Google Maps expands biking directions to rest of Europe
24.05.2013 Cyclists in Ireland, Germany, France, Poland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein will be delighted to learn they will finally be able to get biking directions on Google Maps from today.
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Dublin’s digital future on show at Mansion House event (video)
24.05.2013 During the Open Innovation 2.0 conference this week, a two-day public event was hosted in Dublin’s Mansion House to showcase the exciting and innovative new technologies that could be implemented to enhance our daily lives in the future.
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IAB Europe awards MEP Sean Kelly for standing up for data privacy rights (video)
24.05.2013 Sean Kelly, Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South, has been selected to receive the prestigious IAB Europe Award for Leadership and Excellence for his approach to dealing with privacy concerns over shortcomings in the European Commission’s data protection proposal.
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RIP George Moore – big data and cloud industry visionary
24.05.2013 George Moore, an Irishman who was one of the founding fathers of the decision analytics industry and who foresaw the rise of cloud computing and big data, has died.
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Microsoft lets Siri do the talking in scathing new Windows 8 ad (video)
24.05.2013 It’s nothing new to try and turn Siri against her maker and Microsoft has made use of the iOS personal assistant in a comparison ad meant to put the iPad to shame.
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Citrix revamps cloud technologies to reflect a more mobile workstyle
23.05.2013 Enterprise software player Citrix has introduced new versions of its virtual desktop and file-sharing cloud technologies to reflect increasingly mobile workstyles.
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Facebook phone HTC First won’t be coming to the UK
23.05.2013 HTC’s troubles continue with the news that plans to bring the vaunted Facebook Phone, the HTC First, to the UK have been scrapped. Pre-orders accepted by 4G carrier Everything Everywhere (EE) have been cancelled.
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AVG moves into social media security with PrivacyChoice acquisition
23.05.2013 Not content with just securing your computers and mobile devices, security software player AVG has branched into protecting users on social networks with the acquisition of PrivacyChoice for an undisclosed sum.
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Havok lets Anarchy reign – free mobile 3D game production engine revealed
23.05.2013 Dublin-headquartered games software company Havok has taken the wraps off Project Anarchy, its new end-to-end mobile 3D game production engine.
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FIT’s ICT Skills Audit pinpoints skills needed to fill more than 4,500 tech jobs
23.05.2013 Following a survey of 38 major multinationals and SMEs employing more than 25,000 people in the IT sector in Ireland, Fastrack to IT (FIT) has today launched its ICT Skills Audit, offering a granular view of the IT skills gap.