by Cathal Greaney | Apr 12, 2016 | App Design, App Development, Business, Latest News, Research, Technology, White Papers
One of my favourite apps and favourite IT subjects to chat about is WhatsApp. I could go on all day about it’s history, it’s founders, it’s technical architecture and the organization that I always think of when discussing WhatsApp (W00w00). Once I start talking (or...
by Cathal Greaney | Apr 16, 2014 | Latest News, White Papers
During our experiments we have used the following sources. Some of these resources may prove interesting for anyone wishing to explore some of the topics in greater detail. Nirav Mehta Mobile Web Development ISBN 978-1-847193-43-8 Reto Meier Professional Android 2...
by Cathal Greaney | Apr 14, 2014 | White Papers
For the purposes of this paper, when reference is made to a ‘language’ it refers to a human spoken/written language and not to a software programming language. Localisation refers to the actions that must be undertaken to ensure that a smartphone application is...
by Cathal Greaney | Apr 10, 2014 | Latest News, White Papers
Augmented reality is a very exciting and eye catching way to present data about a users surroundings, by superimposing images, text and sounds over the physical space that the user is occupying or surveying. With augmented-reality smartphone apps, informative graphics...
by Cathal Greaney | Apr 8, 2014 | White Papers
Near field communication, or NFC, is currently(March 2011) available on the newest smartphones. It is available on the Nexus S and will be available on the iPhone5. It is an exciting new development in the close range communications field. It’s primary use will be as...
by Cathal Greaney | Apr 3, 2014 | White Papers
SPARQCodes are like normal QR codes. They are simply a QR code with URI information embedded in them rather than the usual plain text information. Most code readers will recognise that the QR code is a SparQCode and will automatically open a browser after the code has...