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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 -
#io13: Google makes Gmail more useful with task-based buttons and Wallet integration News
17.05.2013 We’re unlikely to see any major Google product come out of I/O without some kind of update, and Gmail is no exception, as the email service gets new quick action buttons to help... -
#io13: New interactive Google Maps builds a world around users (video) News
16.05.2013 At its developers conference in San Francisco, California, Google unveiled its biggest ever update to Google Maps since it first launched eight years ago, creating a more...Tags: Google Maps, Google -
Frank Hornby’s 150th birthday marked on Google’s UK homepage News
15.05.2013 Head to Google.co.uk today and you’ll see a Google Doodle made up of toy trains to honour what would have been the 150th birthday of Frank Hornby, the inventor of Hornby Model... -
Google Image Search gets an Atari Breakout Easter egg News
14.05.2013 Classic Atari arcade game Breakout, which turned 37 years old in April, is now playable via Google Image Search thanks to a recently discovered Easter egg.Tags: Video Games, Google -
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... -
Google Now is available for the iPhone and iPad News
29.04.2013 Google has updated its iPad and iPhone app in the Apple App Store, bringing its Google Now context-driven engine to Apple’s mobile devices. -
Google Street View hits 50 countries – massive update adds 563,270 km of road News
25.04.2013 Google has launched the largest update of its Street View service yet, to mark the occasion of reaching 50 countries this week. The major new update sees the search giant add...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Search Engines, Search, Multimedia, Internet, Digital Media, Database, Consumer Tech -
Ella Fitzgerald’s 96th birthday inspires Google Doodle (video) News
25.04.2013 Google has struck a high note with its colourful Google Doodle in honour of what would have been jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald’s 96th birthday today. -
Google and Cisco take joint lead in Greenpeace green IT rankings News
24.04.2013 Cisco and Google have both earned the top spot in the latest Cool IT Leaderboard from Greenpeace that ranks 21 global IT and telecom giants based on the innovative steps they...Categories: Consumer Tech, Energy, Green, Green Computing, Green Tech, Renewable Energy, Search Engines -
Google acquires news reader start-up Wavii for about US$30m - report News
24.04.2013 Google has beaten Apple to the punch in acquiring news feed start-up Wavii for around US$30m. -
Google predictive text ‘defines’ places in Ireland News
24.04.2013 Google predictive text can be a convenient tool, but sometimes when an internet user types a search term into the search engine, it can deliver some rather interesting... -
St George’s Day receives Google Doodle treatment News
23.04.2013 A colourful and medieval-looking Google Doodle marking St George’s Day greets users of internet search giant Google in the UK today. -
Google Now will soon arrive on Google’s home page News
22.04.2013 As evidence that Google is rigidly following a ‘mobile first’ ethos when it comes to developing products, the search giant’s Google Now context engine which debuted last year...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Search Engines, Search, Internet, Digital Media, Computers -
Earth Day 2013 celebrated via animated Google Doodle News
22.04.2013 Earth Day is being marked all over the world today and Google is getting in on the action by featuring a colourful and interactive doodle on its homepage to mark the cycle of...Tags: Google, Climate Change -
Google reports Q1 revenues of US$14bn and net profit of US$3.48bn News
18.04.2013 Internet giant Google reported Q1 revenues of US$14bn, resulting in a net profit of US$3.48bn, which CEO Larry Page said was due to solid execution of the company’s product... -
Google launches person finder following Boston marathon explosions News
16.04.2013 Search engine Google has quickly added a person finder service in the aftermath of the horrific events in Boston yesterday.Categories: Web, Search Engines, Search, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Donegal student's winning Doodle 4 Google graces homepage News
16.04.2013 Annie Coyle, a 15-year-old student from Letterkenny, Co Donegal, has been announced as the winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google competition for her doodle that has been...Tags: Google, Women Invent Tomorrow -
Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler inspires interactive Google Doodle News
15.04.2013 Internet search giant Google has given mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler the Google Doodle treatment today, on the 306th anniversary of his birth. -
RTÉ to employ semantic web and big data to preserve Ireland’s memories News
09.04.2013 Ireland’s State broadcaster RTÉ, as part of its strategy to preserve the memories of a nation in digital form, is to collaborate with SFI’s recently announced mega CSET the...