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# Apps

All time
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring an instant messenger that lets you chat via GIFs, a handy way to organise emails on mobile and a faster way to read non-fiction books.
# TechKnowHow
Here are the photo and video apps teens are using nowadays
It’s not just instant messsaging apps they’re using, quite a lot of time goes into watching and creating videos and images too.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring a novel approach to image sharing apps, a personalised weather service and a terrifying PC game brought to the small screen.
# clean up
Microsoft begins cleaning up the Windows store by removing 1,500 fake apps from it
The company promises to remove more apps which mislead users and crack down on fake and scam apps.
# TechGuide
Mobile Monthly: The biggest developments that happened in August
Where everyone will be creating hyperlapse videos, Snapchat’s big plans are revealed and a different approach from Samsung.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring a real way of identifying those battery hogging apps, an easier way to create panorama photos and your opportunity to control a tentacled blob.
# Polyglots rejoice!
Multilingual speakers rejoice! Google Search will now understand what languages you're using
The Android version is now able to automatically detect and understand five languages at once.
# self-destructing news
Is disappearing news the next step for Snapchat?
Snapchat Discovery, which will feature both news content and ads, is expected to debut in November.
# Mandatory
Annoyed that Facebook forced you to download Messenger? Turns out it was very effective
More than 500 million Android users have downloaded the app, despite criticism it faced over app permissions.
# Plateau
Turns out people are downloading fewer smartphone apps than before
Almost a third of smartphone users do not download any apps for their devices, as the age of new users increases.
# ignore no more
Mam develops app that forces teenagers to answer phone calls from their parents
“I was in the cinema” won’t cut it as an excuse anymore.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring a way to remember notes from the day before, a neon-visual shoot ‘em up and a way to help other people
# clone wars
A lot of companies are going out of their way to copy Snapchat
They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring a messaging app that sends to random people, a handy sleep app, and a redesigned productivity app.
# inbox me
The Briefcase: Russia freezes us out, house prices and drinking on the job
This was the week in business.
# app-ortunity
There are one million app jobs in Europe right now, and Apple is taking credit for half of them
The company says that just under 500,000 European jobs were directly attributable to the App Store.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring an intelligent time assistant, a novel way to get you out of bed and a handy way to get rid of unnecessary apps on Android.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring a way to get your kids to do their chores, the nerdiest headphones you’ve ever seen and DIY emojis.
# on the frontline
Irish researcher wins major acclaim for 'lifesaving' medical app
It’s designed to help doctors on the ground in remote parts of Africa.
# unaddressed concerns
EU hits out at Apple over in-app purchases
The company face criticism about in-app purchases targeted at children.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring an app to help cut down on your alcohol intake, one to manage your passwords, and one to satisfy your inner weather nerd.
# Apps
How to use Snapchat's new geofilters, a feature kept hidden until now
However, we might have a wait before any will be available in Ireland.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring a handy way to bring all screenshots together, a comprehensive multilingual dictionary and one of the best iOS games this year arriving on Android.
# App for that?
7 dating apps that prove there really is someone for everyone
Forever alone? Seems unlikely.
# unswipe my heart
12 of the best conversations that ever happened on Tinder
We’re not a match. And perhaps we never were.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring a way to compare store prices, an app that will help you control your privacy online, and a contender for the most frustrating endless runner around.
# Downloads
Twitter really wants you to download apps through its site
The company has announced the acquisition of TapCommerce, which will help Twitter push ads that encourage app downloads, and opened up its app ad platform to all advertisers.
# pssst
17 secrets Irish people are sharing on Whisper app
Innermost thoughts? You got em.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring an app that works out the best contract for your phone, a minimalist photo app, and a messaging service that only uses your lock screen.
# travel tips
What's the speed limit in France? Or Spain?
New app provides by-country road safety details for motorists in the EU.
# Discover University
'Discover University' projects give teens a window into tech and enterprise
The National College of Ireland programme encourages teenagers from disadvantaged areas to engage with third-level education.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring a keyboard app everyone should have, a indie platformer that’s all about gravity, and the only password app you ever need.
# Let's Dance
Bounden: the app that tricks users into performing ballet
Yes, there’s an app for that.
# Clampdown
Apple takes a firm stance against apps that reward social sharing
A number of app developers have seen their apps rejected because they provided incentives for people to share their apps on Facebook, or watch videos advertising other apps.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring a brain training game that’s a little bit different, a Tetris-style building game and a way to find any useful amenity nearby.
# virtual currencies
Apple's policy update could pave the way for bitcoin payments
Apps can now accept payments from “approved virtual currencies” although Apple hasn’t said which ones qualify.
# Explainer
What we learnt from Apple's keynote announcement
It was a packed keynote for one of the biggest companies in the world, but what did we learn from it?
# no connection
How to get more out of your phone when you're offline
If you find yourself without reception or want to cut down on mobile data usage, you’ve come to the right place.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring a sequel to one of the most addictive puzzle game of 2013, a handy way to keep all your cloud accounts organised and one of best free calender apps on the market.
# Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
Featuring a better way to organise your contacts and stay up to date, a brilliant NES-style shoot-em-up, and a AR translator app that everyone should own.