Tagged: Twitter
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Coors Light brings out social-to-real-life video game app News
18.06.2013 Coors Light has attempted a new market first with a social-to-real-life video game that ties in with 800 pubs across Ireland to give thirsty punters up to 3,00 prizes including... -
Is Instagram about to unveil a new video app? News
17.06.2013 Rumours are emerging that Facebook-owned Instagram may reveal a new video service. Facebook is holding a press event at its San Francisco, California, headquarters on 20 June... -
‘Tweet’ gets a new social media meaning in the Oxford English Dictionary News
17.06.2013 The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) – considered to be the definitive guide to the English lexicon – is willing to bend the rules to include the new digital-age meaning of the... -
Twitter analytics go public – all users can now see their tweets’ performance News
13.06.2013 Every Twitter user can now check out in-depth data about their tweets and followers as the social network’s analytics platform goes free-for-all.Categories: Social Media, Marketing -
First look: IDA Ireland's new global advertising campaign (video) News
13.06.2013 IDA Ireland, Ireland’s agency responsible for attracting major digital giants such as Twitter, Google and Facebook, is about to kickstart a global advertising campaign that... -
Facebook finally introduces hashtags – maybe we’ll all talk a little more News
13.06.2013 Despite having a user base of more than 1.1bn people who comment and share on every aspect of life as we know it, the world's biggest social network didn't have a hashtag... -
Entrepreneur sells @AMD Twitter handle to AMD for a charitable sum News
12.06.2013 Advanced Micro Devices – better known as AMD – has been given the @AMD Twitter username from Seattle entrepreneur Adam M Doppelt in exchange for US$50,000 for two of his local... -
Annoyance at social media marketing is killing Facebook’s buzz News
10.06.2013 Evidence of growing consumer dissatisfaction with social media marketing and concerns over privacy is leading to users walking away from social networking sites, with Facebook...Categories: Social Media, Marketing, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg denies knowledge of PRISM News
08.06.2013 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed claims that the social networking platform cooperated with US intelligence bodies like the National Security Agency (NSA) in allowing... -
Justin Bieber goes from 40 to 40m Twitter followers in less than four years News
06.06.2013 Justin Bieber’s band of merry Beliebers already made him the most-followed person on Twitter in January this year, and now the pop star has reached 40m followers less than four...Categories: Social Media -
EU data privacy champion hits out at Turkish attempts at social media censorship News
06.06.2013 Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly, co-author of a pending EU report on Data Protection Regulation, has slammed the Turkish government’s efforts at social media censorship resulting...Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Government, Intellectual Property, Multimedia, Social Media, Software -
Vine arrives on Android, gets Rickrolled News
04.06.2013 Twitter’s six-second video app Vine has come to Android users five months after its release on iOS, and a teenage web developer has already used a classic internet meme to... -
Back on Earth, astronaut Chris Hadfield still shares photos from space News
29.05.2013 Green patchwork joins together a Chinese mining town and strips of land make up the Bahamas in photos astronaut Chris Hadfield had taken aboard the International Space Station... -
EirGrid creates Twitter feed to share electricity-system information in real-time News
28.05.2013 EirGrid has created a new Twitter handle to communicate hourly updates on power system demand, outputs from wind generation, frequency and interconnection flows from the...Categories: Sustainability, Social Media, Renewable Energy, Investments, Internet, Engineering, Energy -
Twitter introduces two-factor authentication, Kim Dotcom threatens to sue (video) News
23.05.2013 Following a string of high-profile Twitter hacks, the microblogging network has introduced two-factor authentication for enhanced security. However, controversial entrepreneur... -
Mulley to help potential digital marketing interns boost their social skills News
23.05.2013 One of Ireland’s leading social media personalities Damien Mulley will this Saturday provide a free half-day intensive course in Dublin to students who want to have better... -
Facebook appeal fading for many US teens as Twitter’s popularity almost doubles News
22.05.2013 A report from the Pew Research Centre based on a survey of 802 US teenagers aged 12 to 17 reveals that the youth’s interest in Facebook is waning as use of Twitter grows, but...Categories: Social Media, Internet -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield to receive Dublin Lord Mayor’s Award News
20.05.2013 Dublin City is to honour Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield with the Lord Mayor’s Award for his contribution to Dublin and its citizens. -
Weekend news roundup: Google accused of avoiding UK tax, Facebook a year after IPO News
20.05.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, a former Google executive claims to have proof the internet search giant has avoided tax in the UK, Facebook... -
The technology business week: Smartphones not selling fast enough, Irish firms forge contracts worth €17m on trade mission News
20.05.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Telecommunications, Social Media, Sales, Phones, Online Business, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Economy, Deals Done