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We talk to Niall McDermott,Founder & Director of @DateIdeaApp #Apps #Dates

At Techbuzzireland we like to feature and support Apps made in Ireland and anywhere else for that matter and today we are going to talk about a new app called DateIdeaApp which is founded and directed by Niall Mc Dermott from Belfast and he is going to tell us some more about himself and how the app came to life.

So Niall tell us about you first of all..

Belfast has been my home for over a decade now but it probably took me half that time to spread my wings from the University Quarter and explore the wider social, arts & culture scene that this great city has to offer, from award winning plays to fantastic live music as well as local talent in the arts scene.

In August 2013 while working full time as a Sales & Business Development Manager at Harland and Wolff I started designing a new entertainments listing website for Belfast after becoming frequently frustrated when trying to find out what events were happening that me and my girlfriend could go out for a date night on.

Less than two years later, single again, and still having similar issues – trying to think of entertainment for nights out with girls I had met through (now popular and widely accepted) dating apps – I ditched the website concept (as it was too similar to my competitors) and started developing my own smartphone app… DATEIDEA.

What is this app all about then?

The App is designed to give you actual options of what to do for a date night whether that be a first date, a steady date (to try somewhere new), a marriage date (because maybe you haven’t been out in a while) or even just a night out with friends or family. The DATEIDEA App is primarily an events compiling service, showcasing in chronological format the upcoming events in Belfast with details of start time, venue location and ticket/entry costs.Check out the simple explainer video below. Its quite straight forward.

Who do you expect to use this app and what else is to come?

My users are the the General Public who can download the App for free and find out ideas for dates with someone special, their friends or just family. My customers are the event promoters and venue operators who want to advertise directly to the people looking for somewhere to go. At the minute we only have standard events listings but we are introducing promoted listings and deal offers soon.

The DATEIDEA App was launched in Belfast on iOS Friday 20th November 2015 with an Android version launched on 29th January 2016. We have concentrated a lot of our programming recently on the back end analytics system to be able to offer a similar level of demographic performance reporting as social media adverts. We are hoping to launch in Dublin on 1st June and then expand to the UK in September.

You can follow on Social Media over on Twitter and on Facebook and of course their website dateideaapp.com and download the app below from the respective stores.

Save a Selfie App. Help show others where safety equipment is. #Safety #Selfie

Selfies are hugely popular in Ireland and to be fair worldwide,They can be annoying for some but overall people generally love them and even sport selfie sticks to enhance that special image,so why not capitalise on a growing trend? Well this app aims to do so by creating awareness of safety which is a great idea and perhaps other countries could follow suit. The app will give people some knowledge of where to find safety equipment in their locale and all communities should get involved,this could save lives which is important.

How it works.

The Save a Selfie app has been designed and developed to help members of the public pinpoint the location of emergency equipment in their local community.

They need your help! Do you know the location of your nearest AED? First Aid Kit? Life-Ring? or Fire Hydrant? Why not help us by taking a selfie with it? – or if you’re shy a photo will do!

You can upload photos of emergency devices along with their locations to the interactive map.

Use filter options to find the devices you need.

Find where emergency devices are located in your area.

This application was developed in conjunction with Code for Ireland, Order of Malta Ambulance Ireland & the Dublin Fire Brigade.

Vivo aims the audiophiles with their new #X6S and #X6SPlus By @VicenteA_George #Android

The Chinese manufacturer Vivo, has become popular due to their great audio quality smartphones.

Following the same principles from the Vivo X6 series, the X6s and the X6s Plus come with best in class audio components.

The X6s is equipped with an AKM4375 32-bit DAC, while the X6s Plus packs a ES9028 DAC within a YAMAHA YSS-205X audio processor

They share practically all the specs but the screen size, one being 5,2” while the other is 5,7” both with FHD resolution.

The processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 which should be able to give you a great experience.

4GB of RAM and 32GB or 64GB internal memory to choose from.

And for your games and videos there’s an Adreno 520 GPU.

The camera department has been improved as well, now giving you a 16MP shooter on the back with an 8MP front facing will have you covered.

Prices as you’d expect are pretty much a midrange flagship, the Chinese store price tags are CNY 2598 or around $400 for the X6S and CNY 2,998 or $470 for the X6S Plus

Shipping is said to begin on April 5.

What’s you opinion about these phones? Are you agreed on this new trend of offering great performance with some compromise aimed to specific audience?

Let us know in the comments below if you’d take one if they become available on your shores.

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Dumphones are on the rise again,we chat to @RadioDowntown about it. #Tech #Phones #Radio

Dumphones or Feature phones are as popular as ever it seems and are a great revenue stream for Manufacturers even today,as we are immersed in having the best phones out there we are all phone addicts sporting the latest and greatest in mobile technology and for some even sitting in a que overnight to get the latest and not to be left disappointed. This is how we are today and the world we live in but a new trend is growing and that is reverting back to the dumphone. We check our devices on average 150 times everyday and for me it is probably more,we are addicted to social media such as Facebook Twitter Instagram and Snapchat being the main contenders here,but this has become an issue for many and distracting us from what is really happening around us and conversing with our friends face to face..

Today we spoke to RadioDowntown with Siobhan Mc Garry on this very subject listen to it below..

