Soundwave app ‘explodes worldwide’

An endorsement from Stephen Fry and Apple founder Steve Wozniak was music to the ears of Irish company Soundwave, which launched its social music app yesterday.

Corkman Aidan Sliney, schooled in Midleton CBS and a computer science graduate from University College Cork, co-founded the company with Brendan O’Driscoll and Craig Watson.

Soundwave allows users to see what their friends or anyone in a given area of the world is listening to on their smartphone. Through a smart interface, users can draw the parameters on a map and then see what people in that area are listening to.