Samsung Galaxy S4 with advanced 4G coming soon to South Korea
17.06.2013 Yet another variation of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone has been announced, this time a version using LTE-Advanced 4G technology for faster mobile broadband.
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Killarney to become the first regional town in Ireland to roll out free Wi-Fi
17.06.2013 Killarney, Co Kerry, is about to become the first town in Ireland to roll out complementary Wi-Fi to passers-by and tourists after signing a deal with Bitbuzz. The move follows the launch of Bitbuzz Freedom on Grafton Street in Dublin last year.
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Apple reveals US law agencies made up to 5,000 data requests
17.06.2013 In the fallout over revelations of the PRISM programme, technology giant Apple has said it does not provide any government agency direct access to its servers and revealed it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for data from US law-enforcement agencies.
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Europe’s digital clusters to gather in Dublin this week
17.06.2013 Eight digital clusters from around Europe, including Dublin’s Digital Hub, are to gather in the Digital Depot this Tuesday. The gathering precedes the European Digital Agenda Assembly at Dublin Castle on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 June as part of Ireland’s EU Presidency.
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Weekend news round-up: Snoopgate fallout continues; Saudi Arabia to ban Whatsapp
17.06.2013 The fallout over Edward Snowden’s leakage of sensitive information about US intelligence surveillance of the internet continues and tech giants are taking it upon themselves to disclose legal orders they have received. The question is this: is Snowden a hero or villain in light of new information that he may be working with China?
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Google to embark on epic Bloomsday ramble across the world
14.06.2013 Internet giant Google is to mark Bloomsday this Sunday – the celebration of the day in James Joyce’s Ulysses when Leopold Bloom and Nora Barnacle sauntered through South Dublin – with a series of readings from Ulysses in 25 cities around the world via Google+ Hangouts
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Broadband penetration in Ireland rose just 0.1pc in Q1
13.06.2013 Broadband subscriptions, both fixed and mobile, increased just 0.1pc on the previous quarter and stood at 1.6m at the end of March, ComReg reported in its latest market report.
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Ireland lags on superfast broadband, above average in mobile broadband
13.06.2013 Ireland does well in providing basic broadband to more than 97pc of the population (95.5pc in the EU), including 94pc in rural areas, but has a bigger challenge when it comes to meeting superfast broadband targets, the European Commission’s annual Digital Agenda Scoreboard reveals.
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Facebook finally introduces hashtags – maybe we’ll all talk a little more
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 function. Until now. Facebook revealed yesterday it has finally launched hashtags to help people organise, amplify, discover and discuss issues.
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EU Commissioner Reding to take US to task over PRISM in Dublin this week
12.06.2013 Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner, has added her voice to the chorus of questions directed towards the US Attorney General over revelations surrounding PRISM, the US intelligence agencies’ data surveillance system. She will be raising the issue at a meeting with the US Attorney General Eric Holder in Dublin this week.