Categorised as: Web & News
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Irish web series CUCKOO battles Tom Hanks and The Walking Dead at the Webbys News
23.04.2013 CUCKOO, an Irish web series originally produced as part of the RTÉ Storyland competition is now in the final five shortlisted for the prestigious People’s Choice Award at the... -
Google predictive text ‘defines’ places in Ireland News
24.04.2013 Google predictive text can be a convenient tool, but sometimes when an internet user types a search term into the search engine, it can deliver some rather interesting... -
Click4Classes receives investment from SOSventures News
23.04.2013 Cork web firm Click4Classes.com, a graduate of the SELR8R programme, has just received an investment from SOSventures and will grow employment to 10 people as it plots its UK... -
YouTube turns 8 - celebrating with its top 8 videos News
23.04.2013 YouTube has reaped well more than 1trn views - that's about 140 views for every person on the planet - during its existence. The video-sharing site marks its eighth anniversary... -
NGOs, IBM and businesses team up to tackle digital literacy News
23.04.2013 A new website that makes basic online tasks easy for new users has been launched through an initiative spearheaded by Business in the Community Ireland and collaboration between... -
St George’s Day receives Google Doodle treatment News
23.04.2013 A colourful and medieval-looking Google Doodle marking St George’s Day greets users of internet search giant Google in the UK today. -
IEDR calls on small businesses to apply for €150k e-commerce fund News
23.04.2013 Irish small and micro-business owners who already have a .ie web address and who are looking to boost their company’s online presence have two more days to apply for support and... -
Students prepare for STEM Week by asking career questions News
22.04.2013 Next week will see the launch of STEM Week to give second-level students who are making their final CAO choices more insight into careers in science, technology, engineering and... -
Weekend news round-up: anti-CISPA web blackout; US to tax the internet? News
22.04.2013 In our trawl through the weekend’s best tech stories, it has emerged that the US Senate is about to vote on legislation to give states the power to tax online purchases; how...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Internet, Financial, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Viral videos of the week: men’s ‘real beauty’, an experiment in space, and an oddball cat News
21.04.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features an experiment performed by astronaut Chris Hadfield, Harrison Ford’s refusal to... -
Tech start-up of the week: UrParts.com News
21.04.2013 Our start-up of the week is UrParts.com, a new website set up by siblings Sonya and Simon Fitzpatrick to bring the spare parts industry into the digital age. The site allows...Tags: website, Agriculture, -
OPINION: Sometimes UX is just the right thing to do News
20.04.2013 The discipline of user experience (UX) has matured in recent years, and as a result, we UX zealots have become increasingly adroit at carefully defining the framework for our... -
Yahoo! launches new Weather and Mail apps News
19.04.2013 Internet giant Yahoo! does indeed appear to be moving to quickly “roll out beautifully designed, more intuitive experiences” for its users – the company has unleashed new... -
Google reports Q1 revenues of US$14bn and net profit of US$3.48bn News
18.04.2013 Internet giant Google reported Q1 revenues of US$14bn, resulting in a net profit of US$3.48bn, which CEO Larry Page said was due to solid execution of the company’s product... -
Twitter #Music app to go live online and in iOS App Store today News
18.04.2013 Starting today, Twitter’s anticipated music-discovery app Twitter #Music will be available online and for the iPhone through Apple’s App Store.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Apps -
eBay Inc, PayPal report double-digit revenue for first quarter News
18.04.2013 Revenue at online auction giant eBay Inc and eBay Inc-owned online payments player PayPal increased 14pc and 18pc during the first quarter, respectively, with mobile playing a... -
Semantic web breakthrough could make sense of big data faster News
17.04.2013 The first fruits of a research collaboration between the ICT giant Fujitsu and the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway could be about to pave the way for...Categories: Web, Software Development, Software & Web Development, Science, Internet, Data Management -
Evernote CEO Phil Libin to speak at Web Summit’s week-long Festival of Ideas News
17.04.2013 The CEO of Evernote Phil Libin has been confirmed as one of the keynote speakers at the October Web Summit in Dublin. Taking its inspiration from SXSW, the organisers say this...Categories: Web, Science, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Google service disruption affecting some Drive, email and Apps users News
17.04.2013 As of about 2pm today, Google Apps’ email, Drive, Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations services have been experiencing service disruptions that seem to have affected some... -
Authorities seek clues in photos, videos from Boston Marathon News
17.04.2013 Boston police and the FBI are analysing photos and videos from the Boston Marathon for clues into the two bombs that went off at the event on Monday, killing three people are...