Categorised as: Internet & News
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3,000 hires generated in Ireland’s booming digital media sector News
17.06.2013 In the past year digital media companies based in Ireland hired 3,000 people with the majority of the hires by large multinational internet and e-commerce firms, a study by... -
Killarney to become the first regional town in Ireland to roll out free Wi-Fi News
17.06.2013 Killarney, Co Kerry, is about to become the first town in Ireland to roll out complementary Wi-Fi to passers-by and tourists after signing a deal with Bitbuzz. The move follows... -
‘Tweet’ gets a new social media meaning in the Oxford English Dictionary News
17.06.2013 The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) – considered to be the definitive guide to the English lexicon – is willing to bend the rules to include the new digital-age meaning of the... -
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... -
Clean, digital economy the focus of Dublin ‘gathering’ News
17.06.2013 It is gatherings galore in Dublin this week. As well as a meeting of Europe’s digital clusters in the Irish capital tomorrow, representatives from the IT, environmental and...Categories: Web, Sustainability, Software, Search Engines, Search, Science, Research, Networking, Internet, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Energy, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Digital Business -
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 -
Tech start-up of the week: GetBulb News
16.06.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is GetBulb, a new Dublin-based venture that has come up with a data visualisation tool to allow people to create infographics to communicate their...Categories: Web, Multimedia, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Design, Data Management -
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... -
10 ways to make the most of your Facebook business page (infographic) News
15.06.2013 Staying on top of a Facebook business page is obviously key to ensuring it provides the most impact to its followers, and to attract new followers. To help Facebook business... -
Wireless DIY: start-up Spark Devices raises US$567,968 on Kickstarter News
14.06.2013 When the going gets tough – just keep going. That’s the logic that Zach Supalla of connected device player Spark Devices applied and in just a few months has executed a pivot... -
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... -
Father’s Day memes salute the men that reared us News
14.06.2013 Father’s Day unfurls this Sunday, 16 June, in Ireland, the UK and North America, and Siliconrepublic.com has rounded up a selection of memes on the subject to pay... -
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... -
Google acquires sat-nav app Waze News
11.06.2013 Internet search giant Google has confirmed its acquisition of sat-nav smartphone app Waze. Terms of the purchase have not been disclosed. -
The technology business week: EU to give consumers powers to sue tech giants, digital products to generate most media income News
17.06.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Apps, Deals Done, Digital Media, Financial, Games/Entertainment, Internet, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, R&D -
Women in spotlight at DCU/Fujitsu innovation awards News
14.06.2013 Women have been well represented in the winning projects at the inaugural Dublin City University (DCU) President’s Awards for Innovation, sponsored by Fujitsu, which were...Categories: Unified Communications, Research, R&D, Mobile, Life Sciences, Internet, Development, Apps -
Ireland’s Trustev named Europe’s Top Start-up by European Commission News
14.06.2013 European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes last night named fast-emerging digital fingerprint start-up Trustev as Europe’s Top Start-up, as part of the commission’s Tech...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, R&D, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business