Categorised as: Media & News
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Arrested Development cast and creator tell us what to expect from Netflix debut News
25.05.2013 Arrested Development returns to screens tomorrow with brand-new episodes on Netflix following a seven-year hiatus. We talk to the show’s creator Mitch Hurwitz and stars Jeffrey... -
Microsoft lets Siri do the talking in scathing new Windows 8 ad (video) News
24.05.2013 It’s nothing new to try and turn Siri against her maker and Microsoft has made use of the iOS personal assistant in a comparison ad meant to put the iPad to shame. -
#OI2Dublin - Irish Times CIO Johnny Ryan on the digital future of newspapers (video) News
22.05.2013 We caught up with the chief innovation officer of The Irish Times, Dr Johnny Ryan, at the Open Innovation 2.0 conference in Dublin. Ryan revealed a multi-million euro investment...Categories: Software & Web Development, R&D, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Investments, Digital Media -
The ‘gif’ vs ‘jif ‘ pronunciation saga – as told by GIFs News
23.05.2013 This week, the creator of the GIF has declared once and for all that it’s pronounced with a soft G, like ‘jif’, not ‘gif’. This revelation has sent the internet into uproar, and... -
TV, sports and Call of Duty are focus of Xbox One event, to gamers’ dismay (video) News
22.05.2013 A YouTube user has condensed last night’s Xbox One reveal into just 1 minute and 40 seconds of TV, sports and Call of Duty. Oh, and dogs. -
Embeddable weekly music charts from Spotify reveal online streaming trends News
22.05.2013 Spotify has started publishing this week charts of the 50 most-streamed and 50 most-shared songs on the music-streaming network, providing valuable information on online music... -
Microsoft unveils the Xbox One, blurs lines between gaming and TV News
21.05.2013 Microsoft has brought the Xbox One to light as its next-generation console at a press event at its Redmond, Washington, HQ. But to call it a games console doesn’t actually do it... -
8 people YouTube can thank for 100 hours of video uploaded per minute News
20.05.2013 YouTube marks eight years in action this month and has now released up-to-date figures on its uploaded content. With more than four days’ worth of video uploaded each minute, we... -
Yahoo! to buy blogging service Tumblr for US$1.1bn – reports News
20.05.2013 The board of Yahoo! has reportedly agreed a US$1.1bn all-cash deal to buy the six-year-old social blogging service Tumblr, according to US media reports.Categories: Web, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Media, Internet, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech -
Viral videos of the week: a scared kitty, men in labour and the internet of toys News
19.05.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week’s selection features Facebook in real life, an autocue prank, an easily spooked cat, a... -
Nintendo exerts its right to profit from user-generated videos on YouTube News
17.05.2013 Videos of gameplay on Nintendo video games uploaded by YouTube users will, in some cases, be accompanied by advertising that generates revenue for Nintendo only, with nothing... -
New media arts festival Glitch returns with ‘Run Computer, Run’ News
17.05.2013 Glitch, the annual festival that celebrates the intersection of art and technology, returns for a third time this year with a programme of four exhibitions, eight workshops, a...Categories: Media, Digital Media -
Harlem Shake goes out with a bang, literally (video) News
14.05.2013 You Harlem Shakers, you’ve had it coming! For some of us who found the Harlem Shake meme tedious and a bit of an overkill, a new video showing a Harlem Shake attempt gone wrong... -
Viral videos of the week: Spock vs Spock treadmill dancing, and a Mother’s Day tribute News
12.05.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features old Spock taking on new Spock, a treadmill dance to rival OK GO, Charles Ramsey... -
Roundtable: Facebook directors on Sheryl Sandberg and the Lean In phenomenon News
11.05.2013 With so much dialogue generated around Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s best-seller, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, Ann O’Dea caught up with two of Facebook’s most... -
End of an era? YouTube launches paid subscription channels News
10.05.2013 It looks like YouTube’s era of free online video is coming to an end as the social video network launches a small selection of fee-based subscriptions with an assurance that... -
Masters students launch website to inspire new model of investigative journalism News
10.05.2013 Dublin City University MA in Journalism students Maria Delaney and Peadar Grogan have launched a new website to crowdsource stories in need of some investigative reporting.Categories: Media, Digital Media -
Teenage coder’s hackathon project could put a stop to spoilers on Twitter News
09.05.2013 In the age of on-demand viewing and social media saturation, spoilers are a persistent danger – but 17-year-old coder Jennie Lamere is working on a solution to save us. -
Google celebrates graphic designer Saul Bass with vibrant video doodle News
08.05.2013 To mark what would have been the 93rd anniversary of his birth, Google has given US graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass a fitting tribute: an animated video doodle based on...