Categorised as: Search & News
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Siri’s sibling Trapit may revolutionise content discovery News
15.11.2011 If you thought Siri, the artificial intelligence voice assistant on the iPhone 4S, was impressive, we wonder what you’d make of its sibling Trapit, a new way of discovering...Categories: Software & Web Development, Search, Research, R&D, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Apps -
Google rolls out e-commerce tool for businesses News
10.11.2011 Google has launched a new e-commerce tool for business in time for the lucrative Christmas sales season. -
Google chairman Schmidt: ‘Siri poses a competitive threat’ News
07.11.2011 Even through Apple’s voice-based artificial intelligence system Siri combines searches from various sources like Yelp and Wolfram Alpha, it poses a competitive threat to Google,... -
Weekend news roundup News
07.11.2011 A roundup of the weekend's tech coverage in the papers, including the strange humour and intelligence of Siri, how watching the kids could be a new way of stopping cyber crime...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Security, Search, Economy, Digital Business, Design -
Review - the Apple iPhone 4S smartphone News
03.11.2011 John Kennedy checks out the iPhone 4S with Siri voice recognition artificial intelligence. The sleek device powered by iOS 5 packs a serious punch with its A5 dual-core...Categories: Wireless Communications, Search, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Google turns web upside down with ‘Do a barrel roll’ News
03.11.2011 Something’s going to happen to your search experience in a way you weren’t expecting. Just Google ‘Do a barrel roll’ and see what happens to your screen. -
Irish firm Datahug secures US$1.5m investment News
28.10.2011 Irish relationship management firm Datahug has secured a US$1.5m investment in seed funding to boost its customer acquisition and product development. -
Steve Jobs’ ‘one more thing’ – an Apple television – is on its way News
25.10.2011 The revelation in Walter Isaacson’s biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that Jobs had finally ‘cracked it’ in relation to the much-anticipated Apple TV hardware has led to... -
Weekend news roundup News
24.10.2011 A trawl through the weekend newspapers' coverage of tech affairs, including China's search for the next Steve Jobs, NASA's plans for fuel depots in the skies and Google's...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Digital Media, Design, CommunicationsTags: Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, iCloud, NASA, Cloud, Dropbox, Start-ups, China, Google+, Facebook -
Google dedicates Doodle to ‘Disney legend’ artist Mary Blair News
21.10.2011 American artist Mary Blair has been commemorated in a new 'Doodle' on Google’s home page. Her art features in iconic Disney movies like Peter Pan, Cinderella and Alice in... -
Will Irish ISPs take greater steps to protect children online? News
14.10.2011 Earlier this week, it emerged that four ISPs in the UK voluntarily moved to block porn and only allow access on an opt-in basis in order to prevent children from accessing this... -
Google revenues hit US$9.7bn – Google+ has 40m users News
14.10.2011 Google reported a 33pc increase in third-quarter revenues of US$9.7bn. CEO Larry Page revealed that the search giant’s new social networking service Google+ has just passed the... -
€1.5bn venture capital shortfall threatens Irish tech firms’ hopes News
13.10.2011 Irish tech firms raised €161.9m from investors in the six months to June 2011. However, the chairman of the Irish Venture Capital Association warns there could be a shortfall of... -
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Weekend news roundup News
10.10.2011 The death of Apple's Steve Jobs dominated technology news coverage in the weekend newspapers. Some reports delved into his management style but others looked once again at the... -
Goldenpages.ie parent in strategic deal with Google News
30.09.2011 Goldenpages.ie’s parent company Truvo has struck a major deal with Google that will focus on helping Irish businesses advertise via Google AdWords.Categories: Software & Web Development, Search, Marketing, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Google to establish new €75m data centre in Dublin News
30.09.2011 Google will invest in a new €75m data centre in west Dublin, which will create 200 jobs for the building and renovation of the centre, and 30 jobs for the management of the...Tags: Green, Energy Efficiency, Energy, Richard Bruton, Google, Cloud, data centre, Ireland, Dublin, Jobs, Engineering -
HeyStaks releases iPad and Android tablet app News
27.09.2011 Irish social search start-up HeyStaks has launched its community-based search app for iPad and Android tablets -
Google celebrates 13th birthday News
27.09.2011 Google has officially entered its teenage years, celebrating its 13th birthday today. -
Google is bringing Google+ Hangouts to mobile phones News
20.09.2011 Google’s Hangouts video conferencing feature – which lets multiple friends video conference each other at once – is coming to mobile devices, the company said, along with APIs...