Categorised as: Media & News
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A pint of the black stuff becomes a QR code News
22.05.2012 You might be only able to get a perfect pint of Guinness in Dublin, but in some bars you might get served a QR Cup of the black stuff. -
RTÉ’s new digital strategy revealed – new Player in works News
21.05.2012 Siliconrepublic.com got a first look at RTÉ’s new digital strategy that will see every facet of Ireland's national broadcaster utilised for digital products. On the way is a...Categories: Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Harvard Business Review publisher: relevancy is key to digital age News
18.05.2012 The key word of the digital age and in a time of social sharing and algorithms is ‘relevancy’, the publisher of the Harvard Business Review Josh Macht told publishers this week....Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Blacknight, Vodafone and more honoured at Social Media Awards 2012 News
18.05.2012 Vodafone Ireland scored a hat trick while Blacknight’s Michele Neylon put his company’s social media success down to a personable approach at the second annual Social Media Awards. -
Dublin-made top-selling educational app expands its adventure News
18.05.2012 Dublin developers are taking chart-topping educational app Curious George at the Zoo to a new level with the addition of new environments for little ones to explore. -
Soundwave aims to take music analytics to a whole new level News
17.05.2012 Imagine being able to capture in real-time what type of music your friends are listening to, or finding out the most popular musical choices are in your city? Well, today’s... -
Facebook’s stealthily released Pages Manager app now top of the charts News
17.05.2012 With a stealthy trial release, the Facebook Pages Manager app for iOS users has jumped to the top of the Irish app charts.Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Mobile, Media, Digital Media, Apps -
Netflix web video player gets an update News
17.05.2012 The Netflix web video player has been updated with new, scalable controls and browser mode functions even in full-screen. -
Spotify coming to Dublin would be music to internet industry's ears News
17.05.2012 Digital music player Spotify is understood to be considering Dublin as a potential location for an operations centre, sources say.Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Investments, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Startupbootcamp Investor Day proves to be a hit in Dublin News
17.05.2012 Yesterday, Dublin’s tech hub on Barrow Street was swarming with eagle-eyed angel investors who were at Startupbootcamp to check out the 10 start-ups engaged in the accelerator,...Categories: Software Development, Software, R&D, Multimedia, Media, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Apps -
Halo 4 to debut new game modes plus live action video series News
16.05.2012 The latest game in the Halo franchise, Halo 4, will launch on 6 November with a new multiplayer offering called ‘Halo Infinity Multiplayer’ and two campaign-based experiences.... -
Washington Post experience chief: reader engagement key to survival News
16.05.2012 The chief experience officer of the Washington Post has warned publishers that newspapers in the online space are missing the point by lashing up Britney Spears stories that...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Business Intelligence, Apps, Analyst, Analysis -
Sony Pictures confirms Aaron Sorkin to write Steve Jobs biopic News
16.05.2012 Sony Pictures has confirmed that The Social Network screenwriter and West Wing director Aaron Sorkin will write the screenplay for a movie telling the life story of Apple’s...Categories: Multimedia, Media, Leadership & Management, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Computers -
Dublin is one of the world’s top hipster cities News
16.05.2012 Dublin tops the charts along with Oslo and Atlanta as one of the world’s top hipster cities based on music choice, overtaking Seattle, New York and London in the listings,...Categories: Social Media, Research, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
Irish Times rolls out new CMS – putting digital into heart of newsroom News
15.05.2012 Irish Times editor Kevin O’Sullivan told the Media Future Conference 2012 in Dublin today that the newspaper is going to be making one of the most important shifts in its...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Communications, Apps -
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey named ‘Media Person of the Year’ at Cannes News
15.05.2012 Twitter CEO and chairman Jack Dorsey has been named the Cannes Lions ‘Media Person of the Year'. Previous recipients of the award include Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google...Categories: Web 2.0, Social Media, Media, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications, Apps -
20 years of the internet in Ireland (timeline) News
15.05.2012 Twenty years ago today Barry Flanagan began Ireland On-Line in his house in Galway, kick starting the internet as a consumer phenomenon in Ireland. We look back at some of the... -
Sean Gallagher to break silence on ‘Twittergate’ scandal online News
14.05.2012 In a fitting way, former presidential candidate and former RTÉ 'dragon' Sean Gallagher has chosen the internet to be the medium through which he will break his silence on the... -
New competition for start-ups to win €50,000 package News
14.05.2012 Business mobile service Blueface is teaming up with Carphone Warehouse to launch a new competition for start-ups and those with business plans to pitch their ideas. Seven... -
RTÉ Two HD to launch today on Sky News
14.05.2012 RTÉ will today launch a dedicated HD channel for RTÉ Two HD on Sky+ HD. This will provide viewers with HD coverage of the European soccer champgionships, athletics, GAA hurling...