Tagged: Facebook & News
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UK priest in trouble for four-letter word Facebook posts News
25.05.2012 The Reverend Canon Dr Paul Shackerley, vicar of Doncaster, is accused of swearing, mocking religious events and complaining about having to go to church on Sundays, all on his... -
Irish President's website redesigned, youth Facebook campaign launched News
25.05.2012 The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has launched a revamped presidential website and a dedicated Facebook page campaign encouraging 17 to 26-year-olds to express their... -
Tech tweets of the week News
26.05.2012 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology. -
Facebook introduces new photo app ‘Facebook Camera’ News
24.05.2012 Facebook has introduced a new photo-sharing app for the iPhone called Facebook Camera that makes it easier for the social network’s users to share multiple photos in one go plus...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps Zone, Apps -
Could free Wi-Fi save the Irish pub from its steep decline? News
25.05.2012 The Irish pub – that staple of community life and a major tourist draw – is in steep decline but could save itself by the simple expedient of rolling out free Wi-Fi. More than... -
Facebook launches photo-sharing app Camera News
25.05.2012 Using Facebook photos may just have gotten faster and easier with the release of the social network's new photo-sharing mobile app Camera. -
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg dodges IPO questions at Harvard News
24.05.2012 Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg had plenty to say about gender roles in the workplace but remained fairly tight-lipped about the social network's recent IPO...Categories: Social Media, Leadership & Management, Financial, Education, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
Facebook spices up its Social Graph with unique user analytics News
24.05.2012 Social network Facebook has added the ability within the Insights dashboard to allow app developers to monitor the number of unique people seeing and accepting their... -
Moshi Monsters is coming to mobile – scary growth predicted News
24.05.2012 Moshi Monsters, the ‘Facebook for kids’ used by one in three children in the UK, is coming to mobile devices. Mind Candy, the company behind Moshi Monsters, led by Michael...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Lawyers descend to pick over carcass of Facebook's troubled IPO News
23.05.2012 Little did we think a week ago that Facebook’s IPO would be seen as a tawdry mess. Indeed we all thought the golden boy of social media sites would be a roaring success.Categories: Social Media, Legal, Investments, Internet, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Social gambling could be a US$100bn industry by 2017 News
23.05.2012 Juniper Research estimates that mobile gambling could reach a global figure of US$100bn by 2017, driven by social gaming and the development of mobile wallets.Categories: Social Media, Research, Phones, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Business, Business Intelligence -
Facebook testing subtle Timeline redesign News
23.05.2012 While the business world is heavily distracted by the social network giant’s declining stock, Facebook has quietly begun testing a new-look Timeline for user profiles. -
Career advice from top women in tech News
21.05.2012 Women in powerful positions in technology today, namely Ursula Burns, Sheryl Sandberg, Virginia Rometty, Marissa Mayer and Caterina Fake, have spoken out about career success... -
Nearly half of consumers will be ‘social shoppers’ by 2021 – Barclays News
23.05.2012 Sales from social commerce, driven by the influence of social media, are expected to more than double within the next five years, according to research from Barclays.Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Sales, Marketing, Internet, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital BusinessTags: Social Commerce, Online shopping, Sales, Retail, Marketing, Social Media, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, -
36pc of CV padders lose job when found out - survey News
23.05.2012 Recent headlines have brought the issue of CV padding under the spotlight and job applicants should also heed the fact the internet provides employers with means to verify... -
Is it time for CRM to get social? (interview) News
22.05.2012 With the launch of Facebook integration with LiveOps Social, a CRM tool that aids customer service on social media and other channels, we ask LiveOps senior vice-president and...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Online Business, Marketing, Management, Enterprise, CRM, Business SoftwareTags: Business , Marketing, Social Media, CRM, Software, Cloud Computing, Cloud, Twitter, Facebook, Netflix, -
Meet the world’s youngest billionaire (and it’s not Zuckerberg) News
18.05.2012 He’s a Harvard dropout, Facebook co-founder and he’s the world’s youngest billionaire by just eight days. Meet Dustin Moskovitz.Categories: Software, Social Media, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Funding, Financial, DevelopmentTags: Silicon Valley, Social Media, Investment, IPO, Development, Software, Engineering, Spotify, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, -
Meet the Irish Facebook engineer who was part of clever NASDAQ bell hack News
19.05.2012 Irish Facebook engineer Colm Doyle was one of the team of Facebook engineers who devised the clever hack that saw Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Timeline automatically update... -
A pint of the black stuff becomes a QR code News
22.05.2012 You might be only able to get a perfect pint of Guinness in Dublin, but in some bars you might get served a QR Cup of the black stuff.