Tagged: Social Media & News
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The online marketing model is broken, says HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan News
05.03.2013 HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan has told Siliconrepublic.com that his company’s new European HQ in Dublin that will employ 150 people will in effect be a mirror of its HQ in the...Categories: Social Media, Search Engines, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Marketing, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
NAPD calls for school-wide policies on cyberbullying and social network liaison officers News
04.03.2013 The National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD), the professional body for second-level school leaders, is urging schools to implement policies on... -
Oscars online: stars give behind-the-scenes glimpse as viewers offer their opinions News
25.02.2013 Last night’s Oscars ceremony simply wouldn’t have been complete without the input of social media. Whether it was an average Joe letting the world know what they really thought... -
How close did social media buzz and search queries come in predicting Oscar winners? News
25.02.2013 As with any major event in recent times, last night’s Oscars was discussed far and wide across social media, and it seems the most-talked-about and searched-for stars and films... -
Most employees would change online behaviour if they knew their bosses were watching News
22.02.2013 Two-thirds of Irish employees admit they would immediately alter their online behaviour if they had as much as an inkling that their employers were monitoring their online... -
Facebook to create 100 jobs in Dublin in new investment News
18.02.2013 Social networking giant Facebook is to create 100 new jobs in Dublin, where it already employs 400 people at its international HQ. -
OPINION: Successful digital strategy requires great execution, too News
16.02.2013 Few who have watched Al Pacino’s acting masterclass playing Tony D’Amato in Any Given Sunday will be unmoved by his half-time team talk. “It’s the six inches in front of your... -
New crowdfunding site PledgUp offers €1,000 to community projects News
11.02.2013 PledgUp, a new crowdfunding website dedicated to community groups and projects, is offering €1,000 for groups that come up with the most innovative fundraising ideas. -
Instagram makes image feeds available beyond mobile News
06.02.2013 Previously a mobile-only experience, Instagram has further opened itself up to the web at large with the ability to browse image feeds on the web, just like they appear on mobile. -
Twitter eyes the total media prize – acquires social TV firm Bluefin Labs News
05.02.2013 Twitter’s claim to be a media company that has technology at its core is becoming clearer. Just one day after it saw over 24.1m tweets flutter during the Super Bowl it has... -
25pc of Irish school-goers experience cyber bullying – above average for Europe News
04.02.2013 A quarter of Irish nine to 16-year-olds have been bullied online, a DIT and Kids Online study has revealed. The study, published in time for Safer Internet Day 2013, found that...Categories: Web, Software, Social Media, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Twitter joins growing list of media websites to be hacked - 250k accounts compromised News
03.02.2013 It emerged over the weekend that as many as 250,000 Twitter accounts may have been compromised in a hacker attack. Twitter joins a growing array of major sites to be attacked in...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Digital Media -
Twitter launches transparency report site on Data Privacy Day News
28.01.2013 In the spirit of an open and safe internet – and to mark international Data Privacy Day, a day focused on raising awareness and promoting data privacy education – Twitter has... -
Six new social media jobs for Cork as part of €250k investment News
28.01.2013 Communications agency H+A Marketing + PR is to create six new social media jobs as part of a two-year €250,000 investment.Categories: Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Marketing, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech -
Twitter keeps Vine in the loop with launch of six-second video app News
25.01.2013 While companies are vying to create the ‘Instagram of video’, Twitter just went ahead and bought a start-up to launch a service that’s the Twitter of the Instagram of video.... -
Tech sector is most trusted by public, but only one in four trust social media News
24.01.2013 The technology sector continues to be the most trusted sector of Irish society while Government, banking and financial services remain the least trusted sectors, according to... -
Timberlake’s Myspace faces trouble from independent music labels News
21.01.2013 There are about 53m songs available for listeners on Myspace, which would make it one of the biggest online music libraries out there. However, the rebooted social network now... -
Arnold Schwarzenegger talks politics, Hollywood and favourite movie quotes on Reddit News
16.01.2013 “Former Mr Olympia, Conan, Terminator, and Governor of California. I killed the Predator.” How better to introduce none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger, who took to Reddit last...Tags: Social Media, Reddit, -
NewsWhip’s new iOS app tracks 100,000 news stories daily News
11.01.2013 Trending news service NewsWhip has launched its free consumer iOS app which keeps users informed of the most shared and tweeted news stories across dozens of topics and countries.Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Apps -
Twitter defamation first may be the tip of the iceberg News
09.01.2013 Yesterday’s Twitter defamation victory for Declan Ganley over blogger Kevin Barrington may only be the start of a number of such cases as official and public resolve hardens...Categories: Social Media, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications