Categorised as: Internet & News
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Official Royal Wedding site already draws 2m hits News
05.03.2011 Pages on the official website for the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton received 2m hits after being launched only a few days ago. -
Six-year-old Dublin student wins Doodle 4 Google News
08.03.2011 Layla Karpuz, a senior infants student from Dublin, has been named Ireland’s top doodler by Google, winning its third Irish Doodle 4 Google competition. -
Google acquires BeatThatQuote.com for stg£37.7m News
07.03.2011 UK price comparison website BeatThatQuote.com has been bought by Google for stg£37.7m (US$61.5m). The site allows consumers to search for and compare prices for services like... -
Skype to begin placing ads on VoIP and video calls this week News
07.03.2011 Ads will begin to appear on Skype voice and video over IP software this week, the company said. Groupon, Nokia, Universal and Visa are among the first brands to sell advertising... -
Facebook implements Samaritans suicide help system News
07.03.2011 Social networking site Facebook has joined forces with emotional support provider Samaritans to create a facility on Facebook that allows friends to get help for a friend they... -
Taxback.com creates 58 jobs in 12 months News
07.03.2011 Winner of a Deloitte Best Managed Company Award, Taxback.com took on 58 new people in the past year, bringing its total workforce in Ireland to 112. -
Angry Birds coming to Facebook News
07.03.2011 Popular video game Angry Birds is migrating to Facebook in April, Mikael Hed, CEO of the game's developer, Rovio, has announced. -
10CMS secures €2.5m in funding News
07.03.2011 Irish technology company 10CMS has secured €2.5m funding from UK-based Octopus Investments along with Sadlier Reilly Capital and several other investors. -
Foxframe wins €10k at Docklands Innovation Awards News
07.03.2011 Digital media company Foxframe has secured the title of ‘Best Investment Proposal for 2011’ and a prize of €10,000 at the 2011 Docklands Innovation Park Enterprise Awards. -
UPC reports 60pc growth in phone customers News
07.03.2011 Home entertainment and communications company UPC has passed the 200,000 broadband customer mark, the firm announced today. -
French finance ministry confirms cyber attack News
07.03.2011 The French finance ministry has confirmed it was the subject of a cyber attack from hackers in December 2010. -
The week in gadgets News
07.03.2011 A look at gadget, game and geek happenings in the week ahead.Categories: Week in Gadgets, Web, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Apps -
Google acquires Barrow Street EMEA HQ buildings News
06.03.2011 Google has confirmed that even though it has acquired Dublin’s tallest building – the 15-storey Montevetro building – it has also acquired the buildings that house its EMEA...Categories: Software & Web Development, Search Engines, Search, Mobility, Jobs, Investments, Internet -
Education is key in war on spammers, Facebook says News
06.03.2011 Facebook, in response to our coverage of the massive spam waves that hit the social media giant last week, told Siliconrepublic.com it agrees that education and awareness are... -
40pc of Irish people over 50 use internet News
04.03.2011 Four out of 10 Irish people aged over 50 use the internet, with Google and Facebook being among their most-used websites, according to research. -
td2011.com reveals interesting results News
04.03.2011 An online visibility tracking website created by NUI Galway student David Dolphin has revealed that the 15 independent candidates elected to the 31st Dáil topped web visibility... -
The digital business week News
07.03.2011 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
General Atlantic to purchase 2.5m Facebook shares - report News
04.03.2011 Investment firm General Atlantic is investing in Facebook, bringing the total value of the social network to US$65bn, according to a report on CNBC. -
'Largest' DDoS attack hits WordPress News
04.03.2011 Blogging platform WordPress.com has been targeted by a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that the company described as "the largest and most sustained attack" in its history. -
Skyfire 3.0 puts Facebook button on every web page News
04.03.2011 Next-generation browser player Skyfire has revealed that the next version of the company’s app for the iPhone integrates with Facebook’s social graph and puts a ‘Like’ button...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Operating Systems, Mobility, Internet, Communications, Apps Zone, Apps