Categorised as: Games/Entertainment & News
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Rebecca Black to release new single 18 July News
12.07.2011 Her debut single may have been deemed "the worst song ever", but that isn't stopping Rebecca Black from releasing her second single, titled My Moment, on YouTube on 18 July. -
Irish hospital uses MP4 players to help kids relax during scans News
11.07.2011 Staff at the National Children’s Hospital in Tallaght, Dublin, have begun using MP4 players as a way of reducing stress and anxiety young children experience when undergoing... -
First Google-powered e-book reader hits shelves News
11.07.2011 The world’s first e-book reader device to be powered by Google’s eBooks platform goes on sale in the US later this week. Called the iRiver Story HD, the device allows users to...Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Mobility, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Apps -
The week in gadgets News
11.07.2011 A look at gadget happenings in the week ahead as OS X Lion may launch this week and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 plans to cater for its colour blind audience. -
Panasonic calls on developers to design 3D and HDTV apps News
09.07.2011 Consumer electronics giant Panasonic has opened up its VIERA Connect platform to third-party developers and media companies to develop innovative applications and services for...Categories: Web Development, Software & Web Development, Multimedia, Games/Entertainment, Apps Zone, Apps -
NoTW backlash will transform media forever – blog empire boss News
08.07.2011 This weekend’s closure of the News of the World following the phone hacking scandal will drive consumers in the direction of new media titles and blogs, the co-founder of... -
A giant, panoramic shift is coming to social media tagging News
08.07.2011 Irish-owned Huggity, a new social media tagging application, will allow brands to engage with users and consumers at live events via platforms like Facebook, and has already...Categories: Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Games/Entertainment, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
TV and broadband providers need to offer bigger bundles News
07.07.2011 TV and broadband operators will need to add new services such as Spotify and YouView to their bundles if they want to keep existing subscribers on side, an analyst claims. -
Trinity and Ballyfermot College to collaborate on animated film News
05.07.2011 Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE), the college that nursed the early career aspirations of Oscar winner Richie Baneham (Avatar), is collaborating with a Trinity... -
Microsoft consolidates PC games marketplace into Xbox.com News
04.07.2011 Microsoft is merging its Games for Windows Marketplace with Xbox.com to create a single destination for all video game content, the company said, less than a year after...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Multimedia, Mobility, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Computers -
Awaiting Facebook’s ‘awesome’ response to Google+ Hangouts News
04.07.2011 If Facebook is indeed planning a new group video platform, don’t think of it as a knee-jerk response to Google+ and its Hangouts feature. Think instead of group video as a...Tags: YouTube, Video, Microsoft, Skype, Digital Media, Online Advertising, Social Commerce, Facebook, Google -
Weekend news roundup News
04.07.2011 Since Zynga announced plans to go public, the web has been afire with news and analysis about the social games company’s prospects and, in particular, its CEO Mark Pincus.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Financial -
Zynga files for IPO – hopes to raise up to US$1.5bn News
01.07.2011 Social and web-gaming giant Zynga has filed for an IPO and hopes to raise up to US$1.5bn. Registration documents have just been filed with the Securities and Exchanges Commission. -
Skype video calling comes to Android smartphones News
30.06.2011 Android smartphone users no longer need to look enviously at their friends’ iPhones with Facetime – now Android users can make two-way video calls on their devices. -
Onwave raises €4.1m – plans to create 30 new jobs News
01.07.2011 The Midlands-based satellite broadband player Onwave, formerly known as Satellite Broadband Ireland, has raised €4.1m in venture capital and plans to expand into the UK and... -
HMV to shift focus after posting losses of £121.7m News
30.06.2011 Entertainment retailer HMV has announced plans to shift its focus to ticketing, digital products and live events, after a “difficult and turbulent year”, which resulted in it... -
Forfás chief outlines four steps to economic recovery News
30.06.2011 A nationwide focus on enterprise is critical to the success of the Irish economy but challenges in the local economy in terms of costs, access to credit, innovation and... -
Court in Finland orders ISPs to disconnect file sharers News
30.06.2011 In what could be a sign of what could happen here once changes to copyright laws are made, a court in Finland has issued orders for ISPs to disconnect three subscribers from the...Tags: Copyright, Illegal File-sharing, Piracy, The Pirate Bay, UPC, Eircom, Richard Bruton, Broadband, ISPs, Music -
Full Tilt Poker’s licence suspended, hundreds of jobs in limbo News
30.06.2011 The Alderney Gambling Control Commission has suspended the licence and operations of Full Tilt Poker, which has headquarters in Cherrywood, Dublin. -
MySpace sold for a mere US$35m News
29.06.2011 Once the most promising property in the emerging social media scene, MySpace – which News Corp bought in 2005 for US$580m – has been sold to online ads giant Specific Media for...