Tagged: Obama & News
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Irish MEP to discuss EU data protection with Obama Administration today News
06.06.2012 Irish MEP Sean Kelly, the co-author of the European Parliament's forthcoming data protection report, will today brief the Obama Administration on the EU’s stance on online...Categories: Web, Social Media, Science, R&D, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Digital Media, Consumer TechTags: Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Facebook, Google, Data Security, Online, Data protection, EU 27, EU, Obama -
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 hones in on offshore wind off mid-Atlantic coast News
03.02.2012 The Obama administration is shaping up to kick start offshore wind energy in the US as part of its clean-tech focus for the economy. Just yesterday, the Obama administration... -
Controversial SOPA bill killed in US Congress News
16.01.2012 The controversial Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) has effectively been stopped in its tracks. Virginia Republican Representative Eric Cantor killed the bill. -
SOPA: Obama admin wants to protect internet’s architecture News
16.01.2012 The Obama administration has weighed in on the side of protecting the internet’s openness and architecture in the controversial debate around the Stop Online Piracy Act. At the... -
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. -
How to spark a business revolution out of open data News
12.10.2011 Jonathan Raper, the CEO of a UK firm called PLACR that has a strong track record in bridging location and travel technologies to the public via open data, explains the... -
Hackers post fake Obama assassination tweets by Fox News News
04.07.2011 A group broke into a Fox News Twitter account and posted fake news claiming US President Barack Obama has been assassinated. -
Start-up visas will be key to growing the tech landscape News
22.06.2011 Alerted to the potential job-creation opportunities, locations like Silicon Valley and Ireland are getting behind the idea of creating start-up visas that allow overseas... -
The week in gadgets News
20.06.2011 A look at the week in gadget happenings, as US President Barack Obama takes control of his own social networking, the New York Post blocks Safari access on iPads and Firefox 5... -
Obama’s CIO Vivek Kundra to step down News
17.06.2011 Vivek Kundra, the visionary young CIO appointed by US President Barack Obama, has stepped down from the position. Kundra championed the US Government’s move to cloud computing... -
Weekend news roundup News
13.06.2011 A trawl through some of the weekend newspapers’ tech coverage, including the US planning a "shadow" internet that will help citizens in oppressed countries speak freely, how the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Government, eCommerce -
Irish students secure US$1m scholarships with elite US schools News
09.06.2011 Irish students have secured €285,000 (US$420,000) worth of scholarships under the Fulbright Awards to attend top US colleges including Harvard, Cornell, Berkey, Rice, Columbia... -
Death of bin Laden spreads like wildfire on Twitter, Facebook, Google News
02.05.2011 News of the killing by US forces of Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the devastating 9/11 terrorist attacks a decade ago, has become something of a new media phenomenon. -
Google to progress EV charging station search capabilities News
22.04.2011 Google is teaming up with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to help consumers find charging stations in the US, while the DOE is also pumping an extra US$5m in new funding to...Tags: Obama, Google Maps, GPS, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, Electric Cars, Electricity, Smart Grid, Google -
Obama launches 2012 re-election campaign, begins social media strategy News
04.04.2011 US President Barack Obama has launched his presidential re-election campaign for 2012, implementing a large social media strategy to gain supporters.Tags: Obama, Barack Obama, US, Social Media, Social Networking, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, website, Blog -
US judge orders Twitter to surrender WikiLeaks data News
12.03.2011 A US Judge has ordered social networking service Twitter to hand over data of at least three users who were in contact with controversial website WikiLeaks. One of the user's... -
Obama tackles bullying via Facebook News
10.03.2011 US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have released a video for Facebook that talks about why preventing bullying is a responsibility we all share. The video... -
Clinton vows to prevent internet going dark – slams WikiLeaks News
16.02.2011 The US government will provide US$25m to help digital activists and political dissidents in autocratic countries work their way around censorship. US Secretary of State Hilary...Categories: Software & Web Development, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Government, Communications, Apps -
Obama calls for investment in tech, education, clean energy News
26.01.2011 America’s economy will focus on industries such as technology, clean energy and science education, US President Barack Obama said, describing it as their generation’s “Sputnik...Categories: Web, Science, Resources, Research, R&D, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Green Computing, Green, Education, Economy, CommunicationsTags: Barack Obama, Obama, US, Clean Energy, Government, Education, Research, Google, Facebook, China, Electric Cars