Book scanning for $1 anyone?

14 years ago

A novel service, 1DollarScan, launched in the US last week and builds on the successes of their Japanese counterpart Bookscan.…

Wolfram Alpha comes alive with new Computable Document Format

14 years ago

Computational knowledge search engine Wolfram Alpha has announced that their recently introduced Computable Document Format (CDF) has been integrated with…

Twitter vows to purge spammers with “predictive” spam technology

14 years ago

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has vowed to counteract spam accounts with "realtime" and "predictive" spam technology that the company is…

Google Ireland’s Dublin staff put on a performance for the Google Street View cameras

14 years ago

Google's latest update to its Street View imagery of Ireland shows Google's entire Dublin staff come out to put on…

Amazon launches Kindle Cloud Reader to bypass Apple’s App Store restrictions

14 years ago

Amazon today, Wednesday, unveiled the Kindle Cloud Reader, an HTML5-based version of their Kindle book reader app that works on…

Twitter doesn’t want you looking at Google’s cache of its pages, but it can be done

14 years ago

Viewing Google's cache of a Twitter profile can be more difficult than it first seems but it can be done,…

Facebook launches standalone Android and iPhone messaging app

14 years ago

Facebook has just launched a standalone messaging app, Facebook Messenger, for Android and iOS devices. The app allows Facebook users…

HTC’s Android-powered Wildfire S [Review]

14 years ago

We've got our hands on the HTC Wildfire S, the successor to the hugely successful HTC Wildfire smartphone that originally…

Early speculators estimate iPhone 5 will be cheaper than previous model

14 years ago

As the iPhone 5's inevitable launch date in late September or October draws ever closer, speculators have begun to estimate…

“We need to encourage business to use reputable, qualified web developers,” says the IIA

14 years ago

Businesses need to recognise the importance of professional web development, according to the head of the Irish Internet Association, Joan…

BBC launch new TV-friendly iPlayer

14 years ago

The BBC has today launched a new TV-friendly version of its video on demand iPlayer service which aims to improve…

Doom 3 source code to be open sourced by the end of the year

14 years ago

The entire source code for Doom 3 is to be opened to the public for armchair game developers to play…

iPhone users almost twice as likely as Android users to click on ads

14 years ago

According to a report by US-based mobile ad company Jumptap, iPhone users are almost twice as likely to click on…

Mobile payment system Square can be hacked, claims researchers

14 years ago

Two researchers attending the Black Hat security conference yesterday in Las Vegas have demonstrated a simple hacking technique that could…

How to prevent the tabloids (or your mates) from hacking your phone’s voicemail

14 years ago

In a series of text messages being send to mobile phone customers this week the major service providers, Vodafone, O2,…

Shopping technology fears and how to get over them [Infographic]

14 years ago

TabJuice, a leader in social commerce, have created this nice infographic that illustrates initial shopping technology fears through the ages…

Instagram hits 150 million uploads in less than one year

14 years ago

Instagram, the hugely popular iPhone photo app, has recorded 150 million photo uploads since it launched last October. Out of…

Dublin’s Movie Fest: Bringing an amazing lineup of Hollywood exclusives this side of Comic Con

14 years ago

Irish films fans are in for a treat this August when some of Hollywood's most anticipated films of 2011 and…

Google Chrome gets Instant Pages

14 years ago

Google Instant Pages has been rolled out to users of Chrome 13 stable, a feature that was previously only available…

Who exactly ownes fixyourstreet.ie? Not the government but South Dublin County Council

14 years ago

When coalition launched its Programme for Government earlier this year it made a clear promise to launch a crowsourced civic…