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Old media’s painful lesson: digital consumers are the new masters News
22.09.2011 The four-year-old recession has rocked the traditional media ivory towers and, even though internationally advertising is showing signs of a return to growth, the traditional...Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Google advertises Google+ with gigantic blue arrow News
21.09.2011 The Google home page is probably the most visited page on the planet, so perhaps it makes perfect sense for Google to use it to draw people’s attention to its Google+ social... -
DoneDeal.ie now Ireland’s most visited for buying and selling cars News
20.09.2011 Online classified adverts site DoneDeal.ie says it is now in pole position for people wishing to sell and buy cars, as it claims its Motoring section is now Ireland’s most...Categories: Mobility, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Facebook apps generate 182,744 new jobs in US News
20.09.2011 The Facebook apps economy is believed to have delivered 182,744 new jobs and US$12.1bn in wages and benefits to the US economy, a new academic study indicates. -
Facebook to launch new buttons on entertainment hub News
20.09.2011 In keeping with growing rumours that Facebook intends to turn users’ profile pages into entertainment media hubs, it is now speculated that the social networking giant is... -
Viral campaign to highlight 2,500 job vacancies in Irish tech firms News
19.09.2011 Indigenous Irish tech firms are fighting as hard as multinationals, if not harder, to secure top talent to build their products and services. A new viral video campaign by... -
Is Facebook planning a Twitter integration? News
19.09.2011 Very soon Facebook users may be able to connect their profile pages with their Twitter accounts, according to reports. The new functionality could be among a slew of new...Categories: Social Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech, Communications -
World’s first augmented reality newspaper hits presses News
19.09.2011 In what they claim is the world’s first augmented reality-enabled newspaper, Dublin’s Metro Herald and TV3’s 3e fyi programme are to produce five ‘smart editions’. -
Cloud marketing – Ireland to springboard Marketo’s Europe launch News
15.09.2011 Cloud software player Marketo – which aims to finally help marketers demonstrate their contribution to the business revenue cycle – is spearheading its attack on the European... -
Twitter’s new analytics service to tell clicks from tweets News
14.09.2011 Twitter has revealed a new analytics engine aimed at website publishers who wish to accurately measure the amount of traffic that Twitter drives their way. -
Facebook tops ‘breakaways brands’ list News
12.09.2011 Social networking phenomenon Facebook has topped a study of brands showing the most sustained growth in strength in the US over the last three years, with Skype and YouTube... -
Twitter wants the ‘tweet’ trademark back News
12.09.2011 Twitter is apparently suing a company called Twittad for the ‘tweet’ trademark. Twittad had the word trademarked as part of the company’s strapline in 2008: ‘let your ad meet... -
60pc of active internet users access blogs and social networks News
12.09.2011 Social networks and blogs now account for a quarter of the time Americans spend on the internet and in May Americans spent 53bn total minutes on Facebook, according to research...Categories: Web, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing -
Skype to roll out large format ads for Irish brands News
08.09.2011 Voice and video internet calling player Skype revealed today it will introduce large format advertising for leading brands. Skype’s ad sales manager for EMEA Vaughan Denny... -
Bartz ousted as CEO of Yahoo – CFO Tim Morse to take helm News
07.09.2011 Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has been fired as part of a major reorganisation of the internet portal company. She revealed the situation in an email to staff. -
Apple’s iCloud beta of iTunes Match rolls out News
30.08.2011 Software developers in the US have been granted the first bite of Apple’s new iTunes Match which stores users’ complete music library in the iCloud by matching their tracks with... -
Tech entrepreneurs go the distance with new triathlon company News
25.08.2011 Think of the Electric Picnic music festival and then apply it to TriGrandPrix, a new triathlon movement that is aiming to cater for every type of athlete and fitness level, be...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
New programmes to build online business skills News
26.08.2011 The Digital Marketing Institute (DMI) has introduced two dedicated training programmes to help participants to create the ideal blueprint for building an online business. -
Now 2m Facebook accounts in Ireland - 44pc of population News
26.08.2011 There are now 2,014,000 Facebook accounts active in Ireland, which means that 44pc of Ireland’s 4.5m population is on Facebook. A new info-graphic provided by Edelman highlights... -
Google agrees to forfeit US$500m of revenue from drugs ads News
24.08.2011 Search advertising giant Google has agreed to forfeit US$500m of revenue generated by online ads and prescription drug sales by Canadian online pharmacies that were placed...Categories: Digital Marketing, Digital Media, eCommerce, Government, Internet, Legal, Search, Search Engines