Categorised as: Media & News
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Facebook most linked with cyberbullying through lens of Irish media News
05.04.2013 Analysis of media reportage of cyberbullying in the aftermath of the tragic suicides of a number of teenagers and a senior politician earlier this year in Ireland found that... -
Viral videos of the week: April fools, Fred Cooke and a seal with rhythm News
07.04.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features April Fool’s hoaxes from YouTube, Toshiba and a headless driver, Fred Cooke’s... -
Harlem Shake hits 1.2bn views – but annoying meme is slowing to a shimmy News
04.04.2013 The Harlem Shake viral video craze has attracted more than 1.2bn views 40 days after it began afflicting our online lives.Categories: Multimedia, Media, Marketing, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech -
Arrested Development makes a comeback via Netflix on 26 May News
04.04.2013 Netflix is betting on the Bluth family, resurrecting cult TV show Arrested Development for a new season arriving next month – and let’s hope it hasn't made a huge mistake. -
UK songwriters now earning more from digital music services than radio News
04.04.2013 An end-of-year report from UK royalties body PRS for Music shows that revenues from digital music services have now overtaken those earned from radio broadcasts as more online...Categories: Media, Digital Media -
Beta Deezer update with predictive search and out-of-app controls available for Android News
04.04.2013 A new version of Deezer is in the works and Android users are getting first dibs with a beta version now available for testing on the Google-made platform ahead of a full release. -
South African TV’s Universal Networks apologises for airing Mandela obituary News
04.04.2013 A South African TV company has apologised and blamed a technical error for its repeatedly airing clips indicating that former South African president Nelson Mandela had died.... -
Funny or Die releases trailer for iSteve, Steve Jobs biopic parody News
03.04.2013 What started as an idea for a fake movie trailer has transformed into a feature-length Steve Jobs biopic scheduled for release on the Funny or Die website on 15 April.Categories: Digital Media, MediaTags: Movies, Steve Jobs, -
Twitter hopes to play its cards right with new content and direct links to apps News
03.04.2013 So far, Twitter cards have been adopted by 10,000 developers, apps and websites, leading the network to create new varieties for different types of content and add deep-linking... -
Software firm wins digital health contest to apply GIS expertise News
02.04.2013 Esri Ireland, a Dublin-based subsidiary of the software company Esri that specialises in the application of geographical information systems (GIS), has received funding to carry...Categories: Software & Web Development, Research, Mobile, Media, Life Sciences, Digital Media, Computers -
Game of Thrones season premiere hits 1m downloads in less than a day News
02.04.2013 Less than 24 hours after the much-anticipated season 3 premiere of Game of Thrones aired in the US, BitTorrent experienced its largest swarm ever as impatient fans worldwide... -
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange’s prosecutor steps down, while accuser sacks lawyer News
28.03.2013 The prosecutor leading the trial in Sweden against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has stepped down while the lawyer for one of the women in Sweden accusing Assange of rape has... -
The Wachowskis’ first TV show coming exclusively to Netflix next year News
28.03.2013 Continuing its drive for exclusive, original programming, Netflix has announced a new series from acclaimed sci-fi writing and directing team the Wachowskis will arrive on the... -
Flipboard 2.0 adds curation tools for users to create and share digital magazines News
27.03.2013 Creators of social magazine app Flipboard have today announced a major new version that introduces new features which add to the app’s magazine-like experience and let the... -
Size doesn’t matter, context does, claims UK report on digital media consumption News
26.03.2013 A new report from digital video advertising provider YuMe and digital media research firm Decipher challenges our current notions of ‘lean back’ and ‘lean forward’ content... -
Facebook rolls out new threaded conversations feature News
26.03.2013 Social network Facebook has released a new conversation threads feature that lets users and readers reply to individual comments. -
Will Spotify make the move into streaming video? News
25.03.2013 Watch out Netflix, because rumour has it Spotify is looking to move into the video-streaming arena with exclusive, original content.Categories: Media, Digital Media -
Digg’s reader heading in more content-rich direction, channelling social media News
25.03.2013 Following 800 comments on how its Google Reader substitute should work, Digg has decided that it will have to be simple, fast, cross-platform and easy to convert existing Reader... -
Preview of manga biography of Steve Jobs appears online News
25.03.2013 Award-winning manga artist Mari Yamazaki has created a biography of the late Steve Jobs in her chosen medium, and images from the graphic story have emerged online today.Categories: Media, Digital MediaTags: Steve Jobs, Media, -
Kroes and Rabbitte question if EU intervention is needed to ‘preserve media’ News
22.03.2013 European Commission vice-president and commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes said today in Dublin that safeguarding media freedom and freedom of speech is critical....Categories: Online Business, Multimedia, Media, Marketing, Legal, Government, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech