Categorised as: Search & News
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Tech start-up of the week: Dymando News
10.02.2013 Our tech start-up to watch this week is Dymando, a new user-demand platform that’s aiming to disrupt how consumers interact with marketers and businesses. The web and mobile...Categories: Web, Search, Networking, Mobile, Media, Marketing, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Yelp reports Q4 net loss of US$5.3m, but sales reach US$41.2m News
07.02.2013 Local reviews network Yelp has announced its fourth-quarter financial performance, with the company reporting a net loss of US$5.3m. However, revenue surged to reach US$41.2m in...Categories: Search Engines, Search, Mobile, Internet, Financial Results, Financial, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Yahoo! signs ‘non-exclusive’ ad deal with Google News
07.02.2013 Yahoo! has announced an advertising deal with Google that will see ads from the search giant appearing on some of Yahoo!’s websites. The deal comes just seven months after... -
Mary Leakey, the famed British fossil hunter, celebrated in Google Doodle News
06.02.2013 The archaeologist and anthropologist Mary Leakey is celebrated by Google today, on what would have been her 100th birthday, with a colourful doodle that illustrates her... -
Weekend news round-up: The end of the web as we know it, will 4G be expensive? News
04.02.2013 In our trawl through the most interesting tech stories from the weekend, we discover a computer scientist who heralds the web as we know it today will be history; e-commerce...Tags: Apple, Apps, Twitter, Facebook, Data Privacy, EU, US, 4G, 3, LTE, Smartphones, Pinterest, Tablet Computers -
Irish IT security player Espion to create 15 senior jobs News
31.01.2013 Fast-growing Irish IT security firm Espion, which is targeting growth in the US$49bn global security services market, has created 15 new jobs on the back of unprecedented demand... -
BAI allocates €1.4m to archive Ireland’s broadcasting heritage News
30.01.2013 The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has issued a tender for applications for the creation of a digital archiving system aimed at preserving Ireland’s broadcasting heritage....Tags: digital, Broadcasting, -
Tech start-up of the week: Storymap News
27.01.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Storymap.ie, a new platform that has been developed by filmmakers Tom Rowley and Andy Flaherty to allow people to engage with Dublin City via...Categories: Web, Search, Multimedia, Mobile, Internet, Education, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Global enterprise search market to reach US$4.68bn by 2019 – Frost & Sullivan News
25.01.2013 The global enterprise search market reaped revenues of more than US$1.47bn in 2012 and that figure is forecast to be US$4.68bn by 2019, analysis by business consulting firm...Categories: Search, Management, Financial, Enterprise, Data Management, Business Intelligence, Analysis -
Google cites an increase in governments demanding citizen data News
24.01.2013 Google’s latest transparency report has shown a steady increase in government and law agency requests around the world for their citizens’ data. -
Blog exposes the scary side of Facebook Graph Search News
23.01.2013 Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg excitedly unveiled the supposed next big thing for the social network: a search facility that can pinpoint friends and others on Facebook... -
Google hit US$50bn in revenues for the first time in 2012 News
23.01.2013 Internet search and advertising giant Google reported a strong fourth quarter with revenues increasing 36pc to US$14.4bn. For the full year of 2012, Google hit revenues of...Categories: Search Engines, Search, Media, Marketing, Internet, Financial Results, Digital Media, Digital Marketing -
Google to build new stg£1bn UK headquarters in London News
18.01.2013 Internet giant Google is believed to be building a new stg£1bn UK headquarters that will span 2.4 acres in the heart of London. The headquarters, which consolidates two existing...Categories: Search, Investments, Internet, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Facebook to add free calling for iPhone users of its Messenger app in the US News
17.01.2013 US users of the Facebook Messenger app on iPhone will now have the ability to make free calls, according to reports.Categories: Software, Search, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Facebook’s big reveal – it’s Graph Search – weaves a smart web within social News
15.01.2013 Facebook has launched a new search engine based on its social graph called Graph Search. It's a smart search engine built solely for within the Facebook 1bn-strong ecosystem of...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Birthday of inventor Frank Zamboni marked with interactive Google Doodle News
16.01.2013 If you’re looking for a little something to get you through this hump day, look no further than Google’s homepage as an interactive Google Doodle honouring the inventor of the... -
Google escapes charges in FTC anti-trust probe News
04.01.2013 Following a 19-month anti-trust investigation into Google’s search engine practices to investigate whether the company manipulated search results to disadvantage competitors,...Categories: Web, Search Engines, Search, Operating Systems, Internet, Intellectual Property, Enterprise, Consumer Tech, Apps -
As resolutions are made, get fit search queries peak in Ireland (video) News
03.01.2013 Unsurprisingly, searches on Google for ‘gym’, ‘fitness’ and ‘diet’ were at a low over the Christmas holiday period but have shot up to peak position since it ended and new year... -
Google produces ‘End of the World’ doodle, world's end trends on Twitter News
21.12.2012 It’s not quite the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine, thanks for asking), so to mark the auspicious day that’s in it Google has produced a special Mayan calendar... -
Google goes Grimm: new interactive doodle tells story of Little Red Riding Hood News
20.12.2012 To mark the 200th anniversary of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales Google has brought to the world a new interactive Doodle that tells the story of Little Red Riding Hood in a...Categories: Software & Web Development, Search Engines, Search, Internet, Digital Media, Development, Design