Categorised as: Social Media & News
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Psy continues to crush Justin Bieber’s YouTube records with new video for ‘Gentleman’ News
15.04.2013 South Korean rapper Psy was crowned king of YouTube last year when his music video for K-pop hit ‘Gangnam Style’ became the first video ever to breach 1bn views on the network.... -
Twitter Music gives Ryan Seacrest something for the weekend, but rest of us left waiting News
15.04.2013 Coachella has passed without much noise from Twitter’s music app, which was expected to launch at the California music festival last weekend. While select artists and... -
The connected consumer is here (infographic) News
15.04.2013 Irish consumers are one of the most demanding across all mature markets, new research from Accenture Ireland suggests. And that’s not all – 42pc of Irish consumers don’t feel...Categories: Web, Social Media, Research, Online Business, Marketing, Internet, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Major brute force attack against WordPress under way News
12.04.2013 A large distributed brute force attack against WordPress sites is understood to be occurring. A large botnet with more than 90,000 servers is attempting to log in by cycling... -
Viral videos of the week: zombie deaths, a touching moment, and random rapping News
14.04.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a seven-year-old’s college football touchdown, grisly special effects from The... -
Don’t let digital dirt derail your career (infographic) News
13.04.2013 Most job-seekers are probably aware that having a good online presence can help them secure a job offer or two, and a new infographic goes even further to outline how job... -
Apple close to signing iRadio deals with major labels Universal and Warner News
12.04.2013 Apple’s rumoured rival to Pandora – dubbed iRadio – is taking a step closer to becoming a reality if reports are to be believed about a deal that is close to being signed with...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Twitter expected to launch music service this weekend during Coachella News
12.04.2013 The fabled music service that Twitter is believed to have been working on is expected to go live this weekend during the Coachella music festival in the US. -
LinkedIn buys news reader platform Pulse for US$90m News
12.04.2013 LinkedIn has confirmed its acquisition of Alphonso Labs, the company behind the mobile news reader app Pulse, for US$90m. The Pulse app, which now boasts more than 30m users... -
Microsoft creative head reportedly leaves company after Xbox tweets News
11.04.2013 Microsoft’s head of Creative Studios Adam Orth has left the company following his tweets in response to rumours that the new Xbox will only work with always-on internet... -
Battle for smartphone features reaches fever pitch as 5-inch Samsung Galaxy S4 arrives News
15.03.2013 In New York last night, Samsung took the wraps off its new 5-inch display smartphone, the Galaxy S4, which, as expected, comes with eye-tracking capabilities and a range of...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Security, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Dublin and Belfast star in new Twitter photos from space News
10.04.2013 Cmdr Chris Hadfield took advantage of the International Space Station’s position above Ireland last night to take and tweet photos of Belfast and the Irish capital as they... -
Quidditching: the magical new meme flying out of Japan (photos) News
09.04.2013 Following hot on the heels of last week’s posed hadouken and Dragon Ball Z-style photos, a magical new photo fad has hit the internet in the form of ‘quidditching’, a Muggle... -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield tweets photo of Cork coast from space News
09.04.2013 Cmdr Chris Hadfield has provided his Twitter followers with another International Space Station view of Ireland. This time the astronaut has snapped and tweeted a photo of the... -
Euronews teams up with Vsauce creator on new science-focused YouTube channel News
09.04.2013 International news outlet Euronews has today announced a new strategy for YouTube that involves a new channel in partnership with Michael Stevens, creator of the popular and... -
Hashtag confusion leads fans to believe that Cher, not Thatcher, is dead News
09.04.2013 In the wake of news that former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher had died following a stroke yesterday at the age of 87, the hashtag #nowthatchersdead began spreading on... -
WhatsApp denies rumours of sale to Google for US$1bn News
09.04.2013 Popular cross-platform mobile messaging app WhatsApp has quashed rumours that it is in discussions to sell the company to Google for up to US$1bn.Categories: Web, Social Media, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Irish IT executives behind international curve on big data News
08.04.2013 Only 56pc of Irish business executives believe big data will be a priority in the next five years compared with the EU average of 76pc, a Vanson Bourne study on behalf of data... -
Pre-release Facebook Home appears online News
08.04.2013 For curious Android users with some tech savvy, a pre-release version of Facebook Home that leaked online gives them something to play with while they await the final release on... -
Review: the HTC One smartphone (video) News
29.03.2013 Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC has a lot riding on its latest device, enigmatically known as the One. The device went on sale in the UK this week, hits the shops in Ireland...