The technology business week: Smartphones not selling fast enough, Irish firms forge contracts worth €17m on trade mission
20.05.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.
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Louth students cross the generation gap with app innovations
20.05.2013 Transition-year students from four schools in Co Louth have been involved in a unique project with adults in the region to come up with prototypes for four mobile apps that aim to cross the inter-generational divide.
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Weekend news roundup: Google accused of avoiding UK tax, Facebook a year after IPO
20.05.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, a former Google executive claims to have proof the internet search giant has avoided tax in the UK, Facebook focuses on mobile a year after its IPO, and a Saudi cleric says Twitter will damn your soul.
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Yahoo! to buy blogging service Tumblr for US$1.1bn – reports
20.05.2013 The board of Yahoo! has reportedly agreed a US$1.1bn all-cash deal to buy the six-year-old social blogging service Tumblr, according to US media reports.
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Viral videos of the week: a scared kitty, men in labour and the internet of toys
19.05.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week’s selection features Facebook in real life, an autocue prank, an easily spooked cat, a surprise encounter between a deer and a bus, two men undergoing labour pains, and the internet as toys.
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Tech start-up of the week: Studyclix.ie
19.05.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Studyclix.ie, a website for Junior and Leaving Cert students to help them prepare for their exams by accessing information such as past exam questions, sample answers and study notes.
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Pinterest implements ‘Send’ button to enable image sharing
18.05.2013 Users of online bulletin board Pinterest may soon find it easier to share images with others by using a new ‘Send’ button on the site.
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Free Mansion House event to showcase new digital innovations
17.05.2013 The Mansion House in Dublin will be playing host to a free digital showcase called ‘Your Future City’ next Monday and Tuesday in order to give people a taste of how technological innovation is impacting on every aspect of our lives. One of the event’s attractions will be a LEGO-building workshop.
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#io13: Google makes Gmail more useful with task-based buttons and Wallet integration
17.05.2013 We’re unlikely to see any major Google product come out of I/O without some kind of update, and Gmail is no exception, as the email service gets new quick action buttons to help users get things done fast.
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Should I upload it? A guide to deciding your next Facebook profile pic (infographic)
17.05.2013 Cool and natural photos are the best shots to use as Facebook profile photos as they are least likely to annoy or nauseate other users of the social networking site, a new infographic suggests.