# Downloads

All time

Digital piracy: 'People can't get the television they want, when they want it through legal channels'

Studios should concentrate on why people illegally consume content, rather than trying to stop them doing it, writes Gavin Nugent.

3.8k

Feb 16th 2017, 6:20 AM

# without delay

The way you access apps on Android is going to change significantly

And it will remove the commitment of downloading an app.

19.0k

May 18th 2016, 9:27 PM

# Pick Me

5 apps worth downloading this week

Featuring help in keeping your camera roll clean, a security camera and a way to hail Hypnotoad.

12.9k

Dec 26th 2015, 11:15 AM

# Popularity contest

Facebook Messenger has joined an exclusive club on Android

The app has been downloaded one billion times on the Google Play store.

9.1k

Jun 9th 2015, 7:20 PM

# TechGuide

There's a way to download free iPhone apps without using your password

Provided you have the latest version of iOS installed.

12.8k

Apr 29th 2015, 12:16 PM

# 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.

9.5k

Aug 19th 2014, 9:58 AM

# we're hiring

9 tech stats you may not know about TheJournal.ie

Things can get very busy around here.

32.8k

Jul 18th 2014, 5:17 PM

# 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.

4.2k

Jul 1st 2014, 1:48 PM

# Computer Says No

Ban on Pirate Bay lifted by Dutch court

Access to Pirate Bay is still blocked to the majority of Irish internet users.

12.2k

Jan 28th 2014, 3:00 PM

# High speed internet

UK researchers create internet connection that could download 44 HD films in a second

The researchers used a new “flexible grid” infrastructure which increased internet speeds to 1.4TB per second.

11.2k

Jan 22nd 2014, 2:11 PM

# tis the season

Christmas Day sees spike in app downloads but overall growth is slowing

While the number of apps downloaded was higher than last year, year-on-year growth is beginning to decrease.

8.8k

Dec 31st 2013, 7:30 PM

# look who's back

Golden Discs reopens today in its old haunt at Stephen's Green

After a successful year of expansion the music store is back in its city centre store.

10.1k

Oct 24th 2013, 10:54 AM

# Music Download

Apple removes HMV music app from App Store

The music store say they have been given no explanation why.

18.4k

Oct 22nd 2013, 5:36 PM

# Copyright

Supreme Court: Eircom can continue 'three strikes' policy on illegal downloading

The Data Protection Commissioner had appealed a High Court ruling which had quashed an earlier decision to order Eircom to suspend it’s ‘three strikes and your out’ agreement with four music companies.

10.0k

Jul 3rd 2013, 2:44 PM

# Streaming

Eircom pulls the plug on MusicHub

Eircom says the music streaming and download service is “not a core business activity”.

17.4k

Jul 2nd 2013, 9:45 PM

# Tech Heads

Got a new smartphone? Here are 15 essential sports apps you need to download

No self-respecting sports fan should be without this lot. You’re a self-respecting sports fan, right?

18.0k

Dec 25th 2012, 8:42 AM

# Nexus 4

Google’s Nexus 4 launches... But not in Ireland

If you want to get your hands on a Nexus 4 you must get it sent to one of the countries it is being launched in and then get someone to ship it to Ireland.

24.0k

Nov 12th 2012, 4:21 PM