 Ulster Bank survey shows top apps include social networking, news, maps travel, gaming and banking
One in three of us in Northern Ireland couldn't live without our favourite app, according to a survey by Ulster Bank.
Northern Ireland smart phone users have an average of 24 apps with one in three having a banking app. Other top apps include news, maps, travel and gaming apps, which six in 10 own, while over half have weather, music, photo and video apps and one in three claim they could not live without social networking apps. |
May 15, 2012 |  |
 In recent years the mobile phone has become an essential part of our personal, social and business lives. We used to rely on personal computers, then on laptops and now increasingly on mobile phones.
And yet the way we communicate and do business has been transformed again by the latest iteration in the form of the smartphone, as it enables us to live more connected lives. |
 Ulster Bank launches first banking app in Northern Ireland available to users of all three leading smart phones
In a banking first, Ulster Bank has launched the only banking app in Northern Ireland available to users of all three smart phone platforms, the iPhone, Android and Blackberry. Available to download from the respective App Store, this latest app allows users to bill pay, check their balance and transfer money while on the go.
Designed to make mobile banking more convenient for Ulster Bank’s personal banking customers, Ulster Bank already has over 100,000 active mobile users across the island of Ireland. |
 Gone are the days when we purchase maps after landing at our destination, as almost 96%* of us are going online to plan our trips away.
The modern tourist has a wealth of online options available and although Google Maps is one of the better known sites, having being around for the last five years, interactive travel apps which can be downloaded onto a smartphone are starting to prove popular. Our never-ending desire to access information right here, right now means that mobile apps are slowly winning the tourism battle over their printed counterparts. |
May 11, 2012 |  |
 With the explosion of mobile learning many of us are now in the position of creating brand new mobile e-learning programmes or transforming existing e-learning content to mobile.
*A friendly word of warning to those involved in ‘conversion’ projects – mobile is different to traditional web – and your mobile learning programme won’t work if it’s just a regurgitated experience. Mobile learning is micro-learning, designed for short bursts of activity – your learners are likely to access it while on the job, performing a task, or in between other activities. |
May 04, 2012 |  |
 Mobile technology can minimise dangerous and costly errors in food preparation, according to developers of a revolutionary food safety application developed specifically for Android tablet devices.
FoodCheck is a pioneering HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point) tablet application developed on the Android platform, which automates the process of controlling and monitoring food using wireless temperature monitoring.
The product is the result of a cross-border collaboration between Holywood-based digital agency Origin Partners and Donegal firm Kelsius which design, manufacture and deliver temperature and task management systems for the food and healthcare sectors. |
May 01, 2012 |  |
Combination of MDM platform and Mobile Application Container solution addresses CIO risk concerns
Mformation® Mformation Technologies, Inc., the leading global provider of mobile device management (MDM) technology, is partnering with Bitzer Mobile, a leading enterprise mobility solution provider that utilizes a secure, mobile app container to isolate corporate access and data from employees’ personal apps and data. Mformation is integrating the Bitzer enterprise mobility platform into the Mformation Enterprise Manager™ Cloud solution. |
April 25, 2012 |  |
Enhance the Remote User Experience with 10–25 times Faster Graphics, Animations & Response Times!
Blaze Accelerator - a software breakthrough in RDP compression and acceleration - addresses the challenge of slow remote desktop connections. You can deliver a superior local PC-like experience and fast remote desktop connections, while reducing RDP bandwidth consumption by up to 25 times - across WANs and congested LANs. |
April 25, 2012 |  |
 The Irish Software Developers’ Network recently hosted the Irish leg of Mashable’s Let’s Talk Tech global event at TCube in Dublin, a brand new venue for software professionals to learn and socialise.
The keynote speaker at the event was Michael Barr, Chief Operating Officer of JamPot Technologies, the Belfast based mobile software firm which is taking the mobile phone app building industry by storm with the launch of its flagship product, TheAppBuilder (www.theappbuilder. |
 David Acheson, a final year Computer Science student at Queen’s University, has won the Megaw Memorial Lecture with a presentation on his final year project which involved developing ‘News Flash,’ an app for a Windows 7 phone. The app delivers news that is tailored specifically to the user’s interests. So if someone only wants to receive the latest news on rugby, cookery and US politics, for example, that’s all they’ll receive. |
April 18, 2012 |  |
 Gravity, one of Northern Ireland’s leading digital agencies, has broken new ground by creating a mobile app for the Balmoral Show – the first for any agricultural festival in the UK and Ireland.
The app, which is now available to download, will enable visitors to the annual
farming extravaganza to plan their day, access the latest news and use a zoomable
map to negotiate their way around the site. Gravity Creative Director Draven McConville approached the show’s organisers, The
Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) with the idea. |
April 03, 2012 |  |
 Private hospital London Bridge have enlisted the creative services of mobile application development agency Paper Bag and web designers KD Web to bring their GP Liaison service to mobile.
The GP Liaison Department liaises with GP’s, consultants, their secretaries and the patient to provide a bespoke service organising timely and convenient appointments at London Bridge Hospital and its satellite centres.
The London Bridge Hospital app provides an accessible platform for GPs and patients to swiftly access information on the hospital’s renowned Consultants whilst providing a direct link to the GP Liaison Department. |
 To celebrate Titanic’s centenary, an innovative Belfast based Tourism Company, My Tour Talk has devised the perfect travel accompaniment for tourists planning a visit to the city.
