August 31, 2011
We’re excited to announce that we’ve started listing cinema times on Lookaly. If you’re anything like us, you find it an inconvenience to look up a movie on several cinema websites to see what time suits you best. Now you just need to go to our cinema listings and you’ll see every cinema and every [...]
June 17, 2011
Like we’ve said from the start, we rely on your feedback so we know what to do next and what to improve. We received this review from sgough in the app store for our iPhone app. sgough was totally right. Having to log in or register is not a great first user experience. So as [...]
February 16, 2011
We’ve updated our iPhone app (again). If you haven’t updated yet, check the App Store on your iPhone for the latest update. Our latest release (1.3) enables you to add and view photos of your favourite places. Take a photo of your favourite dessert, lovely coffee art, your friends on a night out or anything [...]
January 6, 2011
If you’re logged in and you perform a search on Lookaly, you’ll now be able to see all the places you have reviewed at a glance. Better still, if you click the little star icon it will take you directly to your review so you can see what it is you said. A small update [...]
January 5, 2011
We realise that *a lot* of you love Facebook (and use it all day every day) so we thought we’d make life a bit simpler for you and allow you to connect your Facebook and Lookaly accounts. Why you should link up your accounts You can sign in to Lookaly with one click of a [...]
January 4, 2011
With the new year we bring big news for our iPhone users. Lookaly 1.2 has been released for the iPhone. More information here or download directly from iTunes. So what’s new? Easier category selection Since launching version 1 we’ve been able to analyse what you typically search for or want to find when you’re out [...]
November 2, 2010
A quick post to let you know there’s an update available for our iPhone app. Version 1.1 is mainly a bug fix release and also gives you more control over where you add new places, so you can drag and drop the pin anywhere on the map. You can download the update from the App [...]
September 9, 2010
We’re thrilled to be nominated for a Realex Irish Web Award. We’ve been nominated in two categories: Best mobile application Most useful website in Ireland It means a lot to be nominated as the nominations were put forward by you, the community. Thanks very much to those of you who put our name forward. The [...]
September 7, 2010
You may have noticed some virtual tour buttons around the site. That’s because we’ve teamed up with Northern Ireland’s high res virtual tour provider Virtual Visit. Virtual Visit gives Northern Ireland businesses the opportunity to show off their venue with stunning full screen, high resolution virtual tours. As Lookaly’s primary aim is to help you [...]
August 26, 2010
Last week we launched our iPhone app. The app is already getting good usage (with over 200 downloads in less than one week) and great ratings in the App Store (thanks!). But what exactly can you do with our app? 1. See places around you 2. Find types of places around you e.g. cafes 3. [...]
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