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DIAL2DO, a low-profile Irish software start-up, has won an award for best media and mobility company at a Silicon Valley event organised by Microsoft.

A spin-out from Dublin's Rococo Software, Dial2Do has developed an application that allows users send e-mail, text messages, set reminders or post to web publishing services like Twitter, Jaiku and Tumblr from a hands-free phone.