Tagged: Sport
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How data keeps Formula One on track News
28.05.2013 If there was ever a metaphor to sum up how innovations in one industry sector can spark improvements in other sectors, Formula One Grand Prix motorsports may not be the first...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Networks, Investments, Data Management, Communications, Business Intelligence -
Huggity secures €600k investment and plans to create 16 jobs News
23.05.2013 Dublin digital start-up Huggity has secured a €600,000 investment, with the company now planning to create 16 new positions by the end of the year in addition to scaling up its...Categories: Social Media, Mobile, Marketing, Investments, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Sir Alex Ferguson retirement memes News
09.05.2013 After Manchester United Football Club announced the retirement of manager Sir Alex Ferguson on its Twitter account yesterday, fans inundated social media with photos, tributes,... -
Sir Alex Ferguson retires via tweet, mentions reach 1.4m in one hour News
08.05.2013 Brace yourself, the Alex Ferguson social media tributes are coming – and they are coming thick and fast, according to stats from Twitter UK.Categories: Social Media -
Heineken Cup quarter finals via Twitter (infographic) News
01.05.2013 Heineken has been keeping an eye on the online chatter surrounding the Heineken Cup and has collated tweets about the event into an infographic. -
German firm scores FIFA goal-line technology contract, set for 2014 World Cup News
03.04.2013 FIFA has officially appointed German firm GoalControl as its goal-line technology provider for the 2013 Confederations Cup, which will take place in Brazil this June as a...Categories: Games/Entertainment -
Re-Play motion capture project seeks to preserve skills from Gaelic and Basque sports News
21.03.2013 Launched today in Croke Park, Dublin, a €2m European research project seeks to digitally capture the skills involved in playing Gaelic football and hurling and the traditional... -
The technology business week: tech M&A activity to increase this year, Facebook buys Atlas from Microsoft News
04.03.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
The year in new media: from Facebook’s IPO to viral activism to Olympic gold News
30.12.2012 In 2012 we’ve seen significant shifts in the social media landscape while also watching some of the year’s biggest events unfold on these networks. We take a look back on the...Tags: Ireland, Euro 2012, Olympics 2012, Olympics, Viral, Twitter, Facebook, Social Media, Sport, New Media, -
21-year-old with 10 years’ Football Manager experience becomes manager at FC Baku News
22.11.2012 Football Manager players the world over rejoice: the hours spent toiling away at the computer trying to get Accrington Stanley to the Champions League may yet see you land that...Categories: Games/Entertainment -
Tech start-up of the week: Knudger.com News
28.10.2012 Our tech start-up of the week is Knudger.com, a new Irish venture that’s harnessing the power of social networks to create a social fundraising service for sports clubs,... -
talkSPORT brings live Premier League commentary to Twitter News
19.10.2012 Radio station talkSPORT, which introduced live online commentary of all UK Premier League matches earlier this year, has now teamed up with Twitter to offer live audio streaming... -
Was Ashley Cole’s Twitter outburst the most expensive tweet ever sent? News
18.10.2012 Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole has been fined stg£90,000 for a tweet insulting the Football Association. At stg£6,923.08 per character, it could be the priciest update ever...Categories: Social Media, Media -
Social betting start-up BragBet to partner with Boylesports on social gambling service News
17.10.2012 BragBet, the new Dublin-based start-up that has created a social betting platform for groups of pals to place virtual bets, is to partner with bookmaker Boylesports online so...Categories: Web, Social Media, Online Business, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Heineken’s Star Player app gives Irish fans chance to win UEFA Champions League tickets News
19.09.2012 The 2012/2013 season of the UEFA Champions League got off to a flying start last night and now Heineken, sponsors of the tournament, are challenging Irish fans to test their...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Apps -
Smart phones, devoted users (infographic) News
06.09.2012 Smartphone users display certain attitudes and characteristics, a new infographic reveals. Perhaps this may not be surprising, seeing as smartphones function as an all-in-one... -
RTÉ to broadcast Notre Dame college football gathering live on YouTube News
28.08.2012 To celebrate the beginning of the 2012/2013 US college football season, RTÉ has planned a night of Irish-American entertainment that will see the channel simultaneously... -
Katie Taylor: how the Twittersphere has been reacting to the Irish Olympic champion News
10.08.2012 Yesterday, Ireland became a collective heartbeat as people stopped in their tracks to watch the Bray, Co Wicklow, lightweight boxer Katie Taylor become an Olympic champion at... -
London 2012: Katie Taylor’s Olympic win ignited electricity power upheaval yesterday News
10.08.2012 Katie Taylor’s hometown of Bray may have suffered a power outage in the nail-biting minutes before the start of her victorious Olympic final fight yesterday, but it appears that...