Tagged: Political & News
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Irish Government unveils Stability Treaty website News
20.04.2012 Irish citizens who are wondering what the Stability Treaty is all about can now visit a new Government website on the subject prior to the 31 May referendum on the treaty. -
Texts From Hillary creators to discontinue posts News
12.04.2012 Just a day after meeting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the creators of the Texts From Hillary internet meme said they will no longer be updating the website. -
Hillary Clinton meets creators of satirical Texts From Hillary News
11.04.2012 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton found a satirical website about her so funny she invited the creators of Texts From Hillary to come and meet her. -
Ireland's film archives set for new research centre at NUIM News
06.04.2012 Archives from Ireland’s silver screen heritage are destined for a new custom-built research and preservation centre on the campus of NUI Maynooth in Co Kildare to carry them... -
Sean Parker invests in political site Votizen News
24.02.2012 Napster co-creator, Facebook’s first president and Spotify investor Sean Parker is turning his investing attentions to the political sphere online. Parker has invested in... -
MEP quits in disgust at ACTA ‘charade’ News
27.01.2012 Kader Arif, a leading French MEP who had the role of rapporteur – ie, leading investigator – into the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – has resigned in protest and... -
The week in gadgets News
23.01.2012 A look at gadget happenings, as Filesonic stops file sharing after the Megaupload arrests, the White House opens a Google+ page and the world’s largest video-game controller is... -
Rupert Murdoch opens Twitter account News
03.01.2012 Rupert Murdoch only opened a Twitter account three days ago, but already the media mogul has attracted nearly 84,000 followers and has mostly tweeted about politics. -
Reasons for being 'de-friended' on Facebook News
21.12.2011 If you're thinking about whittling down your Facebook Friends list, then consider a post that tells your contacts how much you hate the world, why they should all support a... -
India wants internet companies to screen user content News
06.12.2011 Companies such as Facebook and Google have reportedly refused demands from the Indian government to screen user content before it is posted on the web. -
Barack Obama joins Google+ News
24.11.2011 US President Barack Obama has joined Google+, which adds to his extensive social media presence as he prepares for the 2012 US presidential elections. -
Barack Obama joins Foursquare News
16.08.2011 US President Barack Obama is now on location check-in service Foursquare, which he will use to tell the public which areas he visited and what he did there. -
Kim Jong-il’s squad farms MMORPG gold for real money News
08.08.2011 North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is reportedly using a team of hackers to infiltrate South Korean MMORPGs to gain in-game money in order to sell it for real cash. -
Sydney Peace Medal awarded to WikiLeaks founder News
09.05.2011 The Sydney Peace Foundation has awarded WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange its gold medal for “exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights.” -
Obama to host 'town hall' meeting from Facebook HQ News
20.04.2011 Its founder has been named TIME magazine’s person of the year, more than 600m people use it and now it’s preparing for a visit from the head of one of the most powerful... -
Schwarzenegger wants to terminate dependence on fossil fuels News
31.03.2011 Movie star and former Republican governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is calling on the US to move towards a green economy, ending all dependence on fossil fuels.Categories: -
They're all winners at the Irish Blog Awards 2011 News
21.03.2011 From sports to music, politics and business, the Irish bloggerati marked six years of their awards at a shindig the Europa Hotel in Belfast – Europe’s most-bombed hotel – to... -
Kenny’s cabinet: Bruton for enterprise, Rabbitte for comms News
09.03.2011 Ireland’s new Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD named his new cabinet after returning from Aras An Aras an Uachtarain. But will it be a cabinet that will deliver the digital economy and...Categories: Science, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Government, Energy, Education, Economy, Communications -
Magnet launches free online Dail and Seanad stations News
08.03.2011 Magnet Networks today announced the addition of Dail and Seanad TV to its lineup of stations that can be watched live free on a PC.Categories: Internet, Government -
td2011.com reveals interesting results News
04.03.2011 An online visibility tracking website created by NUI Galway student David Dolphin has revealed that the 15 independent candidates elected to the 31st Dáil topped web visibility...