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According to a recently granted Apple patent, the computer electronics and software giant are working on a screen technology that produces a special type of `pseudo-holographic' or 3D image. The technology could eventually be used to produce 3D TVs and devices that don't require viewers to wear special glasses.

Google's PR department showed some genuine blue sky thinking this week when they sent an few Android Nexus S phones into space.

PayPal, the world's most popular online payments and money transfer service, have today announced that they've witnessed a three hundred percent increase in payments made on mobile devices during the official Christmas shopping season, when compared to the same period last year. The official shopping season starts on November 15th and ends on December 15th.

In an official blog post Sony have announced the launch of the PlayStation app coming to iPhone and Android devices "very soon". The app will allow basic PlayStation friend interaction and access to the latest PlayStation games and products news.

App of the Day, a site that features a community-nominated iOS app everyday, have released an interesting infographic on app statistics. The infographic visualises various app data including proportionate data between paid and free apps, specific iOS platform data as regards the percentage of apps available to each, app category distribution, and app prices per category.

Android growth this year has been phenomenal, with the platform taking the top spot of fastest growing mobile OS in Ireland earlier this year. Android has well over 100,000 of apps available with a very active development community, making it a very prominent and sustainable smartphone contender. We've compiled this list of the cheapest Android phones available in Ireland, and just in time for Christmas too.

Yesterday RTÉ announced the availability of their video on demand service RTÉ Player for the PS3. The player is now available to Irish PS3 owners as a separate icon from the PlayStation home screen, under a new `TV' menu item

An Irishman abroad tells it like it is!