Tagged: Web 2.0 & News
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Apple reportedly acquires HTML5 marketing start-up Particle News
17.10.2012 Apple has reportedly bought a digital creative consultancy called Particle, which specialises in web applications and marketing using HTML5.Categories: Web, Software, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Facebook rolls out scheduled posts, hidden posts and better admin controls for Pages News
24.07.2012 Facebook has introduced new features that will help marketers to schedule updates, hide posts from their Timelines and better manage permissions for third-party apps on their... -
Facebook’s attempted email takeover blunders along, overwrites users’ contacts News
02.07.2012 Users have already expressed discontent at Facebook’s attempt to become the default email service by silently updating their contact information, and now it seems that contact... -
YouTube to allow users to switch to Google+ identity News
02.07.2012 Having received positive feedback on a ‘Google-wide’ identity offered to new users in March, YouTube is now rolling out the ability to sync your Google+ and YouTube account... -
Facebook now lets page owners use their own ‘voice’ News
28.06.2012 A small tweak that could make a big difference for Facebook page owners now allows users to easily switch between posting, commenting and liking as themselves or as their page. -
UL student wins Deloitte tech talent competition News
11.06.2012 University of Limerick student Philip Hayes has won the Deloitte Top Technology Talent Competition for his new site Goforagoo.com, which aims to shake up the social networking...Categories: Web Design, Web 2.0, Social Media, Media, Marketing, Internet, Graduate, Education, Economy, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Social shopping on the rise with Open Graph News
06.06.2012 Shopping and fashion apps and sites that integrate Open Graph are seeing significant increases in traffic from Facebook, leading the social network to advise on best practice.Categories: Web Development, Web Design, Web 2.0, Web, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Mobile, Internet, Apps -
Two mothers launch one-stop website for Leaving Cert students News
06.06.2012 MyPoints.ie, a new online portal for Leaving Cert students, may be a welcome resource for stressed-out students sitting their State exams today.Categories: Web Design, Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Resources, Internet, Education, Digital Media, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
Silicon Valley insider Andrew Keen to speak at next Dublin Pub Summit News
30.05.2012 Author and outspoken critic of internet culture, Web 2.0 and Facebook, Andrew Keen will be speaking at the upcoming Dublin Pub Summit on 21 June. -
Ireland pioneers standard to make energy services more web accessible News
10.02.2012 The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) says it has devised the world’s first standard to make energy products and services more accessible to everyone, especially... -
Irish teacher scoops global Microsoft educator award News
14.11.2011 Doreen McHale, a teacher at St Philomena’s Primary School in Bray, Co Wicklow, has won second place in the Microsoft 2011 Global Forum Educator Awards’ ‘Extending Learning...Categories: Sustainability, Social Media, Science, Green Tech, Green Computing, Government, Education, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Free app set to socialise with public attractions News
02.12.2011 LearningHunt.com is the brainchild of Irish IT strategist Cianán Clancy. The app is set to revolutionise how visitor attractions such as science museums, art galleries, zoos and...Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Science, R&D, Jobs, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications, Apps Zone, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Helpmypc.ie scores with customers for online PC support; jobs on way News
01.12.2011 Deploying remote technologies, Irish company Helpmypc.ie has just been in business for four months, but it has already attracted a strong customer following, and is aiming to... -
Web exploit toolkits are top cyber crime weapon News
04.04.2011 There has been a significant increase in the volume of organised cyber crimes targeting data centres and networks, HP has revealed, pointing to web exploit toolkits as the No 1...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Servers, Security, Risk Management, Enterprise Applications, Apps -
Google to invest US$2.7m in the future of news News
24.02.2011 Google is investing US$2.7m in a contest to find and fund breakthrough ideas that will have a lasting impact on the future of digital news in communities across Europe, Africa...Categories: Web 2.0, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Multimedia, Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
IT chief advocates social media use by public sector News
09.02.2011 Declan Kavanagh, CEO of IT services company Sogeti Ireland, insists that social media should be implemented to assist in the transformation of the public sector and deliver the... -
Irish search service HeyStaks to disrupt web search world News
14.01.2011 New search service HeyStaks aims to make mainstream search engines like Google, Yahoo! and Bing more social. The University College Dublin spin-out also hopes to hire 14...Tags: Firefox, Search Engine, Web 2.0, NovaUCD, Science Foundation Ireland, UCD, DCU, Jobs, Engineering, iPhone, Apps, iPad, Google, Bing, Yahoo!, -
Cauwill Technologies represents Ireland in global start-up competition News
08.12.2010 Cauwill Technologies is making its pitch at the LeWeb 2010 Startup Competition today, competing with 15 start-ups from across the globe. -
Spunout.ie now available in 50 languages News
18.10.2010 Youth information website Spunout.ie has revealed it is now fluent in 50 luangages, including Polish, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and also our native Irish language.Categories: Web Development, Online Business, Multimedia, Mobility, Internet, Consumer Tech, Communications -
ZeuS malware spreads to smartphones and LinkedIn News
28.09.2010 The ZeuS malware is coming of age and the infections are going to get a lot worse, says Trusteer, the secure browsing services specialist.