Tagged: Barack Obama & News
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Obama gives government services one year to become more mobile News
24.05.2012 US President Barack Obama has issued an order that all government agencies make at least two of their public services available on mobile phones over the next 12 months. -
Obama’s same-sex marriage tweet gets a strong reaction News
10.05.2012 A tweet from US President Barack Obama about allowing same sex couples to marry has gone viral. -
US President Barack Obama joins Pinterest News
29.03.2012 The US president is now "pinning": Barack Obama has joined Pinterest, the service that allows members to "pin" and share images, videos and other content on their online pinboards. -
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... -
US clean-tech investments leap to US$1.1bn. Where's Ireland at? News
04.11.2011 Ernst & Young analysis reveals that venture capital investments in US clean-tech firms jumped by 73pc to reach US1.1bn in Q3 2011, compared with the same quarter last year....Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Life Sciences, Jobs, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Graduate, Government, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, CIO -
US spectrum disconnect – AT&T drops bid to acquire T-Mobile USA News
20.12.2011 After finding its way blocked by US regulators and lawmakers, telecoms giant AT&T has dropped its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA in a move that will cost the company US$4bn in... -
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. -
Crowdfunding site's €26m investment pool for start-ups News
14.11.2011 Seedups, the Northern Ireland-based intelligent crowdfunding site, now has an investment pool of €26m (stg£23m) available for disruptive tech start-ups to connect with investors. -
Intel takes top spot in US Green Power Purchases list News
03.11.2011 EPA's Fortune 500 List of Green Power Purchasers has ranked Intel Corporation at No 1 for its green power purchasing in the US. Cisco Systems came in at 15th place, while Boeing... -
Boeing to build spacecraft at NASA's Kennedy Space Center News
01.11.2011 NASA is to lease out one of its unused hangars to Boeing, which will establish an Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to manufacture and... -
US administration hosts GreenGov conference News
01.11.2011 In the wake of October being Energy Action Month in the US, the US administration’s Council on Environmental Quality is hosting the GreenGov conference to identify new... -
Obama announces major clean tech push in the US News
14.10.2011 With October being Energy Action Month in the US, President Barack Obama has announced a new clean energy plan to help small clean-tech businesses get access to federal...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Jobs, Investments, Green Computing, Green, Government, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Economy, Green Tech, CIO, Careers and EmploymentTags: Venture Capital, US, Green Economy, Clean Energy, HPSU, Clean Tech, Start-ups, Barack Obama, Jobs -
Remembering Steve News
06.10.2011 Tech leaders, politicians and the public are paying tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs after news of his death broke last night after his long battle with illnesses.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Leadership & Management, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
A toast to Arthur Guinness can help social entrepreneurs News
22.09.2011 Where will you be today at 17:59? Use your smartphone, be it in Dublin or Boston, Galway or Rome, Belfast or Jakarta, Cork or Jamaica, to help raise a toast to the original... -
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. -
Rihanna and Lady Gaga in fight for Facebook supremacy News
15.07.2011 Rihanna has overtaken fellow pop star Lady Gaga and US President Barack Obama in terms of the number of Facebook fans. However, it is a close run between Rihanna and Lady Gaga,... -
RTÉ.ie grows 12pc to attract 353,701 daily unique browsers News
13.07.2011 The latest ABC Audit reveals the monthly unique browsers of RTÉ.ie have grown by some 12pc year-on-year, increasing from 4,052,723 to 4,519,738.Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Networks, Multimedia, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Computers, Apps -
Huffington Post UK edition goes live – Irish bloggers invited News
06.07.2011 The AOL-owned Huffington Post’s UK edition has gone live and Irish bloggers have been invited to participate. The Huffington Post, the most linked-to blog on the internet, has...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Multimedia, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing -
Obama to take part in Twitter town hall News
06.07.2011 US President Barack Obama will answer questions from Twitter users about jobs and the US economy during a town hall the microblogging site is hosting at the White House today. -
Europe's big technology bets News
04.07.2011 We look at some of the next big things that Europe wants its scientists and manufacturing industries to focus on. These include nanotechnology, industrial biotech, photonics,...