The Titanic in Belfast mobile phone app is being touted as the must-have gadget for modern ‘Titanoracks’ who have a keen interest in 20th century history, but just can’t bear to be parted with 21st century mobile technology long enough to enjoy the experience.
The app is unique because it’s the only personal guided Titanic audio tour of its kind for use on iPhone and Android and guides the user through all the key points in the Titanic Quarter – as well as including an exclusive interview with Jonny Andrews, who is the great nephew of the ship’s chief designer Thomas Andrews, and the then Chairman of Harland and Wolff, William Pirrie. |
 Bangor-based software development company, Cranmore Consulting, today announced new software to help organisations improve and extend business processes to mobile devices in an increasingly competitive global environment.
The software, LiveQ, the first of its kind developed in Northern Ireland, delivers functionality to mobile devices with advanced analytics capabilities that helps organisations meet a number of objectives including quality assurance, auditing, sales force management and customer servicing.
After a successful pilot, Live Q is now currently being used by Northern Ireland Food Chain Certification (NIFCC), who have invested in the software to allow them to ensure that quality assurance measures are met on farms across Northern Ireland. |
March 28, 2012 | |
 AccessNow™ delivers unprecedented flexibility in accessing hosted Windows applications and desktops from the widest variety of end-point devices.
Loughtec, a leading global provider of Application Access and Virtualization solutions today announced the general availability of the new version of Ericom's HTML5-based RDP client - AccessNow version 2.0. |
 WorldDesk Ltd., a leading provider of desktop virtualization software, has today launched their platform in 64-bit. WorldDesk in 64-bit will allow all Windows 7 users to carry their personalised desktop around on any device, from a simple USB drive, to a smartphone or iPod. |
March 21, 2012 | |
|
 An innovative outreach project by the University of Ulster to promote STEM subjects (Science Technology Engineering and Maths) could see enterprising secondary school pupils develop their own app - computing application - for mobile phones or tablet PCs.
Ulster’s first ever WiCADET camp (Widening Access through Computing Apps Development Training), hosted by the Schools of Computing and Information Engineering and Computing and Intelligent Systems, got underway at the Coleraine campus this week for around 80 Year 11 and 12 pupils.
The pupils from 12 different schools were divided into teams of four, two teams from each of school, to compete against each other and develop a market ready app. |
 The University of Ulster is launching a unique iPhone app development course at its Magee campus.
The twelve-week programme is open to anyone who wants to learn how to design and develop their own app idea.
Beginning in April, the course will introduce students to the fundamentals of development and deliver a full understanding of the environment, tools, hardware and frameworks to build apps – both informational and entertainment. |
March 14, 2012 |  |
Blue-Fin Software Solutions is delighted to announce we have been selected to provide our Personalised Bulk SMS Text Messaging System, ‘iSender’, to be used to aid the promotion of the NI Small Business Marketing Conference 2012 being held in La Mon Hotel, Belfast on Thursday 17th May.
We will also be exhibiting at the Conference as well as providing a workshop on ‘How to Maximise Mobile Marketing’. It looks set to be a great event and we’re really looking forward to it…see you there! |
March 14, 2012 | |
 A team of four from Mformation Technologies, the leading global provider of mobile device management (MDM) technology, recently participated in the ‘Addiction NI’ 10K Race on Sunday 11th March 2012, which started on the Ormeau Embankment and through the Ormeau Park.
The race was organised by Addiction NI to raise as much money as possible to go towards providing treatment, advice and support for those with alcohol or drug problems (the demand for the treatment and advice services of Addiction NI has doubled in the last five years and fundraising events like the 10K race help to highlight the growing issue of addiction in Northern Ireland).
Dr. |
March 12, 2012 |  |
 Almost every business claims to be focused upon providing a level of service, which exceeds the expectations of its customers. However, Belfast web app development specialists Crafty Devil are taking customer satisfaction one step further, by becoming their own customer for the next month.
“In a little over 5 years, Crafty Devil has grown considerably,” says Director Phil Norton. |
March 08, 2012 | |
 Leading mobile software developer, JamPot Technologies, has announced that UK Trade & Investment has chosen its flagship mobile solution, TheAppBuilder, to represent the UK mobile industry at tech, music and film conference and festival, South by Southwest (SXSW).
TheAppBuilder (www.theappbuilder. |
March 08, 2012 |  |
 Eight of Northern Ireland’s leading companies have collectively raised an impressive £130,000 for The Prince’s Trust through its Million Makers Challenge to help turn around the lives of disadvantaged young people in Northern Ireland.
With initial seed funding from The Prince’s Trust, the eight finalists competed against each other to run the most profitable mini enterprise over the past six months.
Allstate, BNI, Hewlett Packard, Marks and Spencer, Northgate Managed Services, Parker Green International, Shredbank and Tughans undertook a wide range of activities including sales from a calendar featuring the Ulster Rugby Team, a white collar boxing event, sales of specially commissioned fine art and movie premieres to maximise profits to donate to the charity. |
March 07, 2012 |  |
 A warm welcome from all at Tibus to our new colleagues at Dublin social media agency Simply Zesty.
Now a sister company to Tibus, the agency has just been purchased by UTV Media plc, adding another great dimension to UTV’s New Media business.
Simply Zesty is Ireland’s leading specialist social media agency, and is the only Irish company in the World’s Top 100 social media agencies. |
|
|
|
Categories: