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Admob have released their monthly figures on Android and iPhone/ iPod touch handsets.
Have a look to see where in the world has the biggest market share for each handset. Something to be aware of when developing for each handset. (more…)

The very popular Today FM app has now been updated to feature background listening.

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Media Intern wanted for MercuryGirl Inc., Ireland’s leading website and mobile software development house.
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Storyland, RTE’s competition to find a new online drama series, is entering its second year and Mercuryboy Inc have teamed up with writer Emma Cahill to create ‘The Junior’.

The submission is a satirical look at the ad industry through the eyes of a junior copywriter. Shane and Joel have been in the industry 11 months and are desperately trying to make a name for themselves before their first year review. Shane, the copywriter and main character, is neurotic and self-loathing and hates his team mate Joel. The show will monitor Shane’s consistent self-sabotage and crumbling personal life.
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Our brother company Mercuryboy Inc has received two nominations at the Irish Music Television Awards which held in the Sugar Club on the 27th of November.
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Newspapers are searching for a way to monetise their digital content
Rupert Murdoch plans to charge for all his news websites by next summer, something that didn’t seem to work well for The Irish Times, who removed their “pay wall” in June 2008.

On-line advertising revenues just aren’t paying the bills, this Observer article covers an analysis suggesting that the average print newspaper reader is worth £155 a year (£90 from price, £65 from advertising), whilst the same on-line newspaper reader is worth just £5. (more…)

Apple have now gone back on their decision to block in app purchases in Free to download applications.

This turn around in the business model would lead us to believe that they have had pressure applied form a lot of their media partners worldwide in Newspapers, Movie studios and Music labels. We expect to see a lot more movement in traditional media moving to iPhones now with this news.

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Today we released our first Android application: “NEXT Dart”. This free application gives real-time information and timetables on all DART trains arriving in the next hour. NEXT Dart will also tell you where the nearest station is and guide you there with directions on a map. Travel alerts are also built in.

Get it for free here in the Android Market (Android device link). (more…)

We are very happy to announce that we have been awarded a Layar developer account, this means we will be developing datasets for “Layar”, the world’s first augmented reality browser. We will initially be focusing on travel orientated layers.

Current layers availible include:

* Funda, realty site, providing information for a layer with houses for sale and rent
* Tempo Team, temp agency, providing information for a layer with available jobs
* ING, bank, providing information for a layer with all ATM’s (more…)