Yahoo! to buy blogging service Tumblr for US$1.1bn – reports
20.05.2013 The board of Yahoo! has reportedly agreed a US$1.1bn all-cash deal to buy the six-year-old social blogging service Tumblr, according to US media reports.
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Yahoo! in ‘serious’ talks to acquire Tumblr for US$1bn
17.05.2013 Yahoo! is believed to be in acquisition talks with social blogging site Tumblr in a deal estimated to be worth up to US$1bn.
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Irish start-ups head to New York for some digital networking
16.05.2013 Four Irish start-ups will be in New York next week to present at a new networking event called New York Digital Irish. The idea of the event is to help new Irish ventures in the digital arena break into the US.
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#io2013 – Google gets its game on – 900m Android activations and 48bn app installs
15.05.2013 At its sixth annual I/O shindig, Google revealed that there are now 900m Android activations, up from 400m a year ago. The internet giant, in a very games-oriented keynote, revealed new cross-platform APIs and confirmed 48bn app installs, not to mention revealing that its Chrome browser now has 750m active monthly users.
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ComReg to launch online tool for consumers blasted by broadband advertising
14.05.2013 While broadband access in Ireland now stands at 78pc, more than half of consumers have no idea what speeds they are getting. Telecoms regulator ComReg has confirmed a new test tool is on the way to allow consumers to figure out the difference between real broadband speeds they receive and ‘advertised’ broadband speeds promised by telcos.
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TV3 rolls out hourly online video news service
14.05.2013 Irish broadcaster TV3 has, in tandem with an overhaul of its entire tv3.ie website, rolled out a new hourly online video news service that will run alongside its on-air output.
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New study aims to measure Europe’s app economy
09.05.2013 A new project known as Eurapp has been launched by the European Commission with the aim of measuring the size of the app economy in Europe. The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway will run the project along with the analyst firm GigaOM Research.
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Car rental giant Alamo appoints Dublin-based Quantcast for real-time advertising push
02.05.2013 Global car rental company Alamo has tasked the Dublin-based digital advertising player Quantcast to launch its real-time online advertising campaign as part of a wider marketing strategy to boost car rentals in key EMEA markets.
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Facebook revenues up 38pc to US$1.46bn – now has 751m active mobile users
01.05.2013 Social networking giant Facebook reported Q1 revenues of US$1.46bn, out of which it garnered a profit of US$219m, up 7pc year-on-year. Significantly, the company revealed it now has 751m active mobile users.
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Squarespace to create 100 new jobs in Dublin
01.05.2013 Web publishing platform player Squarespace is to create 100 new jobs in Dublin, the IDA revealed this morning. The New York company’s platform allows anyone to easily create professional blogs, web pages, stores and galleries without touching a line of code.