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Google invests US$7m in bid to eradicate child abuse imagery online News
17.06.2013 Internet giant Google is to step up its efforts to eradicate child abuse imagery online and is investing US$5m as well as supporting organisations in the frontline fighting this...Categories: Web, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Search Engines, Search, Legal, Investments, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Apple reveals US law agencies made up to 5,000 data requests News
17.06.2013 In the fallout over revelations of the PRISM programme, technology giant Apple has said it does not provide any government agency direct access to its servers and revealed it... -
Weekend news round-up: Snoopgate fallout continues; Saudi Arabia to ban Whatsapp News
17.06.2013 The fallout over Edward Snowden’s leakage of sensitive information about US intelligence surveillance of the internet continues and tech giants are taking it upon themselves to... -
Europe’s digital clusters to gather in Dublin this week News
17.06.2013 Eight digital clusters from around Europe, including Dublin’s Digital Hub, are to gather in the Digital Depot this Tuesday. The gathering precedes the European Digital Agenda... -
Google doodle celebrates Father’s Day in the form of storytelling slot machine News
16.06.2013 Google has unleashed another fantastic interactive doodle especially to mark Father’s Day. The interactive doodle on the Google homepage works by hitting the second ‘o’ in...Categories: Search Engines, Search, Multimedia, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
The week in gadgets: dissecting Glass and rumoured releases from Sony, Nokia and Samsung News
17.06.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as two curious tech fiends delve inside Google Glass, Sony claims it has a big surprise coming, Nokia’s EOS appears on the horizon, the new Xbox One... -
Google to embark on epic Bloomsday ramble across the world News
14.06.2013 Internet giant Google is to mark Bloomsday this Sunday – the celebration of the day in James Joyce’s Ulysses when Leopold Bloom and Nora Barnacle sauntered through South Dublin... -
RTÉ Archives creates online exhibition of JFK’s visit to Ireland 50 years ago (video) News
14.06.2013 It is almost 50 years since then-US President John F Kennedy visited Ireland and to mark the occasion, Ireland’s State broadcaster RTÉ has chronicled the visit in a major online... -
EU to ban mobile roaming charges by July 2014 News
14.06.2013 Twenty-seven European Commissioners have voted to end roaming charges in Europe by 1 July 2014 in a move they believe will help consumers but also strengthen Europe’s fragmented... -
The social good: an interview with Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s News
13.06.2013 In 1978 in rural Vermont in the United States, Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen founded an ice cream brand that has resonated around the world chiefly thanks to their ethic of... -
Games to look forward to in 2013 News
01.01.2013 It's the start of a new year and with a new Wii console on the market and new XBox and PlayStation consoles being mooted for 2013, it is shaping up to be a promising year in the... -
Broadband penetration in Ireland rose just 0.1pc in Q1 News
13.06.2013 Broadband subscriptions, both fixed and mobile, increased just 0.1pc on the previous quarter and stood at 1.6m at the end of March, ComReg reported in its latest market report. -
Unit sales vs profits: why Apple doesn’t need to make a US$99 iPhone News
13.06.2013 Rumours of a low-cost iPhone are rampant, fuelled by statistics declaring Apple’s struggle to keep up with Samsung’s market share. But is the company with more than half of... -
Facebook opens hydro-electric powered data centre in Sweden News
13.06.2013 Facebook’s newest data centre in Luleå, Sweden, has just gone live and is handling traffic from the company’s 1.1bn global users. The facility is also powered by... -
Facebook finally introduces hashtags – maybe we’ll all talk a little more News
13.06.2013 Despite having a user base of more than 1.1bn people who comment and share on every aspect of life as we know it, the world's biggest social network didn't have a hashtag... -
Ireland’s High Court orders six ISPs to block access to The Pirate Bay News
12.06.2013 In the latest development in a long-running battle between major music labels and Irish internet service providers (ISPs), the High Court of Ireland has ordered six ISPs –... -
Sky claims more than 2m downloads of its apps in Ireland News
13.06.2013 Satellite TV and broadband player Sky Ireland has claimed an 80pc year-on-year growth in downloads of its dedicated apps, such as Sky Go, Sky News, Sky Sports, Sky+ and Sky...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Samsung extends the Galaxy S4 range with 10x zoom camera-phone News
12.06.2013 Yet another iteration of the flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone has been unveiled by Samsung and this time the South Korean phone-maker has come up with a variant targeting the... -
Google asks US govt to report full scale of NSA data requests News
12.06.2013 In a letter to the US Attorney General and the FBI, Google’s chief legal officer David Drummond has asked the US government to publicly reveal the full scale and volume of... -
10 top tech gifts for dads this Father’s Day News
12.06.2013 Dads and gadgets might not always be compatible, but they often go hand-in-hand nonetheless. If you’re planning to treat the paternal figure in your life with a tech treat this...