Categorised as: Social Media & News
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Is Instagram about to unveil a new video app? News
17.06.2013 Rumours are emerging that Facebook-owned Instagram may reveal a new video service. Facebook is holding a press event at its San Francisco, California, headquarters on 20 June... -
‘Tweet’ gets a new social media meaning in the Oxford English Dictionary News
17.06.2013 The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) – considered to be the definitive guide to the English lexicon – is willing to bend the rules to include the new digital-age meaning of the... -
Google invests US$7m in bid to eradicate child abuse imagery online News
17.06.2013 Internet giant Google is to step up its efforts to eradicate child abuse imagery online and is investing US$5m as well as supporting organisations in the frontline fighting this...Categories: Web, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Search Engines, Search, Legal, Investments, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Apple reveals US law agencies made up to 5,000 data requests News
17.06.2013 In the fallout over revelations of the PRISM programme, technology giant Apple has said it does not provide any government agency direct access to its servers and revealed it... -
Weekend news round-up: Snoopgate fallout continues; Saudi Arabia to ban Whatsapp News
17.06.2013 The fallout over Edward Snowden’s leakage of sensitive information about US intelligence surveillance of the internet continues and tech giants are taking it upon themselves to... -
CIOs on the frontline of the war for 21st-century talent News
14.06.2013 With every business effectively now a technology business, the role of CIO has never been of greater significance. However, not only do CIOs have to be concerned with keeping...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Recruitment, Mobility, Mobile, Global CIO, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO -
10 ways to make the most of your Facebook business page (infographic) News
15.06.2013 Staying on top of a Facebook business page is obviously key to ensuring it provides the most impact to its followers, and to attract new followers. To help Facebook business... -
Viral videos of the week: a racist B&B, an optical illusion and live Photoshop News
16.06.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a handy instructional video from PlayStation, a Photoshop magician at work, a... -
The social good: an interview with Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s News
13.06.2013 In 1978 in rural Vermont in the United States, Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen founded an ice cream brand that has resonated around the world chiefly thanks to their ethic of... -
Ireland’s Trustev named Europe’s Top Start-up by European Commission News
14.06.2013 European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes last night named fast-emerging digital fingerprint start-up Trustev as Europe’s Top Start-up, as part of the commission’s Tech...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, R&D, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Twitter analytics go public – all users can now see their tweets’ performance News
13.06.2013 Every Twitter user can now check out in-depth data about their tweets and followers as the social network’s analytics platform goes free-for-all.Categories: Social Media, Marketing -
First look: IDA Ireland's new global advertising campaign (video) News
13.06.2013 IDA Ireland, Ireland’s agency responsible for attracting major digital giants such as Twitter, Google and Facebook, is about to kickstart a global advertising campaign that... -
CoderDojo named cream of the crop in Ben & Jerry’s social entrepreneur competition News
13.06.2013 Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield and a panel of leading business minds have named CoderDojo as winner of the Irish leg of the Join Our Core social entrepreneur...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Leadership & Management, Education, Economy -
Lionel Messi denies tax fraud to 46.5m fans on Facebook News
13.06.2013 Following accusations of tax fraud in Spain, renowned footballer Lionel Messi took to his Facebook page to deny the claims and reassure some 46.5m fans.Categories: Social Media, Digital Media -
Facebook finally introduces hashtags – maybe we’ll all talk a little more News
13.06.2013 Despite having a user base of more than 1.1bn people who comment and share on every aspect of life as we know it, the world's biggest social network didn't have a hashtag... -
EU Commissioner Reding to take US to task over PRISM in Dublin this week News
12.06.2013 Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner, has added her voice to the chorus of questions directed towards the US Attorney General over revelations surrounding PRISM, the US... -
Entrepreneur sells @AMD Twitter handle to AMD for a charitable sum News
12.06.2013 Advanced Micro Devices – better known as AMD – has been given the @AMD Twitter username from Seattle entrepreneur Adam M Doppelt in exchange for US$50,000 for two of his local... -
In two years, digital products will account for 57pc of media income – report News
12.06.2013 Now is the time for media firms to invest in digital products or face being left behind when earnings from traditional media lose out to digital sales, a new report from Ernst &... -
Google asks US govt to report full scale of NSA data requests News
12.06.2013 In a letter to the US Attorney General and the FBI, Google’s chief legal officer David Drummond has asked the US government to publicly reveal the full scale and volume of...