Categorised as: New Media & News
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Digital Hub offers students a taste of their dream jobs News
18.03.2010 Final-year college students could get a taste of their dream job – and be in with a chance to win €1,000 – through a competition launched by the Digital Hub Development Agency.Categories: New Media -
Facebook overtakes Google, Twitterers prefer social to news News
18.03.2010 Facebook has overtaken Google in the US to be the most visited website, according to analysis from Hitwise. In related news, Twitter is exploding in terms of upstream traffic to...Categories: New Media -
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Major US broadband policy plan to be revealed News
15.03.2010 Regulators in the US are set to roll out an ambitious broadband policy plan that will see the average American experience increases in speeds up to 25 times faster than what... -
iPad insanity as Apple takes early orders for new form factor News
13.03.2010 As it emerges Apple has begun taking early orders for its eponymous iPad, estimates are figuring orders at the rate of 20,000 per hour are being sustained.Categories: New Media, Digital Life -
Telcos warn post codes essential to future of comms News
12.03.2010 Independent licensed telecoms providers in Ireland have added their voice to the call to prioritise the introduction of postcodes which will be vital to future GPS and... -
Opera Mini 5 arrives on Android News
11.03.2010 Software company Opera has released a version of its speedy mobile web browser for the Android phone and Opera Mini 5 is now available for download in Android Market.Categories: New Media -
Urgent need for new online metrics News
11.03.2010 Top-right-oriented-graph-itis is a particularly nasty condition, prevalent amongst many busy middle and senior managers; it gives them symptoms of a warm and fuzzy feeling that...Categories: New Media -
Twitter’s nemesis arrives as a Whispurr rather than a bang News
09.03.2010 A new social-networking player has entered the scene to take on micro-messaging player Twitter with a service that enables macro-messages of 300 characters. The Whispurr...Tags: Social Networking, Twitter, -
Online service helps Irish consumers analyse utility bills News
09.03.2010 Former senior executives from Accenture and RTE have rolled out a new, free online service in Ireland called GetitKeepit.com that allows users to gather all their utility bills... -
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Facebook killer gets 35 years for murder of teenager News
08.03.2010 A sex offender who used a fake Facebook profile to lure a student to her death has been sentenced to a minimum of 35 years in prison.Categories: New Media, Digital LifeTags: Facebook, -
Apple’s iPad will cannibalise current e-reader market News
08.03.2010 There is strong evidence of pre-launch demand for the Apple iPad greater than that for the iPhone. According to a survey, Amazon and its Kindle e-reader are poised to take a big...Categories: Digital Life, New Media -
Touchscreen mobile phone sales to grow almost 100pc in 2010 News
07.03.2010 The worldwide market for touchscreen mobile devices will surpass 362.7 million units in 2010, a 96.8pc increase from 2009 sales of 184.3 million units, according to Gartner. -
YouTube introduces captioned videos News
05.03.2010 Video sharing site YouTube is introducing closed captions with many videos, including speeches by US President Barack Obama already featuring this option.Categories: New Media -
Twitter hits 10 billionth (or so) tweet News
05.03.2010 Less than five months after reaching 5 billion "tweets", microblogging site Twitter has now chalked up some 10 billion tweets.Categories: New MediaTags: Twitter, -
Tune in for the major changes hitting TV as we know it News
04.03.2010 TV3’s head of online, Peter Clerkin, has transformed the broadcaster’s website into a major ‘catch-up TV’ hub. He says that, with social media, 3D and the mobile-apps...Categories: New Media -
Check out the social gaming goldmine on your way to FarmVille News
04.03.2010 When social networking site Facebook assessed the most popular topic its 350 million users wrote about in their status updates in 2009, the answer was clear: farming.Categories: New Media -
Digital mobility opportunity for marketers - EIAA News
03.03.2010 New research from the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA) indicates that digital mobility is making its way into the mainstream.Categories: New MediaTags: -
Google acquires photo-editing site Picnik News
02.03.2010 Internet giant Google has acquired photo-editing site Picnik, which allows internet users to edit and touch up their photos without leaving their web browser.Categories: New Media