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Twitter taken to task by FTC for ‘deceiving consumers’ News
24.06.2010 Twitter has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information. -
Website offers free activism training course News
23.06.2010 SpunOut.ie is teaming up with NUIG Huston School of Film & Digital Media to offer free training opportunity for 12 people who aspire to make a social difference.Categories: Careers and Employment, Social Media, Training, New Media, Apps, Hardware, Mobile, Mobility, Wireless CommunicationsTags: Networking, Activism, Online, Media, Courses, Motorola, Google, Smartphone, Adobe, Android, Verizon, Android 2.2, -
Irish firms are investing in IT to boost their productivity News
24.06.2010 The merger of IT Focus with TeamDBA has resulted in 15 new technology jobs and a new ICT services player called Trilogy. Edel Creely is the company’s managing director.Categories: CIO, Cloud, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile, Mobility, Unified Communications, Virtualisation, New Media, Media, Marketing -
Mozilla evangelist blasts Apple's 'open web' News
09.06.2010 Open Source evangelist and Mozilla employee Christopher Blizzard has spoken out against Apple's latest iteration of its Safari web browser for its "brash and misleading" view of... -
Twitter changing links system to fight malware News
09.06.2010 In dual move aimed at both defeating malware and phishing, and at the same time better enable sharing by automatically shortening links, Twitter has revealed it is testing a new...Categories: Web Development, Web Design, Security, Open Source, Networking & Telecoms, Media, New Media -
Office Web Apps arrives in Ireland News
08.06.2010 Microsoft's pared-down, 'in-the-clouds' version of its Office productivity suite - Office Web Apps - has rolled out today across Ireland and the UK.Tags: Office Web Apps, Google Docs -
Apple has iAd commitments for 2010 totalling US$60m News
08.06.2010 ]intro[ Technology giant Apple has revealed that its iAd platform, which will debut on 1 July, has already secured mobile ad campaign commitments from brands like Citi, AT&T,...Categories: Mobility, Mobile, Leadership & Management, Digital Media, Apps, Tech Store, New Media, Wireless Communications -
Apple releases Safari 5, adds Bing News
08.06.2010 The latest version of Apple's Safari web browser brings with it the ability to choose from Google, Bing and Yahoo! as your search engine plus has Safari Extensions on board.Tags: Apple, -
The US$3.3trn cloud computing opportunity – Steve Ballmer News
05.03.2010 Technology is the gift that keeps on giving and cloud computing is one of those gifts, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last night told students at the University of Washington as he...Tags: Cloud Computing, Steve Ballmer, -
Panasonic brings Skype calls to the large screen TV News
03.06.2010 Consumer electronics giant Panasonic has introduced a new service that allows TV owners to make free video and voice calls from their living room televisions. -
Twitter users warned of fake password reset notification News
04.06.2010 Twitter users are being warned of a new spam email which poses as a Twitter password reset notification. -
Sony Ericsson rebrands accessories range News
04.06.2010 Talk, Play, Listen and Go are the names of the four new Extras categories in Sony Ericsson’s accessories range for its handsets, announced as the company launches two new...Tags: Bluetooth, Sony Ericsson, -
Big changes coming at Twitter News
03.06.2010 Micro-blogging site Twitter is implementing important new changes – the ability to see who else is following whom else and a new annotations capability to add metadata.Tags: Twitter, Social Networking -
Chip giants in pact to ensure digital revolution is open source News
03.06.2010 Chip manufacturers IBM, Samsung and Texas Instruments have established a new software engineering foundation aimed at improving Linux distribution such as Android, Ubuntu and... -
Nokia reveals low-cost phones and bicycle kits News
03.06.2010 While phones are getting more like computers and just as expensive, the world’s biggest mobile maker Nokia is taking an alternative route – cheaper handsets and renewable energy... -
iPad up for grabs at Ireland’s first FourSquare swarm News
04.06.2010 Geo-location social networkers in Ireland have a chance to get their hands on an iPad a month or more before anybody else if they turn up at the country’s first Foursquare swarm... -
PaddyPower places its bets on iPhone and Android apps News
02.06.2010 Irish and UK gaming giant Paddy Power has launched a new iPhone web application specifically for users with either an iPhone or iPod touch just in time for the World Cup. The... -
Facebook ads grow 400pc as online ads business booms News
02.06.2010 New research reports into advertising by ComScore and KPMG show renewed confidence and optimism for advertising and media, with online and connected devices showing the...Tags: Motorola, Google, Online Advertising, KPMG, Facebook, Disney, Handsets, Digital Advertising, iPad, -
Gaming the system News
03.06.2010 Natal. ProjectNatal. It sounds oh so impressive and high tech while carefully shrouded in mystery. It is all that and it is the next-generation gaming system from Microsoft that...Categories: Digital Life, New MediaTags: Xbox 360, Project Natal, -
App economy erases barriers to growth for young firms News
27.05.2010 Waterford-based software firm FeedHenry has built a technology that allows firms to build a mobile app once for multiple devices. Software veteran Cathal McGloin is its new CEO.Tags: