Categorised as: Web & News
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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... -
Yahoo! reports 36pc profit increase while revenue slides 7pc News
17.04.2013 Lower operating costs helped buoy internet giant Yahoo!’s first-quarter profit up 36pc to US$390m from the same period last year, while its revenue for the quarter dipped 7pc to... -
Dubliner launches crowdfunding campaign to bring emergency ID device to market News
16.04.2013 Telecoms professional Jan Bosch has come up with a new concept for an emergency identification device that could be used in hospital A&E departments to identify patients with... -
Microsoft strikes at Amazon’s cloud infrastructure heartland News
16.04.2013 Amazon’s status as the enabler of cloud infrastructure for start-ups and organisations striving for flexibility is to be threatened by Microsoft, which has just announced its...Categories: Web, Virtualisation, Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, R&D, Internet, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Digital Business, Data Centre, Apps -
Hadouken! Powerful photo craze strikes the internet (photos) News
05.04.2013 The latest photo fad sweeping the internet has been dubbed ‘hadoukening’ and looks to be inspired by classic video games and action scenes from manga comics and anime... -
Cyberespionage attacks on small businesses increase - Symantec report News
17.04.2013 Targeted cyberespionage attacks designed to steal intellectual property rose 42pc in 2012 compared to the previous year, with small businesses seeing a threefold increase in... -
Google launches person finder following Boston marathon explosions News
16.04.2013 Search engine Google has quickly added a person finder service in the aftermath of the horrific events in Boston yesterday.Categories: Web, Search Engines, Search, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Donegal student's winning Doodle 4 Google graces homepage News
16.04.2013 Annie Coyle, a 15-year-old student from Letterkenny, Co Donegal, has been announced as the winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google competition for her doodle that has been...Tags: Google, Women Invent Tomorrow -
Justin Bieber will ‘hopefully’ inspire fans after questionable Anne Frank comment News
16.04.2013 Anne Frank House has come to the defence of pop star Justin Bieber on Facebook, following his visit to the Amsterdam museum and his guestbook comments that unleashed a backlash... -
Psy continues to crush Justin Bieber’s YouTube records with new video for ‘Gentleman’ News
15.04.2013 South Korean rapper Psy was crowned king of YouTube last year when his music video for K-pop hit ‘Gangnam Style’ became the first video ever to breach 1bn views on the network.... -
Career memes of the week: SEO specialist News
16.04.2013 Spare a thought for the SEO specialist, who in essence works to increase a website’s visibility on the internet. It’s a challenging task, considering just how much the internet... -
The connected consumer is here (infographic) News
15.04.2013 Irish consumers are one of the most demanding across all mature markets, new research from Accenture Ireland suggests. And that’s not all – 42pc of Irish consumers don’t feel...Categories: Web, Social Media, Research, Online Business, Marketing, Internet, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Viral videos of the week: zombie deaths, a touching moment, and random rapping News
14.04.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a seven-year-old’s college football touchdown, grisly special effects from The... -
Tech start-up of the week: Search4less News
14.04.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Search4less.ie, a new online business information service that’s aiming to disrupt the online company search space by pushing out relevant... -
Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler inspires interactive Google Doodle News
15.04.2013 Internet search giant Google has given mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler the Google Doodle treatment today, on the 306th anniversary of his birth. -
Don’t let digital dirt derail your career (infographic) News
13.04.2013 Most job-seekers are probably aware that having a good online presence can help them secure a job offer or two, and a new infographic goes even further to outline how job... -
Start-ups to demo their innovations at Dublin Beta gathering News
12.04.2013 Dublin Beta is holding its next technology start-up gathering on Monday evening and 14 new ventures will be aiming to wow the crowds with their products and innovations.