, […]
Popular photo sharing service Twitpic was meant to be shutting down definitively today and taking with it all its content. The shutdown came as a result of a dispute between Twitpic and Twitter over trademarks and API access. However earlier this evening Twitpic announced via their blog that they’d reached an agreement with Twitter. While […]
This looks like a simple idea at first and it is. Then you realise it has a million* unique applications! Touchpico is a pocket-sized Android device without a screen. Instead it has a built in projector which throws up an 80-inch image on a surface such as a wall. But it also comes with an infrared stylus – are you getting […]
They’ve embraced the web and social media and they’re hiring geeks for their “innovation hub” in Swords, complete with giant chess and multi-coloured cubicles (we can’t confirm the existence of beanbags). But the flight path to online success is fraught with turbulence, and the response to Ryanair’s new mobile app, launched yesterday, can be described as mixed. The […]
