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#DIF13 – Irish Govt to appoint consultants to map 30Mbps broadband across Ireland (videos) News
19.04.2013 The Irish Government’s National Digital Strategy will be unveiled in the coming weeks and at the same time the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources will...Categories: Telecommunications, Online Business, Internet, Government, Economy, eCommerce, Communications -
Follow the Digital Ireland Forum live on Twitter News
19.04.2013 Some of Ireland’s tech leaders are joining international keynotes at the Digital Ireland Forum this morning to examine next-generation technologies that will transform business....Categories: Leadership & Management, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business, Communications -
UPC’s Dana Strong: enormous risk Irish firms face by ignoring digital economy (video) News
16.04.2013 Already 50pc of online purchases by Irish consumers are with overseas websites and Irish firms that fail to tackle the digital economy face tough challenges down the line, the... -
Facebook brings Chat Heads to the iPhone and iPad News
17.04.2013 Owners of iOS devices who worry they might be losing out by not being able to get Facebook's new Chat Heads shall fear not! Facebook has brought its game-changing Chat Heads... -
WhatsApp serving over 200m users monthly, processing 20bn messages daily News
16.04.2013 Onstage at the AllThingsD Dive Into Mobile conference today, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum revealed that the cross-platform mobile messaging app has more monthly active users than... -
Exit from troika will boost IDA’s efforts overseas – O’Leary News
16.04.2013 Ireland’s planned exist from the ‘troika’ lending programme later this year will provide a reputational boost overseas, the CEO of IDA Ireland Barry O’Leary explained, helping... -
UPC brings entry-level broadband speed to 50Mbps – launches new iOS apps News
16.04.2013 Cable operator UPC has raised the competitive stakes in the Irish broadband market with news that it will transition all of its broadband customers to an entry-level speed of... -
Three Ireland partners with Samsung on 4G infrastructure, service to launch in August News
10.04.2013 Mobile operator Three Ireland has today announced a partnership with Samsung Electronics UK to deploy an LTE network offering speeds of 100Mbps, which will reach customers later... -
Google to rollout high-speed broadband in Austin, Texas News
09.04.2013 The city of Austin, Texas, is to receive a boost in the form of the rollout of Google Fibre, the same high-speed fibre network the internet search giant has been rolling out... -
Google’s Android competitors make formal antitrust complaint to Europe News
09.04.2013 A group of Android competitors, including Nokia and Microsoft, have sent a formal complaint against Google to European antitrust regulators who are in the final stages of an... -
Cloud Valley plan to make Cork a tech gateway to Europe News
09.04.2013 Local internet service providers (ISPs) and technology organisations in Cork City are putting their weight behind Cloud Valley, an ambitious plan to develop fibre infrastructure...Categories: Communications, Economy, Internet, Investments, Networking & Telecoms, Networks, Telecommunications -
EE to double 4G speeds in UK to 80Mbps – targets 1m users by Christmas News
09.04.2013 The UK’s only operational licensed 4G provider Everything Everywhere is planning to double the speed of its wireless services to 80Mbps per month. The company, a joint venture... -
Ireland languishes near bottom of Netflix broadband league table News
09.04.2013 At this stage we shouldn’t really be surprised, but here it is: Ireland is in second last place out of seven countries served by movie-streaming service Netflix in terms of the... -
Intel doubles transfer speed of Thunderbolt to 20Gbps, even while transferring a 4K movie News
09.04.2013 Chip giant Intel has previewed early prototype silicon of its next-generation Thunderbolt technology, which doubles the speed of transfer between devices from 10Gbps to 20Gbps...Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
BitBuzz to start providing fibre to Wi-Fi connected hotels News
08.04.2013 In response to dramatic increases in Wi-Fi streaming in hotel rooms and conferences, wireless services provider BitBuzz has revealed that it is to deploy fibre to hotels to... -
Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox console to be revealed on 21 May News
08.04.2013 Microsoft is now expected to unveil its next-generation console on 21 May, just ahead of the influential E3 games conference in June. The software giant had originally planned... -
Confirmed: Facebook is testing a priority paid messaging system News
08.04.2013 Social network Facebook has confirmed that it is indeed testing a priority messaging system that will see users pay fees for sending messages to public figures. -
Microsoft to kill Live Messenger today, countdown to end Microsoft XP and Office 2003 begins News
08.04.2013 Microsoft will today close down its popular Windows Live Messenger, also known as MSN Messenger, and is urging users to start using Skype with their Microsoft login details. The... -
LinkedIn launches new Twitter-like mentions feature News
04.04.2013 Business-oriented social network LinkedIn has just added a new mentions feature that could add a shot of adrenaline to the site in terms of conversations and interactions... -
Skype users rack up 2bn minutes per day News
05.04.2013 Skype users are now gobbling up 2bn minutes per day connecting with each other over the VoIP service, Skype owner Microsoft has announced.