Tagged: Media & News
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AFP’s e-diplomacy hub shows digital diplomacy in action on Twitter News
26.06.2012 News agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has launched the e-diplomacy hub, a web application that shows how political figures, activists and even militant groups are using Twitter. -
New York Times subscribers to get full access via Flipboard News
25.06.2012 The New York Times has made a deal with Flipboard to deliver all of its content via the magazine-style app, but access will be for paying customers only. -
Deals done this past week News
18.06.2012 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish and global technology sector. -
Twitter slips into expansion mode – puts the media into social media News
14.06.2012 Microblogging site Twitter has made its big media play – from today onwards users can expand tweets to link to photos, videos and content previews of news items. Twitter has...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing -
HP researchers can predict trending news on Twitter News
12.06.2012 A new study from HP Labs claims to predict the popularity of news stories on Twitter with remarkable accuracy – before they’re even published. -
ComScore research shows that multi-screen users are more engaged News
11.06.2012 A report from ComScore and the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) shows that cross-consumption of TV is growing, and these consumers are spending more time... -
Panasonic gears up for HD and 3D Olympics News
31.05.2012 Just how much equipment does it take to broadcast the Olympic Games in HD and, for the first time ever, in 3D?Tags: LED, HD, 3D, Olympics 2012, Olympics, TV, Media, Broadcasting, Hardware, Technology, Panasonic -
426.9m Europeans now online, implications for business and media News
31.05.2012 Europeans are more connected than ever and according to new figures from IAB Europe and Mediascope, 65pc of Europeans are now online, equaling some 426.9m people.Categories: Web, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Marketing, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Tech media giant IDG to create 125 research jobs in Dubln News
29.05.2012 IDG Connect, a subdivision of research, technology media, event management, and venture capital player IDG, is to create 125 new jobs in Dublin by 2013. The IDG Direct... -
Irish Times rolls out new CMS – putting digital into heart of newsroom News
15.05.2012 Irish Times editor Kevin O’Sullivan told the Media Future Conference 2012 in Dublin today that the newspaper is going to be making one of the most important shifts in its...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Communications, Apps -
Aertv launches sports channel with Ballywire News
01.05.2012 Online TV streaming service Aertv.ie is working with Irish multimedia news agency Ballywire to launch a new Irish sports channel, Aertv Sports. -
UK High Court orders ISPs to ban The Pirate Bay News
30.04.2012 The UK High Court has ruled that internet service providers (ISPs) must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. -
Father of the internet Vint Cerf: we must save newspapers (video) News
27.04.2012 Business models that will help newspapers to survive need to be found because quality journalism is vital to a successful democracy, one of the ‘fathers of the internet’ Vint... -
Howlin to spin doctors: ‘social media may not be suited to public service’ News
26.04.2012 Ireland’s Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin, TD, appears uneasy at the prospect of social media being used by the public service and said today... -
Broadcast-quality film shot on iPhone 4S and edited on iPad (video) News
25.04.2012 RTE production development manager Glen Mulcahy has proven that it is possible to shoot broadcast quality films on an Apple iPhone 4 and edit them for broadcast through an iPad.... -
Netflix arrives on Sony Entertainment Network News
24.04.2012 Netflix has arrived on the Sony Entertainment Network today, bringing the TV and movie-streaming service to internet-connected Sony devices. -
Google launches Flipboard rival Currents internationally News
12.04.2012 Google Currents, which lets users read online publications through a magazine-based format on iOS and Android devices, has been made available internationally after an initial...Tags: App, Online Publishing, Publishing, Media, Flipboard, Android, Google, iOS, Smartphone, Tablet -
Yahoo! to hold an organisation reshuffle meeting next Tuesday? News
06.04.2012 Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson is apparently planning to brief staff next Tuesday about his long-term vision for the ailing internet company, Reuters reports.Categories: Web, IT Organisation, IT Management, Internet, In the Workplace, Financial Results, eCommerce -
Angry Birds animated series coming later this year News
03.04.2012 Rovio is reportedly preparing to launch an Angry Birds cartoon series consisting of 52 animated shorts which could be distributed through a video app for numerous mobile devices. -
Yahoo! board appoints three new independent directors News
27.03.2012 Three new independent directors are joining the board of digital media company Yahoo! on 5 April 2012 as the company works to increase shareholder value.