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Killarney rolls out free Wi-Fi in Bitbuzz deal News
17.06.2013 Killarney, Co Kerry, is about to become the first town in Ireland to roll out complementary Wi-Fi to passers-by and tourists after signing a deal with Bitbuzz. The move follows... -
Openet acquires UCD spin-out Forkstream News
19.06.2013 Transaction management software developer Openet has acquired University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out Forkstream for an undisclosed sum.Categories: Software, Networking & Telecoms, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Deals Done, Communications -
Could Keek be the next king of the social networks? News
18.06.2013 When some people try to espy the next big thing in social media, usually they look for an 18-year-old founder and software genius cloaked in fleece who is too cool for school or... -
Interview: Commissioner Neelie Kroes on driving Europe’s Digital Agenda News
18.06.2013 As Europe’s digital leaders gather in Dublin this week for the final, and largest, event of the Irish Presidency of the EU, the Digital Agenda Assembly, Ann O’Dea speaks to...Categories: Telecommunications, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Government, Funding, Communications -
Samsung Galaxy S4 with advanced 4G coming soon to South Korea News
17.06.2013 Yet another variation of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone has been announced, this time a version using LTE-Advanced 4G technology for faster mobile broadband. -
Apple reveals US law agencies made up to 5,000 data requests News
17.06.2013 In the fallout over revelations of the PRISM programme, technology giant Apple has said it does not provide any government agency direct access to its servers and revealed it... -
Weekend news round-up: Snoopgate fallout continues; Saudi Arabia to ban Whatsapp News
17.06.2013 The fallout over Edward Snowden’s leakage of sensitive information about US intelligence surveillance of the internet continues and tech giants are taking it upon themselves to... -
Europe’s digital clusters to gather in Dublin this week News
17.06.2013 Eight digital clusters from around Europe, including Dublin’s Digital Hub, are to gather in the Digital Depot this Tuesday. The gathering precedes the European Digital Agenda... -
Google to embark on epic Bloomsday ramble across the world News
14.06.2013 Internet giant Google is to mark Bloomsday this Sunday – the celebration of the day in James Joyce’s Ulysses when Leopold Bloom and Nora Barnacle sauntered through South Dublin... -
Broadband penetration in Ireland rose just 0.1pc in Q1 News
13.06.2013 Broadband subscriptions, both fixed and mobile, increased just 0.1pc on the previous quarter and stood at 1.6m at the end of March, ComReg reported in its latest market report. -
Ireland lags on superfast broadband, above average in mobile broadband News
13.06.2013 Ireland does well in providing basic broadband to more than 97pc of the population (95.5pc in the EU), including 94pc in rural areas, but has a bigger challenge when it comes to... -
Facebook finally introduces hashtags – maybe we’ll all talk a little more News
13.06.2013 Despite having a user base of more than 1.1bn people who comment and share on every aspect of life as we know it, the world's biggest social network didn't have a hashtag... -
Ireland’s High Court orders six ISPs to block access to The Pirate Bay News
12.06.2013 In the latest development in a long-running battle between major music labels and Irish internet service providers (ISPs), the High Court of Ireland has ordered six ISPs –... -
EU Commissioner Reding to take US to task over PRISM in Dublin this week News
12.06.2013 Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner, has added her voice to the chorus of questions directed towards the US Attorney General over revelations surrounding PRISM, the US... -
Rabbitte appoints two new commissioners to ComReg News
11.06.2013 Ireland’s Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has appointed two new commissioners to telecoms regulator ComReg during what he describes as a “critical time” in the... -
Fast-growing mobile social network Keek hits 45m users News
10.06.2013 Toronto-headquartered mobile social network Keek has surpassed 45m users, with over 24m users joining in the last four months, the company’s CEO Isaac Raichyk has told... -
Openet deploys dynamic billing system for T-Mobile Netherlands News
10.06.2013 Dublin-based telecoms software company Openet has won a key deal with T-Mobile in the Netherlands to deploy a real-time billing platform.Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Investments, Networking & Telecoms, Phones, Wireless Communications -
‘116 000’ Missing Children’s Hotline now operating on 24-hour basis News
07.06.2013 The 116 000 Missing Children’s Hotline which had been established on a pilot basis by the ISPCC in December is now operational on a 24-hour basis.Tags: An Garda Siochana, Communications, -
US intelligence mines data from nine internet giants, including Google and Facebook News
07.06.2013 Just a day after reports surfaced that the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US interpreted the Patriot Act in such a way as to seek phone records of millions of US citizens...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Data Centre, Computers, CommunicationsTags: YouTube, Skype, AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Google, National Security Agency, FBI, Barack Obama, Cyber security, -
EU data privacy champion hits out at Turkish attempts at social media censorship News
06.06.2013 Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly, co-author of a pending EU report on Data Protection Regulation, has slammed the Turkish government’s efforts at social media censorship resulting...Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Government, Intellectual Property, Multimedia, Social Media, Software