Sit in a coffee shop,airport lounge or bus for example,what do we see?? Heads buried into our phones reading the news,replying to emails and social media and some browsing,this is where we are today and for some it has become too much…

The good oul Nokia Days

Feature phone

Feature phone

People are moving back to devices that have just basic calls and text and some with no camera and internet connectivity,this cuts out all the online experience and distracts you from what is going on there giving you more time to focus on what is happening around you with your family and friends and so on.. Having seen both sides of the coin there is a big difference with a dumphone you are limited,some do offer internet but again its not like what you would see on your average smartphone,also some have no apps at all.. A life with no email,web,social media could you do it,have you done or will you do it..Tell us below…’

Listen back here to the show

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Check out RadioDowntown on the Web Twitter and on Facebook or download their app below.

BabyDoc – An app for the best deals for baby and toddler and its Irish #Babies #Parenting #Shopping

Shopping for your baby or toddler can be a task yet alone looking after your loved one and looking for deals is what us Irish like but finding them is often not easy and can mean looking at lots of different sites and in store,this is a time consuming process but now we have an app to take the hassle out of this with an App on Android and iOS called BabyDoc..The app is easy to navigate and use with simple instructions and it works quite well and looks well too,this will give listing for many retailers under one roof if you will to save you the hassle checking out each site individually check out the details below.

BabyDoc say

“With the BabyDoc it’s just so simple for you to find out what special offers are available in your local store and save yourself some money. We have all the best special offers available at all the major retailers around Ireland. No vouchers, no gimmicks, simply search the product category you want and see what’s on special offer at the stores closest to you. Our map function will even give you directions on how to get there!”

The App provides a live feed of special offers on everything from nappies to milk formula and includes all major retailers around Ireland. Get the brands you need and the savings you want! Download the BabyDoc to start saving money and time.

Features of the app

– All of the best baby product special offers currently available in stores displayed on your mobile!
– All product categories covered including nappies, wipes, food, accessories and more!
– Product descriptions and photos provided for products to help you find out more on what you are buying!
– Simple to use and an enjoyable App experience!
– Updated daily; we provide a live feed of up-to-date offers!
– All major retailers listed; over 1,000 locations nationwide!
– An integrated map function shows the closest stores to your current location as well as providing directions on how to get there!
– Save money, save time!

Bikey helps you to easily locate your nearest city bike station. #Bikey #Cycling #Apps #Irish

If you are a cyclist here is a new Irish made app which will be one to sport on your iPhone. The app called Bikey is an app that will help you locate bike stations and was the idea of Pete Smith.

The app not only does the above but gives you information you need including available bikes/parking spaces, route to bike station, distance etc.

The app does not just only work in Ireland either it hosts a number of countries

Supported cities:
* Europe: Berlin, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick, London, Paris,
* US: Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Washington DC
* Canada: Toronto
* Australia: Melbourne and more to come.

Note

Bikey uses your location to help you find available bikes and available parking spaces. It’s completely private and secure. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

You can follow Bikey on Twitter And you can download the app below.

Google adds “Smart Suggestion” to #GoogleCalender by @Tiwaash #Android #iOS

With the new update rolling out for Google Calendar, Google has just updated its Google Calendar with a smart yet unique Smart Suggestion feature for event tiles, places and people in as many as 30 different languages.

Wondering how does it work? Well it’s pretty simple, all you have to do is start typing and the Google Calendar will start giving you suggestions, you can choose to select one or keep typing to refine the suggestions or manually input one fully. You can tap “at” to add the location and tap “with” to add people to the event. Further tapping “on” will allow you to specify the exact date, time and duration of the event and so on. This is done with the aim to improve productivity and save some valuable time.

This new feature is available for both Android as well as iOS devices.

Below are the list of supported languages:

Arabic (ar), Chinese (Simplified) (zh-CN), Chinese (Traditional) (zh-TW), Dutch (nl), English (UK) (en-GB), French (fr), German (de), Italian (it), Japanese (ja), Korean (ko), Polish (pl), Portuguese (Brazil) (pt-BR), Russian (ru), Spanish (es), Spanish (Latin America) (es-419), Thai (th), Turkish (tr), Bulgarian (bg), Catalan (ca), Croatian (hr), Czech (cs), Danish (da), Farsi (fa), Filipino (fil), Finnish (fi), Greek (el), Hebrew (iw), Hindi (hi), Hungarian (hu), Indonesian (id), Latvian (lv), Lithuanian (lt), Norwegian (Bokmal) (no), Portuguese (Portugal) (pt-PT), Romanian (ro), Serbian (sr), Slovak (sk), Slovenian (sl), Swedish (sv), Ukrainian (uk), Vietnamese (vi)

Stay tuned for more tech buzz.

Nokia gains control of Alcatel-Lucent through successful public exchange offer. #Nokia

Nokia’s acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent which was approved last April aims to position the company to better compete with market leader Ericsson and low-cost Chinese powerhouse Huawei, by forging a strong number two in mobile with a more complete product line.

Rajeev Suri, President and CEO of Nokia, said: “We are delighted that the Offer has been successful, and that Alcatel-Lucent’s investors share our confidence in the future of the combined company. We will move quickly to combine the two companies and execute our integration plans. As of January 14, 2016, Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent will offer a combined end-to-end portfolio of the scope and scale to meet the needs of our global customers. We will have unparalleled R&D and innovation capabilities, which we will use to lead the world in creating next-generation technology and services.”

See full press-release HERE

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