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Google Zeitgeist list reveals most popular searches in 2012 News
12.12.2012 Whitney Houston, Gangnam Style, iPad 3, Jeremy Lin and Hurricane Sandy – Google has revealed the most popular searches and search trends of the year via its 2012 Zeitgeist list. -
Yahoo! CEO Mayer gives email service a facelift News
12.12.2012 In her first big product overhaul since taking over the helm of Yahoo! in July, former Google executive Marissa Mayer has announced the new versions of Yahoo! Mail product for... -
Eircom launches Junior Spider Awards for young online innovators News
11.12.2012 Eircom is now accepting entries from primary and secondary school students for its 2013 Junior Spider Awards to showcase innovative ways they are using the internet in their...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Search Engines, Internet, Education, Digital Media, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Euro 2012, Love and Katie Taylor dominated Ireland’s Google searches in 2012 News
11.12.2012 Every year, Google’s zeitgeist of the world’s most searched for topics gives an insight into what the world is thinking about and in Ireland this year Euro 2012, the death of...Categories: Search Engines, Search, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Tech Jobs 2012 - Top 50 jobs announcements of 2012: Nos 35-31 News
12.12.2012 Today we continue our countdown of Ireland’s top jobs announcement stories of 2012. It was the year companies in sectors that are thriving despite the downturn – technology,...Categories: Search Engines, Recruitment, R&D, Mobile, Life Sciences, Investments, Economy, Digital Media, Careers and Employment -
Ada Lovelace, world’s first computer programmer, inspires Google Doodle News
10.12.2012 Internet search giant Google is tipping its hat to the world’s first computer programmer Ada Lovelace on the 197th anniversary of her birth with a Google Doodle on its homepage. -
iPhone 5 features in Yahoo!’s top searches of the year News
04.12.2012 Apple’s iPhone 5 smartphone has topped two of Yahoo’s top searches of the year lists, as the most top-searched obsession and most top-searched gadget of 2012, and is No 2 on its... -
Science Review 2012 - Top 100 science stories: Nos 65-61 News
04.12.2012 We continue our countdown of Ireland’s top science and innovation stories of 2012. It was the year Dublin became the European City of Science and major scientific breakthroughs... -
Bing goes on the attack, warning users not to get ‘Scroogled’ News
29.11.2012 Switching to a paid inclusion model for Google Shopping hasn’t been the search giant’s best decision to date, and now Microsoft’s Bing has placed this controversial move at the...Categories: Search Engines, Search -
Bing reveals its top tech searches of the year News
27.11.2012 The iPhone 5 and Facebook have topped Microsoft’s search engine Bing’s technology and news searches of the year lists, with the iPhone 5 claiming the top spot on the... -
Happy Thanksgiving theme on US Google Doodle News
22.11.2012 Internet search giant Google has decorated its homepage stateside with a Thanksgiving-themed Google Doodle. Today is Thanksgiving Day in the US. -
Mike Lynch rejects HP’s claims – accuses tech giant of mismanaging Autonomy News
21.11.2012 Dr Mike Lynch, who sold his company Autonomy to HP last year for more than US$10bn, has rejected allegations levelled by HP. He said the mark-up on Autonomy’s software was... -
Rugby player Rob Kearney joins Doodle 4 Google judging panel News
20.11.2012 The deadline for Google’s annual Doodle 4 Google competition is less than one month away and, while entries are pouring in from schoolchildren across Ireland, the judging panel... -
Google marks Universal Children’s Day with a doodle News
20.11.2012 Google has marked International Children’s Day, 20 November, with a colourful doodle in the shape of a Punch and Judy Show. -
It’s a space JAM! Google Chrome recreates Milky Way on your desktop News
15.11.2012 Want to know what 100,000 stars look like? Following the successful JAM with Chrome app for dispersed bands and budding musicians, Google’s Chrome team has introduced 100,000...Categories: Software & Web Development, Search Engines, Search, Operating Systems, Internet, Digital Media, Apps -
Google warns government internet surveillance is increasing News
13.11.2012 Government surveillance is on the rise – that’s the conclusion of the latest Google Transparency report, which reveals that in the first half of 2012 there were close to 21,000...Categories: Digital Business, Digital Media, Internet, Online Business, Search, Search Engines, Security -
Google ordered to pay AUD$200,000 for defamation in search results News
12.11.2012 A court in Australia has ruled in favour of a man who claimed he was defamed by Google’s search results, which linked him to a notorious figure in the Melbourne drug trade,... -
Google Doodle marks Auguste Rodin's 172nd birth date News
12.11.2012 Internet search giant Google has tipped its hat to 'The Thinker' sculptor Auguste Rodin on the 172nd anniversary of his birth. -
Google to launch TV and music services in UK, France and Germany on 13 November News
09.11.2012 Google Play users in the UK, France and Germany will be able to download, rent and buy TV, movie and music content from Google Play on 13 November.Categories: Search Engines, Search, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Bram Stoker books: gothic Google Doodle honours Dracula author News
08.11.2012 On the 165th anniversary of his birth, Google is today paying homage to Bram Stoker, the Irish-born author and short-story writer who is best known for his gothic horror novel...Tags: Google, Trinity College Dublin